FRIDAY MARCH 18 • OPENING NIGHT COSTUME PARTY [ALL AGES]
Music by first graders from Watervliet elementary lead by Brandon Mattson. Dress as your favorite animated character. Prizes awarded for best costume. Bit of Swiss cupcakes? FREE
6:00 PM BRANDON MATTSON AND HIS FIRST GRADE CHOIR 7:00 PM NYICFF KID FLICKS ONE
SATURDAY MARCH 19 • GATHER, FLAPJACKS & FLICKS [ALL AGES]
Housemade pancake breakfast with music by Brandon J. Woodcox. NYICFF KID FLICKS ONE shorts. Doors open 9:30. Limited seating. Visit friendsofnewtroy.org for more info or to reserve. FREE
FRIENDS OF NEW TROY COMMUNITY CENTER
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM BREAKFAST/COFFEE IN THE GYM 10:00 AM KID FLICKS ONE 11:00 AM KID FLICKS ONE
SATURDAY MARCH 19 • NIGHT HIKE & OWL PROWL [ALL AGES]
Join us at Sarett Nature Center for a screening of LEGENDS OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOULE. Afterward, Sarett naturalists will take you on a night hike to call for owls! Please bring a flashlight or headlamp for the hike (if you have one). It’s sure to be a hoot! FREE
7:00 PM LEGENDS OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOULE 8:45 PM NIGHT HIKE & OWL PROWL
MONDAY MARCH 21 • OPEN HOUSE [ALL AGES]
Visit the new home of the COASTLINE CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL. FREE
COASTLINE CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL STOREFRONT
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM OPEN HOUSE
FRIDAY MARCH 25 • YOUNG FILMMAKERS COMPETITION RED CARPET AWARDS [ALL AGES]
Screening of films and awards presentation followed by HEART TO HEAR, a short film by Ainesh Shintre and Harold Llloyd’s GRANDMA’S BOY (DR. LARRY SCHANKER, PIANO) . FREE
6:00 PM YFC FILMS 7:15 PM AWARDS 7:30 PM HEART TO HEART 8:00 PM Grandma’s Boy
SATURDAY MARCH 26 • HOW TO CREATE A SHORT FILM [AGES 12+]
Learn to develop, write, & produce a short film from beginning to end with Ainesh Shintre! FREE
COASTLINE CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL STOREFRONT
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM WORKSHOP (EMAIL atouchofgreatness@hotmail.com TO REGISTER)
SUNDAY MARCH 27 • UNIFIED CIVIC MONUMENTS PROJECT FILM AND MARCH [ALL AGES]
Trivia March to St. Joseph following MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN’S MARCH (see page 16). FREE
1:00 PM MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH 2:00 PM TRIVIA MARCH LEAVES FROM BENTON HARBOR
SUNDAY MARCH 27 • FINALE WITH DR. LARRY SCHANKER [ALL AGES]
Buster Keaton's classic silent film, GO WEST closes the festival. FREE
4:30 PM GO WEST