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The Fundamentals of Filmmaking:
SUMMER SESSION
A hands-on, interactive two-week filmmaking course designed to give you the fundamental skills needed to begin your filmmaking journey!
Screenwriting 101
Whether you’re an aspiring screenwriter who wants to sell a screenplay or a filmmaker trying to write something to shoot yourself, this class will teach you the fundamentals of screenwriting.
Paint Night in The State Theatre Lobby!
Membership
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Nick Flicks
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Nicolas Cage
Modesto Film Society
Monthly screenings dedicated to the exhibition & preservation of films of exceptional quality and significance, all of which are open to members at either no charge or a discounted admission price.
Marcella Arguello
The State Theatre is excited to welcome home comedian Marcella Arguello, who has been referred to as the “finest export from Modesto since George Lucas.”
Women's World Cup
Watch it on the BIG screen!
USA vs Vietnam Fri. July 21 & USA vs Netherlands Wed. July 26
Fleetwood Mask
Sat. Aug. 5
Rent The Theatre
Escape the mundane & enjoy a night at the theatre, all to yourself.
Big Brother and The Holding Company
NEW DATE! SUN. OCT. 8
This Week At The State
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Master Gardener
The State's Faves
The Wrecking Crew
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Book Signing with Leland Sklar
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Master Gardener
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The Wrecking Crew
Book Signing with Leland Sklar
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Immediate Family
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Book Club: The Next Chapter
The State's Faves
Grease
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Luv2Dance presents: Rockin MoTown
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Cruzzin With Laffter presents: Key Lewis & Sam Bam
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What A Drag
On Stage
Strut Performing Arts presents: VAUDEVILLE
Concerts
Legends Under the Oak Tree
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Movies On My Mind
Sarah Polley’s Women Talking: A Movie of Ideas By Arnold Anthony Schmidt As might be expected, the most intriguing thing about director Sarah Polley’s film Women Talking, nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars, is what the women talk about. The film treats sexual violence, but only a hint of that appears on […]
Movies On My Mind
“The World Turned Upside Down: The Transformative Energy of Cabaret” By Arnold Anthony Schmidt Powerful art often comes out of personal experiences, especially experiences undergone at moments of profound historical and social transformation. Such is the case with Bob Fosse’s Cabaret (1972), which stars Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey. Set in 1931, the […]
Movies On My Mind
“Trading Places: A Comic Switch with an Eye on Eddie Murphy” By Arnold Anthony Schmidt Most of us have spent time daydreaming about “what if?” What if we were richer? Smarter? More athletic? Less shy? Lots of things. In the course of dreaming, we perhaps consider which person in the world we’d like to change […]
Movies On My Mind
“The Manchurian Candidate: A Political Thriller That Packs a Wallop” By Arnold Anthony Schmidt Back in the day, talk of the Beatles and “Beatle-mania” saturated the news. My mother claimed that, when it came pop star frenzy, her generation had all of us (then) young people beat. After all, she’d been one of the thousands of […]