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Feb
28
Tuesday
Feb
28
Tue
Special Events :: Fundraiser also Arts :: Film
The Arc Presents: The Premiere of Learning to Drive
6:00 PM
Stargazers Theatre and Event Center
The Arc Presents: The Premiere of Learning to Drive Description:
The Arc Pikes Peak Region presents The Colorado Premiere of Learning to Drive, starring Colorado's own Connor Long. This Hollywood style premiere event features a meet and greet with the star of Learning to Drive, Connor Long, and the Director, Roderick E. Stevens, II. Heavy appetizers will be served along with a complimentary cocktail. The 28-minute Director's cut of Learning to Drive will be shown followed by a Q&A. The film was inspired by the true story of a feisty young man with Down syndrome determined to convince his scatterbrained brother to teach him how to drive!

Prior to the film, Learning to Drive, two other short films will be shown. Lonely Highway, a documentary by local filmmaker Andy Kwiatowski, and The Interview, a Sproutflix original.

Andy Kwiatowski, 18, is a recent graduate of Rampart High School in Colorado Springs and currently enrolled at UCCS. Andy came to YDA to make a documentary about growing up with an autistic disorder and turned the camera on himself, his parents and sister in telling a deeply personal account. His film LONELY HIGHWAY, is an intimate portrayal of family love and support as they come to terms with the unique challenges of and resilience necessary to being on the autistic spectrum. Prior to joining YDA, Andy took several film and media classes in school and produced a comic strip, stop motion video and several small films.

The Colorado Premiere of Learning to Drive is a fundraising event for The Arc Pikes Peak Region's Building for Change. Building for Change is a capital campaign improving the current facilities at 10 and 12 North Meade Avenue to be accessible by all. The Arc Pikes Peak Region is creating a campus for use by the entire community for all abilities. Thank you for your support of an inclusive community in the Pikes Peak region.

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Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Stargazers Theatre and Event Center
Address: 10 S. Parkside Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80910
Phone: 719-476-2200

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