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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <img width=558 height=116 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=NEWSLETTERTOPPER.jpg><br><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <span style='color:red'>APRIL 17th</span> <span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'> APRIL 23rd </span><span style='color:black'>ONLY!!</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'><br><b>Check out our website at: </b></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.TheAvon.com">www.TheAvon.com</a></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:maroon'>NOTE: PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE <br>ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THIS NEWSLETTER!!<b> </b></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAvonTheatre"><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=149 height=58 id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=FBlogo1.jpg></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>CLICK ABOVE TO GO TO OUR FUN FACEBOOK PAGE!!<u><span style='color:black'><br></span></u></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>OUR "QUICK LOOK" SHOWTIME GUIDE!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=256 height=345 id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image005.png@01D0776F.86F8EC80" alt="H&RSHOWS0417.bmp"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=221 height=327 id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image022.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=GOLDposterB.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>WOMAN IN GOLD</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Drama (1 hr 50 min --not including 8 to 12 min of previews)<br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>WOMAN IN GOLD is the remarkable true story of one woman's journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for what happened to her family. Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann (Mirren), starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I'. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg (Reynolds), she embarks upon a major<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court, and forces her to confront difficult truths about the past along the way.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>WOMAN IN GOLD</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(Brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (4:00) – 7:00<br>SAT: (1:00) – (4:00) – 7:00<br>SUN: (1:00) – (4:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 6:15 </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span class=auto-style19><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=216 height=337 id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image023.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=YOUNGposterA.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>WHILE WE’RE YOUNG</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>) Comedy/Drama (1 hr 37 min --not including 8 to 12 min of previews)<br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Noah Boaumbach's comedy While We're Young stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as Josh and Cornelia, a childless New York married couple in their mid-forties. As their other friends all start having children, the couple gravitates toward a young hipster couple named Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried). He's an aspiring documentary filmmaker, a vocation Josh already has. Soon the older couple begins enjoying the energy they feel haging out with the younger generation, but eventually Josh<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>begins to suspect his new best friend might not be as straightforward and trustworthy as he thought. While We're Young screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.</span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>Poignant and piercingly honest, While We're Young finds writer-director Noah Baumbach delivering some of his funniest lines through some of his most relatable characters.</span></i><span class=auto-style19><b><i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>WHILE WE’RE YOUNG</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(Brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (5:00) – 8:00<br>SAT: (2:00) – <span style='color:black'>(5:00)</span> – 8:00<br>SUN: (2:00) – (5:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 7:00</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=230 height=340 id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image024.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=LONGESTposter.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THE LONGEST RIDE</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Drama (2 hr 9 min --not including 8 to 12 min of previews)<br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Based on the bestselling novel by master storyteller Nicholas Sparks, THE LONGEST RIDE centers on the star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City's art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected and feateful connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>deeply inspire the young couple. Spanning generations and two intertwining love stories, THE LONGEST RIDE explores the challenges and infinite rewards of enduring love. <br></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THE LONGEST RIDE</span></u></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)</span></b></span><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(Brackets denote $6.50 "Bargain Matinees")</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (5:00) – 8:00<br>SAT: (2:00) – <span style='color:black'>(5:00)</span> – 8:00<br>SUN: (2:00) – (5:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 7:00</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=60 height=88 id="Picture_x0020_17" src="cid:image025.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=SkipRayBan.bmp></span></u></b><span class=auto-style19><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO</span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Del’s Popcorn Shop, which was damaged in a fire last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Del’s is a “Decatur Institution”, just like Krekel’s and The Avon Theater, and has been a positive force in our community for decades. They’ll be back in a few months, hopefully!<br>+++++++++++<br>If you are wondering what is the deal with our Sunday night shows, it’s just a sign of the seasonal change. In this interim period before full-blown Spring and early Summer, sometimes we have a third set of shows on Sunday, and…sometimes we don’t! (This week we don’t). Always check the week’s listings. As we get further into May, we’ll start making Sunday 3<sup>rd</sup> sets our normal schedule until Fall. So, now that mystery is cleared up.<br>+++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Remember, you can always come in just to buy popcorn in either of our lobbies. People do it all the time, and you don’t have to feel weird about it. Just walk in!<br>++++++++++++<br>The best source of info on sales and promotions at the The Avon is our great FaceBook page. There are deals listed there sometimes that NEVER make it to the newsletter. Just click on the FaceBook link up there at the top of this newsletter, and go right to it.<br>++++++++++++<br>Something that we need to clarify is this: Unlike MOST other theaters, we administer our website, newsletter, and FaceBook page OURSELVES! The number of theaters who “farm-out” their website work is, frankly, astounding. This could be why some other theater websites all look kind of slickly generic. Ours is funky and hyperbolic, but, hey, that’s all us!<br>+++++++++++++<br>Remember that THE AVON doesn’t do those 20-30 minutes of commercials those “other guys” are infamous for. With us, you got about 10-12 minutes of Coming Attractions (including about 3 min of LOCAL ads) and we go right into the feature.<br>So many first-timers come late to the show thinking we are like the rest. We are NOT like the rest! (There’s an understatement!).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>The Avon Theater has been YOUR locally owned & family-operated 'hometown theater' for almost </span></em><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>100 </span></em><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Years!! </span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This weekend, I'm looking for you and you and...</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>YOU!!</span></em><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:red'><img border=0 width=43 height=58 id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image026.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=SkipJan31A.bmp></span></i><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:red'>-</span></em><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"'> Skip Huston</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"'><br></span></i></b><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";font-style:normal'>++++++++++++++++</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><br><em><span style='font-style:normal'>STARTS APRIL 24th!!</span></em></span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><img border=0 width=359 height=238 id="Picture_x0020_19" src="cid:image027.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=DANNYquad.jpg></span><em><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-style:normal'><br><br></span></b></em><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><img border=0 width=201 height=297 id="Picture_x0020_20" src="cid:image028.jpg@01D07774.B95B6270" alt=AGEposter.jpg></span><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>