Help Keep Salem's Finest Cultural Venue Alive and Kicking with a Kickstarter Campaign

Salem Cinema is simply the finest cultural venue in town, offering films of great beauty and power that are simply not available to people in thousands and cities and towns in the US - even those much larger than Salem.  Help out with the digital conversion to keep Salem Cinema alive and kicking for at least another 35 years.

Several months ago, Salem Cinema was forced by the film industry to convert from 35mm film projection to fully digital state-of-the-art equipment in all three of our auditoriums. Studios ceased to strike 35mm film prints and in order to keep our doors open, we had to upgrade. This required a huge investment, part of which was met by taking out a sizable loan totaling almost $150,000 on top of our own nearly $50,000 commitment. While corporate multiplexes were subsidized by studios in their upgrades, requiring them to only cover about 25% of the total cost, this was not the case for small, independent cinemas who had to pay 100% of their total upgrades.

Switch to digital projectors imperils some theaters by Judy Keen, USA TODAY

It's now time for us to reach out to our loyal patrons and film lovers and ask that you please share some of this cost.

It means the world to us to know that your lives have been enriched by Salem Cinema over the years and there is nothing we'd love more than to continue to bring outstanding and unique film to our community. In order to do that, we need your help. We have scrimped and scraped and managed to repay the cost of one of the three projectors, but it's been a long, hard road to reach that point.

We've set our immediate goal for $97,560 which is the combined cost of the other two projectors. With this amount, we would be able to pay off the balance of the loan without accruing more interest. Your contribution won't go unappreciated! Not only will we be able to keep doing what we do best, but we have some remarkable rewards to thank you for your incredibly important and always appreciated support... without you, we are nothing!

While we've set some contribution and reward levels, know that you aren't restricted to those dollar amounts...feel free to give any amount. Please remember that with Kickstarter, it's an all-or-nothing challenge. If we don't reach our goal, we won't see a penny.

Please go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/salemcinema/salem-cinemas-digital-projection-upgrade-challenge to donate today!

Keep Salem's Finest Cultural Venue Alive and Kicking with Kickstarter

Salem is unimaginably lucky to have the Salem Cinema -- there are thousands and thousands of towns in the US where they simply never have any opportunity to see the films that we here in Salem have come to expect.

Make a gift to yourself and your community by helping Salem Cinema pay off the conversion to digital projection equipment.

Several months ago, Salem Cinema was forced by the film industry to convert from 35mm film projection to fully digital state-of-the-art equipment in all three of our auditoriums. Studios ceased to strike 35mm film prints and in order to keep our doors open, we had to upgrade. This required a huge investment, part of which was met by taking out a sizable loan totaling almost $150,000 on top of our own nearly $50,000 commitment. While corporate multiplexes were subsidized by studios in their upgrades, requiring them to only cover about 25% of the total cost, this was not the case for small, independent cinemas who had to pay 100% of their total upgrades. Switch to digital projectors imperils some theaters by Judy Keen, USA TODAY It's now time for us to reach out to our loyal patrons and film lovers and ask that you please share some of this cost. It means the world to us to know that your lives have been enriched by Salem Cinema over the years and there is nothing we'd love more than to continue to bring outstanding and unique film to our community. In order to do that, we need your help. We have scrimped and scraped and managed to repay the cost of one of the three projectors, but it's been a long, hard road to reach that point. We've set our immediate goal for $97,560 which is the combined cost of the other two projectors. With this amount, we would be able to pay off the balance of the  loan without accruing more interest. Your contribution won't go unappreciated! Not only will we be able to keep doing what we do best, but we have some remarkable rewards to thank you for your incredibly important and always appreciated support... without you, we are nothing!  While we've set some contribution and reward levels, know that you aren't restricted to those dollar amounts...feel free to give any amount. Please remember that with Kickstarter, it's an all-or-nothing challenge. If we don't reach our goal, we won't see a penny. Please go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/salemcinema/salem-cinemas-digital-projection-upgrade-challenge to donate today! Salem Cinema | 1127 Broadway NE | www.salemcinema.com STAY CONNECTED:

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Memo to School Districts: You are going to be sued into oblivion if you don't drop football

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-latest-brain-study-examined-111-former-nfl-players-only-one-didnt-have-cte/2017/07/25/835b49e4-70bc-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.b1e44cbc8e67

Andy Slavitt on Twitter: "I want the word freedom back from those who intend to take freedom from those who are old, poor, or sick."

https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/888806969875845120

Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay

A Don't Miss Free Event for Your Calendar -- a brilliant thinker visits Salem

Free! Hear Joe Minicozzi -- frequent collaborator with Chuck Marohn and Strong Towns -- here in Salem!

Indeed, Crime DOES Pay

Mitch McConnell's soul makes sewer backups in the meat packing district seem like pure mountain springs

Reforming the Electoral College with National Popular Vote!

If you care about reforming the Electoral College, you can make a real difference with just a few minutes of your time.

Right now the Oregon Legislature is considering HB 2927, a bill to join the National Popular Vote compact, and it's passing depends on whether lawmakers hear from voters like you about how important it is.

Please ask your Oregon lawmakers to support National Popular Vote!

https://secure2.convio.net/comcau/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2146&sp_ref=313357425.214.181571.e.0.2&s_subsrc=taf_email

Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay

Salem's Strategic Planning: The most important goal we could adopt: Make Salem a "Car Optional City"

First, it serves as a reminder that there are millions and perhaps tens of millions of households in the United States without the financial wherewithal to sustain personal ownership of a reliable motor vehicle (and many others for which it is a great financial burden). It is not entirely “the economy, stupid” that determines whether low-income households can “afford” to purchase a car, it is also the willingness of Wall Street to extend credit in ways that put the monthly payment within reach. One can have many views on how this situation came to be and what to do about it, but the fact remains that we have created a transportation/land use system in which millions of people feel the need to purchase something they cannot afford in order to achieve a bare minimum level of participation in the economy and society. That’s absurd, and it is root of the problem. The suburbanization of poverty, job sprawl, and poor public transit service only threaten to make this worse. . . . 

Second, the experience of the last few years is a reminder that building a less car-dependent transportation system is a necessity not just for the environment, our health and the effective functioning of our cities and towns, but also for the financial health of American households. Relieving as many households as possible of the obligation to own a vehicle is an urgent project. The wealth of new technologies and tools available in transportation – along with tried and true measures such as good public transportation and access to low-cost travel via biking and walking – can provide access to convenient, affordable mobility to a wider variety of people. Public policy over the last 75 years has contributed to creating a country in which most people feel the need to own a car. Smart public policies can help give people other choices.

from "What Comes After the Auto Bubble" by Tony Dutzik, Senior Policy Analyst for Frontier Group

 http://www.frontiergroup.org/blogs/blog/fg/what-comes-after-auto-bubble

Mark Your Calendar for Salem Cinema, 6/20, 7:30 p.m.

 

http://salemcinema.com/nowshowing.html

REEL Change Film Screening:   The Slow Way Home 

Salem, OR -  Marion County Health Department and Salem Cinema present a Reel Change For Our Community documentary screening of The Slow Way Home to benefit local biking and walking efforts in our region.   The screening is being held in partnership with The Northwest Hub, Cherriots Trip Choice, OSU Extension Service, Salem Bicycle Club, Safe Routes to School and Oregon Department of Transportation.

The film illustrates the way families from around the world structure their daily life for children to travel to school.  In Japan, 98 percent of children walk to school every day, unaccompanied by a parent. In the United States, just 13 percent of children walk or bike to school, and most are driven to school by a parent. The Slow Way Home explores this divergence, examining how American families have largely given up on keeping our streets and public spaces safe enough for children, while Japanese communities have mobilized to keep their streets safe and walkable, not only for children but for everyone in society. Seen through both a historical and contemporary framing, The Slow Way Home is an uplifting examination of differences in culture that provides both insight into a distressing trend in American society while simultaneously offering hope for change.

The screening will be shown on Tuesday, June 20th at 7:30 p.m. at the Salem Cinema located at 1127 Broadway NE, Salem, OR.  Seats are $12 in advance or $15 the day of the event.    Tickets are available now at the Salem Cinema box office or online at  www.boxofficetickets.com .

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