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The theater, which Wichitan Bill Warren owned before selling his chain to Regal in 2017, opened in Old Town in 2003.. There are seven screens at the theater, which once also had a bar and ...
The Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple (formerly the Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral) is a theatre and cultural center in Scranton, Pennsylvania.The Cultural Center's mission statement is "to rejuvenate a national architectural structure as a regional center for arts, education and community activities appealing to all ages."
Scranton was founded in 1871 as a coal town. [4] It was named after Scranton, Pennsylvania. [5] [6]The first post office in Scranton was established in September 1872. [7]As of 1890, Scranton was reported to be one of many Kansas coal mining towns that were sundown towns, meaning that African Americans were not allowed to live there.
Originally built as a vaudeville venue, the theatre underwent conversion into a movie house in 1929 and for decades it presented both movies and live entertainment. . Throughout the 1920s, the Chicago-based Orpheum circuit brought famous names like: Al Jolson, Fannie Brice, Jack Benny, George Burns, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Gracie Allen, Gypsy Rose Lee, Bing Crosby, Mickey Rooney, and ...
Wichita’s 102-year-old Orpheum Theatre will close starting in June of 2025 so that crews can start on a long-awaited, complete restoration of the aging but beloved downtown venue.. On Wednesday ...
The Northrup Theatre is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story masonry building. The original structure is styled as an adaptation of the Mission Revival style, with Moderne elements added in a 1948 renovation. The main facade facing Main Street uses textured blond brick, capped by a stepped parapet and embellished with terra cotta detailing.
The stages of the three spaces abut in the building's center. An additional exhibit hall named for former Wichita City Commissioner and Mayor Bob Brown was added to the original structure in 1986. The hall contains an additional 93,000 sq ft (8,600 m 2) of exhibit space with an 8,000 sq ft (740 m 2) lobby. [1]
At that time, the small city only included a filling station, barber shop, taxi service and bicycle rental shop. [ 2 ] The next ten years became very important for Dickinson Theatres, as the construction of a major motor hotel complex, the Glenwood Manor Motor Hotel, began at 95th and Metcalf, just a short distance away from what would be ...