

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: FREE "West Side Story" Showing - Garden Classic Movies
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us every month for a free classic film! To continue with our Romeo &amp; Juliet theme for February and Valentine's, we are showing West Side Story (PG, 1961).

We can't wait to see you on Tuesday, February 24 at 6pm--bring your friends!

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We've been doing our Monthly Movie Club for more than a year now, and it's been so popular, that we've decided to add to what we're offering...

(Yes, we will still be playing "nostalgic" movie throwbacks once a month--mostly movies from the 1980s, '90s, and early 2000s. Those events will still encourage you to dress up in a costume to match the movie's theme, and we will still have wonderful treats provided by Kilwins. And yes, even though those movies are free, we're going to be taking donations that fit a local cause on theme with that night's movie.)

However, we are now going to be offering a more laid-back GARDEN CLASSIC MOVIE CLUB once a month, as well! (No dressing up necessary, no treats, no fundraising.)

These will be movies that are older--think 1930s through 1970s. So far, we have shown:

December 2024: It's A Wonderful Life - 85 people showed up
January 2025: Dr. Zhivago - 95 people
February 2025: The Third Man - 40 people
March 2025: The Sting -
April 2025: National Velvet - 65 people
May 2025: The Philadelphia Story - 65 people
June 2025: The Graduate - 80 people
July 2025: To K*ll A Mockingbird - 120 people
August 2025: North By Northwest - 180 people
September 2025: All The President's Men
October 2025: Pyscho - 55 people
November 2025: The Godfather - 40 people
December 2025: White Christmas - 165 people
January 2026: Citizen Kane - 40 people

Now on February 24, we're showing "West Side Story--please join us!

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West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp in Super Panavision 70. The music was composed by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Released on October 18, 1961, through United Artists, the film received praise from critics and viewers and became the highest-grossing film of 1961. 

It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 10, including Best Picture (in addition to a special award for Robbins), becoming the record holder for the most wins for a musical. 

West Side Story is regarded as one of the greatest musical films of all time. 

The film was designated as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1997.

A second film adaptation by Steven Spielberg was released in December 2021.
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- **Event Categories**: entertainment, live-music, art, nonprofit, performances, music, theatre, valentines-day, charities
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 27

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Frankfort
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Garden Theater
- **lat**: 44.6328699
- **long**: -86.2411599
- **full address**: The Garden Theater, 301 Main Street,Frankfort, Michigan, United States

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- **organizer**: The Betsie Current (https://allevents.in/org/the-betsie-current/23440640)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Garden Theater, 301 Main Street,Frankfort, Michigan, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Betsie Current
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, live-music, art, nonprofit, performances, music, theatre, valentines-day, charities
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about FREE "West Side Story" Showing - Garden Classic Movies ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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