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Our vision of the future is one of continual connection; film, education, and unique cultural offerings that bring our diverse community together, within and without our historic walls.
Future Picture House programming will stay ahead of the curve, with an eye on the next best thing in cinema — and on our community’s wants and needs.
As we build on the foundation of our first 100 years, we know that additional spaces are essential in order to fulfill our mission. They are also essential in today’s nonprofit movie theater landscape where only theaters with multiple screens can compete effectively for access to films, stars, and audiences.
So while we look to expansion on the horizon, we will be improving the spaces we do have. In 2021-22 The Picture House will replace our entire HVAC system with a more efficient and effective system, with improved filtration and air quality control. We also plan to install the latest technology for assistive listening and closed captioning and, as our digital projector is nearing the end of its life, we will be soon be replacing it, thanks in part to a matching grant from the New York Council on the Arts.
“However films do their work — create their magic — they do so because of other people: making movies is a social act and so is moviegoing. And while you can watch them sitting alone on your couch, there is something qualitatively different about going to a designated space and sitting, and staying, in the enveloping dark with a lot of people you don’t know and maybe some you do. It is an exquisite, human thing to sit with all those other souls, to be alone with others.”
