The Show Goes On: How many of the region’s single-screen movie theaters have survived, and thrived

Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre

Before VHS tapes, DVDs and streaming, there was only one way to watch a movie: inside a cavernous theater auditorium in front of a big, white screen, surrounded by friends, family, neighbors and strangers. It’s why not only urban neighborhoods but nearly every small town across the Inland Northwest once had its own movie theater.

That was long ago. The rare survivors still operate as cinemas today, like Moscow’s Kenworthy, Ritzville’s Ritz and, yes, Spokane’s Garland Theater, which has new owners with big plans.

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