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The AIDS Committee of Durham Region presents…
a special screening of “All The Way Through Evening”an event for the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
Friday, May 17 – 8:30 p.m.
Every year, exuberant “70-something” East Village concert pianist Mimi Stern-Wolfe performs a breathtaking concert of works by her friends, all composers, who were lost to the silent killer of New York City. This is the story of how this annual concert came to be. The award winning musical documentary ALL THE WAY THROUGH EVENING chronicles the era when the HIV/AIDS pandemic swept through a downtown arts community and ravaged the world. Accompanied by the moving music written by those departed, the film recalls this tragedy with candid interviews from friends, family and the lovers that survived it.
The AIDS Committee of Durham Region is pleased to bring the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and the screening of “All The Way Through Evening” to our community.This is a FREE event, however tickets are required as seating is limited. To get your FREE ticket today, email education@aidsdurham.com or call 905-576-1445 ext. 15. A ticket will be sent via email for you to print out and bring on the evening of the event. For more information on the film and this event, please visit http://2013aidsinternationalcandlelightmemorial.yolasite.com/
A Musical Odyssey – Featuring the Brian Rose Band
Saturday, May 25, 2013
7 p.m.
Tickets are $33 (incl.HST)
Join the Brian Rose Band as they travel through the musical decades of song from jazz standards to more recent contemporary classics. Featuring two incredibly talented lead vocalists, Dave Statham and Katherine Langdon, this will be a night to remember and one not to be missed! Cash bar available.
The Town of Ajax in partnership with Pride Durham presents…
A special screening of “The Celluloid Closet”
Sunday, June 2, 2013
3 p.m. – doors open at 2:30 p.m., seating is limited on a first come, first served basis
FREE
Celebrate Pride Week in Durham as the Town of Ajax, in partnership with Pride Durham, presents a special screening of “The Celluloid Closet”. Narrated by Lily Tomlin and featuring interviews with Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, Tony Curtis, and Shirley MacLaine, this witty, yet thought-provoking documentary showcases how sexuality has been portrayed in film since the early days of cinema.
Silver Screen Sunday at the St. Francis Centre - True Grit
Sunday, June 16- 3 p.m.
Tickets are $5. (incl.HST) and are available at the door
A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal (John Wayne) and a Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) help a stubborn young woman (Kim Darby) track down her father’s murderer in Native territory.
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Silver Screen Sunday at the St. Francis Centre - All About Eve
Sunday, July 21- 3 p.m.
Tickets are $5. (incl.HST) and are available at the door
A story of theatrical ambition, deception, and hypocrisy, “All About Eve” tells the story of an ingénue (Anne Baxter), who insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress (Bette Davis) and her circle of theater friends. Often noted as her greatest role, Davis delivers a superb performance as the powerful, aging actress who does battle with this calculating newcomer.
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Silver Screen Sunday at the St. Francis Centre - Calamity Jane
Sunday, August 18- 3 p.m.
Tickets are $5. (incl.HST) and are available at the door
Loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine, Calamity Jane (Doris Day), this Academy Award winning musical explores her alleged romance with Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel) in the American Old West.
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Silver Screen Sunday at the St. Francis Centre - Dial M for Murder
Sunday, September 15- 3 p.m.
Tickets are $5. (incl.HST) and are available at the door
Rated in the top 10 list of movie mysteries by the American Film Institute, “Dial M for Murder” tells the story of an ex-tennis pro (Ray Milland) who carries out a plot to murder his wife (Grace Kelly). When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.
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Silver Screen Sunday at the St. Francis Centre - Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
Sunday, October 20- 3 p.m.
Tickets are $5. (incl.HST) and are available at the door
An aging, reclusive southern belle (Bette Davis), plagued by a horrifying family secret, descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative (Olivia de Havilland).
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Silver Screen Sunday at the St. Francis Centre - Arsenic and Old Lace
Sunday, November 17- 3 p.m.
Tickets are $5. (incl.HST) and are available at the door
Cary Grant stars in this macabre comedy as a drama critic who learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) are homicidal maniacs with “a very bad habit”, and that insanity runs in his family.
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Silver Screen Sunday at the St. Francis Centre - It’s a Wonderful Life
Sunday, December 15- 3 p.m.
Tickets are $5. (incl.HST) and are available at the door
Recognized as one of the top 100 films ever made by the American Film Institute, this holiday classic tells the story of an angel (Henry Travers), who helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman (James Stewart) by showing him what life would have been like if he never existed.
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