After a year shuttered tight, the historic 1926 movie palace and concert venue re-opened March 11 with the new Anthony Hopkins drama The Father. Seating was limited to 200 patrons – roughly one-sixth of capacity – with groups of seats blocked off for safe social distancing.
"We had really good crowds the first weekend," said John Bell, president and CEO of the nonprofit Franklin Street theater. "We never actually hit 200; we came close for a couple of the showtimes. Which isn't unusual for a film."
While you're here, how about this:
Business Beat: Rowdy Creek Ranch launches wine tastings | Business Beat | news-journal.com
Back to business: Let us tell your story | Local News | journaltimes.com
As a leading provider of news, information and advertising solutions in Southeast Wisconsin, I am excited to announce the launch of our Back to Business initiative. This program provides the ultimate opportunity for our local businesses to tell their story, in their words, through branded content, video, digital display and print.
From the large to the small, things have changed, and our local businesses have emerged stronger and more focused than ever. Now is the time to tell their stories, and I would ask that all of you support our local business base, by reading their stories, and patronizing their businesses in the upcoming months.
Citi Goes Zoom Free On Fridays…And Other Small Business Tech News
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
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This is not exactly the kind of benefit we would've considered offering a year ago but, well, here we are. Your employees have likely been glued to Zoom, Teams, Meet or other virtual communication platforms and as essential as they've been during the pandemic, they also do create fatigue and stress. So maybe this is an idea worth considering for your small business. And with more people working from home going forward, it may be a benefit for the long term.
In case you are keeping track:
Some NC business owners taking their time to fully reopen under loosen restrictions | WPDE
New Orleans, Baton Rouge area Business Honors for March 28, 2021 | Business News | nola.com
Louisiana Appleseed , a nonprofit that recruits professionals to donate pro bono time to solve problems and advance social justice, has presented Good Apple awards to Tonya Rhodes Jupiter for Access to Justice; Margaret Viator for Access to Opportunity; and community awards to Michael Hecht of GNO Inc. and a team from Campaign for Equity New Orleans .
Jupiter leveraged time from students in the Tulane Law Pro Bono Program for a project with Appleseed partner Lagniappe Law to help create the state's first Legal Navigator.
Business owners hope to rebound after COVID-19 forced them to call it quits | Money |
Jesse Sanchez, left, gets a haircut from Reyes Santos III, an employee at Studio 262 Hair Lounge, which closed its doors at 307 Main St. last May when COVID-19 forced many businesses to shut down temporarily. Studio 262 owner Ruben Ramos said he's considering opening an ice cream shop.
David Franks, shown in his former West Racine Shoe Repair shop at 1138 Hayes Ave., has found continued demand for his services, along with those of his wife, Debbie, after the couple closed their shop and relocated to Rhinelander.
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