The Picture House was thrilled to receive the Arts Organization Award for 2023 from ArtsWestchester. On April 19, the TPH team and I attended the Arts Award Luncheon. It’s wonderful to be recognized, of course, but to be recognized in this vibrant Westchester arts landscape is doubly thrilling – and humbling. ArtsWestchester has over 140 [...]
With the advent of spring, we’re moving into festival mode at The Picture House. Now that we have 5 theaters with seating from 14 to 308 our festival capabilities are much expanded! With The Italian American Forum, we’re presenting the Westchester Italian Film Festival from April 21-23. Don’t miss opening night at TPH Bronxville with [...]
My friends in the Southwest say they miss fall with its changing colors. And then I have friends who define themselves as summer people or winter people. My season is Awards Season — the time every year when there’s a renewed focus on film — the stars, the scandals, and, most of all, the magic. [...]
At The Picture House, our mission guides our decisions, and that mission focuses on three areas: Film, Education, and Community. It’s not just the movies (just look at the back of our staff t-shirts)! It’s The Movies. And More. The 2022 holiday season was a clear example of this, from an interactive, book-based event with [...]
The economics of all nonprofits are different, and the economics of a nonprofit movie theater is a world unto itself. Few people understand that when they pay $10 for a movie ticket we have to send as much as $6.50 back to the movie distributor, leaving us with precious little for general operations, much less [...]
There are few certainties in life, but one certainty at The Picture House Regional Film Center is that we are powered by community. Both theaters – The Picture House Pelham and The Picture House Bronxville – are important fixtures in their respective villages and also throughout southern Westchester. Granted, we’ve only been in operation at [...]
With our Centennial behind us and programming in full swing at Bronxville and Pelham, this fall will be a time for reviving old traditions and inaugurating new ones. You may have seen a Save the Date or two come through your email recently. I hope you have duly marked your calendars! Picnic in the Park [...]
We talk about the Picture House mission having three focus areas: film, education, and community. At the core of that community are our members. Our members come from all over Westchester, from the Bronx, and a few brave and dedicated souls from the further reaches of New York City, the Hudson Valley, and Connecticut. Their [...]
Nearly 300 people gathered at the Glen Island Harbour Club on March 11 for the final event in a year of centennial celebrations for The Picture House Regional Film Center. We knew at the outset that we’d be celebrating the 100th birthday of The Picture House in Pelham… little did we know that our final [...]
Have I mentioned it’s our Centennial? Our centennial year began in March of 2021 with a virtual event in honor of the 100th birthday of the 1921 Pelham theater. And now, after a year of challenge and surprise, we are weeks away from the final centennial event — a celebration of TWO theaters born in [...]