The holiday season always brings some of the year’s best films and, as always, special screening treats. For this year, the Magic Lantern Cinemas is excited to feature a special one-day screening of “A Christmas Story” on Wednesday, December 13, at 4:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
The next presentation by Sun Valley Opera and Broadway’s Live Simulcast Opera Performances is Florencia en el Amazones on Saturday, December 9, 2023. More information can be found at www.sunvalleyopera.com. Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas tells the enthralling story of an opera diva who returns to her native South America to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. Ailyn Pérez stars as Florencia Grimaldi, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman. Fluidity—of time, place, emotion, and even of identity—is at the core of Florencia en el Amazonas. It is ostensibly the tale of passengers traveling down the Amazon River aboard the steamship El Dorado; the real drama, though, lies in the psychological journeys that each character undertakes. The libretto, by Marcela Fuentes-Berain, is an original story rich in allusion to other tales that skirt the border between drama and fantasy. Fuentes-Berain was a student of Gabriel García Márquez, whose style of magical informs the plot. Doors open at 10:30am. The concession counter will be open. The production begins at 10:55am. The Magic Lantern is located at 100 East ...
The next presentation by Sun Valley Opera and Broadway’s Live Simulcast Opera Performances is Florencia en el Amazones on Saturday, December 9, 2023. More information can be found at www.sunvalleyopera.com. Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas tells the enthralling story of an opera diva who returns to her native South America to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. Ailyn Pérez stars as Florencia Grimaldi, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman. Fluidity—of time, place, emotion, and even of identity—is at the core of Florencia en el Amazonas. It is ostensibly the tale of passengers traveling down the Amazon River aboard the steamship El Dorado; the real drama, though, lies in the psychological journeys that each character undertakes. The libretto, by Marcela Fuentes-Berain, is an original story rich in allusion to other tales that skirt the border between drama and fantasy. Fuentes-Berain was a student of Gabriel García Márquez, whose style of magical informs the plot. Doors open at 10:30am. The concession counter will be open. The production begins at 10:55am. The Magic Lantern is located at 100 East ...
The next presentation by Sun Valley Opera and Broadway’s Live Simulcast Opera Performances is X: The Life and Times of Malcom X on Saturday, November 18, 2023. More information can be found at www.sunvalleyopera.com. Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera premiered in 1986. 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 retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Baritone Will Liverman, who triumphed in the Met premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, sings Malcolm X, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother, Louise; mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella; bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and tenor Victor Ryan Robertson as Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem Abdullah conducts the newly revised score, which provides a layered, jazz-inflected setting for the esteemed writer Thulani Davis’s libretto. Doors open at 10:30am. The concession counter will be open. The production begins at 10:55am. The Magic Lantern is located at 100 East 2nd Street in Ketchum and tickets can be purchased at the door. Magic Lantern ...
In 1994, over sixty schoolchildren witnessed an unidentified craft land outside their schoolyard. Twenty-five years later, this incident is still fresh in students' memories. They continue to search for answers - and the courage to speak their truth. In this first feature documentary about the Ariel School UFO incident, a young woman returns to her school in rural Zimbabwe - the place that, at the age of nine, shattered her reality. We meet a respected BBC war reporter who reluctantly covered the event, ultimately leading him to risk his career on the one story that haunted him the most. Jeopardizing his reputation is Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack, whose validation of the witnesses made this mass-sighting impossible to ignore. $10 member / $12 nonmember
In observance of “Back to the Future” Day on Wednesday, October 25, the Magic Lantern will screen the classic “Back to the Future.” Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis created an original, groundbreaking adventure that sparked one of the most successful trilogies ever. When teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is blasted back to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine created by the eccentric Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), he finds himself mixed up in a time-shattering chain reaction that could vaporize his future—and leave him trapped in the past. Powered by innovative special effects, unforgettable songs and non-stop action, “Back to the Future” is an unrivaled adventure that stands the test of time. Tickets are available at the Magic Lantern Box Office, which opens at 3:45 p.m. daily. For more information and showtimes, visit mlcinemas.com or call (208) 726-3308. https://youtu.be/-2dkW8tHB0w About Magic Lantern Cinemas: Locally owned and operated for over 49 years, the Magic Lantern Cinemas has been the Valley’s most popular and comfortable movie-going experience. Big screens and Tempur-Pedic® foam loungers enhance film viewing comfort and Digital Projection for a perfect image every time, along with the latest sound technology—you may not believe your eyes or ears. ...
In observance of “Back to the Future” Day on Wednesday, October 25, the Magic Lantern will screen the classic “Back to the Future.” Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis created an original, groundbreaking adventure that sparked one of the most successful trilogies ever. When teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is blasted back to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine created by the eccentric Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), he finds himself mixed up in a time-shattering chain reaction that could vaporize his future—and leave him trapped in the past. Powered by innovative special effects, unforgettable songs and non-stop action, “Back to the Future” is an unrivaled adventure that stands the test of time. Tickets are available at the Magic Lantern Box Office, which opens at 3:45 p.m. daily. For more information and showtimes, visit mlcinemas.com or call (208) 726-3308. https://youtu.be/-2dkW8tHB0w About Magic Lantern Cinemas: Locally owned and operated for over 49 years, the Magic Lantern Cinemas has been the Valley’s most popular and comfortable movie-going experience. Big screens and Tempur-Pedic® foam loungers enhance film viewing comfort and Digital Projection for a perfect image every time, along with the latest sound technology—you may not believe your eyes or ears. ...
The 2023-2024 Season of The Metropolitan Opera’s Live Simulcast Opera Performances begins on Saturday, October 21, 2023 with "Dead Man Walking". Sun Valley Opera and Broadway will present its MET HD Live Simulcast Operas at the Magic Lantern Theater in Ketchum. "Dead Man Walkin"g is 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 its subject with Heggie’s beautiful and poignant music and a brilliant libretto by Terrence McNally. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato starring as Sister Helen. The outstanding cast also features bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as the death-row inmate Joseph De Rocher, soprano Latonia Moore as Sister Rose, and legendary mezzo-soprano Susan Graham—who sang Helen Prejean in the opera’s 2000 premiere—as De Rocher’s mother. Content Advisory: "Dead Man Walking" contains a depiction of a rape and murder, as well as other adult themes and strong language.
National Geographic's UFOs: Investigating the Unknown is a five-part series exploring the government’s decades long investigation into UFOs. Directed by Ricki Stern and featuring investigative journalist Leslie Kean (speaking in Ketchum on October 26 as part of SVMoA’s Sightings exhibition) the series features extensive footage and interviews with journalists, academics, astronomers, military officers, senators and more. Episode 3: Close Encounters at Nuclear Bases; Episode 4: Citizens Take Charge; Episode 5: Government Breaks Silence.
National Geographic's UFOs: Investigating the Unknown is a five-part series exploring the government’s decades long investigation into UFOs. Directed by Ricki Stern and featuring investigative journalist Leslie Kean (speaking in Ketchum on October 26 as part of SVMoA’s Sightings exhibition) the series features extensive footage and interviews with journalists, academics, astronomers, military officers, senators and more. Episode 1: Secret Pentagon UFO Program; Episode 2: Giant UFO in Texas.
For the 6th year, the Sun Valley Museum of Art presents the MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. From September 28 through October 8, this unique festival brings together over 100,000 filmgoers in over 500 cities and towns across 6 continents. The Festival curates a wide variety of films from around the world, and the jury includes ALL film attendees from around the globe, including our Ketchum audience! The Ten MANHATTAN SHORT Finalists hail from eight countries, with films from Australia, Afghanistan, Finland, Iran, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada, alongside three films from the USA. The 2023 line-up is linked by a common theme: how we face adversity, whether it is imposed by others or arises from personal circumstances. The ten films in the program feature narratives that are dramatic, sometimes humorous, occasionally magical, and always inspirational! THE MANHATTAN SHORT FINAL TEN ARE: Sunless (USA) Voice Activated (Australia) Yellow (Afghanistan) Tuulikki (Finland) The Family Circus (USA) Career Day (USA) Snail (Iran) The Record (Switzerland) The Stupid Boy (UK) Soliel Du Nuit (Canada) Voting cards will be given to each attendee, and every year, the Wood River Valley audience’s top scorer has turned out to be the winner. These films always present a wide ...
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