By: Deborah Johnson Wood
The Walkies are here! Grab that special someone, a group of friends, or just meander on over to Wealthy Street for Friday nights of dinner and drinks, shopping, and a movie in the intimate atmosphere of the 60-seat Koning Micro-Cinema.
Community Media Center and Local First have partnered to present 12 months of movies one Friday a month, plus the opportunity to park the car once and make an evening of it strolling the shops, restaurants, pubs, coffee houses and galleries on Wealthy from Union to Lake Drive.
“Sean Kinney approached me about ways we could use his former Grand Rapids Micro Cinema, and we came up with The Walkies, a takeoff on “Talkies,” the name for talking movies,” says Erin Wilson, director of Wealthy Theatre. “The cinema went out of business, but we have the Koning Micro-Cinema here, and Sean is still involved.”
Buy tickets at the door for three bucks or get a full year of movies for a nominal monthly amount: $5 a month gets one ticket for every showing, $10 buys two tickets for every showing, and for $25 subscribers get two tickets to every showing and get to choose one movie to show (the first, Army of Darkness, runs June 27).
“With gas prices what they are this is a great way to get people to spend a Friday night on Wealthy Street,” Wilson says. “We knew it was going to work when Local First became a part of it because this is a perfect event for them.”
Beginning in August purchase tickets online, print them and bring them to the box office. Until then, tickets are available at the door. For information sponsorships, contact [email protected].
Source: Erin Wilson, Wealthy Theatre
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Deborah Johnson Wood is the development news editor for Rapid Growth Media. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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