Outdoor Movies

SRSLY Cinema is making an encore appearance. Due to an earlier rainout in July, SRSLY Cinema will extend beyond the Sounds and Sights season, and show the film “Field of Dreams” on Sept. 2.

The outdoor film will start at dusk and will be shown at the clock tower complex in downtown Chelsea. Lawn seating will be available and refreshments including fresh made pop corn will be for sale from the SRSLY Youth Steering Committee.

“We were really disappointed that we didn’t get to show this great movie,” said project manager Janice Ortbring.

Ortbring and her husband, Todd, have again volunteered their time and services to keep the project going.

“We also wanted to honor our commitment to our sponsors, and decided since school has not started, why not add one more night?” she said.

SRSLY Cinema is also in the process of scheduling a local band to perform in the gazebo before the movie, starting at 8 p.m.

SRSLY Cinema has experienced a successful second season this summer and is now working on offering movie parties at the Washington Street Education Center starting this fall. Chelsea Lanes is also planning to continue their movies series on Saturday nights sometime in the fall.

“We have had great crowds all summer,” Ortbring said. “This has become the popular meeting spot for kids during the summer and our sponsors have been so supportive once again. We’ve also had great support from the SRSLY Youth Steering committee and their parents, along with the Chelsea High School Equestrian team – they have run the concessions this year.”

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Moviegoers might want to look at the sky before heading outdoors to see “The Blind Side” at Rose Park tonight. On Thursday, officials were uncertain whether the movie would be shown because of the possibility of rain.

“The decision will be made on Friday morning whether to go ahead with it or not,” said Lenka Wright, communications director for the city of Abilene.

The movie is sponsored by AEP Texas and the Abilene Recreation Division.

“We have been showing an outdoor movie for about eight years,” said Anita Vigil, program supervisor for the recreation division. “We usually show movies that are no longer in the box office, because they are less expensive.”

Vigil said that if the movie is rained out, it will be shown at a later time.

Vigil said the event provides a good time for families to come out and enjoy something together.

“Our movies are for families,” she said.

Vigil said there was nothing fancy about the logistics for the movie.

“There are no giant screens, but we do have it on DVD now and the screen is ten-by-ten feet and big enough for people to see,” she said.

Asked about the costs for showing movies, Vigil said the recreation department paid $321 out of its budget. She said the electric company helps by turning the park lights off during the movie.

Vigil said that a couple of people in her department help decide on the movie.

“We try to get something that is popular,” she said.” We have from 50 to 200 people each time.”

“The Blind Side” is the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless youth taken in by a wealthy family that helps him develop his potential in sports and education. Oher becomes an all-American football player and is drafted by the NFL in the first round.

Vigil urges moviegoers to bring blankets, lawn chairs, snacks, and especially mosquito spray and enjoy an evening at the movies. To check the event’s status, call 325-734-5301.

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Film buffs, foodies and Francophiles — this one’s for you. It’s an eclectic weekend “over the hill” with outdoor movie screenings, food trucks and a celebration of French culture.

The Outdoor Cinema Food Fest is a new summer event series July 10-August 28 held at Grand Hope Park, Exposition Park and La Cienega Park that combines outdoor movie screenings and a revolving cast of food trucks. Movies will be presented on a 52-foot screen with 15,000 watts of professional JBL sound. At three stories tall, it is the largest outdoor movie screen on the west coast. It’s the ultimate picnic for food and film buffs.

Over 60 trucks will roll in over the course of the eight week series which opens this Saturday evening with Swingers, starring ‘they’re so money‘ Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. Opening night food trucks, along with a wine bar, include Cool Haus, Komodo Food, Munchie Machine, Frysmith and Barbie’s Q.

Screenings held on consecutive Saturday evenings are: The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Moulin Rouge, The Hangover, The Breakfast Club, The Princess Bride, and the new Disney family film, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue. Exposition Park will have 10-12 trucks per event. Food trucks will be on site ready to serve when doors open at 6pm. Movie starts at 8:30pm. Food trucks and concessions will be available throughout the event. Doors close 11pm. $8 a ticket or group of 4 for $5 each and under 5 free.

Cinespa continues its tenth season of outdoor screenings at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Bring a picnic, pillows and blankets, but no high back chairs, dogs or bbqs. Alcohol is permitted. Sit back listen to a DJ spin tunes before the screening which is cast on a mausoleum wall. This Saturday, Frank Capra’s classic, Arsenic and Old Lace, is the featured film. Following weeks include Saturday Night Fever and High Noon. Gates open at 7:30 pm and the screening is at 9 pm. No reservations and $10 donation is suggested at the door. Parking on grounds is $5.

Founded in 1899, the cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic sites and is the final resting place of famous studio heads, writers, directors and hundreds on Hollywood’s greatest stars, including Johnny Ramone, Cecil B. DeMille, Jayne Mansfield, Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks. Get your spook on and go. www.cinespia.org

The third annual Summer Times Open Film Festival has taken off on the banks of the Moskva River, giving movie buffs a unique chance to combine their love of going to the cinema with staying outdoors in the summer sun.

The idea behind the fest is to show Russians the movies they otherwise might have missed out on.

“There are a lot of good movies that don’t reach Russia for different reasons. And we have decided to show something smart, something interesting and something specific. That’s why we usually buy films that have never been shown in Russia before,” event organizer Lyudmila told RT.

The festival programme, overall consisting of nine different films includes, for example, “Happy Tears” starring Demi Moore that saw a wide release in the US and elsewhere in the world, but for some reason was ignored in Russia.

Organizers say the event is filled with repeat customers and sold out box offices every night.

“It’s summer, it’s very easy to decide, “Let’s go to the park!” I’ve seen a lot of couples around, they are going to watch movies. I think it’s very romantic and sweet,” movie lover Julia Savenkova told RT.

Weekends start on Thursdays in Chelsea, where the popular Sounds and Sights on Thursday nights entertainment series has been fine-tuning the art of the summer party since 2003.

But this year – for one weekend – the party doesn’t end when the clock strikes midnight. Sounds and Sights has adopted and expanded Chelsea’s long-running Summer Fest, blending three days of free street entertainment with food, art and fun things to see and do.

The weekend event, now called the Sounds and Sights Festival, runs from July 29 through 31.

“It made sense from so many perspectives to do this,” said Craig Common, one of the event organizers. “Sponsors are asked once, we can market under one umbrella and tap into each other’s volunteer base. This event will really grow in years to come.”

The festival is the combined effort of the Sounds and Sights and festival committees, the Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce, the Chelsea Center for the Arts, and downtown merchants. The Chelsea Downtown Development Authority sponsors the event, with support from Chelsea State Bank and Chelsea Milling, Co.

“We have some new things lined up and an amazing list of nightly performers,” Common said. “We ordered the biggest tent we could find for what we think will be huge crowds to see the lineup we’ve assembled.”

The festival has incorporated Thursday’s Sounds and Sights schedule for an additional night of entertainment under the tent, with additional performers on street stages all three nights. The Thursday night main stage lineup has a local flavor, opening with The Ben Daniels Band followed by the techno-pop duo Champions of Breakfast. The headliner band for the evening is My Dear Disco, a genre-defying group that the Windy City Times calls “an electronic group that’s not afraid to rock out.” They have a huge Michigan and Facebook following and an upcoming gig at Lollapalooza this summer.

Friday night features two of Detroit’s most popular bands – the Howling Diablos followed by The SunMessengers. Saturday night closes with the return of NoteWorthy and festival favorite, Fifty Amp Fuse, a group eight-time Grammy award winning producer and Toto member David Paich calls “the greatest cover band I’ve ever seen.”

“In over 30 years that this event has been going, this is without a doubt the best entertainment schedule we have ever had,” Common said.

Tickets for each night are $5, and all ages are welcome. There will be select V.I.P. lounge seating available for $25 per night, or $50 for the all three nights.

Other changes and additions to the event include an expanded food court featuring eight to 10 restaurants, an open-air art market throughout downtown, and much more entertainment.

Some favorite attractions from Summer Fest return, including the Pet Parad on Saturday, the Chelsea Teddy Bear Company KidZone, the Friday night Classic Car Show, SculptureWalk Chel-sea, and the social tent.

SRSLY Cinema will be showing free outdoor movies at dusk on Thursday and Friday nights, and the Chelsea Rotary Club will hold their annual Duck Race Saturday afternoon. The Chelsea Area Historical Society will guide daily historic home walking tours.

Downtown merchants will be teaming with local artists and vendors for instore demos, activities and displays. The Chelsea Teddy Bear KidZone runs Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a hands-on craft tent, Colors the Clown, a bike skidding competition, bounce zone, jugglers, magicians, face painting and more.

The Classic Car Show has become a destination event of its own with over 200 vehicles on display and entertainment from Elvis impersonators. The show runs from 6 to 9 p.m.

For a list of activities and events, visit www.chelseafestivals.com or call the CCA at 1-734-433-2787.

The Charlevoix Downtown Development Authority recently announced that it will again host movie presentations in East Park this summer.

Through a partnership with Huntington Bank, three feature films will be shown in East Park’s Odmark Performance Pavilion on Monday evenings this summer.

“The two outdoor films we showed last summer were wildly successful, so we’re very pleased that Huntington Bank has generously offered to sponsor additional movies this summer,” authority executive director Keith Carey said. “The three-film ‘Monday Movies by the Marina’ series will be in addition to the return of “Venetian Vision” resulting in a total of four great films being shown in the pavilion this summer.”

The films will be projected on a 15-foot by 25-foot screen with sound provided by the pavilion’s state-of-the-art audio system. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets. Huntington Bank will also offer free popcorn before the start of each movie.

“Film licensing restrictions prohibit us from revealing the movie titles in the newspaper or on radio, but folks can visit DowntownCharlevoix.com or search “Downtown Charlevoix (MI)” on Facebook.com to learn which film is playing next in the ‘Monday Movies by the Marina’ series,” Carey said.

The dates and times of the Monday showings will be at 9:15 p.m. on June 28 and Aug. 2 and 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 23.

The “Venetian Vision” movie will once again be selected by the community through an online poll hosted by the Charlevoix Courier beginning in mid-July.

A few short years ago, there was very little good happening in downtown Youngstown, in spite of a pretty big university sitting on a short hill within walking distance and a core of buildings that usually shock people with their beauty and quality.

Now there’s a pretty active restaurant and club scene and the full residential restoration of one of the biggest buildings in town. Actually, it sort of looks like a little small business mecca is developing.

It’s hard to say where this all started but one big thing was the opening of a technology incubator which offered, I think free rents and some of the resources of Youngstown State to small start ups.

Other small and incremental changes brought activity and made people more comfortable in the downtown. Like the free outdoor Summer movie Mondays on The Covelli Center Lawn.

Every Monday till August 30Th

June 28 Star Trek: The Future Begins

July 5 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

July 12 The Time Travelers Wife

July 19 Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns

July 26 Twilight New Moon

August 2 The Blindside

August 9 Casablanca

August 16 The Princess and the Frog

August 23 The Dark Knight

August 30 UP

Downtown Youngstown will welcome back for the third year in a row the PEPSI Outdoor Movie Series starting Monday June 28. This year the series has a new name and a sponsor, Pepsi Beverage Company.

The movies will be shown on the Covelli Centre lawn at dusk. According to a press release from the city of Youngstown, families are encouraged to dine downtown or order take-out before the movies. Jimmy Sutman and Touch the Moon Candy Saloon will also be back this year with old fashioned candy, popcorn and soda.

If there is rain on a Monday, the movie will be shown the next night.

Below is a schedule of the Outdoor Movie Series for summer 2010:

June 28 – “Star Trek: The Future Begins”

July 5 – “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”

July 12 – “The Time Travelers Wife”

July 19 – “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns”

July 26 – “The Blindside”

August 2 – “Twilight: New Moon”

August 9 – “Casablanca”

August 16 – “The Princess and the Frog”

August 23 – “The Dark Knight”

August 30 – “UP”

Generally celestial events are not associated with the promotion of a film. However, this seems to be a case with the third movie belonging to the Twilight Saga named ‘Eclipse’.

The movie is going to get released on June 30 and its premiere was held on June 25th in Los Angeles, which was a star studded event. Summit Entertainment which is the producer of the franchise has come up with a unique idea to ensure that the film does well and provides the fans of the series enough juice to stay hooked to the screen.

Summit Entertainment is using the partial lunar eclipse taking place today to promote the film. It will hold special outdoor screenings of the first two films in this week in various places.

As one can understand the news of summit Entertainment hosting outdoor screening of the first two twilight movies have made the fans really excited. They have seen thee two movies umpteenth times but seeing the two hot hunks on screen is something they never get tired of! The special outdoor screening will be held in 12 cities as it has been reported.

For those who will not be able to make it to the live screening of these flicks a live stream of the events will be shown in San Diego and Philadelphia.

The live stream will offer a brief peek at Eclipse. The premiere of the movie Eclipse could not be more well timed for Summit Entertainment.

The partial lunar eclipse has come as a pre-release buzz-generating medium for the company. The Twilight fans are also enjoying this rare opportunity.