Seattle is home to one of the largest publicly-available movie collections in the world. Scarecrow Video has been renting and selling films in the city for 36 years. But now, they’re in trouble. The ...
From the rise of streaming video to the Covid pandemic, Seattle's cherished Scarecrow Video has survived challenge after challenge. Now, it admits it needs help — $1.8 million in help, to be exact.
A lot has changed since film lovers "saved" Scarecrow Video. This time last year, Seattle's flagship video store - home to the world's largest collection of physical media accessible to the public - ...
In the beginning there was a few hundred tapes in the back of a record store. Thirty years later, it's an institution with more than 131,000 titles. That's the magic of Scarecrow. It's a journey that ...
Monty Ashley Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, Scarecrow Video will officially reopen as a nonprofit this Saturday. There’s no sadness quite like the sadness you feel when a good ...
Want to help keep physical media alive? Help Scarecrow Video save their store. Scarecrow Video began in the late ‘80s under the stewardship of George and Rebecca Latsios, but opened its current ...
The library has penned an open letter to film fans everywhere that – due to the rising operational costs and decline in video rental and sales – they will need to raise $1.8 million before the end of ...
A photo of the inside of the University District neighborhood video rental store, Scarecrow Video, which is seeking $1.8 million funding to remain open. (KOMO News) SEATTLE — Take one step into ...
A year since its fundraising campaign, Scarecrow Video shared next steps with IndieWire. “If indeed Scarecrow shuttered and went out of business, I would feel guilty forever,” said executive director ...