{"id":2115,"date":"2009-10-26T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=2115"},"modified":"2009-10-26T11:42:05","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T19:42:05","slug":"varsity-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2009\/10\/varsity-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsity to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This from the new owners of the Varsity Theater:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>THE CURTAIN WILL RISE AGAIN AT THE VARSITY THEATER<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Street\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s iconic Varsity Theatre, located at 123 E. Franklin Street, near the corner of Columbia, will reopen under new ownership in mid-November after extensive renovations including an upgraded lobby and concessions area and the addition of a children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birthday party room.  Chapel Hill residents Susan and Paul Shareshian have begun working to restore the theater to its former elegance.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want to bring back the feeling of a classic old-time movie theater and also provide a clean and fun space\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwith excellent service and a customer-focused staff\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhere local residents can enjoy a movie at a reasonable price,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Paul Shareshian.<\/p>\n<p>The Varsity will show recently released and classic movies, with all tickets costing just $3. With reasonably priced concessions and a low ticket price, the Varsity will provide a great place for families and students.  In addition to regular movie showings, the theater will be available for rental for children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birthday parties, private screenings, lectures and corporate functions.<\/p>\n<p>The Shareshians are working hard to complete the renovations and are planning for a late-November opening.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We see downtown Chapel Hill as an exciting destination,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Susan Shareshian.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And we are thrilled to bring back the Varsity as another great place that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of the Chapel Hill experience.  We have heard from so many people who are excited that the Varsity is reopening.  And while everyone has a different favorite memory\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe popcorn was delicious, the theater is in the heart of downtown, people saw their favorite classic movie there\u00e2\u20ac\u201dall of the memories are positive.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  With the Shareshians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 renovation of the movie house, all of the positive qualities that have always been associated with the Varsity will remain\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and will be enhanced, for an even better experience.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available on the theater\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.varsityonfranklin.com \">www.varsityonfranklin.com <\/a> as well as on Facebook and Twitter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This from the new owners of the Varsity Theater: THE CURTAIN WILL RISE AGAIN AT THE VARSITY THEATER Franklin Street\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s iconic Varsity Theatre, located at 123 E. Franklin Street, near the corner of Columbia, will reopen under new ownership in mid-November after extensive renovations including an upgraded lobby and concessions area and the addition of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}