Free live music and film screenings will run in Socrates Sculpture Park Wednesday nights in July and August
Socrates Sculpture Park
Vernon Blvd. & Broadway, Long Island City
Wednesdays July 7 through August 25
Live performances at 7:00, film screenings at sunset
Admission: free
718-956-1819
www.socratessculpturepark.org
For its twelfth annual summer season of free movie screenings, Socrates Sculpture Park has teamed up with the Museum of the Moving Image and Rooftop Films to “celebrate the cultural diversity of Queens” on Wednesday nights in July and August. Each evening begins with a live performance, followed by a film at sunset. The series gets under way July 7 with Todd Chandler’s road movie FLOOD TIDE, with a live score played by Dark Dark Dark. Outdoor Cinema goes to Ireland on July 14 with Tom Moore and Nora Twomey’s THE SECRET OF KELLS, with Swedish short films on July 21 and Vera Chytilová’s Czech drama DAISIES on July 28. Each night will also feature local vendors selling food from the “host” country. The August schedule has not been announced yet. Be sure to get there early, not only to get a good spot but to check out the art installation “Cityscape: Surveying the Urban Biotope,” which continues through August 1. (For a complete, day-by-day list of free summer movies in New York City, click here.)