Soper Reese Theatre


	Classic Cinema In the Heat of the Night Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Shows at 1:00 and 6:00 pm Doors open 30 minutes prior Sponsored by Bill Kranz This 1967 Mississippi thriller brought Rod Steiger an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as a bigoted small town Southern police chief who must learn to work with an African American police detective from Philadelphia (Sidney Poitier) in order to solve a heinous murder. Rated G. Run time 1 hour 49 minutes. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. Tickets not available online. Assistive Listening devices are available.	Buy tickets
	Classic Cinema Irma La Douce Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Shows at 1:00 and 6:00pm Doors open 30 mins prior Sponsored by Karen Weston & Nancy Hudson This romantic comedy opens with a warning: its chief concerns are passion, bloodshed, desire, and death. “Everything,” exclaims the narrator, “that makes life worth living.” Shirley MacLaine as Irma, Paris’ most successful prostitute, and Jack Lemmon as the self-righteous cop, end up together of course, unabashedly celebrating life, lust, emotion, fervor and above all, foolish love. Not Rated - Run time 2 hrs 24 mins. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. Tickets not available online. Assistive Listening devices are available.	Buy tickets
	Lake County Symphony Chamber Orchestra Baroque Concert Sunday, August 18, 2019 2:00pm Doors open 1:30 Enjoy an afternoon with the Symphony Chamber Orchestra playing Boyce, Mozart, and Handel. Also includes Concertos for Oboe and Trumpet by Handel and Haydn featuring Beth Aiken, oboe and Gary Miller, trumpet. Open Seating $15.00 - Adults Free -Youth Under 18 No LCSA member discount. This event is not included in symphony season ticket subscriptions.	Buy tickets
	Lake County Symphony Season Tickets Season ticket packages are now available for sale through the link on the HOME page of this website. Not through this window. Click on the "Buy Symphony Season Tickets" link on the mid-left side of the HOME page. All performances will be at 2:00 pm on these dates: Fall Classical Favorites - Nov. 17, 2019 Christmas Celebration - Dec. 22, 2019 Mother's Day Pop Concert - May 10, 2020 Youth Orchestra Concert - June 7, 2020 $100.00 - Premium seats - Section BB $ 85.00 - All other reserved seats Membership in Lake County Symphony Assocation will give you a $10.00 discount.	Buy tickets
	CD Release Party Nancy Wright: Alive & Blue Saturday, August 24, 2019 7:00 pm Doors open 6:30 pm Dubbed one of the country’s best female saxophonists, Nancy Wright celebrates the introduction of her latest CD, “Alive & Blue.” Wright has played her wailin’, soulful blues alongside John Lee Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert King, and Joe Louis Walker. She has just been nominated for the prestigious Blues Music Award for the third consecutive year. Playing with Wright is the Rhythm & Roots band led by Jules Leyhe, blues guitar; with Isaac Schwartz, percussion; and Ian McArdle, keyboard. Tickets $15 Open seating. Dance floor open.	Buy tickets
	Classic Cinema For Whom the Bell Tolls Tuesday, August 27, 2019 Shows at 1:00 & 6:00 pm Doors open 30 mins. prior Sponsored by Jim & Carol Dvorak in Honor of John McCain This 1943 adventure drama stars Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman and is based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. It's a tale of love, derring-do, and sacrifice during the Spanish Civil War, laced with kind of tragic fatalism. Hemingway himself chose Cooper and Bergman to play the leads, with both of the actors receiving Academy Award nominations. Rated G. Run time is 2 hours and 40 minutes. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. Tickets not available online. Assistive Listening devices are available.	Buy tickets
	Classic Cinema Captain Horatio Hornblower Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Shows at 1:00 and 6:00 pm Doors open 30 mins prior Sponsored by Lakeport Yacht Club This swashbuckling 1951 high seas drama, set in the late 1800s in Central America, finds its hero caught up in the shifting political tensions between Spain and England. Gregory Peck takes on the role of the title character, a famous Napoleon-era British captain created in the novels of C.S. Forester (who also wrote “The African Queen”). Filmed in stunning Technicolor with a marvelous score, the Raoul Walsh-directed film is full of exciting battle scenes juxtaposed by gentle and moving romantic moments. Rated G. Run time 1 hour 57 minutes. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. Tickets not available online. Assistive Listening devices are available.	Buy tickets
	Third Friday Live Take 4 Jazz Friday, September 20, 2019 7:00pm Doors open at 6:30 This smooth, local group performs its own arrangements of music from Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Charles Mingus, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock, and Michael Bublé. Matt Cameron (guitar/vocals) and Tom Ganoung (piano/keyboards/vocals) teach music at Ukiah School of Music. Larry Puterbaugh (bass/vocals), has taught music for many years in the Ukiah Unified School District, and joins up with Matt to teach rock band at Pomolita Middle School in Ukiah. John Sheridan (drums, percussion/vocals) plays at various music venues, and with the Lake County Symphony Orchestra. Open Seating $15.00 Theatre members (Patron Level and Above) receive an automatic discount online and in advance at the box offfice, or ask for it at the door Dance Floor Open	Buy tickets
	Classic Cinema The Miracle Worker Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Shows at 1:00 and 6:00pm Doors open 30 minutes prior Sponsored by California Retired Teachers Association, CalRTA Div. 35 Arthur Penn directed this tense and riveting 1962 film version of William Gibson’s play about Helen Keller (Patty Duke), a blind and deaf adolescent whose increasingly wild, angry behavior causes her desperate parents to hire teacher Anne Sullivan (Anne Bancroft) whose methods are forceful and unusual. Bancroft and Duke both won Academy Awards for their startling, physical performances. Not rated. Run time is 1 hour and 47 minutes. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. Tickets not available online. Assistive Listening devices are available.	Buy tickets
	Classic Cinema Cat Ballou Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Shows at 1:00 and 6:00pm Doors open 30 minutes prior Sponsored by Tomkins Tax Consultants Jane Fonda and Lee Marvinstar in this 1965 first rate parody of the Western genre. This showcase for Marvin’s comedic talents brought him an Academy Award for his portrayal of good guy/bad guy twin brothers. The story's plot lines are cleverly linked by Nat 'King' Cole (in his last film appearance) and Stubby Kaye, a pair of banjo strumming balladeers. Fonda is the young and innocent title character who turns herself into a gunslinger in order to avenge her rancher father’s murder. Rated G. Run time is 1 hour and 37 minutes. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. Tickets not available online. Assistive Listening devices are available.	Buy tickets
	Classic Cinema 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Shows at 1:00 and 6:00pm Doors open 30 minutes prior Sponsored by Diane Plante, CPA The 1954 action-adventure, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason, screens at the Soper Reese Theatre on Tuesday, October 29, at 1:00 and 6:00 pm. Entry to the film is by donation. One of Walt Disney's finest live-action adventures, this 1954 film, starring James Mason and Kirk Douglas, brings Jules Verne's classic sci-fi tale to vivid life, and features an awesome giant squid. Mason’s portrayal of Nemo, who’s taken to the sea as his refuge from the evils of mankind, is a hard-edged, standout, dramatic performance. Great entertainment for the whole family. Rated G. Run time is 2 hours and 7 minutes. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. Tickets not available online. Assistive Listening devices are available.	Buy tickets