Cinema La Placita

Cinema La Placita moving to Tucson Museum of Art plaza

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“Cinema La Placita, the downtown outdoor movie series that has become a summertime tradition is joining with the Tucson Museum of Art to bring its summertime outdoor series to the plaza of TMA.
Tucson Museum of Art plaza, courtesy of Cinema La Placita
The move to the Tucson Museum of Art will bring a number of benefits to the event, including the dining at nearby Cafe a la Cart, food trucks and beer and wine available for sale to enjoy during the movie.
Last summer, following news that La Placita Village would be facing demolition as part of its revitalization, Cinema La Placita moved from its longtime location in La Placita Village to the courtyard of the historic Pima County Courthouse.
The historic courthouse, however, began a two-year restoration project the day after Cinema La Placita wrapped up its season last August.
“The Tucson Museum of Art reached out to me at just the right time,” said Erika O’Dowd, director of Cinema La Placita. “I couldn’t be more excited about this upcoming season in their beautiful plaza.”
The outdoor film series will be held in the Plaza of the Pioneers, outside the Tucson Museum of Art. Dinner from Cafe a la Cart will be available, and beer and wine will be available for sale.

The May 2017 schedule is as follows:

May 4 – Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.

May 11 – Thelma and Louise (1991) Starring Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, and Michael Madsen.

May 18 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katherine Ross.

May 25 – Some Like it Hot (1959) Starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe.

 

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Happy 240th Birthday, Tucson

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It’s Tucson’s 240th Birthday, tomorrow August 20, 2015. Here’s a list of the day’s celebrations in chronological order.

tucsonsolarbirthday

Start off at 9:30 a.m. (get there a bit earlier) to see the solar alignment of the bell art on the canopy above onto the description of this Discovery Day on the floor of the bridge below. Photo above courtesy of Charity Bidegain.  More info at their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/luisggutierrezbridge?fref=ts

Then get free cake at Cafe 54 Bistro, at 54 E. Pennington St. between the 11 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. (yes, twenty minutes only! so don’t be late)

Celebrate Tucson’s birthday and participate in twenty minutes of happiness by visiting Cafe 54 on August 20 between 11:00–11:20 am. Say, “Happy birthday, Tucson!” to our cashier and receive a free slice of cake. It’s that simple!

Check out http://dohappytoday.com/ for more information about this and other events in the Tucson community.

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August Schedule for Cinema La Placita

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The August 2015 schedule is as follows (from Erika O’Dowd, founder of Cinema La Placita).  Don’t miss the August 20 movie –  “A Kiss Before Dying”, filmed in Tucson, starring Robert Wagner.
Kiss Before dying
August 6 The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947) NR Starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple
August 13 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) NR Starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham and Robert Duvall.
August 20 A Kiss Before Dying (1956) NR Starring Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward and Virginia Leith.
August 27 Best in Show (2000) PG-13 Starring Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Catherine O’Hara, Michael McKean. DIrected by Christopher Guest.
The August 20 screening of “A Kiss Before Dying” is shown in conjunction with the Downtown Tucson Partnership and Do Happy Tucson as part of celebrating Tucson’s birthday this year!  (it’s actually Do Happy Today – see comment below).

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