A Summer of Cinema: Night at the Museum
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Arucas celebrates "A Summer of Cinema" with six free screenings on El Puertillo beach The series will take place from 7 to 22 August with a programme designed for all audiences, combining major recent premieres with essential cinema classics. The Arucas City Council, through the Department of Culture, is organising a new edition of "A Summer of Cinema", an initiative that will turn El Puertillo beach into an open-air cinema during the month of August. From 7 to 22 August, residents and visitors will be able to enjoy six free screenings, all of them at 9:30 p.m., in a privileged setting by the sea. The programme combines family films, adventure, action and great classics, offering options for audiences of all ages. The series will begin on Friday, 7 August with "How to Train Your Dragon" (2025), while on Saturday, 8 August it will be the turn of the fantasy comedy "Night at the Museum" (2006). The programme will continue on Friday, 14 August with one of the great suspense classics, "Jaws" (1975), followed on Saturday, 15 August by "Superman" (2025). The series will continue on Friday, 21 August with "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" (2024) and will conclude on Saturday, 22 August with another unforgettable classic for the whole family, "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982). The Councillor for Culture highlights that "with A Summer of Cinema we continue to take our cultural programme beyond conventional venues, making summer in Arucas an opportunity to come together and enjoy the seventh art, while promoting respectful coexistence with the environment in one of our treasures: the coast of Arucas." With this initiative, Arucas City Council reaffirms its commitment to a diverse, free and accessible cultural programme, encouraging the use of public spaces as places for gathering and coexistence, and offering quality leisure alternatives during the summer season.
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