SIOUX CITY’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GETS UNDERWAY IN DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY THURSDAY EVENING, BUT IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN PLANNED.
THE PROMENADE CINEMA WAS TO HOST THE FESTIVAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT WAS ABRUPTLY CLOSED WITH THE LOCKS CHANGED WEDNESDAY IN A RENT DISPUTE BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND THE THEATER.
FILM FESTIVAL SPOKESMAN GREGORY GILES SAYS THURSDAY NIGHT’S OPENING WILL NOW BE HELD IN THE FORMER RIVIERA THEATER BUILDING ON 4TH STREET:
FILM1 OC……OLD RIVIERA THEATER. :21
TONIGHTS 7:30 SHOWING IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC:
FILM2 OC…90 MINUTE MOVIE. :11
GILES SAYS TALKS BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND THE THEATER HAVE BEEN GOING ON ALL DAY, AND THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE PROMENADE REOPENED FOR THE FESTIVAL FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
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