{"id":386,"date":"2009-01-10T00:44:24","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T06:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:58:21","slug":"orpheum-heads-talk-future-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=386","title":{"rendered":"Orpheum heads talk future plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

From January 8, 2009:<\/em><\/p>\n

Click to Read<\/a><\/p>\n

Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette<\/span><\/strong> about the board of directors of the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum<\/strong> seeking input from area firms about developing a stand-alone museum and revitalizing or selling\u00a0its current home, the Orpheum Theatre<\/strong> in downtown Champaign<\/strong>. (Remember that the direct link to\u00a0this <\/em>article will expire after<\/em> Wednesday, January 14<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

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Editor’s note:<\/em>\u00a0Welcome to “Shaky Ground for Old Theaters in Walking Distance of the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters<\/strong> Week,” folks.<\/p>\n

Second announcement first, the article linked above\u00a0finds our well-meaning children’s museum folks all but admitting publicly that similar educational ventures in other cities (namely, Normal<\/strong> and Decatur<\/strong>) beat the pants off their own efforts in the cramped confines of the Orpheum Theatre<\/strong>. I must concur that the Normal version is quite elaborate compared to our own, and that’s my impression just by staring through the windows from the street.<\/p>\n

The scheme is that Orpheum personnel want “best-use” scenarios for what they currently have available – the Orpheum itself, the plot of land south of the Orpheum which features\u00a0sand boxes, and the vacant lot north of the Orpheum.\u00a0The concept I like best, per the article, is to construct museum facilities in both lots and restore the Orpheum to its former glory. However, if the museum’s\u00a0board has a say in what actually plays<\/em> the Orpheum at that point, then\u00a0don’t hold your breath hoping for a continuation\u00a0of her cinematic legacy.<\/p>\n

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A paraphrase in the article citing the museum’s executive director, Sonya Darter<\/strong>, states that “the theater auditorium could then be updated to become a 500-seat facility where plays, ballet, and concerts could be performed.” Other than eliciting grumbles from my inner Tim Allen<\/strong> despite my generally agreeable disposition towards the performing arts – remember his running gag about despising the opera on HOME IMPROVEMENT<\/strong>? – I immediately tuned in to what wasn’t<\/em> mentioned. This is potentially significant given what I’ll be discussing in my next post.<\/p>\n

If you live in Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> and call yourself a fan of the cinema, you will<\/em> read my next post.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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