TICKETSThis is the untold story of the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history. When 5 Howard University students sat on a Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, an extraordinary history-making partnership was born. The pickets […]
TICKETS Based on the beloved memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch and marking the directorial debut of Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water is a raw and unflinching portrait of survival, sexuality, and self-invention. The film traces Lidia’s life from her earliest memories in the Pacific Northwest, as a promising swimmer, through fractured relationships, near-motherhood, addiction, and […]
TICKETS Blending comedy, vaudeville, clowning, and meta-theatrical play, BURNING BLUEBEARD reimagines the 1903 Chicago Iroquois Theatre fire from the perspective of the performers. The piece is both a reckoning and a love letter—an exploration of why we gather, what we risk in live performance, and how theater holds us together in moments of joy and […]
TICKETS Bad Books By Sharyn Rothstein Directed by Nick Chase A concerned mother. A dedicated librarian. The quietest place in America turns into the battleground for a fiery debate about parenting and censorship that starts a chain of events no one saw coming. Sponsored in part by Mark & Jamie Ragan on behalf of the […]
TICKETS Feb 6 The Plague follows the intense journey of a socially anxious twelve-year-old navigating the savage social order at an all-boys water polo summer camp. Over the course of the summer, his unbearable tween anxiety teeters into a full-blown psychological nightmare. (Charlie Polinger, 2025, Australia, 1:38, R)
TICKETS The Good, The Bad, and the Music is a laugh-out-loud, Wild West–themed family concert where a would-be “Best Conductor in the West” bandit storms the stage and tries to take over the orchestra. With help from the Sheriff of Musical Harmony—and plenty of audience participation—the chaos turns into an action-packed musical adventure that teaches […]
TICKETS Science on Screen® You Can’t Miss What You Forget Digital Memory and the Trouble with Letting Go What happens when we try to move on, but our data won’t let us? Following Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dr. Anthony T. Pinter explores how our online “data shadows” preserve relationships, identities, and memories long […]
TICKETS This 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks was nominated for four Oscars. It is praised for the sharp and witty dialogue, thanks to Billy Wilder, and the on-screen chemistry between Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. In the movie, a group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a […]
TICKETS Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting. Winner of Best Director and Best Actor in Cannes. (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2025, Brazil, […]
TICKETS NATCHEZ captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a […]
TICKETS Join us for an afternoon of music, memories, and movie fun - this time celebrating the one and only Elvis Presley. We’ll start with a live pianist leading an Elvis-themed sing-along, followed by a private screening of Viva Las Vegas (1964) on the big screen. This free event is part of the Dairy Arts […]
TICKETS He's "the comic who puts the cerebral in cerebral palsy." Denver's Josh Blue, winner of Last Comic Standing, has written an autobiography. "Something To Stare At" is our latest pick for Turn The Page with Colorado Matters. The night will start with a short comedy set from Blue before senior host Ryan Warner joins […]
TICKETS Embark on a thought-provoking experience that will leave you feeling connected and inspired. Life: A Delightful Show About Fear & Grief portrays the infinite need to honor the challenges and move through the pain served up by life, while maintaining connection, meaning, and love. Blending comedy, storytelling, and spoken word poetry, the show explores […]
TICKETS Feb 13 This subversive-absurdist comedy, which recently had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, is set in a warped modern fairytale 'kingdom' populated only by a King and a Servant (Graham Dickson and Neil Chinneck). But when a Queen mannequin arrives one day, their carefully constructed lives are thrown into disarray, […]
TICKETS A Valentine’s outing featuring champagne, roses, and a staged reading of Matthew Barber’s romantic comedy, Fireflies. Eleanor Bannister is a retired school teacher and a model of respectability. She lives a quiet and lonely life until Abel Brown comes to town. A handyman and drifter, the smooth-talking Brown does more than fix Eleanor’s roof. […]
Immediately following the 1:30pm screening, join us in the MacMillan Gallery for a discussion facilitated by the Dairy Arts Center staff and programming committee. Pizza & soda provided! This event is free and open to members. Not a member yet? Join Now! or contact us at memberships@thedairy.org for more information. This series is generously sponsored by Belzer Law LLC.
TICKETS In a rare changeup, just for February, we are moving this showcase to Sunday at 7pm. After climbing the corporate ladder in his family's South Florida car business, Dave Williamson decided he liked making his customers smile, but LOVED making them laugh. Since then, he has excelled in almost every domestic Comedy Festival, making […]
TICKETS Feb 18-22 In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Resurrection conjures vast […]
TICKETS Feb 18-22 In the early 1970s, the FBI recruited Sara Jane Moore, a conservative mother from the San Francisco suburbs, to infiltrate leftist organizations—but her deeply radicalizing politics complicated her role. Moore takes us back through her recollections and perspectives leading up to the moment where she attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford, and […]
On View Feb 19 - March 29 | Opening Reception: Feb 20, 5 - 8 PM Fourth Annual Exhibition at the Dairy Arts Center | Curated by Adderly Grant-Lord Now in its fourth year at the Dairy Arts Center, Black Futures in Art is a sweeping, annual exhibition presented in celebration of Black History Month […]
TICKETS Regional Premiere From the Oscar-winning, Tony-winning, Pulitzer-winning writer of Moonstruck and Doubt comes a new play about three sisters, a guy who operates a laundromat and the random tricks life plays on them for better or worse. Tragic and funny by turns, this deeply romantic story will remind you what is important in life […]
TICKETS Stand-up comedy meets TED talks - come join a night of laughing and learning! Real scientists teach you about their real expertise in a way you've never learned science before! It's Real Science, Real Funny. Science Riot is a nonprofit organization promoting public enthusiasm for science. Since 2016, we’ve been taking scientists and teaching […]
TICKETS Feb 20 A magical and beautifully animated journey through time, Arco is a dazzling adventure about a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band […]
TICKETS If you love string music that’s virtuosic, globally inspired, and wildly fun live, don’t miss Taarka. Often described as “a collision between Django Reinhardt and David Grisman,” Taarka blends the precision of a top-tier acoustic string band with the adventurous spirit of a musical travelogue, drawing on flavors of Gypsy and Eastern European folk, bluegrass, […]
TICKETS Feb 24-27 In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches […]
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