Gay movie theaters in new york city

'Rise & Fall of the Adonis: NYC’s Most Notorious Gay Adult Cinema' Webinar

Tickets: $12 (includes access to the entire replay for one week)

Click the link below to officially register for this experience:

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Between 1975 and 1990, the Adonis Theater on Eighth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets was New York City's largest and most popular gay adult movie theater. It anchored what was then known as the "Minnesota Strip" — an infamous stretch of Eighth Avenue leading known for its porno theaters, peep shows, and prostitutes. How did this iconic theater arrive to be and what roles did politics, real estate, health, and technology have in its rise and fall? It's time to explore the stories behind one of New York's most notorious movie theaters.

Join New York Adventure Club as we uncover the history of the Adonis Theater, from when the building first opened in 1920 as the Tivoli Theater to its demise in the 1990s after serving as New York City

Bijou Cinema

Located in the basement of the building on the southwest corner of 2nd Avenue and E. 4th Street in the East Village, entrance is via a non-descript ‘discreet’ doorway (on E. 4th Street) which during the daytime when closed has a roller shutter over it. Descending a flight of stairs down to the cinema, there are movie posters in frames (although these are not usually the movie being screened inside!).

The basement was first given a Certificate of Occupancy on October 22, 1927:Cellar-Persons Accommodated 150-Restaurant, cabaret & storage. Originally named Rainbow Inn. In 1954 it became a gay ‘drag’ and dance bar named ‘Club 82’. The drag shows moved out and Club 82 became a rock music venue from 1972. It featured bands such as Another Adj Face and The New York Dolls. In 1978 it became the Film Forum, screening independent movies. It later became an all-male strip club. In 1990 it became a live tune venue named Woody’s, operated by Ron Wood, but this failed and closed within months. It reopened as the Bijou Cinema

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