Wear your PJs and see ‘Home’ for free

Once, actually it was during my 1993 honeymoon in Maui, I discovered how fun it was to read the local newspaper's crime news listings.

Bear with me here. It's not as if the listings detailed anything remotely like serious crime. No, it was mostly somebody complaining about a chicken attacking their garden, somebody else reporting that their lunch had been stolen, or grousing that a parked car was ruining someone's view of the beach. It made for fascinating reading — in between my other honeymoon activities.

I recalled that newspaper feature this morning as I perused The Spokesman-Review's Community Calendar. Amid the dozens of activities the day offers, from invitations to art shows to museum exhibitions to drop-in sporting events, one particular notice attracted my attention: something called a "Pajama Party at the Movies."

If you click on the above link, you'll discover what I did — that if you show up at noon or at 5 today at the Garland Theater, and you're carrying a pair of pajamas that you want to donate, you'll be granted free admission to see a screening of the DreamWorks animated film "Home." The donations are meant for "a foster child in need."

You're invited to get fully into the spirit of the event and wear PJs yourself, if you want — though it's probably not expected that you'll donate the pair you wear.

The parties begin at noon and 5. Have fun. And keep reading the Community Calendar. I know I will.

Right now I have to go out in the yard. A rafter of wild turkeys is harassing my cat. Somebody call Crime Check.