Dropping The Curtain
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 28, 2008
For as long as most Seacoast residents can remember, Ioka Theater’s triangular awning has been a familiar landmark in downtown Exeter. It glows on snowy winter evenings among the town’s holiday decorations and casts shadows over pedestrians who shop along Water Street in the summer. The sign protruding from the theater’s brick fa?ade seems embedded [...]
Final Curtain Call For Beloved Nh Theater
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 19, 2008
Exeter, New Hampshire is home to one of New England’s oldest movie houses. The Ioka Theater has been a downtown fixture for nine decades, but is set to close on Christmas Eve the victim of updated building codes and increased costs.
“There were people dressed up as Klansmen, riding through the streets to help promote the [...]