FriGay Flicks: Rent (Rated PG-13)
FILM: Rent
The Pride Center is proud to announce FriGay Flicks! Join us for a safe and sober event to watch the Queer musical classic, Rent on Friday, December 20th at the San Mateo County Pride Center. Community members are encouraged to dress in nineties attire and sing along!
This event is free and open to the public. Light snacks will be provided. Doors open at 5:30 and the movie runs from 6-8:15 pm. The Pride Center is located at 1021 S. El Camino Real in San Mateo, 94402. Our building is located at 11th and El Camino.
About the Film: This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life friends living the Bohemian life in modern day East Village, New York City, 1989-1990. Among the group are our narrator, nerdy love-struck filmmaker Mark Cohen (Anthony Rapp); the object of Mark’s affection, his former girlfriend, Maureen Johnson (Idina Menzel); Maureen’s Harvard-educated public interest lawyer and lesbian lover Joanne Jefferson (Tracie Thoms); Mark’s roommate, HIV-positive musician and former junkie, Roger Davis (Adam Pascal); Roger’s new girlfriend, the HIV-positive drug addicted S&M dancer, Mimi Marquez (Rosario Dawson); their former roommate, HIV-positive computer genius Tom Collins (Jesse L. Martin); Collins’ HIV-positive drag queen street musician/lover Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia); and Benjamin Coffin III (Taye Diggs), a former member of the group. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern-day life in one truly powerful story.
Content Warnings: This film is Rated PG-13 and not suitable for audience attendees under 13.
- Sex & Nudity
- Violence
- Profanity
- Alcohol
- Drugs & Smoking
Viewer discretion is advised
Please register using this link: https://tinyurl.com/FriGayDecember2024
Accessibility information about the Pride Center:
- All community members are required to wear masks when onsite. If you forget yours, masks will be available at the entrance.
- We have a parking lot with a LIMITED amount of spaces. Please consider carpooling. The parking lot is located by our entrance on 11th between Palm St. and El Camino. In case the lot fills up, there is plenty of street parking.
- There is a wheel-chair accessible entrance located at the parking lot entrance.
- The center is one block north of the ECR & 12th Avenue stop for Samtrans 397 and ECR.
- The center has two gender neutral restrooms. Both are single stall, are large and have railings.
- This is currently not a scent-free/fragrance-free space. We strive to be scent/fragrance-aware.
- The Pride Center is a weapon and substance free Sober space.
Questions? Please contact [email protected]
