The Weekender Loves The Vintage Theater

Peeking at today's Weekender gave me a sigh of relief. I mean last week their cover story was basically a review of a video game that came out last spring. Seriously. And my beef with this arts and entertainment rag has always been that they focus too much on crappy bars and the ugly people who attend them, which I guess is supposed to be entertainment, but rarely the arts. And when they do it's usually something equally as crappy like the Fine Arts Fiesta.
So back to this week's cover, a true arts & entertainment feature worth checking out, on The Vintage Theater in Scranton. I read a blurb a few weeks ago about this spot opening, which had me very excited. It's a theater that is going work as a non-profit collective venue housing all-ages shows, art exhibits, and weekly showings of classic films. Their grand-opening is this weekend showing Hitchcock's classic "The 39 Steps."
Not a whole lot else from the article, except that the organizer, Conor O'Brien wants this to be a community based art space with a focus on keeping entertainment economical. All awesome! Now keep this going Weekender.

Address, upcoming schedule, and appropriate links below.

• The Vintage Theater’s grand opening, featuring the Alfred Hitchcock classic “The 39 Steps:” Jan. 16-18, Fri./Sat., 7 p.m., Sat./Sun., 3 p.m. $5 evening, $3 matinee.

• The romantic classic “Random Harvest:” Jan. 23-25, Fri./Sat., 7 p.m., Sat./Sun., 3 p.m. $5 evening, $3 matinee.

• The campy Roy Rogers western “My Pal Trigger:” Jan. 30-Feb. 1, Fri./Sat., 7 p.m., Sat./Sun., 3 p.m. $5 evening, $3 matinee.

• The Photography of Matt Artz and Jess Confer: Feb. 6, 5 p.m.

• The dark comedy “Little Shop of Horrors:” Feb. 7-8, Fri./Sat., 7 p.m., Sat./Sun., 3 p.m. $5 evening, $3 matinee.

• Steamtown Improv, Here We Are In Spain and Rare Bird Show: Feb. 13. Steamtown Improv and Rare Bird Show at 7 p.m., Here We Are In Spain and Rare Bird Show at 9 p.m. $7.

• Donny Kirschner and Satellite band show: Feb. 14, 7 p.m., $5

• To reserve/pre-order tickets, e-mail your name, number, and amount of tickets needed to Boxoffice@ScrantonsVintageTheater.com.

• The Vintage Theater is located on the first floor of The Ritz Building at 222 Wyoming Ave., Scranton. Info: www.scrantonsvintagetheater.com, 570.561.9546.