What is the perfect summer movie? The possibilities are endless: They could be blockbusters, movies

What is the perfect summer movie? The possibilities are endless: They could be blockbusters, movies that take place during the summer, movies that provoke fond childhood memories of the season, or ones that are just plain hot. Here are Associated Press film critic Christie Lemire’s top five:

v “Point Break” (1991): It’s got surf, sun and sand, action and adventure, plenty of partying and adrenaline junkie activities like skydiving. Everyone’s gorgeous — buff, shirtless guys and tanned, bikini-clad women. And it features that classic summertime activity: robbing banks while wearing masks of the U.S. presidents. It’s just well-crafted, knowing escapism.

v “Jaws” (1975): The original blockbuster, it’s the little movie that became a huge pop culture sensation.

v “The Seven Year Itch” (1955): Very few images earn the hyperbolic, over-used adjective of “iconic,” but the sight of Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate, letting the breeze blow up her billowing white dress, truly does.

v “The Flamingo Kid” (1984): Young, charismatic Matt Dillon plays a kid from Brooklyn who falls under the spell of a wealthy member of the Long Island beach club where he works as a cabana boy during summer 1963, to the dismay of his working-class dad.

v “Do the Right Thing” (1989): Not the most upbeat or feel-good of examples, granted. But it simply radiates heat, from the record-setting, sweltering Brooklyn day on which it takes place to the tension that builds between residents of various ethnicities to the flames that engulf the neighborhood pizza joint in a climactic, riotous frenzy.

“The catalina” (8 p.m., the cw): We’re expecting a lot of skin and sin from “The Catalina.” It’s a new reality series that follows the daily adventures of young employees at a hotel in Miami’s South Beach. Up first: A spring-break pool party.

“workaholics” (10:30 P.M., COMEDY CENTRAL): On the Season 3 opener of “Workaholics,” our slacker buddies have their first LSD experience, which happens to coincide with a business trip. Why does that not surprise us?

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TAG Summerfest registration opens

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Native Americans are the inspiration for the Trumbull Art Gallery’s Summerfest for Children 2012, June 17-29.

Sumerfest workshops are for children 4 and up. A family workshop will kick off the event at 1 p.m. June 17, in which children will learn about the Kokopelli character that appears in many native cultures and make a project to take home. The workshops schedule begins the next day, with images from the Butler Institute of American Art’s collection on display. Summerfest will culminate in a children’s art parade at 11:30 a.m. June 29, which will be followed by the Trumbull Fine Arts Council’s annual Chalk on the Walk day.

The Summerfest workshop brochure is available at Trumbull Art Gallery, 196-8 E. Market St., and online attrumbullartgallery.com. Register by June 9 for a reduced fee. Class size is limited. For information, call 330-395-4876.