Located at 4814 Chicago Avenue South, the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis is perhaps the most active today as a multi-disciplinary performance space.
It features a bar and brewery atmosphere with a heavy dose of movie nostalgia. the parkway theater
During the intermission—the actual, scheduled intermission printed on the film’s negative—people do not rush to the bathrooms or check their phones. They sit. They breathe. They converse in hushed tones about the lighting, the score, the dialogue. There is a communal energy here, a shared trance that is broken only when the lights flicker—a signal that the second act is about to begin. Located at 4814 Chicago Avenue South, the Parkway