About the film Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it’s dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they’ll never forget into the dangerous American back-country. About the series Following the success of the full capacity screening of our 50th anniversary of Appalshop’s STRANGER WITH […]
Classics & Cocktails: CLUE
Continuing our Classics and Cocktails Series, join us on Friday, February 10th at 7pm for a showing of Clue (1985), inspired by the Athena Staff’s endless need to play the board game. Paired with the film, we will feature the Miss Scarlet cocktail. Six blackmail victims are invited to an isolated mansion by a man […]
Classics & Cocktails: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
Join us on Friday, February 17th at 7pm for the continuation of our Classics and Cocktails Series with a screening of Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961). Paired with the film, we will feature the Tiffany 75 cocktail. Based on Truman Capote’s novel, this is the story of a young woman in New York City who meets a […]
Spring Sustainability Series: FOOD FOR THE REST OF US
About the film FOOD FOR THE REST OF US examines how getting back to the land is tied to other movements such as Black Lives Matter, Idle No More and Times Up. Food for the Rest of Us is a feature film that presents 4 stories of people living life on their own terms, serving […]
Classics & Cocktails: THE BIG LEBOWSKI
The final film of our Classics and Cocktails Series. Join us on Friday, February 24th at 7pm for a showing of The Big Lebowski (1998). Paired with the film, we will feature the White Russian cocktail. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff Lebowski who insists on being called “the Dude,” a laid-back, easygoing burnout who happens to […]
BEST IN SHOW: Fundraiser for Friends of the Shelter Dogs
PET FRIENDLY SCREENING EVENT Wait…I can bring my dog to the Athena Cinema to watch a movie?? For this event, YES!! Join us on March 4th at 1pm for a screening of BEST IN SHOW: Fundraiser for Friends of the Shelter Dogs. Bring your dog, or come and hang out with adoptable dogs from the […]
TRAILBLAZING WOMEN IN OHIO POLITICS
Join us on March 7th at 7pm for TRAILBLAZING WOMEN IN OHIO POLITICS. Admission is free! In celebration of National Women’s History Month, a new documentary titled “Trailblazing Women in Ohio Politics” will premiere during a series of special public preview screenings hosted by League of Women Voters chapters throughout Ohio. A panel discussion will […]
Spring Sustainability Series: HELENA SARAYAKU MANTA
About the film Traveling between her life in Finland and her mother’s homeland deep in the rainforests of Ecuador, 17-year-old Helena Gualinga yearns to protect her indigenous community from extractive development and the repercussions of climate change. Her story highlights the efforts of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku to recognize the Amazon rainforest as a […]
From the Hills and Hollers: DARK WATERS with Harry Deitzler
About the film A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world’s largest corporations. While trying to expose the truth, he soon finds himself risking his future, his family and his own life. About the speaker Harry Deitzler [is] a personal injury lawyer who […]
The Met: Live in HD: Wagner’s LOHENGRIN
Wagner’s Lohengrin returns to the Met stage after an absence of 17 years with this atmospheric new staging by François Girard. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Soprano Tamara Wilson is the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, going head-to-head with […]
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