Chautauqua Cinema
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The Chautauqua Cinema is movie house located in historic Higgins Memorial Hall on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York in the United States. Higgins Hall is a contributing property in the Chautauqua Institution Institution Historic District.
[edit] History
The 110-year-old Higgins Hall was used by Chautauqua Institution as a meeting place, performance hall and film theater into the 1950's. In 1956, it was converted into a movie theater by the Schmidt family. The building has also been the venue for Sunday Roman Catholic masses both before and after 1956.
[edit] Current Status
The Chautauqua Cinema has a single screen and seats approximately 350 people. The cinema shows at least four different films per week and nearly 50 films altogether during an 11-week summer season that runs from the week before the opening of the Chautauqua season in June through Labor Day. The films shown are a select program, often including independent, foreign, and documentary films that its clientele might not have an opportunity to see in their hometowns. The Chautauqua Cinema is closed during the off-season.
