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Rochester Hills Hosts Free Summer Movie Nights

Here's a look at one of the signature events coming to Rochester Hills this summer.

Rochester Hills will  host a free movie night series this summer.
Rochester Hills will host a free movie night series this summer. (Shuttestock )

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI — It’s time for a free movie night in Rochester Hills.

As part of their 2019 Family Movie Night series, the Village of Rochester Hills will be showing “Smallfoot”on Friday, July 19. The event is free and open to the public.

There will be tons of fun activities for the kids including a bounce house, Kona Ice food truck, popcorn, giveaways and chances to win prizes. The fun starts at 7 p.m. and the feature film “Smallfoot” will begin at dusk. The third and final film in this series will be “Incredibles 2” on Friday, Aug. 16.

This year the Village of Rochester Hills is also collecting donations for ROCKit reading program during all of their movie events! ROCKit! Reader is a no-cost, gently used book program where books are provided to children for free through Free Little Libraries and a local pediatric practice. On average, they serve 3,600 children each year.Please show them some community love and donate some used books! ROCKit addresses the basic needs of local children. Founded with three main purposes; literacy, clothing and the fulfillment of unmet needs of children; ROCKit seeks to fill the gaps of local social service agencies and augment successful programs currently underway.

About “Smallfoot”
Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick, “Smallfoot” is an animated adventure for all ages! With original music and an all-star cast, “Smallfoot” turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti finds something he thought didn’t exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” throws the simple Yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in a rollicking story about friendship, courage and the joy of discovery.

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