The
Capitol Riverfront BID launches another summer series to go with its Tuesday DOT farmers market and
Wednesday noontime concerts; now it's "
Riverfront Reel" on Wednesday nights, starting June 4. The shindigs start at 6:30 pm on the plaza behind DOT at New Jersey and Tingey with "inflatable baseball themed interactive games, snacks, beverages, music", followed at 7:30 pm by big-screen Wii baseball competitions, and then heading toward home with movies at 8:50 pm on the 32-foot screen. You can see the
lineup of baseball-themed films on the promotional flyer, and I've added them to my
Upcoming Events calendar.
They open up this week with
Field of Dreams, followed on July 11 by what is truly the greatest baseball movie ever,
Bull Durham. As for the July 2 showing of
Bad News Bears, it darn well better be the untouchable original one with Tatum O'Neal and Walter Matthau, though I fear it'll be the totally weak remake. (Boo.) Five of these movie nights coincide with games at
Nationals Park, so you can either stop by for food and the inflatable games (?!) before heading to the ballpark, or plop down for the movie after you leave the game. Or both.
