Now and Then

6:30pm – Pre-show activities to be announced | 7pm – Presentation on The Nostalgia of Ice Cream | After the presentation – Stay for a screening of the 1995 film Now and Then

Now and Then (1995): In the magical summer of 1970, four inseparable friends navigate the joys and pains of adolescence, confronting love, loss and looming adulthood.

The Nostalgia of Ice Cream:
In this special pre-screening presentation, two-time James Beard Award-nominated pastry chef Dana Cree will take you on a journey through the creation of ice cream and that special nostalgic feeling that comes with it. Discover how ingredients transform into something magical, and how that magic connects deeply to our earliest and happiest memories.

Bio: Dana Salls Cree, a former pastry chef with over 20 years of experience in some of the world’s top restaurants, founded Pretty Cool Ice Cream in 2018. She has received two James Beard nominations for Outstanding Pastry Chef and won the Jean Banchet Award for Best Pastry Chef. In 2017, she authored Hello My Name Is Ice Cream, an award-winning book that teaches both home cooks and professionals the art and science of ice cream making. After attending Penn State’s Ice Cream Short Course, she partnered with Michael Ciapciak to open Pretty Cool Ice Cream in Chicago’s Logan Square, where she creates innovative frozen novelties while fostering a strong sense of community.

Science on Screen at The Colonial is presented in partnership with White Mountain Science, Inc. (WMSI) and is sponsored by Kerberos LLC and Hacker.Nexus

Science on Screen is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation