Athena Cinema
Classics & Cocktails: DAZED AND CONFUSED
Athena Cinema 20 S. Court St., Athens, OH, United StatesIn a nod to Richard Linklater’s love for Austin, we bring you the “KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD”–a Mexican Martini, Austin’s signature cocktail! Part Margarita with a hint of dirty Martini, this is a Tex-Mex classic! “You just gotta keep livin’ man. L-I-V-I-N” The final film in our Summer Classics & Cocktails Series is DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993) on... Read More
Beat the Heat: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesThe Athena Cinema, in partnership with Athens County Children Services, is proud to present a screening of E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL on Saturday, August 12th at 3pm. Seating begins at 2:30pm at the Ridges Auditorium. Admission is a monetary donation to Kids on Campus. The screening of E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL will take place at the Ridges Auditorium. The... Read More
From the Hills and Hollers: HARLAN COUNTY USA with Jack Wright
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesAbout the film In this documentary about labor tension in the coal-mining industry, director Barbara Kopple films a strike in rural Kentucky. After the coal miners at the Brookside Mine join a union, the owners refuse the labor contract. Once the miners start to strike, the owners of the mine respond by hiring scabs to... Read More
From the Hills and Hollers: TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL with Dr. Tiffany Arnold
Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United StatesAbout the film Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college students. About the Speaker Dr. Tiffany Arnold is an assistant professor of instruction in the College of Health Sciences and Professions where she coordinates the Appalachian Studies... Read More
Halloween Rooftop Double Feature: GHOSTBUSTERS and THE EXORCIST
Athens City Parking Garage 7 E. Washington St., Athens, OH, United StatesWho ya gonna call…Ghostbusters or an exorcist? Join us on the rooftop of the Athens City Parking Garage on Thursday, October 26th for our Halloween Rooftop Double Feature screenings of GHOSTBUSTERS and THE EXCORCIST! Admission is $12 for a single film or $20 for the double feature. Seating Begins 7:00 P.M. GHOSTBUSTERS ... Read More
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 environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an icon and an international inspiration. This film, by co-directors Alan... 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 Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of... 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