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April 24, 2008
New owners take charge of theater
RATON, NM — There are new owners for the El Raton Theatre that hope to pour some money into it and keep it going.
When Kerry Medina last August began checking out the El Raton – the downtown Raton movie theater had been put up for sale – he found out the 78-year-old building needed a lot of work, but he also “thought it would be a pretty neat business to own.”
On Thursday, Medina and his wife Kristie, along with their friends – and now business partners – Ted and Traci Kamp and Neil and Donna Emiro, became the new owners of the historic El Raton. All of the new owners are from Raton.
Read more in the Raton Range.
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Digibeta needed for not-for-profit theater
If anyone has a working Digibeta that they are willing to donate to a NFP theater, please post here and I will forward contact information.
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April 23, 2008
1910 Sunday-closing of theaters
BOISE, ID — This article in the Idaho Statesman takes a look at the local conflicts that arose in 1910 when theaters weren’t allowed to operate on Sundays.
In 1910, when the Idaho Legislature’s Sunday-closing law went into effect, there was widespread dissatisfaction among the businesses affected and a good part of the public as well.
“It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in this state to keep open on Sunday any theatre, playhouse, race track, merry-go-round, circus or show, concert saloon, billiard or pool room, bowling alley, variety hall, or any such place of amusement.”
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Loan for Fairfield theater advances
FAIRFIELD, CT — In order to keep the Community Theater alive, the theater’s foundation head is taking a loan out from the city.
A $40,000 loan request from the Community Theater Foundation got a favorable review from the Board of Finance on Tuesday.
The finance board gave unanimous approval to the special appropriation, which now must go before the Representative Town Meeting.
In the meantime, the loan will go toward about $75,000 in immediate repairs to the theater’s roof, floor and plumbing, and the projection equipment.
Read the full story in the Connecticut Post.
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Recent live theatre conversions
Can anybody recommend web sites for theaters that have recently been converted to live performance venues, especially where the auditorium has been gutted or modernized to a 2000 seat-sized live hard top proscenium theater?
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April 22, 2008
Three Charleston-area theaters close
CHARLESTON, SC — AMC is closing three theaters in Charleston.
AMC Entertainment, Inc. announced that their multi-screen theaters at Citadel Mall and Northwoods Mall will close. Both theaters were purchased by AMC Entertainment, Inc. in 2002. Both theaters were built before the trend to Megaplex theaters. Neither theater has ever been significantly remodeled.
Get the full story at SC Movie Theaters here.
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Drive-in theater in the works
CARMEL, CA — A temporary drive-in theater is being slated for Labor Day weekend.
Put down those portable DVD players, kids. Forget your On Demand, Dad. Fritz Renner is opening a drive-in theater near you.
The originator of Carmel’s Films in the Forest series at the Forest Theater, Renner has announced plans to use Hidden Valley — a performing arts institute just west of Carmel Valley Village — as a drive-in movie theater.
“We’re thinking that some people who have never experienced the drive-in would find this neat,” Renner said. “And for the older folks who grew up going to drive-ins, they could go for the nostalgic experience.”
Read more in the Monterey County Herald.
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April 21, 2008
Challenge issued to those hating how things turned out
Regular Cinema Treasures commenter schmadrian has issued a challenge to those movie palace aficionados who wish things hadn’t ended up the way they have.
“As hinted at in a recent ‘Cinema Treasures’ thread, I’d like to challenge all those who so animatedly decry ‘how bad things have gotten’ to put aside their frustrations, their habitual indignant ravings, and instead, invest these sometimes not-inconsiderable energies into suggesting how we might not have ended up here. (While ‘here’ is subjective, for the sake of this experiment, let’s say we’re referring to not only a loss of cinematic heritage by way of the wrecking ball, but also leaving us with bland, over-priced boxes-for-theatres with mannerless idiots for patrons.) Using the concept of ‘alternate history’, I’m challenging any and all to have a go at jiggling circumstances, at rearranging cause-and-heartbreaking-effect, at playing with all the contributing factors to end up with-
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Theatre Equipment wanted
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April 18, 2008
Reseda revival
RESEDA, CA — The long shuttered Reseda Theatre is being converted into a live venue for local acts.
CIM Group, a company that operates the Hollywood & Highland complex in Hollywood that includes the Kodak Theatre, has entered into an agreement with the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles to renovate the 60-year-old structure and transform it into a venue showcasing community-oriented entertainment.
The $8.7-million project should be completed this fall, said Shaul Kuba, principal and founder of CIM Group, based in Los Angeles. “The intent is to have a Latino band playing there one day, a Persian band the next day, and the day after that, a little rock band can come in and play,” Kuba said. “The venue will be there for all different sorts of events.”
Get the full story in the Los Angeles Times.