Triangle film and theater enthusiasts will have a new venue to check out starting this weekend. "The Cary" has been getting a facelift over the past year. It officially opens Saturday in downtown Cary. It'll show documentaries, 'indie' films and classic box office hits.
Lyman Collins is cultural arts manager for . He says not much of the original 1940's theatre remains...
"We have two seats from the original theatre," Collins explains. "We have some of the original electrical connections. We even found a piece of film from a 1950's western. We haven't yet found which film it is, but we actually incorporated that into a staircase railing in the the new building addition."
The building went through many incarnations over the decades after the theatre closed. It became a clothing store and later an auto-parts store. Collins says the ultimate idea was to get back to the building's roots.
"We have a big screen and a big sound system to accommodate film. The screen is retractable and we have nice-sized stage to accommodate a wide variety of entertainment. We see local bands performing. We see some improv, theater, play readings, poetry slams. A whole host of things like that," says Collins.
To celebrate the grand opening, free movies will be shown throughout the day - with an evening performance by the Asheville-based jazz band One Leg Up. On Sunday afternoon, the public is invited to a screening of the big-screen classic, Casablanca.
Saturday Schedule:
9:45 a.m. - Ribbon Cutting
10:30 a.m. - Documentary - Waking Sleeping Beauty
1:00 p.m. - Movie - Goodbye Solo
3:30 p.m. - Movie - Finding Nemo
7:30 p.m. - Jazz Band - One Leg Up
