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February 13, 2004
Avon Theatre Reopens Today!
STAMFORD, CT — The Avon Theatre is finally set to officially reopen today. There were a couple of test screenings on Wednesday to run through the operation one last time before the theater reopens to the public. The projection was superb and the popcorn was excellent! (See previous story — includes photos of the newly-restored Avon.)
To read more about the reopening, check out this article from the Stamford Advocate.
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Looking to Hire Stylish Retro Cinema/Theatre/Music Hall
LONDON, ENGLAND — I’m organising an evening of old-style, burlesque cabaret entertainment with a film show and special guest speaker as the finale, and I’m looking for the perfect venue for the evening. Preferably a 200 – 300 seater with a bar and a nice old-fashioned ambience. Any suggestions would be most gratefully received!!!
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February 12, 2004
See a Movie in Chicago’s Inspiring Central Park Theatre
CHICAGO, IL – “It may not get any better than this for history buffs in Chicago,” is the theme organizers are singing in promotion of a special event this weekend.
In fact, there’s no overestimating the uniqueness of a cinema opportunity this Sunday, Feb. 15, at the historic Central Park Theatre/House of Prayer building in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood, event organizers said today.
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New Regal Theatre’s Future Still Unknown
CHICAGO, IL – Since it was closed last June, the 2400-seat New Regal Theatre, designed by John Eberson in 1927, has sat vacant according to a recent report in the Daily Southtown.
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February 11, 2004
Today’s Newsreel
Conan O'Brien takes Late Night to Toronto’s Elgin Theatre, the Sutton gets a disturbing makeover, and one website takes an in-depth look at home theater display technologies — all in today’s newsreel.
- Movie Theater’s Facade Undergoes a Drastic Change
- Movie theaters can crack down on use of recording devices
- Toronto in a frenzy as Conan O'Brien checks in
- ADA: ‘Abuses Do Abound’
- The Differences between LCD, Plasma, DLP, LCOS, D-ILA, and CRT
- New movie theaters: After the ‘90s overbuild, expansion slowly coming
- Historic building is attractive to businesses
- Henry longs for movie theater
- Owner of Times Theater hopes to sell dream, too
- Save the Fox Theatre
- Curtain time: New downtown art center unveiled to public
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Dinkytown Landmark For Sale
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Varsity Theater in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis is for sale. The Art Deco theater remodeled by Jack Liebenberg in the 1930s is considered a local landmark. The theater is one block from the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus. The asking price is $1.2 million.
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February 10, 2004
Pictures of the Hippodrome Renovations
BALTIMORE, MD — Thanks to Ed Dobbins, we’ve got some shots of the Hippodrome Theatre taken during the final stages of the theater’s renovation. (We’re also close to getting a batch of official shots from the Hippodrome/France-Merrick staff. As soon as we get ‘em, we’ll post 'em.)
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Movie Popcorn Creator Dies
BOYNTON BEACH, FL — Samuel M. Rubin, who was the first movie concession stand operator to incorporate popcorn into his product line, — and, thus, the creator of the decades-long tradition of popcorn at the movies — has died at the age of 85, according to a report on Yahoo! News.
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Obituaries: Anthony T. Heinsbergen, 74
Anthony T. Heinsbergen, whose Los Angeles firm restored the interiors of the Wiltern Theater, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and other landmark buildings across the country, many of whose interiors were designed by his father decades earlier, has died. He was 74.
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February 9, 2004
DuPage Theatre Restoration Moving Forward
LOMBARD, IL — Restoration work on the 1928 DuPage Theatre in downtown Lombard is moving ahead, according to the DuPage Theatre Foundation, a non-profit group which recently signed a 20-year lease with the village of Lombard.