Article published July 6, 2006

Strand Theater group will showcase movies
Fee helps rehab of old Zelienople site

ZELIENOPLE — The Strand Theater Initiative for the fourth year is running classic movies to help pay for its renovation project.

The borough's former movie theater at 119 N. Main St. has been vacant for more than 20 years and has been undergoing renovations as the nonprofit group continues working toward its revival as a performing arts, education and community outreach center.
In honor of Pittsburgh hosting the All-Star Game, the Summer Classic Film Series premieres with the baseball classic, "Field of Dreams" on Friday and Saturday night. Start time is about 9:15 p.m., according to a Strand Theater Initiative news release.

Subsequent films to be presented: Rocky (July 14-15), The Alamo starring John Wayne (July 21-22), Batman (July 28-29), Back to the Future (Aug. 4-5), Toy Story (Aug. 11-12), Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant (Aug. 18), and Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country (Aug. 25-26).
People need to take their own chairs. Movies are presented through a DVD projector, four-speaker stereo sound system and an 18-by-13-foot screen attached to the Strand's rear wall.
Suggested donation is $3 per person.

For information, contact Ron Carter, president of The Strand Theater Initiative at 724-742-0400 or via e-mail at thestrand@zoominternet.net.

The donations are part of the money being collected to rehabilitate the theater.
The group already has more than $350,000 in private grants in a money market and an additional $250,000 in grants will be released once a contract for the state's $400,000 grant is signed.