Sat. Dec. 14 

Doors – 7:00 PM 

Organ Overture – 7:30 PM 

Film – 8:00 PM 

Tickets - $6 

1hr 37min | PG-13 | Comedy/Holiday | USA 

It’s going to be a fun, old-fashioned family Christmas this year at the Senate, filled with unwelcome cousins, blinding light displays, yuppie neighbors, and a smorgasbord of holiday themed shenanigans that will surely set your heart aflame, (along with your yuletide decorations) and send tears of laughter down your rosy cheeks.  

Don’t miss National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, the Christmas film for anyone who has ever experienced the dueling holiday forces of joyful fellowship and family fueled tension. Written and produced by John Hughes (Home Alone, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Breakfast Club) this third installment in the saga of the Griswold family finds high-strung dad Clark (Chevy Chase) in the midst of his bickering extended family as he attempts to create the perfect family Christmas. But, as always, Clark’s best efforts go a bit haywire 

We expect you all to be there because, as Clark Griswold says, “we’re all in this together.” 

The Senate Theater and The Detroit Theater Organ Society is supported by The Michigan Arts and Culture Council and The National Endowment for the Arts. 

Parking is available in our gated lot, on Gilbert, and Michigan Avenue

Sat. Jul. 27 

Doors – 7:00 PM 

Organ Overture – 7:30 PM 

Film – 8:00 PM 

Tickets - $6 

1hr 32min | R | Comedy/Sci-fi | USA 

The Senate’s 4th annual Hot, Sweaty & Weird summer series continues with a countercultural hit, ready-made to feed your hunger for cult sci-fi and oddball satire! 

It's a film that combines punk rock attitude, car repossession, and extraterrestrial activity in the trunk of a 1964 Chevy Malibu.

Which means it can only be Alex Cox’s incomparable black comedy Repo Man, starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton. Released without much hope or support by Universal, this critically lauded film was initially little seen. But thanks to an eccentric tone and killer soundtrack, it soon garnered a devoted fan base through video rentals and television reruns. 

So cut off your sleeves, tell that crappy job to shove it, and get to the Senate for this quirky and pulpy takedown of the Reagan era through the lens of Atomic Age science fiction! 

The Senate Theater and The Detroit Theater Organ Society is supported by The Michigan Arts and Culture Council and The National Endowment for the Arts. 

Parking is available in our gated lot, on Gilbert, and Michigan Avenue