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October 14, 2003
NEW SITE: The Return of Comments!
Just wanted to let everyone know that we’ve just finished importing all of your comments from the old site!
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Villa Theatre To Become Furniture Showroom?
Harmons Grocery has told the Utah Heritage Foundation that they will most likely sell the Villa Theatre in Salt Lake City to a Los Angeles furniture manufacturer that would preserve the theater’s sign and facade, but use the use the interior of the building as a showroom. It is unclear what happened to the sale of the theater to buyer that wanted to convert the theater into a night club.
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New York Times Asks “Digital Projection of Films Is Coming. Now, Who Pays?”
LOS ANGELES, CA — Reporter Eric Taub takes a look into the economics of digital projection, and how the industry plans to shoulder the costs of upgrading.
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Toronto’s Uptown Theater Closes Forever
On September 25 2003, just days after it was host to the Toronto International Film Fest, the Uptown closed its doors forever.
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October 13, 2003
Loop/Telenews Theatre Gets Temporary Stay of Demolition
CHICAGO, IL — This isn’t news, since this project has been going on since the first of August, but here it is anyway.
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs has come up with an interesting plan for the long-dormant Loop (aka Telenews) Theatre on State and Randolph streets (current address is 8 E. Randolph). The building sits next to the legendary Chicago Theatre.
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Fox II Theater Closed; To Be Donated To City?
HAYS, KANSAS — According to reports from the Hays Daily News, Dickinson Theaters has closed the Fox II Theater (in downtown Hays, Kansas) and is in negotiations to donate it to the City of Hays. A committee has been formed by the city, and a few ideas on how to preserve the theater have been proposed. An indoor park has been raised as one idea, and also running art and educational films (which Dickinson does not play in their first run houses).
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Embassy Theatre To Light Restored Marquee
LEWISTOWN, PA — The continuing restoration of Lewistown’s historic Embassy Theatre will reach an important milestone on October 16, 2003 when the restored Marquee of a Thousand Lights will be illuminated. The Friends of the Embassy Theatre, Inc. the non-profit group that owns the theatre, will hold a “grand illumination party” in front of the theatre on Monument Square from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm that evening.
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October 10, 2003
NEW SITE: Improved Theater Browsing Tools
With the new site, it’s now even easier to find your favorite theaters! Incorporating your suggestions, we’ve upgraded our theater guide category pages to make our theater database faster, easier-to-use, and more functional.
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Charleston’s Garden Theater For Sale
The Garden Theater, which opened on January 14, 1918 in Charleston, South Carolina, is for sale. When it opened, one entered across a tile floor, under a huge ornate arch, into a garden of hanging flower baskets, caged singing canaries, trellises and crystal chandeliers.
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Upcoming Events at the Fox Fullerton
The Fox Fullerton has two upcoming events now listed on their web site.
1) Tour of Fox Bakersfield
2) The Fox Fullerton Theatre: A visual history…