Pictured from left are Denise Scheffler, Terry Reed and Kim Gunther of Miles B. Marshall Inc., sponsor of this year’s Summer Family Film Festival at Hamilton Theater. The series kicks off Wednesday July 9 at 10 a.m. with The Lego Movie. Admission is free.
Submitted by Constance Mente
(Hamilton, NY – July 2014) The 2014 Miles B. Marshall Inc. Summer Family Film Festival kicks off at Hamilton Theater on Wednesday July 9 at 10 a.m. with the animated family favorite The Lego Movie, sponsored in partnership with Mark and Barb Golden. The Utica Zoomobile will visit with live animals before the movie.
Thanks to series sponsorship by Miles B. Marshall, Inc., in partnership with individual community sponsors, admission to all films in the series is free for children and adults. This marks the eleventh year of the series.
“We are extremely grateful to Miles B. Marshall, and to our individual film sponsors, for making this series available to the community,” said Hamilton Theater’s Chuck Fox. He noted that nearly 1,000 children and family members from Norwich to Brookfield to Cazenovia to Oneida and all communities in between enjoyed the series last year.
Wednesday children’s films feature a special highlight before each film to complement the movie. Thrill to live hawks and owls from Talon! A Birds of Prey Experience before How to Train Your Dragon on July 16, have your face painted before The Nut Job on July 30, take part in a special art project before Monsters University on Aug. 6, enjoy a special exhibit by Rogers Environmental Education Center prior to The Croods on Aug. 13.
The full schedule, with sponsors, is as follows: July 9- The Lego Movie (Mark and Barb Golden), July 16- How to Train Your Dragon (Maxwells), July 23- Rio 2 (Heritage Farm), July 30- The Nut Job (Hamilton Dapson Plumbing and Heating), Aug. 6- Monsters University (Ye Olde Landmark Tavern), Aug.13- The Croods (Hamilton Village Real Estate), Aug. 20- Muppets Most Wanted (Lifelong Learning Program in partnership with The Upstate Institute).
For further information call 315-824-8210 or visit www.hamiltontheater.net.