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Williamsburg's SummerScreen Free Movie Lineup Really Ties The Park Together
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John Del Signore
Published Apr 7, 2014
Modified Apr 7, 2014
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SummerScreen, which claims to be Brooklyn's longest-running film and music series, returns to Williamsburg in July like a screen door on a battleship with Back to the Future. The series, which is free, unfolds over the course of six Wednesdays in July and August on that paved-over lot next to the tennis courts where brawny locals play softball in weekends. (This is technically part of McCarren Park.) The other films in this year's series are all Gothamist-approved: Zoolander, Cry-Baby, Heathers, and The Big Lebowski.
The flick screened on the closing night of the series will be determined by audience vote. Nominees include: Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Jawbreaker, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Warriors, Spice World, Big Trouble in Little China, and Mean Girls. Tough call, but we gotta go with '80s-era Kurt Russell kicking ass in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Each screening is preceded by a live musical performance curated by Todd P. and Showpaper; updates on the music lineup are TBA, as is this year's roster of food and beverage vendors. The whole what-have-you is produced by The Northside Media Group, which publishes The L Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, and puts on the Northside Festival.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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