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Movies on the Block: Thursday nights

Watch your favorite movies under the stars throughout the summer! Check the schedule for Movies on the Block’s 2017 season, screening free films every Thursday night at sunset from June 1st through August 31st. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs to Grants Block, at the corner of Westminster and Union streets, and arrive early to snag a prime spot! Here’s the schedule:

  • June 1st: Basquiat
  • June 8th: Nashville
  • June 15th: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • June 22nd: Planet Earth I: Jungles and Deep Sea
  • June 29th: Dr. Strangelove
  • July 6th: All The President’s Men
  • July 13th: Mean Girls
  • July 20th: Lost Highway
  • July 27th: The Godfather
  • August 3rd: Moonlight
  • August 10th: Dumb and Dumber
  • August 17th: Do the Right Thing
  • August 24th: Stir Crazy
  • August 31st: Raging Bull

Parking is available on the adjacent Grants Block lot, with an entrance on Weybosset Street. Look for on-street metered parking nearby too, and note that payment is enforced through 9 PM.

Movies on the Block is presented by InDowncity and Cornish Associates. For weather issues and other potential schedule changes, visit Facebook.