{"id":1392,"date":"2008-09-09T06:01:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T10:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/09\/09\/photo-du-jour-empress-theatre\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:33:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:33:55","slug":"photo-du-jour-empress-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/09\/09\/photo-du-jour-empress-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du Jour &#8211; Empress Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24923563@N02\/2447169111\/\" title=\"Empress Theatre by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2068\/2447169111_52b11d9279.jpg\" alt=\"Empress Theatre\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The old Empress Theatre, located on Sherbrooke Street W, corner Marcil, in NDG. Photo taken April 27th, 2008.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Built in 1927 the Egyptian-style building began its life as a vaudeville theatre, and then, in 1962 was re-incarnated as a burlesque dinner theatre called the Royal Follies. In 1968, it became known as Cinema V, and in the &#8217;70s switched to a repertory movie house and home of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. A fire in 1992 damaged the theatre and it has been closed ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empress.sherbrookendg.net\/HomeE\/\">Empress Cultural Centre<\/a> aims to give the building new life as a cultural centre and performance space, something that most NDG residents (myself included) feel is lacking from the &#8216;hood. The final plans include a caf\u00e9\/art gallery, and in partnership with the McGill University Conservatory of Music, a 246-person concert hall. The project will cost $6-8 million, which you can apparently help offset by purchasing their &#8220;special Empress chocolate truffles&#8221; at the head office (the door to the left\/East of the building) and at other NDG businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old Empress Theatre, located on Sherbrooke Street W, corner Marcil, in NDG. Photo taken April 27th, 2008. Built in 1927 the Egyptian-style building began its life as a vaudeville theatre, and then, in 1962 was re-incarnated as a burlesque dinner theatre called the Royal Follies. 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