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Strand Theatre

The social hub of Main Street on any given Friday or Saturday night is the sidewalk outside the Strand, where theatergoers gather underneath the bright vertical marquee that’s kind of a totem of Rockland’s downtown. Restored in 2004, the nearly century-old theater hosts first-run indie movies and documentaries, concerts by national touring bands like BeauSoleil and Patty Griffin (the schedule is Americana-heavy), and the occasional local theater performance.