At 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Wyatt Sasser Construction was busy putting finishing touches on Clark Theatre, in preparation for today’s opening, mainly working on exterior lights. Below, Timmy Walker and Brian Ray install a foot rail in upstairs theater.

Today’s first movies will be a matinee at 1 p.m. scheduled specially for students who have Good Friday out of school. The theater opens with “Boss Baby” and “The Fate of the Furious.” Matinee tickets are $8.