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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'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><img width=447 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D0EAF7.5AD00BB0" alt=NEWSLETTERTOPPER.jpg></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <span style='color:red'>SEPT. 11th</span> <span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'> SEPT. 17th </span><span style='color:black'>ONLY!!</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'><br>Check out our website at: </span></b><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="https://www.facebook.com/TheAvonTheatre"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=149 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D0EAF7.5AD00BB0" 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=205 height=334 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0EBBB.A473D250" alt=SHOWTIMESSEPT11.JPG></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>+++++++++++++++++++++<br>One of the Top Movies in the Nation!</span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=220 height=326 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D0EAF7.5AD00BB0" alt=WALKposter.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>A WALK IN THE WOODS</u> (R) </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>1 hr. 38 min. Rated R for language (and that’s all)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>A PERSONAL NOTE FROM SKIP: I don’t know what kind of burr got under some critic’s saddle, but this is a GREAT and VERY FUNNY movie!! I have seen it FIVE TIMES, and it never gets old. We have had HUNDREDS come see it, and LOVE IT! Don’t worry about what some grumpy critics say (and many of them LIKED it!), and pay no attention to the vapid pea-brains who think a comedy has to have young people doing crazy things…<i>THIS movie has old people doing crazy things</i>, and I am betting you will laugh yourself silly! </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;background:white'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'><br>In this new comedy adventure, celebrated travel writer, Bill Bryson (Academy Award winner Robert Redford), instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife (Academy Award winner Emma Thompson), and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail - 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by the only<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>person he can find willing to join him on the trek - his long lost and former friend Katz (Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte), a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer who, after a lifetime of relying on his charm and wits to keep one step ahead of the law - sees the trip as a way to sneak out of paying some debts and sneak into one last adventure before its too late. The trouble is, the two have a completely different definition of the word, "adventure". Now they're about to find out that when you push yourself to the edge, the real fun begins.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>A WALK IN THE WOODS</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI: (4:00) – 7:00<br>SAT & SUN: (1:00) – (4:00) – 7:00<br>MON thru THURS: 6:30 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=222 height=328 id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D0EAF7.5AD00BB0" alt=MISTRESSposter.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>MISTRESS AMERICA</u> (R) </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>1 hr. 26 min. Rated R for language.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>In MISTRESS AMERICA, Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) - a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town - she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad schemes.</span></b><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;background:#FEF7CD'> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;background:#FEF7CD'>Mistress America brings out the best in collaborators Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, distilling its star's charm and director's dark wit into a ferociously funny co-written story.</span></i><b><i><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>MISTRESS AMERICA</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI: (5:00) – 8:00<br>SAT: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00 <br>SUN: (2:00) – (5:00) (ENDS SUNDAY!)<br></span></b><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=224 height=332 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D0EAF7.5AD00BB0" alt=MRHposter.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Mr. HOLMES </span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(PG)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> <br>ENDS SOON!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>MR HOLMES is a new twist on the world's most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love - before it's too late.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;background:#FEF7CD'> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;background:#FEF7CD'>Mr. Holmes focuses on the man behind the mysteries, and while it may lack Baker Street thrills, it more than compensates with tenderly wrought, well-acted drama.</span></i><b><i><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Mr. HOLMES</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><span style='color:black'>FRI, SAT & SUN: (5:00) (ENDS SUNDAY!)</span></span></b><span class=auto-style19><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style19><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=204 height=301 id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D0EBBB.A473D250" alt=ANTposter.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>ANT-MAN</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)<br><span style='color:red'>LIMITED ENGAGEMENT!</span></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man." Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>pull off a heist that will save the world.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>ANT-MAN</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><span style='color:black'>FRI: 8:00<br>SAT: (2:00) – 8:00<br>SUN: (2:00) (ENDS SUNDAY!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>+++++++++++++++++++++</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=171 height=127 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D0EBBB.A473D250" alt=SKIPANDGIRLS.JPG></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Skip with 2 veteran staffers, Bridget Spitzer (l) and Megan Markwell (Skip’s niece)<o:p></o:p></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<br><br></span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>My new film classes, <u>GREAT SCREEN TEAMS Part 2</u>, will start on Thurs, Sept. 17<sup>th</sup>. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THE AVON THEATER’S FILM CLASS FOR FALL 2015:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>“GREAT SCREEN TEAMS---PART 2”</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Join us for a continuation of the popular part 1 of this series!! <br>It can be Hope & Crosby, or Martin & Lewis, or Doris Day & Rock Hudson, or Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, or Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy, or The Marx Bros, or Abbott & Costello, or one of the Thin Man series, or maybe a few surprises!!<br><i>As usual, we never divulge what you are going to see, but there will be a lot of great movies screened with a discussion afterward.</i><br></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red'>CLASSES START THURSDAY, SEPT. 17<sup>th</sup> at 6:30 and run until THURSDAY, Nov. 5<sup>th</sup>!<br>8 weeks of movie buff fun for only $80! What a great way to spend the Fall!</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>Cash, checks or credit cards are accepted.<br>(Make checks payable to: “TMG LLC”)<br>If mailing payment, DO NOT send to the theater!<br>Send to:<br>TMG LLC<br>130 S. Austin Ave.<br>Decatur, IL 62522</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>-or, you can always drop it by the theater!<br></span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>(Bring this form with you when you sign-up)<br>NAME:<br><br>EMAIL ADDRESS:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>TELEPHONE:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>HOW MANY ENROLLEES?:<br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>T</span></b><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;font-style:normal'>he Avon Theater has been YOUR locally owned & family-operated 'hometown theater' for almost 100 Years!! </span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><br></span><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This weekend, I'm looking for you and you and...</span></em><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:black'><img border=0 width=53 height=61 id="Picture_x0020_24" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D0EAF7.5AD00BB0" alt=SkipTan.bmp></span></i><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>-</span></em><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black'> Skip Huston</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black'><br></span></i></b><em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>++++++++++++++++++</span></b></em><br><img border=0 width=263 height=485 id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D0EAF7.5AD00BB0" alt=HRReadersChoice2015.bmp><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></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>