Special Events
Boyhood – 12th Anniversary with cast Q&A
- Tue, Aug 4
Director: Richard Linklater Run Time: 165 min. Release Year: 2014
Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Libby Villari, Lorelei Linklater, Patricia Arquette
12 years in the making.
Emma. presented with Jane Austen Society of North America
- Tue, Aug 11
Director: Autumn de Wilde Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 2020
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Callum Turner, Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Mia Goth
Love knows best.
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- Sun, Aug 16
Director: Marianne Elliott Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aidan Turner, Cat Simmons, Darragh Hand, Lesley Manville, Monica Barbaro
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Network – 50th Anniversary
- Tue, Aug 18
Director: Sidney Lumet Run Time: 122 min. Release Year: 1976
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, William Holden
Television will never be the same.
Sorry to Bother You
- Tue, Aug 18
Director: Boots Riley Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2018
Starring: Jermaine Fowler, LaKeith Stanfield, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Tessa Thompson
Destiny is calling.
Silent Movie Day: Battleship Potemkin featuring a new score by Pet Shop Boys
- Tue, Sep 29
Director: Sergei Eisenstein Run Time: 75 min. Release Year: 1925 Language: Russian
Starring: Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Vladimir Barsky
Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.
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...
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 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...