Enjoy a Summer Movie at the Common
Friday, June 08, 2012
“Our goal here is to get people to come hang out downtown,” said Eric Kuczarski who has helped put on the screenings. “We want to let people know it’s okay to go downtown. It’s not the scary place it might have been 10 or 15 years ago. People still have that impression, and we’re working to change that.”
Last year, Worcester Film Works screened 80s favorites Back to the Future, Grease, and Spaceballs. This year, the group is hoping to cater to film fans of cult classics.
“Last year was our first year of putting it on. We showed three movies last year and that’s our goal again this year,” he said. “We tried to go along with the more popular, wide-interest movies this year that really draw a following.” Last year’s screenings drew hundreds of people a night.
“We want to let people know that you can have fun on the commons at night,” Kuczarski said.
Worcester Film Works is also looking to garner local support in their choices of food vendors.
“In our ideal world, it’s these small, local restaurants that people that live in Worcester might not even know exist and give them some exposure and get people to realize what food opportunities are available in the city,” he said. “We try to work with business that are around downtown.” This year’s there’s talk of getting Eric’s La Patisserie.
Movies start around 8:30-9:00 at night after bands go on. The stage is set up behind City Hall, and seating is available in the performance oval.
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