What’s Playing

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

June 13-16
Rated R | 94 Min

A lonely bookseller, immersed in fantasy, must pursue her writing aspirations to improve her love life. She's compelled to turn her dreams into reality to stop sabotaging a romance.

Juneteenth Love & Freedom

June 19 | FREE
3:00 pm and 6:00 pm

After the 6:00 pm showing there will be a panel discussion 

In collaboration with the Salina Juneteenth Committee Inc., we are screening "Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom" at the Art Center Cinema this week.

This powerful film explores the profound impact of Juneteenth, the day when news of emancipation finally reached the last enslaved African Americans in Texas, marking a monumental step towards freedom and equality in America.

The Life of Chuck

June 20-23
Rated R | 111 Min

A life-affirming, genre-bending story about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.

Summer Series: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

June 26
Rated PG | 137 Min

Science fiction adventure about a group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it. Roy refuses to accept an explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his life to pursue the truth about UFOs.

Summer Series is in collaboration with our summer exhibition, High Strangeness: Encounters with the Unexplained in Kansas and Beyond.

Summer Series is sponsored by Wedel Financial Group.

Summer Series: Batteries Not Included

JuLY 17
Rated PG | 106 Min

Frank (Hume Cronyn) and Faye Riley (Jessica Tandy) are an elderly New York City couple living in a depressed part of town. There, they run a diner as well as an apartment building, which is home to a poor but friendly group of people. One day, Frank and Faye learn that a property developer wants them to sell the apartment. When they refuse, their diner is vandalized. However, Frank, Faye and their tenants are aided by mysterious flying saucers, which help them repair the diner and fight back.

Summer Series is in collaboration with our summer exhibition, High Strangeness: Encounters with the Unexplained in Kansas and Beyond.

Summer Series is sponsored by Wedel Financial Group.

Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borego Triangle

AUGUST 12 | 6PM

Screening of Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borego Triangle, with Q&A with filmmakers to follow. Derek Hayes and David Flora investigate the SoCal Desert, where cryptids, ghosts and UFOs have been reported.

In collaboration with our summer exhibition, High Strangeness: Encounters with the Unexplained in Kansas and Beyond.

Summer Series: Super 8

August 21
Rated PG-13 | 112 Min

In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters (Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso) are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.

Summer Series is in collaboration with our summer exhibition, High Strangeness: Encounters with the Unexplained in Kansas and Beyond.

Summer Series is sponsored by Wedel Financial Group.