Arts & Entertainment
Movie Fans from Vantage Point Attend Sundance Shorts on Tour
Arts & Culture Collective provides local excursions and programs on-site at retirement community
A contingent from the Residences at Vantage Point in Downtown Columbia received the royal treatment at a showing of Sundance Shorts on Tour presented by the Columbia Festival of the Arts recently at Howard Community College.
The movies – documentaries, animated films, experimental, as well as more conventional, short films – are a favorite of the festival crowd. As a sponsor of the festival, Vantage Point received some complimentary tickets, as well as special seating for its residents. The community’s shuttle brought the attendees to the theatre.
The group attended the outing as participants in the Residences at Vantage Point Arts & Culture Collective, which is presenting a series of programs at the retirement community, as well as excursions to arts and cultural events taking place elsewhere in the community, to highlight Columbia as the “campus” for residents of Vantage Point.
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The first two events in the Vantage Point Arts & Culture Collective series included a one-woman performance by award-winning actress and director Valerie Lash, Dean of Arts and Humanities at Howard Community College, and a conversation on climate change by naturalist and writer Ned Tillman.
The next event is set for Tuesday, July 30, from 7-8 p.m., at Vantage Point and will feature popular Howard Community College instructor George Clack with his presentation, “Novels into Film.” The public is invited to attend free of charge. Registration is required of visitors at stewartk@vantagehouse.org.
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Residences at Vantage Point was founded in 1990 and is a nonprofit serving people age 60 and above. Managed by Life Care Services, the community includes a variety of residential living arrangements and provides long-term health services available exclusively for residents should they need them.
Residences at Vantage Point is noted for its arts, cultural and educational activities, as well as for resident engagement with the larger community of Columbia. It is located at 5400 Vantage Point Road.