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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'> $5.00 PREMIERE THIS THURS (5/24)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:red'> THURS May 24th 7:00 PM!!<br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'> ALL THURS PREMIERE SEATS ONLY $5.00!!<br>Standard 2D or Eye-Popping <span style='color:red'>3D</span>—YOUR Choice!<br><i>--but NO Extra 3D Charges!!<br></i><img width=219 height=325 id="_x0000_i1034" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D3F210.E2C69520" alt="solo_a_star_wars_story_ver17.jpg"><i><br></i><u>SOLO: A Star Wars Story</u> (PG13)<br><br><b><img width=447 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3F209.A8AF6210" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></b></span><br><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <span style='color:red'>MAY 25th </span><span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'>MAY 31st </span><span style='color:black'>ONLY!!</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#002060'>SENDING THIS OUT EARLY DUE TO HOLIDAY!!</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'><br>Check out our website at: </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.TheAvon.com">www.TheAvon.com</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'>NOTE: PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE <br>ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THIS NEWSLETTER!!</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#002060;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Trouble Seeing the Pictures in the Newsletter??<br>Make sure your email browser is set to “html”, not “text only”.</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:maroon'><br> </span></b><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:image004.jpg@01D3F209.A8AF6210" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></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 VITAL FACEBOOK PAGE!!<br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>OUR ‘QUICK LOOK’ SHOWTIMES!!<br>NOTE: EXTENDED HOLIDAY HOURS!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=314 height=282 id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image014.png@01D3F210.E2C69520" alt="BOOKTIMES2 (2).PNG"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>+++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-style:normal'>MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>A NEW STAR WARS STORY!!!</span></em></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span></b><b><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=263 height=388 id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D3F209.A8AF6210" alt="solo_a_star_wars_story_ver17.jpg"></span><span style='color:black'><br></span></b><em><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>SOLO: A Star Wars Story</span></u></b></em><em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'> (PG13)</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes.<br></span></b><span class=subtle><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";background:#EFEFEF'>Critics Consensus:</span></i></span><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:#EFEFEF'> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#EFEFEF'>A…fun and fast-paced space adventure,</span></i><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:#EFEFEF'> </span></i></span><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#EFEFEF;font-style:normal'>Solo: A Star Wars Story</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:#EFEFEF'> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#EFEFEF'>should satisfy newcomers to the saga as well as longtime fans… </span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>SOLO: A Star Wars Story</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>THURS, MAY 24<sup>th</sup> PREMIERE!! </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>7:00 PM<span style='color:red'><br>Standard 2D or Eye-Popping 3D—YOUR Choice!<br>NO EXTRA 3D Charges!!<br></span></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI, SAT, SUN & MON: (12:45) – (4:00) – 7:15<br>TUES, WED & THURS: 6:30<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>THE SEQUEL TO THE MEGA-HIT!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=272 height=403 id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D3F209.A8AF6210" alt="deadpool_two_ver15.jpg"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br><u>DEADPOOL 2</u> (R)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Miami's hottest bartender, while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover.<br></span></b><span class=subtle><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:#EFEFEF'>Critics Consensus:</span></i></span><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:#EFEFEF'> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:#EFEFEF'>Though it threatens to buckle under the weight of its meta gags, </span></i><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:#EFEFEF;font-style:normal'>Deadpool 2</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:#EFEFEF'> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:#EFEFEF'>is a gory, gleeful lampoon of the superhero genre buoyed by Ryan Reynolds' undeniable charm.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><br></span></i></b><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>DEADPOOL 2</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (R)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI, SAT, SUN & MON: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00<br>TUES, WED & THURS: 7:15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++<br>PERFECT COMEDY FOR THE AVON FANS!!</span></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=265 height=414 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D3F209.A8AF6210" alt="book_club_ver2.jpg"></span><span style='color:black'><br></span></b><em><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>BOOK CLUB</span></u></b></em><em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'> (PG13)</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached. Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through a decades-old divorce. Carol's (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. Four lifelong friends' lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club tackles the infamous Fifty Shades of Grey. >From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'><br></span></b><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>BOOK CLUB</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:black'>(PG13)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI, SAT, SUN & MON: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00<br>TUES, WED & THURS: 7:15<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=46 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D3F209.A8AF6210" alt="Skip pic.JPG"></span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></u></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Skip Huston</span><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Nothing makes me feel like all the work that goes into this place by yours truly, and our family and staff, is all so very worth it until I see huge crowds of you just loving a movie like BOOK CLUB.<br>As I said last week, BOOK CLUB was a real squabble with those “other guys”. They really didn’t want it that badly, but <b><u>they didn’t want US to have it!!</u><br></b>It ended up WE had it and THEY did NOT!!<br><i>Sometimes the Cinema Gods do us a real solid.</i><br><br>Now, as we go into the 2<sup>nd</sup> week with it, we’ll see how it all shakes out.<br>Maybe they’ll pick it up, or maybe they won’t…<br>One thing is for sure: We’ve had hundreds for it this week, and took the cream right out of their coffee! <br>IF they DO grab it too, we have a blessed head-start on them!<br><br>So, why am I so focused on BOOK CLUB instead of our other 2 mega-blockbusters, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY and DEADPOOL 2??<br>Because BOOK CLUB is one for <b>OUR</b> team!<br><i>-The loyal patrons who have kept us alive for going on 20 years!<br></i>It’s not very often a real crowd pleaser for OUR folks comes along…<br><i>You can bet your sweet bippy I’m going to praise it to the skies!!<br></i></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sue and I (and the rest of the family hooligans) are off to my beloved niece, Megan’s, wedding in Arkansas this holiday weekend. My right-hand, Ashley, will be in charge, along with most of our crackerjack staff you’ve all come to know so well. Stop in and see BOOK CLUB again, or one of our other offerings. Or just buy some of our legendary popcorn to go.<br>Or just stop in and say howdy. I’m sure they will all be missing me terribly! <br>I’ll be back on Monday.<br>Have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day weekend. It looks like its going to be <b><span style='color:red'>HOT!</span></b><br></span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++</span><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></i><span style='font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>DON’T FORGET: THE NEW FILM CLASS STARTS THURS, JUNE 14<sup>th</sup> at 6:30!<br>Don’t miss this summer’s edition of “<u>OVERLOOKED FILMS</u>”!!</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<u><br></u>The <span style='color:red'>ORIGINAL</span> $5.00 TUESDAY!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=338 height=102 id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D3F209.A8AF6210" alt=tightwad.JPG></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<span style='color:#7030A0'><br></span></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>T<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>he Avon Theater has been YOUR locally owned, family-operated 'hometown theater' for OVER 100 Years!!</span></em><br></span></b><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>As of April, 2018, we started our 20<sup>th</sup> Year!!</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'><img border=0 width=48 height=56 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D3F209.A8AF6210" alt="cid:image008.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></i></b><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>-</span></em><em><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black'> </span></em><em><b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>Skip Huston</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'><br></span></i></b><em><b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black;font-style:normal'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>