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After a year without movies being shown in downtown New Philadelphia, they return to the silver screens tonight in Quaker Cinema.
The Quaker had to shut down because of state health guidelines due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, with the last showing on March 15, 2020. The theater is reopening April 2, 2021, a little more than a year later.
The first movies to be shown in the theater at 158 W. High Ave., New Philadelphia, this weekend will be “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Tom & Jerry: The Movie.”
Owner Michael Ernest said he decided about four weeks ago to reopen because “there will never be a time when we’ll be able to say all that we’re clear of COVID-19. I decided that about six months ago. But, we can t operate without movies, as much as we want to see reopening and going back to normal. Like even the biggest movie theaters, we’re dependent on Hollywood movies being available.”