summer outdoor film series

i am greatly impressed by the popularity of outdoor movies shown in baltimore each summer. i haven’t been to any of the four series yet, but definitely i intend to before too long.

take advantage of these opportunities and catch what you may have missed while they are still on a big screen.

locations
1. jhu
shriver hall of johns hopkins university’s homewood campus (shriver hall) in charles village, 3400 north charles street, hosts free friday night movies at 8:30 pm. this is easily accessible when the collegetown shuttle service is running, but during the summer i'd suggest taking the #8 bus from dulaney valley road to greenmount & 32nd, then walking to campus. find out more here.

2. avam
the american visionary art museum, one of the coolest places i've ever been, is located in federal hill, just a short walk from the inner harbor (which is accessible via the light rail— convention center stop— or the end of the #8 bus line). the movies they project every thursday evening at 9 pm are viewable from the hill itself. make sure you visit the museum, which is free from 5-9 pm on these days. this is such a great opportunity to see this one-of-a-kind museum! read more here.

3. little italy
little italy, a surprisingly authentic neighborhood just east of the inner harbor, hosts their own outdoor movie series at the intersection of high and stiles street at 7 pm each friday. this seems to be a very long-standing tradition that would be a lot of fun to take advantage of. for more details, see here.

4. fells
the historic and upscale neighborhood of fells point, east of both the inner harbor and little italy (and the hot new development spot, harbor east), shows their films on wednesday nights at 8.45 pm. the films are shown at broadway pier and are sponsored by two popular stores in the area, sound garden (cd store) and su casa (home furnishings). bring a sweater- it gets breezy by the water. it’s about a 30-minute walk from the convention center stop on the light rail and less from the end of the #8 bus line. their website is here.

schedule
thursday, july 10: close encounters of the third kind/avam
friday, july 11: ratatouille/jhu, moonstruck/little italy
wednesday, july 16: batman/fells
thursday, july 17: the gods must be crazy/avam
friday, july 18 : stardust/jhu, seabiscuit/little italy
wednesday, july 23: transformers/fells
thursday, july 24: quiz show/avam
friday, july 25: some like it hot/jhu, my big fat greek wedding/little italy
wednesday, july 30: sponge bob square-pants/fells
thursday, july 31: harold and maude/avam
friday, august 1: hairspray/little italy
wednesday, august 6: i am legend/fells
thursday, august 7: casablanca/avam
friday, august 8: life is beautiful/little italy
wednesday, august 13: the birds/fells
friday, august 15: blues brothers/little italy
wednesday, august 20: tba/fells
friday, august 22: cinderella man/little italy
wednesday, august 27: tba/fells
friday, august 29: cinema paradiso/little italy
wednesday, september 18: tba/fells