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FRIDAY AUGUST 6
1:00 PM
Plaza Days
PLAZA DAYS: Open House
Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 6 at 1:00 PM
1 pm - 5pm - Organ Music 20 min. on the full hour. Western Skies Light Show and Cartoon - Looney Tunes! 70th anniversary of Bugs Bunny (25 min.) on the half hour.
4:00 PM
Special Events
Showtime: El Paso's Historic Movie Palaces
Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 6 at 4:00 PM
Talk and book signing with Cynthia Haines.
6:00 PM
Film Talk
FILM TALK: The African Queen
Oasis Lounge
Friday, Aug 6 at 6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Signature Classic

If director John Huston ever needed an excuse to go to Africa, this was it! A salty, riverboat bachelor and a prim Methodist old maid fight their way down an unruly river in hopes of destroying a German warship. ... read more
The African Queen
1951 | Not Rated | Adventure, Romance | d. John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn

Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 6 at 7:00 PM
New 35mm

7:30 PM

The first film in the “most successful movie franchise of all time” unveiled Ian Fleming’s iconic British secret agent with a deck of cards and three little words: “Bond. James Bond.” Code named 007 and licensed to kill, the ... read more
Dr. No
1962 | Not Rated | Action, Adventure | d. Terence Young
Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman

Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 6 at 7:30 PM
Digital

8:00 PM
Concert
The Lusitania
Arts Festival Plaza
Friday, Aug 6 at 8:00 PM
9:00 PM
Plaza Outdoor

Return with us to those days of yesteryear...sort of...as Mel Brooks plays a washed up movie director who with two faithful friends, decides to bring back the art of the silent film (along with his career and that of co-stars ... read more
Silent Movie
1976 | PG | Comedy, Comedy | d. Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Paul Newman

Arts Festival Plaza
Friday, Aug 6 at 9:00 PM

10:00 PM

Most of what this 70s classic is known for—the light-up dance floor, its soundtrack, John Travolta—almost never came to be due to a tight budget, unproven film star, the Bee Gees’ failing career and last-minute directorial changes. In fact, the ... read more
Saturday Night Fever
Sponsored by
1977 | R | Drama, Romance | d. John Badham
John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller

Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 6 at 10:00 PM
35mm

No one under 13 admitted
10:00 PM

Proof from some years back that animation is not always for children. An adult 'cartoon', the film sprung from the unusual and graphic exploitation-mag, Heavy Metal, and remains one of the most popular pictures on the 'midnight movie' circuit (especially ... read more
Heavy Metal
Sponsored by
1981 | R | Animation, Action | d. Gerald Potterton
John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy

Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 6 at 10:00 PM

No one under 13 admitted