Movies Under The Stars



Family, neighbors, blankets, popcorn, food trucks, and a 26-foot screen can only mean Movies Under the Stars

The neighborhood drive-in movie theater experience is reinvented and perfect for those lazy summer nights. Every Friday evening in August, we show popular films on the lawn of the Water Tower Recreation Center projected on a 26 foot screen. Families bring their friends, blankets, and lawn chairs and fill up the terraced lawn.  The fun starts at 7:00 p.m. with Philadelphia food trucks set up to sell delicious treats, entrees, beverages and sandwiches. Come early and enjoy a picnic before the film begins at 8:00 p.m.
 

   
 










 

Just another event the CHCA organizes to bring people together to enjoy good times, a good movie, some good food… all outdoors under the night sky at Water Tower Recreation Center. Water Tower Recreation Center is located at 209 East Hartwell Lane, Phila., Pa.



FREE EVENT
Friday evenings in August.
Food trucks arrive at 7:00 p.m., film starts at 8:00 p.m.
Depending on the film and weather, we have seen 200-300 participants per night.
If it rains, the film will be canceled. We will post a decision on Facebook, on our website, and have a message on our voice mail at 215-248-8810.

 

2022 Friday Night Movies Under the Stars

August 5, 12, 26; Free
Food Trucks arrive at 7:00 pm, Movie begins at 8:00 pm
Water Tower Recreation Center
Water Tower Recreation Center is located at 209 East Hartwell Lane, Phila., Pa.

The neighborhood drive in movie theater experience is reinvented and perfect for those lazy summer nights. We show popular films on the lawn of the Water Tower Recreation Center projected from a 28 foot screen. Bring your family, friends, blankets and lawn chairs. Each week we will also have delicious food to enjoy at the food truck, which arrives at 7:00 pm and delicious treats from the Chestnut Hill Youth Sports Club Snack Bar. The film begins as sunset, around 8:00 pm.

Interested in becoming a Movie Night Sponsor? Contact Anne McNiff at anne@chestnuthill.org.

August 5, Encanto - PG

Encanto follows a multigenerational Colombian family, the Madrigals, led by a matriarch (Botero) whose children and grandchildren—except for Mirabel Madrigal (Beatriz)—receive magical gifts from a miracle that helps them serve the people in their rural community called the Encanto. When Mirabel learns that the family is losing their magic, she sets out to find out what is happening, and save her family and their magical house.    

Food Truck - Tai Jai Dee - Authentic Thai Food


August 12 – Knives Out  - PG13

Knives Out follows a master detective investigating the death of the patriarch of a wealthy, dysfunctional family. The film features an ensemble cast including Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer.

Food Truck -  Pitruco Pizza is a brick oven pizza place specializing in 12” Neopolitan style personal-sized pizzas made from scratch to order. Delicious options include margherita, soppressata, radicchio annd eggplant.  They also offer San Pellegrino and soda.


August 26 – The Goonies - PG

A band of kids living in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, attempt to save their homes from foreclosure and, in doing so, they discover an old treasure map that takes them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willy, a legendary 17th-century pirate. During the adventure, they are chased by a family of criminals who want the treasure for themselves.

Food Truck - T&N Homemade Kitchen.


If it rains the film will be canceled. We will post a decision on facebook, on our website and have a message on our voice mail at 215-248-8810.


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Thank You to Our Movie Night Sponsors
Merrilly Lynch

Interested in becoming a Movie Night Sponsor?
Movies Under The Stars Four weeks of films shown at the Water Tower Recreation Center, with 200 to 300 attendees.
Main Sponsor Level includes
Logo on movie night poster and lawn signs  •  Greetings/remarks to audience before each movie  •  Logo on event banner on Jenks Academy’s fence  •  Announcement and thank you by emcee at each movie  •  Welcome table set up near CHCA membership table  •  Logos on signage next to food trucks  •  Sponsor logo or name in event email blasts sent to 2,400 on CHCA’s email list with link to sponsor’s website •  Social media shout out: thank you to sponsor on our Facebook page and Twitter feed  •  Website: thank you to sponsors with link on CHCA’s website homepage
Individual Movie Food Truck Sponsor
Welcome table set up near CHCA membership table  •  Sponsor logo or name in event email blasts sent to 2,400 on CHCA’s email list with link to sponsor’s website • Social media shout out: thank you to sponsor on our Facebook page and Twitter feed  • Website: thank you to sponsors with link on CHCA’s website homepage •  Logos on signage next to food trucks
All sponsors’ logos included on thank you page of event program. Print Ads in Movie Night Color Program at an additional cost

To discuss or secure any level of sponsorship contact Anne McNiff, CHCA Executive Director 215-248-8811, anne@chestnuthill.org.