HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 5 - The Highland Theatre says Goodbye

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🗓️ 28 March 2024

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Summary

Revival House is breaking format for this episode, and we’re saying goodbye to a historic first-run movie theater.

The Highland Theatre in Highland Park was one of the only movie theaters in Northeast LA. A designated historic cultural monument, the exterior will remain intact, but its future is uncertain.

In this episode, How To LA producer Victoria Alejandro chats with host Brian De Los Santos about community memories, the history of the theater, and what might be next…

Links we mentioned in this episode:

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Guests: Highland Park Independent Film Festival co-founder and executive director, Marita De La Torre; historian and film professor Ross Melnick, and local employee Denise Hernandez

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0:00.0	I'm Julia Paskin.
0:01.6	Join me as I talk with NPR's Sarah McCammon
0:04.2	about her new book, The Ex-Vangelicals,
0:06.4	Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.
0:09.4	That's April 25th at the Crawford, tickets at LAS.com
0:12.6	slash events.
0:14.7	Hello LA!
0:16.7	We're going back to the movies.
0:18.9	Kind of. We're back with another episode of Revival House, but we're breaking format and talking
0:30.0	about a historic 100-year-old movie theater that sadly closed its doors late last month.
0:36.0	The Highland Theater and Highland Park.
0:38.6	This three-screen theater was one of the very few movie theaters in Northeast LA on a street that's been
0:44.5	gentrifying for years. Tickets used to be $10 or less and you could regularly
0:49.5	catch a movie for only six bucks on a Tuesday or Wednesday.
0:53.0	Many Angelinos are mourning the loss,
0:56.0	because it wasn't just a movie theater.
0:58.0	It was pretty much a cultural hub.
1:00.0	We wanted to talk about this, the theater, and its history, so we had to bring on
1:05.1	how to LA producer and movie lover, Victoria Alejandro. She's been reporting
1:09.3	out how to LA's Revival House series, our love letter to vintage and independent movie theaters in
1:14.4	LA. We'll talk with her after the break. Stay with us.
1:22.3	Imagine if you could charge your electric vehicle at the places you already love to eat, shop, and play.
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