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This Week in Chester
Friday night the Rope Loft has
Jamie Junger on stage at 8 pm. Jamie is a village favourite, so get
there early to ensure a seat and order up a serving of prime rib with
all the trimmings.
They are celebrating all things gourd with pumpkin cheesecake and curried pumpkin soup for the month of October.
This Saturday the Rope Loft is offering Hearth & Homes Tours with Salty Sea Dog charters.
Set sail from the Rope Loft dock for a 1 hour tour of Chester's
harbours. Afterwards, warm up with a two course dinner by the fireplace
at the Rope Loft. Tickets may be purchased online here or at the Rope Loft.
You are in for a double bill / double thrill treat at the Chester Playhouse this Saturday.
As a nod to who's in town, we are featuring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline.
Tickets are $10 for either show. Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for 1982 !
At 2 pm they are screening "The Year of Living Dangerously."
This 1982 Australian romantic drama film directed by Peter Weir is
about a love affair set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President
Sukarno. It follows a group of foreign correspondents in Jakarta on the
eve of an attempted coup.
The film stars Mel Gibson as Australian
journalist Guy Hamilton, and Sigourney Weaver as British Embassy officer
Jill Bryant. It also stars Linda Hunt as the male dwarf Billy Kwan,
Hamilton's local photographer contact, a role for which Hunt won the
1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.The film was shot in both
Australia and the Philippines.
"Both a smart, suspenseful tale of
intrigue and a sweeping romance, The Year of Living Dangerously features
excellent performances from Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver." (Rotten
Tomatoes)
Second up at 4:30 pm...
"The Big Chill,"
is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Lawrence Kasdan,
starring Kevin Kline, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William
Hurt,Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams. The plot focuses on
a group of baby boomers who attended the University of Michigan,
reuniting after 15 years when their friend Alex commits suicide. It was
filmed in Beaufort, South Carolina and the soundtrack features soul,
R&B, and pop-rock music from the 60s and 70s, including tracks by
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, The
Temptations, The Rolling Stones, and Three Dog Night. All the songs you
know by heart !
"The Big Chill captures a generation's growing ennui
with a terrific cast, a handful of perceptive insights, and one of the
decade's best film soundtracks" (Rotten Tomatoes)
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