Another Harvest Moon is a sensitive drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing home. Frank (Ernest Borgnine), Ella (Anne Meara), Alice (Doris Roberts), and June (Piper Laurie) gather each morning for a game of cards. They have become like family to one another, offering unyielding support, constant bickering, and strong opinions about life, death, and everything in between. One morning Frank reveals to Ella that he no longer remembers his wife’s face and that he doesn’t want to live to endure another debilitating stroke. He persuades his son Jeffrey (Richard Schiff) to give him his old gun because by holding it he finds a way to remember his World War II buddies. But perhaps he has another motive for wanting the weapon. His friends and family must confront their own feelings about faith, dignity, and our obligations to our loved ones. Another Harvest Moon deals with issues affecting us all.

Join the School of Communication on Friday, April 1 at 7 p.m., when the Bill Cosford Cinema hosts legendary actor Ernest Borgnine, who will be speaking and answering questions immediately following the film. Advance tickets are available online now. The film will also screen on Saturday, April 2 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students, and staff. General admission is $9. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

Natalie Portman gives the performance of a lifetime in this psychological thriller about the world of ballet. All tickets for this film are just $5. The film screens on Saturday, April 2 at 10 p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at 8 p.m. Admission is free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

The Pap Corps will host its 11th annual walkathon and health fair on Saturday, April 2 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. An important fundraising and community outreach event, the walkathon traditionally raises more than $200,000 a year to fund vital cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Pap Corps members, friends, and other Sylvester supporters are invited to participate in a brisk 5K walk, followed by a Sylvester-sponsored health fair. Sylvester and UHealth medical staff will provide free health screenings and present lectures. All participants will receive continental breakfast, a t-shirt, and bottled water, and entertainment will be featured throughout the event. Show your support by purchasing a commemorative marker to be displayed at the event.

Registration is $15 per person. Commemorative markers are $15 per marker. Select the amount you’d like to give if you choose to sponsor a walker. For more information, contact [email protected].

The Department of Art and Art History presents the Sixth Annual “Salon des Refuses” exhibition, named after the celebrated Salon des Refusés exhibition of 1863 in Paris in which the Impressionists exhibited their revolutionary new paintings that had been “refused” by the French Academy. The Department of Art and Art History will showcase the work of students who entered the Annual Juried Student Competition and were not accepted.

In celebration of the event, an opening reception will be held on Friday, April 1 at 5 p.m. along with the department’s annual barbecue.

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The College of Arts and Sciences Center for the Humanities at the University of Miami will present Imagining Culture(s), Rethinking Disciplines: A Conference on Anthropology and the Humanities, a two-day conference on Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2. This groundbreaking conference brings together acclaimed fiction writers and scholars from across the globe whose works explore the different perspectives on the concept of culture embodied in their societies.

The conference will be held on Friday, April 1 from 9a.m.  to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, April 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Drive on the Coral Gables campus.

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