If there’s one thing I love, it’s free movies…especially free movies outside. This it brought me great joy last week to get my first glimpse at what awaits me in Dundas Square this summer.

Note to self – buy new dancing shoes.

Dundas Square is a little patch of our city that looks like something out of BLADE RUNNER, and every summer they show free movies outside once a week (including, apropriately enough, BLADE RUNNER three summers ago). Sometimes you see things you’ve never seen on a big screen before, sometimes you have to laugh as things like streetcars and fire engines distract your concentration, and sometimes you even get rained on. Still – lots of fun.

This year they’re calling it the “Dancing In the Dark” (Hey cool! I’m not the only nerd that names everything after songs!!). Here’s what’s on deck, and there’s one or two I’m already circling on the calender…

PARIS IS BURNING & HAIRSPRAY (1988) – June 28th, 7:30pm
BEACH BLANKET BINGO – July 5th, 9:00pm
DIRTY DANCING – July 12th, 9:00pm
MOULIN ROUGE! – July 19th, 8:45pm
WEST SIDE STORY – July 26th, 8:45pm
HAIR – August 2nd, 8:30pm
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER – August 9th, 8:30pm
MAD HOT BALLROOM & STRICTLY BALLROOM – August 16th, 7:00pm
CHICAGO & ALL THAT JAZZ – August 23rd, 6:00pm
RIZE & HOW SHE MOVE – August 30th, 7:00pm