FRIENDS OF THE LANTEX

The city owns the building. You keep it lit.

The LanTex runs on volunteers and local non-profits who sell the popcorn, patch the plaster, and keep a 1927 single-screen house open in a world that closed nearly all the others. Every name on the screen and every shift behind the stand goes straight to that work.

01 · FRIENDS OF THE LANTEX

Put Your Name on Screen

Friends of the LanTex are the businesses and neighbors who keep the marquee lit. A sponsorship puts your name on the big screen before every show and movie, in front of the fullest room in Llano. One program, whether you are a shop on the square or a family that never misses a picture.

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02 · VOLUNTEER

Work the Stand

If you or your nonprofit organization would like to volunteer, start here. Concessions are staffed entirely by volunteers, and the crew always has room for more.

How it works for a nonprofit: your group staffs the stand for a show, and half of that night’s concession sales, beer and wine aside, goes home with you. The other half goes back into the building.

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WHERE THE POPCORN MONEY GOES

Every bag of popcorn does preservation work

Concession sales supplement historical preservation projects and promotion across the courthouse historic district. Volunteer hands and popcorn money have already:

  • repainted the interior to its original 1927 design
  • repaired the stage and renovated the balcony
  • replaced the half-century-old seats, adding ADA spaces and wider aisles
  • next up: armrest cup holders and numbered seats, as funds allow
A volunteer working the LanTex concession stand, the chalkboard menu and popcorn machine behind her, moviegoers lined up at the counter
MAY 19, 2027

Help us get to one hundred

The centennial is one popcorn season away. Join the Facebook group to hear about shifts, projects, and the party plans first.

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