An Update on the Happenings at Alhambra Theater

It’s been a few months since I’ve written about my favorite piece of Evansville architecture, but the Courier & Press published a story this morning about the return of the summer movie series that takes place outside of the old theater.

Friday evening at 8PM, the Fourth Friday Film Classics series kicks off for another season with a showing of All About Eve, the 1950’s film starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and Marilyn Monroe. The movie won’t be shown inside the theater as renovations are still pending that will bring the building up to modern standards. Alhambra Theater Inc, the nonprofit organization in charge of renovations, is still awaiting the $200,000 in federal grants that will go towards the restoration.

If you want to know a bit more about the history of the theater, there’s also going to be a talk this evening by Andy Jeffries, a recent USI graduate who researched the theater’s history. Jeffries will discuss the original history of the building as well as several of the failed renovation attempts starting at 7PM at the Willard Library. If you’re interested in one of Evansville’s neatest landmarks, check it out.

photo courtesy of SUPERBANANABOMB