Today I meet with some crazy suburbanites like myself who are fervent in their desire to Save the Dome. I offered to write an appeal of the Planning… Read more “Tilting at Windmills, Reaching for the Star in Saving the Dome”
Category: Cinearts
Closing public comment, other moves: Lack of good faith by Pleasant Hill officials in deciding fate of iconic Dome theater?
As Pleasant Hill planning commissioners decide the fate of the CineArts Dome movie theater Tuesday night, they won’t be taking public comment about destroying the theater and… Read more “Closing public comment, other moves: Lack of good faith by Pleasant Hill officials in deciding fate of iconic Dome theater?”
The Big, Boxy Store Hoping to Replace the Dome Movie Theater
Yesterday, I published a story on the new news website, News24-680, about efforts ramping up to save the beloved movie theater in Pleasant Hill. There are two… Read more “The Big, Boxy Store Hoping to Replace the Dome Movie Theater”
I Saw It at the Dome: New Facebook Page Dedicated to Contra Costa’s Retro Cinema Landmark
I just got invited to join a brand new Facebook page, which asks people to share their favorite memories of seeing a movie at The Dome, the… Read more “I Saw It at the Dome: New Facebook Page Dedicated to Contra Costa’s Retro Cinema Landmark”
So It’s Finally the End for the Dome?
This is an annoying, disturbing recent development. The Dome movie theater, a landmark in Pleasant Hill and in the history of East Bay cinemas, is going to… Read more “So It’s Finally the End for the Dome?”
Save the Dome! Future of retro landmark movie theater uncertain in shopping center battle
Believe it or not, the Cinearts “Dome” movie theater in Pleasant Hill is a historical landmark—of a sorts–certainly to movie geeks like me who found their way… Read more “Save the Dome! Future of retro landmark movie theater uncertain in shopping center battle”
Crazy in Suburbia 