Nationwide Harbor celebrates 15 years of ‘Motion pictures on the Potomac’ screening outside cinema below the celebs

The free film screenings might be held on Nationwide Plaza in Oxon Hill, Maryland, each week now by means of September with Thursday “date nights” beginning at 7 p.m. and Sunday “household nights” beginning at 6 p.m.

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WTOP’s Jason Fraley previews ‘Motion pictures on the Potomac’ at Nationwide Harbor (Half 1)

Prepare for outside cinema below the celebs as “Motion pictures on the Potomac” returns to Nationwide Harbor.

“We’re so excited,” Advertising Director Deborah Topcik informed WTOP. “In April we simply celebrated 15 years at Nationwide Harbor and actually the ‘Motion pictures on the Potomac’ have been part of us since day one. … About 9 years in the past we bought a beautiful large-screen TV, so that you get high-quality films, then you definitely get to see the water of the Potomac River within the background. Simply comply with the highway to the water and the Capital Wheel and also you received’t miss the flicks.”

This weekend consists of gems of Black cinema and animated household favorites.

“We have now ‘I Wanna Dance with Any person,’ the Whitney Houston biopic,” Topcik mentioned. “Sunday we’re doing a double characteristic of ‘Toy Story’ at 4:45 then ‘Lightyear.’ … Might 18 we go slightly extra critical with ‘Until.’ Might 21 the Sunday household film is ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2.’ … Then Might 28 we now have ‘Akeelah and the Bee’ as a result of the Nationwide Spelling Bee is true right here at Nationwide Harbor at Gaylord, so we picked a film to go along with the spelling bee.”

Friends are inspired to carry blankets or chairs. It’s also possible to order meals from the close by eating places, although alcohol isn’t allowed on the plaza. If you need to drink a beer, you may sit on the outside patio at Redstone Grill.

Right here’s the complete lineup:

Might

Might 4: Overboard

Might 11: I Wanna Dance With Any person

Might 14: Toy Story and Lightyear

Might 18: Until

Might 21: Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Might 25: Downton Abbey: A New Period

Might 28: Akeelah and the Bee

June

June 4: Unusual World

June 8: Ticket to Paradise

June 11: Lyle, Lyle Crocodile

June 15: Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly

June 18: Honey, I Shrunk the Youngsters (1989)

June 22: Jurassic World Dominion

June 25: Cool Runnings

June 29: King Richard

July

July 2: DC League of Tremendous-Pets

July 6: Black Adam

July 9: Up

July 13: Surprise Lady

July 16: The Princess Diaries

July 20: She’s the Man

July 23: Her Finest Transfer

July 27: Gracie

July 30: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and techniques

August

Aug. 3: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Aug. 6: The Incredibles

Aug. 10: A Journal for Jordan

Aug. 13: Incredibles 2

Aug. 17: Invictus

Aug. 20: Air Bud: World Pup

Aug. 24: Sister Act

Aug; 27: Area Jam: A New Legacy

Aug. 31: Cruella

September

Sept. 3: Shrek

Sept. 7: A Man Known as Otto

Sept. 10: Shrek 2

Sept. 14: Coming 2 America

Sept. 17: Coco

Sept. 21: La Bamba

Sept. 24: Encanto

Sept. 28: Maid in Manhattan

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