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Skowhegan, Maine
The Strand Cinema in downtown Skowhegan opened on November 18, 1929, and has been run by Spotlight Cinemas since 2018. It is often named…
Kendallville, Indiana
Built in 1890 as the Spencer Opera House, the building was converted into a movie theater in 1919 and had taken the Strand name by 1924;…
Tampa, Florida
The Tampa Theatre opened in 1926 as an ornate movie palace and still operates today. Projectionist Foster "Fink" Finley ran its booth for…
Owensboro, Kentucky
The Theatre Workshop of Owensboro performs in the Old Trinity Centre, a Gothic Revival building erected in 1875 as an Episcopal church and…
Thomaston, Connecticut
Built in 1884, this theater and the firehouse beside it stand on the site of Thomaston's oldest cemetery — the graves were relocated, but…
Inverness, Florida
Pearl G. Maddox built this theater in 1927 and named it after her daughter; the first film shown was The Only Woman. It survived a 1939…
Longmont, Colorado
Students and staff at Longmont's Vance Brand Civic Auditorium, named for the Longmont-born astronaut, describe a presence they call Edison,…
Kaimuki, Hawaii
The Wai'alae Drive-In Theater in Kaimuki, built next to an old graveyard and closed in the 1980s, was home to one of O'ahu's most enduring…
Torrington, Connecticut
Opened in 1931 as a Warner Brothers movie palace seating 1,772 people, this Art Deco theater is a well-preserved example of architect…
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
The Washington Pavilion in downtown Sioux Falls is an arts and science center in the former Washington High School, built in 1908 and…
Anchorage, Alaska
The Wendy Williamson Auditorium is a 910-seat theatre on the west campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage, and its ghost stories have…
Woodland, California
The Woodland Opera House first opened in 1885 and was destroyed in 1892 by a fire that started in an alley behind it and burned through…
Woodstock, Illinois
Orson Welles learned much of his early craft on the Woodstock Opera House stage as a student at the nearby Todd School for Boys in the late…