Spectacle Theater

346 Bedford Avenue | also 124 South 3rd Street, 344 Bedford Avenue | Williamsburg | built 1910

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2010
September
Spectacle Theater opens in a former bodega at 124 South 3rd Street
The collectively run microcinema opened in September 2010 in space that had been a bodega. From the start it showed rare, independent and arthouse films that were unavailable on DVD, at $5 a ticket. The room has 35 seats.
“Spectacle Theater opened in September 2010 at 124 S. 3rd Street in Brooklyn in a space that used to be a bodega.”
Source: Wikipedia
2013
The Village Voice names Spectacle Theater best for weird repertory film programming
In 2013 the Village Voice gave Spectacle its "Best Weird Repertory Film Programming" award. The collective chooses the programs, prints its own posters and runs the projector during shows. The theater screens films seven days a week.
“In 2013, Spectacle was awarded the "Best Weird Repertory Film Programming" by The Village Voice.”
Source: Wikipedia
2015
A rent increase pushes Spectacle to a Kickstarter campaign to stay in its space
In 2015 the theater faced a rent increase and lease-mandated improvements. It ran a Kickstarter campaign to keep operating in the same central Williamsburg location, and the campaign succeeded, so the theater stayed at 124 South 3rd Street.
Source: Wikipedia

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