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This week, The Clay theater in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights became the latest neighborhood movie theater to announce it would go dark. We’ll find out about the fight to save the city’s remaining historic single-screen theaters. Also, we’ll look back at the golden age of movie palaces in the Bay Area.

Guests:

Graham Leggat, executive director of San Francisco Film Society

Katherine Petrin, architectural historian with Architectural Resources Group

Alfonso Felder, board member for San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation

Gary Meyer, owner of Balboa Theater in San Francisco

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