The plush Kiesel Theatre in The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) seats 55 comfortably in reclining theatre seats harvested from the local Strand Theatre during its remodeling. The seats have cup holders and have been refurbished (meaning that none of the gum you put under your seat when you were dating years ago is still there!). Our theatre boasts a 10-foot screen, surround sound, and a T-Coil system.
During the “school year,” the Mayflower Residents Association movie committee chooses and shows a variety of full-length entertainment films on Saturday afternoons enriched with freshly-popped popcorn and soft drinks.
This summer, during the hiatus of the movie committee, a series of movies is being shown on Saturdays as part of the “Mayflower Summer Film Series.” Recently completed was the enthralling but sad, two-part PBS series, “The Dust Bowl.”
With the exception of the next film, all others will show at 2:00pm. The upcoming schedule for the rest of summer is:
- June 22 – War on the EPA (Showtime: 3:30pm due to schedule conflict)
- June 29 – Immigration Series (Selva Lehman, discussion leader)
- July 13 – Immigration Series (Selva Lehman, discussion leader)
- July 20 – Immigration Series (Selva Lehman, discussion leader)
- July 27 – Reconstruction Part I (America after the Civil War)
- August 3 – Reconstruction Part II (America after the Civil War)
- August 10 – League of Denial (The NFL’s concussion crisis)
- August 17 – Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria (The rise of deadly drug-resistant bacteria)
- August 24 – Racing Extinction (We are in danger of losing 50% of all species.)
Life-long learning has always been a hallmark of Mayflower Community activities. This series affirms that.
— Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director