Classic movie buffs have plenty to love about the Vineyard in winter. Nearly every night of the week either a library or the playhouse offers a free movie, sometimes classics and sometimes modern films.Whatever your preference, something is bound to appeal to your inner longing for something to do besides watching the Weather Channel.
The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse offers Monday Night at the Movies, and February finds a host of classics: Shock Treatment on Feb. 9, Batman, The Movie on Feb. 16, and start the winter school break with Mary Poppins on Feb. 23. Valley of the Dolls and The Night of the Iguana, cancelled because of inclement weather, have been rescheduled for March.
Chilmark’s Free Friday Films at the library features John Huston’s African Queen with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn on Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. The movies will continue on Fridays until the middle of March. For those who prefer a matinee, the library offers classics with its Chowder and a Movie series at noon on Wednesdays with Great Expectations coming up on Feb. 4.
Movie night at the Vineyard Haven library begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3, and features The Judge, a modern film where big city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his hometown where his father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder.
War: A Winter Film Series at the Edgartown library offers movies with a common thread on Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
All the films listed are offered free or at a nominal cost and all of them come with popcorn and camaraderie. Check Facebook pages or websites for more information.
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