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. 

Wicked Little Letters

Fri 4/5 to Sun 4/7
Tickets go on sale April 1st


This film opens on April 5th.

When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.

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.


 

Civil War

Fri 4/12 to Sun 4/14
Tickets go on sale April 8th


From acclaimed director Alex Garland.
This film opens on April 12th.


A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.

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

SCSC 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. Under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. 

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


THIS SHOW IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT
 

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.


 

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