Citing a profitable run, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities announced it is extending The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo at the Lincoln Theatre.
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With Strong Sales, Dragon Tattoo Is Extended at Lincoln Theatre
Gray Proposes Tax Increase on Movie Concessions
Can we call it the Junior Mint tax? Mayor Vince Gray will reportedly propose a five percent sales tax on concessions sold at movie theaters around the city.
Georgetown Multiplex Evacuated Late Sunday Night
Confusion reigned inside and outside the AMC Loews Georgetown 14 late last night after someone reportedly yelled "fire" inside one of the theaters. The entire multiplex was evacuated around 10 p.m., as police and fire vehicles quickly responded to the scene. The Georgetown Dish notes that three people suffered minor injuries during the incident; at one point, there were rumors floating around that a bomb threat had been made at the building.
Madison Square Garden Owners Scouting D.C.
That's according to the Washington Business Journal, which reports that Madison Square Garden LP is looking for a space to open up a rather large new theater in the District. At least one source of the BizJo's puts the size the potential venue at "6,000 seats or more, requiring up to 100,000 square feet," which, just for comparison's sake, would make it almost twice the size of DAR Constitution Hall. Steve Moore, executive director of the Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership, told the paper that he has been pitching the company on sites near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and in the area around Nationals Park. Can you think of any other locations something that big would fit in, that's also close enough to Metro?
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