Several hundred people turned out on Saturday night to enjoy a free screening of "The Big Lebowski". Photo: D.H. Parks The finale of Center Street Summer Cinema, a free outdoor movie series launched this year by the Downtown Berkeley Association and sponsored by Berkeleyside, was deemed a success. An estimated 500 people turned out to […]
Center Street Summer Cinema
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Reminder: Free screening of ‘The Big Lebowski’ tonight
Tonight sees the grand finale of Center Street Summer Cinema, an outdoor movie series in downtown Berkeley sponsored by Berkeleyside. The Big Lebowski will screen on the wall of the future Berkeley Art Museum in the Bank of America parking lot at around 8:30pm. Before the main feature starts, from 6:00pm onwards, moviegoers are encouraged […]
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Summer Cinema: Screening The Big Lebowski Saturday
We’ve had The Princess Bride, Pixar’s Up, and Raiders of the Lost Ark — and every week the number of participants has swelled at the Center Street outdoor Summer Cinema series, as people take advantage of a pedestrianized street, great food and drink options and a free movie screening. Saturday sees the grand finale with The Big […]
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‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ screening at Summer Cinema
Last week an estimated 350 people turned out to enjoy a free screening of Up, the second in the series of four free outdoor movie screenings on Center Street in downtown Berkeley. Saturday sees Raiders of the Lost Ark which will be shown on the wall of the future Berkeley Art Museum in the Bank of […]
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Video: City welcomes Summer Cinema on Center Street
Kim Aronson, a regular contributor to Berkeleyside, spent Saturday evening in downtown Berkeley enjoying a free screening of Up, courtesy of the newly launched Center Street Summer Cinema series. He shot the short video above to share with us. Reader Eric was also there and reports on the event in the Comments section: Another fabulous […]
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Berkeley’s Summer Cinema event kicks off on Center St
Movie-goers at the inaugural Summer Cinema event. Photo (with a Georges Seurat effect): Ira Serkes The night was less than balmy, but that didn’t deter around 250 people making their way to Center Street Saturday evening for the first of four Summer Cinema free outdoor screenings. Some participants brought their own chairs and blankets, others rented fold-up […]
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Costume contests match movies at new cinema series
"Raiders of the Lost Ark": screening on August 20 The countdown is on for the city’s first Summer Outdoor Movie series which will take place on the four Saturdays in August on Center Street in downtown Berkeley. And costume contests, tied in to the free screenings, will be part of the fun for movie-goers. Each film […]
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Four films selected for Center St outdoor movie series
"Up" from Disney/Pixar, one of the four films to be shown at Berkeley's summer outdoor movie series on Center Street The votes are in and four films have been chosen for the inaugural Center Street Summer Cinema series which kicks off on Saturday August 6. The movies will be Princess Bride on August 6, Up […]
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Summer movie series launches in downtown Berkeley: Vote for the films you want to see
What would summer be without outdoor movies? Except that watching outdoor movies in Berkeley hasn’t really been an option — until now. Today sees the launch of “Center Street Summer Cinema” — free screenings of movies under the stars in downtown Berkeley on four consecutive Saturdays in August. Berkeleyside is proud to be the lead […]
