BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Urbana Free Library X-WR-CALNAME:Urbana Free Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1fe9561d-1191-41a6-a49f-da414353042f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260910T203935Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240416T200000 SUMMARY:The Princess Theatre: Urbana's Longest-Running Movie Theatre LOCATION:The Urbana Free Library\nThe Urbana Free Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Urbana Free Library;X- APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=The Urbana Free Library:geo:40.1112849,-88.2094816 GEO:40.1112849;-88.2094816 DESCRIPTION:Calling all fans of movies\, theatre\, and Urbana history!.\nh ttps://urbanafreelibrary.libnet.info/event/10155001 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Local author and theatre historian Perry M orris will discuss the history of the iconic Urbana building that once hou sed the Princess Theatre and is now home to Cinema Gallery. From the pione ering family who built the original opera hall to its evolution as a movie theatre\, learn all about the history of this Main Street staple. There's even a Roger Ebert connection!

\n

Perry is a co-author of the book\,  \;The Art Theatre: Playing Movies for 100 Years with Joe Mus kin and Audrey Wells. He is an avid researcher of local theaters and maint ains the website\, C-Utheaterhistory.com\, where he shares this research. Perry is President of the Champaign County Genealogi cal Society\, Vice-President of the Champaign County History Museum\, and has served on the boards of the Preservation and Conservation Association\ , the Art Film Foundation\, the Orpheum Children&rsquo\;s Science Museum\, and the Champaign County Historical Society.

\nhttps://urbanafreelibra ry.libnet.info/event/10155001 URL;VALUE=URI:https://urbanafreelibrary.libnet.info/event/10155001 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/urbanafreelibrary/Perry_in _front_of_Cinema_20240201.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR