COOL AIR IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
With the award of the State of Hawaii Grant-in-Aid, the Palace Theater is closing in on the installation of air conditioners in the historic building. The cost for design, engineering, the units and the labor rounds out at approximately $300,000. The $130,000 grant plus the $50,000 accumulated community support puts the “Cool the Palace” campaign just over the 60% funded mark. … read more
Who DOESN’T love to shop? Now, you can shop for all your favorite things on Amazon AND help raise money for the Palace Theater – it doesn’t cost you a penny more! 
Click the image, log in with your existing Amazon account (OR sign up) and continue shopping as usual. Remember, you must shop through Amazon SMILE to benefit the Palace, so bookmark the link on your browser for easy convenience.
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Dear Patrons,
As you all know we are working to find money to air condition the Palace for you. With a price tag nearing $600,000 we have applied for a State Grant In Aid. Please lobby your State Representative and Senator and ask them to grant … read more
We’re super excited to present our first Silent Movie Night of 2017 with a screening of the ORIGINAL black & white silent film, Chicago! Come and enjoy this throwback in a very fitting setting, our beautiful historic theater with live music on our mighty pipe organ! … read more
We have been working behind the scenes on the Air Conditioning project so I thought it was time to post an update. As I have said many times before, this task is HUGE. We now have the final Engineering plans … read more
The Palace Theater is HIRING! We are looking for a hard-working individual to join our team as a Palace Usher. Come down to the Palace Theater’s business office, M-F, 10am-3pm, to … read more
Start the year off right. Put “Support the Palace Theater” at the top of your New Year’s Resolutions. We offer a number of options to help the Palace..
Don’t miss our Acme Hourglass Burlesque show on Friday December 30th!
Our September Cabaret show was such a success, we are bringing you another fun filled night of bawdy jokes with risque song and dance.
HIFF is coming! Yes the Hawaii International Film Festival is returning to Hilo, November 17th-20th. HIFF re-opened the Palace in 1998, and has been here every year since.
