IOWA CITY — If you build it, he will come.The line from W.P. Kinsella’s novel, “Shoeless Joe,” later adapted into the quintessential Iowa movie, “Field of Dreams,” refers to an Iowa farmer’s efforts to build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield.It turns out, the phrase can be applied to cinemas built in the middle of Iowa City, too.On Friday evening, FilmScene formally welcomed the public to its new space in The Chauncey high rise, at the corner of College and Gilbert streets.
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Lee Hermiston, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Fri, 09/20/2019 - 6:58pm
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