A Second Act For The Uptown Theater?

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

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4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2014

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

As Chicago's former grand movie palace turns 90, the question remains: What can be done to restore it?

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0:00.0	I'm Odette Yousef, WBEZ's Northside Bureau reporter.
0:05.0	It's time for a series we call Curious City.
0:08.0	It's where we answer your questions about Chicago, the region, and its people.
0:13.0	Up ahead, we answer a question about an iconic logo seen on Chicago's silver screens.
0:19.0	But first, a story about one of the grandest spaces in town
0:23.3	that no one's using anymore, the Uptown Theater. We got a question about how it can be
0:29.3	reused, so we did our best to gather ideas. I would love to see, you know, a winter farmer's
0:34.8	market here, concerts, movies, art.
0:42.0	After this brief intermission, hear how the Uptown Theater hopes for a second act.
0:45.1	On the latest episode of Pleasure Town.
0:47.3	My people treat it every day as a holiday.
0:52.3	Drink at dawn, dance till dusk, laugh and sing to keep the tears inside.
0:55.7	What could capture their attention long enough to take home?
0:59.8	The answer, turns out, it was pretty damn simple.
1:07.7	The only way to stop running from your past is to turn and to face it, the feast of the wretched.
1:12.1	Join the story now at WBEZ.org slash pleasure town.
1:17.4	Who is the what is going to be? When were there? Why is it? How many? What is the?
1:17.6	What?
1:24.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to Curious City. I'm Odette Yousef, WB.B.Z's Northside Bureau reporter.
1:29.0	I moved to Chicago four years ago to a place just a few blocks from the magnificent Uptown Theater. I remember seeing it and wondering, wow, wouldn't it be something
1:34.8	to see a show there? But it's been closed for more than 30 years. So I was happy to see this
1:41.3	question about it in Curious City's database.
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