{"id":216847,"date":"2026-03-12T19:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/216847\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:14:17","slug":"long-beachs-art-theatre-to-celebrate-cinema-with-annual-red-carpet-fundraiser-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/216847\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach\u2019s Art Theatre to celebrate cinema with annual red carpet fundraiser \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Art Theatre of Long Beach, the city\u2019s oldest and last remaining independent cinema, will kick off its 101st year in operation with a red carpet fundraising gala celebrating the 2026 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

When the Art originally opened, it was as a single-screen silent movie cinema with an orchestra pit and pipe organ, according to its website. It was among the earliest movie theaters to open in Long Beach, alongside other historic cinemas, such as the Fox West Coast and the Egyptian Theater, both of which have long since been demolished.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a nonprofit arts organization, this annual fundraiser is one of our main sources of financial support, and helps keep our doors open,\u201d\u00a0 Art Theatre board President Kirk Jordan said in a Wednesday, March 11, statement. \u201cThe Art Theatre is a unique historical landmark, and keeps the art of cinema alive in Long Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each year, the theater hosts a red carpet gala to help the nonprofit fundraise money to support its operations, and this year is no different \u2014 though there will be one major change to the programming.<\/p>\n

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The Art Theatre will host a midnight showing of \u201cNosferatu\u201d with a live orchestra on Halloween. (Photo courtesy of Art Theatre of Long Beach)\n<\/p>\n

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Workers install a new 4K projector at The Art Theatre of Long Beach. (Photo courtesy Art Theatre).\n<\/p>\n

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Workers install a new 4K projector at The Art Theatre of Long Beach. (Photo courtesy Art Theatre).\n<\/p>\n

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Lunafest attendees line up to enter The Art Theatre of Long Beach during a previous year. (Courtesy Junior League of Long Beach)\n<\/p>\n

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The Art Theatre will host a midnight showing of \u201cNosferatu\u201d with a live orchestra on Halloween. (Photo courtesy of Art Theatre of Long Beach)\n<\/p>\n

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For the first time, the Art Theatre will broadcast the Oscars ceremony during the gala on its newly installed 4K digital projector and screen.<\/p>\n

The Art spent two years raising money to purchase the new 4K digital projector and screen<\/a>, which cost about $100,000 in total. It replaced the theater\u2019s previous projector, which had been in use since the early 2000s and lacked the ability to show first-run films in the highest quality currently available \u2014 4K \u2014 instead showing movies in 1080p resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be the first year the live ABC broadcast will be presented on the 101-year-old Retro Row showpiece\u2019s new 4K digital projector and screen,\u201d the Art said in a recent announcement, \u201cpromising a dazzling, big screen experience for the occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s gala will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 15.<\/p>\n

Besides the Oscars broadcast, the event will also feature the red carpet, a photo booth, a silent auction, catering from Miller Butler, and drinks from Wine on 2nd and Radiant Beer. There will also be various prizes awarded to attendees throughout the evening, the Art said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttendees can expect an event filled with fun, community, a 4K livestream of the 98th Annual Academy Awards, and a touch of Hollywood glamour done Long Beach style,\u201d Jordan said, \u201cwith our own red carpet, photo booth, silent auction, trivia and best-dressed prizes, and even a wood-fired pizza popup on our parklet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets to the event cost $50, though Art Theatre members will get a discounted $40 rate.<\/p>\n

For tickets, visit arttheatrelongbeach.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Art Theatre of Long Beach, the city\u2019s oldest and last remaining independent cinema, will kick off its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5282,7,23,131,133,132,137],"class_list":["post-216847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-arts","tag-california","tag-local-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}