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Heart of Dixie
      Crescent Theatre – Mobile
      Capri Theatre – Montgomery/Discuss & Rate


The Grand Canyon State
      FilmBar – Phoenix/Discuss & Rate
      Camelview 5 – Scottsdale/Discuss & Rate
      Valley Art – Tempe/Discuss & Rate
      The Loft Cinema – Tucson/Discuss & Rate





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The Golden State

  • Southern California (Surf & Sun)
  •       Music Hall 3 – Beverly Hills
          Paseo Camarillo Cinemas – Camarillo
          Claremont 5 – Claremont
          Town Center 5 – Encino
          American Cinematheque – Hollywood
          University Town Center 6 – Irvine
          Westpark 8 – Irvine
          La Jolla Village Cinemas – La Jolla
          Laguna South Coast – Laguna Beach
          Rancho Niguel 8 – Laguna Niguel
          BLVD Cinemas – Lancaster
          Downtown Independent – LA/Discuss & Rate
          The Landmark – Los Angeles
          New Beverly Cinema – Los Angeles
          Regent Theatre – Los Angeles
          Nuart Theatre – West Los Angeles/Discuss & Rate
          Royal Theatre – West Los Angeles
          The Art Theatre – Long Beach
          Lido Theatre – Newport Beach
          NoHo 7 – North Hollywood
          Palme d’Or – Palm Desert/Discuss & Rate
          Camelot Theatres – Palm Springs/Discuss & Rate
          Playhouse 7 – Pasadena
          Fox Event Center – Redlands
          Hillcrest Cinemas – San Diego
          Ken Cinema – San Diego
          Palm Theatre – San Luis Obispo/Discuss & Rate
          South Coast Village 3 – Santa Ana
          Aero Theatre – Santa Monica
          Monica 4-plex – Santa Monica
          Fallbrook 7 – West Hills
          Sunset Cinema – W. Hollywood
          Westlake Village Twin – Westlake Village

  • Northern California (Hippies & Headwinds)
  •       Albany Twin – Albany/Discuss & Rate
          Minor Theatre – Arcata
          California Theatre – Berekely
          Elmwood Theatre – Berkeley
          Shattuck Cinemas – Berkeley
          Camera 7 Pruneyard – Campbell
          Pageant Theatre – Chico/Discuss & Rate
          Big Cinemas Freemont 7 – Freemont
          Guild Theatre – Menlo Park
          State Theatre – Modesto/Discuss & Rate
          Osio Cinemas – Monterey
          The Magic Theatre – Nevada City
          Piedmont Theatre – Oakland
          Orinda Theatre – Orinda
          Aquarius Theatre – Palo Alto
          Crest Theatre – Sacramento
          Tower Theatre – Sacramento
          4 Star – San Francisco
          Balboa Theatre – San Francisco
          Bridge Theatre – San Francisco
          Castro Theatre – San Francisco
          Clay Theatre – San Francisco
          Embarcadero Center Cinema – San Francisco
          Kabuki – San Francisco
          Lumiere Theatre – San Francisco
          Opera Plaza Cinema – San Francisco
          Roxie – San Francisco
          San Francisco Cinematheque – San Francisco
          UA Stonestown Twin – San Francisco
          Big Cinemas Town 3 – San Jose
          Camera 3 Downtown – San Jose
          Rafael Film Center – San Rafael
          Nickelodeon – Santa Cruz/Discuss & Rate
          Summerfield Cinemas – Santa Rosa
          Rialto Cinemas – Sebastopol
          Cameo Cinema – St. Helena


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    The Centennial State
          Boedecker Theater – Boulder
          Int’l Film Series (UC Boulder) – Boulder
          Kimball’s Peak Three Theater – Colorado Springs
          Chez Artiste – Denver
          Denver Film Center – Denver
          Esquire – Denver
          Mayan Theatre – Denver/Discuss & Rate
          Abbey Theater – Durango
          The Back Space Theatre – Durango
          Lyric Cinema Cafe – Fort Collins
          The Kress – Greeley
          Palm Theater – Telluride


    The Constitution State
          Bantam Cinema – Bantam/Discuss & Rate
          Bijou Theatre – Bridgeport
          Cinestudio – Hartford
          Real Art Ways – Hartford
          Madison Art Cinemas – Madison
          Garden Home Cinemas – Norwalk
          Avon Theatre – Stamford/Discuss & Rate


    The First State
          Theatre N at Nemours – Wilmington


    Hollywood For Ugly People
          American City Diner – Washington D.C.
          Avalon Theatre – Washington D.C.
          E Street Cinema – Washington, D.C.
          West End Cinema – Washington D.C.


    The Sunshine State
          Living Room Theaters – Boca Raton
          Coral Gables Art Cinema – Coral Gables
          Cosford Cinema – Coral Gables
          Cinematique of Daytona – Daytona Beach
          Delray Square Cinemas – Delray Beach
          Cinema Paradiso – Ft. Lauderdale/Discuss & Rate
          Gateway Theater – Fort Lauderdale
          Hippodrome Theatre – Gainesville/Discuss & Rate
          Sun-Ray Cinema – Jacksonville/Discuss & Rate
          Tropic Cinema – Key West
          Mos’Art Theatre – Lake Park
          Stonzek Theatre – Lake Worth
          Enzian – Maitland
          O Cinema – Miami
          Tower Theater – Miami
          Miami Beach Cinematheque – Miami Beach
          Burns Court Cinemas – Sarasota
          Tampa Theatre – Tampa/Discuss & Rate


    Peach State
          Cine Bar Cafe Cinema – Athens
          Cinefest Film Theatre – Atlanta
          Lefont Sandy Springs – Atlanta/Discuss & Rate
          Midtown Art Cinema – Atlanta/Discuss & Rate
          Plaza Theatre – Atlanta
          UA Tara Cinemas 4 – Atlanta
          Navrang Theaters – Rosewell
          Eisenhower 6 – Savannah


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    The Aloha State
          Palace Theater – Hilo
          Doris Duke Theatre – Honolulu/Discuss & Rate
          Kahala Theatre – Honolulu


    Gem State
          The Flicks – Boise/Discuss & Rate


    Land of Lincoln
          Paramount Theatre – Aurora
          The Art Theater – Champaign
          Century Centre Cinema – Chicago/Discuss & Rate
          Facets Cinematheque – Chicago
          Gene Siskel Film Center – Chicago
          Logan Theatre – Chicago
          Music Box Theatre – Chicago
          Avon Theater – Decatur
          Glen Art Theatre – Glen Ellyn
          Renaissance Place – Highland Park/Discuss & Rate
          Big Cinemas Golf Glen Stadium – Niles
          Normal Theater – Normal


    The Hoosier State
          Indiana University Cinema – Bloomington
          The Ryder Film Series – Bloomington
          Cinema Center Downtown – Ft. Wayne/Discuss & Rate
          Keystone Art Cinema – Indianapolis
          Browning Cinema – DeBartolo Center – Notre Dame


    The Hawkeye State
          Fleur Cinema & Cafe – Des Moines/Discuss & Rate
          Varsity Thatre – Des Moines
          The Bijou Cinema – Iowa City/Discuss & Rate


    The Sunflower State
          Leawood – Leawood
          Glenwood Arts – Overland Park
          Rio – Overland Park
          Murdock Theatre – Witchita


    Bluegrass State
          The Kentucky Theatre – Lexington
          Baxter Avenue Filmworks – Louisville
          Maiden Alley Cinema – Paducah/Discuss & Rate
          Village 8 – St. Matthews


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    Pelican State
          Manship Theatre – Baton Rogue
          Prytania Theatre – New Orleans
          The Theaters at Canal Place – New Orleans
          Zeitgeist – New Orleans
          Robinson Film Center – Shreeveport


    The Pine Tree State
          Eveningstar Cinema – Brunswick/Discuss & Rate
          Frontier – Brunswick
          Lincoln Theater – Damariscotta
          Cape Ann Community Cinema – Gloucester
          Nickelodeon Cinema – Portland
          The Strand Theatre – Rockland
          Railroad Square Cinema – Waterville/Discuss & Rate


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    Judging Criteria: Design, Aesthetics, Functionality, Navigation

    Meet The 32 Nominees!
    We scoured more than 400 art house theater websites.
    32 have been identified as the best of the best.
    The nominees include theaters from:
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    Tennessee to Utah
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    Old Line State
          The Charles Theater – Baltimore/Discuss & Rate
          Bethesda Row Cinema – Bethesda
          P & G Old Greenbelt – Greenbelt
          AFI SilverTheatre – Silver Springs


    The Bay State
          Agawam Family Cinemas – Agawam
          Amherst Cinema – Amherst
          Studio Cinema – Belmont
          Cabot Street Cinema – Beverly
          Arts Emerson – Boston
          Museum of Fine Arts – Boston
          Coolidge Corner Theatre – Brookline
          Brattle Theatre – Cambridge/Discuss & Rate
          Harvard Film Archive – Cambridge
          Kendall Square Cinema – Cambridge/Discuss & Rate
          Dedham Community Theatre – Dedham
          Cape Cinema – Dennis/Discuss & Rate
          Loring Hall Cinema – Hingham
          Lexington Venue – Lexington
          Fine Arts Theatre – Maynard
          Newburyport Screening Room – Newburyport
          Regal Nickelodeon 5 – North Falmouth
          Little Cinema – Pittsfield
          Waters Edge Cinema – Provincetown
          Martha’s Vineyard Film Center – Vineyard Haven
          Embassy Cinema – Waltham
          West Newton Cinema – West Newton
          Images Cinema – Williamstown


    The Wolverine State
          The Michigan Theater – Ann Arbor/Discuss & Rate
          State Theater – Ann Arbor
          Birmingham 8 – Birmingham
          Maple Art Theatre – Bloomfield Hills/Discuss & Rate
          Cass City Cinema – Detroit
          Detroit Film Theatre – Detroit
          Ren Cen 4 – Detroit
          UICA – Grand Rapids
          Main Art Theatre – Royal Oak/Discuss & Rate
          Vickers Theatre – Three Oaks/Discuss & Rate
          Riviera Theatre – Three Rivers
          State Theatre – Traverse City


    The Gopher State
          Heights Theatre – Columbia Heights/Discuss & Rate
          Zinema 2 (Zeitgeist Arts) – Duluth
          Edina Cinema – Edina
          Lagoon Cinema – Minneapolis/Discuss & Rate
          Parkway Theater – Minneapolis
          Riverview Theater – Minneapolis
          St. Anthony Main Theatre – Minneapolis
          The Trylon – Minneapolis
          Uptown Theatre – Minneapolis
          Walker Art Center – Minneapolis
          Grandview 1 & 2 – St. Paul


    The Show Me State
          Ragtag Cinema – Columbia/Discuss & Rate
          Plaza Frontenac – Frontenac
          Glenwood at Red Bridge – Kansas City
          Screenland Crossroads – Kansas City/Discuss & Rate
          Screenland Crown Center – Kansas City/Discuss & Rate
          Tivoli Cinemas – Kansas City
          Screenland Armour – N. Kansas City/Discuss & Rate
          Moxie Cinema – Springfield
          Hi-Pointe Theatre – St. Louis
          Tivoli Theatre – St. Louis


    The Magnolia State
    No art house theaters?
    Can that be right?


    Big Sky Country
          Myrna Loy Center – Helena
          The Wilma Theater – Missoula/Discuss & Rate


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    Cornhusker State
          Ross Media Arts Center – Lincoln/Discuss & Rate
          Dundee Theatre – Omaha/Discuss & Rate
          Film Streams – Omaha/Discuss & Rate


    Live Free or Die
          The Colonial Theatre – Bethlehem
          Red River Theatres – Concord
          The Putnam – Keene
          Wilton Town Hall Theatre – Wilton/Discuss & Rate


    The Garden State
          The ShowRoom – Asbury Park/Discuss & Rate
          Montgomery Cinema – Belle Mead
          Roberts Chatham Cinema – Chatham
          Digiplex Cranford – Cranford
          Big Cinemas Movie City 8 – Edison
          Clairidge Cinema – Montclair
          The Princeton Garden Theatre – Princeton
          Red Bank Theatre – Red Bank
          Cedar Lane Cinemas – Teaneck
          Tenafly Cinema 4 – Tenafly
          Traco Theater – Toms River


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    Land of Enchantment
          Guild Cinema – Albuquerque
          Fountain Theatre – Mesilla
          Center For Contemporary Arts – Santa Fe
          The Screen – Santa Fe
          UA DeVargas 6 – Santa Fe


    The Empire State

  • New York City (5 Boroughs)
  •       BAM Rose Cinemas – Brooklyn/Discuss & Rate
          Brooklyn Heights Cinema – Brooklyn
          Cobble Hill Cinemas – Brooklyn
          Coney Island Film Society – Brooklyn
          indieScreen – Brooklyn
          Nitehawk Cinema – Brooklyn
          reRun Gastropub Theatr – Brooklyn
          Big Cinemas Bombay Theatre – Flushing
          Kew Gardens Cinema – Kew Gardens/Discuss & Rate
          1st and 62nd Street – New York
          Angelika Film Center – New York/Discuss & Rate
          Anthology Film Archives – New York
          Beekman Theatre – New York
          Big Cinemas Manhattan – New York
          Chelsea – New York
          Cinema Village – New York/Discuss & Rate
          City Cinemas 1,2,3 – New York
          City Cinemas E. 86th Street – New York
          Film Forum – New York/Discuss & Rate
          Film Society Lincoln Center – New York
          IFC Center – New York
          Lincoln Plaza Cinema – New York
          The Paris Theatre – New York/Discuss & Rate
          Quad Cinema – New York/Discuss & Rate
          Sunshine Cinema – New York
          Village East Cinema – New York
          Clearview’s Ziegfeld – New York
          Museum Of The Moving Image – Queens

  • Outside New York City (Another World)
  •       Spectrum 8 Theatres – Albany/Discuss & Rate
          Art Mission and Theater – Binghamton
          Bronxville Cinema – Bronxville
          Amherst Theatre – Buffalo
          North Park Theatre – Buffalo
          Mountain Cinema – Hunter
          Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington/Discuss & Rate
          Cinemapolis – Ithaca/Discuss & Rate
          Larchmont Playhouse – Larchmont
          Malverne Cinema – Malverne
          Mamaroneck Playhouse – Mamaroneck
          Manhasset Cinemas – Manhasset
          Manlius Art Cinema – Manlius/Discuss & Rate
          Paramount Theatre – Middletown
          The Moviehousee – Millerton/Discuss & Rate
          Plaza Cinema – Patchogue
          The Picture House – Pelham
          Burns Film Center – Pleasantville/Discuss & Rate
          Upstate Films – Rhineback/Discuss & Rate
          Cinema Theater – Rochester
          Dryden Theatre – Rochester
          The Little Theatre – Rochester/Discuss & Rate
          Rosendale Theatre – Rosendale
          Roslyn Cinemas – Roslyn
          Sag Harbor Cinema – Sag Harbor
          Saratoga Film Forum – Saratoga Springs/Discuss & Rate
          Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute – Utica
          Sundance Cinemas – Westchester
          Cinema 100 – White Plains
          Eastern Hills Cinema – Williamsville
          Upstate Films – Woodstock/Discuss & Rate


    Tar Heel State
          Fine Arts Theatre – Asheville/Discuss & Rate
          Galaxy Cinema – Cary/Discuss & Rate
          Chelsea Theater – Chapel Hill/Discuss & Rate
          Regal Manor Twin – Charlotte
          Regal Park Terrace 6 – Charlotte
          Carolina Theatre – Durham
          Cameo Art House Theatre – Fayetteville/Discuss & Rate
          The Rialto – Raleigh/Discuss & Rate
          Colony Theatres – Raleigh/Discuss & Rate
          Sunrise Theater – Southern Pines/Discuss & Rate
          Thalian Hall – Wilmington/Discuss & Rate
          a/perture Cinema – Winston-Salem
          Hanesbrands Theatre – Winston-Salem


    The Buckeye State
          Esquire Theatre – Cincinatti
          Mariemont – Cincinatti
          Capitol Theatre – Cleveland
          Cedar Lee Theatre – Cleveland
          Cleveland Cinematheque – Cleveland
          Drexel Theatre – Columbus/Discuss & Rate
          Studio 35 – Columbus
          Wexner Center for the Arts – Columbus
          The Neon – Dayton/Discuss & Rate
          Little Art Theatre – Yellow Springs/Discuss & Rate


    Sooner State
          Noble Theater (OKC Museum of Art) – Oklahoma City
          Circle Cinema – Tulsa


    Beaver State
          Varsity Theatre – Ashland
          Valley Cinema – Beaverton
          Regal Pilot Butte 6 – Bend
          Darkside Cinema – Corvallis/Discuss & Rate
          Bijou Art Cinemas – Eugene/Discuss & Rate
          Cinema 21 – Portland/Discuss & Rate
          CineMagic Theater – Portland
          Clinton Street Theater – Portland
          Hollywood Theatre – Portland/Discuss & Rate
          Laurelhurst Theater – Portland
          Living Room Theaters – Portland
          Northwest Film Center – Portland
          Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10 – Portland
          Salem Cinema – Salem
          St. Johns Cinema – St. Johns


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    Keystone State
          Civic Theatre – Allentown
          Ambler Theater – Ambler/Discuss & Rate
          Allen Theatre – Annville/Discuss & Rate
          Bala Theatre – Bala Cynwyd
          ArtsQuest – Bethlehem
          Bryn Mawr Film Institute – Bryn Mawr
          County Theater – Doylestown
          Pocono Community Theater – East Stroudsburg
          Midtown Cinema – Harrisburg
          Cinema 16:9 – Lansdowne
          Ritz at the Bourse – Philadelphia
          Ritz East – Philadelphia
          Ritz Five – Philadelphia
          Colonial Theatre – Phoenixville/Discuss & Rate
          Melwood Screening Room – Pittsburgh
          Harris Theater – Pittsburgh
          Hollywood Theater – Pittsburgh (Dormont)
          The Manor Theatre – Pittsburgh
          Regent Square Theater – Pittsburgh
          GoggleWorks – Reading
          Dietrich Theater – Tunkhannock


    The Ocean State
          Avon Cinema – Providence/Discuss & Rate
          Cable Car Cinema – Providence/Discuss & Rate


    The Palmetto State
    What the heck is a palmetto?
          Center For The Arts (Univ. South Carolina) – Beaufort
          Nickelodeon Theatre – Columbia/Discuss & Rate
          Terrace Theatre – Charleston
          Coligny Theatre – Hilton Head Island


    The Mount Rushmore State
    No art house theaters?
    Can that be right?


    The Volunteer State
          Forest Hill Cinema – Germantown
          Downtown West Cinema 8 – Knoxville
          Ridgeway Four – Memphis
          Studio on the Square – Memphis
          The Belcourt – Nashville/Discuss & Rate


    The Lone Star State
          Alamao Drafthouse – The Ritz – Austin
          Regal Arbor 8 @ Great Hills – Austin
          Violet Crown Cinema – Austin
          Angelika Dallas – Dallas
          The Magnolia – Dallas/Discuss & Rate
          The Old Firehouse – Edom
          River Oaks Theatre – Houston
          Sundance Cinemas – Houston
          Angelika Plano – Plano
          The Bijou (Santikos) – San Antonio


    Beehive State
          Art House Cinema 502 – Ogden
          Broadway Centre Cin. – Salt Lake City/Discuss & Rate
          Tower Theatre – Salt Lake City/Discuss & Rate


    The Green Mountain State
          Merril’s Roxy Cinema – Burlington
          The Savoy Theater – Montpelier/Discuss & Rate
          Catamount Arts – St. Johnsbury


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    Old Dominion
          Shirlington 7 – Arlington/Discuss & Rate
          Lyric Theatre – Blacksburg/Discuss & Rate
          Vinegar Hill – Charlottesville
          Angelika Mosaic – Fairfax
          Cinema Arts Theatres – Fairfax/Discuss & Rate
          Big Cinemas Loehmann’s Twin – Falls Church
          Naro Expanded Cinema – Norfolk/Discuss & Rate
          Regal Westhampton Cinema 2 – Richmond
          Grandin Theatre – Roanoke
          Kimball Theatre – Williamsburg


    The Evergreen State
          Majestic Bay Theatres – Ballard
          Pickford Film Center – Bellingham//Discuss & Rate
          Kirkland Parkplace – Kirkland
          Totem Lake Cinema – Kirkland
          Capitol Theater – Olympia
          Roxy Cinema – Renton
          Central Cinema – Seattle
          Cinerama – Seattle
          Egyptian Theatre – Seattle
          Harvard Exit Theatre – Seattle
          Grand Illusion Cinema – Seattle
          Guild 45th Theatre – Seattle
          Northwest Film Forum – Seattle
          Seven Gables Theatre – Seattle
          SIFF – Seattle
          Sundance Cinemas – Seattle
          Varsity Theatre – Seattle
          Crest Cinema Center – Shoreline
          Magic Lantern Theatre – Spokane
          The Grand Cinema – Tacoma/Discuss & Rate
          Kiggins Theatre – Vancouver


    Badger State
          Sundance Cinemas – Madison
          WUD Film Committee (Univ. Wisconsin) – Madison
          Downer Theatre – Milwaukee
          Oriental Theatre – Milwaukee


    Cowboy State
    No art house theaters?
    Can that be right?

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