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Special Events
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May 13, 2008
WLRN Film and Literary Club
This month featuring , the documentary, "Discover South Florida"
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May 17, 2008
La Scala Opera series at Cinema Paradiso
IL TRITTICO
This month we will host a pecial reception at 6pm on May 12 featuring samples of Italian food from Cafe Pisa and Olive Garden.
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May 30, 2008
Cashetta: Queen of Magic!
Monthly at Cinema Paradiso
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June 5, 2008
FLIFF 1st Annual 60's Beach Movie Fest!
Presented by Steve Savor
Join us at Cinema Paradiso for a (long) weekend for "waves of nostalgia" featuring Elvis, The Monkees, Woody Woodbury, Sonny and Cher, and of course we can't forget Frankie and Annette!
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June 6, 2008
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monthy at Cinema Paradiso
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June 18, 2008
Jewish Heritage Film Series
FLIFF and Castle Hill Productions present The Jewish Heritage Film Series from June 18 through June 23 at Cinema Paradiso. In celebration of 100 years of legacy, ten (10) feature and documentary films that embrace the talent and history will be showcased.
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Ongoing
It all happens at Cinema Paradiso!
On March 22, FLIFF played host to our 3rd Annual Easter Egg-Tacular at Cinema Paradiso to records crowds!!
Check it out
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Ongoing
Emerging Cinemas at Cinema Paradiso
Presented Daily at Cinema Paradiso
For the past 100 years the technology of movies really hasn't changed all that much. Now that has all changed, Big time.
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Fort Lauderdale's Arthouse Movie Theater
Built in the mid-1920's as the "New" Methodist Church of Fort Lauderdale and later "reemerged" as the Vinette Carroll Theater, Cinema Paradiso is South Florida's most unique art house movie theater presenting films from around the world The theater boosts the most comfortable and plushest stadium seating in South Florida along with a full bar, lobby and courtyard tables.
Each week Cinema Paradiso presents the latest in independent, foreign, and documentary films, along with other specialty presentationsand concerts. Virtually all the films presented at the theater will be the only South Florida screening.
Along with the movies, Cinema Paradiso is also a great place to relax and enjoy a glass of wine, beer or cup of coffee. The "Reel Cafe" features Cappuccino, Espresso, Full Bar, Beers from around the world, over 30 wine selections, and of course "regular" movie concessions.
Added in 2007, the "Paradiso Patio" courtyard adds to the unique Cinema Paradiso experience.
Located in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Cinema Paradiso is the perfect venue for a wide range of events. For rental information click here
For the current schedule, click here
Cinema Paradiso lobby circa 2003
Cinema Location
503 SE 6 Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale, one block east of Broward County Courthouse on south bank of New River.
Call
954-525-FILM (3456)
Tickets
Cinema Paradiso Ticket Prices
FLIFF members $5, Seniors and Seniors $7, General Admission $8
Concession
Wine, beer, Mixed Drinks, Coffee and Cappuccinos, popcorn, candy and soft drinks
Plastic
Visa, Amex, MC
Parking
Parking is free at street meters after 6pm nightly and all day on Sundays. You can also park for free at the County Courthouse Parking Garage Mon _ Fri from 4:45pm and all day and night on Saturday and Sunday. To access the garage, enter off of SE 3rd Avenue, just south of the bridge. Pull your car all the way to the southeast corner of the garage. You can park their and take the corner exit, which is just steps from Cinema Paradiso. Call for updates.
Don't worry if you have to take a parking slip from the machine, you will not have to pay as that the garage is free for our guests.
For Directions click here
     
 
Cinema Paradiso following Hurricane Wilma in 2005 & after Millennium Club renovations in 2008
About Vinette Carroll
Vinette Carroll became the first African American woman to direct a play on Broadway, when DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE opened on Broadway in 1973. Her success was repeated in 1976, with collaborator Micki Grant and Alex Bradford, with YOUR ARMS TOO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD, which garnered three Tony nominations. Carroll remains the only African-American woman to receive a Tony nomination for Direction.
In 1967, Carroll founded the Urban Arts Corps, which trained minority performers in all theatrical disciplines and specialized in works by African-American writers and composers.
In 1986, Ms Carroll with tremendous community and governmental support, transformed The former First Methodist Church into the Vinnette Carroll Theatre. Ms. Carroll, a lover of the process, wrote, directed and nurtured many works at the theatre.
Her work touched and inspired hundreds, if not thousands of young artists. Ms. Carroll died in 2002.
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