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Theaters
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January 5, 2012
City to run Granite City Cinema
GRANITE CITY, IL — The plan always was for city to eventually operate the year-old Granite City Cinema. The change in management went into effect on New Year’s Day. While STL Cinemas is stepping out, all the employees will stay.
Read more in Suburban Journals.
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Art house Cinema to begin construction on new multiplex
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January 4, 2012
New horizons for Lincoln Theatre
WASHINGTON, DC — While it’s had many uses over the years, the Lincoln Theatre has returned to a life as a full-time movie theater. Landmark will operate it. However, it’s not entirely up to Landmark. The D.C. Commission for the Arts & Humanities stepped in as well to prevent it from closing and are working together with Landmark.
(Thanks to Jack Coursey for providing the photo.)
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December 30, 2011
Crookston theater turns 100
CROOKSTON, MN — Billing itself as the longest continuously operating movie theater in the country, the Crookston Grand Theatre turned 100 this month. Despite its age, they’ve made plenty of updates from stadium seating to digital projection.
Read more at WDAY.
(Thanks to Bunny & Norm Lenburg for providing the photo.)
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Skokie Theatre shuts its doors
SKOKIE, IL — The Skokie Theatre is shutting its doors again. This time on the eve of its 100th Anniversary year, they just aren’t bringing in the revenue to continue operating. The mayor and the bank that’s owned it the past few years are trying to find a new owner so it can continue.
Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune.
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December 29, 2011
WXXI, Little Theater announce merger
ROCHESTER, NY — Both facing tough times, the Little Theatre and radio station WXXI have formed a merger. While they’ll still exist separately, they’ve joined forces to enhance fundraising and sales efforts. Time will tell whether whether this experimental partnership will be as mutually beneficial as they hope.
Read the full story in The Daily News.
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December 28, 2011
French art house shuts its doors in protest
PARIS, FRANCE — Art-house theaters in the U.S. have been slowly losing grasp of their bookings for years because of major chains starting to pick and choose art-house fare for their own cinemas. In Paris, some theater owners aren’t about to give up so easily. The Cinema Le Balzac has shut its doors in protest of this and other cinemas are following.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times
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December 27, 2011
Oscars academy to build outdoor theater in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD, CA — Originally intended to be used for a movie museum, the vacant lot near Fountain and Vine is to be used as an Academy-run outdoor theatre for classic films. It’s scheduled to be completed by the spring. While it’s a noble idea to contribute to the community, one wonders how much demand there will be.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
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December 21, 2011
World’s Coolest Movie Theaters
A piece in the Huffington Post the other week presents a slideshow of some of the most unique-looking theaters around the world. Check out the list along with some comments from Cinema Treasures' very own Ross Melnick.
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December 19, 2011
More than $5 million raised for Saginaw’s Temple Theatre
SAGINAW, MI — The Temple Theatre Foundation has exceeded its goal of $5 million by raising $5,083,000 for the foundation’s endowment fund of which interest from the fund will be used for operations and upkeep of the historic theater. The money was raised by hundreds of people, businesses and foundations. The Shaheen family donated $700,000. They bought the Temple Theatre in 2002, saving it from demolition and restored the theater. They turned over the theater to the newly formed Temple Theatre Foundation last year.
Additional details, including video, are available from WJRT.
(Thanks to ifmuth for providing the photo.)