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N E W S M A Y 16 L E H A V R E COMPLIMENTARY FREE POPCORN! FRIDAY MAY 13 at 7PM FRIDAY MAY 27 at 7PM DON’T MISS MOVIE NIGHT AT THE CLUBHOUSE! Brie Larson won an Academy Award® for Best Actress as a mother, Ma, who was kidnapped and has been trapped with her son, Jack, in a small room for five years. Ma does her best to build a loving, nurturing environment for Jack despite their horrific circumstances. Eventually the two dramatically escape, and they enter the real world—which may turn out to be the most frightening place of all. Director: Lenny Abrahamson Writers: Emma Donoghue (screenplay), Emma Donoghue (novel) Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers “Lenny Abrahamson’s Room is a thoughtful, well-conceived tale, which tactfully leaves certain questions unanswered and situations unexplored while focusing on its primary theme of finding hope in a hopeless situation, resulting in an intense and moving experience.” -- Andy Kaiser, Andy’s Film Blog Only a desolate space remains where the Whitestone Waldbaum’s used to be on 10th Avenue. 16 LEHAVRE COURIER | MAY 2016 | WWW.QNS.COM The Danish Girl A love story loosely inspired by the lives of married Danish artists Einar (Lili) Elbe and Gerda Wegener, for which Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander won Academy Awards® as the husband and wife. It’s Copenhagen, 1926, and Danish artist Gerda Wegener painted her husband, Einar, as a woman. The painting became popular, and Einar began to change his appearance into a female and renamed himself Lili. In time Lili attempted one of the first male-tofemale sex reassignment surgeries in history, resulting in seismic revelations for Gerda and her marriage. Director: Tom Hooper Writers: David Ebershoff (novel), Lucinda Coxon (screenplay) Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard “There aren’t many actors who would take on the challenge of playing Lili Elbe, and fewer still who could pull it off with the kind of ease Redmayne does. He’s simply a marvel when embracing such outwardly physical roles and this one is arguably more demanding than his turn as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything…Once again he’s paired up with an actress who more than holds her own opposite him, with Vikander showing Gerda to be a true beacon of strength and resolve, even as she’s coping with her husband’s transformation.” --Travis Hopson, examiner.com Whitestone residents urged to sign a petition demanding a supermarket at closed Waldbaum’s site BY BRIANNA ELLIS bellis@qns.com/@briinformed Public pressure is mounting to bring a supermarket back to the former Waldbaum’s location at the Whitestone Shopping Center, which closed six months ago and remains vacant. During a We Love Whitestone town hall meeting on Wednesday night, state Senator Tony Avella encouraged the civic association and residents to sign a petition, which urges the property owners, The Feil Organization, to reserve the location for “any prospective supermarket,” he said. A spokesperson of the Whitestone offi ce of The Feil Organization told QNS that the company is still seeking a food retailer to take over the vacant supermarket at 153-01 10th Ave. Some Whitestone residents speculate that a Trader Joe’s may be coming next, but a grocery store’s spokesperson, told QNS last month that Trader Joe’s was not pursuing the location. Others predict that a Stop & Shop supermarket will surface. One worker at the mall, who wished to remain anonymous, told QNS that the property will be divided into a supermarket and a CVS Pharmacy. “Well, I kind of miss it, but I heard they’re opening a Trader Joe’s,” said local resident Robert Smith, who refl ected on the old Waldbaum’s. “It was nice to come in here and make my own sandwiches instead of coming to this crappy place,” he said while pointing at Subway. “None of these places have healthy drinks. Who wants to drink a soda?” Smith continued. Waldbaum’s marked its stamp on the Whitestone community for more than 30 years before closing on Nov. 23 last year. It was the result of the demise of its parent company, the Great Atlantic & Pacifi c Tea Company (A&P), which fi led for bankruptcy in July 2015. Numerous supermarkets owned by A&P that operated under the PathMark or Waldbaum’s brands were sold to rival chains such as Stop & Shop and Key Food; other markets, such as the Whitestone Waldbaum’s, simply THE COURIER/Photo by Brianna Ellis closed. “Well it’s kind of an inconvenience,” shopper and Whitestone resident Jackie Davis remarked about the supermarket’s closing. “It’s close to our house but my husband does most of the shopping anyway. He’s more mad about it than I am.” A reminder to all Le Havre residents: The credits will roll on Movie Night for the summer. Look for a new lineup of great films in the fall. Room


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