Park Ridge's Pickwick Theater To Close In January, Unless...

Above, Japanese suit actor Hurricane Ryu and yours truly outside of the Pickwick Theater.

The iconic Pickwick Theater in Park Ridge, Illinois, that hosted many screenings for G-FEST over the years, will be closing next month unless a "knight in shining armor" comes to the rescue.

According to the Chicago Tribune:

For Park Ridge’s iconic Pickwick Theatre, the final credits will roll in January after almost a century of hosting moviegoers, its owner told Chicago Tribune/Pioneer Press Tuesday.

Co-owner Dino Vlahakis, 63, said his family is closing the vintage movie theater, which has been losing money almost consistently since the onset of the pandemic; however, they hope a “knight in shining armor” will take over the operation.

The Vlahakis family has owned the 900-seat theater since 1967. It has stood in Park Ridge since 1928 after opening as a vaudeville house, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, according to information from the Park Ridge History Center.

Currently, Vlahakis said, the plan is for the Pickwick to show its last movie Jan. 8. He’s thinking the picture will be “Gone With the Wind.”

Hopefully, someone will step forward and save the Pickwick.

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