Best bets: Outdoor movie, 'Revolutionists,' 'Osage County,' zine making, water day

TIOGA OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT SERIES: The 2022 Tioga Movie Night Series continues at 7 p.m. May 13 with “Luca.” Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and enjoy the movie under the stars. This is a free outdoor movie screening. Tioga’s restaurants and coffee shop will be open before and during the film so attendees can purchase dinner or snacks to round out the evening. According to IMDB.com, “Luca” is the story of an unlikely but strong friendship that grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human. This film is rated PG and has a runtime of 1 hour and 35 minutes. Upcoming movies in the Tioga Outdoor Movie Night Series include “Soul” on June 17, “Sing 2” on July 8 and “Clifford the Big Red Dog” on Aug. 12.

“THE REVOLUTIONISTS”: Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in the Hipp’s production of “The Revolutionists,” an irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen Marie Antoinette and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. Catch a show at 8 p.m. today and Saturday plus 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE Second Place. For more information, or to purchase tickets online, visit thehipp.org.

“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY”: A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you’ve got a major play that unflinchingly — and uproariously — exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family. In “August: Osage County,” an immersive theatre experience put on by the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, you’ll laugh and cry with the Westons, embarking on a visceral, thought-provoking and often laugh-out-loud journey that nearly everyone can relate to. “August: Osage County” arrives today and runs through May 29 at the theatre, located at 619 S. Main St. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays plus 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $20 for general admission with a $5 discount for seniors (ages 55 and older), students, teachers, first responders, veterans and active military. For more information, or to purchase tickets online, visit acrosstown.org.

ZINE-MAKING WORKSHOP: Join the Civic Media Center and the Matheson History Museum for a collaborative zine-making workshop at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Matheson, 513 E. University Ave., or online via Zoom. The CMC holds the largest collection of zines, or small-circulation self-published works of original or appropriated texts and images, in Florida. In this workshop, both CMC and the Matheson will provide reproductions of publications and ephemera from their collections that participants can use to create their very own zines. For the safety of staff and attendees, capacity will be limited to 75 people and masks are required. Admission is free, but registration is required at bit.ly/zine22a. A virtual option via Zoom will be available at bit.ly/zine22azoom. Virtual attendees will be emailed a link to digital materials ahead of time. According to the University of Texas Libraries, “zines can be difficult to define. The word ‘zine’ is a shortened form of the term fanzine, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Fanzines emerged as early as the 1930s among fans of science fiction. Zines also have roots in the informal, underground publications that focused on social and political activism in the ’60s. By the ’70s, zines were popular on the punk rock circuit. In the ’90s, the feminist punk scene propelled the medium. … There are many types of zines — art and photography zines, literary zines, social and political zines, music zines, perzines (personal zines), travel zines, health zines, food zines. And the list goes on and on.”

WATER PARK COMMUNITY DAY: Camp Kulaqua opens its River Ranch on specific days during the spring and summer at a discounted rate with no reservations required, and it will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The venue features a 15,000-square-foot wave pool as well as a lazy river, water slide and volleyball courts. The public is allowed to bring food and coolers, but no glass containers or alcoholic beverages are permitted in the water park. Camp Kulaqua requests that modest swimsuits be worn. The water park is located at 23400 NW 212th Ave. in High Springs. The discounted rate is $16 per person; free for children ages 3 and younger. Future community days include May 30, July 3, July 10, July 24 and Aug. 7. For more information, visit kulaqua.com.

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