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Beauty Pill

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Innovation + Leadership

Sherry Turkle

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Wildcard Movies

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 10/28 Writers on a New England Stage

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This month, our “First Saturday” on sale event for members is Saturday, October 3. The following NEW shows go on sale to members at 10am for walk-up, at noon for phone and internet sales. Tickets on sale to non-members Saturday, October 17 at noon. To become a member, go online to themusichall.org, call (603) 766-2176 or email Lsaniuk@themusichall.org.

ON SALE NOW!

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)

Wildcard Movie

Wed., October 28 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $13 Intimately Yours

TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE

Tue., February 2 • 7pm • Historic Theater •$34.50; $48.50

New Orleans native Trombone Shorty and his band Orleans Avenue are an “unstoppable force” (The New York Times) in today’s music scene. Their singular blend of performance and improvisation in the jazz tradition is one high-octane party that dares you not to dance in your seat.

Innovation + Leadership Film & Panel discussion

OCEAN FRONTIERS II: A NEW

ENGLAND STORY FOR SUSTAINING THE SEA Wed., Nov. 4 • 7pm • Loft •$11; $8 students, seniors & military A captivating story of citizens coming together for the sea that brings you face to face with those crafting the nation’s first multi-state ocean plan, promoting healthier economies and healthier seas across New England.

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Innovation + Leadership DIGITAL PORTSMOUTH:

THE ART OF SOCIAL MEDIA

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ROCKY DAWUNI

Lon Chaney stars as the Phantom, in what is probably his most famous and certainly his most horrifying role.

Once again, we are thrilled to have an original score performed live by Boston ‘Steam-Crunk’ ensemble, Walter Sickert & the Army of BRoken TOys. In affiliation with, and as a fundraiser for, Portsmouth Halloween Parade. More details on page 6.

Live @ The Loft

GLEN DAVID ANDREWS

Sat., November 21 • 8pm • Loft • $22.50

This Ghanaian star straddles the musical boundaries between Africa, the Caribbean and the US to create a sound that unites generations and cultures. Having appeared at many of the biggest World and Reggae music events, Dawuni has worked alongside Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Jason Mraz, Sharon Jones, Janelle Monae, John Legend as well as many others.

Sun., January 17 • 7pm • Loft • $32

Community Partner Keep Sound Minds and Mental Health Access For All present SAMARITANS: YOU ARE NOT ALONE (film and panel discussion) Wed., Oct. 7 • 7:30pm • Loft

Community Partner AN 1836 PORTSMOUTH NUTCRACKER FULL LENGTH: Fri., Dec. 4 • 5pm; Sat., Dec. 5 • 1pm & 7:30pm • Historic Theater NUTSHELL SCHOOL SHOW: Thu., Dec. 3 • 9:30am • Historic Theater NUTSHELL (ABBREVIATED PERFORMANCE): Sat., Dec. 5 • 10am & 4pm • Historic Theater

Rental Partner THE RENDERED USELESS WORLD PREMIERE Fri., Oct. 9 • 6pm • Loft Community Partner Fair Tide presents THE MYSTIX Fri., Oct. 30 • 8pm • Loft

Andrews’ music has a presence and sweetness that has long endeared him to audiences and has made him a Music Hall favorite. Get ready for a night of gospel, blues, and jazz music that will transport you right to the Mardi Gras Parades. Don’t miss this unforgettable night as Glen David Andrews returns to the Loft.

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LIVE ON STAGE OCTOBER STACY SCHIFF Thu., October 29 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $13.75 For each 1-2 tickets sold, the purchase of a book voucher (The Witches; $32, hardcover) is required.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 NY Times bestselling author of Cleopatra visits with her riveting account of the Salem Witch Trials and the women who played a central role in the fantastical New England political panic. One of our most acclaimed historians, Schiff fully unveils the first great American mystery.

WRITERS ON A NEW ENGLAND STAGE IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN:

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INNOVATION + LEADERSHIP

Innovation + Leadership: SHERRY TURKLE

Tue., October 13 • 7pm • Loft • $42 Includes reserved seat, book (Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age; $27.95, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

The renowned MIT media scholar and author (Alone Together) investigates how a flight from conversation into technological devices undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity.

Learn the 'power of talk' at this transformative event.

GREGORY MAGUIRE

Wed., October 28 • 7pm • Loft • $41

Includes reserved seat, book (After Alice; $16, paperback), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

The bestselling author of Wicked comes to town with his new book, a magical new twist on Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s book Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.

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Fri., October 2 • 8:30pm • Loft • $28 SERIES SPONSOR: MEDIA PARTNER: Live Free Photography – [Liv] Frame Print Like us on Facebook & follow us Twitter!

TOM BROSSEAU (SOLO)

BEAUTY PILL

This LA-based progressive folk artist and Grand Forks, ND native, has a voice that has been called “totally earthbound and at the same time sorta out there in the ether.”

The ambitious cinematic sound of Beauty Pill, a band from Washington, DC, is based largely around the songs and ideas of singer/guitarist/producer Chad Clark.

Sat., October 3 • 8pm • Loft • $15

Sat., October 10 • 8pm • Loft • $16

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A NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION The movie that you love, comes to life on our stage!

ON SALE NOW!

THE MUSIC HALL presents THE OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE production of

DECEMBER 9 - 20 • HISTORIC THEATER $42-$92, tickets start at $30 for ages 18 & under

The magic of Broadway swings into the Historic Theater with spectacular dance numbers, nostalgic songs, and a few surprises that are sure to wow you.

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ON SCREEN OCTOBER Film tickets: $11 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students & Military

*Film discounts for active military personnel, veterans and first responders underwritten by SIG SAUER

MISTRESS AMERICA R •1h26m • US

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10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8 @ 7pm Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) - a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town - she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad schemes.

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

R • 1h 42m • US 10/9, 10/10, 10/11, 10/13, 10/14 @ 7pm Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother's (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend, "the handsomest man in the world," Monroe Rutherford (Alexander Skarsgård). What follows is a sharp, funny and provocative account of one girl's sexual and artistic awakening, without judgment.

GRANDMA R • 1h 22m • US

10/21, 10/23, 10/24, 10/25, 10/27 @ 7pm Lily Tomlin stars as Elle who has just broken up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

STEVE JOBS: MAN IN THE MACHINE

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R • 2h • US 10/6, 10/8, 10/14 @ 7pm • 10/11 @ 3pm Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief) pulls no punches in his documentary portrait of Apple founder Steve Jobs and his legacy. This probing and unflinching look at the life and aftermath of the bold, brilliant and at times ruthless iconoclast explores what accounted for the grief of so many when he died.

THE TRIBE

NR • 2h 10m • Ukraine 10/27, 10/29 @ 7pm Somewhere in Ukraine, Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for the deaf. Alone in this new and unfamiliar place, he must find his way through the school's hierarchy. Sergey quickly encounters the tribe, a student gang dealing in crime and prostitution. After passing their hazing rituals and being inducted into the group, he takes part in several robberies and begins to work his way up the chain of command.

Met @ The Music Hall: IL TROVATORE (VERDI)

Sat., 10/3 • 1pm 2h • 45m $27.50; $24.50; $15 ages 18 & under The Live in HD season begins October 3 with Anna Netrebko in her highly anticipated Met role debut as Leonora, the tortured heroine of Il Trovatore. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Count di Luna in the first pairing of the two Russian superstars at the Met since 2002, with Yonghoon Lee as Manrico, the title character, Štefan Kocán as Ferrando, and Dolora Zajick in her signature role of the demented gypsy Azucena.

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Don't miss lively, insightful discussions led by Dennis Neil Kleinman at the Opera Connection on 10/3 at 11:30am in the Loft!

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Met @ The Music Hall: OTELLO (VERDI)

Sat., 10/24 • 1pm 2h • 57m $27.50; $24.50; $15 ages 18 & under A new staging of Verdi’s masterpiece Otello, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and directed by Bartlett Sher, opens the Met season. Aleksandrs Antonenko sings his first Met performances of the tormented Moor of Venice, with Sonya Yoncheva in her role debut as his wife, Desdemona, and Željko Lucic as Otello’s sinister rival, Iago.

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ON SCREEN OCTOBER Wildcard: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

Film Matters: THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT

10/1 @ 7pm NR • 1h 31m • US Narrated and Executive Produced by Sean Penn. The powerful and inspiring new documentary goes behind the scenes in the fight to protect us from these toxic products before they cause irrevocable harm to our health. Post film discussion with a panel of local experts.

SERIES SPONSORS: Allergy Associates of New Hampshire; Optima Bank & Trust; Rudi's Portsmouth; RAM Printing

Thu., 10/20 @ 7pm NR • 1h 30m • US Filmed in nine countries and five continents, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the challenge of climate change. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond.

Wildcard: ROGER WATERS' THE WALL

Wildcard: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)

Thu., 10/22 @ 7pm R • 2h 50m • UK Be taken on a journey that unfolds on many levels - as an immersive concert experience of the classic Pink Floyd album, a road movie of Waters' reckoning with the past and as a stirring anti-war event, highlighting the human cost of conflict. Additionally, fans will have a unique opportunity to see The Simple Facts with Roger Waters and his Pink Floyd bandmate Nick Mason - reunited, unscripted, and in conversation to answer questions submitted the fans from around the world. Don't miss this monumental event where music and personal passion collide.

SERIES SPONSORS: Cocked Hat Ventures; RAM Printing; WSCA 106.1FM Portsmouth Community Radio

SERIES SPONSORS: Cocked Hat Ventures; RAM Printing; WSCA 106.1FM Portsmouth Community Radio

Wed., 10/28 @ 8pm NR • 1h 33m • US • $13 (No Passes) Lon Chaney stars as the Phantom, in what is probably his most famous and certainly his most horrifying role. The story concerns a much-feared fiend who haunts the Paris Opera House. Lurking around the dank passages deep in the cellars of the theater, he secretly coaches soprano understudy Christine Daae (Mary Philbin) to be an opera star and 'arranges' for the lead singer to drop out of the production.

Once again, we are thrilled to have an original score performed live by Boston ‘Steam-Crunk’ ensemble, Walter Sickert & the Army of BRoken TOys. In affiliation with, and as a fundraiser for, Portsmouth Halloween Parade.

SERIES SPONSORS: Cocked Hat Ventures; RAM Printing; WSCA 106.1FM Portsmouth Community Radio

The Music Hall Film Club: MACBETH (1948) PG • 1h 30m • France

Tue., 10/20 @ 7pm • Loft

Individual tickets are available for $15. Tickets are limited, book your subscription today. No passes.

Subscriptions for the Jan. - June '16 Film Club (series of six) are available for $75. Ticket price includes a free popcorn and post-film discussion with host and moderator Kent Stephens.

For Halloween month, Welles' horror movie: a chiaroscuro nightmare that underscores the "mania" in megalomania. Shot in 23 days on an aglet budget with stock costumes and papier-mache sets, Orson makes Shakespeare's shortest tragedy even shorter, cutting and pasting it to fit a haunted atmosphere and noir lighting, and propelling it with relentless tracking shots. As fast-beating as a terrified heart, MACBETH is a breathless downward slide into one man's madness, and in the opinion of some critics, possibly the director's most underrated film. With Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, and, in the title role, Orson Welles.

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Sponsor Profile: RMC Research Corporation For the past 10 years, The Music Hall has been fortunate to receive ongoing support for its signature author series from long-time corporate partner RMC Research Corporation. Literary events are among the main pillars of The Music Hall’s programming. Through Writers on a New England Stage (WNES), which celebrates its 10th anniversary this season, and Writers in the Loft, which debuted in 2011, The Music Hall has brought an array of celebrated authors to the Seacoast community, and RMC Research has been a partner with us on these events from the beginning.

RMC Research was among the first to sponsor Writers on a New England Stage when the series launched in 2005. Since then, WNES has featured such authors as internationally acclaimed novelist Isabelle Allende, historian David McCullough, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and renowned journalist Tom Brokaw. This season, RMC has come on board as The Music Hall’s exclusive sponsor of Writers in the Loft, which presents similarly renowned authors in Pictured: M. Christine Dwyer, Vice President, RMC Research the more intimate Music Hall Loft space. According to M. Christine Dwyer, Vice President of RMC, “We know from our work in cultural research that arts activities are central to creating community vitality so support of The Music Hall is an easy choice. We wanted to sponsor events that would be eclectic enough to appeal to a variety of our staff members. The Writers series has been perfect.”

RMC Research specializes in program research and evaluation, policy consultation, and product development. The company works with government agencies at the national, state and local levels, as well as private businesses, philanthropic foundations, and a range of non-profit organizations. Headquartered in Portsmouth, RMC has locations across the country and has been in operation for more than 30 years.

To learn more about RMC Research Corporation visit RMCResearchCorporation.com.

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Extraordinary Cinema Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck 7pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Chadwick Stokes (SOLD OUT) 8:30pm

Box Office opens at 10am for member walk-up...

Opera Connection Il Trovatore 11:30am Met @ The Music Hall Il Trovatore (Verdi) 1pm Extraordinary Cinema Mistress America 7pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Tom Brosseau 8pm

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Extraordinary Cinema The Diary of a Teenage Girl 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine 7pm

Community Partner Samaritans, You are Not Alone - Film & Panel Discussion 7:30pm

Extraordinary Cinema Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine 7pm

Rental Partners The Rendered Useless World Premiere 6pm

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Community Partner New Hampshire Film Festival (Historic Theater & Loft)

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Historic Tour 5:30pm Extraordinary Cinema Mistress America 7pm

Rental Partner The Poet's House: Art Opening & Poetry Reading 4pm

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Extraordinary Cinema The Diary of a Teenage Girl 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Diary of a Teenage Girl 7pm

The Music Hall Book Club 6pm Portwalk Place - Aria

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Wildcard Movies This Changes Everything 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Grandma 7pm

Wildcard Movies Roger Waters' The Wall 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Grandma 7pm

Met @ The Music Hall Otello (Verdi) 1pm

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Community Partner Kent Stephens' STAGE FORCE Presents: The Play Reading Series 7:30pm

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The Music Hall Film Club Macbeth (1948) 7pm

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Writers in the Loft Gregory Maguire 7pm

Writers on a New England Stage Stacy Schiff 7:30pm

Extraordinary Cinema Film TBD 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Tribe 7pm

Wildcard Movie The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 8pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Tribe 7pm

Community Partners The Mystix 8pm

Extraordinary Cinema Grandma 7pm Box Office/Historic Theater: 28 Chestnut Street The Loft: 131 Congress Street NOW

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Writers on a New England Stage Turns 10: An Inside Look at the Beloved Literary Series A decade ago, Executive Director Patricia Lynch created Writers on a New England Stage, a new take on a literary series; one that included readings, interviews, rock and roll, inquiry, entertainment, and Public Radio. Lynch forged a partnership with Betsy Gardella, President and CEO of New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), to broadcast these innovative events. To date we have welcomed more than 63 literary legends and acclaimed authors of every genre, all paired with the music from our house band Dreadnaught led by Bob Lord, and interviewed by NHPR’s Virginia Prescott, host of "Word of Mouth." Content Editor Regina Baraban caught up with some of those closest to the series:

Patricia Lynch, Executive Producer

The opportunity to create a signature series that stimulates the kind of creative thinking which comes from reading and listening to stories and histories, has been both humbling and aweinspiring. As a writer myself, I personally have grown because of my exposure to great thinkers and writers and I know that I'm not alone. The last ten years have been like playing in the world's best sandbox. I have a fistful of transformative, funny, and moving backstage stories that all happened in the dim light before or after the show. I am so grateful to all those on our team and the team at NHPR who make this all possible, and to the audiences that have embraced the magic of Writers on a New England Stage for the past decade.

Margaret Talcott, Producer

What strikes me working with authors is the challenge they face taking the stage, the bravery of turning their private thoughts—their beliefs, research, fictional characters and fanciful plots—first, into a book, and then into presentation.

By celebrating these courageous authors and their brilliantly created works, we give voice to American culture today. Tracy Kidder brings to life the modern-day hero Dr. Paul Farmer. John Irving paints a vivid portrait of personal freedom. BJ Novak takes us to Las Vegas with 20-somethings, and, with David McCullough, we meet America’s first artists and inventors in 19th Century Paris. Now this is education at its best!

Virginia Prescott, Interviewer, NHPR

I’ve learned that being interviewed opens up vulnerability in even the most celebrated writers.

My goal is to explore their unpolished parts by letting my own uncertainty be present on-stage. I research, but stay curious.

I lean on silence, which gives permission for something unexpected to emerge. Staying on that edge encourages thoughtfulness and avoids rote answers. I’ve been inspired by everyone I’ve talked to in some way­— from Sue Monk Kidd’s frank discussion of growing up in the segregated South, to Anne Rice wrestling with Catholicism while having a gay son, to the humor that Neil Gaiman and Salman Rushdie showed while addressing huge questions confronting our culture and our world. Their creativity is a gift to us all.

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Bob Lord, Dreadnaught, WNES House Band

Our goal is to put a smile on the faces of the authors and audiences through music. Over the last 10 years there have been many special moments and we’re lucky enough to have the best seats in the house. Images burned in my memory include Alan Alda whipping around and shooting us a thumbs up with the audience on its feet going wild, and Madeleine Albright jumping on the drum kit backstage. My personal favorite was when Dan Brown played piano with us on barnstorming versions of “Happy Birthday” and “Birthday” by the Beatles for his mother, who was in the audience.

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The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Chadwick Stokes Friday, October 2 • 8:30pm Opera Connection Il Trovatore (Verdi) Saturday, October 3 • 11:30am Met @ The Music Hall

Il Trovatore (Verdi)

Saturday, October 3 • 1pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Tom Brosseau Saturday, October 3 • 8pm Community Partner The Poet's House:

Art Opening & Poetry Reading Sunday, October 4 • 4pm

Community Partner Keep Sound Minds presents: Samaritans "You Are Not Alone" Wednesday, October 7 • 7:30pm Rental Partner The Rendered Useless

World Premiere

Friday, October 9 • 6pm Rental Partner New England Regional

Yoga Championship

Saturday, October 10 • 12pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Beauty Pill Saturday, October 10 • 8pm Innovation + Leadership Sherry Turkle

Tuesday, October 13 • 7pm Community Partner

New Hampshire Film Festival Thursday, October 15 Sunday, October 18

Community Partner: Kent Stephens’ STAGE

FORCE Presents: The Play Reading Series

Monday, October 19 • 7:30pm Rental Partner

Caruso: A One Man Opera Friday, October 23 • 8pm

Met @ The Music Hall Otello (Verdi) Saturday, October 24 • 1pm Rental Partner

Caruso: A One Man Opera

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Sunday, October 25 • 1pm Writers in the Loft

Gregory Maguire

Wednesday, October 28 • 7pm Writers on a New England Stage

Stacy Schiff

Thursday, October 29 • 7:30pm Community Partner Fair Tide

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Friday, October 30 • 8pm

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Opera Connection Tannhäuser (Wagner)

Sunday, November 1 • 10:30am Met @ The Music Hall

Tannhäuser (Wagner)

Sunday, November 1 • 12pm Innovation+ Leadership

Ocean Frontiers II

Wednesday, November 4 • 7pm Rental Partner Teton Gravity

Research presents: Paradise Waits Friday, November 6 • 7:30pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Tiger Saw

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Saturday, November 7 • 8:30pm Innovation+ Leadership

Alex Honnold with David Roberts Tuesday, November 10 • 7pm

Writers on a New England Stage

Alexander McCall Smith

Wednesday, November 11 • 7:30pm Intimately Yours Solid Soul: featuring

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The Music Hall Presents

The Ragpicker’s Dream

Saturday, December 12 • 4pm & Sunday, December 13 • 2pm Community Partner Portsmouth

Symphony Orchestra: Family Holiday Pops

Tuesday, December 22 • 7:30pm Hilarity Juston McKinney’s Last Laugh

Saturday, December 26 • 8pm

January 2016 The Music Hall Presents

Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Bizet) Saturday, January 16 • 1pm

Live @ The Loft Glen David Andrews Sun, January 17 • 7pm

Mavis Staples and Joan Osbourne

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Rental Partner Rodney Carrington:

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Thursday, November 12 • 7:30pm

Here Comes The Truth

Friday, November 13 • 7pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Dear Criminals

Friday, November 13 • 8pm

The Event: 1940’s Officer’s Club

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The Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music

Writers on a New England Stage

Patti Smith

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Saturday, November 14 • 8pm

Symphony Orchestra: Strauss, Schumann 1 and Glazunov

Community Partner: Kent Stephens’ STAGE

FORCE Presents: The Play Reading Series

Monday, November 16 • 7:30pm Live @ The Loft Rocky Dawuni Saturday, November 21 • 8pm

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Chasing Shadows

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Saturday, January 23 • 8pm

Turandot (Puccini)

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Intimately Yours Trombone Shorty &

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