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The Heart Theatre Board Gathers for Strategic Planning Retreat
Someone is quite artistic (we are looking at you, Carrie!) The Tuscan Hills Winery team graciously hosted our first Board of Directors'...
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6 hours ago1 min read
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Heart Elects New Board of Directors
The Heart Theatre, Inc. Elects New Board of Directors Effingham, IL – [May 15, 2025] – The Heart Theatre, Inc., the nonprofit...
vanbergenamy
May 162 min read
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The Heart donated to local nonprofit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 23, 2025 Amy Van Bergen Donates The Heart Theatre to The Heart Theatre, Inc., a New Nonprofit Effingham,...
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Jan 233 min read
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Heart Theatre (Effingham) To Host First Film in 17 Years
The historic Heart Theatre, announces an exciting community event this summer to celebrate the theatre’s legacy. On Thursday, August 8,...
vanbergenamy
Jul 16, 20242 min read
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Press Release: Heart Theatre Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
June 21, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Heart Theatre Listed in the National Register of Historic Places The owner of the Heart Theatre...
vanbergenamy
Jun 21, 20232 min read
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Effingham Chamber Welcomes Heart as a New Member
Effingham, IL, May 31, 2023--Read the full story here. Posted on social media today by the local chamber of commerce: We are excited to...
vanbergenamy
May 31, 20231 min read
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Preserving the Past: The National Register of Historic Places
In April 2023, The Heart Theatre (Effingham, IL) was officially recognized and received approval to be listed on the National Register of...
vanbergenamy
May 22, 20233 min read
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Thanks for the memories!
No one I see daily talks about my father. You see, almost 34 years ago he died. So my friends, colleagues, even my children, didn’t ever...
vanbergenamy
Dec 13, 20222 min read
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Next Steps in Reviving The Heart
This past week The Heart Theatre hosted a number of one-on-one interviews, four focus groups and a public meeting at City Hall....
vanbergenamy
Nov 10, 20221 min read
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The Heart In The News
Did you see the featured story on WAND TV Friday night, Oct. 21 featuring historic architect Chuck Pell and Heart owner Amy Van Bergen?...
vanbergenamy
Oct 22, 20221 min read
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Input Needed to Bring the Historic Heart Theatre Back to Life
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE During the next four weeks, anyone with an opinion about the future programming of the Historic Heart Theatre will...
vanbergenamy
Oct 17, 20222 min read
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Requests for Proposal Deadline is Nov. 30
The owner of The Heart is requesting proposals from local or regional nonprofits who have a mission related to historic preservation or...
vanbergenamy
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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The Heart & Effingham History
As part of my quest to do a little CPR on The Heart, I have had to do a ton of historical research about the property and the community....
vanbergenamy
Oct 5, 20223 min read
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Things We No Longer See in Movie Theatres
This blog post was originally posted by the Theatre Historical Society of America here. Before the sprawling multiplex came the movie...
vanbergenamy
Sep 13, 20224 min read
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A Doctor's Heart
Written by Carolyn Van Bergen, PhD Did you choose where you live? For many of us the location was chosen by a job, a spouse, love...
vanbergenamy
Aug 20, 20223 min read
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The Ghost of the Theatre
This article, written by Audrey Sasser, first appeared in The Olympian on Feb. 28, 2022. The idea of the ghost of the theatre is a...
vanbergenamy
Aug 12, 20224 min read
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Could Effingham Be The Next Hot Zoom Town?
Thanks to the covid-19 pandemic and the hiring economy for the past two years, "zoom towns," boom towns due to their support for remote...
vanbergenamy
Aug 5, 20222 min read
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Take a Journey with your Donors
First published here in July 2022 by Amy Van Bergen. As a nonprofit leader, I always understood that securing donations was both an art...
vanbergenamy
Jul 28, 20223 min read
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Why the Arts Matter
This blog post first appeared in 2015 at the National Endowment for the Arts. “The arts matter because I learn something about people and...
vanbergenamy
Jul 15, 20227 min read
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Theatre Concessions, a Brief History
Snacks and a show go hand in hand! Today, theater concessions can make up to 50% of a theater’s profits. However, concessions in theaters...
vanbergenamy
Jun 28, 20221 min read
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