May 17, 2024

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The Cinema Arts Centre is Proud to Host the 15th Annual Huntington High School Film Festival

Support Huntington’s aspiring young filmmakers at this lively evening featuring the best movies made this year at Huntington High School! Enjoy a family evening out with free movies and support our talented local students

Admission is free. CLICK HERE to RSVP. The general public is welcome to attend as are entire families. The festival’s films will run for a total of about 60 minutes.

“I am very excited to assemble this year’s film festival," said art teacher Heather Swan, who leads Huntington High School’s video arts program. “We will be presenting a diverse compilation of 20 films that were produced by students representing all four of the video courses as well as a project by my media arts students. We are very fortunate and thankful to have the Cinema Arts Centre hosting this event, since the venue allows us to view the videos on an actual movie screen.”

The filmmakers include Landry Flynn, Sena Knopf, Riley LaCosta, Owen Stevens, Bladimir Cruz Serrano, Samuel Klaaren, Estefany Salamanca, Alex Tine, Cian Henrick, Ethan Ambrosio, Charles Stanforth, Eva Richter, Ella Van Horn, Joseph Tetrault, Daniel Sorto, Rory Ramirez Quantanilla and Michael Mendikyan.

All of us at the Cinema Arts Centre look forward to hosting this event each year. Your Membership support helps make it possible for us to do so.

Thank you!

Enter Our Online Raffle to Support our New Digital Projector Fund

We need new digital projectors for our three theaters. A new 4K projector will be installed in Theater One this June! You can help support this essential project so that we can continue to bring the best in cinematic artistry to Long Island by participating in our online raffle.

CLICK HERE for your chance to win! You may purchase as many chances as you like. Winners will be drawn via random number generator on June 1st! Each chance is just $10 for these great prizes:

PRIZE 1: Programmer for a Day! You pick the movie! You host the screening, with invitations for up to 10 friends to attend with you for free, including popcorn, soda, and red carpet photo opportunity. CLICK for details.

PRIZE 2: A Director's Circle Membership, including free regular screenings, popcorn, and soda for two for a full year!

Don’t miss our 2024 Spring Membership Sale which ends on June 30th! Please CLICK HERE to join, renew, or upgrade your membership at a reduced price. Your membership provides great benefits for you and helps us deliver benefits to our community.

Last year, the Cinema presented 6,233 first-run screenings of over 90 films; produced 518 special screenings and events; programed 9 film festivals; had over 50 open caption screenings; presented over 40 screenings in 35mm; showed 18 films before their release date through the Preview Club; and was responsible for over $7,000,000 in spending in our local community, according to the Long Island Arts Alliance's Customized Economic Impact Calculator for Long Island Cultural Organizations. Members made it all possible!

Our beloved independent community cinema would not be here without members like you and we hope you will become a member or continue your membership, helping to make sure we can continue to deliver our robust slate of incomparable programs well into the future.

If you already sent your membership contribution by mail, thank you! We will notify you as soon as it is received and processed.

Our Next Crossing Party Lines Discussion:

TUE, May 21 · 7:00 PM EDT

Abortion

RSVP HERE: https://www.meetup.com/crossing-party-lines-ny-long-island/events/300432384/

Abortion remains a deeply contentious issue in the United States marked by passionate discussions and fierce political battles. Proponents argue that women should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies, including whether to terminate a pregnancy, citing issues of bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom. They emphasize access to safe and legal abortion services to protect women's health and ensure equality. On the other hand, opponents view the issue in terms of the rights of the unborn baby, contending that life begins at conception and should be protected. They raise moral, ethical, and religious objections to abortion, advocating for legal restrictions and alternatives such as adoption.

At this meeting we will be discussing this issue, including:

• Which side of this debate are you on?
• What do folks on the “other side” not understand about your views on abortion?
• Have you seen this debate shift over the years? If so, how?
• Where do you draw the line between a “woman's right to choose” and the “rights of the unborn”?
• What role, if any, should the government play in regulating abortion access?
• Does the level of governmental or societal support for raising children impact your opinion of this issue?

Links:

• How abortion became the defund the police of the GOP
• How abortion became a divisive issue in US politics
• Abortion in European countries

Join the Crossing Party Lines discussion and have a voice in our nation’s conversation! People of all views are welcomed, appreciated, and heard. Follow the conversation on our social media:

• Facebook.com/crossingpartylinesli
• Instagram.com/crossingpartylinesli
• Twitter.com/cpl_longisland

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