Lensic Performing Arts Center
211 W. San Francisco Street,
Santa Fe,
NM
87501
211 W. San Francisco Street,
Santa Fe,
NM
87501
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Built in 1931 with 1,000 seats, this Atmospheric style stunner served Santa Fe for sixty eight years as a movie house that also showcased music and live theater. It was designed by Robert O. Boller of the Boller Brothers architectural firm. Closed in 1999, the Lensic Theater recieved a $8.2 million restoration after a successful fund raising effort led by Ms. Nancy Zeckendorf of Santa Fe, who serves as Chair of the Board.
Known since 2001, as the Lensic Performing Arts Center, the theater is a gathering place for the famous artistic community as well as a venue for music, theater, film, and more.
Contributed by
Craig Hoopes, Dorothy Boller Hall
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This is a 2008 photo.
1987 photos of the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe here, here and here.
Here is another photo of the Lensic Theater.
1973 photo of the Lensic Theatre.
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1982 Photo
Another 1982 photo is here.
This is a 2009 photo.
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I first came across the Lensic when I moved to area in 1993. I took in a movie (To Wong Fu with Love – Julie Numar?) just so I could take a look inside. There were rumors about closing it at the time. I haven’t been back to see the renovations, but I’m glad they removated it rather than close it.
This was the place where I saw Star Wars in ‘77. It was my small town equivalent of the Village Theater in Westwood.