Vinegar Hill Theater
Vinegar Hill Theater was an independent movie theater in downtown Charlottesville. It showed domestic and international films and participated in the Virginia Film Festival and the Virginia Film Society.[1] The theater closed following a final showing on August 4, 2013.[2]
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History
The theater was opened in 1976 by Chief Gordon and Ann Porotti[3] as a classic movie venue[1] in a former garage and motorcycle showroom.[2] Porotti sold the theater in 2008 to Adam Greenbaum of Visualite Cinemas in Staunton.[4][1] In February 2013, the theater installed new digital projectors costing $60,000. But it was unable to compete with the Regal Cinema multiplex that opened in Stonefield in fall 2012.[2] The last film shown was Much Ado About Nothing on August 4, 2013.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Web. Vinegar Hill: the long almost-goodbye, Carroll Trainum, The Hook, Better Publications LLC, 6 Nov 2008, retrieved 26 Mar 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Web. Last picture show: Vinegar Hill to close after 37 years, Lisa Provence, The Hook, Better Publications LLC, 2 Aug 2013, retrieved 5 Aug 2013.
- ↑ Web. The (Mostly) True Story of Fellini's, J. Tobias Beard, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, Sept 27 2011
- ↑ Web. Vinegar Hill back from the dead!, Courtenay Stuart, The Hook, Better Publications LLC, October 29, 2008
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38°01′56″N 78°28′59″W / 38.032142°N 78.48303°W