Kansas City, Missouri: Outdoor Films, a Book Signing and Musical Series

Crown Center offers free family films on Friday nights on the Square — arrive by 9 p.m. with a blanket or lawn chair. Schedule: The Goonies on June 27, Monty Python and the Holy Grail on July 11, My Big Fat Greek Wedding on July 18, and My Fair Lady on July 25.

Authors Mike and Vicki Walker will sign copies of Cinemental Journeys — their guide to Midwest movie theaters from the Golden Age of Hollywood — today at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble on the Plaza.

Classic Hollywood musicals screen Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Tivoli Theatre. Admission $3 (free to UMKC students and staff); Thom Poe, UMKC film educator, leads post-screening discussions. Lineup: The Band Wagon (June 24), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (July 1), Oliver! (July 8), and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (July 15).