CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The Paramount Theatre is a multi-use facility and home to the Paramount Theatre’s diverse programming, as well as a myriad of rental events hosted by organizations throughout the Big Country. Our complete Event Calendar below contains all public events scheduled in the facility. Some dates being held for private events do not appear on the main calendar listing.

THE SHINING

Thursday, October 30, 2025
7:30 PM 10:00 PM 19:30 22:00

Paramount Theatre 352 Cypress Street Abilene United States (map)

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Paramount FILM SERIES

“the shiniNg”

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 7:30 PM

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Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.

1980 | Horror/Mystery | 2 hours and 26 minutes | Rated R

TICKETS ARE $7 FOR ADULTS and $6 FOR STUDENTS, SENIORS (60+), MILITARY, and CHILDREN.