Golden Isles Arts & Humanities
Upcoming Events
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Live Performances
From concerts to captivating theatrical productions, our performing arts programs bring the stage to life.
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Cinema Gourmet and Film Screenings
Check out what we have showing on the Big Screen!
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Exhibits
Enjoy exhibits from a variety of artists in The Mildred Huie Wilcox Gallery at the Historic Ritz Theatre.
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Education
Our educational programs bring the arts to schools, and community events, fostering creativity and cultural appreciation for all.
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The Big Read
The Big Read is an exhilarating literary adventure that invites communities to immerse themselves in the power of storytelling.
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Penguin Project
The Penguin Project is a musical theater production that casts children and young adults with disabilities in all roles.
Schedule of Events
Cinema Gourmet: The Birds (1963)
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Tippi Hendren and Rod Taylor (1963). Rated PG-13
Cinema Gourmet: Network (1976)
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor’s ravings and revelations about mass media for profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
Directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, and Peter Finch.
Rated R
Cinema Gourmet: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. Based on John Steinbeck’s novel.
Directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda.
Not Rated
Cinema Gourmet: In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared, is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
Directed by Norman Jewison. Starring Sidney Poitier & Rod Steiger.
Not Rated
Cinema Gourmet: The Graduate (1967)
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Directed by Mike Nichols. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft.
Rated PG
Celebrating 250 @ The Ritz! Movie: "National Treasure" (2004)
Join us at the Historic Ritz Theatre to celbrate our country’s 250th anniversary with a variety of patriotic films. Ticket price includes Free Popcorn courtesy of Traditions Property Group!
National Treasure follows Benjamin Franklin Gates, an amateur cryptologist and historian from a family of treasure hunters. He embarks on a quest to find a centuries-old Freemason treasure. The twist: a hidden map to the treasure is encoded on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Realizing the document is in danger, Ben is forced to do the unthinkable: steal the Declaration to protect it.
TICKETS: $5 at the Door and includes POPCORN!!
Celebrating 250 @ The Ritz! Movie: “Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011)
Join us at the Historic Ritz Theatre to celbrate our country’s 250th anniversary with a variety of patriotic films. Ticket price includes Free Popcorn courtesy of Traditions Property Group!
Captain America: The First Avenger follows Steve Rogers, a frail man rejected from the WWII military. He is chosen for a secret super-soldier serum experiment. Transformed into a physically perfect hero, he fights HYDRA—a rogue Nazi group led by the Red Skull, who wields a cosmic power source called the Tesseract.
TICKETS: $5 at the door and includes POPCORN!!
Celebrating 250 @ The Ritz! Movie: "Glory" (1989)
Join us at the Historic Ritz Theatre to celbrate our country’s 250th anniversary with a variety of patriotic films. Ticket price includes Free Popcorn courtesy of Traditions Property Group!
Glory is a critically acclaimed historical war drama that depicts the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the Union Army's first all-African American volunteer regiment during the American Civil War.
TICKETS: $5 at the Door and includes POPCORN!!
Celebrating 250 @ The Ritz! Movie: "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1946)
Join us at the Historic Ritz Theatre to celbrate our country’s 250th anniversary with a variety of patriotic films. Ticket price includes Free Popcorn courtesy of Traditions Property Group!
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a classic biographical musical drama about George M. Cohan, the legendary Broadway entertainer often called "The Man Who Owned Broadway". Starring James Cagney in an Oscar-winning performance, the film blends historical milestones, family vaudeville, and high-energy song-and-dance numbers to boost American morale during WWII.
TICKETS: $5 at the door and includes POPCORN!
Cinema Gourmet: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Cinema Gourmet: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Epic tale in which an intrepid archaeologist tries to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic which is central to their plans for world domination. Indiana Jones is in constant peril, making hair's-breadth escapes at every turn in this celebration of the innocent adventure movies of an earlier era.
Cinema Gourmet: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Cinema Gourmet: The Man Who Shot
Liberty Valance (1962)
A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins. Directed by John Ford and Starring James Stewart and John Wayne.
Not Rated.
Cinema Gourmet: Fences (2016)
Cinema Gourmet: Fences (2016)
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life. Based on the August Wilson play and starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. (2016)
Rated: PG-13
Cinema Gourmet: Blade Runner (1982)
Enjoy an evening of Cinema Gourmet! This event includes a screening of a classic movie preceded by delicious food from Indigo Coastal Shanty and an insightful talk about what makes the film a “must-see.”
Cinema Gourmet: Pinocchio (1940)
Cinema Gourmet: Pinocchio (1940)
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. Walt Disney Productions second and Oscar-winning animated feature.
Cinema Gourmet: Rebecca (1940)
Enjoy an evening of Cinema Gourmet! This event includes a screening of a classic movie preceded by delicious food from Indigo Coastal Shanty and an insightful talk about what makes the film a “must-see.”
American Graffiti (1973)
Enjoy an evening of Cinema Gourmet! This event includes a screening of a classic movie preceded by delicious food from Indigo Coastal Shanty and an insightful talk about what makes the film a “must-see.”
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1973)
Enjoy an evening of Cinema Gourmet! This event includes a screening of a classic movie preceded by delicious food from Indigo Coastal Shanty and an insightful talk about what makes the film a “must-see.”
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Enjoy an evening of Cinema Gourmet! This event includes a screening of a classic movie preceded by delicious food from Indigo Coastal Shanty and an insightful talk about what makes the film a “must-see.”
Notorious (1946)
Enjoy an evening of Cinema Gourmet! This event includes a screening of a classic movie preceded by delicious food from Indigo Coastal Shanty and an insightful talk about what makes the film a “must-see.”