Craig Holden and Rebecca Mendez join hosts Stephanie Valle and Lisa Elliott to discuss the film "Notting Hill" and the Plaza Classic Film Festival Dinner and a Movie event "I'm Just a Girl."
Craig Holden received his MFA in Fiction from the University of Montana in 1986, and then worked for two literary agencies in New York City, eventually becoming a film rights agent. His first novel, The River Sorrow, sold to Delacorte Press, and was subsequently translated into a dozen languages. His third novel, Four Corners of Night, received the Great Lakes Book Award for fiction in 1999, and hit the USA Today bestseller list. His other novels include The Last Sanctuary (Delacorte), The Jazz Bird (Simon & Schuster), The Narcissist’s Daughter (Simon & Schuster) and Matala (Simon & Schuster). He has taught at the University of Toledo, the University of Michigan, and New Mexico State University, and currently serves as the Assistant Vice President for Development at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. He is also a partner in the film development company Empty Bottle Productions.
Rebecca Mendez is an El Paso native who attended Canutillo High School, El Paso Community College, and New Mexico State University. There, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication and a double minor in Marketing and Advertising.
Rebecca’s initial career in the nonprofit sector began in 2016 at the El Paso Chamber (Government Relations Coordinator and Executive Assistant to the President and CEO); Program Coordinator at the United Way of El Paso County (REALIZE Board Training Program in partnership with the Paso del Norte Health Foundation); Program & Engagement Coordinator at the Jewish Federation of El Paso & Las Cruces; and is the new Philanthropy & Relations Manager at the United Way of El Paso County.
Rebecca joined the Plaza Classic Film Festival Advisory Committee in 2017 and you can see her introducing films during the festival season.
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I'm Just a Girl Dinner (Single)
Our fourth annual dinner-and-a-movie celebrates love, love between a world famous actress (Julia Roberts) and a humble travel bookstore operator (Hugh Grant). That’s right, we’re showing Notting Hill, that 1999 charmer from the pen of Richard Curtis (Love, Actually). This year’s themed dinner is called the I’m Just a Girl Dinner, inspired by a pivotal scene in the book shop. The dinner will be from 5-6:30 pm Monday, July 21 in the Foundation Room, 333 N. Oregon, less than a block from the Plaza Theatre entrance. Seating will be family style. The set menu by Chef Omar Carranza will be inspired by the movie and will include fish and chips, Beef Wellington, salad, vegetables and dessert. The movie is at 7 pm Monday, July 21 at the Plaza Theatre. Cost: $30 per person and includes dinner and one (1) ticket to the movie.
Our fourth annual dinner-and-a-movie celebrates love, love between a world famous actress (Julia Roberts) and a humble travel bookstore operator (Hugh Grant). That’s right, we’re showing Notting Hill, that 1999 charmer from the pen of Richard Curtis (Love, Actually). This year’s themed dinner is called the I’m Just a Girl Dinner, inspired by a pivotal scene in the book shop. The dinner will be from 5-6:30 pm Monday, July 21 in the Foundation Room, 333 N. Oregon, less than a block from the Plaza Theatre entrance. Seating will be family style. The set menu by Chef Omar Carranza will be inspired by the movie and will include fish and chips, Beef Wellington, salad, vegetables, and dessert. The movie is at 7 pm Monday, July 21 at the Plaza Theatre. Cost: $50 per couple and includes dinner and two (2) tickets to the movie.
Dinner and a Movie: I'm Just a Girl: Monday, July 21st, 5:00 PM, Foundation Room (Visit link for tickets)
Lecture: "Notting Hill": Monday, July 21st, 6:00 PM, Philanthropy Theatre (FREE)
Film "Notting Hill": Monday, July 21st, 7:00 PM, Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall ($8.00)
"A classic rom-com from the classic age of rom-coms, Notting Hill flips the script. Instead of a powerful, established man falling for a vulnerable woman, the power figure here is the world’s most popular actress, Anna Scott (Roberts). When she wanders into a humble travel book shop owned by the hapless William Thacker (Grant), love is born into a flipped power dynamic. Scott and Thacker are great together when hanging with his eclectic group of friends, but things don’t go so smoothly when her power-actor boyfriend (Alec Baldwin) blows into town, or when the press gets wind of the liaison. Thacker decides he’s not cut out for such a high-profile life. Of course, that’s only the beginning of the third act. Roberts and Grant are at the height of their powers and charm here. Note: the bookshop is real and exists today in the heart of Notting Hill. — Craig Holden"
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