Free Community Movie Series: Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus is playing at the Schrott Center for the Arts on Tuesday, October 20, as part of a free community movie series. It's a screening of the movie Hocus Pocus, the 1993 Disney classic about three witches who get resurrected in Salem on Halloween night and spend the rest of the evening trying to steal the souls of the town's children. If you've seen it a dozen times, you know the drill: the Sanderson sisters, the talking cat, and the kind of cozy, spooky energy that usually marks the start of the season. Seeing it on a big screen with a room full of people is a different experience than watching it at home.

Because it's part of a community series, it's open to everyone. It's a family-friendly movie, so it works as a night out with kids or just a low-key evening with friends. The screening runs from 7 PM to 9 PM, which puts it right in the middle of the week, so you don't have to clear your whole weekend to make it happen. It's a simple, straightforward plan for a Tuesday night in Indianapolis: show up, settle in, and let the movie run.

The screening is free, so there's no ticket to buy in advance and nothing to pay at the door. That makes it an easy one to drop into without much thought. It's at the Schrott Center for the Arts, and it runs from 7 PM to 9 PM on Tuesday, October 20.