Chelsea Theater — Local services in Chapel Hill

Charming little artsy theater. It felt kind of like a home theater with extra seats dragged in! The slightly cramped seats, the glow from a couple less-than-subtle lights, bordered on distracting. The main audience seemed to be pretty elderly. They have a modest concessions stand, but the real food is next door; they are literally connected to the Joe Van Gogh, an open door between them. It's pretty flippin' charming.The cupholders, sadly, do not accommodate this. They kind of tilt forwards precariously.

If you want to watch a limited release movie, you won't have much choice. It's either this one or a couple fancier ones in or near Durham that could deign to show your hipster movies. Going to a little coffee shop and seeing an indi movie? This place would be super hipster if the main audience wasn't so ANCIENT. Hipsters can be old, but there comes an age when you go past anything else, biker, hipster, nerd, and you are nothing but old. And since there are so many aged, you'd think they'd have...

I paid my first visit to this 3-screener, opened in 1990, in the Timberlyne Shopping Center, It competes with a larger 6-screen multiplex operated by the corporate Regal Cinemas company. It is at present the only movie theatre in the Chapel Hill area that focuses on independent and art movies, as opposed to the predomninant mainstream Hollywood and blockbusters. The houses seem comfortable and cozy with decent digital projection though there is some sound-bleeding (noise from one house coming through the walls into the other) The concessions counter is limited but a plus is that the management allows patrons to bring in drinks and food from the handy Joe Van Gogh coffee outlet, which is located right next door! For those without cars or who want to support public transportation, the T line has a convenient stop on Westminster Drive, and there is also (weekdays only) the NS route which stops on Martin Luther King. I look forward to catching up on some of the more interesting recent movies at...

I arrived and tried to purchase a ticket for Ricki and the flash. I presented my credit card, which was rejected. "We don't take credit cards", Pity since I only had $7.00 in my pocket, and the ticket price was $9.25. What is it with service industries that won't take credit cards in 2015. Is it the 3% the card charges, I would gladly have paid $ 9.50 to cover the cost of the convenience of not having to carry a pocketful of cash. Or is the bookkeeping to expensive a proposal to make it convenient for me to spend money at your venue. Maybe you are cheating on your taxes to the detriment of us all. Whatever your reasons are for not being CONSUMER FRIENDLY are your own. I also have choices, This one was easy, I will see my friends after the movie and spend my $ 9.25 elsewhere ans see the movie for $3.00 when it comes...