For Immediate Release: Contact: Tanya Tran, Marketing Manager P: 253-572-6062 E: tanya@grandcinema.com The Grand Cinema brings National Week of Science on Screen to Tacoma 27 film organizations from Alaska to Washington feature science speakers at movie screenings between March 20–March 26 [TACOMA, WA, March 14, 2019] — The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Coolidge Corner Theatre announce the 2019 National Week of Science on Screen, coming to Science on Screen® grantee theaters across the nation from Wednesday, March 20, through Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Over the week, participating organizations will use one of the nation’s favorite pastimes—going to the movies—to promote public understanding of science. Science on Screen grantee theaters run three or more Science on Screen events per year, creatively pairing screenings of classic, cult, science fiction, and documentary films with presentations by notable experts from the world of science and technology. Each film serves as a jumping-off point for the speaker to introduce current research or technological advances in a way that engages general audiences. The grant is funded by the Sloan Foundation’s Program for Public Understanding of Science, Technology & Economics and administered by the Coolidge Corner Theatre, the celebrated Massachusetts art house cinema that launched the Science on Screen format in 2005. Since launching the national Science on Screen grant in 2011, the Sloan Foundation and the Coolidge have awarded a total of 201 Science on Screen grants to 82 independent theaters nationwide, including 36 this year. As a 4-time grantee, The Grand Cinema is pleased to present a special screening of Searching <http://bit.ly/SearchingFilm>, the 2018 film starring John Cho that unfolds entirely on computer and phone screens, Monday, March 25 at 6:45PM <http://bit.ly/SearchingFilm>. This cutting edge detective story was the 2018 NEXT Audience Award winner at Sundance Film Festival and has been hailed by The Atlantic as “a clever update on a housebound Hitchcock thriller like Rear Window, one that can make a series of Google searches play out like a high-wire action scene.” <https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/08/searching-is-a-fiendishly-clever-online-thriller/568450/> The film will be paired with a presentation by Dr. Alexandra Leah Nutter, Lecturer in Communication from the school of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington-Tacoma. She will present on the topic Flexible Identities & Social (Media) Selves. Her current area of interest is how economics affect self-branding and personal identity in online spaces. The Grand Cinema is also hosting a ticket giveaway for the film. Enter by sharing “the weirdest thing you searched for on the Internet” at bit.ly/SearchingGiveaway. Deadline to enter is Wednesday, March 20 at 11:59PM. The Grand Cinema has hosted engaging Science on Screen events since 2012. Past programming has included: Raiders of the Lost Ark with Dr. Ellen Moore presenting "That Belongs in a Museum!" Indiana Jones, Bones, and the Science of Archaeology; Jaws with Karen Povey presenting What’s Really the Scariest Thing in the Sea? Plunging into Ocean Plastics; and Dune with Dr. Erica Cline presenting Restoration of the Sediment Plateau after Removal of the Elwha Dam. The list of National Week of Science on Screen events can be seen at scienceonscreen.org/national-evening/nwsos-2019. The Grand Cinema is among the 27 Science on Screen grantees in 22 states, all art-house cinemas or museums with film programs, to participate in the first-time week-long initiative. For more information about the Science on Screen grant initiative, visit the Science on Screen website at scienceonscreen.org and the 2018−19 grant award announcement at scienceonscreen.org/blog/congratulations-to-the-sos-class-of-2018-19. Tickets to Searching <http://bit.ly/SearchingFilm> paired with presentation “Flexible Identities & Social (Media) Selves” by Dr. Alexandra Leah Nutter are on sale now and are available at The Grand’s Box Office (606 S Fawcett Ave, Tacoma 98402) and online at www.grandcinema.com. Tanya Tran Marketing Manager she/they | 253.572.6062 The Grand Cinema <http://www.grandcinema.com/> 606 S Fawcett Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402 <https://www.facebook.com/TheGrandTacoma/> <https://www.twitter.com/GrandCinema> <http://www.instagram.com/thegrandcinema>