Avalon Theatre, 1500 E Lake St, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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|architectsource=Ekman Holm and Co. | |architectsource=Ekman Holm and Co. | ||
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== Related Links == | == Related Links == | ||
[http://www.hobt.org In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre] | [http://www.hobt.org In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre] | ||
+ | [http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/965 Interview with Sandy Spieler] | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 02:34, April 13, 2008
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Avalon Theatre | |
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Address: | 1500 Lake Street E |
Neighborhood/s: | Powderhorn, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
City/locality- State/province | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
County- State/province: | Hennepin County, Minnesota |
State/province: | Minnesota |
Country: | United States |
Year built: | 1924 |
Major Alterations: | Remodeled and enlarged, Perry Crosier, 1937 / renovated, Vincent James Assoc., 1997warning.png"Remodeled and enlarged, Perry Crosier, 1937 / renovated, Vincent James Assoc., 1997" is not in the list of possible values (Intact, Some/mostly intact, Altered, Significant Alterations, Alterations more apparent than original) for this property. |
Current Function: | Theater/concert hall |
Architect or source of design: | Ekman Holm and Co. |
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Memories and stories
Memory
I was born on March 12, 1939. The night before I was born my parents went to see "Gone With the Wind" at the Avalon Theater. On the way from our home at 2636 - 17th Avenue they stopped at Nolander's Department Store on 17th and Lake. where my mother wanted to buy some sewing supplies. She put her name in for a door prize that night and won a beautiful gold, red, and black tray with deer on it, which came with a pitcher and six glasses. The tray was in our family until I left home. Recently when I visited my niece's home I found out that she still has that tray.
As a child I went nearly every Saturday to the matinee double features at the Avalon. Before the movies we had yoyo contests on stage with prizes. In the late 1940s yoyo was a great pastime for children like us, as well as roller skating and biking.
Sometimes, much to my mother's dismay, I stayed after the whole afternoon of movies with cartoons to watch the evening feature film.
In recent years I have returned to the now Heart of the Beast Theater to see puppet theater. It is wonderful to see the theater of my youth returned to a place for such wholesome entertainment.
Margaret
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In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre Interview with Sandy Spieler