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FEBRUARY 28, 2024 candgnews.com
Oakland County papers
Artistic ‘Conversations’
File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Maple Theater managers Jon and Lauren Goldstein announced the closure Feb. 5, thanking “everyone who bought a ticket, ate a meal or worked a shift” in a statement on the theater’s website, themapletheater.com.
The Maple Theater closes its doors
ABOVE: Boisali Biswas speaks about her work during the opening reception of “Conversations in Fiber,” an art exhibit at Southfield City Hall featuring nine female artists. The exhibit will be on display until Apr. 30.
BY MARY BETH ALMOND
malmond@candgnews.com
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township has permanently closed its doors. Theater managers Jon and Lauren Goldstein announced the closure Feb. 5, thanking “everyone who bought a ticket, ate a meal or worked a shift” in a statement on the theater’s website. “Being able to operate a theater in our own community was one of the great privileges of our lives,” the Goldsteins said in a statement. The Goldsteins, of Cloud Nine Theater Partners, also released a more detailed statement announcing the closure on social media. “Our lease has expired, and after months of difficult deliberations, we have decided that it is time to end our run as operators of this wonderful institution,” the statement reads. “We have been honored to be stewards of the Maple Theater and appreciate all the support and patronage from the community for the past 12 years.” The Maple opened in 1977 as the Maple 1-2-3, showing independent, art and foreign films. The Goldsteins — who took over The Maple in 2012 — said the See THEATER on page 6A
ABOVE: “Gilden Snowden” is a quilted portrait by April Anue Shipp. LEFT: Shipp shares the inspiration behind her piece “The Water Returned Him” during an opening reception. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes