Remembering my first theater movie

Columns/Opinions

October 4, 2021

With the premier opening of the renovated historic Strand Theater in downtown Jena being held this coming Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m., I felt it would be a good time to make a trip down memory lane recalling my first movie to attend and how small town theaters became a part of life in the mid 1900’s.

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