Celebrate ANDREA WARNER's new book, The Time of My Life, on Wednesday, August 7 with a special DIRTY DANCING screening and costume contest! Keep it Crayze for Swayze and stick around for a double bill screening with DONNIE DARKO. Have the time of your life and feel free to sing-along, we know you know the words!

The special event also features a short, live recording of the 10th anniversary of the feminist pop culture podcast, Pop This!, co-hosted by Lisa Christiansen, Andrea Gin, and the author herself, with a special guest.

In 'The Time of My Life,' celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner excavates the layers of Dirty Dancing, from its anachronistic, chart-topping soundtrack, to Baby and Johnny’s chemistry, to Bergstein’s political intentions, to the abortion subplot that is more relevant today than ever. The film’s remarkable longevity would never have been possible if it was just a throwaway summer fling story. It is precisely because of its themes — deeply feminist, sensitively written — that we, over 30 years later, are still holding our breath during that last, exhilarating lift.

Books will be available for sale via Iron Dog Books.

Wednesday, August 7
DIRTY DANCING
Doors 6:00 pm | Event 6:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.

Baby (Jennifer Grey) is one listless summer away from the Peace Corps. Hoping to enjoy her youth while it lasts, she's disappointed when her summer plans deposit her at a sleepy resort in the Catskills with her parents. Her luck turns around, however, when the resort's dance instructor, Johnny (Patrick Swayze), enlists Baby as his new partner, and the two fall in love. Baby's father forbids her from seeing Johnny, but she's determined to help him perform the last big dance of the summer. Also starring Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Kelly Bishop.

DIRTY DANCING (Emile Ardolino / 1987 / 100 mins / PG) Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.

Brief Intermission.

DONNIE DARKO
Doors 9:15pm | Movie 9:30 pm *This film is screening as part of a double feature; the start time is approximate. Please arrive on time.

In a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary but disenchanted teenager is about to take Time's Arrow for a ride. After surviving a freak accident, Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) begins to explore what it means to be alive, and in short order to be in love, he uncovers secrets of the universe that give him a tempting power to alter time and destiny. Also starring Jena Mallone, Mary McDonnell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Katharine Ross, and a giant bunny.

DONNIE DARKO (Richard Kelly, 2001 / 113 mins / PG) Donnie Darko, an awkward teenager, befriends Frank, a figure in a bunny costume only he can see, who informs Donnie that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds.