Thursday, January 3, 2019

Go Fund Us! Here's an opportunity to help us with the coming year...

Okay, it's 2019, and time for putting together another year of programming for our own little community theater.

Please consider making a donation. 

What we are doing: Cutting edge international and independent films, classic films (including several free movies), documentaries, live conversations with filmmakers, community theater, Sunday afternoon onscreen opera and ballet from European stages, recorded Broadway Musicals, live musical and dance performances: all this and more is right here in downtown Vicksburg at the historic Strand Theatre.

Why we do it: The Westside Theatre Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) dedicated to providing Vicksburg a place to gather to share cultural events: programs that are entertaining, but also thought provoking and conversation fueling. We believe there is no reason a small town like Vicksburg cannot have world class films and other programming. Our goal is to make Vicksburg a better place for us to live, and to make it a more attractive place for people considering moving here.

Our mission is made possible by tax free contributions and memberships.

Please consider supporting our efforts: Click here.
Thank you for your consideration and support,

2018 Programs: 

Films: 
Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action
Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animated
The Insult (Lebanon - Academy Award nominee)
Faces/Places (France - Academy Award nominee)
Southern Comedy Showcase
Best Of Oxford Film Festival featuring: Mississippi Madam
I Did Not Come Here to Die
MOKA (from France)
Keep the Change
Love and Bananas
The Big Lebowski (free)
The Last Suit (Argentina)
Cornbread Cosa Nostra 
(Mississippi made - with Cast & Crew)
Desert Bride (Argentina / Chile)
A Fistful of Dollars
American Animals (Documentary)
Black Orpheus (France / Brazil)
Airplane!
Blazing Saddles
Loving Vincent
The Concert for George
Three Identical Strangers
The Man who Saved the World x2
Damsel
Hearts Beat Loud
Deconstructing the Beatles: 
1963 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Lecture)
The Blues Brothers (free)
Ballast (Art House Theater Day)
No Date, No Signature (Iran)
MANHATTAN SHORT  
(with vote counting party at Martin’s at Midtown)
Halloween
A Shot in the Dark (free)
Return of the Hero
Some Like it Hot
Deconstructing the Beatles: The White Album
Young Frankenstein 
Liyana 
Evening with Bill Ferris and his films (free)

Onscreen Performing Arts Series: 
Carmen
An American in Paris
The King & I

Live theater: 
The Cocktail Hour x4
The Heathers x4
Vagina Monologues x8
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 x4
Rocky Horror Show x8

Live Performances:
Lee H & the Boone Brothers

Coming in 2019
Oscar nominated live action and animated shorts, Oscar nominated foreign language films and documentaries, 2019 Cat Video Fest (no, really), MANHATTAN SHORT 2019, more opportunities to meet directors and other film makers, and lots more plays, movies, music, etc...

We need you ...
Sure we need your donations, but we also need your attendance at the programs, we need your help spreading the word about the Strand, and we need your ideas and suggestions.



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