Scene from 2009 Movies & Music in the Park / Star Tribune photo by Jeff Wheeler
Make another plan for Monday nights this summer.
Walker Art Center has canceled Movies & Music in the Park, the longtime Monday-night outdoor series that paired live bands with cult and classic movies in Minneapolis.
In a statement, Walker said, that "due to the density of programming being organized by the Walker, Music & Movies in Loring Park will take a hiatus this summer."
This would have been the 34th year of the free music-and-film series in the park.
The Walker said it wants to focus instead on other warm-weather events, including ones at its new Open Field, a plaza along Vineland Place where it plans a cafe, performance, beer garden, art, design, music and more.
Last year's movies all featured Paul Newman, starting with him and Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," a show that was memorably interrupted by a downpour that sent hundreds fleeing the park.
The bands last year were Halloween, Alaska, Roma di Luna, Gospel Gossip and Times New Viking.
