Aero Theatre Plans To Reopen June 10 In Santa Monica

SANTA MONICA, CA — American Cinematheque, the nonprofit cultural, arts and film preservation group, announced Wednesday that the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica will reopen next month. It's been closed for more than a year since the pandemic began.

The Aero Theatre at 1328 Montana Ave. will reopen June 10 and the nonprofit also plans to expand programming to a Los Feliz theater.

An advance screening of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "The Heights" will be the first to show ahead of theaters nationally on June 11. Other programming in June includes 70mm screenings of classics "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Vertigo," "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Tenet."

"After over a year away from our beloved cinemas, the American Cinematheque is thrilled to welcome its members and film lovers back to the Aero, and we are so excited to offer great screenings and programming through our new location in Los Feliz," said American Cinematheque Executive Director Ken Scherer.

"It has been a challenging year, but we are committed now more than ever to celebrating the magic of the movies and encourage everyone to enjoy our great line-up of events coming up this summer," Scherer said.

The group will begin programming in late July at the Los Feliz 3 theater, 1822 N. Vermont Ave. The partnership comes as renovation work continues at the AC's famed Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. That theater will remain closed until late 2022.

As part of the renovation effort and in an effort to raise funds, AC is selling 25 chairs from the Egyptian Theatre, as well as a limited number of lucite-encased pieces of the theater's screen, signed by various filmmakers. View the website for details.

People can purchase tickets to watch films on the American Cinematheque website.

We're baaaacckkkk!!! The Aero Theatre is reopening... pic.twitter.com/cgp21AOgTc
— American Cinematheque (@am_cinematheque) May 19, 2021

- City News Service and Patch Editor Nicole Charky contributed to this report.

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