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June 27, 2012
Movies to return to the Rivoli
SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY — The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, owners of the historic 1923 Rivoli Theater on Main Street in South Fallsburg, has announced that first-run movies will return to the theater beginning on Friday, June 29th!
“We’re thrilled to augment our exciting schedule of live plays and musicals with a movie program”, said workshop Board Member Jackie Perito. “We’re going to run movies all summer at times when we do not have a live event going on at the theater”.
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Stars to abound at new cinema in Boerne
BOERNE, TX — A story in My San Antonio discusses the different concerns in building the new multi-screen Starplex Cinema set to open next year. Instead of focusing primarily on the interior features, they’re spending a lot of time on making the building more inviting from the outside with features that will endure.
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Financing received to complete Lebowsky Center restoration
OWOSSO, MI — The Owosso Community Players, owners of the Lebowsky Center which was gutted by fire in 2007 and had its exterior rebuilt in 2010, received financing from Chemical Bank allowing for the restoration of the interior of the theater. Restoration cost is estimated to be $5 million.
Details with photos from the Argus-Press with another report from WJRT.
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June 26, 2012
In Poland, up to 250 new screens could be built soon
Authors: Ing. Juraj Misun, PhD. – Ing. Ivana Misunova Hudakova, PhD.
In the next five years 200 to 250 new cinema screens could be built in the Central European country Poland. This results from the analysis of the company AMB Group Polska, which specializes on construction and reconstruction of multi-screen theaters.
“According the analysis of the investment plans of cinema operators, the construction of 200 to 250 new screens in the next five years seems very real” said Michael Michalowski from AMB Group. He added that only about 20 to 30 percent of these projects will be located in major Polish cities like Warsaw or Cracow. Shopping centers are also built in towns with about 100,000 inhabitants and the Polish population is increasingly looking for cinema entertainment.
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Harvard Square movie theater to close in July
CAMBRIDGE, MA — The AMC Loews Harvard Square 5 will close July 8th due to its sale by its parent company. It’s estimated that the theatre has shown “Rocky Horror Picture Show” roughly 1,500 times.
Read more in the Crimson.
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Singin' in the Rain 60th Anniversary screenings
In honor of its 60th, “Singin' in the Rain” is coming back to theaters on July 12th. Fathom Events in conjunction with TCM is staging it with an introduction by Robert Osborne and a special interview with Debbie Reynolds.
Get more details on Broadway World.
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June 25, 2012
A theater of restored grandeur
GRAND ISLAND, NE — The restoration of the Grand Theater is almost complete but that didn’t stop them from screening a film in their new lobby. They painstakingly tried to bring it back with its original colors and layout.
Read more about the project in The Independent.
(Thanks to William for providing the photo.)
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ReRun Gastropub Theater to close
BROOKLYN, NY — The ReRun Gastropub Theater will only be showing films through the end of the month before closing for an unspecified amount of time. Their programmer is stepping down and the owner wants to possibly take the space in a new direction.
Read more in the New York Times.
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June 22, 2012
Rural communities across region helping theaters make costly conversion to digital
MADISON, MN — Thanks to the helps of locals, the Grand Theater might be able to afford the jump to digital. But how will other small town Midwest theaters fare?
Read more in the West Central Tribune.
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Hollywood’s Circle Theater reborn in El Centro space
HOLLYWOOD, CA — After many phases, the Circle Theatre is returning. The former El Centro Theatre will be the home of the Black Dahlia and Red Dog Squadron theatre companies.
Read more in the Chicago Tribune.