LIVING YEARS: Conversation With The Director

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

  Join us Tuesday, August 30th at 7pm for a conversation with the director of Living Years, Brenda Williams Gillis, who made a documentary about her father’s life as a quadriplegic. Admission is free. About the Film September 8th, 1956, Highway 395, 33 miles north of Bishop, 4:15am., Gale Williams fell asleep at the wheel.... Read More

Free

Fall Sustainability Series: REVOLUTION GENERATION

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

Sustainability Series Theme: Get Involved About the film The number of Millennials in the United States — those born between approximately 1978 and 2000 — is near 80 million people. They’re the most diverse generation in America, with 56 percent of them registered as politically Independent … and every single one of them will be needed... Read More

Free

Fall Sustainability Series: THE STORY OF PLASTIC

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

Sustainability Series Theme: Pollution Prevention Week About the film The Story of Plastic is a searing exposé revealing the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. Different from every other plastic documentary you’ve seen, The Story of Plastic presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis... Read More

Free

DIRTY DANCING: Fundraiser for Abortion Fund of Ohio

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

Join us Thursday, September 22nd at 7pm for a screening of DIRTY DANCING. This year marks the 35th anniversary of this timeless film, and the storyline started a dialogue about women’s reproductive rights. Admission is $10 and will be donated to Abortion Fund of Ohio. About the Film Baby (Jennifer Grey) is one listless summer away from... Read More

$10

OU PARENTS WEEKEND: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Sing Along!

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

We’re celebrating OU Parents weekend with a showing of MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, a classic comedy sure to have your parents in stitches. From its opening multi-language titles (that sure looks like Swedish) to the closing arrest of the entire Dark Ages cast by modern-day bobbies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail helped... Read More

$8

Fall Sustainability Series: FOOD FOR CHANGE & CAMP YOSHI

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

Sustainability Series Theme: Food and Community About the film FOOD FOR CHANGE (82 minutes) Food For Change focuses on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change in American culture. This is the first film to examine the important historical role played by food co-ops, their pioneering quest for organic foods, and their current... Read More

Free

From the Hills and Hollers: THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES with Dr. Tiffany Arnold

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

About the film When John Klein, a respected Washington Post journalist, and his wife Mary find the dream house they have been hunting for, life could hardly get better. Then on their joyful ride home the dream is shattered when Mary crashes the car and is killed. While removing Mary’s possessions from the hospital, John... Read More

Free

Fall Sustainability Series: DISAPPEARING VOICES & HELLBENT

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

Theme: Ecological Systems: From Ecuador to Appalachia About the film DISAPPEARING VOICES (20 minutes) Little was known about the indigenous peoples living in Yasuní National Park until the middle of the 20th century. When oil exploration and extraction began, it also initiated a fundamental change in the cultures that have traditionally coexisted with the natural resources of... Read More

Free

The Met: Live in HD: Cherubini’s MEDEA

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance. Joining Radvanovsky in the Met-premiere production of Cherubini’s rarely performed masterpiece is tenor Matthew Polenzani as Medea’s Argonaut husband, Giasone; soprano Janai Brugger as her... Read More

$8 – $20

BEETLEJUICE HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY

Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United States

Beetlejuice…Beetlejuice…be…at the Athena Cinema on Monday, October 31st at 7pm for a screening of BEETLEJUICE! The ghost with the most requests your best costume attire, babe. Regular admission $10. Members and children $8. Consider purchasing your tickets in advance online or in-person! About the film: After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident,... Read More

$8. – $10.