The Newton Theater (now used as a CVS Pharmacy) is located at 3601 12th Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Brookland neighborhood.

The Art Deco building was designed by John Jacob Zink and opened on July 29, 1937.

[3] The first film shown at the Newton Theater was I Met Him in Paris, starring Claudette Colbert and Robert Young.

The Newton Theater resumed screening films in the late 1970s, under the ownership of the Brookland Community Corporation, but that, too, ended in 1979.

[4] The theater hosted punk rock concerts throughout 1984, featuring bands like Hüsker Dü, Government Issue, Negative Approach, Void, Iron Cross, 9353, Honor Role, and Malefice.