Capitolfest 2025 Join us August 08, 09, 10 for this year's Capitolfest. Notice: if you are registering 2 or more individuals for more than 1 session each you will receive an email to complete the registration process. Failure to complete the form that is sent will result in an incomplete registration status. Incomplete registrations will need to be finalized in person at the festival if not completed online before July 25, 2025.

Capitol Arts Complex, 220 West Dominick Street, Rome, is hosting Local Arts and Music Showcase this May, transforming the entire month into a celebration of local talent. Each week, the Complex will host events spotlighting local artists, musicians, writers and performers. Saturday, May 10th is the CNY Onstage Live variety show at 7pm on the Capitol Theatre stage. This year the event is hosted by the Blues Brothers of Central New York with Showtime who will perform as the house stage band and accompany singers throughout the night.

As part of our Local Arts and Music Showcase during the month of May, the Capitol Theatre will present the latest installment of its local Short Film Showcase. Submission is free for this showcase for films under 10 minutes, with longer titles considered on a case by case basis. This is a noncompetitive showcase and we invite serious professionals and novice films for submission. We will also consider cellphone projects, TikTok videos as well as other highly produced content. We have submissions from Munson’s 4D program and MVCC, and have several submissions from others in the community. Brought to you by: Entertainment Services of New York, Rapke Law Firm, The Daily Sentinel, Express Employment Professionals, Project Fibonacci, Edible Arrangements, Clinton Symphony Orchestra, Grace & Rocco Garro, Steve Sislo, Morgan Stanley and St. Peter’s Church, Stewart’s Shops, Ukrainian Verteran and Mens Club

To coincide with the Rome Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2025 induction ceremony on Sunday, May 4, enjoy a screening of this classic Western on the big screen of the historic Capitol Theatre. Adapted from the novel Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshall by 2025 Rome Arts Hall of Fame inductee Stuart Nathaniel Lake and directed by John Ford, My Darling Clementine stars Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp. In the middle of a long cattle drive, Earp and his brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find their cattle stolen, and one of the brothers is dead. Earp suspects the Clanton family, owners of the O.K. Corral, but wants his revenge to be legal. He becomes sheriff of Tombstone and forges a rough peace with an alcoholic gambler, Doc Holiday (Victor Mature) while also taking a liking to Holiday's former girlfriend, Clementine (Cathy Downs). "One of director Ford's finest films, and an American Classic. ****" --Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. New 4K digital restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Runtime: 97 Minutes Rating: Not Rated Language: English Format: Digital Print Venue: Capitol Theatre

The Rome Arts Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that it will induct six new inductees to the class of 2025 in a public ceremony Sunday, May 4, 2025, beginning at 4:00 pm in the Capitol Theatre. Individual plaques for current members will be displayed in the Capitol’s outer lobby. Each plaque contains a picture of the honoree and a brief biography. The Rome Arts Hall of Fame, starting in 2005, honors individuals who have a significant involvement in the literary, performing, or visual arts and a strong connection to the city of Rome. The Rome Arts Hall of Fame provides the opportunity to remember past contributors to the arts, to celebrate current outstanding artists, and to inspire young people in future artistic endeavors. The class of 2025 is the eighteenth group to be inducted to the Rome Arts Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony for the 2025 class will be held Sunday, May 4, 2025 beginning at 4:00 pm at the historic Capitol Theatre. Refreshments will be served following the induction ceremony.

Check out this Alfred Hitchcock thriller on the big screen of the Capitol Theatre! In Spellbound, Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) is a psychiatrist at Green Manors mental asylum. The head of Green Manors has just been replaced, with his replacement being the renowned Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck). Romance blossoms between Dr. Petersen and Dr. Edwards, but Dr. Edwards starts to show odd aversions and personality traits. It is discovered that he is an impostor, and amnesiac, and may have killed the real Dr. Edwardes. Dr. Petersen is determined to discover the truth through unlocking the secrets held in the impostor's mind, a process which potentially puts her and others' lives at risk. Rating: Not Rated Runtime: 111 Minutes Language: English Format: Digital Print Venue: Capitol Theatre