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After a long slumber, U.S. cinemas awaken on pivotal weekend

STAMFORD, Conn. — With the previews about to start, a trickle of masked moviegoers made their way into one of the first U.S. screenings of “Tenet” at the Bow Tie Majestic 6 in downtown Stamford, Connecticut. They took their seats Tuesday night, eyeing the empty seats between each other ...

A letter from Lake Superior Theatre

Welcome to Summer 2020. We admit, it’s unlike any summer we’ve ever experienced. Much like everyone else, we are thinking about the things we should be doing, the things we are missing, and hoping that someday soon we can have “normal” back. The Boathouse is so quiet and empty. ...

In ‘Tenet,’ a time-bending thriller for bended times

I went in fresh to “Tenet.” I didn’t have any real sense of the plot, yes, but it’s more that it had been some five months since I was last in a movie theater. That’s a long hiatus — a dark ages for sitting in the dark — for someone, anyone, used to going to the movies more days ...

Superiorland Nightlife

Tuesday 6:30 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Tuesday Jones at Concert in the Park, Munising 7 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Flat Broke Blues Band at Peter White Public Library Front Street steps, Marquette Wednesday 7 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring open mic at Cafe Bodega, Marquette Friday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring St. Joe Jack at Superior Culture, Marquette Saturday 4 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring St. Joe Jack at Cognition Brewing Co., Ishpeming 8 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Ethan Bott at Superior Culture, ...

After 5 months, AMC Theaters reopens its doors, cautiously

WEST HOMESTEAD, Pa — The doors to the AMC Waterfront 22 were locked. They had been for five months, along with most indoor theaters in the U.S. because of COVID-19. But in 20 minutes that was about to change and four people in masks were already gathered outside the theater 8 miles southeast of Pittsburgh in eager anticipation. They were there to see the Vin Diesel movie “Bloodshot” for 15 cents a ticket. After so many months, 20 extra minutes didn’t seem like all that long to wait. The lights started slowing coming back on in theaters nationwide Thursday with AMC Theaters, the ...

‘The 24th’ is a sobering history lesson for today

On Aug. 23, 1917, four months after the U.S. had entered World War I, the all-Black 3rd battalion of the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment mutinied in Houston. That night’s two hours of violence left nine civilians, four policemen and two soldiers dead. It resulted in the largest murder ...