Garland Theater

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Fri., Dec. 15, 2023

The Garland Theater was opened to the public on Thanksgiving Day in 1945. The theater held more than 900 people and at the time was one of the most modernized theaters in Spokane.

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South West Community Center day campers Kaylee Neeley, 7, left, Ty Paladino, 7, centre and Arion Flores,7, right, share a laugh during the free showing of Peter Rabbit at The Garland Theater in Spokane on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018.

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The Garland Theater sign punches through the evening sky as night falls over the Garland District, Wednesday June 20, 2018.

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The Garland Theater’s marquee glows in the sky in December. The iconic business recently was sold to real estate developer Jordan Tampien.

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In the entrance of the Garland Theater, Wendy Ramsey, right, blows on her daughter Kayla's new pinwheel April 2, 2007.

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A packed house at the Garland Dollar Theater takes in the 3D 50's classic "Creature from the Black Lagoon" in 1995.

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The showing of "Creature from the Black Lagoon" created all the excitement of a Hollywood premier at the Garland Dollar Theater in 1995. Sarah Eschenbacher and six of her friends celebrated her 14th birthday with a limo ride to the show.

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Brandon Perry, age 11, waits at a light outside the Garland Theater in 1995.

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Garland Theater co-owner Tola Rogalski, holding door, takes his kids to watch Pokemon in 2000.

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The Garland Theater, which opened in November of 1945, was the classiest movie spot in Spokane at the time, but now survives showing second-run movies and hosting a bar in an adjacent space. Photographed Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.

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Standing like a beacon of the Garland district since 1945 at the corner of Monroe and Garland is the Garland Theater in 2006. For $2.50 you can catch a movie at the classic styled theater.

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Amy Kepler and Randy Elkins are pelted with popcorn from guests at their wedding Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at the Garland Theatre. The two dated there many times and decided to tie the knot at the venerable Spokane movie house.

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Family and friends watch from the audience as Amy Kepler and Randy Elkins are married Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at the Garland Theatre. The two dated there many times and decided to tie the knot at the venerable Spokane movie house.

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Amy Kepler and Randy Elkins kiss at the end of the ceremony at their wedding on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at the Garland Theatre. The two dated there many times and decided to tie the knot at the venerable Spokane movie house.

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The names of Amy Kepler and Randy Elkins are on the marquee at their wedding Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at the Garland Theatre. The two dated there many times and decided to tie the knot at the venerable Spokane movie house.

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"We've been mostly playing baseball this summer," said brothers Joshua and Matthew Anderson who spent Wednesday morning July 26, 2006, watching the movie Madagascar during a free viewing at the Garland Theater.

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RiverCity Leader Academy grad Taylor Carr works her shift as a manager on Thursday, May 2, 2013, at The Garland Theater's ticket booth in Spokane, Wash.

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Julia Duquette, right, who was an extra in the film "Teenage Dirtbag", waits with her mother Cadee Duquette (cq) for the premiere showing to start Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at the Garland Theater in Spokane. None of the principals in the film were in Spokane for the closest showing to Coeur d'Alene, where it was filmed, but many extras came to see the finished film.

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The Garland Theater offered free admission as they aired the Gonzaga vs. Xavier game on Saturday, March 25, 2017.

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Garland theater employee Crystal Bertholic carries menus in Bon Bon at the Garland Theater on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, in the Garland District in Spokane, Wash.

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Spokane native Matt Davidson, playing a zombie attempts to bite actor Nat Zang who plays the character 10K - named for his goal of eliminating ten thousand zombies - as he is interviewed by the media during the Z-Nation premier on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, at the Garland Theater in Spokane, Wash. Davidson, who said he has been involved in the filming of 6-7 episodes so far, was part of a crew of zombies roaming the premiere and interacting with guests.

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