🎬   Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World -- Opera Plaza

🎬 Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World -- Opera Plaza (& Early Lunch)

🔆 If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Bestselling poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America's unlikely contemporary mystic — wandering the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly 50 years to open herself, and her readers, to the world around them. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, her life was shaped by devotion to nature, the discipline of paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and be loved. Her poems speak to atheists and believers and naturalists and urbanites alike, touching contemporary anxieties about attention, presence, and our relationship to the natural world — anxieties only sharpened by climate crisis, digital distraction, and social fragmentation.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World draws on interviews with close friends including John Waters, and never-before-seen photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive. Her poems are read aloud by Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Steve Buscemi, and Oprah Winfrey — bringing new life to a lifetime of work, and to the beauty that inspired it.

▪︎ Purchase your ticket here (7/22, 1:20 show) I've got seat B2:
https://www.landmarktheatres.com/movies/1000042819-mary-oliver-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/?date=2026-07-22

▪︎ Message me when you've bought your ticket and I'll move you to "going."
▪︎ Meet at 11:30 sharp for an early lunch at Max's Opera Cafe (601 Van Ness)
▪︎ PLEASE don't be a no-show. If your plans change, remember to update your RSVP prior to the event.
▪︎ A last minute cancellation will count as a no-show.