Special Events
The Court Jester
- Thu, Oct 1
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1955
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Basil Rathbone, Cecil Parker, Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns
We asked Shakespeare and Francis Bacon would they declare which one wrote this and they both said, “Get outta here!”
The Color Purple w/ Community Leader Conversation
- Thu, Oct 1
Director: Steven Spielberg Run Time: 154 min. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Willard E. Pugh
It's about life. It's about love. It's about us.
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Così fan tutte – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Oct 3
Run Time: 237 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Italian
Starring: Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Federica Lombardi
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of...
Ciller Corn w/ Filmmaker Q&A
- Thu, Oct 8
Director: Caleb Davis Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ben Rollins, Cody Jenison, Ella Ashlin, Kenny Bristow, Sophia Kilburg
Join us before the film for a special Q&A with the filmmaking team! Carson is ready to leave...
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
- Sat, Oct 10
Director: Christine Lalla, Indhu Rubasingham Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Abigail Cruttenden, Imogen Elliott, Paul Chahidi, Rina Fatania, Sandra Oh
Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the hollow contemporary mantras of kindness and respect. But the bolder she becomes...
The Craft with Audience Interaction
- Tue, Oct 13
Director: Andrew Fleming Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Robin Tunney, Skeet Ulrich
Welcome to the witching hour.
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Macbeth – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Oct 17
Run Time: 209 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Italian
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists star in Verdi’s thrilling take on Shakespeare’s immortal tale. Following past triumphs in...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Shadow Cast
- Thu, Oct 22
- Fri, Oct 23
Director: Jim Sharman Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 1975
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry
A different set of jaws.
Get Out
- Tue, Oct 27
Director: Jordan Peele Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2017
Starring: Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Catherine Keener, Daniel Kaluuya
Just because you're invited, doesn't mean you're welcome.
Night of the Creeps w/ The Fright Zone Podcast
- Thu, Oct 29
Director: Fred Dekker Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Steve Marshall, Tom Atkins, Wally Taylor
The good news is your date is here. The bad news is...He's dead.
A Place in the Sun with Karina Longworth of You Must Remember This podcast
- Sun, Nov 8
Sun, Nov 8 @ 7:00 pm: Plus Q&A with Karina Longworth. Read More ›
Director: George Stevens Run Time: 122 min. Release Year: 1951
Starring: Anne Revere, Elizabeth Taylor, Keefe Brasselle, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters
Young people asking so much of life... taking so much of love!
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Samson et Dalila – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Dec 5
Run Time: 234 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: French
Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive...
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Jan 23
Director: Gary Halvorson Run Time: 195 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: Italian
Starring: Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann, Matthew Rose, Richard Bernstein, Željko Lučić
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones,...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Silent Night – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Mar 20
Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2027
Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Manon – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Apr 3
Run Time: 264 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: French
Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Otello – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Apr 24
Run Time: 201 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: Italian
One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Parsifal – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Jun 5
Run Time: 365 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: German
A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for...