Merpy Chrismakwanzukahtivus!! Hog Sandwich! Happy Sunday December 25th!
Come spend it with SF in SF!!
We’ll be showing the films Dumbo, the animated short The Lorax, and Midnight In Paris.
Sunday, December 25
Doors open at 12 noon
$5-$10 suggested donation per person at the door benefits Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California.
All SF in SF events raise money for Variety’s Children’s Compassion Fund and Mobility Programs — over $25,000 to date!
No need to spend the day at home or by yourself — give yourself the gift of time away on the holiday! Time away from family visiting… Aunt Gertie, whose hand-decorated sweatshirts always feature the word “Wuv”… Cousin Norbert who drinks the eggnog from the carton… Sister Mary who sends a different Chia pet each year… the boss who bestows a gift pack of canned tuna (true story!)… NONE of those people are invited!
Just you — and bring your favourite people; it’s a stress-free way to spend the Hallmark Holiday!
SF in SF will provide bagels, lox and cream cheese, hot apple cider, eggnog, coffee, tea, cocoa, and we’ll have popcorn for the movies. You are welcome to bring anything you want for potluck, but please, no peanut or soy ingredients (due to food allergies). Children must be accompanied by a parent into the theatre and/or restrooms while at Variety.
Doors will open at 12 noon; we’ll schmooze and snack, and start up with the films about 1:00ish. Cash bar will be open after The Lorax! All bar proceeds and tips benefit Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California.
If you will be attending with a child under the age of 10, please email me 🙂 We’ll have a little gift for them!
Seating is limited – please do not post or forward this invite to social media sites!
Dumbo — (1941- Rated G – 64 mins.) With the great “Pink Elephants on Parade” sequence, the Oscar-nominated song Baby, Mine (guaranteed to make you cry into your beer), and the subtle references to the Disney animators strike that nearly killed the studio, there’s something for everyone in this film. And there’s elephants!
The Lorax — (1972 – Rated G – 25 mins.) This is much better than the film coming out next year. I just know it won’t do justice to the immortal words, “I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees!” One of the most important environmental fillms made in the 1970’s, written by Dr. Seuss as an early call to environmental action. I’m sure many of you remember reading it when young and having the ecology message hammered home – but this animated special is really quite fun!
Midnight in Paris — (2011 – Rated PG-13 – 94 mins.) Well, it seems that Woody Allen has made a funny movie! Whodathunk?! We’ve been waiting since Sleeper for this to happen! A time-traveling frothy romantic fantasy, a romp with the City of Paris as the main attraction, and a little scientifiction thrown in for verisimilitude.
The Variety Preview Room Theatre
The Hobart Bldg., 1st Floor — entrance between Quiznos and Citibank
582 Market Street @ 2nd and Montgomery
San Francisco, CA 94104
Don’t Drive — BART/MUNI Montgomery Street station is right at our front door, and parking in San Francisco sucks!!! Street parking ($3.50 per hour) is metered M-Sat., til 6PM; find a parking garage here.