KXLY
July 24, 2021 6:13 PM
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SPOKANE, Wash. There’s now another place to hang out now; The Garland Theatre just reopened, and it’s something many people have been waiting for.
The theater closed 16 months ago when COVID restrictions first hit in March 2020. No one’s been able to sit in those red seats at the Garland Theatre since then until Friday.
Popcorn was popping, drinks were being made, the movie theater experience was back in full swing on Saturday, the first full day its had in more than a year.
“There’s something different about watching it at home versus watching it in a theater. Where everybody else reacts with you, everybody gasps with you, they laugh with you. That’s the unique theater experience,” said general manager Jasmine Barnes.
Charley was born at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane to Charles âFredâ Koehler VI and Evelyn Mae (Gordon) Koehler. He grew up in Spokane with his parents, younger sister, Kathleen, and his Uncle Paul, his fatherâs brother. At an early age, he attended Knox Presbyterian Church in Spokane every Sunday with his grandfather, the Rev. Charles F. Koehler V, and grandmother, Grace.
Each time someone went to Deaconess Hospital, he would ask, in a serious tone, to see if the hospital had erected a statue of him yet. Of course they had not, nor will there ever be a statue in his honor, but it was this sense of humor that kept Charleyâs friends, family, co-workers and students laughing his entire life. He also possessed an amazing ability to tell stories.