Crandell Theatre Finally Going Digital

When The Chatham Film Club purchased the Crandell Theater, they set out on a fund-raising plan to upgrade the theater’s antiquated film projector with a digital system.

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When The Chatham Film Club purchased the Crandell Theater, they set out on a fund-raising plan to upgrade the theater’s antiquated film projector with a digital system. That upgrade is happening now and it’s not a minute too soon. I love The Crandell and love seeing movies at this local treasure. However, there are more and more movies that have to be seen in digital (not film) so when a movie like Iron Man 3 opened at The Crandell, I reluctantly passed in favor of a digital screen somewhere else.

Here is the full story from The Chatham Film Club and Crandell Theater about the upgrade:

The Chatham Film Club has announced that the Crandell Theatre will complete a major step in its digital conversion and theatre upgrade project this month. The fundraising campaign begun last October has raised sufficient funds to replace the existing 35 mm equipment with a new, state of the art digital projector, projection booth renovation, improvements to the theatre sound system and a new movie screen. Custom-made draperies of special material intended to dramatically improve sound quality will be installed along the theatre walls.
“Digital is the most significant change in movie technology since the coming of sound,” said Peter Biskind, Vice President of Programming for the Chatham Film Club, “We have purchased a Christie 2210 projector that will give us images indistinguishable from 35 mm, way crisper images than those provided by DVD/Blu-ray projectors, and crystal clear sound.”
The Crandell will close for equipment installation after the May 18th evening movie and will have a grand reopening on Friday evening, May 24th. There will be no Film Club matinee on Sunday, May 19th.

“The new digital equipment will ensure that we have access to a full offering of newly released movies for our patrons,” explained Sandi Knakal, President of the Chatham Film Club, “including the capability to show movies in 3-D. In the past year we have found ourselves limited in our selection of films as more and more distribution companies are offering movies in digital format only.”

The overall project cost is estimated at $250,000. Thanks to a supportive community and a generous grant from the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, the Chatham Film Club has raised approximately $195,000 to this goal. However, the remaining balance still needs to be funded to comply with this important mandate from the movie distribution companies.

 

At The Crandell: Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies opens tomorrow (Friday, March 15, 2013) at The Crandell Theatre.

Here is the trailer:

Rated: PG 13
Comedy
Running Time: 98 minutes

Show Times:
Friday-Thursday, March 15-21 at 7:15 pm

Ticket Prices:
Adults: $5.00
Children Under 12: $4.00

The Crandell Theatre is located at 48 Main Street
in the Village of Chatham. Visit CrandellTheatre.org for more info and follow ColumbiaCountyCurrent.com on twitter @CoCoCurrent.

Positive Images of Women in the Work of Norman Rockwell @ New Lebanon Library

This Thursday (March 14) at the New Lebanon Library: “Positive Images of Women in the Work of Norman Rockwell”

In recognition of Women’s History Month, join Thomas Daly for a presentation that explores the positive images of women created by Norman Rockwell during his long career as an illustrator. Daly will share images that tell the story of the importance of women’s roles during the 20th century in such paintings as “The Problem We All Live With,” “Rosie the Riveter,” and “Political Opponents,” as well as many other Rockwell images, and will connect these images to national and local figures to illustrate the current events of those times.

Thomas Daly is the Curator of Education for The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge. His programs have served tens of thousands of visitors and he has traveled to many parts of the country to on Rockwell’s work. During his 14 years with the Norman Rockwell Museum he has taken on a number of different roles and authored many articles about the work that Rockwell created during his nearly 70 year career as an illustrator. 

This program, presented by the Norman Rockwell museum, is free and open to the public.

WHEN:  Thursday, March 14
TIME:    7:00 p.m
FOR:     Adults, teens, and older school aged children
PLACE: New Lebanon Library (550 State Route 20, New Lebanon)
Phone: 518-794-8844
Email: leb@taconic.net

At The Crandell: “KOCH”

The Chatham Film Club Presents, KOCH 

Here is the trailer:

Rated: Not Rated
Documentary
Running Time: 1oo minutes

Show Time (one screening only): Sunday, March 10 at 4:00 pm

Ticket Prices:
Chatham Film Club Members $6
Nonmembers $7

The Crandell Theatre is located at 48 Main Street
in the Village of Chatham. Visit CrandellTheatre.org for more info and follow ColumbiaCountyCurrent.com on twitter @CoCoCurrent.

Shake Your Ass at Helsinki Hudson!

130125_fbJanuary 25, 2013, at 9pm, One of Helsinki’s Favorite DJ’s lites the club afire with a curation of his Favorites!

Costumes and 70’s Gear A Plus (Reduced Cover If You’re Dressed Up)

A mixed bag of dance music focusing on Disco..Funk..Philadelphia Soul..Nu Diso..Euro & House Music *With a mixed bag of Old School Hip Hop, New Wave, Indie, Electro and Electronica later in the nite.

For more info, visit HelsinkiHudson.com