[Peace-discuss] Discussion regarding holding a discussion after "Taxi" at the Boardman

Karen Medina kmedina at uiuc.edu
Thu Mar 13 11:05:30 CDT 2008


Saturday showing does make a lot of sense... conversation will stir more conversation which will encourage people to go and see it before it leaves.

Just a thought, what about 2 discussion events? Saturday and on the 19th? Or is that asking too much? hoping too much?

-karen medina

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:42:59 -0500
>From: "Barbara kessel" <barkes at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Discussion regarding holding a discussion after "Taxi" at the Boardman  
>To: "Stuart Levy" <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu>, Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>, "Karen Medina" <kmedina at uiuc.edu>
>
>   Well the 19th is our vigil from 5 to 6:15, so do you
>   think we can get more people to have dinner out and
>   come on to the film at 7:30 and stay afterward at
>   9:16? Whatever people think would get out the most
>   people. However, that would be the last night, which
>   kind of defeats one purpose of getting people
>   interested in going. I proposed Saturday night at
>   9:16 - discussion because it is the second night it
>   will be on and it is the one night (older) people
>   are willing to stay out a little later than
>   otherwise. This coming week is Spring Break meaning
>   that theatres will be a little down in attendance
>   and if we can add to the Boardman's audience, I
>   think it would initiate a good relationship with
>   them for the future. Barbara
>
>   On 3/13/08, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:53:34PM -0500, Karen
>     Medina wrote:
>     > How about an evening showing? Perhaps on the
>     19th?
>     >
>     > I've emailed Greg at Boardman Art and he said it
>     would be easier for them if we did the discussion
>     after an evening showing because they won't have
>     to clean up before the next crowd starts arriving.
>
>     That sounds fine.  It'd be good timing too.
>
>     Usually Boardman's has late-evening showings (like
>     9 or 9:30), but
>     apparently not for Taxi to the Dark Side, where
>     7:30 is the last one up.
>
>     > -karen medina
>     >
>     > ---- Original message ----
>     > >Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:53:07 -0700 (PDT)
>     > >From: Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
>     > >Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Boardman's
>     Theatres_Movie Information_ Mar.12 - Mar. 20
>     > >To: Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com>,
>     Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>     > >
>     > >   I would LOVE a double decker event of this
>     kind, but
>     > >   I can't make any showing this coming Sunday.
>     > >    --Jenifer
>     > >
>     > >   Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com> wrote:
>     > >
>     > >     Times of showings of the anti-war,
>     anti-torture
>     > >     film "Taxi to the Dark Side." Does anyone
>     think we
>     > >     might advertise the Sunday 2:30 (only one
>     of the
>     > >     day showing) as an AWARE supported event
>     and have
>     > >     a discussion right afterward in the
>     theatre and
>     > >     then go to the AWARE meeting at 5:00.
>     Would anyone
>     > >     who knows Greg Boardman like to ask him if
>     this
>     > >     would please him? Our end of the deal
>     would be to
>     > >     get more people to the film on Sunday than
>     > >     otherwise and hopefully start a ball
>     rolling for
>     > >     others to go to see it. (Spring break
>     week)
>     > >           I am putting this out here as we
>     don't have
>     > >     the luxury of a meeting to discuss it.
>     Barbara
>     > >     Kessel
>     > >     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     > >     From: Greg, Boardman's Theatres
>     > >     <Greg at boardmanstheatres.com>
>     > >     Date: Mar 12, 2008 11:33 AM
>     > >     Subject: Boardman's Theatres_Movie
>     Information_
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>     > >     To: Undisclosed-Recipient
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