Special Events
Met Opera: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Today, Jan 24
Run Time: 187 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Andrzej Filończyk, Edward Nelson, Lauren Snouffer, Miles Mykkanen, Sun-Ly Pierce
Added due to popular demand, the Met-premiere production of Mason Bates’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay...
Hamnet
- Today, Jan 24
- Sun, Jan 25
- Mon, Jan 26
- Tue, Jan 27
- Wed, Jan 28
- Thu, Jan 29
Director: Chloé Zhao Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, Jessie Buckley, Joe Alwyn, Paul Mescal
Keep your heart open.
Chevalier – Presented with the Des Moines Symphony
- Tue, Jan 27
Director: Stephen Williams Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alex Fitzalan, Jr., Kelvin Harrison, Lucy Boynton, Minnie Driver, Samara Weaving
The true untold story.
Groundhog Day with Audience Interaction
- Mon, Feb 2
Director: Harold Ramis Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
He’s having the worst day of his life… Over and over again.
Fruitvale Station with Community Leader Conversation
- Wed, Feb 25
Wed, Feb 25 @ 7:00 pm: Special post-screening conversation with a panel of local community leaders
Director: Ryan Coogler Run Time: 82 min. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Melonie Díaz, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer
Every step brings you closer to the edge.
A Red Carpet Affair 2026
- Sun, Mar 15
Run Time: 240 min.
About the Event Join us for a one-of-a-kind celebration of film’s biggest night. We are transforming Varsity Cinema...
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Mar 21
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
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
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...