Free Friday Night Drive-In Movies Come to Somerset

Pack a picnic basket and pile the family into the DeSoto (or whatever you may be driving these days), and head over to Duke Island Park on Old York Road in Bridgewater for the Somerset County Park Commission Drive-In Movies.

The event is one of a number of free summer opportunities available to Bernards residents courtesy of the Somerset County Park Commission.

Families are invited travel back in time with and old-fashioned drive-in movie, just like in the 50's - complete with large screen and popcorn, and best of all, free admission.

The 11th annual family event is scheduled for three consecutive Fridays, July 16, July 23, and July 30, 2010 with the show beginning at 8:30 p.m. each night. The films will be presented under the stars on a big screen in the Duke Island Park Band Shell.

July 16 – Fantastic Mr. Fox - PG
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.

July 23 – The Tooth Fairy - PG
A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy.

July 30 – Night at the Museum, Battle for the Smithsonian - PG
Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.

Refreshments will be available and families are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, for their evening of family entertainment under the stars. A call to 908-722-1200, ext. 351 will provide weather updates during the evening prior to the show.

Information on Somerset County Park Commission activities may be found on the Internet at www.somersetcountyparks.org.