KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Less than a year after closing its longtime home in Westport, Tivoli Cinemas is back — and in a highly recognizable location.
The art house movie theater, which called Westport home for nearly 40 years, will reopen on Oct. 21 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
The new venue, Tivoli at the Nelson-Atkins, will kick things off with a donor premiere of "The General" in the Atkins Auditorium at the museum.
The first public screening at the new venue will be on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
"This exciting partnership will fill a vacancy that has been left in Kansas City since the Tivoli’s closing,” Julian Zugazogoitia, director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins, said in a release. “We recognize film as an art form that has been embraced worldwide, which echoes the encyclopedic collection at the Nelson-Atkins. Our film program will be as global as our permanent collection. We are happy to give a home to film, which is the youngest of the arts muses.”
Under the partnership, Tivoli owner Jerry Harrington will serve as film curator.
“This is such an amazing opportunity for film lovers in Kansas City,” Harrington said in the release. “My heart was broken when the Tivoli closed. I could never have imagined reopening the doors in such a magnificent setting.”
The Nelson-Atkins plans upgrades to its digital projection equipment and a larger screen as part of other changes for the new venue.
