EPISODE · Jan 18, 2018 · 21 MIN
John Hersker Before It Was The Kirby
from Newsmaker Interviews
NEPA native John Hersker joins WILK's Sue Henry to talk about an upcoming movie event. “Before the Kirby was the Kirby,” is a 12-part, monthly film series which will celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the FM Kirby Center by going back to its beginning, when it was a movie theatre. The premiere is Jan 26 with the showing of "The Molly Maguires" which had its world premiere at the Kirby, then called the Paramount Theatre in 1970. The series in in conjunction with Flashback Cinema.
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NEPA native John Hersker joins WILK's Sue Henry to talk about an upcoming movie event. “Before the Kirby was the Kirby,” is a 12-part, monthly film series which will celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the FM Kirby Center by going back to its beginning, when it was a movie theatre. The premiere is Jan 26 with the showing of "The Molly Maguires" which had its world premiere at the Kirby, then called the Paramount Theatre in 1970. The series in in conjunction with Flashback Cinema.
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