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"Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" opens March 19th at the Ritz 5 and Ritz Voorhees Movie Theaters
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is one of the decade’s major literary success stories, selling over 8,000,000 copies worldwide and the film adaptation is the highest grossing Swedish film in history and 2009’s highest-grossing film in
Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
Starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace,
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her beloved uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and the tattooed and troubled but resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) to investigate. When the pair link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger’s are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.
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Augustana Heritage Association Celebrates 150th Anniversary of the Augustana Synod June 10-13, 2010
The Augustana Heritage Society will be remembering the work of Augustana Synod, celebrating the heritage of the church, and looking at the world of the church today. Special guest speakers will be Bishop Mark Hanson of the ELCA and the Archbishop of Sweden, Anders Wejryd. For more information visit www.augustanaheritage.org.
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1-800-635-1116, Ext. 712