U Street Movie Series launches this summer

Friends of Harrison Recreation Center, U Street Neighborhood Association, Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association, ANC 1B and Midcity Business Association announced today the launch of the summer U Street Movie Series.  The theme of this year’s movie series pays homage to the musical and culturally diverse roots of the U Street Neighborhood, with a series of documentaries and films telling moving stories of accomplished musicians.  The schedule is as follows:

• June 8, 2010: Michael Jackson’s This Is It (rain date June 15)
• July 13, 2010: Buena Vista Social Club (rain date July 20)
• August 10, 2010: The Soloist (rain date August 17)
• September 14, 2010: Duke Ellington’s Washington and Soul Power (rain date September 21)

All films will be shown at the field at Harrison Recreation Center on V Street between 13th and 14th Streets, NW.  Gates will open at 7:00 pm.  Free popcorn will be provided to the first 100 attendees, beginning at 8:00 pm.  Showtime will be at sundown around 8:30 pm.  More information can be found at movies.ustreet-dc.org.


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Donations and sponsorships towards the event, accepted at movies.ustreet-dc.org, will benefit Friends of Harrison Recreation Center, a nonprofit formed in 2009 that works directly with the Department of Parks and Recreation 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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