Macy Lao has a vision for the Denver Yates Theater inspired by her time living in New York City — specifically, from hanging out at Brooklyn’s now-closed Videology Bar & Cinema , where film nerds would tipple and catch curated titles in a laidback environment.

“We really love the experience of being in communal settings while watching TV or films,” said Lao, who recently left her job at Warner Bros. Discovery as director of social media strategy and content at DC Comics. “We wanted that cozy setting, and we weren’t seeing it here.”

Still, it was a stretch for Lao to consider the Yates Theater when it was suggested by her real estate broker at Denver’s Sullivan Group. The nearly century-old, tile-roofed former movie house, at West 44th Avenue and Yates Street in the Berkeley neighborhoo

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