Sure, you might have seen “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” and other holiday classics more times than you could count in TV reruns — but when was the last time you watched Chevy Chase tangle with holiday lights and his crazy relatives on a big screen?
Here’s your chance: The Pennyroyal Arts Council has lined up six holiday films at the Alhambra Theatre, 507 S. Main St. It’s billed as the Alhambra Family Christmas. The first showing is free. Tickets for the others are $5, and you can buy them online.
The movies and times are as follows:
- 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 — “The Polar Express”
- 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 — “The Santa Clause”
- 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19 — “Bad Santa”
- 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20 — “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
- 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 — Jim Carrey’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
- 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 — “It’s a Wonderful Life”
Santa Claus will be at the theater for the free “Polar Express” showing. Shortly after the movie, Hopkinsville’s Christmas parade will begin its route up Main Street.
There are also four live performances this month at the Alhambra. Those are:
- “The Nutcracker” ballet by the students of Brooke Bailey Dance Addiction. The shows are at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4. Tickets are available online.
- Christmas concert by the Pennyrile Area Community Band, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. Admission is free; donations will be accepted.
- The Melodores, Vanderbilt University’s a capella group, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. Go here for tickets.
- The SteelDrivers, the Grammy-winning bluegrass band, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16. Find tickets are here.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
