Fiske Theatre
306 E. Main Street,
Oak Grove,
LA
71263
306 E. Main Street,
Oak Grove,
LA
71263
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On November 18th The Fiske Theatre ended an 82 year love affair with 35 mm film retiring her film-projection equipment and entering the digital age becoming the first independent theatre in North Louisiana to become 100% digital. North Louisiana’s grandest lady of film is now powered by a Barco DP3000 projector with a Dolby Server/Show Store.
The Fiske Theatre has been back in operation since December 15, 2008 showing a different first-run film each week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Since that time the exterior of the building has been repainted along with the concession area being renovated.
With a donation from Priemer Cinemas the Fiske is curently in the process of adding DTS surround sound that is scheduled to be put into service early in Feb. 2010.
Recent pictures can be found on wikpedia.
The Fiske is currently closed for renovations and will reopen in December as a second-run movie theater with the largest screen (18' x 32') in a 60-mile radius!
Read more here.
This link claims that the Fiske Cinema opened on April 17, 1950 and closed as a movie theater in 1987. Also, this is the second Fiske Cinema according to that site:
“The New Fiske Cinema opened on April 17, 1950 in Oak Grove, La. just down main street from the orignal Fiske Cinema as a state of the art movie house earning top honors from many organizations in the motion picture industry for the equipment and style of the building.”
You can see a recent picture (Feb 2007) here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/25190554@N07/?saved=1
Tom Caldwell