Before you head back to school, join us at Harbor Theater on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m. for a free rockin’ retro blast to the past with “Grease” (1978; 1 hour, 50 minutes) on the big screen.

Starting at 6 p.m., there will be 1950’s diner and drive-in photo booths, a sock hop in the aisles, retro ads and cartoons on screen, Hula Hoops, contests, and lots of prizes! Dress up in your best 50s’ inspired skirts, cat-eye glasses, bobby socks, T-shirts, and comb back that “greasy” hair to win prizes like retro posters, jewelry, stickers, home decor and more! All activities and the movie are free and open to everyone of all ages.

Just as a return to drive-in fun was taking hold again in the Harbor over the past few years, a scarcity of drive-in movie equipment and operators in Maine demanded that we rethink our end-of-summer movie options for 2024. “Grease” seemed to be the perfect marriage of drive-in informality and indoor convenience. As always, there will be plenty of hot buttered popcorn, candy, and sodas available at the Concessions stand.

This is the perfect movie to experience the back-to-school friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of "Grease," the most successful movie musical of all time. A wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John) and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta) have a summer romance, but will it cross clique lines?

Come dance and sing along while you cheer the antics of teens from your own, your parents’, grandparents’ (or great-grandparents) generation! A truly fun opportunity for inter-generational enjoyment.

Harbor Theater’s auditorium seats 170, but in order for family or groups to be seated together, you should plan to arrive early when the doors open at 6 p.m. and take advantage of all the fun activities before the movie begins at 7. For more information, visit us online at boothbaycinema.org.

“Grease is the word!”