Watch An Angel Earn His Wings Saturday For Free

The Patio Theater has been beset by crumbling heating and cooling systems in recent months. First, the Northwest Side movie house shut down for the summer because owner Demetri Kouvalis couldnt afford the repairs to the Patios air conditioning system. They made it through that and were cruising through autumn when the Patios boiler broke down. The Northwest Chicago Film Society, which had only moved from the Portage to the Patio, decided to move again to the Gene Siskel Film Center while Kouvalis worked on getting the boiler repaired.

Kouvalis announced on the Patios Facebook page the heat has been fixed meaning guests attending the theaters screenings wont have to keep their coats on to watch movies. In the spirit of the season the Patios Dec. 21 screenings of Its a Wonderful Life will be free to all who attend.

The Frank Capra classic is being underwritten by Nate Cropp of Edward Jones Financial. In whats become a tradition at the Patio, the theaters entry will be transformed into a shopping center full of craft vendors so if youre looking for some last-minute stocking stuffers youll find plenty of opportunity. Santa Claus will also be in attendance and hopefully he wont be sitting on a throne of lies and smell like meat and cheese. (And doesnt that reference make us long for a screening of Elf?)

The showtimes on the 21st are at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Doors open at noon.

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Watch An Angel Earn His Wings Saturday For Free