Star City Secret Cinema

Mon 3/18
6:00 pm - Doors Open | 7:00 pm - Showtime


General Admission - $10 + tax

Star City Secret Cinema
Presented by Justin Smith

Roanoke's new mystery movie series for adventurous filmgoers! What's the film? You won't know until you take your seat and the lights go down.  Join Roanoke native Justin Smith as he presents his vision - Star City Secret Cinema!

Whale Rider

Wed 3/20
Doors - 6:00 pm | Showtime - 7:00 pm


Grandin Theatre celebrates Women's History Month

FREE ADMISSION

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Fri 3/22 to Sun 3/24
12:00 pm | 2:20 pm | 4:40 pm | 7:00 pm | 9:15 pm

Fri 3/29 to Sun 3/31
Times TBD


When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.

One Life

Fri 3/22 to Sun 3/24
12:10 pm | 2:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 7:30 pm


The story of Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.


 

Kung Fu Panda 4

Fri 3/22 to Sun 3/24
12:25 pm | 2:40 pm | 4:45 pm | 6:50 pm


After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.

Dune: Part Two

Fri 3/22 to Sun 3/24
12:35 pm | 4:20 pm | 7:40 pm

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.


 

Love Lies Bleeding

Fri 3/22 to Sun 3/24
8:45 pm


Gym manager Lou falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.


 

Being John Malkovich

Mon 3/25
6:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre Art House Cinema Series!

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
 


 

Marie Antoinette

Tue 3/26
Doors - 6:00 pm | Showtime - 7:00 pm


Grandin Theatre celebrates Women's History Month

FREE ADMISSION

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Stories of an Abandoned Virginia

Wed 3/27
6:00 pm - Doors Open | 7:00 pm - Presentation


General Admission - $20 + tax

Come join us for a visually captivating journey through the beautifully decaying rural places within our state with which so many Virginians have become intrigued. Photographer  and adventurer John Plashal has commemorated these abandoned gems by capturing their beauty and delivering them to us in a presentation full of powerful imagery and fascinating stories. Experience the “unseen” side of Virginia with all the houses, churches, schools, asylums, diners and secret societies that have been “frozen in time” and now documented and delivered in Plashal’s presentation titled “Stories of an Abandoned Virginia”.
 

Society

Fri 3/29
10:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre After Hours Series!  Not for the weak of stomach.

An ordinary teenage boy discovers his family is part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.


 

Southern Culture on the Skids - Homecoming Show

Thu 4/4
6:00 pm - Doors | 7:00 pm - Showtime


General Admission: $42.00 (plus tax and fee)


For over 30 years, Southern Culture on the Skids has brought their unique brand of rock and roll to the whole world.  But did you know drummer Dave Hartman and bassist Mary Huff grew up a stones throw away from the historic Grandin Theatre?  Come join us on Thursday, April 4th for SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS - HOMECOMING SHOW, and welcome back one of the most successful bands with Roanoke ties to ever strum a chord. 

Metropolis

Mon 4/8
6:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre Art House Cinema Series!

This film is silent with English Title Cards.

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
 


 

Tommy

Fri 4/12
10:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre After Hours Series! 

A psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult.


 

Psycho

Sat 4/13
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Hoot and Holler - Comeback Stories (SOLD OUT)

Thu 4/18
7:00 pm

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT

Comeback Stories - General Admission - $22 + tax

We all have a comeback story and Hoot and Holler is shining a light and celebrating those moments where we’ve come back from the brink.

We all have these phoenix moments- the ones where we rise back up from medical challenges, tragedies, toxic environments, near death experiences, legal woes, financial ruin, dissolution of relationships, or adversities of any kind. Conversely, perhaps we come back to a place, person, or situation that we thought we’d left.

There are endless interpretations of this theme! These stories will showcase the true resilience of the human spirit. We will celebrate reclamation, rebirth, and empowerment through brave and bold personal tales of truth.


 

Hoot and Holler: 5-Minute Hootenanny

Thu 4/18
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Hootenanny - General Admission - $10 + tax

New fresh, 5 minute HOLLERS.  Come enjoy new, raw story tellers taking at shot a giving a HOOT!   It'll be a no holds barred hilariously good time!

See below for a full detailed breakdown of this new offering from "Hoot and Holler!"

 

SCSC - EDGE

Sat 4/20
10:00 pm - Showtime


General Admission - $10 + tax

Star City Secret Cinema EDGE
Presented by Justin Smith

Take a watch on the wild side with Star City Secret Cinema's late-night edition, SCSC Edge! It's the mystery movie series you love, but darker and dirtier, grittier and grosser, scarier and sexier, weirder and wilder. At SCSC Edge, it's always midnight.

Warning - This film has extreme graphic violence and disturbing content.

8 1/2

Mon 4/22
6:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre Art House Cinema Series!

This film is in Italian with English subtitles.

A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
 


 

NY NY Dueling Pianos

Wed 4/24
6:00 pm - Doors | 7:00 pm - Showtime


General Admission: $27 + tax

Seating is available throughout the Theatre for those who wish to sit.  This is an all ages event.  Bar and concessions will be available for purchase.
 

Join NY, NY DUELING PIANOS for a night of piano party madness, as these internationally renowned performers take all of your song requests in a clap-along, dance-along fiesta where anything can happen. 2 performers, 2 pianos and an unforgettable night.

Science + Literature: Nature's Peril and Poetry

Thu 4/25
Doors - 6 pm | Readings and Conversation - 7 pm | Book Sales and Signing - 8 pm


Arthur Sze, National Book Award-winning poet, and author of 11 books of poetry (most recently, THE GLASS CONSTELLATION) will have a conversation on poetry and the environment with UVA professor and poet Brian Teare (POEM BITTEN BY A MAN).

General Admission: FREE with Reservation

Click HERE to make a reservation for this event.


Book Release Date: April 13, 2021 (paperback forthcoming on August 13, 2024)

The National Book Foundation's prestigious Science + Literature program is bringing National Book Award winner Arthur Sze to Roanoke.  Sze will join UVA professor Brian Teare at the Grandin Theatre. In a conversation titled Science + Literature: Nature's Poetry and Peril, Sze and Teare will discuss the role of poetry in our modern lives, how poetry connects us to nature, and how we can use literature to benefit our environment.  This event is free and open to the public, though pre-registration is encouraged. Presented in partnership with the Roanoke Public Libraries, Virginia Festival of the Book, the Grandin Theater, and the National Book Foundation.

Wet Hot American Summer

Fri 4/26
10:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre After Hours Series!

Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.


 

Star City Secret Cinema

Mon 4/29
6:00 pm - Doors Open | 7:00 pm - Showtime


General Admission - $10 + tax

Star City Secret Cinema
Presented by Justin Smith

Roanoke's new mystery movie series for adventurous filmgoers! What's the film? You won't know until you take your seat and the lights go down.  Join Roanoke native Justin Smith as he presents his vision - Star City Secret Cinema!

Hero

Mon 5/6
6:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre Art House Cinema Series!

This film is in Chinese with English subtitles.

A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.


 

Hope Over Hate - A Community Conversation

Thu 5/9
6:00 pm - Doors Open | 7:00 pm - Presentation


General Admission - FREE - BY RESERVATION ONLY. 

Join us for a memorable evening of dialog, learning, and healing as the RJF presents a discussion and Q&A on how to overcome hatred.
 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT

But I'm a Cheerleader

Fri 5/10
10:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre After Hours Series!

A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.

Love Story

Sat 5/11
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.

Gangstagrass

Thu 5/16
6:00 pm - Doors | 7:00 pm - Showtime | Two 60 minute sets with a 20 minute intermission


General Admission: $24+ tax (Advanced), $28 + tax (Day of Show)

Gangstagrass is a multi-racial collective of musicians who demolish every preconception you have about country music and hip-hop music. These string pickers and MCs create a shared cultural space for dialogue and connection between folks that usually never intersect. The boundaries are gone and Gangstagrass is out there doing things nobody thought would work but when you hear it you know, down in your soul, that it does work. Gangstagrass is here to help us party together with an irresistible blend of America's rural and urban music traditions.

Tokyo Story

Mon 5/20
6:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre Art House Cinema Series!

This film is in Japanese with English subtitles.

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.


 

Dorothy Gillespie: Courage, Independence, and Color

Wed 5/22
6:00 pm - Doors Open | 7:00 pm - Screening | Q&A afterwards with the filmmakers and members of the Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation


Born in 1920 – the same year women won the right to vote – Dorothy Gillespie challenged society and women’s place in it through her activism, pedagogy, and groundbreaking art work as one of the great abstract expressionists of the twentieth century.
 

Dazed and Confused

Fri 5/24
10:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre After Hours Series! 

The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.


 

Illiterate Light and Mo Lowda & the Humble

Thu 6/6
7:00 pm - Doors | 8:00 pm - Mo Lowda & the Humble | 9:20 pm - Illiterate Light


General Admission: $20.00 (+ tax) - Advanced, $24 (+ tax) Day of Show)

Mo Lowda & the Humble are a self-produced indie rock band hailing from Philadelphia. Since releasing their debut album in 2013, they’ve vastly expanded the sonic exploration of their recorded material whilst developing a dialed-in, yet energetic live show through persistent touring.  In turn, they’ve built a ravenous and loyal following across the country, selling out clubs and theaters throughout the US each year. 

Illiterate Light thrives on subverting expectations. Though just a duo, singer-guitarist Jeff Gorman and drummer Jake Cochran make surprisingly pummeling and catchy alternative rock. Since the band’s 2015 inception, they’ve intently focused on their unorthodox live show with Cochran standing behind his kit and Gorman playing synth bass with his foot as he sings and strums his guitar. Fiercely egalitarian and independent, the two not only split up songwriting duties and arrangement ideas, they even built bike-powered stages: bringing the fans into the live experience and envisioning a greener future for shows.

This is the End

Fri 6/7
10:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre After Hours Series! 

Six Los Angeles celebrities are stuck in James Franco's house after a series of devastating events just destroyed the city. Inside, the group not only have to face the apocalypse, but themselves.


 

The Wizard of Oz

Sat 6/8
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.

The Mirror

Mon 6/17
6:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre Art House Cinema Series!

This film is in Russian with English subtitles.

A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
 


 

The Darkside Experience

Wed 6/19
6:00 pm - Doors | 7:00 pm - Showtime


General Admission: $20 + tax (Advance), $23 + tax (Day of Show)

Show Type:  This is a stand-up show for those who wish to stand stage-side.  Seating is available throughout the Theatre for those who wish to sit. 

 

All that you see and all that you hear in The Darkside Experience performance speaks authentic Pink Floyd.  It is as if you were there, because you are.  All of the the classic studio albums, with that vinyl detail in high-fidelity headphones exactly the way it is etched into your brain.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Mon 7/1
6:00 pm

The Grandin Theatre Art House Cinema Series!

After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.


 

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Sat 7/13
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.

A Hard Day's Night

Sat 8/10
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.

City Lights

Sat 9/14
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Sat 10/12
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Sat 11/9
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.

White Christmas

Sat 12/14
10:00 am

Admission is Free!

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.