Film #1 in Series of 4 - “Like Water For Chocolate” with treats by Mexican Restaurant Mi Lupita

Food Glorious Food: Four Films About Food
Saturday, February 4 & 11, March 10 & 31, 2012
Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury, NY 12474

607.326.7908

On Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 7:00 pm, the Roxbury Arts Group invites the public to attend a screening of ‘Like Water for Chocolate’, the first in a series of films about food. Each screening will be followed by a selection of deliciously appropriate culinary treats served during a panel discussion with actress, director and farmer, Dorothy Lyman. The final film in the series, ‘Big Night’ will be preceded by a family style, Italian, fundraising dinner prepared by The RAG Board of Directors and friends of RAG featuring family recipes and hosted by Cassie’s Café in Roxbury.

Like Water for Chocolate (Saturday, February 4 at 7pm) takes place in a forgotten Mexico. The central characters, Tita and Pedro, fall in love, but are forbidden to marry. Pedro marries Tita’s sister instead, and now Tita must cook and live in the same house with her former lover. Mexican treats by Mi Lupita, Fleischmans, NY. (Marco Leonardi and Lumi Cavazos 1992, 105 minutes, rated R, subtitled)

Mi Lupita, Fleishchmanns, NY  will supply the Mexican treats for the even

ing.

Q & A Follows the film:

Panel discussion leader

Dorothy Lyman began her career with Joseph Chaikin’s Open Theatre, and appeared in many daytime dramas in the ’70s and ’80s. Other TV appearances include Reba, as Reba Hart's mother, Law and Order: SVU, CSI: Miami, Judging Amy, and The Practice, among others. She currently resides in New York City, and on her farm in upstate New York.   

Tickets for the film series are $25 adults and $17 seniors. Individual films are $7 adults and $5 seniors. Children under 12 will be admitted free and must be accompanied by an adult. The fundraising dinner preceding the final film "Big Night" is $25, and will be served at Cassie’s Café on Main Street in Roxbury, NY. Space for the dinner is limited and reservations are required.

All films will be screened at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mt. Rd., Roxbury, NY. Call 607-326-7908