The death of movie theaters has been predicted for year, but retail and mixed-use developers still believe they add value to projects.

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A nearly three-quarters of a century-old movie theater in Greenbelt is one of a dozen sites of Maryland, Virginia and D.C. to be awarded a total of $1 million in historic preservation funding by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express.

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Six months after construction of an $85 million mixed-use entertainment development in Towson was expected to begin, a surface parking lot has been installed at the newly cleared site.

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Cinematic entertainment has come a long way from the black-and-white talkies that fostered the growth of one of the world’s largest leisure industries. The movie business can be lucrative, but it often throws major curveballs at theater owners — especially small, independent ones.

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The projectors at the Charles Theater will soon be phased out by the digital projection systems that are becoming the industry standard. Until then, Dominic Wagner works the film projectors as he's done since 2005.

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ANNAPOLIS — A bail review has been postponed for a man facing disorderly conduct and other charges for acting like he had a gun in an Annapolis movie theater. A spokeswoman for the Anne Arundel County state’s attorney said Thursday ...

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. — James Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week after the deadly Colorado movie theater shootings. In a packed Denver-area courtroom Monday, Holmes, 24, sat silently and did not react ...

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WASHINGTON — Police in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in the region say they’re stepping up security around movie theaters after a Colorado shooting that left 12 dead and injured more than 50 adults and children. Police in D.C. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Loews Annapolis is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar renovation that officials hope will draw locals back to hotel restaurants and add to the growing West Street business corridor. Over the next three years, the hotel will get ...

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Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, Cinemark CEO Alan Stock and developers announced Friday that the international theater chain would be building a 16-screen location at Towson Circle. Five new restaurants are also expected to go up with the theater.

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