U Street Move Series - Tuesday, August 10, 2010

[From the MHNA Listserv] Hi all, The next U Street movie night is tomorrow! The movie is The Soloist, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. Gates open at 7pm for picnicking and the movie will begin at sundown around 8:30 - 8:45. Free popcorn will be provided by Ventnor Sports and there will be bike valet by WABA. The park is located on V Street between 13th and 14th Streets. Press release follows below. Hope to see you there!
-Jon
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Brian Levy
202-247-5106
president@meridianhilldc.org
U STREET SUMMER MOVIE SERIES CONTINUES WITH The Soloist AUGUST 10th
U Street, Washington DC [August 9, 2010] -- Friends of Harrison Recreation Center, the U Street Neighborhood Association, Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association, ANC 1B and Midcity Business Association continue the highly successful 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. Over 600 people attended the previous showings of Michael Jackson's This is It and Buena Vista Social Club.

The schedule for the rest of the summer is as follows:

Aug 10: The Soloist (rain date Aug 17)
Sept 14: Duke Ellington's Washington and Soul Power (rain date Sept 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 pm. A local DJ will be spinning from 7-8:30. Free popcorn will be provided to the first 100 attendees beginning at 8 pm. Showtime will be at sundown around 8:30 pm. Full information can be found at http://movies.ustreet-dc.org.

Donations and sponsorships towards the event, accepted at http://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.

Bicycle valet services provided by Washington Area Bicycle Association (WABA).
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