Special Events
The Apartment – An OLLI Screening
- Thu, Dec 4
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 1960
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Jack Kruschen, Jack Lemmon, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine
Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
It’s a Wonderful Life – Presented with the State Historical Society of Iowa
- Thu, Dec 11
Thu, Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm: Special post-screening discussion with State Curator Hanna Howard
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: Donna Reed, Henry Travers, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
- Thu, Dec 11
Director: Lee Harry Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Darrel Guilbeau, Elizabeth Kaitan, Eric Freeman, James Newman, Jean Miller
The nightmare is about to begin... AGAIN!
Die Hard with Audience Interaction
- Tue, Dec 16
Director: John McTiernan Run Time: 131 min. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Reginald VelJohnson
Forty stories. Twelve terrorists. One cop.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
- Thu, Dec 18
Director: Nicholas Webster Run Time: 81 min. Release Year: 1964
Starring: Bill McCutcheon, John Call, Leonard Hicks, Victor Stiles, Vincent Beck
Santa brings Christmas fun to Mars!
Elf: Buddy’s Sing & Cheer Along Edition
- Sat, Dec 20
Director: Jon Favreau Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Will Ferrell
This holiday, discover your inner elf.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Sun, Dec 21
- Wed, Dec 24
Director: Brian Henson Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his...
Hundreds of Beavers – A Northwoods Christmas
- Mon, Dec 22
Director: Mike Cheslik Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Doug Mancheski, Luis Rico, Olivia Graves, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Wes Tank
Possibly thousands.
The Metropolitan Opera: I Puritani – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Jan 10
Sat, Jan 10 @ 12:00 pm: Live in HD!
Director: Marco Armiliato Run Time: 227 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Italian
When it comes to beautiful melodies, captivating coloratura and virtuoso vocal fireworks, few operas can match Bellini’s I...
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Mar 21
Sat, Mar 21 @ 11:00 am: Live in HD!
Director: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Run Time: 312 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German
The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in...
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, May 2
Sat, May 2 @ 12:00 pm: Live in HD!
Director: Timur Zangiev Run Time: 245 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Russian
Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation...
The Metropolitan Opera: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, May 30
Sat, May 30 @ 12:00 pm: Live in HD!
Director: Deborah Colker, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Run Time: 158 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and...