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.
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Films are: $10 general $9 students or seniors $8 Zeitgeist members or children 16 and under See two or more films on the same night and save $4 off general admission price |
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saturday, november 8 th
Opening on November 7:
7:00 pm nightly
CITY WIDE FEVER by Josh Heaps, produced by GUY MADDIN.
Sam, a young film student, discovers a USB detailing the life and career of forgotten Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi. As she begins to investigate his mysterious disappearance, Sam finds herself pulled into a violent conspiracy eerily similar to those of the films she adores. City Wide Fever is a modern giallo film starring a number of familiar faces, including Larry Fessenden, Ian Fidance, Michael M. Bilandic, and Carolyn Farina. “We chose to shoot on a Mini DV camera to get a gritty 2000s vibe. Euro horror with a necessary 21st century update.” [TRAILER]
7:00 pm nightly
CITY WIDE FEVER by Josh Heaps, produced by GUY MADDIN.
Sam, a young film student, discovers a USB detailing the life and career of forgotten Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi. As she begins to investigate his mysterious disappearance, Sam finds herself pulled into a violent conspiracy eerily similar to those of the films she adores. City Wide Fever is a modern giallo film starring a number of familiar faces, including Larry Fessenden, Ian Fidance, Michael M. Bilandic, and Carolyn Farina. “We chose to shoot on a Mini DV camera to get a gritty 2000s vibe. Euro horror with a necessary 21st century update.” [TRAILER]
Opens November 14:
7:00 pm nightly (except Saturday @ 4:30 pm)
KOLN 75 by Ido Fluk
Keith Jarrett’s legendary performance in January 1975 nearly didn’t happen. Based on a true story, Köln 75 follows how the concert was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming concert promoter, Vera Brandes, (played by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from organizing the concert venue (the Cologne Opera House), promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to perform when he almost dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Mala Emde’s joyful portrayal of the enthusiastic and unstoppable Vera. Köln 75 captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown backstory about Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history. [TRAILER]
7:00 pm nightly (except Saturday @ 4:30 pm)
KOLN 75 by Ido Fluk
Keith Jarrett’s legendary performance in January 1975 nearly didn’t happen. Based on a true story, Köln 75 follows how the concert was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming concert promoter, Vera Brandes, (played by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from organizing the concert venue (the Cologne Opera House), promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to perform when he almost dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Mala Emde’s joyful portrayal of the enthusiastic and unstoppable Vera. Köln 75 captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown backstory about Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history. [TRAILER]
Saturday, November 15 @ 7:00 pm
THE URANIA TRILOGY by legendary musician, artist, filmmaker TAV FALCO
An American girl, Gina Lee is an alienated and disaffected female who has become disenchanted with hometown strip malls, sleaze bars, and rides along the river-side in her BMW. Impulsively she buys a discount airline ticket in a shopping mall travel agency. Destination: Vienna, the merry/sinister imperial city on the Danube. Gina Lee quickly slips into discreet, yet decadent dalliances at Cafe Central and at the notorious Hotel Orient, where she becomes embroiled in an intrigue to uncover buried Nazi plunder. Her tragic liaison with rakish Karl Heinz Von Riegl results in her submersion beneath the dark waters of Lake Atter, yet her ultimate fate remains unresolved. This is a black&white film poem infused with metaphor and mood, where the past overtakes the present, and the present overtakes the past.
This sui generis, hand-processed 16mm film is digitized and ready for projection in its definitive form in ProresHQ @ 2K. It is a film made for those hungry to submerge themselves in Orphic mysteries and to embrace narratives of timeless consequence. The Urania Trilogy is haunting. It explores myth, memory, and identity through dreamlike structures - evoking a shifting reality where the past overtakes the present, and the present overtakes the past, while already hurling itself into the future. This film is intended for aficionados in search of a cinema of paradox in a pure, yet contaminated form. The incarnation of subversion...The insolence of deception...The exultation of vengeance. One night Only!
THE URANIA TRILOGY by legendary musician, artist, filmmaker TAV FALCO
An American girl, Gina Lee is an alienated and disaffected female who has become disenchanted with hometown strip malls, sleaze bars, and rides along the river-side in her BMW. Impulsively she buys a discount airline ticket in a shopping mall travel agency. Destination: Vienna, the merry/sinister imperial city on the Danube. Gina Lee quickly slips into discreet, yet decadent dalliances at Cafe Central and at the notorious Hotel Orient, where she becomes embroiled in an intrigue to uncover buried Nazi plunder. Her tragic liaison with rakish Karl Heinz Von Riegl results in her submersion beneath the dark waters of Lake Atter, yet her ultimate fate remains unresolved. This is a black&white film poem infused with metaphor and mood, where the past overtakes the present, and the present overtakes the past.
This sui generis, hand-processed 16mm film is digitized and ready for projection in its definitive form in ProresHQ @ 2K. It is a film made for those hungry to submerge themselves in Orphic mysteries and to embrace narratives of timeless consequence. The Urania Trilogy is haunting. It explores myth, memory, and identity through dreamlike structures - evoking a shifting reality where the past overtakes the present, and the present overtakes the past, while already hurling itself into the future. This film is intended for aficionados in search of a cinema of paradox in a pure, yet contaminated form. The incarnation of subversion...The insolence of deception...The exultation of vengeance. One night Only!
Opening November 21:
7:00 pm nightly
THE FRIENDS by Shinji Somai (1994 restored 2024)
It’s the dog days of summer vacation. Up to no good, a group of three wily young friends discover a decrepit house and the old coot who lives there all alone. They begin to spy on him, expecting to find his corpse when he dies. But soon, as they learn the sad story behind his present wretchedness, the boys develop a touching bond with the old-timer. They even help replant his overgrown garden. Shinji Somai’s follow-up to his acclaimed Moving is a comic spectacle of movement and play and a stirring contemplation on time’s ravages and delights. Evoking other preteen anarchist masterpieces like Typhoon Club and P.P. Rider, the film is another testament to Somai’s singular ability to enter into the unruly world of children, using his liberated long takes to stir up the energies of a raucous ensemble of first-time performers. [TRAILER]
7:00 pm nightly
THE FRIENDS by Shinji Somai (1994 restored 2024)
It’s the dog days of summer vacation. Up to no good, a group of three wily young friends discover a decrepit house and the old coot who lives there all alone. They begin to spy on him, expecting to find his corpse when he dies. But soon, as they learn the sad story behind his present wretchedness, the boys develop a touching bond with the old-timer. They even help replant his overgrown garden. Shinji Somai’s follow-up to his acclaimed Moving is a comic spectacle of movement and play and a stirring contemplation on time’s ravages and delights. Evoking other preteen anarchist masterpieces like Typhoon Club and P.P. Rider, the film is another testament to Somai’s singular ability to enter into the unruly world of children, using his liberated long takes to stir up the energies of a raucous ensemble of first-time performers. [TRAILER]
SILENT FILMS WITH LIVE, ORIGINAL SCORES
First Sunday of each Month @ 7:00 pm
by New Orleans musician / composer DAVID BRADLEY
November - The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
December—Peter Pan (1924)
January—Chaplin’s The Kid (1921)
February—Murnau’s Sunrise (1927)
March—Harold Lloyd Safety Last! (1923)
April—The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
May—Keaton Sherlock Jr. (1924)
June—The Thief Of Baghdad (1924)
First Sunday of each Month @ 7:00 pm
by New Orleans musician / composer DAVID BRADLEY
November - The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
December—Peter Pan (1924)
January—Chaplin’s The Kid (1921)
February—Murnau’s Sunrise (1927)
March—Harold Lloyd Safety Last! (1923)
April—The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
May—Keaton Sherlock Jr. (1924)
June—The Thief Of Baghdad (1924)
Friday, November 28 @ 11:00 am
TOM MOGLE MEMORIAL
Sunday, November 30 @ 8:00 pm
JAMES SINGLETON'S MALABAR featuring MIKE DILLON, JAMES EVANS, REX GREGORY & JOE ASHLAR.
Saturday, December 6 @ 6:00 pm
SONNY CREACION performs
SELF INFLICTED Pop Up Show (rap from Biloxi)
Sunday, December 7 @ 7:00 pm
PETER PAN (1924) presented with a live, original score by New Orleans pianist/composer David Bradley. $15 door, $20 advanced.
Saturday, December 13 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm
DANCING GROUNDS
a special multi-generational dance performance and community fundraiser.
Friday, December 28 from noon to 3:00 pm
Private Birthday Party
Sunday, January 4 @ 7:00 pm
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S THE KID presented with a live, original score by New Orleans pianist/composer David Bradley. $15 door, $20 advanced.
TOM MOGLE MEMORIAL
Sunday, November 30 @ 8:00 pm
JAMES SINGLETON'S MALABAR featuring MIKE DILLON, JAMES EVANS, REX GREGORY & JOE ASHLAR.
Saturday, December 6 @ 6:00 pm
SONNY CREACION performs
SELF INFLICTED Pop Up Show (rap from Biloxi)
Sunday, December 7 @ 7:00 pm
PETER PAN (1924) presented with a live, original score by New Orleans pianist/composer David Bradley. $15 door, $20 advanced.
Saturday, December 13 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm
DANCING GROUNDS
a special multi-generational dance performance and community fundraiser.
Friday, December 28 from noon to 3:00 pm
Private Birthday Party
Sunday, January 4 @ 7:00 pm
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S THE KID presented with a live, original score by New Orleans pianist/composer David Bradley. $15 door, $20 advanced.
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...
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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. |
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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
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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 will celebrate it's 39th Anniversary in November!
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!
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