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Local photographer looks at 15 years of Polish culture\n"Through Foreign Eyes: An American Photographer in 1980s and 1990s Poland" opens today at Ballantine Hall, Room 109. The reception for photographer Dennis Chamberlin will begin at 7:30 p.m. Chamberlin first visited Poland during Martial Law and began work on a documentary photo project that turned out to be more involving than he first thought. In 1986, Chamberlin decided to move to Poland, sold all his belongings -- except for a bag full of cameras, and immersed himself in Polish culture. Six years and many rolls of film later, ZNAK publishers in Krakow published his photographic album depicting life in Poland during the last decade of Communism. He continued to photograph and document the changes in the country for 15 years until he and his family moved to Bloomington last year. For more information, contact the Polish Studies Center at 855-1507.\nSteinbeck's classic tale shown in City Lights Film Series\n"The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck's story of Dust Bowl desperation, will be shown as part of the Department of Communication and Culture's City Lights Film Series. In this John Ford adaptation, Henry Fonda stars as Tom Joad, recently returned from prison only to discover that his Oklahoma home has been ravaged by drought and his family left destitute. The film focuses on the Joad family's travails as they migrate westward in hopes of working in the orchards of California. Oscars went to Ford (directing) and Jane Darwell (supporting actress) as the resilient matriarch of the Joad clan. The film begins at 7 p.m. Friday at Ballantine Hall, Room 013. "Grapes of Wrath" runs 128 minutes. For more information, visit www.indiana.edu/~clights. \nOld-time nurse postcards featured at History Center\nPostcards and memorabilia of the women's suffrage movement and nurses in World War I will be featured in an exhibit at the Monroe County History Center throughout this week. Susan Buscove, whose collection makes up a large part of this exhibit, will share stories about the experiences of Hoosier nurses at a base hospital in France in 1918. The program begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, at 202 E. Sixth St. For more information, call 332-2517.