The Downtown Crookston Development Partnership presents “Music and Movies at the Grand.” This series of DCDP-sponsored movies has three events left. The first one is just around the corner on March 20. “Our next show is the evening of March 20. The doors and concessions open at 6:30 p.m., and the show is at 7:00 p.m.,” says Shirley Iverson from the DCDP. “We are going to be featuring Mary Poppins, and we encourage you to dress up. Wear costumes, there are prizes for the top three costumed folks.”
To keep with the theme of music and movies, the next movie in the series definitely does not disappoint. “We are going to go on to April 3. Again, doors open at 6:30 p.m., the show is at 7:00 p.m.,” says Iverson. “That one is the classic Music Man. That is a musical that has been performed locally and regionally and was the winner of multiple awards, so was Mary Poppins, so we look forward to sharing those with you.”
The final show in the series is lots of fun and may be more familiar to some younger viewers. “The final one in the series will be shown on April 24, and that’s more of a classic rock series called School of Rock,” says Iverson. “It really featured a breakout role for actor Jack Black, and again, we encourage you to dress up like Jack or dress up like some of the folks in the band and come out and enjoy another great night to support our Grand Theatre.”
These three shows are all family-friendly, and Iverson hopes everyone will come out and support downtown Crookston and The Grand Theatre. “The Downtown Crookston Development Partnership has a great collaboration with the City of Crookston and with the Crookston Visitors Bureau to help us market the events,” says Iverson. “The showings are free, doors open at 6:30 p.m., and shows are at 7:00 p.m. Concessions are at cost, and we know movies are always better with Bo’s popcorn, so be sure to dress up, buy popcorn, and come to the movie.”
But wait, we are not done. There is one more movie event coming up on Sunday, March 23. “Snow White opens in theatres national on the 21, but on the matinee on Sunday, Downtown Crookston Development Partnership will be offering free kids concession boxes to the first 25 kids who come to the movie,” says Iverson. “Be sure and check that out. It is a brand-new Snow White, very, very highly anticipated, and we just wanted to support Sunday at the Movies and bringing the kids to the show and making it a little more reasonable for the whole group to join in.”
