Ioka Theater
55 Water Street,
Exeter,
NH
03833
55 Water Street,
Exeter,
NH
03833
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Built in 1915, the Ioka Theatre is one of the dwindling number of independent movie theaters in the country.
Featuring a main auditorium of almost 500 seats, it offers the largest screen in the area with an updated state-of-art sound system. Architecturally, it is a brick building that blends in with the much earlier structures that fill downtown Exeter.
Recently, a second screen was added in the restored basement that was once the Rockingham County YMCA. This theater converts into an Art Deco night club on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
The Ioka Theatre was closed in December 2008.
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John Elwood, William Hochstedler
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1980 photo of the Ioka Theatre.
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The IOKA is in the process of being purchased. For more information go to www.savetheioka.com
Here is a June 2009 photo.
This is another 2009 photo of the Ioka.
How sad is this. What a beautiful theatre. Someone’s gotta bring this one back. If one of the most prestigious/wealthiest boarding schools in the world being in town can’t keep this one aflot. WTF..
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The IOKA will be auctioned on Thursday!
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20111129-NEWS-111290319
the theater will be a theater again – sign up at www.exetertheater.org for future news
I may not live in the area, but I do hope that the Ioka Theatre can be re-opened and saved as a movie theatre. I live roughly an hour or two south of Exeter, NH, and, as a moviegoer, it sounds like a great idea. I wish the townspeople the best of luck and victory in their fight to save the Ioka.
Here’s a link to a video from a rally to save the IOKA theater held on March 30, 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjmW9rQc2b4&feature=share&list=UUgKsIcJjoR26_K6ZNcEYAHQ