‘Keeping the arts alive’: El Campanil Theatre raises funds to carry landmark to centennial

ON A CHILLY AFTERNOON in Antioch’s Rivertown district on the coast of the Delta, a group of residents gathered to watch a string quintet that is a part of Bellarosa Strings play music by The Beatles. 

The location was the El Campanil Theatre, a historic building and center for the arts that has remained a fixture in the Antioch community for nearly a century. But as the El Campanil nears its 100th birthday, the theater’s future remains uncertain.