A man wears gloves and a bandanna across his face while riding a scooter past a shuttered movie theater, with the message 'Take Care of Each Other' displayed on the marquee, on March 18, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.
A view of the Regal Loews Cinemas movie theater in Times Square hours ahead of the implementation of 'New York State on PAUSE' executive order as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 22, 2020 in New York City. The tourism and entertainment industries have been hit hard by restrictions in response to the outbreak of COVID-19.
"Postponed" is written on the marquee of the shuttered Regent Theater amid the coronavirus pandemic on March 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a ‘stay at home’ order for California’s 40 million residents, with exceptions for essential activities, in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has now topped 1,000.
The Grand Lake theater displays a message about president Donald Trump and the Coronavirus on their marquee in Oakland, California on March 18, 2020. – San Francisco, along with seven other Bay Area counties, have ordered residents to shelter in place in an effort to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Pedestrians walk by the Castro Theatre that has a marquee announcing that they are closed due to a statewide ordinance banning gatherings of more than 250 people on March 15, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Many movie theaters and other public venues have closed their doors as people around the country are staying away from from large gatherings in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Pedestrian walks underneath the Fairfax Cinema independent movie theater's marquee, in Los Angeles.
Kevin Slattery walks by the Tower movie theater closed to the public as Californians shelter at home during the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in Sacramento.
A pedestrian walks under the marquee at Balboa Theater that notes the theater is closed until further notice due to a statewide ordinance banning gatherings of more than 250 people on March 15, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Many movie theaters and other public venues have closed their doors as people around the country are staying away from from large gatherings in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.
A movie theater in downtown Oak Park is closed after a "shelter in place" order was given to residents to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus on March 20, 2020 in Oak Park, Illinois.
The Neues Off movie theater with its Marquee (letter board) banner reading "Home Alone" and a sad smiley face in Berlin, Germany on March 18 2020. Many closed entertainment venues in the German capital chose to present an optimistic or socially aware text on their Marquee, instead of the program that is usually presented.
More than 150 indie movie theaters across the country are being aided by The Art-House America Campaign, a new relief fund that kicked off in March. The fund provides financial relief so closed theaters can pay their staff and essential bills until they can reopen.
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Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.
Image provided as part of the The Art-House America Campaign.