Bay Theatre hosts new horror film series, author events
From staff reports
The nonprofit Bay Community Theatre is launching two new programs in August, including a series of late-night horror films called Late Night Frights and a monthly author talk series called Words & Writers at The Bay.
Late Night Frights will bring some of the most popular horror and suspense films back to the big screen to scare and delight audiences. The series will kick off August 13 and continue weekly through September 10, with screenings held every Thursday at 10:30 pm. Tickets are just $7 per screening or $25 for a series package (a savings of $10). The theme for the first block of Late Night Frights films is “Social Nightmares” and includes a lineup of acclaimed thrillers with underlying themes of social or political satire. The roster includes:
- Thursday, August 13 at 10:30 pm: Get Out directed by Jordan Peele
• Thursday, August 20 at 10:30 pm: Bodies Bodies Bodies directed by Halina Reijn
• Thursday, August 27 at 10:30 pm: Us directed by Jordan Peele
• Thursday, September 3 at 10:30 pm: Midsommar directed by Ari Aster
• Thursday, September 10 at 10:30 pm: Parasite directed by Bong Joon Ho
The Bay will launch a free new author talk series this month. The series will kick off with an afternoon event on Monday, August 31, at 2 pm with author and local true crime historian Tom Carr in conversation with interviewer Amy Monette. Monette has at times supported Carr’s work through her role as a librarian, bringing archival context to his research and storytelling. Admission is free; donations are welcome and benefit the nonprofit Bay Theatre.
Carr has written three books in his Blood on the Mitten series of Michigan true crime and dark history published by Mission Point Press. They include Dark Side of the Mitten: Crimes of Power &; Powerful Criminals in Michigan’s Past &; Present; Blood on the Mitten: Infamous Michigan Murders, 1700s-Present; and MI BAD: Robbers, Cutthroats and Thieves in Michigan’s Past and Present.
Carr is an independent writer and journalist in northern Michigan who spent 25 years in daily newspapers, most of them at the Traverse City Record-Eagle. He also worked at The Evening News in Sault Ste. Marie (now The Sault News). He’s won journalistic awards for his investigative reporting, feature writing, breaking news, and humor columns. As a freelancer, Carr has reported and produced many stories for Interlochen Public Radio and has had his work broadcast on NPR and Michigan Radio. His writing and reporting has appeared in the Detroit Free Press, the New York Daily News, the Traverse City Ticker, Traverse Magazine, and more.
Amy Monette is the branch manager at the Kingsley Branch Library of the Traverse Area District Library and district supervisor of local history. She holds a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan School of Information, where she focused on archives and information science, and has been a librarian for over 15 years. Her work centers on preserving and sharing northern Michigan’s local history through archival collections, exhibits, and public programming that connects community stories with historical sources.
More details and ticketing for all events is available at TheBayTheatre.org.
