UPCOMING DINNER AND A MOVIE FILMS

February 16th, 2013  |  Published in Dinner & a Movie

NEXT DINNER & A MOVIE

WHEN: APRIL 10, 2013

WHERE: HALEY HOUSE BAKERY CAFÉ, 12 Dade Street, Roxbury, MA

TIME: 6:00PM – DINNER

6:45PM - MOVIE

The First Grader is based on the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan man who enrolled in elementary education at the age of 84 after the Kenyan government announced universal and free elementary education in 2003.

In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in his eighties, who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied—even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six-year-olds.

TIX: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/335469


MARCH 23, 2012 - 6:30PM - THUNDERSOUL

The True Story of Conrad Johnson & The Kashmere Stage Band
Presented by Jamie Foxx, THUNDER SOUL follows the extraordinary alumni from Houston’s storied Kashmere High School Stage Band, who return home after 35 years to play a tribute concert for the 92-year-old “Prof,” their beloved band leader who broke the color barrier and transformed the school’s struggling jazz band into a world-class funk powerhouse in the early 1970s.
Haley House Bakery Café

10 Dade Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
Part of the proceeds of the evening will go to benefit a local youth music program..
Here’s a link to the trailer:

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