Cat Video Fest returns to the Capitol Theatre! CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. Each year, across the country, they partner with a cat-focused charity near the theater, with proceeds from each show helping folks like us to keep looking out for our furry friends. This year’s local partner is the Rome Humane Society. In addition to the Cat Video Fest film, local cat owners can submit their photos and/or videos of their own cats and watch them before the main feature on the Capitol Theatre screen. Rating: All Ages Runtime: 74 minutes Language: English Format: 2D Digital Venue: Capitol Theatre

Mystery Night is BACK at the Capitol Theatre, featuring the detective mystery film Green for Danger and a mystery short subject There It Is. Green for Danger, based on a novel by Christianna Brand, follows an investigator for Scotland Yard who investigates odd hospital deaths during the London Blitz, and will be run on 35mm film. As always, our Mystery Night will be complete with a live on stage mystery for you, the audience, to solve. Rating: All ages Runtime: ~110 Minutes c/ 10 Minute Intermission Language: English Venue: Capitol Theatre Format: 35mm Film

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Celebrate local history on the bicentennial of the opening of the Erie Canal with this classic 1935 comedy starring Henry Fonda in his screen debut and Janet Gaynor. Based upon the 1929 novel Rome Haul by Walter D. Edmonds and the Broadway play of the same name, The Farmer Takes a Wife is the story of Dan Harrow (Fonda), who works along the Erie Canal during the mid-19th century to raise money to buy a farm. While working, he meets Molly Larkins (Gaynor), a beautiful canal boat cook, and although Harrow wants to marry Larkins, she’s apprehensive about leaving the exciting canal life for one of a farmer’s wife. Runtime: 91 minutes Rating: Not Rated Language: English Format: 35mm Film Print Venue: Capitol Theatre

LIVE ON STAGE! The Vampire Circus Comes to the Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY this October for a Spooky Spectacle! Just in time for Halloween, The Vampire Circus is descending upon the Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY for a night of thrills, chills, and extraordinary entertainment! This mesmerizing, gothic-infused spectacle will take place Thursday, October 23rd, and promises a hauntingly beautiful fusion of circus artistry, theater, technology, twisted acrobatics, and the mysterious allure of vampires. The Vampire Circus combines jaw-dropping acrobatics, contortion, aerial stunts, and mind-bending performances. Guests will be transported to a world where the supernatural reigns, and where death-defying acts are as thrilling as the storyline itself. Whether you are a fan of dark fantasy or just seeking an unforgettable night out, this show has something for everyone. Set in Bohemia during the 19 century, Count Dracula contemplates a plan for world domination when he decides to open a traveling circus with his gypsy bodyguards. The Vampire Circus is a perfect cover-up to travel unnoticed and begin his world reign of terror and turn all humans into an army of vampires for global dominance.