Theater
OHIO’s Tantrum Theater presents Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
Forum Theater RTVC Building, 35 College Street, Athens, OH, United StatesOhio University’s Tantrum Theater will present William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” also known as “What You Will,” directed by guest artist and retired School of Theater professor Shelley Delaney, in Ohio University’s Forum Theater in the RTV Building, from Nov 9-11 and 15-18 at 8 p.m. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday,... Read More
OHIO’s Tantrum Theater presents Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
Forum Theater RTVC Building, 35 College Street, Athens, OH, United StatesOhio University’s Tantrum Theater will present William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” also known as “What You Will,” directed by guest artist and retired School of Theater professor Shelley Delaney, in Ohio University’s Forum Theater in the RTV Building, from Nov 9-11 and 15-18 at 8 p.m. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday,... Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Davis’s X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesAnthony 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 operatic... Read More
Holiday Film Series: ELF
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesThis 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... Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Catán’s FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesSung 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... Read More
Holiday Film Series: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesThis 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... Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Verdi’s NABUCCO
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesAncient 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... Read More
A TRIP TO THE ATHENA: Paint & Sip
Athena Cinema 20 S. Court St., Athens, OH, United StatesCalling 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... Read More
Heroes In Color: BLACK PANTHER
Athena Cinema 20 S. Court St., Athens, OH, United StatesT’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 technological secrets to... Read More
Adam Booth – Appalachian Storyteller
Ohio University Southern Bowman Auditorium 1804 Liberty Ave., Ironton, United StatesJoin us at 3 p.m. on February 4 in OHIO Southern's Bowman Auditorium for a performance by Appalachian Storyteller Adam Booth. Tickets are $15 and available at the door. Admission is free for students. Adam Booth is the 2022 West Virginia Folk Artist of the Year, awarded at the Governor’s Arts Awards. Adam blends traditional... Read More