There is a sense, even as I write this rant, that the movie auditorium, meaning where groups sitting together in the dark, munching on unhealthy foods while being attacked with endless hype are the last gasp of a desperate industry running out of ideas as they enter an uncertain future.
Officials said that about 75 community groups used its auditorium and meeting rooms each week.
In the Alex's auditorium, the group was greeted by theater representatives who were bombarded with questions about stage dimensions and other technical arcana.
On Saturday (Jan . 7 at the Glendale Central Library, dozens of writers packed the auditorium for the group's annual story pitch to Chris Lockhart, literary agent at WME (formerly known as William Morris Endeavor).
Upon entering the installation at the Second Ward Foundation's auditorium last month, groups of four at a time were invited to explore the former elementary school.
That morning, some of the students were in class, some were taking examinations, and some were in the school auditorium, where a visiting group of soldiers was training them in first aid.
At an event in Brookings's auditorium last month, a group of energy experts took the stage and made the case for why the United States should lift its decades-old embargo on exporting oil.
The protesters, opponents of capital punishment, shouted, "Stop the executions -- moratorium now!" and "Murderer!" They were hustled out by security guards, and as they left the auditorium they passed another group, silent McCain supporters holding picket signs with slogans like "Not ready for prime time".
IN "Fathers and Daughters" Saturday night at the Julia Richman High School auditorium, nine Irish family groups involved in traditional music were presented - duos and trios of fathers and daughters, a father-son pair and two dancing siblings, Donny and Eileen Golden.
A year ago on Wednesday, Khan was shot three times when gunmen armed with suicide bombs stormed into the school auditorium where several year groups were watching a first-aid lecture.
