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Science On Screen + Beat the Heat Family Film Series Present: OSMOSIS JONES with Dr Sarah Adkins

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Join us Saturday, July 18th at 3:00 p.m. for a special event that ties together Science on Screen®, the kick-off of our summer Beat the Heat Family Film Series, and Ohio Brew Week’s Last Call!

This event will include a pre-show presentation by Dr. Sarah Adkins

Tickets are donation-based and the proceeds will go to benefit local children’s organizations

About the event

This special screening of the award-winning animated film Osmosis Jones is a project of Science on Screen® + our Beat the Heat Family Film Series.

Admission is a donation of any amount, all welcome!

Science on Screen® is an initiative of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation that pairs popular films with presentations by experts in science, technology, and medicine, helping audiences explore the real-world ideas behind what they see on screen.

Beat the Heat is our annual summer family film series, supporting local children’s organizations while providing affordable, accessible summer programming for families.

About the film

Comedy legend Bill Murray stars as Frank, a grungy Rhode Island zookeeper who’s lack of hygiene is partly tied to mourning the death of his wife. Inside Frank’s body, where the real action of the film takes place, Osmosis “Ozzy” Jones is a white blood cell (voiced by comedian Chris Rock) who serves as a police officer guarding against threats to Frank’s immune system. When Thrax, a lethal new virus (voiced by Laurence Fishburne), shows up on the biological scene, Osmosis Jones finds himself in a race against time to seek and destroy Thrax before his deadly plans can bring Frank down for the count.

About the speaker

Sarah Adkins, current Executive Director of Rising Suns Pharmacy, is a pharmacist and a native of Athens County, Ohio. Sarah attended Albany Elementary through the 8th grade. She moved with her family into the city of Athens and graduated from Athens High School in 1993. She graduated from the University of Toledo in 1998 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy.

She worked for Meijer Pharmacy in Northwest Ohio for two years after graduation. She then moved to Columbus, Ohio and worked for Medco Health Solutions as a Customer Service Pharmacist, Managed Care Pharmacist, Supervisor of Physician Service Center and then Knowledge Manager of Medication Therapy Management. She attended The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy (OSU COP) and completed her Doctor of Pharmacy in June 2010. Sarah moved back to her hometown of Athens, Ohio in 2011. She completed a PGY 1 residency in a collaborative agreement of clinical and academic practice with OSU COP and Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUHCOM).

After the residency, Dr. Adkins advanced her residency into a full-time shared position with OSU COP and OUHCOM where she has worked for the past eight years. She precepts fourth year Ohio State pharmacy students on rotations. She spends clinic time with the Ohio University Heritage Community Clinic and OhioHealth Family Practice Residency clinic. She teaches pharmacy sciences at OUHCOM and Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions (CHSP). She is passionate and dedicated to her communities in Appalachia, Southeast Ohio, and Athens.

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Beat the Heat: THE MUPPET MOVIE

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Join us Saturday, July 25th at 3:00 p.m. as our summer Beat the Heat Family Film Series continues with the ultimate, blast-from-the-past Muppet extravaganza!

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Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear, and all the world-beloved puppets of master puppeteer Jim Henson come together in the classic 1979 film that put these fun characters on the big screen for the first time ever.

The Muppet Movie blends together all the best elements of comedy, a sing-a-long musical, and an exciting road movie to tell the story of how humble swamp-dwelling Kermit the Frog gets discovered by a talent agent one day while playing his banjo and singing a special song. The agent prompts Kermit to hit the road and seek his fame in Hollywood. Along the way, the singing amphibian meets Fozzie and the other Muppets, and, as the gang grows in number, the adventure increases with hijinks, mayhem, and the kind of laughs that only the Muppets can deliver!

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Beat the Heat: HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS

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Join us Saturday, August 1st at 3:00 p.m. as our Beat the Heat series offers up a fun and heartwarming film about a family that really gets in touch with nature!

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The legend of Bigfoot really hits home in this classic 1987 film that won an Oscar for Best Make Up. John Lithgow stars as George Henderson who, as he drives his wife and children back to Seattle from a camping trip, hits a sasquatch with the family station wagon. Believing the cryptid to be dead, and seeing the potential fame in providing proof to the world of Bigfoot’s existence, the family decides to strap the creature to their car and return home to notify the press. However, the family soon realizes that the hirsute beast, whom they affectionately dub “Harry”, actually survived the collision and is extremely kind and gentle. As the the Hendersons bring Harry deeper into the family fold, they discover that Harry has a nemesis who is hunting him down, leaving it up to George and his family to protect Harry until he’s able to safely return to his forest home.

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Beat the Heat: ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES

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Join us Saturday, August 8th at 3:00 p.m. as our Beat the Heat Family Film Series continues with a fun, supernatural comedy featuring the creepiest, kookiest, and all-together-ookiest family there is…The Addams Family!

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This 1993 sequel film sees the return to the big screen of Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Lurch – the one-and-only Addams Family! As they welcome baby Pubert, a new addition addition to the family circus, the Addams’s find themselves in need of a nanny. They hire outwardly-kind Debbie, who turns out to actually be a serial killer who preys on rich bachelors. Debbie seduces Fester, secretly planning to make him one of her victims and inherit his wealth. As the plot thickens, Debbie’s efforts to eliminate her new beau keep falling short. And, she ends up getting a taste of her own medicine as Baby Pubert saves the day and proves he’s got what it takes to continue the Addams Family name.

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Beat the Heat: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Viewing: August 15,2026

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Join us Saturday, August 15th at 3:00 p.m. as our Beat the Heat Family Film Series concludes with a fantastical adaptation of one of the most-beloved children’s books of all time!

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Directed and co-written by visionary filmmaker Spike Jonez, with a script by award-winning author Dave Eggers, Where The Wild Things Are beautifully brings to life children author Maurice Sendak’s amazing world of fantasy wherein Max, a troubled young boy, gets sent to his room without dinner and ends up being crowned king of an island of misunderstood monsters known as “The Wild Things”.

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Beat the Heat: WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT

Watch Trailer Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, Mel Blanc
Awards: Oscar - Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Special Achievement Award

Eddie Valiant is a down-and-out gumshoe in late-1940’s Hollywood who gets entwined in a case that is sure to test what he’s made of. When a big-shot cartoon producer hires Valiant to dig up some dirt on Jessica, the the seemingly-unfaithful “toon” bombshell spouse of cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit, the private eye travels to “Toontown” to sniff out the goings-on of a rival studio exec (and the guy who happens to run Toontown itself). Valiant goes to see Jessica perform her famously sultry crooning act and seems to catch her in the act of seducing the rival exec; however, the man is murdered the following day and Roger Rabbit becomes Suspect No. 1. Valiant has his doubts about Rabbit’s guilt and ends up helping him get to the bottom of this strange set of circumstances. This puts the two at odds with Judge Doom – the chief justice of Toontown – who might just be the lynchpin of what starts to look more and more like a frame job!

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This series is made possible thanks to support from the following sponsors: Athens County Children Services, Southeastern Ohio Treatment Foster Care Network, Ohio University Credit Union, and Athens Area Chamber of Commerce

 

 

 

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Beat the Heat: THE RUGRATS MOVIE

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Little Tommy Pickles’ new baby brother gets born early…so early, in fact, that Tommy hasn’t had the chance to figure out how he’ll deal with no longer being the apple of his parents’ eyes. Making matters worse is the fact that the new tyke is kind of a pain to have at home. So, Tommy and his friends hatch a plan to take the baby back to the hospital; however, the plan goes awry and the gang lose the babe in the woods. It’s now up to Tommy to find his kid brother and get him back home where he actually belongs, having hijinks and adventures along the way!

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This series is made possible thanks to support from the following sponsors: Athens County Children Services, Southeastern Ohio Treatment Foster Care Network, Ohio University Credit Union, and Athens Area Chamber of Commerce

 

 

 

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Beat the Heat: ERNEST & CELESTINE

Watch Trailer Director: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
Writer(s): Daniel Pennac
Awards: Oscar - Best Animated Feature (nom)

In the orphanage underground where she lives, Celestine, a young mouse, has been taught that bears are nasty and evil…not the kind of folks one should associate with. As she prepares to follow the typical rodent trajectory of becoming a dentist, Celestine (who’d much rather be an artist) is tasked with stealthily venturing to the outside world where she must collect the lost baby teeth of bear cubs and bring them back for study. On one such outing, she is discovered by a family of bears and chased into the outside world. She spends a tense night of fear in a trash can and meets Ernest, a unique bear who might just change her ideas about how well mice and bears can get along.

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This series is made possible thanks to support from the following sponsors: Athens County Children Services, Southeastern Ohio Treatment Foster Care Network, Ohio University Credit Union, and Athens Area Chamber of Commerce

 

 

 

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Beat the Heat: SONG OF THE SEA

Watch Trailer Director: Tomm Moore
Awards: Osacr - Best Animated Feature (nom)

Song of the Sea, the second film in Tomm Moore’s “Irish Folklore” trilogy, is the story of a young Irish boy named Ben who learns that his mute sister Saoirse is actually a “selkie” — a mythological creature that can shapeshift from human form to that of a seal. The two children are the son and daughter of a lighthouse keeper’s wife who disappeared after giving birth to the girl and is presumed to have died. Ben has always believed that Saoirse was at fault for their mother’s death and is resentful; however, when the duo run away from their Granny’s house to return to their lighthouse home, they have an adventure beyond their wildest imaginations: Saoirse is tasked with using her magical power of song to save all the world’s mythological beings from the evil witch Macha, and, in the process, restore the wholeness of her family’s broken home.

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Beat the Heat: THE WIZARD OF OZ

Watch Trailer Director: Victor Flemming
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan
Awards: Academy Award - Best Art Direction (nom), Best Original Song, Best Original Score

The film that has transported millions of movie fans somewhere over the rainbow for nearly a century, The Wizard of Oz is a true classic of American cinematic history. With its fantastical story adapted from L Frank Baum’s children’s book, its unforgettable characters, incredible sets, timeless soundtrack, and rich Technicolor cinematography, the legacy of this Oscar-winning masterpiece is sure to endure long into the future. Admission is a monetary donation to the IFCR to raise funds for CDKL5 research.

Dorothy, a young farm girl from Kansas, and her lovable terrier Toto get caught in the midst of a terrifying tornado whose house-shaking force ultimately knocks Dorothy unconscious. When she finally awakens, she is amazed to find herself in a land that defies imagination:  Dorothy is greeted by benevolent witch Glinda and a host of Munchkins who explain that she has inadvertently rid the Land of Oz from the scourge of the Wicked Witch of The East and, in return, is given the bad witch’s ruby red slippers. All is not well, however – The Wicked Witch of The West vows revenge on Dorothy for killing her sister. Dorothy and Toto, in order to find a way back to Kansas, set out upon the Yellow Brick Road where they encounter not only The Scarecrow, The Tin Man, and The Cowardly Lion, but also trials and triumphs on their way to the Emerald City and its patron, The Wizard of Oz himself!

About CDKL5

CDKL5 is a rare developmental deficiency disorder caused by mutations in the CDKL5 gene. The IFCR is working towards finding treatments and a cure for CDKL5, funding a variety of scientific research and trials. You can read more about the IFCR and CDKL5 by visiting their website here. June is CDKL5 Awareness Month and June 17th is World CDKL5 Day!

This event is being held in honor of Reid Berger ❤️

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This series is made possible thanks to support from the following sponsors: OUCU Financial, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, Brenen’s Cafe and Deli, Athens County Children Services, Ohio Arts Council, and Arts for Ohio

 

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