Exciting New Activity for Downtown Des Plaines

At yesterday's City Council meeting, Alderman Mark Walsten announced an exciting new series of English-language movies coming to the Des Plaines Theater.

While Revitalize Des Plaines! (formerly the Des Plaines Theater Preservation Society) is not involved in any way with this series, we do applaud Alderman Walsten and the Deep Green Committee for their efforts to increase the diversity of activity downtown.

As you might recall, the Des Plaines Theater Preservation Society similarly put on a series of films several years ago. We created our series as a way to show off the theater, demonstrate that any activity no matter how small-scaled could draw an audience there, and promote our vision for a better Des Plaines. We eventually were forced to discontinue this, as rentals and time commitments began to detract too much from our core mission. We considered our efforts a big success, and wish the same for the new series.

However, this is just a first step. Even though these events are not affiliated with Revitalize Des Plaines!, we encourage you to attend and show your support for diverse entertainment in downtown Des Plaines. Demonstrations of support are crucial in showing just how important a historic, vibrant downtown is. Eventually, this could even culminate in a restored Des Plaines Theatre suitable for much larger audiences and more ambitious productions.

We also wish the Des Plaines Theatre the best in the face of impending competition from the soon-to-reopen Golf Glen Cinemas.

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