
Zeitgeist Theatre + Lounge +
ST CLAUDE ARTS PARK
6621 ST. Claude ave. arabi, la 70032
(504) 352-1150 [email protected]
"Something for and against everybody"
Zeitgeist Theatre Experiments inc is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization classified as a 509 (a) (2) public charity. We are an art house cinema and multi-disciplinary arts center that was founded in New Orleans, LA in November 1986.
We currently have 75 seats in our theatre and 60 seats in our lounge. Yes, we are available for private screenings and events.
We installed 3 UV air-scrubbers in our ventilation system for your safety. Check out our new Dolby sound system.
Our theatre is located just one block East of New Orleans past Jackson Barracks in Arabi, LA
(currently the 6th fastest growing neighborhood in America)
Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of this website or through PayPal to [email protected] or Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our venmo
Introducing the
ST Claude Arts Park
An initiative of the Meraux Foundation, the St. Claude Arts Park is its latest addition to St. Claude Arts, a campus for creativity, culture, and community teeming with artists, arthouse films, creative music, literary events, galleries, photographers, sculptors, and more — all just minutes from downtown New Orleans.
For private rentals or the Arts Market in the St Claude Arts Park please contact ART CONSCIOUS at either (504) 289-1056 or (504) 388-8325. For non-profit, charitable, community events, concerts or public performances please contact Rene, ZEITGEIST THEATRE at (504) 352-1150.
Zeitgeist Theatre Experiments inc is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization classified as a 509 (a) (2) public charity. We are an art house cinema and multi-disciplinary arts center that was founded in New Orleans, LA in November 1986.
We currently have 75 seats in our theatre and 60 seats in our lounge. Yes, we are available for private screenings and events.
We installed 3 UV air-scrubbers in our ventilation system for your safety. Check out our new Dolby sound system.
Our theatre is located just one block East of New Orleans past Jackson Barracks in Arabi, LA
(currently the 6th fastest growing neighborhood in America)
Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of this website or through PayPal to [email protected] or Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our venmo
Introducing the
ST Claude Arts Park
An initiative of the Meraux Foundation, the St. Claude Arts Park is its latest addition to St. Claude Arts, a campus for creativity, culture, and community teeming with artists, arthouse films, creative music, literary events, galleries, photographers, sculptors, and more — all just minutes from downtown New Orleans.
For private rentals or the Arts Market in the St Claude Arts Park please contact ART CONSCIOUS at either (504) 289-1056 or (504) 388-8325. For non-profit, charitable, community events, concerts or public performances please contact Rene, ZEITGEIST THEATRE at (504) 352-1150.
sunday, july 20 th
Opens July 18:
7:00 pm nightly.
H O T S P R I N G S H A R K A T T A C K by Morihito Inoue
Cast: Kiyobumi Kaneko, Takuya Fujimura, Yuu Nakanishi, Mio Takai
There have been cases of disappearances of hot springs visitors in Atsumi city, Japan. When the victims are found dead with injuries mysteriously resembling a vicious shark attack, the towns people being to investigate. This “unhinged” deep-sea nightmare follows a sleepy hot spring town in Japan that gets a rude awakening when an ancient, bloodthirsty shark resurfaces to terrorize the local bathhouses. The townspeople must band together to save their steamy paradise, leading to a battle for the ages. After winning the Audience Award at the 2024 Tokyo International Shark Film Festival, the film chomps its way into the U.S. [TRAILER]
7:00 pm nightly.
H O T S P R I N G S H A R K A T T A C K by Morihito Inoue
Cast: Kiyobumi Kaneko, Takuya Fujimura, Yuu Nakanishi, Mio Takai
There have been cases of disappearances of hot springs visitors in Atsumi city, Japan. When the victims are found dead with injuries mysteriously resembling a vicious shark attack, the towns people being to investigate. This “unhinged” deep-sea nightmare follows a sleepy hot spring town in Japan that gets a rude awakening when an ancient, bloodthirsty shark resurfaces to terrorize the local bathhouses. The townspeople must band together to save their steamy paradise, leading to a battle for the ages. After winning the Audience Award at the 2024 Tokyo International Shark Film Festival, the film chomps its way into the U.S. [TRAILER]
Opens July 25:
7:00 pm nightly
WOKEN by Alan Friel
In this acclaimed thriller from Ireland, Anna wakes to kind faces she doesn’t recognise and a remote island she has no memory of. She is forced to re-learn everything about herself, her husband and the baby she is carrying. But when two disfigured people arrive on the island and there is a violent altercation she discovers that the human race is close to extinction and goes searching for the truth about herself. [TRAILER]
7:00 pm nightly
WOKEN by Alan Friel
In this acclaimed thriller from Ireland, Anna wakes to kind faces she doesn’t recognise and a remote island she has no memory of. She is forced to re-learn everything about herself, her husband and the baby she is carrying. But when two disfigured people arrive on the island and there is a violent altercation she discovers that the human race is close to extinction and goes searching for the truth about herself. [TRAILER]
Opens August 1:
TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Madhi Fleifel.
A pair of Palestinian refugees in Greece search for a path out of purgatory in this suspenseful thriller that’s earned comparisons to Midnight Cowboy. Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages in an effort to get him and his best friend out of their hopeless environment before it is too late. Nominated “Breakthrough Director” Gotham Awards. [TRAILER]
TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Madhi Fleifel.
A pair of Palestinian refugees in Greece search for a path out of purgatory in this suspenseful thriller that’s earned comparisons to Midnight Cowboy. Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages in an effort to get him and his best friend out of their hopeless environment before it is too late. Nominated “Breakthrough Director” Gotham Awards. [TRAILER]
In the zeitgeist lounge:
Thursday, July 24 @ 7:00 pm
DANIEL & TORIN, a live acoustic Beatles Tribute
Wednesday, July 30 @ 7:30pm
JAMES SINGLETON - MALABAR w/
REX GREGORY, JOE ASHLAR, JONATHAN FREILICH + JOHNNY VIDACOVICH
Tuesday, August 5 @ 7:30 pm
RUDI NEUBRANDIER QUARTET plus BYRON ASHER & TBD DUO
Monday, August 11 @ 7:00 pm
CHRIS ALFORD, JACK WRIGHT & EVAN LIPSON
Sunday, August 24 @ 7:30 pm
ROB MAGILL (sax from California) & CHRIS ALFORD
Monday, August 25 @ 7:30 pm
BOUT DAT COMEDY hosted by DUKE RELLY
Sunday, August 31 @ 7:00 pm
MONTOPOLIS (from Austin TX) performs live music and foley for a curated program of vintage horror films entitled GHOST ALMANAC.
Wednesday, September 17 @ 7:30 pm
JAMES SINGLETON PRESENTS
Sunday, September 28 @ 7:00 pm
CHRIS ALFORD with KEVIN MURRAY & WILL GREEN (from Chicago).
Wednesday, October 15 @ 7:30 pm
DANNY KAMINS (Houston, TX), CHRIS ALFORD & CHARLES PAGANO
DANIEL & TORIN, a live acoustic Beatles Tribute
Wednesday, July 30 @ 7:30pm
JAMES SINGLETON - MALABAR w/
REX GREGORY, JOE ASHLAR, JONATHAN FREILICH + JOHNNY VIDACOVICH
Tuesday, August 5 @ 7:30 pm
RUDI NEUBRANDIER QUARTET plus BYRON ASHER & TBD DUO
Monday, August 11 @ 7:00 pm
CHRIS ALFORD, JACK WRIGHT & EVAN LIPSON
Sunday, August 24 @ 7:30 pm
ROB MAGILL (sax from California) & CHRIS ALFORD
Monday, August 25 @ 7:30 pm
BOUT DAT COMEDY hosted by DUKE RELLY
Sunday, August 31 @ 7:00 pm
MONTOPOLIS (from Austin TX) performs live music and foley for a curated program of vintage horror films entitled GHOST ALMANAC.
Wednesday, September 17 @ 7:30 pm
JAMES SINGLETON PRESENTS
Sunday, September 28 @ 7:00 pm
CHRIS ALFORD with KEVIN MURRAY & WILL GREEN (from Chicago).
Wednesday, October 15 @ 7:30 pm
DANNY KAMINS (Houston, TX), CHRIS ALFORD & CHARLES PAGANO
Zeitgeist is ALL- AGES & SMOKE-FREE
Schedule is subject to change as films are held over – please check the website for updates nightly.
ONGOING FILM SERIES:
ONGOING FILM SERIES:

BEUYS AND BEYOND
Contemporary Artists On Film
In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.
For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...
Contemporary Artists On Film
In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.
For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...
CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE U.S. Since 1993, Zeitgeist's ongoing SERIES OF FILMS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCES AND VISUAL ART celebrating the innovative, utterly bizarre and extremely vast body of work from our neighbors to the north. Their films may be smaller, but at least their country is bigger! Size does matter. |
Memberships and donations may be made at the Zeitgeist Box Office, through the "Support Us" Page at the top of our website; through PayPal to [email protected]; Zelle to (504) 352-1150 or our new venmo @zeitgeistnola

Special thanks to the Meraux Foundation, The Old Arabi Neighborhood Association, Councilman Gillis McCloskey, The St. Bernard Chamber Of Commerce, Shotgun Cinema, Ellis Fortinberry & Chalmette Movies, the people of St. Bernard Parish and those who have followed us from New Orleans for all of their support. We couldn't have dreamed of a better venue or neighbors.
Zeitgeist would also like to acknowledge the indigenous history of New Orleans, and more broadly, Louisiana, and recognize the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. We would also like to acknowledge the state-recognized tribes of Louisiana, which include the Addai Caddo Tribe, the Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee, Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb, Clifton Choctaw, Four Winds Tribe Louisiana Cherokee Confederacy, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band, Isle de Jean Charles Band, Louisiana Choctaw Tribe, Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe, and the United Houma Nation.
Zeitgeist celebrated it's 38th Anniversary in November!
and we've heard 38 is "special"!
and we've heard 38 is "special"!
We want to thank all of the artists, volunteers, organizations, members, donors and patrons who have kept us going.
We've come a long way. Let's keep it going!
We've come a long way. Let's keep it going!