One of the last remaining active art house and indie movie theaters in the city and an important center for film on Capitol Hill is just finishing up a run this week as a “speakeasy” pop-up.

But don’t worry. SIFF says rentals like the $40 a pop Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy don’t cut into silver screen time at Capitol Hill’s historic Egyptian Theatre.

The one-week event from the Fever interactive experience company promises a night “led by the speakeasy’s lead mixologist and Poe historians” — an “immersive evening” that “promises to be a chillingly unforgettable experience.” It wrapped up over the weekend.

A SIFF spokesperson said the rental of the E Pine theater space didn’t impact programming and fits into the film nonprofit’s schedule of rentals for meetings and speaker events.

Interactive pop-ups that vary in scale and duration have become a regular occurence in the neighborhood. Last year, CHS reported on the return visit of the “Haunted Soiree” Halloween experience on North Broadway produced by a national event company.

In the meantime, a local “permanent” pop-up effort has grown as the owners of Pike/Pine businesses including Queer/Bar, The Cuff, Oddfellows, and Elliott Bay Book Company have transformed The Woods dance club into a seasonally themed venue currently called The Mystic Motel.

SIFF has been caring for the Egyptian for a decade. Its 2014 deal to take over the theater included a 10-year lease with Seattle Central with options for five-year extensions.

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