A NIGHT OF LAUGHS GALORE AT THE WEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Frederick, Md. -- The Weinberg Center for the Arts is pleased to present a special evening of family fun featuring the silent movie era’s greatest comedians on Tuesday, July 24th. Ray Brubacher will accompany the selected silent shorts on the Mighty Wurlitzer organ. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for seniors, students and children.

The four films are: "Cops" and "One Week" featuring Buster Keaton, "Two Tars" featuring Laurel and Hardy, and "Get Out and Get Under" featuring Harold Lloyd. Each film lasts approximately 20 minutes, and there will be one intermission.

Some of the classic cars in the movies will be on display at the Court Street parking deck before the show. The exhibit will contain 30 – 40 cars dating back to 1927 and earlier, and is courtesy of the Sugarloaf Mountain Region chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America. The exhibit is part of a tour the club is sponsoring throughout Frederick.

To purchase tickets, call the Weinberg Center for the Arts at 301-600-2828, 301-600-2838 TTY or stop by the Box Office Tuesday thru Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm and Saturday 10:00am to 2:00pm. Tickets are available online at www.weinbergcenter.org. The 2007-2008 season begins Friday, Oct. 5th with an evening with award-winning author David Sedaris.

The Weinberg Center for the Arts, a municipal facility of the City of Frederick, is located at 20 West Patrick Street in downtown Frederick, Maryland. The historic theatre opened in 1926 as the Tivoli, and it and was donated to the City of Frederick in 1978. Today as one of the region’s premier presenting facilities, the 1,100 seat Weinberg Center offers professional LIVE! series, including dance, music, theatre, family performances and films, weekday performances for students, and classic movies. Performance space and professional services are available to a variety of community arts groups, civic and business organizations, and other arts promoters. Programming at the Weinberg Center for the Arts is made possible with support from the City of Frederick, Frederick County Government, Maryland State Arts Council, Frederick Arts Council, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Frederick News-Post, State Farm Insurance and other corporate and individual donors. For more information about upcoming events at the Weinberg Center, please call the Box Office at 301-600-2828 or visit www.weinbergcenter.org.