Purchase of the Star Theater in Locke

The Locke PRDA has gone forward with the purchase of the Star Theater in Locke California .  The Star Theater was known to have shown silent movies and hosted live acts as well. The town of Locke is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Star Theater known operated in the town of Locke (originally Lockeport) which was founded by Chinese immigrants in 1915 when their enclave in nearby Walnut Grove, south of Sacramento, burned in 1913.