The last time Matthew Hoffman hosted his Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series, pandemics were just a phenomenon his audiences experienced in the movies they came to see. When the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The leader of Park Ridge Classic Films, an occasional film series, says he hopes to continue to show movies at Park Ridge’s Pickwick Theatre even as the 900-seat auditorium’s future is up in the air.

A variety of movie houses in the city and suburbs were born to show films and continue to do only that, Chicago. These special places have survived despite the coronavirus pandemic and endless at-home ...

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Popular series Park Ridge Classic Films is gearing up for its first showings of the season and the last screenings on the Pickwick Theatre’s “megascreen,” according to the series’ organizer, before it ...

Park Ridge firefighters were able to put out a fire before it could destroy the historic Pickwick Theatre Monday morning. Witnesses said the building that houses the Pickwick started to fill up with ...