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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><img width=447 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></b><br><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <span style='color:red'>JAN. 4th </span><span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'>JAN. 10th </span><span style='color:black'>ONLY!!</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>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:image002.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:maroon'><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></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=281 height=326 id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image016.png@01D4A2BE.750D2A30" alt="NEWYEARS2019 (2).PNG"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>THE “FEEL GOOD” MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY!!<br>SHEER MOVIE MAGIC!!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=273 height=389 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" alt="mary_poppins_returns_ver5.JPG"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>MARY POPPINS RETURNS</u> (PG)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>Directed and produced by Rob Marshall, "Mary Poppins Returns" also stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer and Julie Walters with Colin Firth and Meryl Streep. The film, which introduces three new Banks children, played by Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh and newcomer Joel Dawson, also features Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury. The film is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original novels) and is drawn from the wealth of material in PL Travers' additional seven books.<br></span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>MARY POPPINS RETURNS</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (3:45) – 7:00<br>SAT: (12:30) – (3:45) – 7:00<br>SUN: (12:30) – (3:45)<br>MON thru THURS: 6:30<br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<span style='color:red'><br></span><span style='color:black'>STAGGERING SCOPE AND ACTION!!<br></span></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=300 height=445 id="Picture_x0020_22" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" alt="aquaman_ver11.jpg"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>AQUAMAN</u> (PG13)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, "Aquaman," starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime--one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be... a king. <br><img border=0 width=253 height=116 id="Picture_x0020_23" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" alt="aquaman_ver13.jpg"><br></span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>AQUAMAN</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG13)<br>FRI: (4:45) – 8:00<br>SAT: (1:30) – (4:45) – 8:00<br>SUN: (1:30) – (4:45)<br>MON thru THURS: 7:15 <span style='color:red'>(ENDS THURSDAY!)</span><br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>NOMINATED FOR 6 GOLDEN GLOBES!<br>HUGE OSCAR-BUZZ!!<br></span></b><span style='color:#073763'><img border=0 width=253 height=375 id="Picture_x0020_20" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" alt="vice_ver3.JPG"></span><span style='color:#073763'><br></span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>VICE </span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(R)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.</span><span style='color:#073763'> <br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=143 height=201 id="Picture_x0020_21" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" alt=VICErevised.JPG></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>VICE </u>(R)<br>FRI: (4:45) – 8:00<br>SAT: (1:30) – (4:45) – 8:00<br>SUN: (1:30) – (4:45)<br>MON thru THURS: 7:15 <span style='color:red'>(ENDS THURSDAY!)</span><br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 11<sup>th</sup>!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=258 height=381 id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image026.jpg@01D4A2BE.750D2A30" alt="mary_queen_of_scots_ver3.jpg"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS</u> (R)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>"Mary Queen of Scots" explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Ronan). Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of the compelling Elizabeth I (Robbie). Each young Queen beholds her "sister" in fear and fascination. Rivals in power and in love, and female regents in a masculine world, the two must decide how to play the game of marriage versus independence. Determined to rule as much more than a figurehead, Mary asserts her claim to the throne. <br><img border=0 width=111 height=162 id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image027.jpg@01D4A2BE.750D2A30" alt="mary_queen_of_scots.JPG"> <img border=0 width=110 height=161 id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image028.jpg@01D4A2BE.750D2A30" alt="mary_queen_of_scots_ver2.JPG"><br><img border=0 width=222 height=328 id="Picture_x0020_19" src="cid:image029.jpg@01D4A2BE.750D2A30" alt="mary_queen_of_scots_ver4.JPG"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(SHOWTIMES ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK)<br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 11<sup>th</sup>!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=266 height=395 id="Picture_x0020_24" src="cid:image030.jpg@01D4A2BE.750D2A30" alt=mule.jpg></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>THE MULE</u> (R)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'> Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well -- so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn't the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel's enforcers, catch up with him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THE MULE</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(SHOWTIMES ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK)<br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>COMING SOON!! <br>ONE OF THE YEAR’S MOST ACCLAIMED!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=317 height=238 id="Picture_x0020_26" src="cid:image031.jpg@01D4A2BE.750D2A30" alt="favourite_ver3.JPG"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>THE FAVOURITE</u> (R)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen's companion.</span><span style='color:#073763'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THE FAVOURITE</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>WATCH FOR IT VERY SOON!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b><span style='color:#073763'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=46 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_17" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" alt="Skip pic.JPG"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO<br></span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sooooo, we survived a long and intense holiday season, with large crowds, and lots of happy people!<br>We had an emergency on Christmas weekend that is something we had previously only heard horror stories about…One of our projectors had a bulb explode, and seriously damage the inside works of the unit! This was on Friday afternoon of Christmas weekend! HELP!!<br>Thanks to the aid of some Chicago technicians, and a <i>whole lot of money</i> spent shipping a vital part to arrive Sunday night, we were back and operating on screen #3 on Monday!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Remember, we still had 2 screens running, but losing that 3<sup>RD </sup>screen on a huge holiday weekend was a terrible thing!<br>I ‘think’ we made up for it quickly, but we’ll never know. All I DO know is that it sure put a temporary cramp in our holiday cheer!<br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>The agony of only having three screens is most pronounced during the holidays and summertime…<br>We were booked solid, and had to grit our teeth and forego showing Clint Eastwood’s <b><u>THE MULE</u></b>. It was something of MUCH concern for all of us, but we had to just wait until the holiday movies could be cleared so we had a screen free up for it!<br><i>That finally happens next Friday, on Jan. 11<sup>th</sup>!!<br></i>I’m sure many of you went to those “other guys” to see <b><u>THE MULE</u></b>, but we can only hope there are still some of you who waited for us to get it, or didn’t have time to see it at all, or…want to see it again!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>So, at long last: Clint Eastwood’s <b><u>THE MULE</u></b> <b>will be at THE AVON on Friday, Jan. 11<sup><br></sup>PLEASE PASS THE WORD!!</b><br>This was unavoidable with so many films coming out at the same time, but we are STILL going to play it in HOPES you will come!<br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br><u>NOTE TO MY FILM CLASS STUDENTS</u>:<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The Winter 2019 course, “<u>MORE AMERICANA AT THE MOVIES</u>”, will start Thurs, January 31<sup>st</sup>.<br>Flyers and enrollment forms will be in our lobbies soon, and you can bet you’ll be hearing much more about it in the coming weeks.<br><b>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>Let’s all look ahead to making 2019 the <u><span style='color:red'>BEST YEAR YET</span></u>!!</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>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:image013.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" 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 102 Years!!</span></em><br></span></b><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>As of April, 2018, </span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;font-style:normal'>we</span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'> 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:image014.jpg@01D4A050.0427C4D0" 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:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><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></div></body></html>