CHER: MERMAIDS

Cher stars as a free-spirited mother navigating love, family, and reinvention in this heartfelt coming-of-age favorite. CHER: ON FILM Singer. Actress. Academy Award winner. Icon. During the 1980s, Cher surprised audiences and critics alike by reinventing herself as one of Hollywood's most compelling screen performers. This seven-film retrospective showcases the roles that revealed new dimensions of a beloved superstar—funny, vulnerable, resilient, romantic, and unforgettable. As Cher prepares to release Cher: The Memoir, Part Two this fall, we're turning back time to revisit the films that transformed a music legend into a movie star. MONDAYS | 6PM OCT 5 - THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK FILM Q + A: CASTING DIRECTOR WALLIS NICITA MODERATED BY COREY ROSKIN OCT 19 - TEA WITH MUSSOLINI INTRO: DEVIN ORGERON, DESERTED FILMS NOV 2 - MERMAIDS FILM Q + A: CO-PRODUCER WALLIS NICITA MODERATED BY COREY ROSKIN NOV 16 - COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN INTRO: COREY ROSKIN NOV 30 - BURLESQUE FILM Q + A : "DEAR MOM, LOVE CHER," PRODUCERS EBERSOLE + HUGHES MODERATED BY COREY ROSKIN DEC 14 - MOONSTRUCK FILM Q + : A : TBA DEC 28 - MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN INTRO: TBA MERMAIDS (1990) Director: Richard Benjamin Co-starring Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci, Bob Hoskins Fresh from her Oscar-winning success in Moonstruck, Cher delivered one of the most emotionally rich performances of her career in Mermaids. As Rachel Flax, a charismatic single mother searching for love, stability, and reinvention, she creates a character who is funny, flawed, impulsive, and deeply relatable. Decades later, the performance continues to resonate for its compassion and complexity, revealing an actress capable of bringing extraordinary depth to everyday lives. CLASSIC COCKTAILS Elevate your movie night and select one of our classic cocktails! We offer a full range of fine wines, craft beers, and premium well drinks. Pre-order on Eventbrite and save $4 on two drinks with our exclusive pre-show drink special. Sip, relax, and enhance your cinematic experience with a touch of sophistication. Wallis Nicita was born in Manhattan, but raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. She attended Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. After college she went to New York and taught creative writing in the inner city. Due to overall budget cuts, her language arts program was cut. Needing a job, she got one working for two legendary casting directors, Marion Dougherty and Juliet Taylor. It's there that she learned the art of casting and eventually she went out on her own. She cast the films Caddyshack, Body Heat, The Big Chill, Silverado. The Witches of Eastwick and many others that became film classics. Wallis became VP of Talent for Warner Bros. She also was one of the founding five members of the Casting Society that now numbers in the thousands worldwide. Producing came next. She and her producing partner, Lauren Lloyd, started Nicita /Lloyd Productions. Their first firm was Mermaids. After several films and tv pilots, Wallis returned to her original muse - writing. Wallis Nicita now lives in Cathedral City, California. Corey Roskin has been programming and co-producing literary events for 24 years including the West Hollywood Book Fair, Lambda Lit Fest, Omega Sci-Fi Awards and Palm Springs Pride on the Page. For 29 years he also worked for the City of West Hollywood, most notably coordinating special events and projects as part of the City’s Social Services Division. Roskin currently serves on the Board of the Palm Springs Public Library Foundation and on the special events team at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. He also dabbles in writing fiction and personal stories and has volunteered for a variety of social services and cultural arts programs for almost 40 years.