Harvard Exit Theater

Not a bad seat in the house, and they have their own built in ghosts!

I went and saw Once at the Harvard Exit a few minutes ago. Great film.

I had one of those “aha” moments. It was a distinctly Seattle moment when the cloudy light of summer was sneaking in the window of the men’s bathroom, landing on this ratty old grandma chair with disintegrating upholstery. Crazy Seattle people and their love of movies in ancient theaters. But how pretty was that chair? Pretty pretty, I say.

the first film I viewed here in 197o something. “The Apple Wars”. A funny flick about “Deutchnyland”! I loved that I could buy just a couple of pieces of penny licorice instead of those big bags of licorice!

There’s a ghost in the upper floor. It haunts the pale silken movie screen.

At least, that’s what they tell me. I tend to sit in the balcony of the downstairs theater, far from any stray ectoplasm.

I love this place. It is quintessential Seattle in many ways … off the beaten path, shows independent films, no better place from which to walk in or out of the rain.