The movie, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was a favorite of the theater’s founder, Milburn Kenworthy, according to a Kenworthy news release.
Executive Director Colin Mannex will share a brief history of the theater to open, and a complimentary small popcorn will be offered to each attendee, courtesy of the event’s sponsor, Kimberly Kenworthy Manaut, Milburn Kenworthy’s granddaughter.
“Perfectly cast, smartly written and beautifully filmed, ‘The African Queen’ remains thrilling, funny and effortlessly absorbing even after more than half a century’s worth of adventure movies borrowing liberally from its creative DNA,” according to the news release.
The film, rated PG, runs 1 h our, 45 minutes. More information is at kenworthy.org/events-calendar/the-african-queen.

This encaustic by Jodee Maiorana is part of Valley Art Center's Black & White Show, opening Friday, Jan. 5.
A free reception for Valley Art Center’s annual Black & White Show is from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the gallery, 842 Sixth St., Clarkston.
The exhibition, which continues through Jan. 27, includes black and white or monochromatic works by artists Charlotte Wood, Pat Schaufele, Jodee Maiorana, Mary Lou Wayne, Jen Whitted and Marlys Seubert. Media include pencil, watercolor, quilling, encaustic, cold wax and oil, fabric and clay sculpture.
All of the artwork on display will be for sale.
More information is at lcvalleyartcenter.org.
“Buffalo Coat,” part of the Moscow Public Library’s Let’s Talk About It scholar-led book discussion series, is at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the library, 110 S. Jefferson St.
The discussions are meant to bring community members and scholars together to talk about books that “relate to a greater theme,” according to information from the library.
Tuesday’s installment features local historical figure Carol Ryrie Brink’s 1944 novel “Buffalo Coat” and the theme “Tough Paradise” with scholar Alexandra Teague from the University of Idaho’s Creative Writing and Gender and Sexuality Studies programs.
Registrants receive a copy of the book to borrow along with a short essay on the theme “Tough Paradise.”
Registration, available until books run out, is at latahlibrary.org/ltai, where information about other Let’s Talk About it events also is listed.