The Arts Council of New Westminster is making sure movies are affordable for everyone in the city.
The arts council’s Last Mondays at the Movies series has returned, with screenings of award-winning independent Canadian and foreign films on the last Monday of each month at Massey Theatre.
The series opened with Boychoiron Sept. 28 and continues on Oct. 26 with I’ll See You In My Dreams.
Tickets are $10 for a single screening, discounted to $8 for students and seniors.
And the arts council has gone even further in its quest to make the movies accessible to all: it offers tickets to the Last Door Recovery Centre and Union Gospel Mission to help their residents feel more connected to the community. This year, that program has also been extended to Fraserside Community Services and the Lookout Emergency Aid Society.
“Thanks to our funding, we have been able to present films that address a wide range of subjects and embrace other cultures and faiths as represented in our community,” said Stephen O’Shea, the arts council’s executive director, in a press release. “Last Mondays at the Movies attracts many new people who have never attended an arts council event before, allowing us the opportunity to introduce them to our art gallery and other arts council programming.”
The release notes that another part of Last Mondays at the Movies is the sense of community it brings to volunteers. The arts council works with Fraserside Community Services and their supported employment program to allow members to gain work experience. And this past spring, the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society attended a showing as a training exercise for new dogs.
Check out www.arts
councilnewwest.org for all the details of the movies.
