Six local authors — including the founder of CoMoHistoricPlaces.com — will give short talk on their books starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2023, Skylark Bookshop at 22 S. Ninth St. Can’t stand long presentations? You’re in luck! Each author will have five minutes to talk about his or her book with a…
Category: Movie Theaters
Watching MU/Kansas football since 1913
Watching MU football on a screen debuted in 1913 at the Airdome Theatre.
The Olde Un Theatres
The Olde Un Theatres is one of the 28 movie theaters included in the book, “Historic Movie Theaters of Columbia, Missouri.” It’s also one of four remaining movie theaters in Columbia, earning it a free copy of the book. Some folks said they were surprised I included the Olde Un in the book, but movie…
Movie Theater Memories
By Jerry Benedict In some ways, my life began with movie theaters, specifically the Missouri Theatre. Like the Missouri Theatre, my story starts in 1927. My mom had been attending Columbia High School (now the Jefferson Middle School building). At that time, it operated as the only public 10-12th grades school for nonminority students. Then…
Talk about movie Theaters
Only four seats left! At 7 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2021, I’ll be talking at the Columbia Public Library about my book “Historic Movie Theaters of Columbia, Missouri.” Registration and wearing a mask is required. Here’s a link to register. https://events.dbrl.org/event/5813052 But what I really hope I’ll be doing is listening — to your stories…
Listen in about Movie Theatre history
Tomorrow on Nov. 30 Simon Rose and I will be talking on the KFRU’s Morning Meeting about movie theaters. If you can’t tune in at 9:15 a.m., don’t worry. You can check it out later via KFRU’s podcast list of Morning Meetings. Of course, you can also pick up the book we’ll be talking about,…
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Printing error delays book, Historic Movie Theaters of Columbia, Missouri
Printing error delays book Movie Theaters of Columbia, Missouri.
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