The outdoor movie night series continues! We will be showing The Sandlot for our Sports category. Movie will begin at dusk around 9:20 p.m. EDT. Bring your own lawn chairs or picnic blanket.
Admission and popcorn will be free.
This event is happening on First Friday Art Walk with a fun Scavenger Hunt happening from 5-8 p.m. around the galleries on Main Street!
A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country’s dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the tenth and final movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “Jojo Rabbit.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winner: Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay: Taika Waititi
Nominees: Oscar Best Motion Picture of the Year: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi, Chelsea Winstanley Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Scarlett Johansson Best Achievement in Costume Design: Mayes C. Rubeo Best Achievement in Production Design: Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková Best Achievement in Film Editing: Tom Eagles
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée’s family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the ninth movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “Midnight in Paris.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winner: Oscar Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Woody Allen Nominee: Oscar Best Motion Picture of the Year: Woody Allen Best Achievement in Directing: Woody Allen
Vincennes native, Alice Terry, in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Also starring Rudolph Valentino.
Film, discussion, and a short presentation about Alice Terry.
According to a review from IMDB.com: Julio Madariaga is the Argentine patriarch of a wealthy family. He has two daughters, the elder wed to a Frenchman and the other to a German. He prefers the Frenchman and his family, especially his grandson Julio, causing jealousy from the German and his three sons. When Madariaga dies, the family splits up, each son-in-law returning to his own country. The Frenchman and his own move to Paris, where Julio becomes an artist and has an affair with an unhappily married woman, lovely Marguerite Laurier. Her husband finds out, but before he can finalize a divorce, World War One rears its head and both sides of the family will endure great suffering in the conflict, especially since they must fight one another on the battlefield.
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California’s wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the eighth movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “Sideways.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winner: Oscar Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Nominees: Oscar Best Motion Picture of the Year: Michael London Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Thomas Haden Church Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Virginia Madsen Best Achievement in Directing: Alexander Payne
With the 2024 total solar eclipse looming, we are looking for more ways to help bring our community together in educational and fun ways. We believe this event will do both. Our goal is to show two movies, the first being a kid and family-friendly film, while the second we hope will keep our adult audience around and may even evoke a sense of nostalgia. We’ve carefully selected blockbuster hits from now and the past in hopes of bringing as many people together as possible to foster a sense of community.
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the seventh movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “As Good As It Gets.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winner: Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jack Nicholson Best Actress in a Leading Role: Helen Hunt Nominee: Oscar Best Picture: James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Greg Kinnear Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Mark Andrus (screenplay/story), James L. Brooks (screenplay) Best Film Editing: Richard Marks Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Hans Zimmer
A woman pretending to be a man impersonating a woman.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the sixth movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “Victor/Victoria.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winner:
Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse
Nominees:
Oscar Best Actress: Julie Andrews Best Supporting Actor: Robert Preston Best Supporting Actress: Lesley Ann Warren Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium: Blake Edwards Best Art Direction: Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith, and Harry Cordwell Best Costume Design: Patricia Norris
A vaudeville duo agrees to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can’t stand each other.
This film has a Red Skelton connection!
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the fifth movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “The Sunshine Boys.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winner: Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role: George Burns Nominees:Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role: Walter Matthau Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material: Neil Simon
A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the fourth movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “The Apartment.”
These events are made possible by a grant through the Indiana Humanities.
These events are free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance using the Eventbrite link.
Winners:
Best Motion Picture and Best Director: Billy Wilder
Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen: Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond Best Art Direction – Black-and-White: Alexandre Trauner and Edward G. Boyle
Best Film Editing: Daniel Mandell
Nominees: Best Actor: Jack Lemmon
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Kruschen Best Cinematography – Black-and-White: Joseph LaShelle Best Sound: Gordon E. Sawyer