We have pools, parks, and pathways. We have restaurants of many varieties, offering eat in and take out. We have outdoor concerts from Spring through Fall. We have splashpads in community plazas, cocktails at the Mall food court and a fancy dog park with a bar is under construction. We have everything, right?
Then I read this on the Columbia, MD Reddit:
Which theaters do the cinefiles/film enthusiasts go to?
Moving from Texas where we enjoyed our Alamo Drafthouse's Season Pass. I know there is an Alamo in D.C., but do people in the Columbia area have local theaters they prefer?
I looked up Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Oh my word.
Howard County has two movie theatres: AMC at the Mall and Cinemark Columbia Snowden. That’s it. And we have nothing that approaches Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. You can read about their mission and what they do here. It’s not simply the usual first-run movie house with food and drinks added. They show a variety of films - - classic, obscure, indie, foreign language films - - and they even have themed movie night events with specialized menus.
Holy cow.
There's an Alamo in DC if this concept intrigues you and you don’t mind making the trip.
I’m not saying that HoCo absolutely needs an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to consider itself a truly up-and-coming, ‘happening’ place. (Sorry, just can’t type the word ‘vibrant’ one more time.) But I can see what a big draw a place like Alamo would be, and for more than just one age group.
For myself, I’m far more excited at the prospect of the Lakefront Library. Still, I’ll never be able to get a lively IPA delivered to a table at the library, but, somehow I think I’ll live.
What do you think?
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