{"id":10086,"date":"2016-06-10T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=10086"},"modified":"2016-06-05T22:49:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T04:49:12","slug":"outdoor-movie-fever-hits-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=10086","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor movie fever hits highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/Images\/CUBlog Art\/cu_mydogspace_eventposter_LG.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Monticello Movie Nights featuring MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER (Artwork: courtesy City of Monticello, IL (Facebook))\" src=\"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/Images\/CUBlog Art\/cu_mydogspace_eventposter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The pleasures of combining family time and enjoyable movie viewing in the out of doors during the summer months are not restricted to surviving drive-ins or <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Film fun to storm the Orpheum :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=10032\" target=\"_blank\">programs in larger cities<\/a><\/span>, so it seems! Dearest readers living along the I-72 corridor, which connects <strong>Decatur<\/strong> and <strong>Champaign-Urbana<\/strong>, will have a new entertainment option beginning later tonight, <strong>Friday, June 10<\/strong>, when the city of <strong>Monticello<\/strong> launches their \u201c<strong>Monticello Movie Nights<\/strong>\u201d for the season. An inflatable screen and refreshments will be set up by the parks and recreation department in a blocked-off corner of their cozy downtown area, leaving folks plenty of room to camp out comfortably and relax with their friends and neighbors. Headlining the series debut will be <strong>MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"IOW: MY DOG, it\u2019s full of stars\u2026 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=7071\" target=\"_blank\">the most recent release<\/a><\/span> from Champaign\u2019s <strong>Dreamscape Cinema<\/strong> and producer <strong>Robin Christian<\/strong>, a Monticello resident who filmed much of this all-ages adventure on the home front a few years back. According to <strong>Facebook<\/strong> posts by Christian, cast members will kick back with the locals to watch <strong>MY DOG<\/strong>, which we believe has yet to play the C-U in any public capacity. (You might take a quick peek at our <strong>Calendar<\/strong> entries <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Calendar du C-U: June 10-16 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=10084\" target=\"_blank\">dated today<\/a><\/span> as well as <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Calendar du C-U: March 11-17 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=9797\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Friday, March 11<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, to learn about previous Dreamscape premieres.) Titles announced for future Friday evenings include <strong>HOME<\/strong> on <strong>June 17<\/strong>, <strong>MINIONS<\/strong> on <strong>July 1<\/strong>, <strong>THE PEANUTS MOVIE<\/strong> on <strong>July 15<\/strong>, <strong>INSIDE OUT<\/strong> on <strong>July 29<\/strong>, and <strong>STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS<\/strong> on <strong>August 5<\/strong>. Of course, the event will begin at dusk if weather permits; <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Monticello Movie Nights 2016 :: City of Monticello, Illinois\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofmonticello.net\/index.aspx?nid=1086\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/span> for potential updates alongside the show listings. Admission is free for all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Squirrel! This is post #1100 on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CUBlog<\/strong><\/span>! 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