Friday Night Film Series

Big Fish

July 29

7:00 P.M.

In this Tim Burton fantasy based on the novel by Daniel Wallace, William Bloom (Billy Crudup) tries to learn more about his dying father, Edward, by piecing together disparate facts from a lifetime of fantastical tales and legends of epic proportions. Ewan MacGregor co-stars as the young Edward, a traveling salesman, with Albert Finney playing him as an older man. Jelena Bonham Carter and Steve Buscemi also star.

Friday Night Film Series

His Girl Friday

July 22

7:00 P.M.

Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is about to get hitched to dull insurance agent Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy)--that is if her ex-husband , ruthless newspaper editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), doesn't succeed in winning her back in this battle-of-the-sexes screwball, madcap, romantic comedy that simply crackles with wit and sharp dialog.

Artists and Authors Among Us - - July 2011

Carolyn Locke

July 20

7 P.M.

Carolyn Locke, a teacher at Mount View High School, is a graduate of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at Goddard College. She has participated in two study tours to China, a Fulbright Hays Seminar in Morocco, and two Fulbright projects in Japan. Her work has appeared in several publications and has twice been recognized in the MWPA Poetry Competition. her program will explore the contrasts between rural and urban China in a slide show taken during the summer of 2007 combined with a reading of original poems written in the months following that summer.

Artists and Authors Among Us - - July 2011

Chuck Paine

July 13

7 P.M.

Chuck has been one of the world's most famous yacht designers, active from 1971 through 2008 and a highly recognized author of many non-fiction articles on yachts. Chuck specialized in the high-end of the market designs, which included custom yachts, both sail and power, and semi-production yachts. He has had over 1,000 yachts built to his designs. His website, www.chuckpaine.com, is the most popular yacht design website in the English-speaking world. Chuck will present his book My Yacht Designs.

Friday Night Film Series

Harold and Maude

July 15, 2011

7 P.M.

Death-obsessed teen Harold Chasen (Bud Cort) is being hassled by his domineering mother (Vivian Pickles) to play the dating game, but he'd much rather attend funerals, which is where he meets the feisty Maude (Ruth Gordon), a geriatric widow who's high on life. The seemingly mismatched pair forms a bond that turns into a highly unconventional --but ultimately satisfying--romance in this comical cult favorite from director Hal Ashby.

Artists and Authors Among Us - - July 2011

Pam Parsons

Wednesday, July 6

7 P.M.

Pamela Moore Parsons is Associate Professor of Art at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She teaches and serves as coordinator of upper level painting programs. She earned a BFA from Boston University and an MFA in Painting from Indiana University in Bloomington. Parsons is a summer resident of Thomaston where she paints and maintains a studio. Currently her works are represented by the Watson Gallery in Stonington, Maine.

Friday Night Film Series

Some Like It Hot

7 P.M.

When musicians Jerry (Jack Lemmon) and Joe (Tony Curtis) accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, they get out of town the only way they know how--dressed as women. But things heat up on the road when they meet a curvy blonde (Marilyn Monroe) who plays the ukulele. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, Some Like It Hot is a madcap farce and one of the greatest of all film comedies.