Write a commentMidway Drive-In Theater fans from all over Central New York were in shock after news of the 66 year-old wooden screen being toppled during a July of 2014 storm, wondering anxiously if it had seen the last days of this historical cultural landmark.
The question on everyone's mind after the tragedy was, "Will the Nagelschmidts be able to rebuild?"
A tidal wave of community support through fundraising efforts by ordinary citizens and local businesses like iHeart Oswego and organizations like Girl Scout Troop 10101 coupled with a strong desire to meet the needs of their community, the family made the financially risky decision to have a steel screen immediately installed and were able to re-open by Labor Day weekend, 2014.
One year later, local filmmaker Peter Mahan will present a 30-minute documentary chronicling the ordeal and amazing rebirth of the Midway Drive-In, with screenings at dusk Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 4 through the 6th.
Admission is the usual $8 per person fee and price includes all featured films as well as the documentary screening scheduled for those dates.
This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts
