2 photographs

Independent Cinema

The historic Varsity Theatre stands sentinel along University Way Northeast in Seattle's University District, its weathered white brick facade crowned with bold graffiti art. The classic movie theater's red marquee letters spell out "VARSITY" above a green canopy, while the adjacent signage advertises "STUDENT DISCOUNTS" and current films including "MATRIX" and "THE KING SPIDERMAN." Overcast daylight illuminates this quintessential college town streetscape, where bare winter branches frame the vintage cinema amid neighboring storefronts and parked cars. — ISO 160 · 18mm · f/5.6 · 1/100

Varsity Theatre on University Way Northeast

Seattle, Washington

The iconic Varsity Theatre displays its classic marquee along University Way Northeast in Seattle's bustling University District.

Alt text: The exterior of The Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon, bathed in warm golden lens-flare sunlight. The theater's marquee reads "The Mad Fox Wed 8PM — Happy B Day Jeremy!! — Rocky Horror Sat Mid." A lively crowd of people gathers on the sidewalk outside, with outdoor picnic tables and planters with marigolds occupying a parklet in the foreground. A woman in a face mask wearing a black "Agnès Varda Forever" t-shirt walks past. Bicycles are parked along the curb, and a woman sits alone at a picnic table to the right. — ISO 100 · 80mm · f/1.7 · 1/1250

Evening on Clinton

Portland, Oregon

A summer evening outside The Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon, with Rocky Horror and The Mad Fox on the marquee.