418 South Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
A historic arts & entertainment venue in downtown Carbondale, Illinois
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FILMS
LIVE EVENTS | THEATER | COMEDY
LIVE EVENTS | THEATER | COMEDY
LIVE EVENTS | THEATER | COMEDY
LIVE EVENTS | THEATER | COMEDY
LIVE EVENTS | THEATER | COMEDY
LIVE MUSIC
LIVE EVENTS | THEATER | COMEDY
LIVE MUSIC
Cinema at The Varsity - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Friday, July 31, 7 PM Showtime
Cinema at The Varsity Summer Film Series 2026 declares Leisure Rules. After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister. -- from 1986, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey
Directed by John Hughes
Runtime:103 minutes
Rated: PG-13
Cinema at The Varsity - Twister (1996)
Friday, Aug 7, 7 PM Showtime
Cinema at The Varsity Summer Film Series 2026 has issued a Tornado Watch in effect until Aug 7th. Academy Award winner Helen Hunt stars as Dr. Jo Thornton-Harding, who as a small girl watched her father sucked to his death from her family's storm cellar by a massive tornado. Now a storm chaser, a scientist who risks her life to study the dark side of nature by taking her data-transmitting instruments directly into the path of a deadly storm, Jo chases the largest tornado ever to strike Oklahoma as her marriage implodes and rival scientists will stop at nothing to steal her breakthrough. Go for the ride of your life with this blockbuster from executive producer Steven Spielberg, director Jan de Bont (Speed) and writer Michael Crichton ("ER," Jurassic Park).
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith
Directed by Jan de Bont
Runtime:113 minutes
Rated: PG-13