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BURLESQUE
Through January 27
Burlesque Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an uncertain future to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a *bleep*tail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. Burlesque's outrageous costumes and bold choreography enrapture the young ingenue, who vows to perform there one day. Soon enough, Ali builds a friendship with a featured dancer, finds an enemy in a troubled, jealous performer, and garners the affection of Jack, a bartender and fellow musician. With the help of a sharp-witted stage manager and gender-bending host, Ali makes her way from the bar to the stage. Her spectacular voice restores The Burlesque Lounge to its former glory, though not before a charismatic entrepreneur arrives with an enticing proposal. Now Playing at the Vashon Theatre |
Find out what's playing www.vashontheatre.com
Oscars are in the Air!Save the Date
Sunday, Feb 27th at 4:00 Annual Fundraiser for Vashon Film Society for thier Scholarship fund |
The Fighter Coming Soon |
Life story of boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer brother Dick Eklund, chronicling the brothers' early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Massachusetts through Eklund's battle with drugs and Ward's eventual world championship in London. Genres: Drama, Adaptation, Biopic and Sports Running Time: 1 hr. 54 min. MPAA Rating: R for Language throughout, drug content, some violence and sexuality. |
Black Swan Coming Soon Feb |
Nina is a featured dancer in the New York City Ballet who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company . Genres: Drama and Thriller Running Time: 1 hr. 43 min. MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use. |
Vashon Theatre named “Best Rural Movie Theatre” in 2010
by the Seattle Weekly!
“Vashon Island dances to its own beat. Unlike the Bainbridge, Bremerton, or even Kingston ferries, if you walk onto the one departing Fauntleroy for the southwesterly isle, you're sort of stranded. Even if you bring a bike, the hill you're confronted with at the onset of the three-mile ride to Vashon's tiny commercial strip is so daunting that you'll be thumbing it in no time. But once you make it there, it's worth it, in large part because of the Vashon Theatre. Sure, they show movies—really interesting documentaries, charming indies, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at midnight. There's something for everyone, a sentiment amplified by the fact that the theater also hosts live music and theatrical productions—even an Oscar-night party, replete with a red carpet and snazzily dressed revelers. It's not just a great place to take in a flick; it's a community anchor, and a sure sign that the silver-screen experience can be preserved for as long as people are willing to breathe ingenuity and life into it”. —Mike Seely
http://www.seattleweekly.com/bestof/2010/award/best-rural-movie-theater-1045149/
| Vashon Film Society’s local Oscar emcee, Karen du Four des Champs, presents VFS’s annual Oscar Scholarship Award this year to graduating senior Ryan Johnson of VHS Class 2010. Congratulations RJ  |
Oscar Night Photos See photos from Vashon Film Society’s 2010 “Oscar Night at the Vashon Theatre” at: www.finchhaven.com/Vashon/Oscars_Night_on_Vashon_2010/The_Awards/Set_one/index.html |
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The Vashon Film Society's mission is to preserve the Vashon Theatre as our place to go to the movies and maintain community interest in the Vashon Theatre, to bring special programming, and to represent Vashon's movie going community.
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