{"id":296,"date":"2013-06-10T13:07:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=296"},"modified":"2016-03-02T15:53:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:53:32","slug":"summer-movies-on-acu-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2013\/06\/10\/summer-movies-on-acu-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Movies on ACU Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2013\/06\/130529-movies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-301\" alt=\"Movies on the Hill\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2013\/06\/130529-movies-300x160.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you live in or around Abilene, we invite you to spend an evening with \u2028a brave princess who decides to forge her own path in life \u2013 and with a \u2028criminal mastermind who hatches a grand scheme \u2013 and with a small-time \u2028magician who gets swept into an enchanted land \u2013 and with a coach whose \u2028perseverance turns his high school football team and his hometown upside \u2028down.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find them starring in family-friendly films monthly throughout the \u2028summer on ACU&#8217;s campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Movies on the Hill<\/strong> is a great summer activity for all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Return to &#8220;the Hill&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>Tuesday, June 18,\u00a0<\/strong>for showing of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1217209\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Brave<\/em><\/a><\/strong> on the front lawn of the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies \u2028Building. Food trucks from The Smokery and Gypsy Blu will open at 7:30 \u2028p.m., and will accept cash and credit cards. Just bring yourself, your family and your lawn chairs and blankets. <strong>Admission is free. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The movie will start, weather permitting, at 8:30.\u00a0Join us on the front lawn of campus, east of the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building. Parking will be available on ACU Drive, accessible from Ambler Avenue or East North 16th Street; \u00a0Teague Boulevard will be closed to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re excited to offer a fun, family-friendly evening for the Abilene \u2028community,\u201d says ACU Alumni Relations director Craig Fisher. \u201cWe strive to \u2028provide a welcoming place not only for our alumni, but also for our \u2028neighbors. These monthly events are a way for us to say thank you to our \u2028incredible alumni and repay a little of the support we receive every day \u2028from the\u00a0residents of Abilene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The entire Movies on the Hill lineup includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>June 18- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1217209\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brave<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Benefiting the Noah Project and Moore, OK<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 9 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1323594\/\" target=\"_blank\">Despicable Me<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Benefiting the Food Bank of West Central Texas<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>August 6 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1623205\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oz the Great and Powerful<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Benefiting Global Samaritan<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>September 6 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0210945\/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember the Titans<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Benefiting Christian Service Center<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/572548336118950\/\"><strong>Facebook Event<\/strong><\/a> or contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acu.edu\/campusoffices\/university-events\/contact\/index.html\"><strong>ACU University Events<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Grab a blanket or lawn chair and join us for our first movie night on June \u202818 at 8:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t wait to see you on the Hill!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in or around Abilene, we invite you to spend an evening with \u2028a brave princess who decides to forge her own path in life \u2013 and with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10682,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[86822,86832,161995,161650,86823,161651,161652],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-movies-on-the-hill","tag-charlie-pruett","tag-older-adult-ministry-2","tag-pgc","tag-pruett-gerontology-center","tag-retiree-ministry","tag-senior-adult-ministry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1834,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}