Cherubs beat the heat at movies
Eric Mayo, a cherub from Little Neck, N.Y., speaks with a Big Apple accent. His favorite teams are the New York Giants and the Yankees, and he takes great pride in being from “the City.” His first choice for a weekend movie was “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,” an Adam Sandler film about two Brooklyn firefighters brimming with fat jokes. But his friends opted for “Hairspray,” a musical set in the 1960s. And Mayo decided to tag along. “People were going, and I had nothing better to do,” Mayo said. |
Make the most of your movie: Food: Fill a Styrofoam cup with cereal and marshmallows from Hinman. It’s free and delicious. Clothing: Bring a light sweater. The theater can get chilly. Money: Tickets are $8.50 with a student discount. Take your cherub ID card. Bifocals: But only if you have a prescription. Camera: During summer 2007, a life-sized couch with characters from “The Simpsons” sat next to the food court. You never know when a photo opportunity might present itself. |
Cherub Margaret Parsons at Century Theatres in Evanston |
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Catching the latest summer blockbuster at the only theater in Evanston is a good way to relax over the weekends -- as long as deadlines aren't looming. Mayo and friends went to Century Theatres in Evanston. He said he enjoyed the movie because he had seen the musical on Broadway and was already familiar with the plot. Charlotte Ryan, a cherub from London, went to the theater one Saturday night as part of a birthday celebration for a cherub friend who turned 17. “It was sort of like a night out,” Ryan said. After the movie, she and her friends decided to go to Ethel’s Chocolate Lounge for fondue. But moviegoers can always indulge in a variety of sweets at the theater. Amy Parlapiano, a cherub from Westchester, N.Y., said the chocolate-dipped cookie dough bites are a particular favorite. The promise of food lured her to the theater in the first place. “My friends wanted to see ‘Evan Almighty,’ and I wanted popcorn,” Parlapiano said. “So I went with them.” Mayo said the theater was clean and large enough to meet his standards, but he was irked by the $3.50 price tag on a bottle of water. |
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Cherubs can get student discounts at the theater, bringing a ticket price down to $8.50. Box office personnel usually accept cherub identification cards as student ID. The theater sports stadium-style seating. Chairs are padded and rock, a feature Ryan said she enjoyed. But not every cherub enjoyed the temperature. Ryan described the theater as “a bit cold.” Parlapiano, however, said she liked the air conditioning because it combated the “hot heat” outside. Parlapiano said that she had fun despite the less than stellar quality of the movie she saw. “It was an awful movie,” she said of “Evan Almighty,” a film about a congressman who builds an ark in his backyard. “But we laughed a lot.”
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