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<DIV><FONT face=Impact size=6><U>AVON THEATRE NEWS & VIEWS</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff><EM><FONT
face=Papyrus>Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and Miscellaneous
Folderol</FONT></EM> </FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus><BR><FONT face=Impact
size=5>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>DEC. 28th</FONT> thru
THURSDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000> JAN. 3rd</FONT> ONLY!! </FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><STRONG>CONTINUING:</STRONG><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Rockwell Extra Bold"><STRONG> </STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000><BR><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>NATIONAL TREASURE 2:Book of
Secrets</U> (PG)</STRONG> <FONT size=2><STRONG>Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight and the
whole gang!<BR></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=4><U>CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR</U> (R) Tom
Hanks & Julia Roberts!!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Rockwell Extra Bold"> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000><BR><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>I AM LEGEND</U> (PG13)</STRONG>
<FONT size=3>Will Smith and a cool doggie</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=3> (ENDS THURSDAY!!!) </FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><STRONG><BR>SPECIAL
EVENT: <BR></STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG>NEW YEAR'S EVE:<BR><FONT
size=2>Our Traditional Showing of</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Andrew Lloyd Webber's
</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Musical
Masterwork</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><U>THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA</U>
(PG13)</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000><STRONG>Short
Subjects! Prizes! Hoop-de-doo!</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face=Tahoma><STRONG>Festivities start at 9:00 PM<BR>The Movie itself app. 9:30
PM<BR></STRONG>
<DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><STRONG> <BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>COMING NEXT WEEK:<BR><FONT
color=#000000><U>JUNO</U> (PG13) <FONT size=2>The Indy Film Sensation of the
Year!!</FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2> </FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT face=Georgia><FONT
face=Impact color=#000000>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Impact color=#000000 size=6><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia><U>NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS</U> (PG)<FONT size=2>
Nicolas Cage and the rest of the cast from the fun-filled, action-packed first
film bring you another sure-fire, slam-bang adventure! This is the definitive
"popcorn movie", and, I don't have to tell you who has the BEST popcorn, do I?
In other words: See it at THE AVON, or miss
out!</FONT><BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Georgia color=#000000
size=2><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG><FONT size=4><U>NATIONAL TREASURE
2</U></FONT> (PG)<BR>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 "Bargain
Matinees")<BR><FONT size=4>FRI: (4:00) - 7:00)</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>SAT & SUN: (1:00) - (4:00) -
7:00<BR>MON (New Year's Eve): (1:00) - (4:00)<BR>TUES: (New
Year's Day): (1:00) - (4:00) - 7:00</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>WED & THURS:
6:30</FONT></STRONG><BR><FONT
size=4><U>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</U>
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=4><U>CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR</U> (R) <FONT
size=2>Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts with Phillip Seymour Hoffman in one of those
"truth is stranger than fiction" stories! Yes, this story really did
happen, and, in fact, the real Charlie Wilson was recently quoted that the movie
even "toned it down" a bit! Now, there's a switch from Hollywood's usual
embellishments on history! DON'T MISS IT!!</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>CHARLIE WILSON'S
WAR</U></FONT> (R)<BR>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 "Bargain
Matinees")<BR><FONT size=4>FRI: (5:00) -
8:00</FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>SAT & SUN: (2:00) - (5:00) -
8:00<BR>MON (New Year's Eve): (2:00) - (5:00)<BR>TUES: (New
Year's Day): (2:00) - (5:00) - 8:00</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>WED & THURS:
7:00</FONT></STRONG><BR></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia
size=4><U>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</U></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia><FONT size=4><U>I AM LEGEND</U> (PG13) <FONT
size=2>Ok, we're coming into the final week of this sci-fi thriller starring
Will Smith, so you better hustle on down if you have been procrastinating! This
is the 3rd remake of the 1954 Richard Matheson novella, the first was in 1964
and called "The Last Man on Earth" and starred Vincent Price, and the 2nd was
"The Omega Man" starring Charlton Heston. This is the first time it has been
filmed with the actual, bonafide title of the story as written, and it is a
humdinger, folks!</FONT><BR></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=4><U>I AM LEGEND</U></FONT> (PG13)<BR>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50
"Bargain Matinees")<BR><FONT size=4>FRI: (5:15) - 8:15</FONT></FONT><FONT
size=4> </FONT>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>SAT & SUN: (2:15) - (5:15) -
8:15<BR>MON (New Year's Eve): (2:15) - (5:15)<BR>TUES: (New
Year's Day): (2:15) - (5:15) - 8:15</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><STRONG>WED & THURS:
7:15</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=4>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Impact size=6><U>AVON FILM CLASSES</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT color=#ff0000>AVON THEATRE for <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Richland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000 size=3>Film Classes are Coming Back after the
Holidays!!</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"><FONT size=3><STRONG>Take a look at the NEW
ENTRIES!!</STRONG> </FONT>
</SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><U><FONT color=#000000>Thrillers, Crime and Film-Noir
Movies, Part Two – WKS 8665<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>Sect. 01:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thurs.<SPAN>, Jan. 24 – March 13<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cost:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$80</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000>Place:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Avon Theatre, Downtown <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Decatur</st1:place></st1:City></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>Instructor:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Skip Huston<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Time:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6:30 – 9:00
p.m.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><FONT color=#000000>Even back to the very early
days of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place></st1:City>, the movie staples were Comedies,
Westerns, and …Crime dramas!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Films
that thrill us with tales of the dark side of man’s nature!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When we last visited this topic, about 2
years ago, we only scratched the surface of what is a veritable “mother lode” of
cinema treasures!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This 8-week
winter class film-series, will go back to the very early days of film, and move
right up to the present with gangsters, killers, thieves and other assorted
evil-doers!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As is the case
with all of Skip Huston’s film classes, you’ll see some well-known examples of
this genre, and also see some extremely rare ones too!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We never announce the films you will see
beforehand!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So, if you like a good
murder mystery, or love movies that take you to places you would never want to
visit in real life, come and join a group of fellow film lovers for this latest
entry in the 6 year-old Richland-at-the-Avon film classes!<BR><FONT
size=4><U>"THRILLERS, CRIME and FILM-NOIR MOVIES: Part Two" Starts Thursday,
Jan. 24th @ 6:30 PM!!</U></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
color=#000000><EM> </EM><STRONG><FONT
size=2>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></STRONG></FONT></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000>Americana at the Movies,
Part One – WKS 8683<BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#000000>Sect. 01:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thurs.,
March 27 – May 15<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Time:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6:30 – 9:00
p.m.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#000000>Instructor:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Skip
Huston<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Cost:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$80<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Location:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Avon
Theatre<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Avon Theatre owner and film
historian, Skip Huston, has created another film screening
& discussion series that should please all who have discovered his
film classes over these past 6 years!</SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">"Americana at the
Movies--Pt.1" is an "open-ended" series much like the "Overlooked Films" classes
that Huston has presented every Summer for the past 5
years.</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">"Americana at the Movies--Pt 1" will examine
every aspect of the American experience. The films will include movies of small
towns, and large cities; movies about our loves, fads, fashions and
conflicts since our country was
born.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">As is always the case with
Huston's Richland-at-the-Avon film classes, some of the movies screened and
discussed will be well-known, and some will be rarities that are never seen any
longer! The films to be shown are never announced beforehand, as that has always
been a rule with Huston's classes.</SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">You will see and discuss
with fellow movie lovers from all walks of life a veritable history of America
told through the greatest artistic achievement mankind has produced: <U>The
Movies</U>!</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>There will be comedies,
dramas, thrillers and historical epics all included in this first entry of what
promises to be another hit series in the Avon Theatre film class:<BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><FONT size=4><U>"AMERICANA AT THE
MOVIES--Part One" Starts Thursday, March 27th @ 6:30
PM!!</U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Then...<BR></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5><U>"OVERLOOKED
FILMS--Part Six"</U> <FONT size=4>for This
Summer!!!</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#000000
size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000 size=2><FONT
size=3><STRONG>CONTACT:<BR></STRONG></FONT><EM>Jennifer
Peterson</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000
size=2>Continuing Education Coordinator</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000
size=2>Continuing and Professional </FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000
size=2>Education Division</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000
size=2>Richland Community College</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000
size=2>One College Park, Decatur, IL 62521</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000
size=4><STRONG>(217) 875-7211, Ext. 353</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000
size=2><STRONG>Fax: (217) 875-6964</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Copperplate Gothic Light" color=#000000
size=4>...or, as many of you know, you can sign-up the night of classes
too!!<BR>Just get there about 6:15, and it will only take a few
minutes!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=4>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=3><STRONG>DON'T FORGET OUR TRADITIONAL
NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOWING OF<BR> ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=3><STRONG>MUSICAL
MASTERPIECE...</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080><FONT face=Papyrus><STRONG><FONT size=3><U><FONT
face=Mistral color=#ff0000 size=5>THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA</FONT></U> <FONT
face=Arial>starring Gerard Butler and Emmy
Rossum!!</FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800080 size=3><STRONG>The festivities start at
9:00 PM, with PRIZES!! SHORT-SUBJECTS!! and general
HOOP-de-DOO!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800080 size=4><FONT face=Impact
size=5>COUNTDOWN THE NEW YEAR WITH
US!!<BR></FONT>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC" color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>I'll Be Watching
for All of YOU this Weekend!!</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC" color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>Come See
Me!!</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC" color=#0000ff size=6><STRONG><EM>-Skip
Huston</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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face="Bradley Hand ITC"><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>