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• Special MAX Movie Night: Harriet at 8pm, Castro Theatre

  • When
    20 Jan 2020
  •  
    5:30 PM - 10:30 PM
  • Location
    Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St, San Francisco

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  Movie:  Harriet
  Showtime: 8:00 pm, Castro Theatre
  Meeting Time: 5:30 pm for dinner or 7:30 pm in the line outside the theater

  About a dozen MAX members enjoyed January's MAX Friday Movie, "Just Mercy," on January 10^th.  We've decided to offer another special movie night activity this month, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 20^th.

  Our show, “Harriet,” starts at 8 p.m. in the Castro Theater. The film is based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter and abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and risked her life to lead others to freedom through the network of safehouses known as the Underground Railroad. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history. The exemplary, Tony-winning Broadway actor Cynthia Erivo stars as Harriet Tubman.

  Those who wish to eat together beforehand are invited to join us at 5:30 p.m. at Starbelly (3583 16^th Street, in the Castro at the corner of Market St and 16^th St).

  Or if you prefer, meet us in the line that queues outside the theater (if there is a queue) or just outside the entrance to the theater, next to the theater’s ticket kiosk, between 7:30 to 7:45pm. Look for your event champion, Bruce, who will have a MAX shirt and sign.

  IMPORTANT: To enter the theatre together and sit together as a group, please purchase a ticket before arriving at the theater.   Advance tickets may be purchased here.  When purchasing tickets, please be sure to select the Mon, Jan 20th 8:00 PM show.

  Please RSVP on Meetup here to give the event champion, Bruce, an idea how big the group will be.
  

  If you don't have a Meetup account or to receive any further updates, register for this event by clicking the REGISTER button on the left.

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• Porgy and Bess: The Met Opera Live in HD

  • When
    1 Feb 2020
  •  
    9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Century San Francisco Centre 9 and XD in the Westfield San Francisco Centre, 845 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103
  • Spaces left
    2

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  Join MAX for The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD theater broadcast of the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess.   The opera will be simulcast to the Century Theatre in in the Westfield San Francisco Centre on Saturday, February 1st, starting at 9:55 AM.

  Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera filled with an embarrassment of rich melodies from the American songbook.  The songs just roll out one after another as this tragic love triangle plays out in the Catfish Row section of Charleston.  The story follows the attempts of a crippled street beggar to rescue Bess from Crown, her violent and possessive lover, and from Sportin' Life, her Happy Dust dealer.

  Among the songs included in Porgy and Bess are:

  • Summertime
  • A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
  • My Man's Gone Now
  • I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
  • Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  • Oh, I Can't Sit Down!
  • It Ain't Necessarily So
  • I Loves You, Porgy
  • A Red Headed Woman

  The theatre is readily accessible from BART.  You can enter the Westfield Center directly from the Powell Street BART station.

  We'll meet in the lobby of the Century Theatre on the 5^th floor of the Westfield Centre by 9:30 AM to give everyone time to get any refreshments and get settled before show begins at 9:55 AM.  The opera runs three hours and twenty-five minutes.

  After the opera, those interested can join us at The Rotunda restaurant in the nearby Neiman Marcus for a 1:45pm lunch (deposit required).  The Rotunda is a short 10-minute walk from the theatre.
  

  For dues-paying members and their guests, we have reserved a block of 6 tickets midway back and left of center in the theatre.  The seats are F14 - F17 and G14 - G15.  You may view the seating chart for this theatre auditorium here.

  The cost for the pre-purchased tickets to watch the opera is $29.  To cancel your theatre ticket, email event co-champion Paul Munro at paul.munro@maxsf.org with Porgy and Bess in the subject line.  Registration deadline Thursday, January 30^th.   Sorry, no refunds after Thursday, January 30^th.

  Dues-paying members who are logged into this website may click REGISTER on the left to register for these pre-purchased tickets.

  For everyone who is not a dues-paying member of MAX SF, buy your ticket here or use the ticketing app of your choice.  Then please RSVP on Meetup here to let us know you're joining us for this performance!
  

  The lunch at The Rotunda is open to everyone; however, an advance $30 deposit is required to reserve a space for this lunch.  Read the details, RSVP, and pay your deposit for the post-opera lunch here.

  For any questions, email the event co-champions Michael Meehan at michaeljmeehan999@gmail.com or Paul Munro at paul.munro@maxsf.org with Porgy and Bess in the subject line.
  

  Dues-paying members of MAX SF, click REGISTER on the left to pay and reserve your theatre ticket today!
  

  

  

  
  

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• February MAX Friday Movie

  • When
    21 Feb 2020
  •  
    6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
  • Location
    AMC Metreon, 135 4th St Suite 3000, San Francisco

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  Movie: Will Be Announced Wednesday February 19th
  Showtime: 7 to 7:30 pm, AMC Metreon or Century SF Centre Theatres
  Meeting Time: 6:30 pm at nearby Amber India
  

  On Friday February 21st, MAX is gathering for our February Friday Movie.  The exact  movie and theater will be sent by email or text on that Wednesday after the theaters release their movie schedules.

  We will meet for drinks at Amber India (25 Yerba Buena Lane) at 6:30 pm, during their Happy Hour (M-F 5 to 7 pm), before heading over to the nearby AMC Metreon or to the Century theaters in the nearby Westfield San Francisco Centre Mall for a show starting 7 to 7:30 pm.

  IMPORTANT: Everyone must buy his own ticket before arriving at the theater.  Your event champion Bruce will let you know where he'll be sitting when he sends the selected movie and theater on Wednesday.
  
  Specific instructions, including the theater, the exact show that is selected, and the seat of your event champion, will be sent by email or text to all those who register for this event by clicking the REGISTER button on the left.  In order to receive text notifications, please click the button that we may text you.

  You must register in order to receive these notifications - which will include the theater, which movie we will go to see, specific time for the movie, and the seat selection of the event champion.
  

  Click REGISTER on the left today to receive notifications once the show is selected.

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