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The Kenwood Theatre across from the Kenwood Towne Centre may be closing, but a new state-of-the-art cinema with 12 screens is opening on the other side of the mall.
The owner of the Kenwood Place shopping center, where the Kenwood Theatre has operated for more than a decade, wants to revamp the movie house building and another retail building next to it – turning them into modernized spaces for shops, restaurants and offices.
The Sycamore Township Zoning Commission will take up the proposal at a June 14 meeting.
Meanwhile, City Base Cinemas Kenwood will open with extras such as virtual reality rooms and a bar later this summer in The Kenwood Collection. That’s a mixed-use project under development that includes retail and office tenants at 5901 E. Galbraith Road, next to the Kenwood Towne Centre.
Cincinnati small theater operators try to stay afloat amid pandemic Share Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021 Share Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Apr 23, 2021
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Show Transcript RE-EMERGE STARTING NOW YOU CAN ADD KENWOOD THEATER TO THE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL LIST. THEY’RE GONNA HAVE FREE MOVIES ALL WEEK THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. THEY’RE SHOWING SOME CLASSIC MOVIES LIKE TWISTER GOONIES SHOW UP AT THE BOX OFFICE FIRST COME FIRST SERVED JUST AS WITH THE ESQUIRE IN CLIFTON PANDEMIC PROTOCOLS REMAIN IN PLACE. WE STILL HAVE THINGS ROPED OFF EVERY OTHER ROW IS BLOCKED OFF AND WE’RE DOING ABOUT A THIRD OF CAPACITY MANAGER JOHNNY SHANKS SENSES THE START OF A COMEBACK. DESPITE THEATER CLOSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE THE MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DOWN ABOUT 80% IN THE LAST YEAR EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC INDEPENDENCE LIKE CINCINNATI WORLD CINEMA WERE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FLUX AND ADJUSTMENT AND SINCE THEN THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN MAGNIFIED WITH FIXED
Kenwood Theatre celebrates reopening with week of free movies
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and last updated 2021-04-22 21:41:54-04
SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP, Ohio â The staff at the locally-owned Kenwood Theatre is working hard to reopen for the first time since last summer, and theyâre offering moviegoers a week of free shows.
Starting Friday, movie titles will fill their marquee again. The Kenwood Theatre team is hoping families will come out to enjoy a weeklong celebration of their grand reopening.
Kenwood closed its doors for the first time in March 2020 at the outset of the pandemic, and they briefly reopened last summer.
âKenwood wasnât ready yet, because Kenwood is more of a mainstream film theatre and there werenât a lot of mainstream films from the studios,â said Vice President of Operations Julianne Reisenfeld.
Kenwood Theatre hosts reopening celebration with week of free movies like The Goonies, Annabelle Share Updated: 9:50 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 9:50 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff Have you missed going to the movie theater? The Kenwood Theatre is hosting a re-opening celebration and will be playing fan-favorite movies for free for a week.Beginning Friday through April 30, guests can visit the Kenwood Theatre to view five films for free. The movies shown during the week will be The Goonies, The Lego Movie, Annabelle, Crazy Rich Asians and Twister. The Kenwood Theatre has a concession stand that offers specialty snacks and alcoholic beverages. Patrons can also purchase a take-home mega bag of the “Best Popcorn in Town!”To view showtimes for the free movies, click here.