Sanctuary Cinema

101 S. 2nd Avenue,
Alpena, MI 49707

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BigScreen_com
BigScreen_com on May 8, 2023 at 4:11 pm

The Sanctuary Cinema will be opening May 19, 2023:

Alpena, MI: Sanctuary Cinema Opening May 19 [May 8, 2023]

steelbeard1
steelbeard1 on September 30, 2022 at 5:52 pm

Renovations are finally underway. The cinema is now called Sanctuary Cinema. Read articles at https://www.thealpenanews.com/news/local-news/2022/07/alpena-welcomes-the-sanctuary-cinema-to-town/ and http://www.wbkb11.com/alpena-breaks-ground-on-new-movie-theater-coming-downtown

steelbeard1
steelbeard1 on May 20, 2021 at 10:51 am

The theater is not only being renovated, it will be getting a new name, the Fremont Theatre. A web page in its early stages as I type this is at https://alpenamarc.com/fremont/

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on May 4, 2011 at 6:58 pm

It must have been a terrible place to catch a flick.Most theatres built in department stores are.

TenPoundHammer
TenPoundHammer on May 2, 2011 at 1:45 am

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Slightly poorer picture showing that it didn’t use all of the former JCPenney.

TenPoundHammer
TenPoundHammer on April 22, 2011 at 3:20 pm

J.C. Penney moved out of the building in 1983 and the theater opened in 1987.