U Ark Theater
647 W. Dickson Street,
Fayetteville,
AR
72701
647 W. Dickson Street,
Fayetteville,
AR
72701
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In 1987 the U Ark Theater, named for the University of Arkansas, was a white brick building with a prominent white and red marquee and "U Ark" was spelled out on its front. The marquee sheltered a black marble fronted entrance with two movie poster frames on each side.
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A 1987 view of the U ARK Theater building in Fayetteville.
1985 photo of the Uark Theatre.
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Here is another 1985 photo.
The address for the U-Ark Theatre is 647 W. Dickson St.
Seating was listed at 860 in the Arkansas Historical Society magazine.
This theatre was operated by Malco Theatres until earaly in 1983. They sold the theatre at that time and it was operated as an independant until it closed. Malco had twined the theatre in 1973, so the header should list Twin instead of single screen.
Looks like it is being used for retail:
http://tinyurl.com/yg4n9n2
At this adddress Sydney’s Emporium and Die Works.
grew up in this town but was to young to see any movies here.
according to an old fayetteville punk historian friend Billy Callen, some of the first punk shows were held at the UARK , not sure the years, but fayetteville legends the Malls (featuring my old FHS highschool english teacher Tom Cochran) were one of the bands listed as playing, and according to urban legend such shows ceased when an anonymous band member threw a bottle at the owner’s head!
oh by “see any movies here” i mean at the UARK
by my day we were mostly relegate to the multiplexes such as Cinema 16 (which is a name I find absolutely hilarious in my later years after after learning about the famous new york film society run by amos vogel and largely responsible for introducing underground and avante garde cinema to a larger new york audience, focusing on 16mm film, hence their naming it as well CInema 16)