February 2016
Annual Meeting of Members
Join HYP for its Annual Meeting of Members on Tuesday, February 9 at 6:00pm at the Midtown Cinema. Dave Schankweiler, President and CEO of the Central Penn Business Journal, will address attendees as our Keynote Speaker. HYP leaders will share a recap of the organization’s accomplishments from 2015, and the goals for 2016. Our HYP members and volunteers…
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HYP Movie Night – “The Lobster”
HYP movie night is back for a limited engagement, and we're watching “The Lobster,” a Cannes favorite, Jury Prize winner for director, and Palm d'Or nominee. The film stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz, and is set in a dystopian near future where single people are forced by law to find a partner within 45…
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HYP Movie Night – “Captain Fantastic”
Time for some great thought-provoking cinema in August, with this month's film, “Captain Fantastic.” The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Frank Langella, and was a big hit at Sundance and Cannes. It's about a father who raises his kids off the grid in the forest, and is forced to deal with the consequences when they…
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HYP Movie Night – “Loving”
Oscar season is starting to ramp up, so you know what that means – time for some high-quality film at the Midtown Cinema! HYP Movie Night is back, with a movie that's sure to be in the Oscar conversation, “Loving.” It's based on the real-life story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living…
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HYP Movie Night – “Jackie”
Join us at the Midtown Cinema for a movie that’s sure to be included in the awards season discussion - “Jackie.” It’s the aftermath of the JFK assassination, and and Jacqueline Kennedy’s world has been torn apart. She must simultaneously be a mother, a widow, and a public figure, all the while balancing an ongoing…
Find out more »HYP Movie Night – “I Am Not Your Negro”
Time for one last movie before the Oscars! The Oscar-nominated documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” is a visioning of James Baldwin’s unfinished book, "Remember This House.” In it, director Raoul Peck uses only the author’s words (narrated by Samuel L. Jackson) and archival footage to talk about race in America. It’s interwoven with an…
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HYP Book Club – “1984” – Book and Movie Discussion
Get ready for another book and movie discussion from HYP Book Club! This month, we’re reading, watching, and discussing, the classic dystopian story from George Orwell, “1984.” It’s the well-known tale of a repressive, totalitarian government that controls every facet of human life, and a lowly worker who tries to rebel against it and realize…
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HYP Movie Night – “Lady Bird”
Movie night is back! And just in time for the rush of excellent independent films in the fall, we’re seeing “Lady Bird,” which stars Saoirse Ronan (“Atonement,” “Brooklyn”) as a teenager living in Northern California for a year. The film also stars Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne”) as her ‘difficult’ mother, and is loosely autobiographical for first-time…
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HYP Movie Night – “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood was like the little engine that could – a small local production with no budget, simple sets, and a plain-spoken Presbyterian minister, Fred Rogers, as a star. But work it did, because of Fred’s ever-present and compassionate way with children and well, pretty much everybody. Whether you experienced the show as a…
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HYP Children’s Holiday Party
Come to celebrate the holidays with the HYP students during our Children’s Holiday Party! Every year, HYP hosts a party to celebrate the students that we worked with throughout the year during Refresh Harrisburg and Junior Sports. This year, we’re inviting our students to come to watch a special movie screening of a holiday favorite…
Find out more »January 2020
HYP Book Club Book and Movie Event: “Little Women”
The book club is skipping the holidays (!) and starting 2020 out the right way, with a book and movie: “Little Women.” First, we’ll be meeting at the Midtown Cinema to watch the film, then trek over to the Midtown Scholar to talk about the book and film. We’ll be watching the show that’s closest…
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August 1st Friday
Join Harrisburg Young Professionals for our first, First Friday Social of the year on August 6th from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Midtown Cinema. Come check out their newly renovated space and enjoy an ice-cold beverage at the Zeroday Outpost. Not a member yet? Come out and have the opportunity to meet with fellow HYP Members…
Find out more »July 2022
Mac and Me at Midtown Cinema
Join Harrisburg Young Professionals at Midtown Cinema for Down In Front! Presents: Mac and Me. When an extraterrestrial is stranded on Earth it forms a friendship with a young boy. If you’re thinking that just sounds like a ripoff of ET, you are correct. Laugh along with the Down In Front! crew as they rip…
Find out more »July 2023
Friends of Midtown Outdoor Film Series: Jaws
Nothing says summer like lounging outside on a warm night and man eating sharks. Harrisburg Young Professionals is proud to be a sponsor of Friends of Midtown’s annual outdoor film series. Come hangout in HYP’s VIP section for a screening of the original summer blockbuster, Jaws! Get there early and enjoy Midtown Cinema’s concessions, and…
Find out more »March 2024
Arts Committee Meeting
HYP's Arts Committee Meeting will meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6pm. March's Meeting will be at the Midtown Cinema. Email arts@hyp.org with any questions.
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