Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Mark Your Calendar: An All-Too Important Event @ SalemCinema - April 4

Please share widely, let's pack the theater and support an important organization.


TUESDAY, APRIL 4TH AT 7PM!
A Fundraiser For Common Cause Oregon
all seats only $12 ~ Tickets available now at our box office during regular business hours or online at boxofficetickets.com!
 
On April 4th, numerous participating theaters nationwide will screen the film 1984, based on the 1949 novel by George Orwell. The story centers around Winston Smith, a member of the Outer Party. Winston works in the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth; his job is to rewrite and distort history. As a way to rebel and escape Big Brother's tyranny, at least in his own mind, he begins a diary, which is an act punishable by death. The group of movie theaters chose April 4 to screen this film because that is the date in which Winston starts writing on his diary.
 
 A joint statement from theaters reads, "The endeavor encourages theaters to take a stand for our most basic values: freedom of speech, respect for our fellow human beings, and the simple truth that there are no such things as 'alternative facts.' By doing what we do best - showing a movie - the goal is that cinemas can initiate a much-needed community conversation at a time when the existence of facts, and basic human rights are under attack. Through nationwide participation and strength in numbers, these screenings are intended to galvanize people at the crossroads of cinema and community, and bring us together to foster communication and resistance against current efforts to undermine the most basic tenets of our society."

no coupons, passes or CineBucks accepted for special events

Best of Salem: Naomi Oreskes lecture at Willamette, Mar. 10

Naomi Oreskes Lecture
Salem - Mar 10

Willamette University, Rogers Hall
900 State St
7:30 pm
Harvard professor Naomi Oreskes, author of "Merchants of Doubt," discusses industry-driven efforts to undermine scientific research that threatens profits. 

From the long-denied connection between smoking and lung cancer to the latest target - the science behind climate change - learn more about how a few industry-funded researchers delegitimize scientific consensus by using the trappings of science to mislead policy makers and the public.
Free Admission. 

"Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay"
Oregon Public Empowerment News (OregonPEN.org)