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Historic Theaters20 comments

Catherine Sherman wrote 2 months ago: The Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, California, photographed in September 2009. Opened in 1925, this … more →

Tags: History, Travel, Entertainment, Photography, Movies, film, Cinema, Missouri, California

TheaTour!: The Empire Garden Restaurant

Harrison wrote 4 months ago: If you’re like me, old, repurposed theaters both thrill and dismay you. On the one hand, it … more →

Tags: Snapshots, Theaters, Out In The City, TheaTour!, globe theatre, Architecture, Boston, Loew's Globe Theatre, Empire Garden Restaurant

Beautiful Graduation Ceremony

smarissa wrote 5 months ago: Day 337/338/339/340: On Thursday I finished Jkun’s card since I gave myself a goal of having i … more →

Tags: New Year's (2012) Project, Christmas Card, Graduation

Detroit House46 comments

Harrison wrote 6 months ago: 1. “Can we take a look at the old theater?” My friend and I were in downtown Detroit and had venture … more →

Tags: Theaters, Out In The City, TheaTour!, Playwrights Horizons, Architecture, Detroit, michigan theatre, Lisa D'Amour, ruin porn

TheaTour!: The Victoria Theatre

Harrison wrote 6 months ago: Making small talk with local theater crews can be tough going, but one question always seems to get … more →

Tags: Theaters, TheaTour!, Architecture, Victoria Theatre, Dayton, Ohio

TheaTour!: The Byham Theatre

Harrison wrote 7 months ago: I’ve visited enough theaters over the course of this tour to notice a common historical narrative. ( … more →

Tags: regional theater, Theaters, TheaTour!, Architecture, Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh

TheaTour!: The Smoot Theatre2 comments

Harrison wrote 7 months ago: Just off the shore of the Ohio River in Petersburg, West Virginia sits the beautiful Smoot Theatre, … more →

Tags: regional theater, Theaters, backstage, TheaTour!, Architecture, Smoot Theatre, Petersburg, West Virginia, Vitaphone

TheaTour!: The Weinberg Center

Harrison wrote 7 months ago: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie continues its grand parade through the Eastern US and Midwest, and rece … more →

Tags: regional theater, Theaters, TheaTour!, Architecture, Weinberg Center, Frederick, Maryland

Midnight Movie13 comments

mistylayne wrote 8 months ago: First, thanks to all for your support during the show’s run!  It is so greatly appreciated!! S … more →

Tags: American indie, Lo-Budget, Horror, American Cinema, WTF, midnight movie, bigfoot entertainment, omg can i please be in this movie, I love it!

Reinventing Blue Island's Lyric Theater4 comments

bravelycreative wrote 10 months ago: Amy Malysa of the Lyric Theater Project in Blue Island, Ill., sits in front of a projector dating ba … more →

Tags: Creativity, Creativity, The Lyric Theater, blue island, Community Organizing, Community & Activism, Old Movies, Cinema, south side chicago

State Palace Theater(Urban Ruin)

noadventure wrote 1 year ago: We were recently shooting a movie in the old Loew’s State Palace Theater. It’s been aban … more →

Tags: Urban, urban ruin, Historical, NOLA, New Orleans, Loews, State Palace, state, Palace

Art By Alley Part 1 - The Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda, NY1 comment

Poor Alley wrote 1 year ago: Last summer I took several rolls of film and my new “used” camera to work and took lots … more →

Tags: status, Link, Images, Riviera, theatre, Theater, north tonawanda, Alley McNally, photos

At Liberty to Eat Wings

Harrison wrote 1 year ago: The Liberty Theater, pre (2009) and post (2011) -op It was 2003 when British director Deborah Warner … more →

Tags: broadway, ruminating, Theaters, Out In The City, 42nd street, Liberty Theater, BBQ, times square, archi

Fading Palace

Harrison wrote 1 year ago: Brian Stokes Mitchell has written, A theatre is a living thing. It is born, it breathes, it eats, it … more →

Tags: regional theater, Theaters, Key Klub, San Francisco, castro theatre, Vista Theatre, Alcazar Theatre, beautiful theaters, Los Angeles

In Sacramento Street, SF

Laurie Jo Miller Farr wrote 2 years ago: Five of the Oldest and Best-Loved Establishments of San Francisco’s Sacramento Street Still a … more →

Tags: San Francisco California, Shopping & Dining, Laurel Heights, Sacramento Street, vintage, independent retailers, Community, Presidio Heights, Shopping

Grease Sing-A-Long this weekend in Long Beach!

Courtney wrote 2 years ago: Being relatively new to area, I’ve been anxious to explore and experience the local hotspots, and I’ … more →

Tags: Community Events, fun things to do with family, Long Beach, Grease Sing-A-Long, art theatre of long beach, Arts, coffee bars, film, Fun Things to do with Family

Forgotten Theatre2 comments

Laura wrote 3 years ago: I had this wonderful dream a very long time ago about a theatre. I was standing in the back balcony … more →

Tags: Day Dreaming, Abandoned Spaces

where we went to the movies...b.c. (before cineplex)

Susan wrote 4 years ago: Found this photo on FLICKR…from someone who… found this in one of my shoeboxes of photos … more →

Tags: Library Programs, Retro Films, The Sting, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, library program ideas


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