In July 2021, the Athena reopened after a 16-month closure due the pandemic. We ran a series of films dubbed “Movies You Missed” as an opportunity for our community to see the films of the past year and a half as they were intended to be seen, on a big screen, in a darkened theater, […]
Haiku Contest
Let me get this straight: Writing a movie haiku wins me free popcorn? …that’s the gist of it, yeah! For the fifth year running, the Athena will take in movie or theater-related haikus from the public for our Annual Haiku Contest. Submissions will be accepted from Black Friday through noon on December 31st, 2023. The […]
PIRATES VS. THE KRAKEN: An Animated Short
We are excited to announce that we will be premiering a special animation project right before GHOSTBUSTERS at our Rooftop Screening this Thursday. Admission is included with GHOSTBUSTERS tickets. This project is a collaboration between the Ohio Arts Council, the Athena Cinema, Passion Works Studio, and artist Jeremy Bessoff. About the short film: A group of […]
Halloween Rooftop Double Feature: GHOSTBUSTERS and THE EXORCIST
Who ya gonna call…Ghostbusters or an exorcist? Join us on the rooftop of the Athens City Parking Garage on Thursday, October 26th for our Halloween Rooftop Double Feature screenings of GHOSTBUSTERS and THE EXCORCIST! Admission is $12 for a single film or $20 for the double feature. Seating Begins 7:00 P.M. GHOSTBUSTERS […]
Fall Sustainability Series: TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI
About the film Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an icon and an international inspiration. This film, by co-directors […]
The Met: Live in HD: Jake Heggie’s DEAD MAN WALKING
American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, sees its premiere at the Met: Live in HD in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches […]
From the Hills and Hollers: MATEWAN with Christy Zempter
About the film Filmed on location in the coal country of West Virginia, “Matewan” takes the audience inside the gritty world of labor union organizing during the early part of the 20th century. Inspired by true events that took place in “Bloody Mingo” County in 1920, John Sayles’ critically-acclaimed film follows the efforts of union […]
The Met: Live in HD: Anthony Davis’s X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X
Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, finally sees its premiere at the Met! Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the […]
Holiday Film Series: ELF
This event will be held at The Ridges Auditorium. See event schedule below. About the film Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus. When the news is finally broken to Buddy that he’s not a real elf, he decides to head back to his place […]
The Met: Live in HD: Daniel Catán’s FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS
Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The […]
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