Pitchfork: Saddle Creek: Not Just a Label, But a Civic Project!

Saddle Creek: Not Just a Label, But a Civic Project!
Coming soon: Roc-A-Fella Estates, Sub Pop Reservoir, SST Memorial Park

In what might be the best relationship Omaha, Nebraska has ever seen, (sorry, Conor and the girl that broke his heart), Saddle Creek Records and the nonprofit Film Streams have joined forces to revitalize the city's downtown.

The Saddle Creek Records Development will hold the label's new administrative offices, a music venue called Slowdown, a restaurant, retail space, live/work loft space, and Film Streams' two-screen movie theater.

Film Streams, an organization dedicated to the presentation and discussion of film, has announced a $1.2 million capital campaign to cover the start-up costs of the theater, which will show first-run movies, documentaries, foreign flicks, and indie films unavailable to area audiences, and of course, the classics. It will feature two theaters inside (208 capacity in one, 111 in the other) and will be the first in downtown Omaha in nearly 15 years. It is scheduled to open in June 2007, but until then, Film Streams will continue on with its already-rolling series of support-gaining screenings and special events at temporary venues across town.

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