[audiobook] Arts and Business: Building a Common Ground for Understanding Society (Routledge Research in Creative and Cultural Industries Management) by From Routledge in Arts-Photography

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Motion pictures came to Austin on October 10; 1896; debuting at the Hancock Opera House. Since then; movies have continued to enchant; entertain; and inform the citizens of the capital of Texas. And; the places�the movie houses and theaters�where people saw motion pictures played just as important a role in the moviegoing experience as the movies themselves. As the city�s population grew and motion picture technology changed; so too did Austin�s movie houses; from the first kinetoscope parlor on Congress Avenue to the city� s first four-plex; the Aquarius 4; in southeast Austin. While most of these places are long gone; some withstood the test of time and are still showing movies or have been repurposed for other uses. Through the rich archival collections of the Austin History Center; Historic Movie Houses of Austin explores the stories of these important historic spaces and of the lives of those who were connected with them.