Friday nights under the stars! Arts & Lectures’ annual FREE Summer Cinema series continues with the theme “Out of This World”
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SUMMARY
- UCSB Arts & Lectures’ “Out of this World” FREE Summer Cinema continues with Mars Attacks!
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- Friday, July 21 | 8:30 p.m. | Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
- Out of This World, seven nights of space creature-themed movies under the stars, Friday nights through August 25 (no screening Friday, August 4 due to Fiesta)
- Presented in association with the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture
- Premier sponsor Montecito Bank & Trust
- Attendees can start setting up at noon (12 p.m.) on the day of the screening.
- Please respect the lawn and your fellow filmgoers: only bring blankets that are permeable (no plastic/nylon/tarps), and chairs that are low-backed and low to the ground
- Free transportation from the UCSB campus and Isla Vista available to UCSB students with valid ID
- Bring breathable blankets or a low chair, a picnic and your friends
- Additional pre-screening activities include prize giveaways and a DJ set by Darla Bea
- FREE
- Info: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
SANTA BARBARA — Get ready to explore the galaxy this summer with UCSB Arts & Lectures’ 2023 FREE Summer Cinema line-up: “Out of This World.” The series continues with Tim Burton’s send-up of vintage sci-fi invasion flicks, Mars Attacks! at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden on Friday, July 21 at 8:30 pm.
ABOUT MARS ATTACKS!
When a shiny silver flying saucer lands in the Nevada desert, a group of skull-faced Martians emerges and promptly vaporizes a gathering of unfortunate Earthlings, kicking off a bizarre high-tech war with wild special effects. This sci-fi spoof features an all-star cast including Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Rod Steiger, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening and Tom Jones. Don’t miss this hilarious frenzy as Tim Burton directs – and Mars attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996, PG-13, 120 min.)
ENHANCED ACCESS FOR UCSB STUDENTS
Free round-trip transportation from Isla Vista and the UCSB campus will be available to UCSB students with valid student ID. (Note new pick up location in Isla Vista.) Santa Barbara Airbus will depart from Seville Road (near the IV Food Co-op) at 7 PM and the University Plaza loop adjacent to Campbell and Cheadle halls at 7:15 PM, and pick up at 10:45 PM from the Figueroa Street side of the courthouse to return to IV and campus.
Schedule subject to change. Limited availability; first-come, first-served. Valid UCSB student ID required.
ABOUT THE “OUT OF THIS WORLD” SUMMER CINEMA SERIES
The 2023 FREE Summer Cinema line-up: “Out of This World,” seven nights of space creature-themed movies under the stars will take place Friday nights through August 25 (no screening Friday, August 4 due to Fiesta) at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden.
The fun begins early!
Bring a picnic and enjoy the evening with friends and neighbors. Browse Arts & Lectures’ 2023-24 Season Brochure. Arrive early for DJs, activities, and prizes.
SUMMER CINEMA COUNTY COURTHOUSE SCREENINGS
Superstar Jack Nicholson as the President of the United States greeting invaders from outer space? Anything can and does happen when the twisted mind of director Tim Burton plunges planet Earth into complete pandemonium in this all-star sci-fi spoof.
A 23rd-century New York City cabbie encounters a genetically-engineered alien with the ability to unite the planet’s elements and stave off a raging fireball that’s on a collision course with Earth.
On a thrilling voyage filled with spectacular action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits of the USS Enterprise boldly go where no one has gone before.
Guardians of the Galaxy | Aug 18
A band of misfit outlaws may be the galaxy’s only hope against an interstellar villain who seeks to control the universe with a powerful orb.
Horse-wrangling siblings (Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer) attempt to capture evidence of an unidentified flying object in Jordan Peele’s neo-Western science fiction film.
We look forward to seeing you there!
ABOUT UCSB ARTS & LECTURES
Founded in 1959, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) is the largest and most influential arts and lectures organization between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A&L annually presents more than a hundred public events, from critically acclaimed concerts and dance performances by world-renowned artists to talks by groundbreaking authors and film series at UCSB and Santa Barbara-area venues. With a mission to “educate, entertain and inspire,” A&L also oversees an outreach program that brings visiting artists and speakers into local classrooms and other venues for master classes, open rehearsals, discussions and more, serving K-12 students, college students and the general public.
Mars Attacks! is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. Admission is FREE.
The Premier Sponsor of the UCSB Arts & Lectures Summer Cinema Series is Montecito Bank & Trust
Presented in association with the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture
Special thanks to Santa Barbara County Parks, County of Santa Barbara Community Services, the City of Santa Barbara, Big Green Cleaning Services and Santa Barbara Airbus
Media sponsors include the Santa Barbara Independent, the Voice Magazine, 101.7 K-LITE, KCSB FM 91.9 and Noozhawk.