Part of the Boogie on the Bricks music festival!

Are you not ready for the end of the Athen’s County Fair? Neither are we! Enjoy Charlotte’s Web as our next film in the Beat the Heat summer movie series. E.B. White’s perennial best-selling novel is translated to the screen in animated musical splendor. The classic story, described by author White as a tale of ‘friendship and salvation, a story of miracles — the miracle of birth, the miracle of friendship, the miracle of death.’

Athena Cinema of Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts will partner with Ohio University, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, Athens County Children Services,  Athens Public Libraries and Ohio University Credit Union to present the Athena Cinema 7th Annual Beat the Heat $2 Days Film Series and Fundraiser for Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring! Every year, the summer series showcases children’s and family-friendly films at a discounted admission. Get out of the heat and come enjoy the cool air conditioning, delicious concessions, fun prizes, and free books at every showing!

To benefit Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring (formerly Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Athens County), the price of admission to these screenings is a suggested minimum donation of $2 per ticket.

August 10^th: CHARLOTTE’S WEB: Lake Hope Lodge $50 Gift Certificate

Hungry after boogying down on the bricks? Enjoy a nice meal at the Lake Hope Dining Lodge with a $50 gift certificate as this week’s prize.

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Ready to listen to the music? In partnership with the Athens Community Arts and Music Festival we bring you The Triplets of Belleville as the final movie in our Beat the Heat summer movie series. When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters–an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire–to rescue him.

Athena Cinema of Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts will partner with Ohio University, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, Athens County Children Services,  Athens Public Libraries and Ohio University Credit Union to present the Athena Cinema 7th Annual Beat the Heat $2 Days Film Series and Fundraiser for Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring! Every year, the summer series showcases children’s and family-friendly films at a discounted admission. Get out of the heat and come enjoy the cool air conditioning, delicious concessions, fun prizes, and free books at every showing!

To benefit Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring (formerly Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Athens County), the price of admission to these screenings is a suggested minimum donation of $2 per ticket.

August 17^th : THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE: COSI Admissions

Sad to see our movie series ending? Well, we are too, but you can let the magic of movies live on with a trip to COSI! COSI is hosting a Jim Henson exhibit now until September 2nd, so go experience some more movie magic before summer’s over with 2 COSI admission passes!

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Help us welcome summer and dive into our Beat the Heat summer movie series with our first film of the summer, Ponyo! A fanciful movie from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo is about a five-year-old boy who develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

Athena Cinema of Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts will partner with Ohio University, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, Athens County Children Services,  Athens Public Libraries and Ohio University Credit Union to present the Athena Cinema 7th Annual Beat the Heat $2 Days Film Series and Fundraiser for Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring! Every year, the summer series showcases children’s and family-friendly films at a discounted admission. Get out of the heat and come enjoy the cool air conditioning, delicious concessions, fun prizes, and free books at every showing!

To benefit Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring (formerly Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Athens County), the price of admission to these screenings is a suggested minimum donation of $2 per ticket.

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Grab all your friends and get ready for the second film in our summer series Beat the Heat, Ernest and Celestine! Deep below snowy, cobblestone streets, tucked away in networks of winding subterranean tunnels, lives a civilization of hardworking mice, terrified of the bears who live above ground. Unlike her fellow mice, Celestine is an artist and a dreamer – and when she nearly ends up as breakfast for ursine troubadour Ernest, the two form an unlikely bond. A tale of unlikely friendship that’s sure to warm even the grumpiest bear’s heart!

Athena Cinema of Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts will partner with Ohio University, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, Athens County Children Services,  Athens Public Libraries and Ohio University Credit Union to present the Athena Cinema 7th Annual Beat the Heat $2 Days Film Series and Fundraiser for Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring! Every year, the summer series showcases children’s and family-friendly films at a discounted admission. Get out of the heat and come enjoy the cool air conditioning, delicious concessions, fun prizes, and free books at every showing!

To benefit Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring (formerly Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Athens County), the price of admission to these screenings is a suggested minimum donation of $2 per ticket.

July 13^th: ERNEST & CELESTINE: Athens County Fair and Ohio State Fair Passes

On July 13^th, the Athena will be raffling off two prizes!

The first prize is 7 admissions to the Athens County Fair! The fair takes place August 2^nd-10^th(regular admission is $10.00). The seven admissions include rides and can be used on any day so you can go for free for 7 days in a row or treat your family or friends to a day together! The Demolition Derby on Thursday is a local favorite!

Our second prize is 4 tickets to the Ohio State Fair. The State Fair takes place on July 24-August 4^th this year. And don’t forget to mark your calendar for our Beat the Heat Fair Week Movie: CHARLOTTE’S WEB, on August 10^th at 3:00!

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