Jefferson Theatre

Classic movie Night & Foreign Film Series

If you attended The Godfather on Classic Movie Night on July 14, then don’t miss the Friday, July 21 showing of The Godfather Part II. The 1974 film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola is both the sequel and prequel to The Godfather and keeps most of the same cast including Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro. Many critics proclaimed the sequel was better than the first movie.

The movie depicts the early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York. And later, his son Michael expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

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Classic Movie Night – The Godfather

Known as one of the greatest films in American cinema, The Godfather will be shown at Classic Movie Night at the Jefferson Theatre on Friday, July 14, and The Lunchbox will be the feature for the Foreign Film Series, also at the Jefferson, on Wednesday, July 19.

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Classic movie Night & Foreign Film Series

This week’s Classic Movie Night on Friday, July 7, at the historic Jefferson Theatre will be Top Gun, and the 1997 Italian drama Life Is Beautiful will be the next installment of the Foreign Film Series, also at the Jefferson, on Wednesday, July 12.

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Robert Cray

Five-time Grammy Award winning blues musician Robert Cray will perform at the Jefferson Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 15. Ticket information for the show will be released soon. Cray, who has been performing since 1974, has been bridging the lines between blues, soul and R&B for the past four decades. A member of the Blues Hall of Fame, Cray has recorded more than 20 albums with his latest titled, Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm. He traveled to Memphis to record the albums with friend and fellow Grammy winner Steve Jordan.

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Classic Movie Night – 2001: A Space Odyssey

Considered one of the greatest films of all time, 2001: A Space Odyssey will be shown at Classic Movie Night on Friday, June 23, at the historic Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont. Directed by the brilliant Stanley Kubrick, the film was released in 1968 and stars Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. The story follows a voyage to Jupiter with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000 and deals with human evolution, artificial intelligence, existentialism, and alien life. The movie is 2 hours and 29 minutes and is Rated G. For more information, view beaumontcityevents.com or call (409) 838-3435.

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Foreign Cinema Series – Volver Jefferson Theatre • Monday, June 19, 2017

The Foreign Cinema Series continues Monday, June 19, with the 2006 Spanish drama Volver at the historic Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanish film stars Penélope Cruz as Raimunda, a working-class woman in Madrid along with her husband and 14-year-old daughter. The parents of Raimunda and her sister Paula perished in a fire years ago. After a murder and a family tragedy, Raimunda’s mother’s spirit materializes to help comfort them.

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Fine Tex-Mex Comedy Tour

Alex Reymundo

In times of illegal wiretaps, repeal and replace, sexual equality, Russia, building walls, immigration, division and fake news, what’s the answer? Comedy.

Presented by Number Juan Tequila, the Fine Tex-Mex Comedy tour starring “Cowboy Bill” William Lee Martin and Alex Reymundo will perform at the Jefferson Theatre on Friday, June 16, at 8 p.m.

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Classic Movie Night – Purple Rain & Foreign Cinema Series

Two movie events will take place at the historic Jefferson Theatre beginning with Purple Rain during Classic Movie Night on Friday, June 9, and the Foreign Cinema Series showing of La Dolce Vita on Monday, June 12. 

Directed by Albert Magnoli, the 1984 rock musical drama Purple Rain stars the late Prince as “The Kid,” who reveals an abusive situation at home, then rivals with a singer and finds love. The movie won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. The film is Rated R and is 1 hour and 51 minutes.

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Viva Fest

Viva Fest returns as the City of Beaumont hosts the two-day Hispanic heritage celebration this weekend on Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13, in downtown Beaumont.

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Classic Movie Night – Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink

Classic Movie Night returns on Friday, April 28 with the 1986 romantic comedy Pretty in Pink at the historic Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont. Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) is an outcast at her high school in Chicago yet seems to have the eyes of all the boys including her best friend Duckie Dale (Jon Cryer) and rich pretty boy Blane McDonough (Andrew McCarthy) and it all comes down to prom in a pink dress.

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