OSCARS WEEKEND FESTIVAL Comes to River St Theatre

It's wonderful weekend of Oscar events at the River Street Theatre in Jaffrey. The Oscars Weekend Festival includes all of the 2018 Academy Award nominated short films plus the 90th anniversary live awards telecast. It begins Friday afternoon, March 2nd.

Acclaimed actor and director Kenneth Branagh once said, "I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining. I think they are, as Shakespeare put it, a good deed in a naughty world."

The best short films (animated, live action, documentary) of the past year that have been nominated for an Oscar will be presented at Jaffrey's River Street Theatre (RST). The RST Oscar Weekend Festival will start on Friday (3/2) with screenings in each short film category and end with a live telecast of the Oscar broadcast from Hollywood on Sunday night (3/4).

The 2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Animated (Rated PG) program will be shown Friday, March 2 at 5pm and on Saturday, March 3 at 2pm. The 2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action (Rated R) will be shown, Friday & Saturday, March 2 & 3, both at 7pm. The 2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Documentary (Unrated) program will be shown at 1:30pm on Sunday, March 4. The documentary program has one intermission. Detailed information of which films will be presented can be found online at www.RiverSt.org. All tickets for short film programs are $8.00 per person. Seniors, military, students, teachers are $7.00.

The Oscars Viewing Party at the RST will begin at 6:30pm on Sunday, March 4th starting with the Red Carpet telecast followed by the awards telecast at 8pm. Tickets are $15 each and include popcorn, soft drinks, hors d'oeuvres and a champagne toast. It's the second year for the very entertaining telecast party.

More program and schedule information, as well as ticket purchases, can be found at riverst.org or by calling the RST Box Office (603) 532-8888. The after-hours box office can be reached by calling OvationTix at (866) 811-4111. Advance ticket purchase is recommended.

The River Street Theatre is located in downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire at 6 River Street. 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 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 Park Theatre is scheduled to begin construction in 2018.

The Park Theatre currently operates the River Street Theatre (RST), a small live entertainment and cinema venue, located adjacent to the construction site as an interim theatre until the new Park Theatre opens. Opened in January of 2017, the RST holds the title of "smallest theatre in New England."