BALTIMORE, MD – Over 200 donors, celebrities, and dignitaries joined the Maryland Film Festival to celebrate the opening of the Parkway and the future of film in Baltimore. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway received its first invitation-only audience on the evening of April 20th as donors and supporters descended on the theater for its A First Look preview opening and donor appreciation event.The red-carpet occasion, celebrating 100-plus years of movie history, shined a spotlight on the rare 1915 Italian Renaissance and Beaux-Arts-style movie palace, which has just undergone an $18.2 million renewal bringing it into the 21st century.Located in Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District, the rescued SNF Parkway will serve as home for the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), owner and operator of the theater. Festival founding director Jed Dietz said the facility will be a year-round cultural anchor for Baltimore’s growing film community, connecting film, filmmakers and audiences. The Parkway will provide Baltimore with curated, bold programming not currently available in the region, and host film classes for students from the Johns Hopkins University, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and public and private schools throughout the greater Baltimore area.Read more here.RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, Greek islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations , Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics, Greek tourism report