{"id":127826,"date":"2023-04-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=127826"},"modified":"2023-04-10T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:55:48","slug":"john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-the-hoka-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-the-hoka-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cofield\u2019s Photo of the Week: \u201cThe Hoka Theatre\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>&#8220;The late-night viewings of &#8216;The Rocky Horror Picture Show&#8217; were&nbsp;epic! Audience participation was phenomenal! Flying toast, rice,&nbsp;water, hotdogs, and watching the movie while ketchup oozed down the&nbsp;screen. \u201cBitch!, Bastard!\u201d Name me another theater where dogs just&nbsp;wandered in among a mixture of seating: rocking chairs, old church&nbsp;pews, Sealtest milk crates, and 2&#215;4 amateur-made benches. At the&nbsp;center of it all was Ron himself, evermore the entertainer and part&nbsp;town crier and another part carnival barker, introducing the movies&nbsp;and making them sound exciting like we were privileged to be there.&#8221;<\/em> <em>\u2014<\/em><strong>Timothy Pruit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-07-JohnCofield-HokaTheatre-TomRankin.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-07-JohnCofield-HokaTheatre-TomRankin.jpg?resize=640%2C441\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-07-JohnCofield-HokaTheatre-TomRankin.jpg?w=770&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-07-JohnCofield-HokaTheatre-TomRankin.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-07-JohnCofield-HokaTheatre-TomRankin.jpg?resize=768%2C530&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Hoka Theatre<\/strong> &#8211; Photograph by <strong>Tom Rankin<\/strong> &#8211; \u00a9 Tom Rankin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The late-night viewings of &#8216;The Rocky Horror Picture Show&#8217; were&nbsp;epic! 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