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Nearly 500 neighbors attended the first U Street Movie Series - Harrison Field Under the Stars on June 10, 2010 to enjoy Michael Jackson's This Is It and support the Friends of Harrison Recreation Center.  The next movie showing is the Buena Vista Social Club on Tuesday, July 20, 2010.  

 

 

The U Street Movie Series is a project of the Friends of Harrison Recreation Center, with the support of the U Street Neighborhood Association, Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association, ANC 1B and MidCity Business Association.  From June to September, this FREE summer movie series will be paying homage to the musical and culturally diverse roots of the Greater U Street Neighborhood, with a series of documentaries and films telling moving stories of accomplished musicians.  Admission is FREE butdonations are welcome and encouraged. 

All films are shown at the field at Harrison Recreation Center, 1330 V Street, NW (on V Street between 13th and 14th Streets, NW). Gates will open at 7 pm. Free popcorn will be provided to the first 100 attendees beginning at 8 pm. Showtime will be at sundown around 8:30 pm. Become a fan of the U Street Movie Series - Harrison Field Under the Stars on Facebook or visit the website, movies.ustreet-dc.org to learn more or donate .

 

Photo courtesy of Brian Liu. 

U Street Movies Series Schedule 

• July 20: Buena Vista Social Club
• August 10: The Soloist (rain date Aug 17)
• September 14: Duke Ellington’s Washington and Soul Power (rain date Sept 21)

All donations and sponsorships, accepted at http://movies.ustreet-dc.org, will benefit the Friends of Harrison Recreation Center, a committee of the U Street Neighborhood Association, and an official Park Partner with the DC Department of Parks and Recreation which works to involve the community on how to improve the recreation center through capital improvements and design changes, and how to enhance management and programming of the park, with the goal of making Harrison Recreation Center a better designed, cleaner, safer, and better managed park in the neighborhood for all to use and enjoy.

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