SEQUIM — Thelma Walters of Sequim has heard a bit about “Wall-E,” the movie about a compassionate robot who lives in the year 2700.
Then there’s “The Visitor,” about a teacher lifted out of deep burnout when he meets a Syrian man and a Senegalese woman.
Walters is familiar with neither of these films playing at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend.
But she’s going to see one of them this Wednesday, partly because the 62-mile round trip will cost her 75 cents, and partly because Walters adores Rose movies.
Most of all, Walters is going because she talked Rocky Friedman, owner of the Rose, into showing a pair of matinees especially for Sequim residents.
Every Wednesday this month and next, the Rose will show its films earlier than usual so cinephiles can hop on the No. 8 Jefferson Transit bus from Sequim to Port Townsend, see a matinee, get back on board and be home around dinner time.
“Wall-E” will screen at 1:45 p.m. and “The Visitor” at 2:15 p.m. this Wednesday, so the 9:44 a.m. or 12:43 p.m. departures from the Sequim Transit Center, 190 W. Cedar St., will get movie-goers into the Rose on time.
Unless they choose to walk downtown to the theater at 235 Taylor St., they can catch the No. 13 Castle Hill bus to the Haller Fountain, which is steps away from the Rose at 235 Taylor St.
Afterward, moviegoers can walk or catch the Castle Hill back to the Port Townsend Park & Ride at 12th and Haines.
From there, the No. 8 departs at 5:55 p.m. and arrives back in Sequim at 6:41 p.m.
