Storefront Theater Grand Opening in Lyons

Please join us for the GRAND OPENING of STOREFRONT THEATER of Lyons.    Monday, Nov. 2nd…..6:30-8:00 pm with special guest performance by Josephine Foster.

VIDEO GAME NIGHT…..Sunday, Nov 1st at 6:30 pm if you are interested in playing video games on a huge screen, then come by Lyons on Sunday night for a ‘soft opening’ of the STOREFRONT THEATER.

There is a new secret on Main Street in Lyons, NE.  (population 851)  At 214 Main, what looks like an ordinary storefront façade, actually opens up and folds down over the sidewalk onto Main Street.  Cushioned bleacher seats pull out from inside the structure for people to sit and watch a performance and a movie on a screen wheeled in, making Main Street into the STOREFRONT THEATER.

***Music overture by internationally recognized songwriter, Josephine Foster and the debut of the movie,  “Decades” by local filmmaker, Bill Hedges about Lyons’ Main Street through time.

***Refreshments including locally-grown organic popcorn will be served.

***For more info or a rain date…..bywayofart.com

Storefront theater is a site-specific community artwork developed by artist, Matthew Mazzotta and the Center for Rural Affairs from the stories of Lyons residents and built by Lyon’s skilled craftspeople and community volunteers during the summer and fall of 2015.  The theater is part of the ByWay of Art project, a network of four community-specific artworks in northeastern Nebraska.  The regional project is a collaborative effort between the communities of Decatur, Lyons, Macy and Oakland, artist Matthew Mazzotta and the Center for Rural Affairs, and is made possible with funding from ArtPlace America.