The State Theatre, formerly known as The Graham Opera House, is located at 123 East Washington Street. It has been in operation since May 14, 1897, according to Preservation Iowa's story published ...

The State Theatre in Washington, Iowa was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest continuously operating cinema theatre, in operation since May 14, 1897. It may come as a ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa - Shawn Simpson was the hero of his household when he stopped by the State Theatre for a curbside pickup of popcorn. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the oldest continuously running ...

Twenty-three moviegoers filed into the State Theatre in Washington, Iowa, on Oct. 2 — hardly a crowd, but one of the busier Friday nights the cinema has had since reopening in late May.

The film is a 2017 documentary, directed by Sherburne himself, on the Fridley State Theatre in Washington, Iowa — the longest continuously run movie theater in the world, and one which is also ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday that Iowa movie theaters, museums, zoos and wedding reception venues can reopen as of Friday, despite the hundreds of new COVID-19 cases being confirmed in ...

The movie business is tough in rural markets, said Brian Fridley, vice president of Des Moines-based R.L. Fridley Theatres. The company has sold some of its properties at bargain prices and even ...

Movie theaters were allowed to reopen this past ... The company was started in Iowa in 1974 and has ... Marshalltown, Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Sioux Center, Spencer, Storm Lake, Washington, ...