Thank you to everyone who came out to the Red Hook Flicks benefit this past Sunday. We raised nearly a $1000.00, which will go a long way toward replacing materials lost during Hurricane Sandy and helping fund the film license and projection fees. As always, Red Hook, we bow our heads in awe at the way the neighborhood bands together.
For those of you who couldn’t be with us, the schedule is now posted.
We’ll see you on Tuesday nights at Valentino Pier, starting July 9.
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us! The unofficial start of summer!! And with summer comes summer movies on the pier!!!
The Red Hook Flicks 2013 season schedule will be unveiled next Sunday (June 2nd) at 5 p.m. at Red Hook Bait and Tackle.
Come and enjoy free food from many of our sponsors and see Francesco Saviano’s new film Two Birds.
PLUS: You can vote on this season’s NEIGHBORHOOD CHOICE film. Last year you selected Young Frankenstein (that’s FRANKensteen!); the year before that, it was Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. What will it be this year? Well, that’s up to you. $1 per vote. As always, ballot stuffing encouraged!
$10 suggested donation … but all are welcome regardless of ability to pay.
See you Sunday the 2nd at 5 p.m.!
Summer is almost upon us and despite all the havoc wrought by Sandy to Red Hook in general, and our extraordinary sponsors in particular, Red Hook Flicks is rising from the floodwaters to bring you another season of summer films, sunsets on the water, and some seriously awesome local food. The film committee has been hard at work wrangling all the moving parts, so check back here in the coming weeks for information of our upcoming fundraiser on June 2nd, details on this year’s sponsors, and of course the big reveal of our 2013 schedule! See you at the pier . . .
Since yesterday’s update, the weather gods have spared us and we are a go at Valentino Pier tonight!!! See you at 8:30 for hilarity, hijinx–and pulled pork, HUZZAH!
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN tonight with food by Brooklyn Ice House and snacks by HOME/MADE and Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies–yay!
UPDATE: The weather is looking pretty unstable thanks to Hurricane Isaac, so check back here tomorrow for the official rain call, which we’ll make by 6 P.M. The bad thing about getting rained out is that we don’t get to watch a blissful sunset on the pier or curl our toes in the grass. The good news is we get to watch the movie at Bait & Tackle–where there’s beer!!
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Gather round children, and shed a tear with me for what will be the final screening in this summer’s series of movies on the pier. It has been a blast, Red Hook, in no small part thanks to our fabulous neighbors, some beautiful weather, extraordinary food, and not least of all the best sponsors an upstart local film series could ask for! This summer we’re closing festivities with a true classic from one of comedy’s greats: Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, our neighborhood choice for Summer 2012. Gene Wilder, Cloris Leachman, Terry Garr, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, and some chick named Abby Normal put on the ritz just for you. Super Duper!
Red Hook Choice is brought to us by Find Home Furnishings and of course each and every one of you who voted at this year’s fundraiser.
Snacks by Home/Made and Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies and a classic Popeye cartoon courtesy of Sunny’s Bar. Dinner this evening is courtesy of Brooklyn Ice House, who will be serving pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs, and mac cheese for your gustatory delight!
The show begins circa 8:30 PM.
UPDATE–SPECIAL FOOD VENDOR:
In addition to the spectacular food being provided by The Good Fork and snacks from Home/Made and Steve’s, we’re very fortunate to have John Vitko of Scout’s Honor Creamery in Vermont here on Tuesday evening to sell his handcrafted treats:
Chocolate Chip Cookie Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich: $4
Vanilla Ice Cream Brownie Sandwich: $5
French Macaroon Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwich: $6
Popcicles (grapefruit, cucumber mint, strawberry lemon, peaches n cream): $3
Plus a special pop just for adults–Mojito!: $4
We cannot wait!
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This Tuesday join us at the pier for one of the great summer family films of all time. E.T. helped define the summer blockbuster with its wildly popular boy-meets-baby-alien-and-goes-head-to-head-against-nepharious-U.S.-government-forces-to-protect-him tale. It features Henry Thomas; Peter Coyote; Drew Barrymore, in what is surely her finest screen performance to date; and a contender for the world’s most expensive long distance call. Can you imagine if they remade E.T. today? He and Elliott would be stuck in development hell at iTunes trying to get their intergalactic telephony app approved. Ah, simpler times. But I digress…
Tuesday’s movie is brought to you by Bait & Tackle. Dinner by The Good Fork — Japanese Short Rib Curry with Farm Vegetables and Purple Rice, mmmm. Only $8! Snacks by Home/Made and Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies.
And don’t forget to come early to catch a classic Popeye cartoon courtesy of Sunny’s Bar.
As always, festivities begin circa 8:30 PM.
Nut up or shut up!
That’s right ZOMBIELAND, the new zombie cult classic, is coming to Valentino Pier on Tuesday, August 7.
And for all of you who have been trying — and failing — to eat at POK POK, they are the evening’s sponsor, along with REALTY COLLECTIVE. That means… POK POK for dinner!
What’s on the menu? Khao Man Som Tams. What’s that you ask? Here’s what Pok Pok says…
Khao Man Som Tam is a sweet shredded pork cooked in palm sugar and black soy over coconut rice, topped with fried shallots and cilantro, and served with a side of Papaya salad.
We also have popcorn from Home/Made ($1) and tarts from Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies ($3). All proceeds benefit Red Hook Flicks.
And don’t forget to come early to catch the Popeye cartoon brought to us by Sunny’s Bar.
Film rolls at 8:30-ish.
For those of you who have come down to Red Hook Flicks, you know we have one major issue… bathrooms.
That’s right. Valentino Pier does not have public bathrooms. Instead, visitors must go to Fairway or another local business and use their facilities.
We would like to provide our attendees with bathrooms. But there are a few reasons why we can’t make this happen.
We hope you understand and continue to come out and have fun with us. Just remember to plan your bathroom breaks accordingly.
Thank you!
Red Hook Flicks committee
Image by Sarah Pants on Flickr
Who is more befitting of Red Hook and our waterfront than Popeye the Sailor Man? Nobody.
Thanks to Sunny’s Bar, we’ll be showing a reel of old Popeye cartoons before each of the season’s films.
Come down, have a laugh, enjoy the food from our sponsors and experience the magic of movies on the pier.
Just don’t forget the spinach. (Or the bug spray.)
Tonight’s the night! Fundraiser for the 2012 season of Red Hook Flicks.
Party starts at 5 p.m. at the Red Hook Bait and Tackle. (Yes, kids can come!)
Free food from some of our sponsors:
(Plus, some baked goods from lovely Red Hooker Shannon Brown.)
Don’t miss the chance to vote for the “Red Hook Choice” film — which will be screened on the last night of the season. $1/vote. Ballot-box stuffing is encouraged! Here’s what’s on the ballot:
X-Men
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Young Frankenstein
Write In: ________________
Can’t make the fundraiser but still want to contribute? Make a donation here.
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