Events:
2026-2027
The Palm Springs Cultural Center is presenting a fifteen film retrospective on the career of Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) extending through June of 2027. The films span thirty-six years, and each will be introduced by Matthew Kennedy. Copies of ON ELIZABETH TAYLOR will be available to purchase and sign. Each screening begins at 6pm.
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Sunday, April 19 - Sunday, June 20, 2026, 3 p.m.
"Screwball Sundays" screening great classic American comedies.
Palm Springs Cultural Center [https://www.psculturalcenter.org/]
2300 E. Baristo Road, Palm Springs
Kennedy will introduce the following films:
Sunday, April 19, The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Sunday, May 24, Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Sunday, June 20, His Girl Friday (1940)
Friday, May 1, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, Movies at Mechanics', Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
415/393-0101, [https://www.milibrary.org/]
Screening: Sabrina (1954) starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden
Friday, March 13 - Friday, March 20, 7 p.m.
"Mom at the Movies" celebrating actress Eileen Heckart, hosted by Luke Yankee
Palm Springs Cultural Center [https://www.psculturalcenter.org/]
2300 E. Baristo Road, Palm Springs
Kennedy will join Luke Yankee in conversation for the following screenings:
Friday, March 13, Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Friday, March 20, Miracle in the Rain (1956)
2025
Saturday, November 1, 11:00 a.m.
Author book signing, "Local Authors Under the Big Tent"
Pride on the Page Book Festival
Palm Springs Cultural Center
2300 E. Baristo Rd., Palm Springs
PrideonthePage.org
Friday, September 12, 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker, Movies at Mechanics', Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
415/393-0101, https://www.milibrary.org/events/23042
Screening: The Women (1939) starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell
Tuesday, January 14, 7:00 p.m.
Book signing and reading On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide
Vroman's Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
626/449-5320
https://vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-01-14/matthew-kennedy-discusses-elizabeth-taylor-opinionated-guide
2024
Friday, May 3 - Friday, May 31, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
"Elizabeth Taylor: Actress and Superstar" four film series inspired by Kennedy's new book "On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide"
Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Kennedy will host the following screenings:
Friday, May 3, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), plus interview with Michael Fox
Friday, May 10, A Place in the Sun (1951), co-hosted by David Thomson
Friday, May 17, National Velvet (1944)
Friday, May 31, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Book signing and reading, On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood
310/659-3110
https://www.booksoup.com/
Tuesday, August 27, 1:00 p.m.
Book signing and film screening, National Velvet (1944)
Orinda Theatre
Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda, California
925/254-9060, https://www.orindamovies.com
2020-2025
Host and Curator, CinemaLit Film Series, Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street, San Francisco
Screenings every Friday at 6:00 p.m.
