Jaffrey's River Street Theatre to Celebrate Hollywood's Biggest Night with OSCARS VIEWING PARTY

Jaffrey's River Street Theatre (RST) will be holding an Oscars Viewing Party at the theatre this Sunday, February 26 starting at 7 p.m.

The festive event will be a fundraiser for the theatre. Tickets for the special event are $25. Guests will receive champagne, hors d'oeuvres, popcorn, beer, wine and soft drinks.

The ABC telecast of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 89th Annual Awards on the RST's big screen will begin with the famous Red Carpet activities. Guests are invited to wear "festive/creative black-tie" (but not mandatory). A 50/50 Raffle and Oscars Pick game will be held.

The River Street Theatre is located in downtown Jaffrey at 6 River Street. Due to the intimate size of the River Street Theatre, it is highly recommended tickets are purchased in advance. Call the Box Office at 603-532-8888 or go to www.theparktheatre.org to purchase tickets with any major credit card.

The River Street Theatre is sponsored by: Grove Street Fiduciary, Coca-Cola, the Board of Trustees of the Park Theatre, Janet S. Grant, Betty Locke, Owen Houghton and the James F. & Fernande Kelly Charitable Trust. The Park Theatre is seeking additional sponsors for the RST. Interested businesses and individuals can contact Steve Jackson at 603-532-9300.

The new River Street Theatre (or RST) is a project of The Park Theatre. In anticipation of the construction and opening of the new Park Theatre performing arts center, the RST will be a small, intimate theatre venue to "bridge" the construction project until the new theatre complex opens. The RST boasts only 28 seats, but it has new, extremely comfortable & upholstered wide seating, HD digital projection plus the best concessions around. Every week The RST will present new independent films, inspiring and educational documentaries, fresh foreign films, and classic films from Hitchcock to the Coen Brothers. Additionally, the RST will have live music nights, stand-up comedy, magicians, programming for children as well as readings from new and classic plays. All offered at affordable prices. It makes the claim, "New England's Smallest Theatre... and proud of it." The RST promises programming that is always entertaining, innovative and fresh. Located at the heart of New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock, the RST is a 90 minute drive from downtown Boston.

The Park Theatre first opened in Jaffrey in 1922 and was the center of community life as a movie and vaudeville house for 54 years until it closed in 1976. Purchased by The Park Theatre, Inc. in 2006, it will be rebuilt as a state-of-the-art film and performing arts center, featuring two auditoriums seating 485, presenting movies, live theatre, including children's productions, concerts, and lectures as well as offering a place for business and community gatherings for the Monadnock Region and its 100,000 residents, school districts and dynamic artistic community. The new theatre is scheduled to be opened in 2018.