Free outdoor family-friendly movies will be screened this summer in downtown Bethesda. The Bethesda Urban Partnership will present five evenings of modern and classic cinema at the annual Bethesda Outdoor Movies: Stars on the Avenue. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early and bring their own lawn chairs. A limited number of chairs will be provided. 

Dates: July 26-30, 2011
Time: 9 p.m.
Location: Bethesda's Woodmont Triangle, the corner of Norfolk and Auburn Avenues.
Parking: Spaces are available in the Del Ray/Auburn Avenue garage which is adjacent to the event site.

2011 Movie Schedule

• Tuesday, July 26 – The Breakfast Club: A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse are forced to spend a Saturday together in high school detention. The five bare their souls to each other then band together against their principal in this cult classic teen drama featuring the 80s 'Brat Pack. Rated R.
  
  
• Wednesday, July 27 – Bye Bye Birdie: Conrad Birdie, the biggest rock & roll star of the 60's ever to be drafted, travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan. 
  
  
• Thursday, July 28 – The Kings Speech: King George VI unexpectedly becomes King when his brother Edward abdicates the throne. Logue is the man who helps the King find a voice with which to lead the nation into war. Rated R. 
  
  
• Friday, July 29 – Rocky: A two-bit boxer gets a second chance in life by being offered an impossible shot at the heavyweight title. The story of how Rocky goes the distance is one of the warmest, most exciting and stirring movies of all time. Rated PG. 
  
  
• Saturday, July 30 – The Social Network: The film fells the story of the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook. Adapted from Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. Rated PG-13.

For more information, please call (301) 215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org