Byrd Theatre News

  • The Fifth Element: A Review

    July 15, 2019

    The Fifth Element is the story of a quest to save the universe from an impending evil force. According to an ancient teaching, four elements, and an elusive fifth, otherwise known as the Supreme Being, are the only solution to stop the evil. Our protagonist team is lead by Korben…

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  • Space! July Family Classics

    July 1, 2019

    Each month we bring you a collection of family friendly films every Saturday morning at 10am. This movie going experience includes a Warner Bros. cartoon and a short concert by the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, played by Bob Gulledge. This July, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11…

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  • Pariah; Our last in the Mongays Monday Marathon

    June 25, 2019

    Pariah (2011) tells the story of Alike, a teenager living in the Bronx and her struggle to balance hiding her lesbian identity from her family and living authentically outisde of her home.  Dee Rees, the writer and director, most commonly known for Mudbound (2017) wrote the script back in 2005,…

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  • New Website Launches! ByrdTheatre.org

    June 18, 2019

    As part of the ongoing 90th year of the Byrd Theatre celebration, the latest update to continue to show the Byrd Theatre as fresh and relevant as ever, is the creation of the new ByrdTheatre.org website.  The new site is a unified destination for all things Byrd Theatre. Some of…

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    Pre-Code Films for June

    May 16, 2019

    This June, we are showing a series of Pre-Code films. Historically, Pre-Code films refer to the films created during the time frame from when the Hays Code was introduced in 1930 and the enforcement of the code in about 1934.

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    June Family Film Classics Celebrate Dads

    May 16, 2019

    Each month we bring you a collection of family friendly films every Saturday morning at 10am. This movie going experience includes a Warner Bros. cartoon and a short concert by the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, played by Bob Gulledge. During June we’ve picked 5 great Dad films. June 1: Mrs. Doubtfire…

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    Reinhart Auditorium Dedication

    May 15, 2019

    The Reinhart family recently provided a $500,000 gift to the Foundation – the largest gift in the Foundation’s history.  We held an event at the theatre that drew government officials, civic and corporate leaders and community to honor the Reinhart family and to hear about the current phase of preservation,…

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    March Family Classics

    February 27, 2019

    Little Women (1994)  March 2, 2019 @ 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Tickets $4 Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home…

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    March Big Screen Classics:

    February 22, 2019

    Women’s History & Science on Screen Sunshine Cleaning (2008)  March 6, 2019 @ 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm Tickets $5 In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business — a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service — with her…

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  • February Big Screen Classics continue with Oscar Winners

    January 30, 2019

    Slumdog Millionaire (2008)  February 6, 2019 @7:15 pm -9:30 pm Tickets $5 The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning…

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