‘Breakfast Club’ at The Moviehouse

MILLERTON — The Moviehouse is celebrating the 30th anniversary of “The Breakfast Club” with a community costume party benefit and special screening of the 1985 pop culture film on Wednesday, April 1.Breakfast with benefitsA movie-themed costume party to benefit The Jane Lloyd Fund will kick off the evening at 6 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to dress as their favorite character or in popular decade-appropriate attire.There will be beer, wine and 1980s-themed snacks, including fondue.The Jane Lloyd Fund is a Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation fund.The fund was established by the Lloyd family after Jane’s eight-year battle with breast cancer and benefits cancer patients and their families from Connecticut towns Canaan, Cornwall, Falls Village, Kent, Salisbury and Sharon, according to www.thejanelloydfund.org.Those interested in attending are to call Jean Saliter at 860-248-5585 to purchase a $10 Jane Lloyd Fund button to wear as admission to the event.“Jane would have really enjoyed a night of ’80s snacks and hanging out with her friends and going to see a film,” Saliter said.Saliter is involved with the fund and was friends with Jane.Movie screeningThe film will screen at 7 p.m. following the party, and is a one-night event.Tickets can be purchased for $15 at The Moviehouse box office at 48 Main Street or online at www.themoviehouse.net.Tickets are purchased separately from Jane Lloyd Fund buttons though all are encouraged to attend both events. Moviehouse owners Robert and Carol Sadlon offered a statement via email regarding the evening.“We’re so looking forward to this event! After such a long winter we could all use a little fun and the opportunity to indulge in nostalgia.“We are also very happy to be able to offer The Moviehouse space for the prescreening costume party to benefit The Jane Lloyd Fund, both in memory of Jane and in support of all the wonderful things the fund does for those suffering with cancer in our community.”

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