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Century Theatres is a movie theater chain that operates many multiplexes in the western United States, primarily in California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. In its later years, it had expanded into the inter-mountain states, the Pacific Northwest , Texas , Alaska and parts of the Midwestern United States .
The stage and screen at Capitol Theater, Olympia, Washington. The theater played host to the International Pop Underground Convention, a punk and indie rock music festival in 1991, [1] as well as the similarly themed Yoyo A Go Go in 1994, 1997, 1999, and 2001. [2] Comedian Sam Miller's 2023 video and album Round Trip was recorded at the Capitol ...
Main articles: List of Yes concert tours (1960s–70s), List of Yes concert tours (1980s–90s), and List of Yes concert tours (2020s) The English progressive rock band Yes has toured for five decades. The band's longest break in touring came from late 2004 through late 2008. Touring has tended to focus on the UK and the rest of Europe, North America and Japan, but the band have also played ...
Olympia's Capitol Theater (seen here in 2007) served as the Convention's main stage. The International Pop Underground Convention (or IPU) was a 1991 punk and alternative rock music festival in Olympia, Washington. The six-day convention centered on a series of performances at the Capitol Theater.
The majority of buildings in Downtown Olympia were built between 1911 and 1930, decades after Washington gained statehood with Olympia as its capital city. Three earthquakes, in 1949, 1965 and 2001, damaged buildings in downtown Olympia. Several properties in the historic district were designed by architect Joseph Wohleb, who hails from the area.
In the 1990s, Cinemark Theatres was one of the first chains to incorporate stadium-style seating into their theatres. [24] In 1997, several disabled individuals filed a lawsuit against Cinemark, alleging that their stadium style seats forced patrons who used wheelchairs to sit in the front row of the theatre, effectively rendering them unable to see the screen without assuming a horizontal ...
1984: The Olympia Film Festival was born, taking place at the State Theater. OFS membership jumped from 60 to 600. 1986: OFS started showing films at the Capitol Theater, built in 1924. To accompany the silent classic Pandora's Box, Timothy Brock conducted the Olympia Chamber Orchestra's world premiere of his original film score.
Round Trip was recorded on April 23, 2022, at the Capitol Theater in Olympia—the location was chosen purposefully, as Miller's last night as a homeless person was spent across the street, in view of the theater. [15] [3] [5] Round Trip reached No. 1 on the iTunes comedy chart the week of its release. [37] [2]