Admiral Twin hosts cat videos

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Spaced-out image from the Philbrook Museum of Art web site

On Thursday night, Sept. 17, Tulsa’s Philbrook Museum of Art will hold its annual Internet Cat Video Festival. Instead of showing the videos on the Philbrook’s lawn, they’ve moved the festival to a place we care about, the Admiral Twin Drive-In.

The Tulsa World reported that the Internet Cat Video Festival was co-created by Philbrook Executive Director Scott Stulen when he with the Walker Arts Center of Minneapolis. The Philbrook event page described it as a “notorious offline celebration of online cats, (with) the best cat videos the internet has to offer. First time ever at a drive-in!”

I like cat videos and I love drive-ins. This sounds like the best of both. If you’re in the neighborhood, you really should check it out!

Video: Ceres CA Reopens

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Here’s some good news, sort of. The Ceres (CA) Drive-In, which had closed in 2008, will reopen soon thanks to the drive-in demand surge from the pandemic.

The Modesto Bee reported that Ripon resident Mark Stotzer has leased the old Ceres site, which still has one of its two old screens standing. “I had been looking at alternate sites to put something together,” the promoter told the Bee, “and then remembered there used to be a drive-in in Ceres.”

The old drive-in site has a lot of advantages over most of the pop-ups that have sprouted this year. It still has ramps, probably there when it opened in 1948. Its 100-foot screen in 40 feet off the ground, allowing more cars to see it clearly. And then there’s the name, which still resonates with some of the locals.

Although this is good news, I still feel awkward talking about it. Will this reborn Ceres remain in operation in a post-Covid world? (Will there be a post-Covid world?) For now, I’ll hold off on adding it to the Carload active drive-in list, but I always appreciate the opportunity to share a bit of video and hope with you. Enjoy!

Video: Tiffin gets a new owner

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Michael Cole of Findlay OH has purchased the venerable Tiffin Drive-In (the Tiffin OH drive-in known for a few years as the Field of Dreams) and plans lots of renovations. The news comes to us via WTOL, Toledo’s News Leader.

Cole said his first order of business will be to demolish the screen tower that has stood since the drive-in opened in 1949. “Repairing it was really out of the question,” he said, and although I hate to see something that old taken down, I suppose it’s smart to be proactive instead of waiting for it to fail. Cole plans to replace it with a new screen and tower, then do the same to the second screen added by Rod and Donna Saunders just a few years ago. For a longer history of the Tiffin / Field of Dreams, check out my virtual visit there three years ago.

With all the is-it-open and temporary-popup news these days, it’s nice to be able to share something real with you this time. And I’m always on the lookout for video that captures the drive-in experience. I hope you enjoy it!