POLARIS IN THE NEWS

  • NEW OWNERS WORK TO RESTORE DOWNTOWN PORT ORCHARD THEATER

    It's been closed since May 2019, but Port Orchard's downtown theater, known as the Dragonfly Cinema in its last iteration, is getting some new life breathed into it by new owners looking to revive the historic space as the Polaris Theater.

    NOV 19, 2021

  • VOLUNTEERS BEGIN CLEAN UP WORK AT POLARIS THEATER

    A small group of volunteers and members of the nascent Port Orchard Historic Theater Foundation have spent their Saturday mornings the past two weeks wiping down and cleaning off rows of red velvet-covered seats.

    NOV 17, 2021

  • POLARIS RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT FROM COWLITZ TRIBAL COUNCIL

    Historic Polaris Theatre Foundation to replace theater’s HVAC system, repair building’s water leaks

    NOV 16, 2021

  • DRAGONFLY METAMORPHOSIS

    Thanks to a family of South Kitsap civic boosters, the dormant space housing the former Dragonfly Cinema on Bay Street will come to life once more.

    AUG 3, 2021

  • LOCAL ROTARIES JOIN TOGETHER TO SUPPORT POLARIS

    The Port Orchard Rotary and the South Kitsap Rotary each gifted $25,000 to the Port Orchard Historic Theatre Foundation, the nonprofit that is upgrading the Polaris…

    SEPT 2, 2022