Today’s Newsreel

posted by Patrick Crowley on October 14, 2002 at 12:52 pm

CHICAGO, IL — This just in from Michael Beyer of the Uptown Theatre and Center for the Arts:

The talk of the town, the Uptown Theatre restoration project, is now the talk of the nation as Jacki Lyden, the alternate host and senior correspondent to NPR’s “All Things Considered” interviews Carol Carlson of the Uptown Theatre and Center for the Arts.

Tune in to WBEZ-FM 91.5 on Monday, October 14, for this national story. The exact air time is TBD. “All Things Considered” airs Monday – Friday from 3:00-6:30 p.m.

Link to the show

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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN — The former WCCO Radio Wurlitzer Organ will play its first public performance since 1959 when it is unveiled this coming Friday, for the only upper Midwest showing of the restored print of “Lawrence of Arabia,” at the Heights Theater.

According to a press release, “The installation of the Wurlitzer at the Heights will make it the first operable theatre pipe organ in a Twin Cities movie theatre since the closing of Radio City in 1958.”

For more information, read both releases:
Press Release 1
Press Release 2
Visit the official Heights Theater website

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DELAND, FL — The U.S. House finance committee has just awarded $10 million to the DeLand area for various projects, including $225,000 for the continued restoration of the Athens Theater. The House and Senate must approve the measure before it is signed into law.

According to the Daytona Beach News Journal, the additional funds will help the Athens reopen by 2005.

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STATEN ISLAND, NY — The following was part of “The Mayor’s 8th and Final ‘State of the City Address…’:

Renovation of St. George Theater: To ensure that this revitalization reaches into the St. George neighborhood, the City will commit resources to renovating the nearby St. George Theater into a performing arts center.

(Thanks to Jean Siegel for sending this in.)