William Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts

The William Carlos Williams Center is a private, not for profit performing arts and cinema complex located in downtown Rutherford, New Jersey. The center was named after the Pulitzer prize winning poet and physician William Carlos Williams. The building that the center occupies was originally built in the 1920s as a Vaudeville theater known as the Rivoli. The Rivoli soon started showing silent movies and eventually "talkies". The theater enjoyed success until a fire destroyed part of the building in 1977. In 1978 a group of philanthropists started the Williams Center Project which open the Center in 1982. The center currently has two live theaters, three cinemas, and an open-air meeting gallery.[1]

William Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts
Williams Center Cinemas, Willy
Former namesRivoli Theatre
Location1 Williams Plaza, Rutherford, New Jersey 07070
OwnerNon Profit
TypeTheater [(Performing Arts)]
CapacityCinema 1: 190

Cinema 2: 90

Cinema 3:60
Construction
Built1920s
Renovated1982, 2006,2008
Website
http://www.williamscenter.org/

Current uses

On July 29, 2016, the three cinemas and downstairs floor reopened for first run movies after successful fundraising to switch from 35mm projectors to digital. This includes a refurbished concession stand, lobby and a party room which has now been turned into an Arcade.[2]

References
  1. http://www.williamscenter.org November 6, 2007
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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