Beat the heat this August at the Mattatuck Museum enjoying scenes of Venice in the air-cooled comfort of the museum’s Performing Arts Center. The new film series “Cinema Summer” has been developed in conjunction with the current exhibition Reflections and Undercurrents:
Ernest Roth and Printmaking in Venice, 1900-1940. The new series will focus on scenes of Venice in three films to be presented on consecutive Wednesday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. in August.
The series kicks off on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 with the Katherine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi classic Summertime. In this beloved film a middle-aged secretary from Akron, Ohio, who has finally made it to Venice, Italy for her long-awaited dream vacation, unexpectedly finds romance. This 1955 film is directed by David Lean.
Admission to these films is $5 for museum and OLLI members and $8 for non-members. Join the museum to immediately qualify for member benefits. Please register in advance at www.mattatuckmuseum.org or call (203) 753-0381,
ext. 10.
