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  • Waves Across Time

    Pollak Gallery

    At the meeting of ocean and bay, Sandy Hook stands as a landscape shaped by centuries of change — a place where tides and time weave together the echoes of history and the spirit of renewal. Once a critical coastal battlement, fortified with gun batteries and vigilant officers, Sandy Hook has transformed into a sanctuary: a refuge for wildlife, beach-goers, and the ever-shifting dunes themselves, and home to research and educational facilities. What was once a place of defense is now a place of discovery and restoration — where weathered concrete yields to wildflowers, and a historic lighthouse guides not warships, but families seeking the timeless solace of the shore.

  • Degas: Passion for Perfection art film poster

    Exhibition on Screen – Degas: Passion for Perfection

    Pollak Theatre

    Never fully satisfied, many of Degas’ drawings and sculptures were kept in private during his lifetime but now, through close examination, they can be seen as some of the most beautifully detailed and expressive works in the modern era. Using written accounts by friends and commentators, and the narration of letters written by Degas himself, this film reveals a more complex truth behind one of the most influential French artists of the late 19th-century and serves as an exploration of the complex workings of Degas’ artistic mind.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)

  • Frida Kahlo documentary film poster

    Exhibition on Screen – Frida Kahlo, 90′

    Pollak Theatre

    Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the true story of her rebellious, passionate and turbulent life.

    Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career. Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art. Created in close collaboration with world experts and those who knew her.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)

  • Macbeth

    Pollak Theatre

    Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean drama centers on the doomed Scottish king, haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, and his power-mad wife, whose
    ruinous ambition damns them both. Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists, baritone Quinn Kelsey (Tosca, Rigoletto) and Lise Davidsen (Tristan und Isolde, Fidelio, Tosca, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos) star as the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost in a highly anticipated new production.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)

  • Cosí fan tutte

    Pollak Theatre

    Overflowing with gorgeous melody, Mozart’s witty romantic comedy follows two sailors who switch places to test their fiancées’ faithfulness, with hilarious results. Hailed as “colorful, inventive” by The New York Times, PhelimMcDermott’s (Satyagraha, Akhnaten, The Hours, The Enchanted island) production updates the setting to an amusement park inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, featuring sword swallowers,
    fire breathers, contortionists, and more.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)

  • Turner & Constable film poster

    Exhibition on Screen – Turner & Constable

    Pollak Theatre

    Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)

  • Carmen

    Pollak Theatre

    Bizet’s fiery masterpiece follows the iconic title character, who lives by her own rules and whose irresistible allure drives the soldier Don José to destruction. Richard Eyre’s beloved production returns to theaters in a special encore presentation of the thrilling 2010 cinema transmission—a fan favorite of The Met: Live in HD series—led by mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as Carmen and tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)

  • Samson et Dalila

    Pollak Theatre

    Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the classic biblical story follows Samson, the hero of legendary strength, and Dalila, the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him. The Met’s larger-than-life production returns, featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen) and tenor Clay Hilley star as the title pair.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)
  • movie poster for Cezanne: Portraits of a Life art film

    Exhibition on Screen – Cézanne: Portraits of a Life

    Pollak Theatre

    Featuring interviews with curators and experts from the National Portrait Gallery London, MoMA New York, National Gallery of Art Washington, and Musée d’Orsay Paris, and correspondence from the artist himself, the film takes audiences beyond the exhibition to the places Cézanne lived and worked and sheds light on an artist who is perhaps the least known of all the impressionists – until now.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)

  • Exhibition on Screen film poster for David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts

    Exhibition on Screen – David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts

    Pollak Theatre

    Featuring intimate and in-depth interviews with Hockney the film offers rare insights into the man behind such iconic works as A Bigger Splash and A Closer Grand Canyon. In conversation with Tim Marlow (Artistic Director at the Royal Academy of Arts), Hockney reveals anecdotes from across his artistic and personal life – from his first trip abroad to Egypt in 1963, to the effects of the death of his close friend Jonathan Silver in 1997, right up to today.

    $23 (Adult), $21 (Senior), $10 (Child), $5 (MU Student)