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OUTlaws Pride Series: TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR

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Join us Thursday, June 18th at 7:00 p.m. as our Pride Series continues with a classic road-movie-comedy — you’ll be sorry if you don’t “drag” yourself out to see it!

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Elite Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

Full of cameo appearances from the likes of RuPaul, Naomi Campbell, Robin Williams, and Julie Newmar herself, this 1995 film from director Beeban Kidron blends elements of comedy and drama to tell a story about committing to and following your dreams!

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Juneteenth Science On Screen: CODED BIAS with Dr. Uzoma Miller

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Join us Friday, June 19th at 8:00 p.m. as we celebrate Juneteenth with a talk by Dr. Uzoma Miller and a special screening of a timely documentary that examines the socio-cultural biases and inequities inherent in the emerging world of artificial intelligence!

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Dr. Miller’s talk is titled

“Racial Justice in Tech: A Juneteenth Reflection on Coded Bias”

Light appetizers from local restaurants will be provided

Join us for a community screening and vital conversation centered on the acclaimed documentary Coded Bias. As we celebrate freedom and reflect on the ongoing fight for racial justice, this event will explore how modern technology and artificial intelligence can quietly reinforce racial bias and inequity. Together, we will look behind the screen to discuss how these digital systems impact our everyday lives, from automated decision-making to facial recognition. Whether you are a tech enthusiast, a racial justice advocate, or simply a curious community member, we welcome your participation and engagement!

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When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.

About the speaker

Uzoma Miller is a music educator, who focuses on the interconnectedness of diasporic African musical forms and the cultural dynamics intricately embedded therein. In addition to studying place-based HBCU public history through an asset-based lens, he teaches such courses as Blacks in Contemporary American Cinema and Introduction to Africana Media Studies. His scholarly and creative out put includes co-editing A Call to Reason: Building Inclusive Pedagogy & Wellness Rhetoric into Classrooms (Cognella, 2027), authoring a book review for Terence Bailey’s Do You Remember? Celebrating 50 Years of Earth, Wind, and Fire (Journal of Black Studies, 2025), and curating an annual student-led and music-focused Africana Arts & Artists Symposium (2022-2025) at OHIO.
Miller secured his PhD in Transformative Studies from The California Institute of Intergral Studies, a Master’s in Political Science from Jackson State University, and his Bachelor’s in History from Morehouse College. At OHIO, he currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Instruction, and the Undergraduate Advising Coordinator, Department of African American Studies; Affiliate Faculty, School of International Studies & Languages; and Affiliate Faculty, Department of History. Dr. Miller is the Co-Director of the Faculty Mentoring Program and is the 2025-2026 Institutional Winner of the Mis-American Conference (MAC) Award for Student Success.

Science on Screen is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

 

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OUTlaws Pride Series: PINK FLAMINGOS

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Join us Thursday, June 25th as we wrap up our Pride Series with the ultimate “midnight movie”!

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** Warning: This film contains scenes that may not be appropriate for young viewers **

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Infamous drag queen Divine stars in this quintessential 1972 classic from writer-director John Waters that tells the story of Babs Johnson, an illustrious criminal known as “the filthiest person alive!” When two lesser hoodlums take it upon themselves to try and outdo Babs, the grotesquerie, bizarre-ness, crudity, and sadistic sensationalism rise to levels that only Waters could have the guts to put on film!

This self-proclaimed “exercise in poor taste” may not be for the squeamish, but this film put John Waters on the map in terms of a filmmaker willing to push the boundaries of the artform, and it became a cornerstone of the “abject art” movement. If you’re brave enough to make it to the end, you’ll definitely leave with the knowledge that you just witnessed something unique in all of cinematic history!

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CLJC & OIP Present: WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY with Dean Gillispie and Barry Rowen

Join us Tuesday, October 27th at 7:00 p.m. as the Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture and the Ohio Innocence Project present Wrongful Conviction Day with exoneree Dean Gillispie and filmmaker Barry Rowen!

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The Center for Law, Justice & Culture and the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law will host a free film screening of Spiz, followed by a discussion and Q&A with the subject of the film, OIP exoneree Dean Gillispie, and the filmmaker Barry Rowen.

About the film

Spiz depicts the wrongful conviction of Dean Gillispie who served 20 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Through the experience of Dean Gillispie, Spiz examines the causes and effects of wrongfully convicting American citizens. The film also showcases Gillispie’s artistic talent that he discovered while incarcerated. Using only materials found in prison, he created artwork that was later exhibited at he Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

Gillispie was wrongfully incarcerated for rape, kidnapping, and aggravated robbery in 1991. Gillispie served 20 years in prison for rapes that he always insisted he did not commit. The Ohio Innocence Project took on his case in 2003, and students worked diligently to overturn his conviction. A court subsequently found that Gillispie had not received a fair trial.

There was no physical evidence associating Gillispie to the crimes. Furthermore, there was information withheld from the jury in 1991. This information included the fact that the investigating detectives had eliminated Gillispie as a suspect, stating that he did not match the physical description that the victims described. He also did not fit the profile of the rapist.

Since his exoneration, Gillispie now serves on the Board of Advocates of the Ohio Innocence Project. He speaks about criminal justice reform to audiences around the world. His case is featured in the best-selling book False Justice: Eight Myths that Convict the Innocent.

This event was made possible in part by support from the Ohio University Chaddock + Marrow College of Fine Arts

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HANGING BY A WIRE with Bilal Sami

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Join us Wednesday, October 28th at 5:00 p.m. for a special screening of a gripping documentary about a daring rescue from a cable car in the foothills of the Himalayas!

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This event will include a post-show Q&A with film producer and Ohio University School of Film alumnus Bilal Sami

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On the morning of August 22, 2023, eight passengers – six of them schoolboys – board a makeshift cable car for what should be a routine commute to school in the mountains of northern Pakistan. Midway across a deep ravine, two of the three supporting cables snap. The gondola lurches violently and comes to rest, suspended more than 900 feet above the ground on a single damaged wire.

What follows unfolds in real time over the course of one harrowing day – a survival ordeal shaped by uncertainty, escalating danger, and the relentless pressure of being watched. The daring rescue plays out live on national television and social media, captured from every angle: panicked families on the ground, military helicopters battling high winds, first responders scrambling for solutions, drones circling overhead, and footage filmed from within the cable car itself as hours pass and darkness approaches.

With no margin for error and a cable that could fail at any moment, an unlikely alliance of rescuers must improvise under intense public scrutiny – racing against an invisible clock before disaster strikes live on television.

 

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GHOULMASTER by Gianni Cordi

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Join us Wednesday, October 28th at 7:00 p.m. for a special screening of a retro-style horror film by OU School of Film alum Gianni Cordi

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This event will include a post-show Q&A with filmmaker Gianni Cordi

 

 

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Late-night TV once belonged to horror hosts, and none were more infamous than a local legend known as The Ghoulmaster. When his final broadcast resurfaces on VHS, the host returns with it, and the viewers become his unwilling cast.

 

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Horror In Color – Part III: SINNERS

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Join us Friday, October 30th at 7:00 p.m. for this year’s Horror In Color feature as we offer up a special screening of Ryan Coogler’s magnificent film Sinners!

FREE Admission – Tickets are required

This Event Is SOLD OUT

Seating begins at 7:00 p.m., the movie starts at 7:30 p.m.

This event will include a special cocktail and a pre-show trivia contest hosted by Dr. Gordon Briggs and Brandon “DJ B-Funk” Thompson with a prize for the winner!

Costumes are encouraged…let’s get the Halloween vibes in full swing! 

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Come get a double-dose of Hollywood superstar Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station, Black Panther, Creed) as he stars as twin brothers “Smoke” and “Stack” in an action-packed, genre-bending horror film from director Ryan Coogler!

Trying to put some distance between themselves and their troubled pasts, the twin brothers return from Chicago back to the rural Mississippi town where they were born to make a new start. Using money stolen from Windy City crime bosses, they opt to open a juke joint as a venue for the burgeoning blues music scene. However, the duo soon discovers that there’s an evil wind blowing through the streets of their hometown…an evil with fangs, a thirst for blood, and ties to the Klan!

 

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BABES: Last Day Thursday, June 13th

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Cast: Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau

Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) have been BFF’s since childhood; however, they have very different approaches to Life — Dawn is a responsible, married mother of two; Eden, on the other hand, lives life on more carefree terms. After a one-night stand, Eden finds herself unexpectedly pregnant and, deciding to follow through with having the baby, turns to Dawn for help and advice. As the two friends wrestle with the complexities of motherhood, their friendship gets put to the test (along with lots of laugh-inducing fun from two top-notch comedians!) and each comes away a little wiser in the end.

Rounding out the cast of this latest Glazer project is Oliver Platt, Hasan Minhaj, and Sandra Bernhard. Directed by Pamela Adlon (the voice actress for “Bobby” from the TV show King of the HillI), Babes debuted at the SXSW in March 2024 and is sure to be another feather in the cap for the zany star and co-creator of  Broad City.

 

 

 

 

 

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TUESDAY: Last Day Thursday, June 20th

Watch Trailer Director: Daina O. Pusić
Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, Arinzé Kene

From A24 Studios comes a powerful story about life, death, and love.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld, Veep) takes a step outside of her usual brilliantly funny persona to star as Zora, a single mother who lives with her terminally ill daughter “Tuesday”, played by the award-winning Irish actor Lola Petticrew. Things take a fantastical turn when, one day, a strange bird – a talking, size-changing parrot – arrives, setting mother and daughter on an emotional rollercoaster ride as they confront the meaning of existence and learn that the true essence of Love is knowing when and how to let go.

Tuesday is the directorial debut of filmmaker Daina O. Pusić and features mesmerizing cinematography by Alexis Zabé (The Florida Project). Dreyfus’s profoundly moving performance has been hailed by critics for its honesty, depth, and poignancy. Pusić’s affecting screenplay builds a bridge between fantasy and something very real at the heart of us all.

 

 

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It’s clear that both Pusić and the actors...care about the characters. And because they do, the story resonates even more strongly...

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Come-And-Go Halloween Cartoons at The Athena

Join us all afternoon on October 31st for some fun Halloween activities at The Athena!

We’ll have some fun Halloween cartoons running on a loop, candy and popcorn for your little trick-or-treaters, and a fun puppet show. So, come-and-go at your leisure while you’re uptown for the Athens Uptown Business Association Trick-Or-Treat1

 

Schedule of Events:

1:00-2:30 p.m. – Spooky cartoons

1:00-4:00 p.m. – Popcorn Bag Puppet Show by Nathan

2:00-4:30 p.m. – Athens Uptown Trick-Or-Treat

 

 

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