The AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland will be the flagship enterprise to expand AFI's       exhibition efforts on a national scale through high-visibility, quality       programming in regional markets. The AFI Silver Theatre is part of a huge       redevelopment and reinvigoration of the downtown Silver Spring Maryland       area. Activities surrounding the Silver, both on the Web and in nearby       venues, are beginning now with complete restoration of the AFI Silver       Theatre itself expected in Fall 2000.       The institute's exhibition efforts at the AFI Silver Theatre will be       designed to support the institute's mission to advance and preserve the       moving image by presenting the rich legacy of American film and world       cinema in the environment in which films were originally intended to be       shown and by presenting educational programs that encourage the discussion       of American film as an art form.       AFI intends to develop the Silver Theatre into a major film & video       exhibition center that will be recognized nationally and internationally.
	DEAL REACHED FOR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE TO BECOME NEW OCCUPANT OF SILVER  THEATRE AFI Press Release dated April 20, 1998 Silver Theatre restoration moves along story in The Gazette dated May 3, 2000 Silver Spring Revitalization index page Bassett/Boynton On the Web