The city is kicking off its free Millennium Park film series with a Chicago classic.
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” John Hughes’ 1986 movie about a suburban teenager’s day trip to the city, is set to be screened at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion June 21. Movies are scheduled to be shown on a 40-foot screen in the park at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday after that through Aug. 30.
Seating at the pavilion is first-come, first-served. Here is the schedule, announced Wednesday:
>> June 21: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
>> June 28: “Soul Food”
>> July 5: “A League of Their Own”
>> July 12: “Thelma and Louise”
>> July 19: “Moonstruck” and “Silence of the Lambs”
>> July 26: Kartemquin Films 50th anniversary celebration to celebrate the legacy of the Chicago film organization
>> Aug. 2: “West Side Story”
>> Aug. 9: “Grease”
>> Aug. 16: “Finding Nemo”
>> Aug. 23: “Purple Rain”
>> Aug. 30: Audience choice of favorite Chicago film, to be determined