Local organizations kick-off Downtown CineSeries

OklaFilm & OklaMusic
Monday, June 22, 2009

Local organizations kick-off Downtown CineSeries

The Tulsa Convention and Visitors Bureau, in association with downtown businesses, have created Downtown CineSeries, an outdoor film and music event, which kicks off Wednesday, June 24. Free and open to the public, the event will begin at 7 p.m. with live music performed by local artist Daniel Walcher, followed by the showing of Rumble Fish at dusk.

The Downtown CineSeries was created in an effort to make use of the services and amenities downtown Tulsa has to offer. With the revitalization of downtown and a growing support of arts, the goal of the CineSeries is to raise awareness of other downtown venues so more collaborative efforts can occur to better serve as a partner in the promotion of downtown activities.

The event is being held at The Greens, located on 3rd St. between the Crowne Plaza Tulsa Williams Center and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Food and adult beverages will be provided by Crowne Plaza. Attendees should bring blankets and lawn chairs.

Filmed in 1983 in Sapulpa, Okla., Rumble Fish was directed by Francis Coppola and written by Tulsa’s own S.E. Hinton. The cast includes, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Nicolas Cage, Mickey Rourke, Tom Waits and Dennis Hopper. The film is the story of Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug who struggles to live up to his legendary older brother’s reputation and longs for the glory days of street gang warfare.

For more information, call (918) 583-2617 or e-mail info@tulsadowntown.org