The Wolfsonian is excited to partner with The Bookstore in the Grove Organic Kitchen to offer delectable box dinners at our August “Ladies Leading” film series. Featuring new menu options for each of the four free Friday screenings, the optional boxes (priced at $15 and $20) encourage Miamians to make a night of it—round up your girlfriends, order half-price drinks in The Wolfsonian Café, and sit down with a tasty meal to enjoy four classic movies celebrating women who call the shots and defy the odds, in style.
The full menu for this Friday’s kickoff film, His Girl Friday, and complete “Ladies Leading” lineup follow below.
Ladies Leading Film Series
Each Friday in August at 7pm
Ladies take the lead in our summer film series inspired by the hard-working, trailblazing women featured in the special exhibition Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise.
Friday, August 7 | 7pm
Rosalind Russell kicks us off with her portrayal of an ace reporter who won’t take no for an answer—even when it comes from her dashing ex-husband/editor, played by the ever-charming Cary Grant. Running time: 92 minutes.
Friday, August 14 | 7pm
Advertised as “the hilarious answer to who wears the pants,” Adam’s Rib is a he-said, she-said classic. Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy play a married couple battling as attorneys on opposing sides of a murder trial. Their sharp wit and prickly affection make for a sensational comedy tackling issues far ahead of its time. Running time: 100 minutes.
Friday, August 21 | 7pm
A young Sally Field—a funny, smart, and downright inspiring modern-day heroine—stars in this powerful story of a Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town by standing up for workers’ rights. Running time: 118 minutes.
Friday, August 28 | 7pm
Grab the gals and join us for the hilarious finale of our Ladies Leading film series! Nine to Five features not one, but three incredible female characters—played by Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton—who will stop at nothing to get even with their sexist, egotistical bigot of a boss. Running time: 109 minutes.
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