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October 1, 2026 · Words by Benjamin Steinberg, Nikita Belomestnykh, crossword by Olivia Leadbetter

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by Oct 2026
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J) Save Your Cinema gt ()
i A From The Bar .
My journey to help reopen the [I Vampiros Mexicanos
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2021, when I learned that ELBE. . geidd R
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Cinemas would not be A p EET n— a. !
reopening. I quickly launched a ] i @# i i
petition calling on the Decurion THE a ——_ i Save this one for your Halloween i
Corporation to either reopen . ! party: an amazing Mexican !
the Cinerama Dome themselves .°55a8e8 urging them to reopen i cocktail that pairs tequila with !
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or lease the historic venue to & i . i
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another exhibitor. The petition : ! !
gained more than 30,000 footage of it went viral and | occasion. i
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phone calls to the owners went 5 its lease of the historic ! 1. Fill a highball glass with ice !
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images of the owners' faces onto Instagram EE rg re TO CRT
the Cinerama Dome, along with PONE vo en Ge a Dna a i TE ain EE i Red
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: JUKE JOINT NIGHT ' Qctober Horror-scope
i HALLOWEEN SCREENING :
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; The Magnolia Outlaws i group chats, group everything. Just be honest this month
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1 . + your candles. Not everyone deserves the ritual, and Libra
i ~Y Themed Drinks & Food | season is exactly when you'll find out who does.
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J) : ; Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21): Pearl, Pearl 0)
i > Costumes Encouraged i
() i i Happy season, Scorpio. Your birthday month arrives ()
! m5 [®] ! with big, unhinged, main-character energy, in a ]
! H-% ! good way, mostly. Channel the intensity into
() ! i the creative project you've been sitting on ()
; 2 : instead of into a confrontation you'll regret.
i 0 or i Dance it out first, then decide if the confrontation
) i i still needs to happen. / A (0)
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in the courtyard. Fewer know open since 1919. Regulars have Boulevard. On Halloween night in
about Fritz, the ghost said to long claimed to catch Charlie 1936, Harry Houdini's widow
() haunt the building: a disgruntled Chaplin's reflection in the Bess held her final séance on the ()
stagehand who reportedly died window near his old favorite hotel's rooftop, trying to reach
backstage and now spends his booth. If you're getting dinner him from beyond. It really
() afterlife rearranging furniture before a CineHaus screening, ask happened, no exaggeration ()
and knocking on walls. for booth #1. required.
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tied to actor Montgomery Clift, who stayed there for three hosted Hollywood's first-ever movie premiere,
() months in 1953 while filming From Here to Eternity. Robin Hood, with Douglas Fairbanks in attendance. ()
Guests have reported hearing trumpet practice and (Closed after the 1994 Northridge earthquake and
pacing footsteps in the room ever since, a story confirmed restored by the American Cinematheque in 1998,
() by an actual Los Angeles Times feature, not just tour- staff have since reported applause echoing through ()
guide lore. the empty auditcrium: one set of hands, from a
consistent spot, as if Grauman himself is still
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