Education
At the Theater
Prof Picks

In our Prof Picks series, we welcome guests from nearby universities to discuss a film with our audience in person after a screening. The academics will often talk about topics that overlap with their research and teaching interests. “Prof Picks” is a great way to engage our in theater audience and to connect further with the community.

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Youth Film Camps

The Garden Theatre is very excited to be hosting a Spring Break Screenwriting workshop and three different week-long film camp experiences this summer. Our “Elements of Film” curriculum will be returning for one week. We will also have two separate weeks of our “Intro to Filmmaking” curriculum. Registration is now open for all programs.

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Teen Film Club

Each month during the school year local high schoolers are invited to join Julia, Director of Education and member of the programming team, for a 4pm screening of a new film - usually held on Monday or Tuesday. After the screening, the group will head over to the the Arts Council to discuss the film. Free pizza will be provided. Teen Film Club is on pause for the summer. We will return in the fall!

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Online
Deep Focus: Hollywood Classics

Deep Focus is an educational series of monthly online seminars with TCM's Hannah Jack. Watch the film at the theater and then join us online to discuss great movies and to increase your appreciation of film. Deep Focus is designed for a general audience — from the casual film lover to the hardcore cineaste. There is something for everyone.

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Deep Focus: Online Classes

Once a quarter, we offer an in-depth Online Class exploring a topic, filmmaker, or genre. Classes are taught by leading experts and professors from around the world. Join us for these multi-week sessions to dive deeper into movies you love or learn something new.

Fall Course: The Global Cinema of Cuarón, González Iñárritu, and del Toro
This four-session fall course discusses the careers of the three Mexican filmmakers, whose work of the late 1990s and early 2000s took critics and audiences by storm. The “Three Amigos,” as they are affectionately called, have produced a rich body of films that have gained an international reputation for their imaginative rendering of film language and a baroque vision of what it means to be human in the 21st century. Sessions will begin October 26th. Registration opens Tues, Sept 22nd.

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