To spot the Community Arts Center, look for a grand, brick-and-cream building with a clock tower rising above its corner and a large old-fashioned marquee inviting you in, right next to the towering Genetti Hotel.
Imagine standing here in 1928, crowds buzzing with excitement as they pour into the Capitol Theatre for the biggest movie premiere Williamsport has ever seen-back when popcorn cost just a nickel and the lights of the marquee dazzled brighter than a thousand fireflies. This place was a movie palace, the kind of spot where people put on their best hats and shoes, dreaming themselves right onto the silver screen. Fast-forward to the early 1990s: after decades of echoes and empty seats, the Community Arts Center gets a magical second act. When the velvet curtains rise and the house lights dim, you can almost feel ghosts of golden-age moviegoers leaning in around you. Today, you’re in the company of legends! The stage here has rocked with the guitars of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, and Kansas, filled with laughter from Jay Leno, and echoed with the “Weird” tunes of Al Yankovic. Every show, every standing ovation, keeps this old theater’s heart beating-living proof that Williamsport knows how to put on a show, decade after unforgettable decade. So, will you be the next star, or just here for the popcorn? You decide!
