It's been one year since Steve Trumble's passing and the closing of the Fine Arts Theatre. In the last year many in the community feared that it would never open again. So it was with great excitement that last month the purchase of the theater by Dafna Krouk-Gordon and Les Gordon was announced. And if you've been wondering about the reopening of the ice cream parlor next door, they bought that, too!
Dafna runs a non-profit, Toward Independent Living and Learning, that offers day programs, housing, vocational training, and more to people with disabilities. One of Dafna's and Les's hopes is to use the theater and creamery for vocational training.
The Fine Arts won't officially be open until later in the year, with the creamery hopefully opening in April, but they have been anxious to start the celebrating in Maynard. They're having a Grand "Pre-Opening" by offering the community the chance to see the Oscar Nominated Shorts, and they're doing it at no charge! That's right, admission is free, but you do need to have tickets for seating since the theaters will be at a somewhat limited capacity. There is a 4-ticket limit per person.
The screenings of the shorts will be on:
Saturday, March 26th, 7pm
Sunday, March 27th, 3pm
The creamery will open for this special event one hour before the start times. Theater doors will open and concessions will be available thirty minutes before start times.
Here's what's happening on each of the two days:
Theater 1, which seats 300, will be showing the 5 Oscar Nominated Action Shorts, followed by the 5 Animation Shorts. (Just because it's animated doesn't necessarily make it kid friendly, so check the previews and use your judgement.) The runtime for all of these shorts is approximately three hours.
Theater 2, which seats 120, will be showing each of the Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts. The total runtime is approximately three hours.
By attending both days, you can see all fifteen of the Oscar Nominated Shorts!
You can get your tickets in advance (which is highly advised) on Friday evening, March 25th from 5-8pm. Tickets are color coded, so think about which shorts you'd like to see on which dates:
3/26, 7pm, theater 1, Action and Animation Shorts: RED ticket
3/26, 7pm, theater 2, Documentary Shorts: WHITE ticket
3/27, 3pm, theater 1, Action and Animation Shorts: YELLOW ticket
3/27, 3pm, theater 2, Documentary Shorts: BLUE ticket
Any tickets that still remain will be available at the Fine Arts Theatre--on Saturday you can try to get a same-day ticket starting at 4pm, and on Sunday starting at 1pm.
The Maynard Public Library is allowing the use of their parking lot if the municipal lots get full. And don't forget to make a night of it by eating at one of the many restaurants Maynard has to offer!
Let's help Dafna and Les celebrate by showing up for this fantastic event!
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