The Park Terrace

The last time I went to The Park Terrace, it was to see Loving Vincent with Mama. We knew that it would be the last time we would go to The Park Terrace because, after decades of service to the Charlotte community, it was closing its doors. We recalled waiting in line in the summer heat with Pam and Al to see The Empire Strikes Back. Loving Vincent was a wonderful animated feature film about the life of Van Gogh. A visual feast that took years to create - this film told the heartbreaking story of Vincent Van Gogh's life. In 2014, we had been to see the exhibit Van Gogh Alive at Discovery Place. This multimedia exhibit made you feel like you were in the Van Gogh paintings and even had a dramatization of Van Gogh's life at the beginning. To us, this film felt like an extension of that marvelous exhibit:
Van Gogh Alive: https://youtu.be/1jhUmOixt44

Last night, Steven and I went to grab some burgers at The Shake Shack and then we went to the reopened and redesigned Park Terrace movie theater to see The Current War. This movie is just the kind of film Mama would have liked. First of all, it stars one of her favorite actors - and her all-time favorite Sherlock - Benedict Cumberbatch. Also, all of the performances were great and the true story of powering the nation was riveting.

She loved to go to dinner and a movie. It's a simple pleasure, but as Bobby McFerrin sings "Simple pleasures are the best."

I have to say that the integrity of Tesla, Westinghouse, and Edison completely surpassed the businessmen of today. However, Edison and Westinghouse both exhibited the same kind of compromised values in the end. I highly recommend it, and I recommend The Park Terrace, too.

The Current War trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kue18AxK1tU