By Daily Press staff
Mayor Richard Bloom today will address the audience at the inaugural showing of the Winterlit outdoor theatre on the Third Street Promenade.
Winterlit Theatre is a free, outdoor children’s movie presentation that will take place on the Promenade in Santa Monica, near Wilshire Boulevard every Tuesday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. through Christmas. Classic television and animated holiday films will be shown on a 20-foot screen.
Beginning Dec. 9, Winterlit Theatre will open up with Porchlight Entertainment’s “Jay Jay the Jet Plane Holiday Specials.” As a surprise treat, children can meet Jay Jay the Jet Plane character, who will be making a special visit. In addition, Disney’s “Rolie Poli Olie: Olie’s Winter Wonderland,” then “Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving” and “Winnie the Pooh: Very Merry Pooh Year” will be shown.
On Dec. 16, you can view favorites from Paramount Home Video including “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Blues Clues,” “Dora the Explorer” and “Oswald.”
Older kids can relive their holiday movie memories on Dec. 23, when Winterlit Theatre will presents “Classic Christmas Animations,” including “Howdy Doody’s Christmas,” “A Christmas Carol Tales from Dickens,” “Jack Frost” and “Santa Clause Story.”
Winterlit Theatre is a production of the Bayside District Corp. in conjunction with Santa Monica Film Festival. Any proceeds from the event help benefit the Cancer Relief Fund.
For more information, contact Bayside District Corporation at (310) 393-8355 or visit downtownsm.com.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 9, 2003. Read the original PDF.