As we celebrate our 20th anniversary at Tower City Center, we look back on our Cleveland Cinemas homes. They include the Cedar Lee Theatre from 1977 until 1991 and Tower City Cinemas since 1991 through the present. For our 30th anniversary in 2006 we returned to the Cedar Lee Theatre for one special night and have continued to do so every year since. Then in 2009 we ventured to Shaker Square (for the first time since the 5th CIFF in 1981 when it was the Colony Theater) for one evening and we are delighted to be going back there again. And this year, also for the first time since 1981, we are returning to the historic Capitol Theatre, which was recently restored as another Gordon Square Arts District star that shines in its splendor.

Rick Whitbeck Evening at the Cedar Lee Theatre
Wednesday, March 24th

2163 Lee Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
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Please join us for a special screening of Hipsters at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights.

Hipsters
Directed by Valery Todorovsky
RUSSIA 2008
125 minutes

5:00 - 6:45PM
The evening will kick off with a pre-film reception from 5:00 PM until 6:45 PM at Nighttown (12383 Cedar Road), located at the top of Cedar Hill in the fashionable Cedar-Fairmount neighborhood in Cleveland Heights. (Free parking in the city lot behind Nighttown, that evening only.)

7:15PM Film Screening at the Cedar Lee Theatre
Then please find your seats at the Cedar Lee Theatre no later than 7:00 PM for the 7:15 PM screening of the film. You must have a Film Festival pass or Hipsters ticket for admission to the pre-party and the film.

9:30PM
Afterwards you can enjoy special menu pricing and jazz back at Nighttown.

This event is presented in loving memory of Rick Whitbeck (1946-2008). One of the founders of the Film Festival, Rick filled many staff roles over the years and served as the organization’s first Board President. The Rick Whitbeck Evening at the Cedar Lee Theatre provides us with an annual opportunity to honor Rick’s devotion to his family, his friends, and the Film Festival.

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