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Theaters
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July 4, 2011
Theatre Historical Society Announces Awards
ELMHURST, IL — The Theatre Historical Society of America has announced its annual member and publications awards. Included is an award to filmmaker Michael Moore for leading the effort to restore the State Theatre in Traverse City, MI “and for creating a business model that is being used to return historic small town theaters to use and vitality all across Michigan.”
Additional awards included “Honorary Member of the Year” to Dr. Sam & Patty Shaheen “who personally contributed almost $8 million to save and renovate the Temple Theatre in Saginaw, MI” and to two authors for the “Outstanding Book of the Year”: Larry Widen for “Milwaukee Movie Theaters” and Cezar DelValle for Volume I and Volume II of the “Brooklyn Theatre Index.”
If you have not yet become a member of the Theatre Historical Society of America, we urge you to do so and help support this terrific and important organization.
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Recommendation from THSA: Kalamazoo State Theatre Virtual Tour
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Former Senator Theatre Owner Tom Kiefaber Goes to City Hall
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July 2, 2011
Historic Tijuana Movie Palace Gets $3 Million Renovation
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July 1, 2011
NY Post Critic Lou Lumenick Reviews Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn
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June 30, 2011
Park Circle Films could follow in Nickelodeon Theatre’s footsteps (Charleston City Paper)
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June 29, 2011
Cinema Treasures Salutes Our Polish Cousins
Want to know more about Polish cinemas? Get out your Polish-English dictionaries and head over to KinoPortal!
(Thanks to “onnola” for the photo of the Kino Pionier.)
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June 24, 2011
‘Phantom’ allowed to stay in Fox Theatre
ATLANTA, GA — Joe Patten, the 84 year old savior of the irreplaceable Fox Theatre will be allowed to stay in his apartment above the venue. The former technical director there, he was in a deep lawsuit with its operators who claimed he needed to move to an assisted-living facility. For a guy who has done so much for the place, he deserves it!
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Downtown Chandler theater history
CHANDLER, AZ — With the current options being a tad bleak, the Arizona Republic looks at the theaters of downtown Chandler through the decades.
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June 23, 2011
A Blog You Should Be Reading: After the Final Curtain