Spring 2017 Films And Events At Phoenixville's Colonial Theatre

PHOENIXVILLE, PA -- What's going on at the Colonial this spring? Check out the full calendar of upcoming classic, cult, horror, and children's events, courtesy of the Colonial Theatre.

1984
Michael Radford. UK. 1984. R. 113 min. MGM. 35mm.
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
We pay tribute to the late John Hurt with a special 35mm screening of 1984. Learn more about the National Screening Day of 1984 here.

“Director Michael Radford’s 1984, filmed in England between Apr and Jun of 1984 (the same period during which the action of George Orwell’s famous 1949 novel takes place), is a film adaptation that succeeds brilliantly. In one fell swoop, it repoliticizes the novel — translating it into terms that speak directly to the present. Paradoxically, it pulls off this singular feat not through any spurious “updating” of Orwell’s terrifying novel but by situating the novel squarely in its own period. Consequently, the film’s action can be said to unfold simultaneously in three separate time frames: the past (specifically the 1940s, during which Orwell conceived and wrote his novel), the future (as we postulate it in this decade), and the present (the mid-1980s). Emerging from the interplay between these three contexts is one of the most rigorous and faithful literary adaptations in the history of cinema — a 1984 that one feels sure Orwell himself would have recognized and appreciated.” (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

JOEL’S FRIED GOLD FILM FEST
Sat, May 13 @ 3:30 - 11PM. Ticket prices TBD.
Sponsored by The Eteranal Order of the Golden Fedora
To celebrate the life and legacy of Joel Rickenbach, The Colonial Theatre pays tribute to our beloved family member with Joel's Fried Gold Film Fest! From 3:30-11PM, the Colonial's big screen will play host to three of Joel's favorite films.

THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord. US. 2014. PG. 100 min. Warner Bros. Digital. Sat, May 13, 2017 @ 3:30 PM THE WILD BUNCH Sam Peckinpah. US. 1969. R. 145 min. Warner Bros. 35mm. Sat, May 13, 2017 @ 5:30 PM L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Curtis Hanson. US. 1997. R. 138 min. Fox. 35mm. Sat, May 13, 2017 @ 8:30 PM

THE MADS ARE BACK!
Tickets: $25 - $30.
Sat, May 20, 2017 @ 8PM
The Mads Are Back! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu as they screen some of the worst movies ever made and riff, or comedically make fun of, them live in the same style as the Peabody Award-winning TV series. The Mads will riff a film and a short, and will do a Q&A afterwards. There will also be a Meet & Greet before and/or after the show, as time allows.

Frank Conniff is a comedy writer and performer who began his TV careerMystery Science Theater 3000, where he also played “TV’s Frank,” the bumbling yet lovable mad scientist sidekick. He then went on to be a writer, producer and actor on the ABC TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch and he was a writer and producer on The Drew Carey Show on ABC, The New Tom Green Show on MTV, and the satirical series O2BE on the Oxygen Network, where he was also a cast member. He was head writer of the animated Nickelodeon series Invader Zim, and also was a writer and producer for the Air America Radio network, where he provided material for on-air personalities Rachel Maddow, Marc Maron, Lizz Winstead, Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, and Randi Rhodes. He can currently be heard weekdays 2 - 5pm on the Sirius XM radio show, Tell Me Everything. In his spare time, he writes, produces and directs original musical comedy radio plays for his scripted podcast, Podhouse 90, and writes and performs in “Cartoon Dump,” a monthly stage show in NYC.

Trace Beaulieu is a comic actor, writer, performer. He was a founding member of the Emmy nominated, Peabody Award-winning, cult hit show Mystery Science Theater 3000. In addition to writing, occasionally directing, designing and building sets and props, Trace performed the puppet character Crow T. Robot, and mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester. He repeated these roles in the 1996 film version of the show, MST3K: THE MOVIE. Trace wrote for ABC’s America’s Funniest Videos for nine seasons. He played a recurring character on Freaks and Geeks, and has had cameo appearances on The West Wing and Arrested Development. For six years, he toured with the original cast of MST3K in a live movie riffing show, called CINEMATIC TITANIC. Trace is currently the voice of A.R.T. the robot on Paul Feig’s Other Space on Yahoo TV.

STAR TREK MARATHON
Sun, Jun 18 @ 1:30 - 8PM. Tickets: $11 - $21.
The Colonial Theatre’s annual Father’s Day movie marathon event is about to boldly go where it has never gone before - the Star Trek universe. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the USS Enterprise crew are beaming down to the Colonial’s big screen on Jun 18 with three of their best cinematic adventures. The three films selected are among the most highly regarded entries in the Star Trek film series. Often considered one of the best sci-fi movies of all time, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan finds the crew facing off against the titular Khan (Ricardo Montalban), a formidable foe from their past. Much lighter in tone than its predecessors Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home places the space heroes in a time travel adventure filled with lots of humor, heart and thrill. Finally, the original cast embarks on their final big screen journey in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN Nicholas Meyer. US. 1982. NR. 113 min. Paramount. Digital. Sun, Jun 18, 2017 @ 1:30 PM STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME Leonard Nimoy. US. 1986. PG. 119 min. Paramount. 35mm. Sun, Jun 18, 2017 @ 3:45 PM STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY Nicholas Meyer. US. 1991. PG. 113 min. Paramount. 35mm. Sun, Jun 18, 2017 @ 6:00 PM

POINT ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS
Tickets are non-refundable. Reserved seating. Ticket prices do not include the $2 per ticket Facilities Fee or the $1.50 per ticket Service Fee. These fees will be calculated at check out. Tickets available with cash, check or credit card at the Colonial Theatre Box Office, or online. Please note that seats in the rear balcony have limited leg room.

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR AND SUSAN WERNER
Tickets: $22 - $34.50
Sat, Apr 1, 2017 @ 8PM
Livingston Taylor has written Top 10 hits and has toured with the likes of Fleetwood Mac and Linda Ronstadt. But to his devoted fans he’s best known for his charming and enthralling live performances. Susan Werner composes skillful songs that effortlessly slide between folk, jazz, and pop, all delivered with sassy wit and classic Midwestern charm. Throughout her expansive career, boundless versatility has emerged as a hallmark of Werner’s talent, and has proven to be a quintessential ingredient of her engrossing musical persona.

“Always an impressive songwriter, Werner continues to compose sharp, funny, compassionate lyrics, a gift rare enough to set her apart…”
— The Washington Post

“The classically trained and jazz inspired singer is redefining the genre and winning admirers around the country…”
— Philadelphia Inquirer

TWO FUNNY PHILLY GUYS
Tickets: $25 - $35
Sat, Apr 15, 2017 @ 8PM
Comedian Joe Conklin has been a constant in Philadelphia radio for more than 20 years, with his spot-on impressions of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Cole Hamels, Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley, Harry Kalas, Bobby Clarke and so many others. Fearless and hilarious, he skewers some of the countrys top politicians, pro athletes, sports executives and film stars – sometimes to their faces! Big Daddy has performed more than 4,000 comedy shows over the past 20 years, along with hosting his popular overnight radio show on WIP. Originally starting out as a musical comedian, opening for rock shows like the Hooters in the 80s, Big Daddy now focuses observational comedy with stories about his life and living in Philadelphia. Were thrilled to welcome this pair of Philadelphia comedy icons back to the Colonial.

MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES
Tickets: $25 - $42.50
Sun, Apr 23, 2017
Marty Stuart is a five time GRAMMY-winner, platinum recording artist, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Americana Music Association, Grand Ole Opry star, country music archivist, photographer, musician, and songwriter. Since starting out singing gospel as a child, Stuart has spent over four decades celebrating American roots music. His teenage years on tour with bluegrass legend Lester Flatt in the ’70s were followed by six years in Johnny Cash’s band in the ’80s, and a chart-topping tenure as a solo artist in the ’90s. Stuart hosts a Late Night Jam at The Ryman, a yearly tradition which kicks off the CMA Music Festival, with recent guests including Dolly Parton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Neko Case, Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, Maren Morris, Dan Auerbach and many more.

CARL PALMER’S ELP LEGACY
Tickets: $29 - $44.50
Fri, May 19, 2017
Sadly the recent death of Keith Emerson has sparked renewed interest in Emerson, Lake and Palmer; and Carl Palmer is the only member still playing this music. Palmer, who was voted by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 Greatest Drummers of All Time, is also a founding member of Asia. Since he began in the business in the 1960s Carl Palmer has sold over 50 million records and is currently celebrating his 50th year in music!

CLASSICS ON SUNDAYS

CHILDREN OF PARADISE
Marcel Carné. France. 1945. NR. 190 min. Janus. Digital.
Sun, Apr 09, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
“Considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made, this intensely romantic melodrama wonderfully re-creates the teeming excitement of the early 1800s – both for the French theatre as well as Paris’ Boulevard du Crime. In a complicated series of events, the film follows the interlocking fates of four central character: Frederick (Pierre Brausseur), a haughty actor who communicates through words; Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault), a sensitive pantomimist; Garance (Arletty) an elusive glamourous woman of easy virtue who stands between them and the fourth character, a murderous thief. Using the theatre as a metaphor for life, the Jacques Prévert-scripted story is a richly entertaining, immense masterpiece of postwar cinema.” (TLA Video & DVD Guide, 2003)

ON THE TOWN
Stanley Donen. US. 1949. NR. 98 min. Warner Bros. Digital.
Sun, Apr 23, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
“A grand, energetic and immensely enjoyable adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. With a score by Leonard Bernstein and a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Greene, directors Kelly and Donen have opened up, with location shooting, this exuberant tale about three sailors on a 24-hour pass, and of their romantic adventures in New York City. Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munchin are the men in uniform; and Vera-Ellen, Betty Garrett, and Ann Miller are the women with whom they meet and fall in love.” (TLA Video & DVD Guide, 2003)

QUEEN CHRISTINA
Rouben Mamoulian. US. 1933. NR. 99 min. Warner Bros. 35mm.
Sun, Apr 30, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
“In one of her most intoxicating performances, Greta Garbo radiates sensuality and regal authority as the lonely but compassionate 17th-century Swedish monarch – who renounced her throne rather than be forced to wed and produce an heir. Exquisitely photographed, the film also features John Gilbert as her intended, who can’t understand her reluctance and constant wearing of men’s trousers. Mamoulian’s classic works as both historical and epic and examination of individual expression, Garbo posed sphinx-like at the bow of a ship is unforgettable.” (TLA Video & DVD Guide, 2003)

THE ITALIAN JOB
Peter Collinson. UK. 1969. G. 99 min. Paramount. Digital.
Sun, May 07, 2017 @ 1:30 PM
"Michael Caine stars as a crafty, impish career criminal whose swinging credentials are established by his itinerary upon leaving prison: a trip to his tailor, the recovery of his sports car, and a visit to a swanky hotel room filled with fetching women of ill repute. Caine then sets about orchestrating an ambitious heist involving millions in gold; a computer-engineered traffic jam; red, white, and blue MINI Coopers; fiercely patriotic, patrician crime boss Noel Coward (dripping aristocratic disdain in his final film role); and chubby-chasing computer genius Benny Hill. The Italian Job intriguingly marshals the contrasting talents of the legendarily droll Coward and the famously bawdy Hill, who by all rights should cancel each other out. But the historic meeting of the minds never materializes–the two titans of British comedy have no scenes together. Quirky casting and a hip Quincy Jones score help set The Italian Job apart, but the casting of the film's automobiles is arguably more integral to its success than the casting of its human characters. The MINI Cooper is a delightfully preposterous-looking vehicle, and the filmmakers ratchet up its ridiculousness by having it do things no car should. The Italian Job only begins to live up to its revered British reputation in its last half hour, when its scene-stealing cars take center stage in an exhilarating car chase that sends them racing through water and tunnels, and even up the roof of a building. As a comic heist film, The Italian Job is diverting, though slight. As a feature-length advertisement for the MINI Cooper, however, it's an unqualified triumph." (Noel Murray, The AV Club)

MARTY
Delbert Mann. US. 1955. NR. 90 min. MGM. 35mm.
Sun, May 14, 2017 @ 1:30 PM
“Ma, sooner or later, there comes a point in a man's life when he's gotta face some facts. And one fact I gotta face is that, whatever it is that women like, I ain't got it.” Stuck between giving up and selling out, Marty, a middle-aged bachelor, has an average disposition when it comes to love and marriage. His mother and family push for marriage while his friends encourage a care-free life of perpetual bachelorhood. However, at a dance Marty meets Clara, a teacher. For once, he can accept the facts and be happy but his mother and his pals have to have their say. Discouraged and hopeless Marty contemplates standing Clara up. Will true love win in the end? Either way you’ll find yourself rooting for him as he tries to find out. (Jordan Scharaga)

A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
Joseph L. Mankiewicz. US. 1949. NR. 103 min. Fox. Digital.
Sun, May 21, 2017 @ 1:30 PM
“Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s magisterial, buoyant suburban drama, from 1949, concerns three couples and a wild card—the strong-willed, sophisticated woman whom one of the husbands used to love and whom all three of them admire, and who, to launch the story, informs their three wives that she has run away with one of the men. The couples—played by Ann Sothern and Kirk Douglas; Linda Darnell and Paul Douglas; and Jeanne Crain and Jeffrey Lynn—range from the comfortably struggling to the filthy rich, and money is central to the action. Mankiewicz presents, in flashbacks, each wife’s tremulous view of domestic discord—the resentful silence of good cheer, the cultural combat of money versus art, and overtly sexual class warfare. (The crises are worthy of Ingmar Bergman’s classics; the film could have been called “Scenes from Three Marriages.”) Mankiewicz’s writing is scintillating and expressive, but his daring direction makes it burst into life. When Crain utters the film’s most anguished line, she gives a defiant, dramatically unmotivated look into the camera, a gesture of existential complicity that became a cornerstone of cinematic modernism. Despite its emotional intensity, the film is comic, effervescently so, and its magical ending lends wit a metaphysical dimension.” (Richard Brody, The New Yorker)

TOOTSIE
Sydney Pollack. US. 1982. PG. 116 min. Sony. Digital.
Sun, May 28, 2017 @ 1:30 PM
“There are few actors who can communicate thinking as tangibly as Dustin Hoffman. Watching him, one's always aware of gears turning, of thought and self-awareness as exhilaratingly tactile curses thrust upon the character in question. Apart from Straight Time, no film has been as directly in touch with this forcefully internal physicality as Tootsie, which actively depends on our awareness of Hoffman's mythic reputation, most pronouncedly his hyper-perfectionism. Michael Dorsey, the struggling New York actor who turns himself into Dorothy Michaels, a headstrong, generically Southern actress who quickly takes over a daytime soap called Southwest General, is modeled on Hoffman and his talent as well as his legendary proclivity for collaborative difficulty. It's impossible to watch Michael, say, argue with his agent (superbly played by the director, Sydney Pollack, in the film's most explicitly meta touch) about the internal motivations of a tomato and not wonder if this is a specific anecdote from Hoffman's own working life. The tension, and the humor, of such a scene springs from it serving as a sort of subterranean mea culpa: Hoffman can play an actor having a hissy fit about his commitment to the realism of tomatoes, and can acknowledge the absurdity of such a scenario, while apparently indulging such dogged practices, nevertheless, in his actual life. These ironies, of working, of life, and of the uncanny ability to erect political fences between the two, are the subjects of the film.” (Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine)

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
Charles Laughton. US. 1955. NR. 93 min. MGM. Digital.
Sun, Jun 04, 2017 @ 1:30 PM
“A tall, handsome 'preacher' - his knuckles eerily tattooed with 'love' and 'hate' - roams the countryside, spreading the gospel... and leaving a trail of murdered women in his wake. To Reverend Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), the work of the Lord has more to do with condemning souls than saving them, especially when his own interests are involved. Now his sights are set on $10,000 - and two little children are the only ones who know where it is. 'Chill...dren!' the preacher croons to the terrified boy and girl hiding in the cold, dark cellar... innocent young lambs who refuse to be led astray. A finely acted, imaginatively directed chiller with brooding power, The Night of the Hunter stars Mitchum in the most daring and critically acclaimed performance of his career. Spellbinding, ominous, and hauntingly suspenseful, this extraordinary film noir classic remains one of the most frightening movies ever made.” (Park Circus)

ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS
Louis Malle. France. 1958. NR. 91 min. Rialto. Digital.
Sun, Jun 11, 2017 @ 1:30 PM
“Elevator to the Gallows revolves around Florence (Jeanne Moreau) and her lover Julien (Maurice Ronet), who have plotted to murder her husband, M. Carala (Jean Wall). After framing Carala's death to look like a suicide, Julien gets stuck in his office building's elevator, and his car is stolen by a teenage couple, Louis (Georges Poujouly) and Véronique (Yori Bertin), looking for a joyride. Florence spends the night looking for Julien, while he tries to find a way out of the suffocating elevator, and that teen couple get into their own trouble at a motel with German tourists. For all that, the film's signature sound, Miles Davis's melancholic trumpet, belongs to Florence, haunting her as she ambles through the newly modernized Parisian streets, which look bleak despite all the glossy lights and shiny chrome finishes on the cars. Occasionally the city background is softened out as the camera focuses on the disoriented Moreau, with close-ups of her distraught face accompanied by Davis's terse wails, all painting a baneful portrait of a city too often romanticized onscreen as roaring with hip nightlife.” (Tina Hassannia, The Village Voice)

VICTOR VICTORIA
Blake Edwards. UK. 1982. R. 132 min. Warner Bros. 35mm.
Sun, Jun 25, 2017 @ 1:30 PM
“This stylish, gender-bending, sexual/musical comedy stars Julie Andrews as a female (Victoria) who passes as a gay male female impersonator (Victor). Robert Preston offers a scintillating performance as her gay friend and mentor, Toddy. James Garner is a Chicago gangster confusingly enchanted and attracted to Andrews, who he thinks is a man. Based on the 1933 German comedy, Viktor und Viktoria, Edwards’ exuberant romp is full of snappy tunes and sophisticated hilarity. Lesley Ann Warren gives a priceless performance as Garner’s dumb-blonde mistress.” (TLA Video & DVD Guide, 2003)

CULT CINEMA

SPICE WORLD
Bob Spiers. UK. 1997. PG. 93 min. Sony. 35mm.
Fri, Apr 21, 2017 @ 9:45 PM
"... Somehow I found myself enjoying this limp and lurid picture. Call it gentlemanly obligation. There is a swelling wave of dissent against the Spice Girls, based on the perception that they have achieved a ludicrous measure of fame and fortune on the strength of markedly limited talents. What I particularly admire about the Spice Girls, on the other hand, is that they have achieved a ludicrous measure of fame and fortune on the strength of markedly limited talents. They are the Demi Moore of pop culture. Spice World makes no bones about the absurdity of their success; if the film were any better, it would be an insult to a fine body of women. And, while it may represent a step backward in the art of cineman, it is also a splendid preemptive strike: anything you can say against the Spice Girls is absorbed and defused in the course of the picture. When the musical arranger stops their rehearsal and says, "That was absolutely perfect without actually being any good," all your defenses come down. The girls are both canny operatives and good sports, chicas firmly to the front; to expect them to display melodic genius as well would be most unfair." (Anthony Lane, The New Yorker)

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
Amy Heckerling. US. 1982. R. 90 min. Universal. Digital.
Fri, May 26, 2017 @ 9:45 PM
If you want to know what the American teenage experience was like in the 1980s, look no further than Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Adapted by former Rolling Stone reporter Cameron Crowe from his popular novel, this classic comedy traces the highs and lows experienced by a melting pot of high school students played by a roster of up-and-coming young stars, including Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, Forest Whitaker, Anthony Edwards, and Nicholas Cage (billed as Nicholas Coppola). Accompanied by a catchy soundtrack featuring 80s favorites The Go-Gos, Oingo Boingo and Billy Squier, Fast Times also features a memorable performance by veteran actor Ray Walston as the no-nonsense history teacher Mr. Hand. (Brendan Carr)

THREE O'CLOCK HIGH
Phil Joanou. US. 1987. PG-13. 97 min. Universal. Digital.
Fri, Jun 16, 2017 @ 9:45 PM
We're celebrating the 30th anniversary of one of the great high school cult movies of the late 1980s, Three O’Clock High. Director Phil Joanou, best known for his work with the U2, has a unique eye and ability to build solid tension for one Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko). Jerry is your average high schooler who unfortunately upsets the psychotic new kid, Buddy Reveal (Richard Tyson). Buddy challenges Jerry to a fight, today, at 3:00 PM. As the course of the day plays out, everyone and everything tries to either help Jerry or hinder his escape. Will Jerry survive the day? Will Jerry rise to Buddy’s challenge? Joanou’s tension is infectious and Jerry’s plight is one we can all sympathize with. Trust us, the climax rivals the greatest of cinematic gladiatorial confrontations. (Bob Trate)

JAWS
Steven Spielberg. US. 1975. PG. 124 min. Universal. Digital.
Sponsored by Neil Spak, REALTOR®
Sat, Jun 24, 2017 @ 4:30 PM
There are very few films in the history of cinema that can be considered perfect. Jaws (1975) is, without a doubt, one of them. Plagued with production problems of all sorts Jaws emerged as the first summer blockbuster and changed movies forever. This is a true classic of the silver screen and one of the most quotable movies of all time. Get to the theater early because there is a good chance “we’re going to need a bigger boat." (Bob Trate)

FIRST FRIDAY FRIGHT NIGHT

THE BEAST WITHIN
Philippe Mora. US. 1982. R. 98 min. Park Circus. 35mm.
Fri, Apr 07, 2017 @ 9:45 PM
A teenager is experiencing growing pains of a most shocking sort in this exciting, tense and all-too-real story of human-into-monster transformation.

PROM NIGHT II
Bruce Pittman. Canada. 1987. R. 97 min. 35mm.
Fri, May 12, 2017 @ 9:45 PM
Thirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen Mary Lou Maloney returns to seek revenge.

PET SEMATARY
Mary Lambert. US. 1989. R. 103 min. Paramount. Digital.
Fri, Jun 02, 2017 @ 9:45 PM
Behind a young family’s home in Maine is a terrible secret that holds the power of life after death. When tragedy strikes, the threat of that power soon becomes undeniable.

YOUNG AUDIENCES

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Penny Marshall. US. 1992. 10+. 128 min. Sony. Digital.
Sat, Apr 1, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
"A marvelously entertaining baseball comedy inspired by the real-life antics of the all-girls baseball league founded in 1943. Geena Davis and Lori Petty star as sisters who are discovered by ever-acerbic scout Jon Lovitz. Whisked off to Chicago, they join the Rockford Peaches under the watchful bloodshot eyes of the team's over-the-hill, boozing manager (Tom Hanks). Director Penny Marshall has a wonderful sense of comic timing, and she has crafted a sweet and funny Valentine of a film." (TLA Film & Video Guide)

SONIA DE LOS SANTOS
All ages. 60 min. Live. Sponsored by PECO.
Sat, Apr 8, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Sonia De Los Santos spreads messages of joyful community music making and builds bridges across cultures to inspire and excite children and grown-ups of all backgrounds. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Sonia De Los Santos has been touring the world, singing in English and Spanish, playing guitar, mandolin, and jarana, and lighting up the stage with Grammy Award–winning group Dan Zanes and Friends. For this performance, she draws on her first solo family music album, Mi Viaje: De Nuevo León to the New York Island. This sunny collection of songs reflects her experiences growing up in Mexico, moving to another country, learning about other cultures, and in the process, feeling closer to her own heritage.

THE WIZARD OF OZ
Victor Fleming. US. 1939. 6+. 101 min. Warner. Digital.
Sat, Apr 15, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
The Wizard of Oz is an American classic. A perfect score, highly imaginative sets and brilliant characterizations make this adaptation of the Frank Baum story a musical fantasy of the highest caliber. Audiences of all ages have been enchanted with The Wizard of Oz since it’s first release and, undoubtedly, always will be!

MICROCOSMOS
Claude Nuridsany. France. 1996. Age 4+. 75 min.
Sat, Apr 22, 2017 @ 2:00 PM EARTH DAY
"Bugs! Those are the stars of this enthralling French nature doc which takes an extremely close-up look at what lurks in the woods behind your house. The camera work and patience put into the miniscule production are herculean in scale and the film is appropriate for all ages even though, yes, you do get to see the insects very close up and personal." (TLA Film & Video Guide)

THE POP UPS
All ages. 60 min. Live. Sponsored by PECO.
Sat, Apr 29, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
The Pop Ups bring their unique new show “The Great Pretenders Club” to a stage near you! Featuring songs from the critically acclaimed Amazon Video Special, as well as classics from their two GRAMMY nominated albums, this show takes family audiences of all ages on a scavenger hunt for the best imaginative-play games your mind can dream up! This high-energy journey transports audiences into a whimsical, educational world with Dancing Robots, A Fire-Stomping Rhino, Live-Drawing, Huge Balloons, Full Scale Puppets, even a Costume Party. This highly interactive show unfolds, propelled by award winning music, and dance beats that will catapult both young and old out of their seats.