Outdoor Film Festival This Weekend in Alexandria

PHOTO: “How to Train Your Dragon 2” image courtesy of DreamWorks

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Summer cinema returns to Historic Old Town Alexandria this weekend, with the Annual Comcast Outdoor Film Festival on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18 at Waterfront Park, 1 A Prince St. on a four-story high movie screen in full HD under the stars.

All movies begin at approximately 8:30 p.m., at dusk. Admission is free.

• Friday, July 17 - How to Train Your Dragon 2 (rated PG)
  
• Saturday, July 18 - X-Men: Days of Future Past (rated PG-13)
  

Popcorn, homemade lemonade and other food items will be available for sale. A portion of the proceeds earned will benefit the local Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington. Guests may bring blankets or low beach chairs to sit on. Coolers and outside food items are welcome. In the event of rain, the evening’s film showing will be cancelled.

The City of Alexandria and Comcast cosponsor the Outdoor Film Festival. Call the Special Events Hotline at 703.746.5592 for weather-related cancellations.

Visitors to the historic district are encouraged bike, walk or take the Metrorail Yellow or Blue lines to the King Street Station and take King Street Trolley to the festival. The free King Street Trolley will operate between the waterfront and the King Street Metro untilmidnight.

Bicyclists may visit www.alexandriava.gov/LocalMotion for the City’s Bikeways Map, which features the City’s best on-street and off-road bikeways, as well as locations of grouped bicycle parking.

For DASH schedule information, call 703.746.DASH or visit www.dashbus.com. For Metrobus schedule information, call 202.637.7000 or visit www.wmata.com.

The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the City’s Human Rights Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation or to request materials in an alternative format, call Maureen Sturgill with the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities at 703.746.5418 (VA Relay 711) or e-mail maureen.sturgill@alexandriava.gov.