BBMT Marquee Open House
October 6, 2024
10 AM - 2 PM
Art by John Banh
We’re pleased to announce the restoration of our neon marquee. In honor of its restoration, we’re opening our doors to celebrate with our whole community on October 6th! Our restored marquee symbolizes that we are IN LA TO STAY!
Join us on October 6th from 10 AM - 2 PM for art activities, puppet meet and greets, food pop-ups and more as part of our FREE BBMT open house! Step into the Theater, where we’ve been actively restoring, preserving, and updating our beautiful building for the last 5 years. Drop in anytime between 10 am to 2 pm to celebrate with us!
The event will feature:
Live airbrushing by Gentle Thrills
Facepainting by Wild Splashes
Carictures by Curicatures
Vintage clothing pop-up by The Plus Bus
Food pop-ups, including hamburgers by La Burg and Mexican wedding cookies by Joy
Interactive installations on neon and information about our marquee with Signmakers and Escott O. Norton
An info booth presented by the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
Marionettes! Our puppets will be walking around, saying hello, and posing for pics!
Photo ops, DJ sets, & more!
Let us know you are coming and RSVP here! Suggested donation of $10 to help support community programming at our nonprofit theater!
Attendees to our open house will also receive discounts to participating Highland Park businesses on October 6th including:
Belle’s, Sip Snack, The Plus Bus, Ggiata, Arroyo Records, Shades of Grey by Micah Cohen, Highland Park Yoga, & more!
We’re celebrating the culmination of years of revitalizating our Theater and our historic building with our newly restored Marquee, made possible through the generous support of the Perenchio Foundation and created in partnership with Signmakers and Escott O. Norton. At the York Theatre, our home in Highland Park since 2019, we have been building toward the most robust version of Bob Baker's vision ever. We are now proud to bring the imagination and joy that folks experience inside our doors outside to the community through the restoration of the marquee. In classic BBMT style, using traditional neon, bulb lighting, historic deco architecture features, and topped with our trumpeter clown Toot, our marquee is a beacon on York Blvd. and a symbol of our resilience and commitment to remaining IN LA TO STAY.