This event will host up to 100 youth in the Tacoma area who want to be educated, inspired, and empowered about current issues. The event will feature various speakers who will present 10-minute TED-style talks on interdisciplinary issues and work. This event is free, but ticket reservations must be made at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4305613
The Grand Cinema presents a film screening of the movie TO DUST paired with a presentation by an Assistant Pathologist on Monday, July 22 at 6:45pm. Starring Matthew Broderick and Géza Röhrig, TO DUST is a story of love, loss, and decomposition. This special Science on Screen event pairs TO DUST with a pre-film presentation > Continue Reading
Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema closes out this year’s Pride Film Series with a a screening of THE HUNGER on Saturday, July 20 at 11pm in partnership with Tacoma Pride Festival. A Queer Elephant takeover starring David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, and Susan Sarandon? Best put this on your calendar now! John is the lover > Continue Reading
Join us at The Grand Cinema for a screening of THE QUEEN (1968), restored just in time for our annual Pride Film Series on Wednesday, July 17 at 1:45pm and 6:45pm in partnership with Tacoma Pride Festival. Join us as we celebrate diversity through these independent films that highlight LGBTQ+ experiences and stories. In 1967, > Continue Reading
Join us at The Grand Cinema for a screening of RAFIKI on Tuesday, July 16 at 1:45pm and 6:45pm as part of our annual Pride Film Series in partnership with Tacoma Pride Festival. Join us as we celebrate diversity through these independent films that highlight LGBTQ+ experiences and stories. “Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan > Continue Reading
Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema presents THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT on Saturday, July 13 at 11pm as part of our annual Pride Film Series in partnership with Tacoma Pride Festival. Join us as we celebrate diversity through these independent films that highlight LGBTQ+ experiences and stories. When drag queen Anthony > Continue Reading
Join us at The Grand Cinema for animated period drama FUNAN playing only on Tuesday, July 2 at 1:30pm and 6:45pm. In partnership with Red Scarf Revolution, who will be leading a post-film discussion after both screenings. The film follows a young woman whose life is turned inside out by the arrival of the Khmer > Continue Reading
The Grand Cinema presents a one-day screening of DECONSTRUCTING THE BEATLES' ABBEY ROAD SIDE ONE on Thursday, June 27 at 1:30pm and 6:45pm. In Deconstructing Abbey Road, Beatleologist Scott Freiman has created one of his most in-depth “deconstructions.” Freiman takes the audience on a journey track-by-track explaining the inspiration for the songs and their evolution > Continue Reading
Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema celebrates the 35th anniversary of THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION with a screening on Saturday, June 22 at 11pm. Buckaroo Banzai is caught with his trusted allies, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, in a battle to the death between evil red aliens and good black aliens > Continue Reading
Exhibition on Screen returns to The Grand Cinema with VAN GOGH & JAPAN on Thursday, June 20 at 1:30pm and 6:45pm "I envy the Japanese," Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. In the exhibition on which this film is based—VAN GOGH & JAPAN at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam—one can see why. One > Continue Reading
