Calle OchoWednesday, November 4
Miami Dade College is back running the Tower Theater on Calle Ocho
The 5AM Hialeah team
If you've passed the Tower Theater on Calle Ocho lately, here's the update: Miami Dade College resumed management and operation on Nov. 1. MDC ran the Little Havana venue for more than 20 years. Its Miami Film Festival will now handle programming, rentals and day-to-day operations.
The Tower Theater heads toward its second century
- 1926The Tower Theater opens, showing the silent film "The Palm Beach Girl."
- 1931Robert Law Weed redesigns it, giving it the Art Deco facade.
- Nov. 1Miami Dade College resumes management and operation of the theater.
- Dec. 10A centennial block party is planned.
- Early 2027The theater is expected to reopen to audiences.
Sources: Secret Miami, Miami’s Community News
- Reopening: early 2027, with date and programming still to come
- Block party: Dec. 10, with more details to be announced
- Planned screen: LOPU Tech's Cine LEDMAX, a sound-transparent display
- Also planned: lounges, more concessions, a regularly staffed box office
“Tower Theater is more than a historic landmark. It is part of Miami's cultural identity and has brought generations of families together through film, art and shared experiences.”
The Tower Theater by the numbers
- 1.2 million
- visitors in MDC's earlier two decades at the theater
- 2nd
- U.S. cinema with the Cine LEDMAX screen
- Dec. 10
- for the planned centennial block party
Sources: Secret Miami, Miami’s Community News
The theater is closed while the improvements get done, and updated concessions will expand the food and drink, because what's movie night without snacks? More updates will be posted at TowerTheaterMiami.com.
Sources: Miami’s Community News, Secret Miami