Third Thursdays at The Museum

Third Thursday Screenings

Join us on the third Thursdays of the month for movies in the gardens of Patron’s Plaza and from 7:00–9:00pm. Bring a picnic and blanket and we will supply the popcorn!  Chair seating will also be available.

Curated German Expressionist screening selections relate to a mural by Terry Schoonhoven in our Public Art Park called White City, 1982. The work was inspired by a 1932 horror film entitled Vampyr.  Learn more about this public art work on the Arts Council for Long Beach website.

Summer Screening Schedule:

Nosferatu, 1922
June 16, 7:00pm–9:00pm

The Laptop Ensemble of CSULB’s Bob Cole Conservatory will perform live providing mystique and mood to accompany this classic German Expressionist film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, directed by F. W. Murnau. In the legendary film, Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.

Metropolis, 1927
July 14, 7:00pm–9:00pm 

Fritz Lang compels us to examine good and evil in this classic futuristic sci-fi urban dystopia. In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920
August 18, 7:00pm–9:00pm 

Robert Wiene directed this iconic horror film often considered the definitive horror film of the German Expressionist period.   In it, Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.