Welcome back lovebirds of Winchester!

Love is in the air.

Valentine’s Day is less than a week away, and red and pink decorations surround us, cards and candies tempt us to buy these staples of the holiday, so we can show our better half how much they make us feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.

Before we know it, Valentine’s Day marketing will soon pull on your sentimental heart strings while the holiday will hold you in its tight embrace as its hands will empty your wallet. Valentine’s Day can be expensive as we make more memories with our loved one and everyone in a relationship has a price to pay.

All of us are always busy and having a dedicated day focused on our eternal bond reminds us we do love another person in this rat race of life.

Or you have an epiphany laced in guilt from failing to slow down and remember the other 300 days have gone that you were in love as well but didn’t show it.

Now’s the time to show her you care and follow the advice of the Bee Gee’s, “You Should be Dancing … yeah.”

If you have two left feet and dancing is not an option, Fathom Events is your doctor of cinema romance with special screenings Valentine’s Day week of “Dirty Dancing” (1987).

The film takes place in 1963 at a lush, expensive New York Catskills summer resort frequented by well-to-do families. “Baby” Houseman, Jennifer Grey of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986) stars as the privileged teen of the Houseman clan who, upon their arrival, falls for the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle, Patrick Swayze of “Ghost” (1990). Baby wants to dance, and Johnny will teach her like Mickey taught Rocky how to be a good boxer and not a bum.

Baby gets the opportunity to dance with Johnny in an upcoming show when his partner falls out due to complications of a medical procedure.

“Dirty Dancing” was a modern-day Romeo and Juliet with dance elements of “West Side Story” (1961) as our two stars from different economic sides of the tracks, fight all odds to be together as the world tells them they shouldn’t fall in love.

After 32 years, “Dancing” has become a pop culture reference staple and could fall into the genre of “So bad, its good” films.

Though marketed as a teen dance movie at the time of release, it is far from “High School Musical” fare as it focuses on a character having an abortion so forewarning if you are a traditionalist. Early programming by Hollywood on our youth with a strategic marketing plan, but I digress. But hey, what do I know?

It brought in over $170 million off a $6 million budget.

So, relive all the romance this Valentine’s Day as Baby and Johnny return to the big scree. Upon its conclusion, you’ll be shouting from the rooftops while holding hands, “I’ve had the time of my life.”

 Fathom Events will present “Dirty Dancing” as part of the Classic Screen Series.

Show times are 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday at the Hamburg Pavilion 16, Cinemark at Fayette Mall and Cinemark at Richmond Hills.

Have a film-tastic day!

Rick Baldwin is a writer, filmmaker and film/music historian. He is president of the Winchester-Clark County Film Society. Find more from Rick on Facebook and online. He is on Twitter @rickbaldwin79  and can be reached by email at rickbaldwiniii@hotmail.com.