Looking for something different to do for a Valentine's Day treat?? Bring your "Special One" and your "Special Family" to a Private Showing of the movie, RED TAILS (rated PG-13), on Sunday, February 12 at 2:00 p.m. The OSU Alumni Club of West Michigan has reserved a theater at Celebration Cinema North, 2121 Celebration Dr. in Grand Rapids. The cost is $10.00 per ticket with options of a small pop and popcorn combo for $3.50 or a large pop & popcorn combo for only $4.50. The movie is 125 minutes and will be followed by a discussion led by Hope College Outstanding Professor Educator, Dr. Fred Johnson. The theatre holds 81 people - so tickets are available - first-come, first-serve through this link: http://wmibucks.com/red-tails or via an RSVP sent to OSUWestMI@aol.com. You will pick up your tickets at Celebration Theater North at 1:30 p.m. on day of the film. Tickets at the door will be $11.00 each.   View the trailer for Red Tails here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpA6TC0T_Lw   This movie tells the story of The Tuskegee Airmen, a special unit of African Americans who were trained to fly and maintain combat planes in World War II. George Lucas had been working on this movie for 11 years, collecting the stories of these particular veteran frantically, before they died. To hasten its creation, it was funded entirely with his own $58 million dollars.
AND - one of the Tuskegee airmen was Dr. Robert Garrison, who received his Medical Degree from Ohio State. He was Hired by Hackley Hospital in Muskegon, in 1958 and opened his own practice in Muskegon that same year. Dr. Garrison died in 2003. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/01/red_tail_movie_commemorating_t.html Dr. Fred Johnson is an award-winning public speaker and a U.S. Marine Veteran with Ohio roots (Ph.D. from Kent State) He will lead a discussion following our viewing of the WWII movie, RED TAILS. Fred is a history professor at Hope College, a novelist and a passionate advocate for recognition of these unsung air-warriors from Tuskegee. One of his courses at Hope is MILITARY HISTORY: RISE OF A WARRIOR DEMOCRACY.   Please join us for a fun, educational and inspiring afternoon!
Get your tickets while they are available!!