Jackson Theatre

Night Nurse (1931)

Pay What You Can

Speakeasy Cinema Series – Doors open at 6 pm, movie at 7pm

Jazz Music, Specialty Craft Cocktails (and Mocktails) for purchase

along with our full selection of beverages at the concession stand.

Complimentary light bites will we available.   

Night Nurse is a 1931 American pre-code crime drama mystery film directed by William A. Wellman. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck as Lora Hart, a nurse who discovers a plot to murder two children, Desney and Nanny Ritchey, under her supervision. The story unfolds as Lora, who is initially rejected from a nursing position due to her lack of a high school diploma, charms the hospital’s chief of staff, Dr. Arthur Bell, who then hires her. As she works the night shift in the emergency room, Lora uncovers a sinister conspiracy involving the children’s neglect and the corrupt physician Dr. Milton Ranger. The film explores themes of medical ethics, Prohibition era bootlegging, and class corruption, and is notable for its risqué content, including scenes of nurses undressing.  Night Nurse features fun characters and packs a lot of storytelling into a brisk seventy minutes.  It’s one of Clark Gable’s beginning roles in Hollywood.

Rated TV-G

Running Time 71 minutes

The Notebook (2004)

Audience Picks Series

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to an older, invalid woman whom he regularly visits. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths. Though her memory has faded, his words give her the chance to relive her turbulent youth and the unforgettable love they shared.

Rated PG-13

Running Time 123 minutes

Glory (1989)

Celebrating America 250: 1776- 2026

Tribute to the Army's first black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, that was mustered up during the Civil War under the command of an inexperienced white New Englander.

Rated R

Running Time 122 minutes

Guest Speaker: Steve T. Phan: Chief of Interpretation, Education, and Visitor Services at Camp Nelson National Monument

THIS PROGRAM MADE POSSIBLE WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER:  THE HERITAGE ALLIANCE

Join us on Friday, February 21st at 7pm for Kelsey Waldon and Gabe Lee at the Jackson Theatre.

Kelsey Walson- In the six years since she signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, Kelsey Waldon has earned wide praise for her “self-penned compositions [with] the patina of authenticity” (Rolling Stone). On her new album, Every Ghost, she confronts addiction, grief, generational trauma, and even

herself — and comes through it stronger and at peace. “There’s a lot of hard-earned healing on this record,” Waldon says of the nine-song project,

recorded at Southern Grooves studio in Memphis with her band, The Muleskinners. As she sings in the record’s title track and first song, “Ghost of Myself,” she’s put in the work not only to better herself and leave behind bad habits, but also to learn to love her past selves. Doing so wasn’t easy, Waldon admits. “It took time and experience,” she says, adding that she can now find compassion for her younger self. “I think you’ve gotta respect her,” Waldon says, “because she was trying as hard as she could for

where she was at, and she was doing a damn good job.” Compassion is a throughline on Every Ghost, whether it’s for Waldon herself, for the person in

the throes of addiction in “Falling Down,” or for a suffering world in “Nursery Rhyme.” The people in Waldon’s songs aren’t irredeemable — they’re struggling.

“You’ve got to have compassion; you gotta stay humble and have gratitude,” Waldon says. However, she’s learned that you also can’t let people take advantage of an empathetic heart.

“Comanche” — which Waldon jokes is her very own truck song — finds Waldon grappling with the loss of a loved one, not to death but to boundaries she’s set for her own good. Waldon owns a 1988 Jeep Comanche, and driving it serves as a kind of therapy for her. “I love the whole aspect of when design mattered,” she says, “and owning your car was an

expression of yourself.” “Comanche” is deeply personal, but Waldon’s most introspective reflections bookend My Ghost. Its penultimate song, “My Kin,” extends the idea of loving yourself in spite of yourself beyond the choices she’s made and the circumstances she’s put herself in, to reckon with both the good

and the bad that come from her family tree. Those traits, Waldon concludes, make her who she is. “As the song says, ‘I’m the best and worst of my kin,’ and I love that for myself,” says Waldon, who was born and raised in a hunting lodge at the end of a dead-end road in the rural, unincorporated community of Monkey’s Eyebrow, Ky. “And I’m also at a point where I’m willing to break these cycles, I’m willing to grow, I’m willing to evolve.” Among those best parts of her lineage is Waldon’s grandmother, who died in June 2024. “She

was a remarkable woman. The women in my family have been rocks, and they’ve all been colorful and full of character,” Waldon says. “Her garden and her yard, that might have been one of the things she took the most pride in,” Waldon adds, recalling how her granny would often stop to dig up roadside flowers, then transplant them into her yard. A display of tiger lilies, some of which now grow in Waldon’s yard in Tennessee, was a particular point of pride.Transplanting is such a tradition — it can teach you a lot,” Waldon says. “Life goes on, beauty can grow from anywhere, and as long as a person is remembered, they’re never gone.” Waldon honors her granny with the song “Tiger Lilies.” She didn’t want an over-the-top

sentimental song, so she instead leaned into the idea of traditions as a way to remember loved ones. “I’m sure Granny would love it,” Waldon says. Every Ghost concludes with a Hazel Dickens cover, “Ramblin’ Woman.” Waldon covered two Dickens songs on 2024’s There’s Always a Song and had added “Ramblin’ Woman” to their live

sets as well. While Waldon didn’t originally intend to include their cover on this album, it served as “a sonic star” during the recording process and has a message Waldon feels is still relevant decades after Dickens wrote it. “Hazel was ahead of her time,” Waldon says. “Our existence is more than just what society expects of us. We’re more than just somebody’s girlfriend or wife or mother, and those are all beautiful things, but we can have our own independence, and we don’t have to do it for anybody else. We’re beautiful, magical, and powerful creatures.” That’s certainly how Waldon sees herself after completing Every Ghost. “It feels like there’s a spirit of fearlessness throughout this album,” Waldon says, “and I’m really proud of that.” Waldon’s fearlessness is among the reasons she landed at Oh Boy Records in 2019, as the independent label’s first new signee in 15 years. It’s attracted fans to her headline tours and her festival sets, and prompted artists including Tyler Childers, Charley Crockett, Robert Earl Keen, Margo Price, and Lucinda Williams to invite her on tour. It helped earn her both the title of “Kentucky Colonel” — an honor recognizing goodwill ambassadors of Kentucky’s culture and traditions — and a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s annual American Currents exhibit in 2024.

Gabe Lee- Storytelling has been an anchor of Lee's music since the very beginning. He launched his careeras a genre-bending musician after returning to Tennessee, quickly progressing from dive bar gigsto high-profileopening slots (including shows with Jason Isbell, Los Lobos, and other artistswho, like him, blurred the lines between roots-rock, country, and other forms of American folkmusic) to his own headlining shows. Throughout it all, he drew upon the narrativeskills he'dsharpened as a student. If albums like Honky-Tonk Hell and The Hometown Kid often unfoldedlike autobiographical entries from his road journal, then Drink the River shows an even broaderrange of his storytelling abilities. Lee isn't just writing songs about himself; he's writing songsabout all of us. And maybe, in doing so, he can bring us a little closer together.

Tickets available at thejacksontheatre.com. 

Soul (2020)

Family Series

Pay What You Can

What is it that makes you...YOU? Pixar Animation Studios’ all-new feature film SOUL introduces Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) – a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before – a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22 (voice of Tina Fey), who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tries to show 22 what’s great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions.

Rated PG

Running Time 90 minutes

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Audience Picks Series

In the final chapter of "The Hobbit" series, BilboBaggins and his traveling companions get caught up in a war that threatens todestroy all of Middle Earth.

Rated PG-13

Running Time 144 minutes 

Candyman (1992)

Horror Series 

A grad student encounters a hook-handed urban legend in Chicago's Cabrini Green housing projects. 

Rated R 

Running Time 101 minutes 

Join us at the Jackson Theatre for Uptown Dueling Pianos on Friday, February 27th, 2026 at 7pm. 

Tickets at https://townofjonesborough.thundertix.com/events/257745.

The Jackson Theatre originally opened in 1945 and closed in the early 1960's. It has now been fully restored in the heart of historic downtown. Serving as a vibrant hub for the arts, the Jackson Theatre now operates as a music venue, movie theater, and community rental venue bringing entertainment and culture to the community once again.

Learn about the rich history of our building through a presentation, short film and self guided tour.

Tour is free and last approximately 60 minutes

Twilight Saga: Double Feature

Twilight (2008)

Stephenie Meyer's romantic and suspenseful best seller that started the phenomenon comes to life in this action-packed chronicle of the modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire.

Rated PG-13

Running Time 121minutes

The Twilight Saga: The New Moon (2009)

Bella Swan finds herself living dangerously when her vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen leaves her. She soon reconnects with a childhood friend and learns there are more supernatural beings living in her town, and they may be the only ones who can protect her from a vampire seeking vengeance.

Rated PG-13

Running Time 131minutes