Outdoor Movies at Crocker Park

Seeing a film indoors, cooped up with hordes of sweating, texting teenagers, is hardly an optimal way to be entertained, especially given the lovely breezes and picnic-able lawns of Northeast Ohio in June, July and August. Watching a movie outside’s the way to go. Drive-ins no longer have the cachet, nor the presence, that they enjoyed in the soda-fountain 1950s, and while they’re thoroughly enjoyable, plenty of local cities and organizations are helping to fill the void by getting the silver screen under the starry sky. For instance, every Thursday evening at 9 p.m. through August 25, Crocker Park screens a film behind the GameStop store. Tonight’s feature is the comedy Hitch. It’s free. (Sam Allard)