If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll see the name Union County Performing Arts Center come up quite a bit. It’s a historic theatre from 1928 in Rahway, NJ. “School of Rock” filmed some scenes there.
Last night my husband and I went to see “The Last Picture Show” directed by the late Peter Bogdanovich. Filmed in 1971, and set in a small town in Texas during the early 1950s, it was a somewhat dark, coming of age movie the featured some pretty cool old country tunes.
I’ll leave the rest as a surprise for those who didn’t see it (you can Wiki the plot though), but I’d like to share a little more about the experience in itself.
Prior to entering the theatre, we were greeted by a really cool guy called Jung Wombats who played guitar for us.
When we got inside, the theatre was giving away free popcorn and coffee. There was also a bar.
Prior to the main feature, we were treated to a guy playing the Wurlitzer, which you can see on the far left in this photo:
Then the lights dimmed and before “The Last Picture Show” there were no “coming attractions.” Instead there was a Popeye cartoon from 1944! It was truly a journey back in time.
We are great fans of The Union County Performing Arts Center, and hope to return real soon!
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