Elgin State Bank Blog http://www.elginstatebankblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en The Elgin Experience Movie Meeting for April 13, 2010 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/03/10/the-elgin-experience-movie-meeting-for-april-13-2010/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/03/10/the-elgin-experience-movie-meeting-for-april-13-2010/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:48 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=94 The monthly movie meeting will be on Tuesday April 13, 2010 - Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 AM - Meeting begins at 10:00 AM.

Stay tuned for our presentation topic and movie selections.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee with us, a donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

Our newly announced trips are filling up fast!!  Don’t miss the fun and excitement of traveling with The Elgin Experience!! Reserve your slot T O D A Y!!  Limited Availability.

]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/03/10/the-elgin-experience-movie-meeting-for-april-13-2010/feed/ The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for March 9, 2010 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/03/02/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-march-9-2010/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/03/02/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-march-9-2010/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:10:23 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=93 The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday March 9, 2010 - Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 AM - Meeting begins at 10:00 AM

Our presentation will be by Linda Tischler (Concert Artist) and Eric Abernethy (Wellness Expert) of the Music Education Centers of America, Inc.  They will be speaking on “The Joy of Music Making”.

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for Centro de Informacion.

Membership is NOT  required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

The movies we will be offering this month are:

1.  Cop Out
 
Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter’s upcoming wedding, and Paul is his “partner-against-crime” whose preoccupation with his wife’s alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.

Genre: Action, Comedy
Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min.
Rated: R for pervasive language including sexual references, violence and brief sexuality
Cast: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan

 

 

 
2.  Crazy Heart
 
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.

Genre:  Drama, Musical/Performing Arts
Runtime: 1 hr. 51 min.
Rated: R for language a brief sexuality
Cast:Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, James Keane II, Anna Felix
 

 

 

3.  Valentine’s Day
 
A diverse group of Los Angelenos navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine’s Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Runtime: 1 hr. 57 min.
Rated: PG-13 for some sexual material and brief partial nudity
Cast: Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift
 
4.  Our Classic 1959 Film: Some Like It Hot
 
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine’s Day gangster murders, they disguise themselves as women and join up with a travelling all-womens’ band to escape the mobsters who are after them.
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 2 hrs.
Rated: Not Rated
Cast:Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Goerge Raft, Pat O’Brien
 

 

 

]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/03/02/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-march-9-2010/feed/ The Elgin Experience Movie Meeting for March 9, 2010 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/02/10/the-elgin-experience-movie-meeting-for-march-9-2010/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/02/10/the-elgin-experience-movie-meeting-for-march-9-2010/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:09:58 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=92 The monthly movie meeting will be on Tuesday March 9, 2010 - Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 am - Meeting begins at 10:00 am.

Stay tuned for our presentation topic and movie selections.  This information will also be available on our Elgin Experience Hotline: 847-888-7976.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

Our newly announced trips are filling up fast!!  Don’t mist the fun and excitement of traveling with The Elgin Experience!! Reserve your slot T O D A Y !!  Limited Availability.

]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/02/10/the-elgin-experience-movie-meeting-for-march-9-2010/feed/ The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for February 9, 2010 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/02/04/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-february-9-2010/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/02/04/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-february-9-2010/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:33:53 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=91 The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday February 9, 2010 - Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 AM - Meeting begins at 10:00 AM

Our presentation will be by Dr. Sundararaj Cherala - a Board Certified Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Management Specialist on staff at Provena St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin.  He will be speaking on LOW BACK PAIN.

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for the Salvation Army.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

Our choices for the February 9th Movie Meeting are:

 

1.         Extraordinary Measures

Rated: PG for thematic material, language and a mild suggestive moment

Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min

Genre: Drama

Cast:  Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Courtney Vance,

           Meredith Droeger

 

2.         An Education

Rated: PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content,    and for smoking

Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Cast:  Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper

 

 

3.         Edge of Darkness

Rated: R for strong bloody violence and language

Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Cast:  Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts

 

4.         1957 Classic – An Affair to Remember

Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr. 59 min.

Genre: Romance

Cast:  CaryGrant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, NevaPatterson, Cathleen Nesbitt

 

]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/02/04/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-february-9-2010/feed/ The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for January 12, 2010 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/01/05/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-january-12-2010/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/01/05/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-january-12-2010/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:05:45 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=90 The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday January 12, 2010 - Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 AM - Meeting begins at 10:00 AM

Our presentation will focus on starting the New Year with The Elgin Experience - Featuring our FIRST extended 8 day trip to Myrtle Beach on March 13th.

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for Community Crisis Center.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

The movies we will be offering this month are:

1.  It’s Complicated

  • Rated: R for some drug content and sexuality
  • Runtime: 1 hr 58 min
  • Genre: Comedy & Romance
  • Cast: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell

Jane is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has - after a decade of divorce - an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake.  But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated.  An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable - an affair.  With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness, Jane is now, of all things, the other woman.  Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam, an architect hired to  remodel Jane’s kitchen.  Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he’s become part of a love triangle.  Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It’s –complicated.

2.  Up In The Air

  • Rated: R for language and some sexual content
  • Runtime: 1 hr 49 min
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama and Adaptation
  • Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride

Ryan Bingham, is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

3.  Sherlock Holmes

  • Rated: PG-13 for thematic material including violence, disturbing images and a scene of suggestive material
  • Runtime:2 hr 9 min
  • Genre: Action/Adventure, Thriller, Adaptation & Mystery
  • Cast: Robert Downey Jr. Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan

Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life as he has never been portrayed before.  Jude Law stars as Holmes’ trusted colleague, Watson, a doctor and war veteran who is a formidable ally for Sherlock Holmes, Rachel McAdams stars as Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have bested Holmes and who has maintained a tempestuous relationship with the detective.  Mark Strong stars as their mysterious new adversary, Blackwood.

4.  Viva Las Vegas - Our Classic 1964 Film this month in honor of Elvis’ birthday

  • Not rated
  • Runtime 1 hr 25 min
  • Genre: Musical Romance, Rock Musical, Musical, Romance
  • Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest, Nicky Blair

A swimming instructor (Ann-Margret) detours a singing auto racer (Elvis Presley) in town for the Grand Prix.

 

 
 
 
 

 

]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2010/01/05/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-january-12-2010/feed/ The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for December 8, 2009 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/12/02/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-december-8-2009/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/12/02/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-december-8-2009/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:37:02 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=89 The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday December 8, 2009 - Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 am - Meeting begins at 10:00 am.

We have a special holiday presentation by the Chamber Choral of Larkin High School.  They will be performing several of our Holiday Favorites.

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for the South Elgin Food Pantry.

Also, the Community Crisis Center will be the recipient of this year’s Care-To-Share Program by Elgin State Bank.  They would appreciate Children’s Books, $20 Meijer Gift Cards and Bath & Body products.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

The movies we will be offering this month are:

1.  The Blind Side - Rated PG-13, 2 hr. 6 min. - Drama

      Cast: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Ray McKinnon, Quinton Aaron

2.  Everybody’s Fine - Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 27 min. - Comedy

      Cast:  Robert DeNiro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell

3.  Old Dogs - Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min. - Comedy, Parenthood 

     Cast: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta

If you would prefer to view a classic holiday film we will also be showing the 1954

White Christmas - Not rated - 2 hrs. Family/Musical

      Cast: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, Dean Jagger

]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/12/02/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-december-8-2009/feed/ The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for November 10, 2009 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/11/04/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-november-10-2009/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/11/04/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-november-10-2009/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:30:13 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=87 The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday November 10, 2009 - Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL

Doors open at 9:15 am - Meeting begins at 10:00 am.

Our presentation will be by George B. Haupt - Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. “Special Tribute To Our Veterans”

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for Bethesda Church of God.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

The movies we will be offering this month are:

 

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Opens: November 6, 2009 Runtime: 1 hr. 33 min. Rated: R Cast: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor Genre: Comedy
Synopsis:
Struggling reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) gets the scoop of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to be from a unit of psychic soldiers who have been reactivated for duty. Intrigued by Cassady’s assertions that they can walk through walls and kill goats by fixed gazes, Wilton follows him on a dangerous, top-secret mission across Iraq to find the brigade’s founder, Bill Django (Jeff Bridges) .
 
The Box
Opens: November 6, 2009 Runtime: 1 hr. 55 min. Rated: PG-13 Cast: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella Genre: Horror, Suspense/Thriller
Synopsis:
A suburban couple, Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur (James Marsden), face a moral dilemma when they receive a gift that bears irrevocable consequences. With the press of a button, their simple wooden box will bestow $1 million; however, a stranger somewhere else will die, at the same time. The box will be theirs for only 24 hours, and as time ticks away, Norma and Arthur confront the depth of their humanity as they consider their choices.
 
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Opens: November 6, 2009 Runtime: 1 hr. 36 min. Rated: PG Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes Genre: Action/Adventure, Family
Synopsis:
“Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3D motion picture event. Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late.
 
If you would prefer to view a film more aligned with Veteran’s Day, we will also be showing the 1950 Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne.  Runtime: 1 hr. 49 min. Not rated. This classic is a war, drama, action, romance film.
 
]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/11/04/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-november-10-2009/feed/ The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for October 13, 2009 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/10/07/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-october-13-2009/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/10/07/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-october-13-2009/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:08:38 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=85 The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday October 13, 2009 - Marcus Theatre 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL.

Doors open at 9:15 am - Meeting begins at 10:00 am.

Our presentation will be by Dan Cantu of Blue Cross/Blue Shield IL who will be giving us an update on Medicare Part D.

The movies we will be offering this month are:

1.  Couples Retreat - Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min. - Genre: Comedy
     Cast: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau
 
2.  Whip It - Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 51 min. - Genre: Comedy/Drama
     Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig
 
3.  The Invention of Lying - Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 39 min. - Genre: Comedy
     Cast: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill
 
4.  Special Presentation of the 1982 film:
                          Tootsie
     Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Geena Davis
      Genre:  Romantic Comedy
     Runtime: 1 hr. 56 min.
     Rated PG

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for The Westside Church of Christ.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

 

]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/10/07/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-october-13-2009/feed/ The Elgin Experience Monthly Movie Meeting for September 8, 2009 http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/09/01/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-september-8-2009/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/09/01/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-september-8-2009/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:10:13 +0000 dschramm http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=84 The monthly movie meeting is on Tuesday September 8, 2009 - Marcus Theater 111 S. Randall Road Elgin, IL.

Doors open at 9:15 am - Meeting begins at 10:00 am.

Our presentation will be: “Where Are My Keys?” by Oak Crest Hope Cottage Memory Center.

The movies we will be offering this month are:

  • Inglourious Basterds - Rated R, 2 hrs. 32 min. - Genre: Drama

          Cast:  Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz

  • The Time Traveler’s Wife - Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 48 min. - Genre: Drama/Romance

          Cast: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard

  • All About Steve - Rated PG-13, 1 hr. 38 min. - Genre: Comedy/Romance

          Cast: Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper

Our Classic Film this month is the 2004:

          The Notebook - a Drama/Romance with Ryan Gosling, Tim Ivey, Rachel McAdams, Starletta DuPois, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Sam Shepard. Runtime: 2 hrs. 1 min. Rated PG-13.

We will be collecting donation items of canned goods and paper products for The Lighthouse Food Pantry.

Membership is NOT required to attend, so please bring a friend along and enjoy a cup of coffee, donut and the chance to be one of our several door prize winners.  The cost is $2.00 per person.

 

]]> http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/09/01/the-elgin-experience-monthly-movie-meeting-for-september-8-2009/feed/ Customer Appreciation Day! http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/08/17/customer-appreciation-day-2/ http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/2009/08/17/customer-appreciation-day-2/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:13:12 +0000 Deborah Szmurlo http://www.elginstatebankblog.com/?p=80 Come join the Tailgate Party and help us celebrate YOU!

Elgin State Bank is holding its annual Customer Appreciation Day on

Friday, September 18, 2009.

For more details, and your chance to enter our Raffle, click here.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!!

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