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Historically operated as a movie palace, the building’s new managers want to renovate the space for more events — like concerts, performances and weddings.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The plans have not been received well by everyone. 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Historically operated as a movie palace, the building’s new managers want to renovate the space for more events — like concerts, performances and weddings.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The plans have not been received well by everyone. 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The words “CASTRO” shine in bright, flashing neon over this proud queer neighborhood. But get a little closer and you notice that some of the neon lights are out, and there aren’t any people around. The front of the theater seems as deserted today as it was during the COVID-19 pandemic. What gives?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The theater is in a state of limbo while its new managers push to renovate the space for a mixed-use future. If their plan goes forward, The Castro wouldn’t be just for movies anymore, but also things like concerts, performances and weddings too. These plans have not been received warmly by all members of the community, who point to the theater’s historical significance as a reason to restore it, but not renovate. The fate of the space currently sits at San Francisco City Hall, where a fight for it’s future has been unfolding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To understand the issue fully, we’ve first got to go back to the theater’s earliest days, because behind the boarded-up windows lie 100 years of stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The early years\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the earliest days of film, three brothers — William, Elias and George Nasser — opened a nickelodeon at 18th and Collingwood in San Francisco. This crude cinema was little more than pictures projected onto a wall, but it led the Nasser brothers to dream of a bigger space in which to entertain audiences with silent films. Before long, they’d tapped architect Timothy Pflueger to design a movie palace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre opened in 1922 on Castro Street, and Pflueger would go on to design celebrated movie theaters like the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, and iconic San Francisco cocktail lounges like the Top of the Mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Castro is a bit of a grab bag of Beaux-Arts, Spanish Baroque, Renaissance, and a variety of other styles,” said queer public historian Gerard Koskovich, “including some Art Deco elements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That mix of styles creates a whimsical environment designed to transport the audience into a world of fantasy and film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 582px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11942950 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image taken from the balcony of a classic, highly decorated movie theater.\" width=\"582\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg 582w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in 1927. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the beginning, the Castro showed silent films, often accompanied by live music from a variety of instruments, most famously the Castro’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CastroTheatre/videos/san-francisco-on-castro-organ/747351313094835/\">Wurlitzer organ\u003c/a>. The Castro catered primarily to the working-class community in the Eureka Valley, then considered a distant suburb outside bustling San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those days, people expected to see a mixed program … some shorts, perhaps to see a newsreel, and then a feature,” said Koskovich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC8810679935&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As sound arrived in film, speakers arrived at the Castro, installed into a large, burlap-lined hole in the wall behind the square movie screen. When film went wide-screen, so did the Castro: Just a few feet in front of the original screen and proscenium, another screen was constructed, and over time the old, gold square was forgotten. It remains visible backstage at the Castro, if you can climb the stairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro, with its 1,400 seats, was considered small for the time period. In San Francisco alone there was competition from behemoths like the El Capitan on Mission Street; now a parking lot, the Cap had double the seats of the Castro. The Fox Theatre on Market Street (on the land now home to Fox Plaza) was dubbed “The World’s Finest Theatre” by \u003cem>The San Francisco Chronicle,\u003c/em> and clocked in at 4,651 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average movie theater in 2023 has approximately 150 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The larger movie houses like the Fox and El Capitan would show the big blockbusters or first-run pictures, while the Castro’s repertoire mostly consisted of second- or third-run pictures — films that had already played at the bigger theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11942945 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The inside of a grand movie theater with ornate decoration. An Art Deco chandelier hangs from a vaulted ceiling. Many rows of red velvet seats lead down to an elevated stage with a curtain closed over the film screen. The lighting is low, in reds and ambers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The gay Castro\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Deindustrialization and white flight changed the makeup of the Castro through the ’50s and ’60s. Then the gay community began moving in. By all accounts, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon — a lesbian couple who became longtime community activists — were the first openly LGBTQ people to move into the Castro, arriving in 1953.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the 1950s, this declining working-class neighborhood had started to emerge as a gay enclave,” said Koskovich. The Castro’s first gay bar — called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/castro-gay-bars/84-2/\">Missouri Mule\u003c/a> — opened in 1963. “And by the early ’70s,” said Koskovich, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5rlwVsyKXA&ab_channel=KQEDArts\">the Castro\u003c/a> was becoming very clearly marked as a gay neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mel Novikoff was the Castro Theatre’s programmer in those days, and he quickly discovered a strategy for getting the neighborhood’s rapidly growing gay community into the theater:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bringing back old film, mixing it with art house films and foreign films,” said Koskovich. This was key to understanding this emerging urban public, he added: “It was people who’d fled their dismal, monochrome hometowns and moved to San Francisco because they wanted to have a sophisticated, thrilling, cosmopolitan cultural life.” Novikoff understood that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And what emerged at the Castro Theatre,” said Koskovich, “was the fact that there were an awful lot of crazed movie queens in San Francisco. They just had to go see a double bill of \u003cem>The Women\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?\u003c/em> often dressed like their favorite characters, or dressed to mock some of the characters, often reciting along the best lines of dialogue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the outside world, it wasn’t necessarily safe to be openly gay. But inside the Castro Theatre, gay people — mostly gay white men — felt safe to express themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1977, the Castro Theatre was recognized as a beacon for the LGBTQ community when it became San Francisco’s 100th historic landmark, protecting the exterior from demolition or alteration. [baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A place of refuge\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Before there were effective treatments around 1996, remaining part of the community as a person with AIDS was impossible,” Koskovich said. Close to 20,000 people died in San Francisco alone during the AIDS crisis — “the overwhelming majority of them gay men under the age of 50,” Koskovich added, with the majority of them living within two miles of the Castro District. “So imagine the impact of that epidemic, not just on the city, but on this specific neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre became a chapel to a community grieving the loss of a generation of young men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a place to go after you got done with the two memorial services for people you knew that week,” remembered Koskovich. “You could spend a couple of hours escaping to a movie, or a live show. You could bring people who were sick and they could sit calmly in a safe, secure, comfortable place and know they weren’t going to be excluded if they had signs [of AIDS], like Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions. That people weren’t going to pull away from them. They could remain part of the community that had been built there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the ’90s and 2000s, the Castro Theatre continued to grow in engagement and visibility within the LGBTQ community under the watchful eye of programmer Anita Monga. She began the era of film festivals, like Frameline, being hosted at the theater, as well as major film premieres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, the Harvey Milk biopic, \u003cem>Milk\u003c/em>, much of which takes place in the Castro, held its world premiere at the theater. In preparation for the event, the film studio funded a facelift to the Castro’s exterior, restoring it to its 1970’s glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11942954 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-800x594.jpg\" alt='Image taken at night of a glowing neon sign and marquee outside a movie theater. Posters for the movie \"Milk,\" starring Sean Penn are featured on the sign.' width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-800x594.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-160x119.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atmosphere at the world premiere of ‘Milk’ at the Castro Theatre on Oct. 28, 2008, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Steve Jennings/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The future of an icon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, theaters and concert venues were shuttered. Though the Castro Theatre is still owned by descendants of the original Nasser brothers, it came out of 2020 under new management, a company called Another Planet Entertainment. APE is a locally owned concert production company founded in 2003, which also manages the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Oakland’s Fox Theater and the Outside Lands festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>APE announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908311/castro-theatre-to-become-live-music-and-events-venue-after-renovation\">plans to renovate\u003c/a> the Castro Theatre, which include removing the fixed movie theater-style seating, and adding tiered sections for standing-room concerts. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">film community’s reaction\u003c/a> was swift, and decisive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre Conservancy, a community organization whose mission, according to their website, is to protect the theater “as a cultural and entertainment venue for motion pictures and live performances,” announced the creation of the “Save the Castro Theatre” campaign in response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11942947 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A person wearing a rainbow striped sweater hold up two signs. One says \"Another Planet Sucks!\" The other says \"Save the seats.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Petrelis holds a sign that says ‘Save the Seats’ during a town hall meeting about renovations by Another Planet Entertainment at the Castro Theatre on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What followed were rallies, the online #SaveTheSeats campaign, and hundreds of chain emails sent to officials asking that the seats and their layout be specifically protected in a landmark designation for the interior of the theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Historic Preservation Commission took public comment for and against the proposed landmarking on Feb. 1, 2023, at San Francisco City Hall. More than 100 people lined up and waited hours to speak. The majority of the public comments were against any proposed changes to the Castro Theatre’s seating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/Commissions/HPC/2_1_2023/Commission%20Packet/2022-006075DES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/Commissions/HPC/2_1_2023/Commission%20Packet/2022-006075DES.pdf\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">HPC voted to recommend landmarking\u003c/a> the interior of the Castro Theatre, but the details are complicated. The official draft of their recommendation to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors says, “The following features are character-defining and shall be preserved or replaced in kind,” and goes on to list interior features of the theatre, including the “Vast interior auditorium volume with raked floor, aisles, and presence of seating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, it will be up to the Board of Supervisors to decide on the designation and interpretation thereof, including what that means for the existing seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the film community see APE’s proposed changes as the destruction of a cultural space. On the other side are folks who imagine a future where queer concerts play just as much of a role as queer cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t imagine the city of San Francisco, or the international gay community without the Castro Theater,” said David Perry, the Castro Theatre spokesperson for APE, “The plan that Another Planet has put forward doesn’t lessen the iconic nature of the Castro. It increases its ability to become an icon for people to embrace for years to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Either way, the iconic Castro Theatre will remain a part of the San Francisco experience for generations to come, whether as a multi-use community space, or a temple to film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A final decision on its fate could be reached by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors some time in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"No one denies the Castro's cultural importance and landmark status, but a change in management has sparked debate over the fate of its interior, specifically its seats.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1700531660,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":43,"wordCount":1916},"headData":{"title":"San Francisco's Castro Theatre: A Cultural 'Temple' Facing a Fight for Its Future | KQED","description":"No one denies the Castro's cultural importance and landmark status, but a change in management has sparked debate over the fate of its interior, specifically its seats.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Francisco's Castro Theatre: A Cultural 'Temple' Facing a Fight for Its Future","datePublished":"2023-03-09T11:00:11.000Z","dateModified":"2023-11-21T01:54:20.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"source":"Food","sourceUrl":"/food/","audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/EBCBFA/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC8810679935.mp3?updated=1678318796","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11942942/san-franciscos-castro-theatre-a-cultural-temple-facing-a-fight-for-its-future","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Read a transcript of this episode \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/3LeQebL\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can’t walk through San Francisco’s Castro District without your eyes being drawn to the towering marquee. The words “CASTRO” shine in bright, flashing neon over this proud queer neighborhood. But get a little closer and you notice that some of the neon lights are out, and there aren’t any people around. The front of the theater seems as deserted today as it was during the COVID-19 pandemic. What gives?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The theater is in a state of limbo while its new managers push to renovate the space for a mixed-use future. If their plan goes forward, The Castro wouldn’t be just for movies anymore, but also things like concerts, performances and weddings too. These plans have not been received warmly by all members of the community, who point to the theater’s historical significance as a reason to restore it, but not renovate. The fate of the space currently sits at San Francisco City Hall, where a fight for it’s future has been unfolding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To understand the issue fully, we’ve first got to go back to the theater’s earliest days, because behind the boarded-up windows lie 100 years of stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The early years\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the earliest days of film, three brothers — William, Elias and George Nasser — opened a nickelodeon at 18th and Collingwood in San Francisco. This crude cinema was little more than pictures projected onto a wall, but it led the Nasser brothers to dream of a bigger space in which to entertain audiences with silent films. Before long, they’d tapped architect Timothy Pflueger to design a movie palace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre opened in 1922 on Castro Street, and Pflueger would go on to design celebrated movie theaters like the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, and iconic San Francisco cocktail lounges like the Top of the Mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Castro is a bit of a grab bag of Beaux-Arts, Spanish Baroque, Renaissance, and a variety of other styles,” said queer public historian Gerard Koskovich, “including some Art Deco elements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That mix of styles creates a whimsical environment designed to transport the audience into a world of fantasy and film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 582px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11942950 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image taken from the balcony of a classic, highly decorated movie theater.\" width=\"582\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927.jpg 582w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/Castro-Theatre-1927-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in 1927. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the beginning, the Castro showed silent films, often accompanied by live music from a variety of instruments, most famously the Castro’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CastroTheatre/videos/san-francisco-on-castro-organ/747351313094835/\">Wurlitzer organ\u003c/a>. The Castro catered primarily to the working-class community in the Eureka Valley, then considered a distant suburb outside bustling San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those days, people expected to see a mixed program … some shorts, perhaps to see a newsreel, and then a feature,” said Koskovich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC8810679935&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As sound arrived in film, speakers arrived at the Castro, installed into a large, burlap-lined hole in the wall behind the square movie screen. When film went wide-screen, so did the Castro: Just a few feet in front of the original screen and proscenium, another screen was constructed, and over time the old, gold square was forgotten. It remains visible backstage at the Castro, if you can climb the stairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro, with its 1,400 seats, was considered small for the time period. In San Francisco alone there was competition from behemoths like the El Capitan on Mission Street; now a parking lot, the Cap had double the seats of the Castro. The Fox Theatre on Market Street (on the land now home to Fox Plaza) was dubbed “The World’s Finest Theatre” by \u003cem>The San Francisco Chronicle,\u003c/em> and clocked in at 4,651 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average movie theater in 2023 has approximately 150 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The larger movie houses like the Fox and El Capitan would show the big blockbusters or first-run pictures, while the Castro’s repertoire mostly consisted of second- or third-run pictures — films that had already played at the bigger theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11942945 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The inside of a grand movie theater with ornate decoration. An Art Deco chandelier hangs from a vaulted ceiling. Many rows of red velvet seats lead down to an elevated stage with a curtain closed over the film screen. The lighting is low, in reds and ambers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57657_003_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The gay Castro\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Deindustrialization and white flight changed the makeup of the Castro through the ’50s and ’60s. Then the gay community began moving in. By all accounts, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon — a lesbian couple who became longtime community activists — were the first openly LGBTQ people to move into the Castro, arriving in 1953.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the 1950s, this declining working-class neighborhood had started to emerge as a gay enclave,” said Koskovich. The Castro’s first gay bar — called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/castro-gay-bars/84-2/\">Missouri Mule\u003c/a> — opened in 1963. “And by the early ’70s,” said Koskovich, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5rlwVsyKXA&ab_channel=KQEDArts\">the Castro\u003c/a> was becoming very clearly marked as a gay neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mel Novikoff was the Castro Theatre’s programmer in those days, and he quickly discovered a strategy for getting the neighborhood’s rapidly growing gay community into the theater:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bringing back old film, mixing it with art house films and foreign films,” said Koskovich. This was key to understanding this emerging urban public, he added: “It was people who’d fled their dismal, monochrome hometowns and moved to San Francisco because they wanted to have a sophisticated, thrilling, cosmopolitan cultural life.” Novikoff understood that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And what emerged at the Castro Theatre,” said Koskovich, “was the fact that there were an awful lot of crazed movie queens in San Francisco. They just had to go see a double bill of \u003cem>The Women\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?\u003c/em> often dressed like their favorite characters, or dressed to mock some of the characters, often reciting along the best lines of dialogue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the outside world, it wasn’t necessarily safe to be openly gay. But inside the Castro Theatre, gay people — mostly gay white men — felt safe to express themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1977, the Castro Theatre was recognized as a beacon for the LGBTQ community when it became San Francisco’s 100th historic landmark, protecting the exterior from demolition or alteration. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A place of refuge\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Before there were effective treatments around 1996, remaining part of the community as a person with AIDS was impossible,” Koskovich said. Close to 20,000 people died in San Francisco alone during the AIDS crisis — “the overwhelming majority of them gay men under the age of 50,” Koskovich added, with the majority of them living within two miles of the Castro District. “So imagine the impact of that epidemic, not just on the city, but on this specific neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre became a chapel to a community grieving the loss of a generation of young men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a place to go after you got done with the two memorial services for people you knew that week,” remembered Koskovich. “You could spend a couple of hours escaping to a movie, or a live show. You could bring people who were sick and they could sit calmly in a safe, secure, comfortable place and know they weren’t going to be excluded if they had signs [of AIDS], like Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions. That people weren’t going to pull away from them. They could remain part of the community that had been built there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the ’90s and 2000s, the Castro Theatre continued to grow in engagement and visibility within the LGBTQ community under the watchful eye of programmer Anita Monga. She began the era of film festivals, like Frameline, being hosted at the theater, as well as major film premieres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, the Harvey Milk biopic, \u003cem>Milk\u003c/em>, much of which takes place in the Castro, held its world premiere at the theater. In preparation for the event, the film studio funded a facelift to the Castro’s exterior, restoring it to its 1970’s glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11942954 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-800x594.jpg\" alt='Image taken at night of a glowing neon sign and marquee outside a movie theater. Posters for the movie \"Milk,\" starring Sean Penn are featured on the sign.' width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-800x594.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1-160x119.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-112329231-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atmosphere at the world premiere of ‘Milk’ at the Castro Theatre on Oct. 28, 2008, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Steve Jennings/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The future of an icon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, theaters and concert venues were shuttered. Though the Castro Theatre is still owned by descendants of the original Nasser brothers, it came out of 2020 under new management, a company called Another Planet Entertainment. APE is a locally owned concert production company founded in 2003, which also manages the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Oakland’s Fox Theater and the Outside Lands festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>APE announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908311/castro-theatre-to-become-live-music-and-events-venue-after-renovation\">plans to renovate\u003c/a> the Castro Theatre, which include removing the fixed movie theater-style seating, and adding tiered sections for standing-room concerts. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">film community’s reaction\u003c/a> was swift, and decisive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro Theatre Conservancy, a community organization whose mission, according to their website, is to protect the theater “as a cultural and entertainment venue for motion pictures and live performances,” announced the creation of the “Save the Castro Theatre” campaign in response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11942947 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A person wearing a rainbow striped sweater hold up two signs. One says \"Another Planet Sucks!\" The other says \"Save the seats.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS57720_005_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Petrelis holds a sign that says ‘Save the Seats’ during a town hall meeting about renovations by Another Planet Entertainment at the Castro Theatre on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What followed were rallies, the online #SaveTheSeats campaign, and hundreds of chain emails sent to officials asking that the seats and their layout be specifically protected in a landmark designation for the interior of the theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Historic Preservation Commission took public comment for and against the proposed landmarking on Feb. 1, 2023, at San Francisco City Hall. More than 100 people lined up and waited hours to speak. The majority of the public comments were against any proposed changes to the Castro Theatre’s seating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/Commissions/HPC/2_1_2023/Commission%20Packet/2022-006075DES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://citypln-m-extnl.sfgov.org/Commissions/HPC/2_1_2023/Commission%20Packet/2022-006075DES.pdf\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">HPC voted to recommend landmarking\u003c/a> the interior of the Castro Theatre, but the details are complicated. The official draft of their recommendation to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors says, “The following features are character-defining and shall be preserved or replaced in kind,” and goes on to list interior features of the theatre, including the “Vast interior auditorium volume with raked floor, aisles, and presence of seating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, it will be up to the Board of Supervisors to decide on the designation and interpretation thereof, including what that means for the existing seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the film community see APE’s proposed changes as the destruction of a cultural space. On the other side are folks who imagine a future where queer concerts play just as much of a role as queer cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t imagine the city of San Francisco, or the international gay community without the Castro Theater,” said David Perry, the Castro Theatre spokesperson for APE, “The plan that Another Planet has put forward doesn’t lessen the iconic nature of the Castro. It increases its ability to become an icon for people to embrace for years to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Either way, the iconic Castro Theatre will remain a part of the San Francisco experience for generations to come, whether as a multi-use community space, or a temple to film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A final decision on its fate could be reached by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors some time in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"baycuriousquestion","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11942942/san-franciscos-castro-theatre-a-cultural-temple-facing-a-fight-for-its-future","authors":["11749"],"programs":["news_33523"],"series":["news_17986"],"categories":["news_29992","news_8","news_33520"],"tags":["news_19133","news_30494","news_3252","news_31456","news_27626","news_20004","news_28548"],"featImg":"news_11942948","label":"source_news_11942942"},"news_11940144":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11940144","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11940144","score":null,"sort":[1675470747000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"tales-of-the-town-ca-housing-deadline-castro-district","title":"\"Tales of the Town\" | CA Housing Deadline | Castro District","publishDate":1675470747,"format":"video","headTitle":"KQED Newsroom | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":7052,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Tales of the Town\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nA new film titled Tales of the Town travels 100 years in Oakland's political and cultural history. The creators are the hosts of Hella Black Podcast, who have been engaged in social activism in Oakland for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guests:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Abbas Muntaqim, Hella Black Podcast co-host\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Delency Parham, Hella Black Podcast co-host\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CA Housing Deadline\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCalifornia has a goal to build 440,000 new housing units by 2030. Cities and counties were supposed to submit their plans for how they're going to build all those houses, apartments and condominiums this week, but most didn't turn in their homework. In the Bay Area, 80% of agencies missed the deadline. We talk to KQED housing reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi about the consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Is Going on in SF's Castro District?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn recent years, the Castro neighborhood has seen changes: The population is aging, the neighborhood's demographic is changing, and several landmark establishments have closed down. This week, the city's Historic Preservation Commission decided that the Castro Theatre's balcony seats should receive historic landmark designation but did not include the theater's floor seats in its ruling. This comes after a longstanding debate over whether the theater's seats should be preserved or changed once the venue is taken over by Another Planet Entertainment. We interview Bay Area Reporter assistant editor John Ferrannini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Something Beautiful: The Book Club of California\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFounded in San Francisco in 1912, the Book Club of California is a nonprofit organization that celebrates the history of the book and book arts. Today, its lectures and library showcase fine printing, book design, literature, California history and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1675471383,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":7,"wordCount":280},"headData":{"title":"\"Tales of the Town\" | CA Housing Deadline | Castro District | KQED","description":"Tales of the Town A new film titled Tales of the Town travels 100 years in Oakland's political and cultural history. 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The creators are the hosts of Hella Black Podcast, who have been engaged in social activism in Oakland for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guests:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Abbas Muntaqim, Hella Black Podcast co-host\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Delency Parham, Hella Black Podcast co-host\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CA Housing Deadline\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCalifornia has a goal to build 440,000 new housing units by 2030. Cities and counties were supposed to submit their plans for how they're going to build all those houses, apartments and condominiums this week, but most didn't turn in their homework. In the Bay Area, 80% of agencies missed the deadline. We talk to KQED housing reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi about the consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Is Going on in SF's Castro District?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn recent years, the Castro neighborhood has seen changes: The population is aging, the neighborhood's demographic is changing, and several landmark establishments have closed down. This week, the city's Historic Preservation Commission decided that the Castro Theatre's balcony seats should receive historic landmark designation but did not include the theater's floor seats in its ruling. This comes after a longstanding debate over whether the theater's seats should be preserved or changed once the venue is taken over by Another Planet Entertainment. We interview Bay Area Reporter assistant editor John Ferrannini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Something Beautiful: The Book Club of California\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFounded in San Francisco in 1912, the Book Club of California is a nonprofit organization that celebrates the history of the book and book arts. 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And I've been coming to the Castro to see movies for my entire 26-year life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla also said the Castro Theatre helped to forge her queer identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Castro really helped me find who I was,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-scaled.jpe\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11934113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-800x600.jpe\" alt=\"a woman in a green jacket poses with her dog in front of a historic movie theater\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-800x600.jpe 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-1020x765.jpe 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-160x120.jpe 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-1536x1152.jpe 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-2048x1536.jpe 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-1920x1440.jpe 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco resident and movie fan Sophia Padilla poses outside the Castro Theatre with her dog. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Located in the heart of one of the country's most high-profile LGBTQ neighborhoods, the Castro Theatre has played a prominent role in San Francisco's cultural and social evolution for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"arts_13917362,forum_2010101890364,news_11922643\"]Besides hosting major film festivals like the San Francisco International Film Festival and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the venue has long been a bastion of queer cinema and community events. Highlights include the first ever public screening of the 2008 movie \u003cem>Milk\u003c/em> about the pioneering openly gay politician Harvey Milk, the annual Frameline queer movie festival, and an abundance of drag performance nights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Castro Theatre is like a sacred temple for the community,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://castrolgbtq.org/\">Castro LGBTQ Cultural District \u003c/a>board member Jesse Sanford. \"It's where we gather to laugh together, cry together, learn our history, and mourn our losses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the recent purchase of the theater's lease by \u003ca href=\"https://apeconcerts.com/\">Another Planet Entertainment\u003c/a>, which operates a handful of mostly music-oriented venues and festivals around the San Francisco Bay Area, has led to a struggle for the theater's future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Another Planet's plan will mean that films rarely get shown, and community events rarely happen,\" said Sanford.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Conservationists push back\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Castro LGBTQ Cultural District is one of several local groups pushing back against Another Planet's plans to refocus the venue's programming and make sweeping renovations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a hundred-year-old theater. You can't just change it any way you want,\" said Peter Pastreich, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.savethecastrotheatre.org/\">Castro Theatre Conservancy\u003c/a>, a group that was formed three years ago to address concerns about the increasingly dilapidated state of the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-scaled.jpe\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11934114\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-800x600.jpe\" alt=\"an older man in a dark blue suit with a white beard and glasses smiles in front of a theater\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-800x600.jpe 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-1020x765.jpe 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-160x120.jpe 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-1536x1152.jpe 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-2048x1536.jpe 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-1920x1440.jpe 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castro Theatre Conservancy executive director Peter Pastreich at the Castro Theatre. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pastreich said his group welcomes some of the proposed upgrades, such as putting in wheelchair access and a new HVAC system, and touching up the interior's grand mural'd walls, chandeliers and leather-effect ceiling. He estimates renovating the theater would cost $20-30 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We aren't opposed to Another Planet or anybody else who will renovate the theater and keep it open,\" Pastreich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>It all comes down to the seating\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The activists' main point of contention is the leaseholder's plans for the theater's seating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The plans are to take out the seats and level the floor, which would make the theater no longer appropriate for movies,\" Pastreich says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of people, including many celebrities like Francis Ford Coppola, Alice Waters and Tilda Swinton, have signed the conservancy's petition to prevent Another Planet's renovations from going ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building is already in-part protected. The City of San Francisco gave landmark status to the exterior in 1977. Now these activists are trying to get the city to expand the designation to include the building's interior. If that happens, it will be much harder for the leaseholder to rip out the theater's 1400 seats, and flatten the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-scaled.jpe\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11934115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-800x534.jpe\" alt=\"the interior of an ornate historic movie theatre with red seats and a chandelier\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-800x534.jpe 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-1020x680.jpe 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-160x107.jpe 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-1536x1025.jpe 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-2048x1366.jpe 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-1920x1281.jpe 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Castro Theatre's interior. \u003ccite>(Andrew Rosas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Changing the seating is a big deal,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://www.mlambrosphotography.com/\">Matt Lambros\u003c/a>, a Boston-based photographer of historic movie theaters who has written several books on the topic. \"You could ruin the sight-lines.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a few thousand old, single-screen movie palaces like the Castro still in operation in the U.S. today, down from tens of thousands in their pre-World-War-II heyday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lambros said in order for these cinemas to survive, the seating has to do more than accommodate movie-goers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's interest in restoring these places,\" he said. \"The issue is, you have to find something that will bring people. For the most part, unfortunately, a 1500-or 2000-seat theater showing films, that's just not viable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who want the theater's seating plan to remain intact point out that the Castro has hosted all kinds of non-movie events over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is possible to have the theater be conducive to movie-going and concert-going and comedy and spoken word presentations and community meetings,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://silentfilm.org/\">San Francisco Silent Film Festival\u003c/a> director Anita Monga. \"All of that is possible with the existing seats and same configuration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Another Planet pushes ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another Planet spokesman Alex Tourk said that despite its plan to remove the movie-style seating, the company is committed to honoring the theater's legacy. \"They absolutely want to continue to show film,\" Tourk said. \"They committed to making sure that 25% of programming would be dedicated to the LGBTQ community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the company has been shocked by all the pushback, given its solid reputation as a concert and festival producer, and its plan to put $15 million towards renovating the theater. \"Another Planet did expect some opposition,\" he said. \"But the level of vitriol has been beyond the pale.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourk said even if the landmark designation for the theater's interior goes ahead next year, Another Planet will not, at least for now, be deterred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Another Planet will continue to work with the city to find consensus and move the vision forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Fight+over+seats+could+define+future+of+iconic+San+Francisco+movie+theater+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Conservationists' objections to proposed renovation plans for the 100-year-old Castro Theatre in San Francisco illustrate an ongoing debate about the future of historic theaters.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1670284777,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":1008},"headData":{"title":"Fight Over Seats Could Define Future of Iconic San Francisco Movie Theater | KQED","description":"Conservationists' objections to proposed renovation plans for the 100-year-old Castro Theatre in San Francisco illustrate an ongoing debate about the future of historic theaters.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Fight Over Seats Could Define Future of Iconic San Francisco Movie Theater","datePublished":"2022-12-05T19:00:39.000Z","dateModified":"2022-12-05T23:59:37.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"Chloe Veltman","nprImageAgency":"Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images","nprStoryId":"1140463039","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1140463039&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1140463039/castro-san-francisco-movie-theater-fight-over-seats?ft=nprml&f=1140463039","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Mon, 05 Dec 2022 07:07:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:02:16 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:02:16 -0500","nprAudio":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2022/12/20221205_me_fight_over_seats_could_define_future_of_iconic_san_francisco_movie_theater_.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1008&d=227&p=3&story=1140463039&ft=nprml&f=1140463039","nprAudioM3u":"http://api.npr.org/m3u/11140671271-b469f0.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1008&d=227&p=3&story=1140463039&ft=nprml&f=1140463039","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11934111/fight-over-seats-could-define-future-of-iconic-san-francisco-movie-theater","audioUrl":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2022/12/20221205_me_fight_over_seats_could_define_future_of_iconic_san_francisco_movie_theater_.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1008&d=227&p=3&story=1140463039&ft=nprml&f=1140463039","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If the \u003ca href=\"https://apeconcerts.com/venues/castro-theatre/\">Castro Theatre\u003c/a> didn't exist, then neither would Sophia Padilla.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I always joke that I was conceived at the Castro Theatre,\" said the San Francisco resident, who happened to be passing by the iconic, one-hundred-year-old movie palace on a recent afternoon while out walking her dog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla said her parents first met in line to see a movie at the theater, 27 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Both of them were on dates with other people, actually,\" Padilla said. \"They fell in love right here. And I've been coming to the Castro to see movies for my entire 26-year life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla also said the Castro Theatre helped to forge her queer identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Castro really helped me find who I was,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-scaled.jpe\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11934113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-800x600.jpe\" alt=\"a woman in a green jacket poses with her dog in front of a historic movie theater\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-800x600.jpe 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-1020x765.jpe 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-160x120.jpe 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-1536x1152.jpe 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-2048x1536.jpe 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sophiapadilla-772b04087ecf02b3dd7e016b4374740bef8f659c-1920x1440.jpe 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco resident and movie fan Sophia Padilla poses outside the Castro Theatre with her dog. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Located in the heart of one of the country's most high-profile LGBTQ neighborhoods, the Castro Theatre has played a prominent role in San Francisco's cultural and social evolution for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"arts_13917362,forum_2010101890364,news_11922643"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Besides hosting major film festivals like the San Francisco International Film Festival and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the venue has long been a bastion of queer cinema and community events. Highlights include the first ever public screening of the 2008 movie \u003cem>Milk\u003c/em> about the pioneering openly gay politician Harvey Milk, the annual Frameline queer movie festival, and an abundance of drag performance nights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Castro Theatre is like a sacred temple for the community,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://castrolgbtq.org/\">Castro LGBTQ Cultural District \u003c/a>board member Jesse Sanford. \"It's where we gather to laugh together, cry together, learn our history, and mourn our losses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the recent purchase of the theater's lease by \u003ca href=\"https://apeconcerts.com/\">Another Planet Entertainment\u003c/a>, which operates a handful of mostly music-oriented venues and festivals around the San Francisco Bay Area, has led to a struggle for the theater's future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Another Planet's plan will mean that films rarely get shown, and community events rarely happen,\" said Sanford.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Conservationists push back\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Castro LGBTQ Cultural District is one of several local groups pushing back against Another Planet's plans to refocus the venue's programming and make sweeping renovations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a hundred-year-old theater. You can't just change it any way you want,\" said Peter Pastreich, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.savethecastrotheatre.org/\">Castro Theatre Conservancy\u003c/a>, a group that was formed three years ago to address concerns about the increasingly dilapidated state of the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-scaled.jpe\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11934114\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-800x600.jpe\" alt=\"an older man in a dark blue suit with a white beard and glasses smiles in front of a theater\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-800x600.jpe 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-1020x765.jpe 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-160x120.jpe 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-1536x1152.jpe 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-2048x1536.jpe 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/img_7616-320ab002f413ff743466e70ddc947dff99d2c84d-1920x1440.jpe 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castro Theatre Conservancy executive director Peter Pastreich at the Castro Theatre. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pastreich said his group welcomes some of the proposed upgrades, such as putting in wheelchair access and a new HVAC system, and touching up the interior's grand mural'd walls, chandeliers and leather-effect ceiling. He estimates renovating the theater would cost $20-30 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We aren't opposed to Another Planet or anybody else who will renovate the theater and keep it open,\" Pastreich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>It all comes down to the seating\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The activists' main point of contention is the leaseholder's plans for the theater's seating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The plans are to take out the seats and level the floor, which would make the theater no longer appropriate for movies,\" Pastreich says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of people, including many celebrities like Francis Ford Coppola, Alice Waters and Tilda Swinton, have signed the conservancy's petition to prevent Another Planet's renovations from going ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building is already in-part protected. The City of San Francisco gave landmark status to the exterior in 1977. Now these activists are trying to get the city to expand the designation to include the building's interior. If that happens, it will be much harder for the leaseholder to rip out the theater's 1400 seats, and flatten the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-scaled.jpe\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11934115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-800x534.jpe\" alt=\"the interior of an ornate historic movie theatre with red seats and a chandelier\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-800x534.jpe 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-1020x680.jpe 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-160x107.jpe 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-1536x1025.jpe 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-2048x1366.jpe 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/castro_2.8.22_rosasandrew_23-copy_custom-54d51f69ab1b36290c8f6c747b6061b3de0f0c3d-1920x1281.jpe 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Castro Theatre's interior. \u003ccite>(Andrew Rosas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Changing the seating is a big deal,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://www.mlambrosphotography.com/\">Matt Lambros\u003c/a>, a Boston-based photographer of historic movie theaters who has written several books on the topic. \"You could ruin the sight-lines.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a few thousand old, single-screen movie palaces like the Castro still in operation in the U.S. today, down from tens of thousands in their pre-World-War-II heyday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lambros said in order for these cinemas to survive, the seating has to do more than accommodate movie-goers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's interest in restoring these places,\" he said. \"The issue is, you have to find something that will bring people. For the most part, unfortunately, a 1500-or 2000-seat theater showing films, that's just not viable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who want the theater's seating plan to remain intact point out that the Castro has hosted all kinds of non-movie events over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is possible to have the theater be conducive to movie-going and concert-going and comedy and spoken word presentations and community meetings,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://silentfilm.org/\">San Francisco Silent Film Festival\u003c/a> director Anita Monga. \"All of that is possible with the existing seats and same configuration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Another Planet pushes ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another Planet spokesman Alex Tourk said that despite its plan to remove the movie-style seating, the company is committed to honoring the theater's legacy. \"They absolutely want to continue to show film,\" Tourk said. \"They committed to making sure that 25% of programming would be dedicated to the LGBTQ community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the company has been shocked by all the pushback, given its solid reputation as a concert and festival producer, and its plan to put $15 million towards renovating the theater. \"Another Planet did expect some opposition,\" he said. \"But the level of vitriol has been beyond the pale.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourk said even if the landmark designation for the theater's interior goes ahead next year, Another Planet will not, at least for now, be deterred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Another Planet will continue to work with the city to find consensus and move the vision forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Fight+over+seats+could+define+future+of+iconic+San+Francisco+movie+theater+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11934111/fight-over-seats-could-define-future-of-iconic-san-francisco-movie-theater","authors":["byline_news_11934111"],"categories":["news_29992","news_223","news_8"],"tags":["news_21534","news_31456","news_5541","news_28548","news_38","news_32093"],"affiliates":["news_253"],"featImg":"news_11934112","label":"news_253"},"news_11922643":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11922643","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11922643","score":null,"sort":[1660671130000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"everyone-was-in-tears-your-memories-of-movies-joy-and-community-at-the-castro-theatre","title":"'Everyone Was in Tears': Your Memories of Movies, Joy and Community at the Castro Theatre","publishDate":1660671130,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>There are big changes ahead for San Francisco’s legendary Castro Theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Live music promoters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">Another Planet Entertainment have announced plans to renovate the venue\u003c/a>, part of which includes removing many of the theater’s iconic red velvet chairs. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">Read more about this complex saga from KQED Arts & Culture.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of what the future holds, it’s the end of an era for the beloved Castro Theatre. So we wanted to create a space to highlight some of your memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked you: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall#castrotheatre\">What was your most memorable experience at the Castro?\u003c/a> From first dates and childhood memories to unforgettable movies and an overwhelming sense of community, you delivered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on for some of the stories you sent us. And if you didn't get the chance to share your own memories and you want to do so, you can still \u003ca href=\"#castrotheatre\">send us your thoughts on the Castro Theatre here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>These submissions have been lightly edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worked at the Castro from 1983-1986. Most memorable experience? \u003cstrong>Getting married on the mezzanine level in August 1986.\u003c/strong> Being broke, I approached my manager about getting married in the theater. He agreed as long as we were done before the Saturday matinee. — \u003cem>Linda Absher\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=arts_13917362 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Castro.MAIN_-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hayao Miyazaki’s \"Spirited Away\" at the Castro was the most amazing movie experience of my life.\u003c/strong> The energy was incredible, and I remember how Japanese speakers were laughing before people reading the subtitles caught up. A representative of Studio Ghibli was there, I think it was \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Suzuki_(producer)\">[Toshio] Suzuki\u003c/a>, and I hope he went back and told Miyazaki how much the audience loved his film. — \u003cem>Anonymous\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Fantasia,\" 1979. The organist played first, then the movie started, and my date brought out a joint!\u003c/strong> I had never tried marijuana before — I am sure that this \"altered\" my movie experience! — \u003cem>Anonymous \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922228\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922228\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of red velvet seats in a dimmed theater.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I've spent so many nights at the Castro over the decades, but one of the most memorable was a screening of \"Milk.\" Cleve Jones was there along with others from the production and those who informed it. Those of us who remembered Harvey Milk were in the audience wondering whether the Sean Penn portrayal would fit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toward the end of the film, there was a scene showing the candlelight march after the assassination moving down Market St. from the Castro.\u003cstrong> Everyone in the theater was in tears. Including myself.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A room full of strangers together in that space, feeling the same emotions. The Castro Theatre was the center of our experience. \u003cstrong>It was a moment for our community and in our lives that I will never forget.\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Fred Bove\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the \"Blade Runner\" director's cut [1992] came out, I went alone to see it at the Castro. Rain was just starting when I went into the red-and-gold, well-loved, slightly shabby Art Deco interior. I'd seen the original release and a couple of video versions; this cut's subtle changes made it that much more enthralling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My head full of neon and rain, and the Bradbury building where Roy and Pris met their ends, I walked out of the theater to find the sky opened and pouring, light and reflections everywhere, water coursing down my trench coat as I walked up Castro Street. \u003cstrong>My favorite moment of immersive cinema ever.\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Alana Dill\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922667\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The frontage of the Castro Theatre, shot from a low angle below.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Castro Theatre in San Francisco's Castro District on July 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the 1970s and '80s it was wondrous to sit in the Castro Theatre, enjoy the Art Deco artistry and listen to the organ player before the retro movies began. \u003cstrong>Most of all we relished the feeling of what it must have been like in gone-by eras. \u003c/strong>Seeing the stage intact below the screen, even though the stage was no longer used, allowed me to imagine what a burlesque hall must have felt like, and how audiences during the early days of film must have felt, experiencing the transition from burlesque to film entertainment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In our current era we are transitioning yet again, but if we were to radically change the Castro Theatre we would never be able to truly preserve the full legacy of showbiz and we couldn’t physically relive its former eras. \u003cstrong>If the theater can’t be profitable, let’s establish a fund to subsidize it as we would any important museum or archive.\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Marti Schoen\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well. \u003cstrong>I don't remember which movie it was but I had sex in the balcony once, which I feel quite proud of now!\u003c/strong> Favorite movie experience was probably \"Wuthering Heights.\" And of course many rounds of Frameline. — \u003cem>Anonymous\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922668\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922668\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The proscenium of the Castro Theatre, shot from below. The lighting is purple and gold.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proscenium of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a kid growing up in the Castro (born in 1944) my wife spent Saturday in the theater. Twenty cents to get in, a nickel for candy and two movies, newsreel, serial, cartoons. \u003cstrong>A day’s worth of entertainment. Family nights in the balcony. Lots of memories, all good.\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Rose Shuck \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlight: \"Nights of Cabiria,\" the great Fellini movie, with a beautiful print, maybe eight years ago. \u003cstrong>The whole, packed-house audience almost held its breath at the ending.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community moments: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco. The first \"BAHFest\" (Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses) in a science festival. Realizing in an \"aha!\" moment that the Jewish Film Festival was where I would run into \u003cem>all\u003c/em> my Jewish acquaintances and friends if I attended enough shows. — \u003cem>David Grosof\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watching \"Miracle on 34th Street\" with a sold-out crowd of movie lovers.\u003c/strong> The way everyone booed the evil company psychiatrist, then the place erupted in cheers when the bags of letters to Santa were poured out on the judge’s desk!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have been to rock concerts and weddings and whatever else they are thinking this absolutely historic movie theater will be used for, and \u003cstrong>I have never experienced a thrill like it or a greater sense of shared joy.\u003c/strong> This place is the heart of a great community and if they tear it up it will be a travesty. — \u003cem>Anonymous\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922669\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922669\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees pick up free sodas and popcorn before the town hall to discuss planned renovations at the theater on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first feature film I produced premiered at the Castro as part of the Frameline Film Festival. \u003cstrong>I will never forget my excitement as I watched the historic venue fill up with strangers coming to see my movie.\u003c/strong> My heart fills with joy thinking about it. — \u003cem>Ashley Hillis \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was around 1992 and I had just begun a fiery relationship with a woman living in Oakland, while I was living in Berkeley. We met at the Castro Muni station and went to the theater to see the animated film version of \"Fritz the Cat,\" based on R. Crumb's comic strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It was my first time to the Castro Theatre and its breathtaking grandeur was matched by my ecstatic joy from having just fallen in love.\u003c/strong> Frankly, I remember almost nothing from the movie, but the way the theater was so romantic and such a conducive environment for us cuddling in our bliss is indelibly etched on my mind. That romance didn't last the summer, but even 30 years later I remember the magnificence of the Castro Theatre like it was yesterday. — \u003cem>Gifford Hartman \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several years back, there was a minister in Oakland that announced the end of the world was on a certain upcoming date. Said date fell on the screening of George Cukor’s \"The Women\" at the Castro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I thought to myself, \"If indeed it is the end of the world, I can think of no better place to be with my LGBT folk.\"\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Carlos Chavarin\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922670\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group who identified themselves as queer youth from the Castro wear shirts that spell out 'Save the Seats' during a town hall meeting about planned renovations by Another Planet Entertainment at the theater on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"castrotheatre\">\u003c/a>Share your own thoughts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"9857\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/9857.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"From memories of romances past to moments of togetherness in an iconic LGBTQ+ space, here are just a few of the stories you sent us about your favorite moviegoing experiences at the Castro Theatre.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1660685352,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1409},"headData":{"title":"'Everyone Was in Tears': Your Memories of Movies, Joy and Community at the Castro Theatre | KQED","description":"From memories of romances past to moments of togetherness in an iconic LGBTQ+ space, here are just a few of the stories you sent us about your favorite moviegoing experiences at the Castro Theatre.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'Everyone Was in Tears': Your Memories of Movies, Joy and Community at the Castro Theatre","datePublished":"2022-08-16T17:32:10.000Z","dateModified":"2022-08-16T21:29:12.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11922643 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11922643","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/08/16/everyone-was-in-tears-your-memories-of-movies-joy-and-community-at-the-castro-theatre/","disqusTitle":"'Everyone Was in Tears': Your Memories of Movies, Joy and Community at the Castro Theatre","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11922643/everyone-was-in-tears-your-memories-of-movies-joy-and-community-at-the-castro-theatre","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There are big changes ahead for San Francisco’s legendary Castro Theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Live music promoters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">Another Planet Entertainment have announced plans to renovate the venue\u003c/a>, part of which includes removing many of the theater’s iconic red velvet chairs. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">Read more about this complex saga from KQED Arts & Culture.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of what the future holds, it’s the end of an era for the beloved Castro Theatre. So we wanted to create a space to highlight some of your memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked you: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall#castrotheatre\">What was your most memorable experience at the Castro?\u003c/a> From first dates and childhood memories to unforgettable movies and an overwhelming sense of community, you delivered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on for some of the stories you sent us. And if you didn't get the chance to share your own memories and you want to do so, you can still \u003ca href=\"#castrotheatre\">send us your thoughts on the Castro Theatre here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>These submissions have been lightly edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worked at the Castro from 1983-1986. Most memorable experience? \u003cstrong>Getting married on the mezzanine level in August 1986.\u003c/strong> Being broke, I approached my manager about getting married in the theater. He agreed as long as we were done before the Saturday matinee. — \u003cem>Linda Absher\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13917362","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Castro.MAIN_-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hayao Miyazaki’s \"Spirited Away\" at the Castro was the most amazing movie experience of my life.\u003c/strong> The energy was incredible, and I remember how Japanese speakers were laughing before people reading the subtitles caught up. A representative of Studio Ghibli was there, I think it was \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Suzuki_(producer)\">[Toshio] Suzuki\u003c/a>, and I hope he went back and told Miyazaki how much the audience loved his film. — \u003cem>Anonymous\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Fantasia,\" 1979. The organist played first, then the movie started, and my date brought out a joint!\u003c/strong> I had never tried marijuana before — I am sure that this \"altered\" my movie experience! — \u003cem>Anonymous \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922228\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922228\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of red velvet seats in a dimmed theater.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/015_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I've spent so many nights at the Castro over the decades, but one of the most memorable was a screening of \"Milk.\" Cleve Jones was there along with others from the production and those who informed it. Those of us who remembered Harvey Milk were in the audience wondering whether the Sean Penn portrayal would fit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toward the end of the film, there was a scene showing the candlelight march after the assassination moving down Market St. from the Castro.\u003cstrong> Everyone in the theater was in tears. Including myself.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A room full of strangers together in that space, feeling the same emotions. The Castro Theatre was the center of our experience. \u003cstrong>It was a moment for our community and in our lives that I will never forget.\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Fred Bove\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the \"Blade Runner\" director's cut [1992] came out, I went alone to see it at the Castro. Rain was just starting when I went into the red-and-gold, well-loved, slightly shabby Art Deco interior. I'd seen the original release and a couple of video versions; this cut's subtle changes made it that much more enthralling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My head full of neon and rain, and the Bradbury building where Roy and Pris met their ends, I walked out of the theater to find the sky opened and pouring, light and reflections everywhere, water coursing down my trench coat as I walked up Castro Street. \u003cstrong>My favorite moment of immersive cinema ever.\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Alana Dill\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922667\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The frontage of the Castro Theatre, shot from a low angle below.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57446_003_KQEDArts_CastroTheatre_07282022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Castro Theatre in San Francisco's Castro District on July 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the 1970s and '80s it was wondrous to sit in the Castro Theatre, enjoy the Art Deco artistry and listen to the organ player before the retro movies began. \u003cstrong>Most of all we relished the feeling of what it must have been like in gone-by eras. \u003c/strong>Seeing the stage intact below the screen, even though the stage was no longer used, allowed me to imagine what a burlesque hall must have felt like, and how audiences during the early days of film must have felt, experiencing the transition from burlesque to film entertainment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In our current era we are transitioning yet again, but if we were to radically change the Castro Theatre we would never be able to truly preserve the full legacy of showbiz and we couldn’t physically relive its former eras. \u003cstrong>If the theater can’t be profitable, let’s establish a fund to subsidize it as we would any important museum or archive.\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Marti Schoen\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well. \u003cstrong>I don't remember which movie it was but I had sex in the balcony once, which I feel quite proud of now!\u003c/strong> Favorite movie experience was probably \"Wuthering Heights.\" And of course many rounds of Frameline. — \u003cem>Anonymous\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922668\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922668\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The proscenium of the Castro Theatre, shot from below. The lighting is purple and gold.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57670_014_KQED_CastroTheatreInterior_08102022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proscenium of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a kid growing up in the Castro (born in 1944) my wife spent Saturday in the theater. Twenty cents to get in, a nickel for candy and two movies, newsreel, serial, cartoons. \u003cstrong>A day’s worth of entertainment. Family nights in the balcony. Lots of memories, all good.\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Rose Shuck \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlight: \"Nights of Cabiria,\" the great Fellini movie, with a beautiful print, maybe eight years ago. \u003cstrong>The whole, packed-house audience almost held its breath at the ending.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community moments: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco. The first \"BAHFest\" (Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses) in a science festival. Realizing in an \"aha!\" moment that the Jewish Film Festival was where I would run into \u003cem>all\u003c/em> my Jewish acquaintances and friends if I attended enough shows. — \u003cem>David Grosof\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watching \"Miracle on 34th Street\" with a sold-out crowd of movie lovers.\u003c/strong> The way everyone booed the evil company psychiatrist, then the place erupted in cheers when the bags of letters to Santa were poured out on the judge’s desk!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have been to rock concerts and weddings and whatever else they are thinking this absolutely historic movie theater will be used for, and \u003cstrong>I have never experienced a thrill like it or a greater sense of shared joy.\u003c/strong> This place is the heart of a great community and if they tear it up it will be a travesty. — \u003cem>Anonymous\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922669\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922669\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57731_013_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees pick up free sodas and popcorn before the town hall to discuss planned renovations at the theater on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first feature film I produced premiered at the Castro as part of the Frameline Film Festival. \u003cstrong>I will never forget my excitement as I watched the historic venue fill up with strangers coming to see my movie.\u003c/strong> My heart fills with joy thinking about it. — \u003cem>Ashley Hillis \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was around 1992 and I had just begun a fiery relationship with a woman living in Oakland, while I was living in Berkeley. We met at the Castro Muni station and went to the theater to see the animated film version of \"Fritz the Cat,\" based on R. Crumb's comic strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It was my first time to the Castro Theatre and its breathtaking grandeur was matched by my ecstatic joy from having just fallen in love.\u003c/strong> Frankly, I remember almost nothing from the movie, but the way the theater was so romantic and such a conducive environment for us cuddling in our bliss is indelibly etched on my mind. That romance didn't last the summer, but even 30 years later I remember the magnificence of the Castro Theatre like it was yesterday. — \u003cem>Gifford Hartman \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several years back, there was a minister in Oakland that announced the end of the world was on a certain upcoming date. Said date fell on the screening of George Cukor’s \"The Women\" at the Castro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I thought to myself, \"If indeed it is the end of the world, I can think of no better place to be with my LGBT folk.\"\u003c/strong> — \u003cem>Carlos Chavarin\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922670\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57764_039_KQED_CastroTheatreTownHall_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group who identified themselves as queer youth from the Castro wear shirts that spell out 'Save the Seats' during a town hall meeting about planned renovations by Another Planet Entertainment at the theater on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"castrotheatre\">\u003c/a>Share your own thoughts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"hearken","attributes":{"named":{"id":"9857","src":"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/9857.js","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11922643/everyone-was-in-tears-your-memories-of-movies-joy-and-community-at-the-castro-theatre","authors":["11530"],"categories":["news_29992","news_223","news_8"],"tags":["news_3252","news_31456","news_27626","news_17719","news_20004","news_701","news_38"],"featImg":"news_11922665","label":"news"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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