Morning Sentinel from Waterville, Maine • 36

Morning Sentinel riday July7 1 995 1 Happening Railroad Square Cinema is back BMMma By DARLA PICKETT Staff young postman learns lessons in love life and poetiy from Pablo Neruda when he was in exile in Eisen said Neruda was a Chilean poet and considered one of the great poets of the century a brand new film a warm film with wonderful he said and Awfully Big starring Hugh Grant think going to bring a lot of excitement to this area or us a thrill to be even this Eisen said this point happy just being there looking at the Ken Eisen Railroad Square June 30 Besides a long list of 30 films there will be three live appearances according to to Eisen The Three Colors Trilogy directed by Krzystof Kieslowski and consisting of going to Jail inlove are some tremendous films we Would have shown over the last nine months ilms that people are rare Eisen said The second film opening toward the end of July is Nine months after a fire the theater will again delight choosy audiences construction at Railroad Square is finished at this point in there putting seats in bolting them Eisen said He said the crew is also in the process of putting sound folds on the walls for acoustical purposes Meanwhile the fund raising effort is up to $150000 There is still a long way to go to reach the $275000 goal to rebuild he said The cafe will open two weeks after the cinema But the films are on the way are some tremendous films we would have shown over the last nine months A lot of films we think are really exciting ilms that people are going to fall in love Eisen said Among those exceptional films Eisen points to Little as a must see movie evening of monologues characters and outrageous on Sunday Aug 20 according to Eisen Other outstanding films at the cinema playing into September include Madness of King the WATERVILLE The lights are coming back on in a new and bigger Railroad Square Cinema Wednesday July 12 On that day the alternative theater will start back up right where it left off nine months ago Eisen said most of the when the cinema was destroyed by fire Oct 10 1994 Railroad Square Cinema with two screens instead of one will be playing catch up on one screen during the coming weeks according to Ken Eisen one of the owners be doing about 25 films in seven or eight Eisen said one screen starting with the We Were series the best of the nine months we were closed or the first six days do two each On the second screen the cinema will wrap up some mainstays that have been in the i film cupboard first two are Queen of the which we were showing when the fire happened and the second is Drom! It really sustained follows in the footsteps of iiiiiuiio us over me time we were closed Eisen said The owners had expanded into film distribution and acquired the United States rights to in June Me another Shadow oflastyear Distribution release which One screen will have these two opened in Boston and Seattle on nims one at 7 pjn and 9 pm each night according to' Eisen screen two we will have something completely said Eisen The opening show will be which Eisen said is a brand new Italian film about a and will be shown from July 21 to 24 with a special introduction by Peter Thurrell of almouth who assisted on the shooting of and are the best films made in the past Eisen said of the trilogy With the August showing of Last musician "The Secret wonderful'cfecor an author Yale Strom for kids and the whole family a perform and introduce his uuu leauuig ugui ui klezmer revival Strom will bring his violin with him Eisen said Eisen said klezmer is the Holocaust kill It was popular in Europe in the and and revised in the last couple or aecaoes it uveiy mgn spirited usually played with violins A live performance by Judith Sloan a comedienne and performing artist along with Warren Lehrer promises PhotoBILL LAHERTY III Things are looking very bright indeed for directorsstaff of Railroad Square Cinema now that the theater Is set to open Wednesday Posing with one of their film projectors are Sam Sanborn Lea Giradin Gail Chase Alan Sanborn Ken Eisen and Stu Silverstein ort Western announces programs for summer old ort Western is offering special programs this summer for kids and adults The Long Ago But Not ar Away program for children ages 7 12 (and a parent if desired) allows participants to chum butter prepare hearth baked cakes and puddings garden play games and take tea The program runs from 8 10 a in four separate one week sessions July 10 14 and 17 21 and Aug 7 11 and 14 18 Monday through riday New this year is the Old ort Western Apprentice Program for ages 13 15 to work one on one with a ort staff member to experience 18th century life as a special member of the teaching staff The program runs 1 4 pm for three days a week in each of seven one week sessions beginning July 10 Military activities will be Tuesdays 5 Thursdays and Saturdays and household activities will be Wednesdays ridays and Saturdays The fee for these programs is $50 per person per week ($45 for Augusta residents $40 for riends of Old ort Western) Sign up deadline is the riday prior to the next program week New also is the program Tea at Old ort Western scheduled from 4:30 5:30 pm Wednesdays and ridays between July 4 and Labor Day The program gives ort visitors and others an opportunity to take tea with members of the 18th century Howard family to learn of events in early Augusta to gain perspective on their own times and to just enjoy the ort in the quiet of the south parlor at tea time Program cost is $5 for adults $3 for children ages 6 16 Augusta residents for the riends of Old ort Western) Sign up deadline is 4 pm on the day of the program Old ort Western will offer special demonstrations daily from 1 4 pm as part of regular admission Sunday afternoons will feature special events all summer long including Kennebec Valley Days July 29 and 30 and Day Aug 20 The ort is open from 10 am to 4 pan Monday through riday and 1 4 pjn Saturdays and Sundays admission is $450 for adults $250 for children 6 16 free for under 6 or information call 626 2385 IBLflOMfiD'Sl iissi TAVERN II Every Saturday I Breakfast Club 10 am I Bloody Mary's A go go.