A Night at the Opera
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 1, 2019
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State University’s W.K. Gordon Center for Texas Industrial History offers an early Valentine’s outing — a free screening of the 1935 Marx Brothers’ classic, “A Night at the Opera” — at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at the museum in Thurber.
The Marx Brothers take on high society in a movie hailed as one of their best.
Two lovers, both in opera, are kept apart by the man’s lack of acceptance as an operatic tenor. Pulling several typical Marx Brothers’ stunts, they arrange for the normal tenor to be absent so that the young lover can get his chance.
The event is part of the Night at the Opera House series at the Gordon Center. The showing is free but seating is limited. Reservations are recommended. A light snack will be served at intermission.
To reserve a seat, email GordonCenter@tarleton.edu, call 254-968-1886 or go online on at www.tarleton.edu/gordoncenter/.
The museum, in historic Thurber, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. It is located at Exit 367 on Interstate 20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. For more information, visit www.tarleton.edu/gordoncenteror the museum’s Facebook page.
Tarleton,founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.
Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist
817-484-4415
priddle@tarleton.edu
