FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 23, 2025 Amy Van Bergen Donates The Heart Theatre to The Heart Theatre, Inc., a New Nonprofit Effingham,...

The historic Heart Theatre, announces an exciting community event this summer to celebrate the theatre’s legacy. On Thursday, August 8,...

June 21, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Heart Theatre Listed in the National Register of Historic Places The owner of the Heart Theatre...

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...

In April 2023, The Heart Theatre (Effingham, IL) was officially recognized and received approval to be listed on the National Register of...

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...

This past week The Heart Theatre hosted a number of one-on-one interviews, four focus groups and a public meeting at City Hall....

Did you see the featured story on WAND TV Friday night, Oct. 21 featuring historic architect Chuck Pell and Heart owner Amy Van Bergen?...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE During the next four weeks, anyone with an opinion about the future programming of the Historic Heart Theatre will...

The owner of The Heart is requesting proposals from local or regional nonprofits who have a mission related to historic preservation or...

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....

This blog post was originally posted by the Theatre Historical Society of America here. Before the sprawling multiplex came the movie...

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...

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...

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...

First published here in July 2022 by Amy Van Bergen. As a nonprofit leader, I always understood that securing donations was both an art...

This blog post first appeared in 2015 at the National Endowment for the Arts. “The arts matter because I learn something about people and...

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...

Back in the late 1960s I saw my first movie at The Heart. It was “Snow White”…and I remember being terrified of the wicked queen/witch. I...

GIVING MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD GIVING STRENGTHENS PERSONAL VALUES GIVING IS MORE IMPACTFUL THAN EVER GIVING INTRODUCES YOUR CHILDREN TO THE...