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Rio Theatre

The Rio Theatre is an independent, multidisciplinary art house in , British Columbia, Canada. Built in 1938, the Rio served East Vancouver primarily as a movie theatre until 2008, when new owner, Corinne Lea, began to add live music and multimedia and multidisciplinary art events.
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  • Type: Movie theater
  • Description: cinema and arts center in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Golden Princess Theatre”, “Golden Star Theatre”, and “The Rio”
  • Address: 1660 East Broadway
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Commercial–Broadway station and John Hendry Park.

Metro station
Photo: Deadkid dk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Commercial–Broadway is a rapid transit station complex in Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain system in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It serves an elevated portion of the Expo Line and a below-grade portion of the Millennium Line. is situated 180 metres northeast of Rio Theatre.

Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is 27-hectare park in the city of , , Canada. It's operated by the Vancouver Park Board and the Grandview Community Association. is situated 1 km southeast of Rio Theatre.

Metro station
Photo: DennisTT, Public domain.
VCC–Clark is an elevated station on the Millennium Line of 's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is named after the nearby Vancouver Community College located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and serves as the western terminus of the Millennium Line. is situated 760 metres northwest of Rio Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grandview–Woodland and Commercial Dr-Hastings Park.

Suburb
, also commonly known as Grandview–Woodlands, is a neighbourhood in , , to the east of the downtown area, stretching south from the shores of and encompassing portions of the popular Commercial Drive area.

Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Commercial Drive-Hastings Park makes up part of "East Vancouver". Its main draw is Commercial Drive, which is one of the most interesting areas of Vancouver in terms of ethnic and culinary diversity.

Suburb
Photo: Hu Gadarn, Public domain.
is one of the most ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in east , British Columbia, Canada. The neighbourhood is approximately 7.23 square kilometres in area.

Rio Theatre

Latitude
49.26203° or 49° 15′ 43″ north
Longitude
-123.0705° or 123° 4′ 14″ west
Open location code
84XR7W6H+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 292391497
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­cinema
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­theatre
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7335336
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Rio Theatre” goes by many names.

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