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What: "From Penny Arcade to Megaplex," at the Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria.
Why: The Loew's movie theater empire once was so vast, it owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The nation's oldest theater chain celebrates its 100th birthday this year with an exhibit of remnants from its glory days.
Long before there were multiplexes, Loew's theaters were cinematic cathedrals: Opulent palaces such as Loew's Valencia in Jamaica, Loew's Kings on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and Loew's 175th Street on Broadway in Manhattan were known as "Wonder Theatres." Most now...