Athena Cinema
Fall Sustainability Series: TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesAbout 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... Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Heggie’s DEAD MAN WALKING
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesAmerican 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... 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... 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... 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... 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,... 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... 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... Read More
Heroes In Color: BLADE
Athena Cinema 20 S. Court St., Athens, OH, United StatesSay hello to Blade. He’s equal parts human and vampire, with all the supernatural attributes of his blood-thirsty brethren but with none of their vulnerabilities. This makes him the ultimate... Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Bizet’s CARMEN
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesAcclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to... Read More