47th Ward Outdoor Film Festival
Alderman Schulter is pleased to announce the inaugural 47th Ward Outdoor Film Festival. Featuring a range of films for all ages, the 47th Ward Outdoor Film Festival will be hosted in parks and open spaces in Lincoln Square, Northcenter, and Ravenswood.
For more information on the 47th Ward Outdoor Film Festival, please visit www.47thwardfilmfest.blogspot.com.
Tuesday, July 13
Roman Holiday
Senior Campus - 4040 N. Oakley
Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn star in the 1953 classic about a sheltered European princess who falls in love with an American reporter.
Tuesday, July 20
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Revere Park - 2509 W. Irving Park
Gene Wilder stars as the eccentric candy maker in Roald Dahl's classic story about Charlie's visit to the Chocolate Factory.
Tuesday, July 27
The Blind Side
Winnemac Park - 5100 N. Leavitt
Sandra Bullock's Academy Award winning performance as a mother who welcomes a homeless teenager into her family and teaches him the joy of football.
Tuesday, August 3
Singin' in the Rain
Chase Park - 4701 N. Ashland
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds sing and dance their way through a delightful story about a silent film company transition to talkies.
Tuesday, August 10
Rear Window
Senior Campus - 4040 N. Oakley
Alfred Hitchcock's thrilling tale, starring James Steward and Grace Kelly, of a wheelchair-bound photographer learning too much about his neighbors.
Thursday, August 12
The Muppet Movie
AG Bell School - 3730 N. Oakley
Kermit and Miss Piggy, along with Fozzie and the rest of the gang, make their way to Hollywood in this 1979 introduction to Jim Henson's Muppets.
Saturday, August 14 (Sponsored by the Chicago Park District)
Where the Wild Things Are
Winnemac Park - 5100 N. Leavitt
Spike Jonze re-imagines the Maurice Sendak classis about a little boy who runs away and meets his match of wild things.
Tuesday, August 17
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Revere Park - 2509 W. Irving Park
Harrison Ford battles snakes and more in his search for the lost Ark of the Covenant in Steven Spielberg's first film in the Indiana Jones series.
Tuesday, August 24
Mary Poppins
Chase Park - 4701 N. Ashland
Julie Andrew's stars as the magical nanny who teaches the Banks family to enjoy life with a spoonful of sugar.
Tuesday, August 31
Enchanted
Winnemac Park - 5100 N. Leavitt
A fairy tale princess finds herself in New York City with a new kind of Prince Charming in this heartwarming story.
Tuesday, September 7
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Welles Park - 2333 W. Sunnyside
Matthew Broderick stars as Ferris Bueller in this classic 80's film about a high school student taking a day off in Chicago. Watch the movie and then enjoy the real von Steuben Day parade the following Saturday.