It wasn't that many years ago that in addition to the 1st run movie houses in Grand Rapids, we had the Movies of North Kent (now a car dealer), The Movies at Woodland (since torn down and replaced with what was then Cinemark Theatre) and Alpine. All featured 2nd run movies at discount prices.
They all closed and their sites have been redeveloped into some non-movie use.
But recently, the owners of Celebration Cinema and Studio 28 bought both the Cinemark Locations (Woodland Mall and Rivertown Crossings) and to my delight, Woodland is going to feature INDY films and 2nd run movies. EVERY SEAT for EVERY SHOW $3.50. Plus it's clean and neat with lots of places to get a bite to eat nearby.
This is the same theatre that last year ran digital similcasts of operas from the Metropolitan Opera. Tickets were $14.00 and we really enjoyed the one we were able to attend. We saw I Puritani, an opera that we were not familiar with, but it was fun and pretty exciting to think that we were watching THE MET in Grand Rapids. We remain hopeful that Celebration will continue this great program.
The manager, Brad, is a client. We ran into him after La Vie en Rose, the story of Edith Piaf (click to give a listen). He says that they will have 4 INDY films running every week. Exciting times in GR.
I encourage everyone in the area to support this new format at Celebration-Woodland. Many of the small films that they will bring in are very high quality and if we make it worth their while, they will continue.
I'll keep an eye out for you when we're there!
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