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March 23, 2012
Devoted movie poster collector sees an art form waiting to be discovered
CHICAGO, IL — An avid movie poster collector is looking for a buyer to take the lot off his hands. In this detailed piece in the Chicago Tribune goes over the history of movie posters and their collectors.
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March 22, 2012
NoHo gets another new indy cinema
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — It started with the recent opening of the new NoHo 7, but the NoHo Arts District is getting another new theatre. The more intimate North Hollywood Independent Films Movie Theatre opens next month and promises to provide a unique experience that brings its moviegoers even closer to the independent filmmakers of Los Angeles.
Read more at NoHo Arts District.com.
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Church wants to buy Chicago’s Portage Theater
CHICAGO, IL — The Portage Theater is on the market and the Chicago Tabernacle is interested in purchasing it. While they would be committed to extensively renovating it for the better, the loss of a cultural icon with such unique programming could be devastating.
Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune.
(Thanks to KenRoe for providing the photo.)
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March 20, 2012
Luxury theatre lures high-end retailers to heart of city
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — A new location for the Cinepolis chain within the former Edwards 6 is already bringing in new upscale retailers to the neighborhood. The promise of a unique theatre with various high-end amenities has restaurants and shops lining up to get space nearby.
Read the full story in the OC Register.
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March 19, 2012
Looking back at the Hyattsville Theatre
HYATTSVILLE, MD — Demolished almost 50 years ago, the Hyattsville Theatre was featured in the Hyattsville Patch. Designed by John Eberson, some shops now fill the space where the theatre stood.
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March 16, 2012
The best seat in the house
The Wall Street Journal recently looked at the private screening rooms of Hollywood’s elite. Few actually see the most sought after spaces but the owners spend as much as a few million to build them.
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March 15, 2012
Hollywood and the Oscars tribute in new Bay Area monumental mural
HAYWARD, CA — Hollywood celebrated the Oscars last week and the movie ‘The Artist,’ a black-and-white film celebrating Hollywood history, meanwhile, in the Bay Area, Award-Winning Artist Andrew Kong Knight is putting the final touches on his final monumental mural in the series called “Hayward Meets Hollywood.”
Knight’s latest three story high, mega mural called “Night at the Silver Screen,” depicts a famous black-and-white film scene, from one of Hollywood’s most memorable Oscar winning epics of all time set in a classic Art Deco theatre interior, complete with velvet curtains. (See attached photos.)
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Theater not returning to the Ideal
BALTIMORE, MD — Despite the hopes of some locals, the Ideal will not return to life as a theatre. Avenue Antiques will be extending their business next door and make it another multi-vendor space. The building opened as a theatre in 1908.
Read the full story in the North Baltimore Patch.
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March 14, 2012
Grand Cinemas ticket booth to become info kiosk
MILWAUKEE, WI — Not quite reopening many have been hoping for but the Grand Cinemas will get some new life soon. Marcus Corp. (the theatre’s owner) along with some city agencies, are working together to renovate the theatre' ticket booth into an information kiosk for tourists and other visitors.
Read more in the Journal Sentinel.
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Remembering the Chicago movie theater that revolutionized the movie industry
CHICAGO, IL — The Chicagoist looks at the origins of Universal Pictures and Chicago’s first successful movie theater, the White Front. Carl Laemmle built his empire from this one theatre that is sadly long gone.