Town Theatre

The Town is located in downtown Highland and is still a very popular venue. Back in the 60's and 70's it was the only theater in Northwest Indiana to show art and foreign films. In the late 70's through the mid 90's the Town became more of a second run house. Now, happily, the Town shows mostly art and independent films. I recently attended a showing of "The Station Agent" and the theater has lost some of its charm but is still a great place to see a movie. The seats are in dire need of being replaced and there is very little leg room. The intermission with cake and coffee is an ongoing tradition no matter what the film's running time is. They offer a few types of cake, pastries, and cookies - all fresh and delicious. They also have an admission price lower then the multiplexes with very reasonable concession stand prices as well. Best of all there are no commercials before the movie. The lights go down and the movie starts up immediately. There should be more theaters like the Town.

I have so many fond memories of the Town Theatre. What a treasure to Highland and Northwest Indiana! It should be preserved.

We would go to Highland from neighboring Munster, Indiana (probably in the 80's). Mostly to see foreign and independent films. I also remember our foreign language teachers taking us there to watch films...and also offer extra credit if we saw things at the Town.

The intermission was incredible! Just thinking about it makes me want a Black Forest Cake!

It's great to know that the Town is still operating much as it did in the '70s, when I regularly went there for foreign and art films otherwise unavailable in the area.

This is an older photo (c) 1984 of the Town theater in Highland.

Here is a 2006 photo of the Town Theater.

This is a more recent photo of the Town Theater.

Another recent photo can be seen here.

Thanks for posting such cool pictures. It's great to document the current movie playing as well. I miss the place. What an asset to NW Indiana. Great memories of the Town Theatre!!

This is an updated link for the photo posted on Mar 20, 2006 which is actually a photo from 1985.

A new link for the 1985 photo is here.

Here is a 2008 photo.

This is a larger version of the 1985 photo.

I was just there on Friday, 08/21/09, and there were several handmade signs stating that the theater is closed due to illness but will reopen. No dates are posted, but it seems to me that things may have been this way for a while, and I'm wondering if there's more to the story. When I walked around back, I saw that there were very tall weeds outside both of the rear emergency exits, indicating disuse. I'm ASSuming the fire department wouldn't allow those exits to be so overgrown. I am saddened if this is the end of the Town. It's an odd little theater w/ a charming way of doing business.

Their wseb site states that the theatre is still closed due to illness.