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 […]
Holiday Film Series: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
This event will be held at The Ridges Auditorium on Saturday, December 23rd at 5:00 p.m. About the film Frank Capra’s classic stars the great James Stewart as George Bailey, the eternally-in-debt manager of his late father’s bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls. Long considering himself a failure and now facing […]
The Met: Live in HD: Verdi’s NABUCCO
Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Mezzo-soprano Maria Barakova and tenor SeokJong Baek are Fenena and Ismaele, whose love transcends politics, and […]
A TRIP TO THE ATHENA: Paint & Sip
Calling all cinephiles and dreamers! Join us for a movie-themed Paint & Sip event inspired by Méliès’ iconic 1902 silent film A TRIP TO THE MOON. Register for this two-hour paint lesson and bring home your own 16×20 A TRIP TO THE MOON inspired painting. Taught by Graduate Art Student, Brooke Ripley. Brooke will lead a […]
Heroes In Color: BLACK PANTHER
About the film T’Challa, prince of the hidden nation of Wakanda, must return to his homeland in the wake of his father’s death to assume the throne and take up the mantle of the “Black Panther”. Killmonger, a rival from another tribe, also returns, seeking to take the throne for himself and reveal Wakanda’s advanced […]
Classics & Cocktails: FARGO
Classics & Cocktails is back!! Kicking off our third installment of our popular Classics & Cocktails series, join us on Friday, February 2nd at 7pm for the classic Coen Brothers film FARGO. Our featured cocktail is a Wood Chip Bloody, made with West End Ciderhouse house bloody mix, charred wood infused vodka, Eleven Square Garlic & […]
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