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Michael and Kimthanh Lê PlanetariumBad Movie Night

Bad Movie Night


  • First Friday of Every Month
  • 6:00 - Doors Open
  • 6:30 - Trivia Contest
  • 7:00 - Movie
  • Tickets are $3 each.
  • Cash, credit, or debit accepted at the door. No early reservations for tickets. Seating is first come, first-serve with tickets purchased at the door.
  • Please limit your food or drink. Candy, water, and resealable bottles are fine. (We have a brand new planetarium and want to keep it clean.)

Tobor the Great (1954)

"A young boy-genius befriends his grandfather's robot, designed as a test pilot for space travel and coveted by foreign spies."

Friday, June 2

6:30 p.m. | Trivia

7:00 p.m. | Movie


NARO Minded


NARO MINDED - A regular series of free public screenings of cult favorites and new releases.

In 2020, Ghent's own Naro Video made the tough decision to close it's doors. In doing so, they donated over 42,000 movies to the ODU Libraries. (See the article here.) As the full Naro Expanded Video collection gets ever closer to being unveiled at ODU, we have partnered with their Naro Minded movie series.

  • 7:30 - Preshow
  • 8:00 - Showtime
  • Free admission C/O Old Dominion University Libraries
  • Please limit your food or drink. Candy, water, and resealable bottles are fine. (We have a brand new planetarium and want to keep it clean.)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Roy Neary finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

Tuesday, June 6

7:30 p.m. | Preshow

8:00 p.m. | Showtime

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