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MANCHESTER, VT -- The Village Picture Shows has reached its goal of $175,000 that will upgrade the movie theater projection equipment and other needs of the building.Village Picture Shows hit their target on Saturday, Feb. 23, when they held a fund-raiser with the screening of the movie The Majestic. (Read More)

Two weeks left to go and we are going strong!  As long as all the pledges hold, we will call this thing come March 15th!    With at least two more fundraisers to go, we should have a nice cushion in case some of the funds can't be collected on... (Read More)

MANCHESTER, VT - The Village Picture Shows has reached its goal of $175,000 that will upgrade the movie theater projection equipment and other needs of the building. (Read More)

MANCHESTER, VT - The Village Picture Shows has reached its goal of $175,000 that will upgrade the movie theater projection equipment and other needs of the building. (Read More)

We are so happy and grateful to announce that we are just over our goal with 19 days left in the campaign!   Honestly, it was only in our dreams that we thought we could make this project happen.   All of your support and good wishes brought us... (Read More)

Late at night, while sweeping up spilled popcorn, our employees have often wondered if they will have their jobs come April.  With almost $152,000 in pledges and a little over three weeks left in this campaign, it's looking more and more like they... (Read More)

We are happy to report there is over $137,000 pledged of the needed $175,000 for our conversion!   With 31 days left in the campaign, we only need to average $1220 per day to reach our goal.  Thank you backers.  We can do this! One of the... (Read More)

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all who have already backed us.  As we near our three week mark, the community support and optimism is fueling our passion to get this done! We need to keep pledges at $1545 per day to make our goal. Many people... (Read More)

As we near our $100,000 mark, we get some wonderful attention from The Boston Globe!  A big THANK YOU to Ty Burr for the very accurate article, which features Village Picture Shows nicely!... (Read More)

Only nine days into our campaign we are almost half funded with pledges!  Thank you to each and every one of you who want to Keep the Movies In Manchester!  Everyday we are emailing, Tweeting and posting on Facebook to get out the latest news on... (Read More)

MANCHESTER, VT -- A campaign to raise $175,000 got underway this week to keep the lights on and the doors open at the Village Picture Shows, the area's only movie theater between Bennington and Rutland. (Read More)

MANCHESTER, VT -- A campaign to raise $175,000 got underway this week to keep the lights on and the doors open at the Village Picture Shows, the area's only movie theater between Bennington and Rutland. The money is needed to finance an equipment conversion to allow the theater to show movies produced digitally, compared to those produced through traditional film-based movie stock. New projectors, new screens and a new sound system will be needed going forward, as filmmakers and distributors convert to the new format. By the end of this year, no more movies will be available in the older film-based version, said Shelly Gibson, the owner of Village Picture Shows. (Read More)

MANCHESTER CENTER, VT - A campaign to raise $175,000 will get underway this week to keep the lights on and the doors open at the Village Picture Shows, the area's only movie heater between Bennington and Rutland. The money is needed to finance an equipment conversion to allow the theater to show movies produced digitally, compared to those produced through traditional film-based movie stock. New projectors, new screens and a new sound system will be needed going forward, as filmmakers and distributors convert to the new format. By the end of this year, no more movies will be available in the older film-based version, said Shelley Gibson, the owner of Village Picture Shows. (Read More)