Visions Bar Noir was located at 1927 Florida Ave NW. The Dupont theater featured indie and art flicks and was one of my favorite places in DC. It closed nearly five years ago. And it looks as if the space won't be showing films anytime soon, either.There is major work going on inside and AED has its logos all over the front doors. The Academy for Educational Development is an international education non profit. AED rents space in a large building at 1825 Connecticut Ave NW; a building that backs up to the old Visions. Looks like Visions will be come axillary office space.
Sad end to a formerly dynamic building. Visions served alcohol and light fare with popular outdoor seating and midnight movies. The spring weather reminds me of great happy hours we had there during its heyday. Good while it lasted.
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Visions was my favorite spot in DC too! I must have seen Donnie Darko at midnight with a keg and a red plastic cup at least ten times. I had always hoped that it would reopen one day. This is very sad news indeed!
Sad -- I loved Visions and wish it was still around.
Before it was Visions, it was the Circle Embassy, and it had a HUGE screen. I saw "The Right Stuff" there and LOVED it. Saw "The English Patient" there and hated it.
While I loved Visions, I always missed the big screen it had before Visions.
I've worked at AED for over a year and the place has been vacant since then. They're turning it into more conference/meeting space I believe and AED will use it. I never knew it as a theater, but I will say it sucks that there aren't any places around Dupont to see a movie. I went to the one on Connecticut a few times.
yes. the days of small time theaters are long gone. but it truly is a shame to see an office/conference center move into that awesome space.
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