Washington, D.C., May 21, 2015 — Summer is officially upon us: NoMa Summer Screen returns next week! Filmgoers’ choice: this year you can dance or just watch as NoMa kicks off its eighth season of NoMa Summer Screen with the 2015 theme “DANCE, DANCE, DANCE.”
NoMa Summer Screen will happen in a new location at 1005 First Street, NE. This property will be temporarily transformed into a colorful, mural-filled urban park, called NoMa Junction @ Storey Park. The site is asphalt, so we encourage attendees to bring low chairs or cushions.
“We are thrilled about having a great new place — NoMa Junction @ Storey Park —for our eighth season of NoMa Summer Screen,” said Robin-Eve Jasper, President of the NoMa Business Improvement District. “Boogie down in NoMa. It’s going to be a fun, dance-filled summer in the neighborhood.”
Full Lineup:
May 27: Dirty Dancing (PG-13)
June 3: Center Stage (PG-13)
June 10: Bride & Prejudice (PG-13)
June 17: Flashdance (R)
June 24: Strictly Ballroom (PG)
July 1: Grease (PG-13)
July 8: Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (PG)
July 15: Singing in the Rain
July 22: Save the Last Dance (PG-13)
July 29: Moulin Rouge (PG-13)
August 5: Stomp the Yard (PG-13)
August 12: Footloose (PG)
August 19: Rain Date, film TBD
NoMa Summer Screen is a free, outdoor film series in NoMa, Washington, D.C.’s most connected neighborhood. Every Wednesday from May 27 to August 19, hundreds of neighbors gather at 7 p.m. for DJ music, giveaways, food trucks, picnicking, and fun for all ages. Films start at sunset. All movies are screened with subtitles. NoMa Summer Screen is hosted by Storey Park. The event is sponsored by 2M, a WC Smith property, and Bozzuto’s NoMa properties: Elevation, Flats 130, 77H, Loree Grand at Union Place, and Senate Square.
NoMa Summer Screen was ranked one of the top 10 best outdoor movie theatres in America by Travel and Leisure Magazine, and one of the top five by Travel Pulse. Bring your chairs and connect with friends and neighbors as you enjoy fun dance films under the stars. Follow us on Twitter @NoMaBID or Facebook for weather updates, surprise giveaways, and more.
The NoMa Business Improvement District organizes and sponsors more than 50 free events a year, including the July 4 Bash and Family Film Nights at Sursum Corda. Learn more at nomabid.org/events.
About Storey Park
Storey Park will be a 712,000 SF mixed-use project with office, retail, and residential in the heart of NoMa, coming in 2017. Developed by First Potomac Realty Trust and Perseus Realty. For more information on Storey Park, visit www.storeypark.com.
About NoMa
NoMa is a vibrant, growing neighborhood nestled among Union Station, the U.S. Capitol, Shaw, and the H Street, NE corridor in Washington, D.C. Already, NoMa contains more than 17.6 million SF of office, hotel, retail and residential space. Each day, 92,000 people are out in the commercial core of NoMa. More than 38 percent of NoMa’s office space is home to private sector tenants, including a concentration of media, tech and think tanks such as NPR, Google and Mathematica. Through a public-private partnership with the District government and a capital investment of $50 million, NoMa will soon have great new parks and public spaces as well. NoMa is home to 3,386 terrific new apartments, and more than 40,000 people work here each day. NoMa is the most connected neighborhood in Washington, D.C. With unparalleled transportation access on Amtrak, VRE, MARC, two Red Line Metro stops, and vehicular access to Interstate 395, visitors, workers and residents can easily travel throughout the region as well as get to New York or anywhere on the East Coast. NoMa has a WalkScore of 92 and offers stellar biking facilities, including the 8-mile Metropolitan Branch Trail. The NoMa BID organizes more than 50 free award-winning community events each year, connecting more than 20,000 friends and neighbors. For more information about NoMa, visit nomabid.wpengine.com and sign up for our bimonthly newsletter. Follow us on Twitter @NoMaBID and like us on Facebook.
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