[Avon-theatre-news] AVON THEATRE NEWS

Skip Huston Skip at TheAvon.com
Thu May 31 14:23:02 EDT 2007


AVON THEATRE NEWS & VIEWS
Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and Miscellaneous Folderol 
WEEK OF FRIDAY, JUNE 1st thru THURSDAY, JUNE 7th ONLY!!

OPENING FRIDAY: 
ONE-WEEK-ONLY!! GEORGIA RULE (R-language) Jane Fonda & Lindsay Lohan
CONTINUING: 
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 (PG13) Johnny Depp and a whole bunch more!  
SHREK THE THIRD (PG)      

SPECIAL EVENT:
FILM CLASSES START AGAIN THURSDAY, JUNE 7th @ 6:30!! 
Are YOU enrolled yet??  (Details Below)  

COMING NEXT WEEK:
OCEANS 13 (PG13) (Or OCEANS 11--Part 3, if you prefer...) Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Al Pacino, and everyone else you can think of!
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HELP WANTED!!!
We have positions open NOW on our "Lobby Staff", and need qualified candidates!
Ideally, you should be over 18 with your own transportation. (We will consider 16 or 17 year olds, but on a case-by-case basis). You must be able to lift 50 lb. bags of raw corn, and you MUST be available to work NIGHTS and WEEKENDS!!! (No exceptions!!!)
Students are preferred, but all will be considered.
APPLY IN PERSON AT THE AVON DURING BUSINESS HOURS!! Ask for Skip or Sue.
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (PG13) Now in its rousing 2nd week on Decatur's biggest screen (the only way to see it). Johnny Depp and a huge gaggle of cutthroat scalawags ride herd on the various forces of nogoodnicks in a huge epic film that has to been seen to be believed! Yes, at 2 hrs. 45 min., its a tad too long, but so what? I'd rather have more than less any day!

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 (PG13)
(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 "Bargain Matinees")

Fri:                            (4:00) - 8:00

Sat & Sun: ( 12:00) - (4:00) - 8:00

Mon-Wed:                                  6:45

Thurs:                                        7:00 



SHREK THE THIRD (PG) Boy, does everyone love this one! (Except for one old coot that thought the humor "too racy" for his grandchildren, as he drug them screaming from the theater, that is!) That little green ogre and all his pals are so much fun to be with, I hope they keep making these forever!  And trust me: SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES!!
SHREK THE THIRD (PG)
(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 "Bargain Matinees")

Fri:                              (4:45) - 7:15

Sat & Sun: (1:00) - (3:30) - 6:00 - 8:30

Mon-Thurs:                                    7:15


GEORGIA RULE (R-language) We needed a "one-week-only" bridge film in order to position our screens for the arrival of OCEANS 13 next week, and since so many of you had asked about this one, and expressed your reluctance to patronize the "other guys", I thought I would bring in the Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman starrer in for one week. This study of three generations of women was a little more serious-minded than some expected. It has its funny moments, to be sure, but it has its dramatic ones as well.

GEORGIA RULE (R)
(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 "Bargain Matinees")

Fri:                                (5:00) - 7:30

Sat & Sun:     (1:15) - (4:30) - 7:15

Mon-Wed:                                     7:20 (Ends Wednesday)

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BIG THANK-YOU!!
Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest weekends in the movie business.
It is also the time my wife takes her annual trip to Nevada to see her family.
Usually, my daughter, Melissa, fills in for her, and then we are fine, but...
This year she took our new granddaughter, Lily Belle, to visit Ohio relatives!
So, I called in the reserves!!
Not only were past staffers Kim Whitt (our former manager for 4 years) and Annemarie Mudd
back behind our counters, but we also had some talented friends who pitched in as well!
Nationally-known author Troy Taylor was well in evidence, as was my old band-mate Ed
Hemrich. The Avon's main office of Ripper Entertainment supplied our new Special Projects
Coordinator, Jill Bergin, to handle box-office duties on Saturday too!
With the combined and tireless efforts of our remaining regular staff of Assn't Manager Sarah Sloan, 
Senior Staffer Brian Harden, and Lobby Staff Whitney Martin, Jourdon Nicole and Teddy Blakey, not
to mention stalwart projectionist Ed Osborne and tech staff Chris Barnett and Doug Hicks, we made it 
through to a record-breaking weekend!!
BUT, there is one other element that made that fabulous weekend possible...
YOU!
So many of you choose THE AVON over the "other guys", and we thank you for it!
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RICHLAND-AT-THE-AVON FILM CLASSES!!
The most popular in the series of film classes at The Avon Theatre is the Summer "Overlooked Films" courses.
Flyers and enrollment forms are available now in the Avon lobbies, or you can simply show-up on the first night and enroll with a Richland official! (Make sure to come as early as 6:00 PM if you choose to do that!)
These are our largest classes, and a great way to meet a whole lot of nice people!
Here is the class description:

AVON THEATRE FILM CLASSES RESUME THURSDAY!!
 

Overlooked Films Part V - WKS 8585

Sect. 01:  Thurs., June 7 - July 26    Time:  6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Instructor:  Skip Huston 

Place:  Avon Theatre, Downtown Decatur     Cost:  $80

Here is the latest edition of the most popular of the Avon Film Class series!  Avon Theatre owner and film historian Skip Huston handpicks movies from many different genres that you have probably never heard of, yet will be some of your newest favorite films!  Many fabulous films with major stars and critical acclaim simply fly below the radar in the ultra-competitive film business.  This means you never have a chance to see some really great movies!  Now, thanks to the Overlooked Film Classes, you can spend 8 weeks in the summer screening and discussing many movies that will astound you with their quality yet might be ones you have no prior knowledge of at all!  Find out how hundreds of Decatur people spend their summers at The Avon for Overlooked Film Classes!

 

WATCH FOR THE FALL SERIES OF CLASSES AT THE AVON THEATRE COMMENTATED BY SKIP HUSTON AND OFFERED BY RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE!

 

CONTACT:
Jennifer Peterson
Community Education Coordinator
Continuing and Professional Education
Richland Community College
One College Park, Decatur, IL  62521
(217) 875-7211, Ext. 353
Fax:  (217) 875-6964
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Come See Me Soon!!
Don't Forget About "Tightwad Tuesdays" ALL SHOWS JUST $4.50!!!!

Skip Huston



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