Vanishing Americana: Oldest cinema in Central New York offers a unique and intimate viewing experience

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When was the last time you went to the movies? Not at a multiplex with umpteen cinemas under one roof. I’m talking about the old-fashioned quaint single screen home town theater. Like the Manlius Art Cinema in the village of Manlius.

I stumbled on to this little gem of a movie house as I was returning from an assignment covering lacrosse at F-M high school a few weeks ago. As I drove through the village I noticed this old narrow facade, wedged between two buildings, with pale yellow wooden doors and an old-style hanging sign. It simply read ‘Manlius Cinema.’