{"id":25243,"date":"2018-06-30T15:09:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T22:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25243"},"modified":"2018-06-30T15:09:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T22:09:32","slug":"summer-movies-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/summer-movies-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer in the City: Everyone&#8217;s Gone to the Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/outmov.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like big box stores seeing decline in traffic (Toys&#8221;R&#8221;Us is among the latest casualties,) attendance at movie theaters has also seen a down-tick in the past several years. That doesn&#8217;t mean movies are down and out for the count, however. If you look at the popularity of movies at California beaches and parks, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-film-festivals.html\">long list of film festivals<\/a> the state hosts, you&#8217;d think the situation is quite the opposite.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-park-movies.html\">California Movies In Parks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>What&#8217;s hot in 2018? COCO, Despicable Me 3 and Wonder Woman are among favorites.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ALBANY: Among the City of Albany&#8217;s numerous programs bringing neighbors together is the Community Block Party initiative, encouraging residents to host movie get-togethers in local parks. The city can assist with the process, explaining costs (such as a film license ranging from $100 to $300.)<\/li>\n<li>VACAVILLE: The city&#8217;s recreation department introduced Dive-In Movies in 2018, joining other municipalities hosting Big Splash entertainment in and out of the water.<\/li>\n<li>BELMONT SHORE: Who doesn&#8217;t love curling your toes in the sand as the sun goes down over the Pacific Ocean? At Alfredo&#8217;s Beach Club the public can watch free movie screenings outdoors on the beach!<\/li>\n<li>REDWOOD CITY: &#8220;Movies on the Square&#8221; transforms the city&#8217;s top entertainment venue into a fantastic, outdoor theater. Other places where you&#8217;ll find a similar urban vibe include Segerstrom Center&#8217;s Julianne and George Argyros Plaza in Costa Mesa.<\/li>\n<li>CALISTOGA: Campout &amp; A Movie. It&#8217;s a\u00a0staycation in Logvy Park.<\/li>\n<li>ARCADIA: Concerts &amp; Movies. Many cities such as Arcadia combine their<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/california-summer-concerts.html\"> free, outdoor summer concerts<\/a> with movie showings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like big box stores seeing decline in traffic (Toys&#8221;R&#8221;Us is among the latest casualties,) attendance at movie theaters has also seen a down-tick in the past several years. That doesn&#8217;t mean movies are down and out for the count, however. If you look at the popularity of movies at California beaches and parks, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25243"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25245,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25243\/revisions\/25245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}