Events

  • February 28, 2009

    Rummage sale at Norwalk Main Street Theatre

    NORWALK, OH — The Norwalk Main Street Theatre, 57 E. Main, will be having a “Rummage Sale” on Saturday March 28th from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. We have lots of bolts of fabric (great for costume making), a very large American Flag, a Dukane supercartoid microphone, lots of misc. light bulbs, a slushee type drink machine, a hot dog grill, some misc. props, art deco wallpaper (black & white with icon movie stars on it) a female manequin with no arms, 2 Bogen Drive-Inn amplifiers, 2 Bogen PA speakers, 2 BGW amps 250 Watts, movie posters, old signage + anything else we may find that needs to be cleaned out!

    For more info email steve at

  • February 27, 2009

    Meeting Saturday, March 7th for Friends of The RKO Keith’s Theater Flushing

    A meeting is scheduled for Friends of The RKO Keith’s Flushing:

    Saturday March 7th, 2009
    12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
    St John Vianney Parish Hall
    140-10 34th Ave, Flushing –
    Parking Lot on Corner of 35th Avenue and Union Street

    There is a $100 donation which I am paying (gladly) – if anyone would like to chip in, feel free. No pressure to do so.

  • Science on Screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre

    BROOKLINE, MA — The Coolidge Corner Theatre will present “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Stanley Kramer’s 1967 film about interracial marriage, on Monday, March 2 at 7:00 pm as part of its popular Science on Screen series. Before the film, noted social psychologist Mahzarin Banaji, a pioneer in the study of unconscious bias, will give a talk on the science of prejudice.

    Made at a time when mixed-race marriage was still illegal in 16 states in America, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” aimed to debunk racial stereotypes. When young Joanna Drayton brings her new fiance home to San Francisco to meet her liberal parents, their progressive leanings are put to the test when they discover the man their daughter has chosen to settle down with is black. Sidney Poitier stars as the successful and respected Dr. John Wade Prentice, who challenges the preconceived notions of Mr. and Mrs. Drayton (Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn) during dinner one evening. The film earned Oscars for Hepburn and screenwriter William Rose.

  • Terrace Theater to show Citizen Kane

    CHARLESTON, SC — The Terrace Theater is proud to announce the next in the CINEMA CLASSIC SERIES. On Friday March 6, the Terrace will open “Citizen Kane” on the big screen. Considered by most as the best motion picture ever made, it stars Orson Welles.

    The film will be shown in its original 35 mm format 1.37. This is a very rare showing IN Charleston of this 1941 classic. The film will run for 2 weeks.

    TERRACE THEATER

  • February 20, 2009

    Pflueger theatre architecture lecture

    HOLLYWOOD, CA —

    EGYPTIAN THEATRE
    6712 Hollywood Blvd.
    Los Angeles, CA
    www.AmericanCinematheque.com

    AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE Presents:

    Saturday, February 28 – 2:00 PM
    ART DECO SOCIETY LECTURE

    THE MOVIE THEATER ARCHITECTURE OF TIMOTHY PFLUEGER
    (90 min.)

  • 4 Classic Noir Films at the Loew’s Jersey Theater

    Film Noir
    Four Legendary Titles
    from
    The Dark Side of the Screen

    February 27 & 28
    At the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre
    54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ 07306
    Tel. (201) 798-6055 Web www.loewsjersey.org Email:

    A Landmark Movie Palace Now Operated as a Not-For-Profit Arts Center

  • February 5, 2009

    Music to save the Senator this weekend

    BALTIMORE, MD — Local musicians are coming together this weekend to save the Senator Theatre.

    Popular Baltimore-based bands The Payola Reserve, J Roddy Walston and The Business, and Wye Oak announced today their plans to hold a first-of-its kind live benefit concert to help the renowned Senator Theatre remain in operation. The concert is a timely response to actor David Arquette’s recent celebrity MySpace blog highlighting the endangered status of “Baltimore’s Premiere Showplace”.

    The Senator, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is converting to non-profit operation as an enhanced arts and entertainment facility; however the recent economic downturn and fixed overhead costs threaten to shutter the stunning art deco landmark theatre before the transition can be accomplished.

    Read more at the official website.

  • Rummage sale at historic Norwalk Theatre

    NORWALK, OH — The Norwalk Main Street Theatre, 57 East Main Street, is having a rummage sale.

    We are cleaning out old props, sound equipment, movie posters, light bulbs, signage, etc. The sale will be held on Sunday February 15th from noon until 2:00 p.m. There will be no list of items available before the sale. All sales are final and we accept cash or credit cards only.

    For additional information or if you have any questions, you can and put rummage sale in the subject line, or call Steve at (269) 343-5932. Thanks!

  • February 3, 2009

    Palace restoration fundraiser

    CANTON, OH —The Palace Theatre is holding a fundraiser this month so it can be refurbished and appreciated by more generations.

    The “atmospheric” theater — one of only a few dozen of its kind still in existence — remains as an elder resident of downtown’s Market Avenue N. It’s used for more than 300 arts and community programs. Canton Ballet performances. Movie nights. Concerts. Dance studio recitals. Broadway-style productions. Musical events. Fundraisers.

    But heavy traffic invariably leaves footprints, says Georgia Paxos, executive director, and the money left behind by patrons doesn’t pay for the maintenance needed to keep the entertainment venue pristine. That’s why the Canton Palace Theatre Association is putting on “An Affair to Remember” Feb. 28 at McKinley Grand Hotel —to help fund necessary repairs to the theater.

    Read more at the CantonRep.

    (Thanks to theamericanroadside for providing the photo.)

  • Anniversary show at the Carlisle

    CARLISLE, PA — Auditions are currently underway for the 70th Anniversary show at the Carlisle Theatre.

    Currently under development, the show will feature music, dance and historical facts from the seven decades the old movie house has witnessed since it first opened as the Comerford in 1939.

    The goal is to take the audience back to a simpler time when cell phones did not exist, space travel was newfangled, Burma Shave signs graced two-lane highways and families gathered around the TV Sunday night to watch Ed Sullivan.

    Read the full story in the Sentinel.