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January 2016

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This month, our “First Saturday” on sale event for members is Saturday, January 2. 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, January 16 at noon. To become a member, go online to themusichall.org, call (603) 766-2176 or email AHahalis@ themusichall.org. Intimately Yours

A TRIBE CALLED RED

AN ELECTRIC POW WOW DANCE PARTY

Fri., February 19 • 8pm • Historic Theater $27 (limited orchestra seating); $34 (stage/wristband)

Join us for an on stage dance party! Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native Producer and DJ crew 2oolman, DJ NDN and Bear Witness are taking the The Music Hall’s stage this winter. “This Canadian trio specializes in a simple but effective hybrid of the more urgent end of electronic music with pow wow music, the traditional drumming and singing of various American Indian tribes. The hypnotic qualities of both make a slick pair.” — New York Times

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MOKOOMBA

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Thu., March 31 • 7:30pm • Loft • $26; $28 (day of show) Mokoomba is one of Africa’s most exciting young bands. Hailing from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and they are vibrant, distinct combining their traditional Tonga and pan -African music cultures with dashes of Rap, Ska, Soukous and Afro-Cuban music. "New hotshots of pan-African funkiness." — Songlines Magazine

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JAMES MCBRIDE

Mon., April 18 • 7pm • Loft • Ticket Package: $42 ($40 members). Includes reserved seat, a copy of KILL EM’ AND LEAVE ($28, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet. The National Book Award-winning author of the bestseller The Good Lord Bird comes to town with his first nonfiction work since his celebrated memoir The Color of Water. When McBride received a tip that promised to uncover the “real James Brown,” he set off on a trail that would reveal the influences that created this genius of soul music. Kill ’Em and Leave is more than a book about James Brown. It is an unsettling metaphor for American life: the tension between North and South, black and white, rich and poor.

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THE WINTER'S TALE

Sun., February 14 • 7pm • Loft • $27.50

Jonathan “Juanito” Pascual is acclaimed as one of the top young flamenco guitarists on the international music scene. He is recognized in Spain as a unique and creative voice with mesmerizing virtuosity, warm and evocative playing, and original compositional style.

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ERIC BACHMANN (TRIO)

Tue., April 19 • 7pm • Loft • $20

North Carolinian Eric Bachmann's debut solo album may be called Short Careers, but his musical career has been anything but. Beginning with his early-'90s indie band the Archers of Loaf, through to Crooked Fingers, his more stripped-down follow-up project. Bachmann makes his Loft debut fresh off touring as part of Nico Case’s band.

STAY IN ... THE KNOW

Sat., January 23 • 1pm • Loft • $19; $17 members; $15 for ages 18 and under

Presented by Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company On Screen, recorded live from London's Garrick Theatre. Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption is re-imagined in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh. Starring Judi Dench and Branagh. "Radiant Dame Judi Dench is majestically authoritative." — Evening Standard

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LIVE ON STAGE JANUARY

MELISSA ETHERIDGE - THIS IS M.E. SOLO

VAUD & THE VILLAINS

Academy Award and GRAMMY winning artist Melissa Etheridge will take the stage to perform songs from her new album, This is M.E., as well as some of her greatest hits. Melissa will share personal stories about her remarkable journey through life and the inspiration behind some of her most beloved songs.

The 18-piece 1930s New Orleans orchestra and cabaret show returns to The Music Hall! With echoes of Bruce Springsteen’s Seeger Band, they mine the rich soil of the American songbookroots, traditional jazz, revival music, parlour music, gospel, zydeco, and folk.

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Sat., January 23 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $32

GLEN DAVID ANDREWS Sun., January 17 • 7pm • Loft • $32 From making waves headlining the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to his regular gigs at iconic NOLA clubs, Glen David Andrews is part of New Orleans music royalty. Get ready for a night of gospel, blues, and jazz music that will transport you right to the Mardi Gras Parades. MEDIA PARTNER: Live Free Photography – [Liv] Frame Print

MARINA FRANKLIN Sat., January 30 • 8pm • Loft • $25 Marina Franklin is emerging as one of the hottest stars in the comedy scene today. She routinely performs across the country at comedy clubs and universities and has appeared at the Montreal Comedy Festival and the New York Underground Comedy Festival.

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THE WEATHER STATION Sun., January 24 • 7pm • Loft • $16

CHRIS BATHGATE

“New folk of the highest order.” –Exclaim

Fri., January 29 • 8pm • Loft • $12

Drawing accolades from Pitchfork, The Globe and Mail, Exclaim, The Toronto Star, and many more, Canadian songwriter Tamara Lindeman, whose 'pensive, silvery songwriting descends upon the listener like a cloud of light.

“Bathgate’s music is dreamy, whiskey-colored folk floating above a careful arrangement of guitar and piano, used only to augment the songs rather than lead them.” –Consequence of Sound

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AMY CUDDY (SOLD OUT) Tue., January 19 • 7pm • Loft • $42

Includes reserved seat, book (Presence, $28, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

NOTE: This event is SOLD OUT but all book buyers are invited to a meet-andgreet book signing with Amy Cuddy at 8pm in the Loft. Have her personalize your hardcover edition of Presence. EVENING SPONSOR: Heinemann Publishing

LIVE ON STAGE FEBRUARY MELANIE BENJAMIN Mon., February 1 • 7pm Loft • $42

Includes reserved seat, book (The Swans of Fifth Avenue, $28, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

Digital Portsmouth:

From the NY Times bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife comes an enthralling new novel about Truman Capote’s scandalous, headline-making, and heart-wrenching friendship with Babe Paley and New York’s society “swans” of the 1950s.

THE ART OF COPYWRITING Thu., January 21 • 5:30pm • Loft • Suggested donation: $5 Join us for a great evening networking, cocktails, and lightning talks – three, 15 minute presentations – as we hear from local and regional experts about the Art of Copywriting. Guest curated by Joshua Cyr, Director – Education and Acceleration at Alpha Loft. COMMUNITY PARTNER: 4

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

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

THE MARTIAN PG-13 • 2h 24m • US

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1/2, 1/5, 1/7 @ 7pm; 1/3 @ 3pm During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

SPOTLIGHT

R • 2h 8m • US 1/8, 1/9, 1/12, 1/13 @ 7pm; 1/10 @ 3pm A favorite at TMH’s Telluride by the Sea this year. The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment.

ROOM R • 1h 18m • Ire.

1/16, 1/19, 1/20, 1/21 @ 7pm; 1/17 @ 3pm After 5-year-old Jack (Jacob Tremblay) and his Mother (Brie Larson) escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world. As he experiences all the joy, excitement, and fear that this new adventure brings, he holds tight to the one thing that matters most of all— his special bond with his loving and devoted Ma.

LABYRINTH OF LIES

R • 2h 4m • Ger. (subtitled) 1/22, 1/26, 1/27, 1/28 @ 7pm; 1/24 @ 3pm Twenty years after WWII, when a journalist identifies a local teacher as a former guard from Auschwitz, no one wants to take notice. But a young prosecutor takes on the case and during his research realizes that while some Germans claim that they have never heard of "Auschwitz," others are trying to forget. As the resolute prosecutor persists, he finds himself struggling with an overload of information and stumbling into a maze of guilt and lies in which he nearly becomes lost.

BROOKLYN

PG-13 • 1h 51m • Ire. 1/30, 2/3, 2/4 @ 7pm; 1/31 @ 3pm Based on the novel by Colm Toibin (TMH Writers in the Loft) the film tells the moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), an Irish immigrant navigating 1950s Brooklyn, having been lured by the promise of America. The initial shackles of homesickness diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

JAFAR PANAHI'S TAXI

NR • 1h 22m • Iran (subtitled) 1/2, 1/3, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7 @ 7pm This lauded slice-of-life movie stars exiled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi as he poses as a taxi driver in Tehran, in this series of portraits of everyday characters hiring his driving services.

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ALL THINGS MUST PASS: THE RISE AND FALL OF TOWER RECORDS

NR • 1h 34m • US 1/8, 1/10, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14 @ 7pm In 1999, Tower Records made $1 billion. In 2006, the company filed for bankruptcy. Everyone thinks they know what killed Tower Records: The Internet. But that's not the story. All Things Must Pass is a feature documentary examining this iconic company's explosive trajectory, tragic demise, and legacy.

THE ASSASSIN

NR • 1h 43m • Tai. (subtitled) 1/15, 1/16, 1/20 @ 7pm Back with his first film in 8 years, legendary Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien wowed this year's Cannes Film Festival. In 9th-century China a young woman is abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be.

INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS

NR • 1h 54m • Swe. (subtitled) 1/22, 1/23, 1/27, 1/28 @ 7pm A combination of never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews with Bergman’s children. A captivating look behind-the-scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most beloved and celebrated actresses of American and European cinema.

MUSTANG

PG-13 • 1h 37m • Turk. (subtitled) 1/31, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4 @ 7pm Five free-spirited teenaged sisters innocently splash about on the beach with their male classmates. A neighbor passes by and reports what she considers to be illicit behavior to the girls' family. The family overreacts, removing all "instruments of corruption," essentially imprisoning the girls. The fierce love between the sisters empowers them to rebel and chase a future where they can determine their own fates. FILM KEY: &@follow HISTORIC THEATER @ MUSIC HALL LOFT Like us EVENT on Facebook us Twitter!

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

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

Wildcard Movie: BOB AND THE TREES

Fri., 1/15 • 7pm 1h 31m Bob, a fifty-something year old logger with a soft spot for golf and gangsta rap struggles to make ends meet in a changed economy. Post-film Q&A and talk with special guests, stars Bob Tarasuk and (Smuttynose Head Brewer) Matt Gallagher, plus others.

HD Broadcast: THE WINTER'S TALE

Sun., 1/3 • 1pm $19; $17 members; $15 for ages 18 and under Almost 170 years old, Charlotte Brontë’s story of the trailblazing Jane is as inspiring as ever. This bold and dynamic production uncovers one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfillment on her own terms. SERIES SPONSOR:

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JANE EYRE

Sat., 1/23 • 1pm $19; $17 members; $15 for ages 18 and under Presented by Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company On Screen. Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption is reimagined in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh. Starring Judi Dench and Branagh.

MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED

Wed., 1/6 • 7pm • Historic Theater 1h 26m The film inspires its audiences with a sense of purpose and possibility, and is bringing school communities together in re-imagining what our students and teachers are capable of doing. With a post film panel discussion to include author and Exec. Producer, Ted Dintersmith.

Film Matters: REAL VALUE

Fri., 1/29 • 7pm • Historic Theater 1h 10m An award-winning documentary that delivers a refreshing meditation on how business can be used to create value beyond profit; connecting motivational stories from social entrepreneurs working in agriculture, apparel, insurance, and biofuel. With a post film panel discussion, to include the filmmaker. SERIES SPONSORS: Allergy Associates of New Hampshire; Optima Bank & Trust; Rudi's Portsmouth; RAM Printing

LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES (BIZET)

Sat., 1/16 • 1pm • Historic Theater 2h 29m $27.50; $24.50; $15 ages 18 & under Matthew Polenzani and Mariusz Kwiecien sing the roles of Nadir and Zurga, the two pearl fishers whose friendship is tested by their rivalry for Leïla’s affections, played by Diana Damrau.

TURANDOT (PUCCINI)

Sat., 1/30 • 1pm • Historic Theater 2h 57m $27.50; $24.50; $15 ages 18 & under Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme sings her first Met performances of the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess. Don't miss the Opera Connection on 1/30 at 11:30am in the Loft! SERIES SPONSOR: 6

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Great Comedies: SAFETY LAST! (1923) Tue., 1/26 @ 7pm • Loft NR • 1h 20m • USA

Of the American Film Institute’s 100 top suspense/thriller movies of all time, this is the oldest, and the only farce: who’d have thought that a perilous climb up the side of a skyscraper could be so hilarious? The equal of Chaplin or Keaton, Harold Lloyd was thought by producer Hal Roach too handsome to do silent comedy – so he slapped on a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and a stunt-loving comic star was born. Also featuring Lloyd’s wife-to-be, the adorable Mildred Davis. PLUS: to get things rolling, a surprise Buster Keaton short! Subscriptions for the Film Club (series of six) are available for $75, individual tickets are available for $15. Tickets are limited, book your subscription today. No passes. Ticket price includes a free popcorn and post-film discussion with host and moderator Kent Stephens.

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Wildcard Movie Bob and the Trees 7pm

Public On Sale at 12pm

Extraordinary Cinema All Things Must Pass 7pm

Intimately Yours Melissa Etheridge "This is M.E. Solo" 7:30pm

Corporate Appreciation Night 5pm

Digital Portsmouth The Art of Copywriting 5:30pm

Extraordinary Cinema Labyrinth of Lies 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Room 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words 7pm

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Innovation + Leadership Extraordinary Cinema Amy Cuddy 7pm Room 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema All Things Must Pass 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Assassin 7pm

District Restaurant Singer No Film Tonight Songwriter Series The Weather Station 7pm Extraordinary Cinema Labyrinth of Lies 3pm

Extraordinary Cinema Brooklyn 3pm Extraordinary Cinema Mustang 7pm

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HD Broadcast The Winter's Tale 1pm Intimately Yours Vaud & the Villains 8pm w/ post show Directors Club

Extraordinary Cinema Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Labyrinth of Lies 7pm

Film Matters Real Value 7pm

Opera Connection Turandot 11:30am

Extraordinary Cinema Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words 7pm

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Celebrating Innovation and Leadership We now have eight to 10 Innovation and Leadership events a year— from forums such as Digital Portsmouth, to Film Matters documentaries, to literary events with such luminaries as TED Talk sensation Amy Cuddy. It’s a great mix, inspired in part by my interest in navigating 21st century thought, and in part by how the topics of leadership, innovation, sustainability, mindfulness, and navigating our digital lives are attracting bigger and bigger audiences. The series has grown organically, in sync with the Seacoast’s vibrant culture. As a committed mindfulness student myself, I’ve grown along with this series. From Deepak Chopra’s profound meditation with 800 people in the Historic Theater to Dan Harris’s inspirational odyssey on being 10% happier, our I+L events have made all the difference. —Patricia Lynch, Executive Director The impetus for me to create the Digital Portsmouth series was to shine the spotlight on the tech and digital creative community in and around the Seacoast. There is art and beauty to be found in all these topics. I am also collaborating with Crystal Paradis to bring a new Innovation + Leadership series to life called Let’s Talk About… Last spring we hosted Let’s Talk About the Heroin Epidemic, one of the most powerful and emotional discussions that I’ve experienced. I moderated a discussion by community members and experts from the prevention, treatment, recovery, and enforcement professions. When I asked the assembled group of over 100 people how many had been personally affected by drug or alcohol abuse every hand went up.

The goal is not only to inform and discuss, but to give people simple, tangible, achievable things to do that can help solve the challenges that we all face. Look for Digital Portsmouth: The Art of Copywriting on Thu. January 21 and Let’s Talk About Poverty on Wed., February 17. – Monte Bohanan, Director of Marketing & Innovation + Leadership Curator Part of community building is connecting people with complementary interests and skills. Through the Digital Portsmouth forums, Alpha Loft helps to set focus on numerous compelling topics—from Bitcoin to video games— and bring people together for healthy conversation. We continue to receive feedback about the topics months, even years after the events themselves. The events are always very well attended and the topics live on afterwards, as attendees visit local bars and restaurants to continue the conversations, and community members reach out to us and our speakers to learn more. Many people from within our community are inspired to not only suggest new topics, but also to volunteer as speakers. Personally, I’ve learned that our community is amazingly talented. No matter the topic, we always have a lineup of outstanding speakers who want to participate. —Joshua Cyr, Director of Education, Alpha Loft & Guest Curator, Digital Portsmouth

Our Film Matters Series - Global Issues/ Local Resources - developed out of my own experience of watching excellent and compelling documentaries, and then wanting to discuss the film, and the topics therein, with others afterwards, along with the desire for access to further resources in order to learn more or for becoming

The series is a fine and popular example of our community’s desire for programming which encourages participation in an age of growing isolation. Certainly we all have times active/engaged/involved.

we want to ‘be entertained’ - and then there are times we want to get out of the house, or put away the tablet, and dig in, discuss, shake the dust off the dark matter. —Chris Curtis, Film and Outreach Manager

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Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast

Jane Eyre

Sunday, January 3 • 1pm Intimately Yours An Evening with

Melissa Etheridge "This is M.E. Solo" Thursday, January 14 • 7:30pm

February 2016

Rental Partners BANFF

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Tuesday, January 19 • 7pm

mouth: The Art of Copywriting

Thursday, January 21 • 5:30pm HD Broadcast The Winter's Tale

Sunday, January 23 • 1pm

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Intimately Yours Vaud & The Villains

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series The Weather Station

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Chris Bathgate Band

Saturday, January 23 • 8pm

Sunday, January 24 • 7pm

Friday, January 29 • 8pm

Opera Connection Turandot (Puccini) Saturday, January 30 • 11:30am

Met @ The Music Hall

Hilarity Marina Franklin Saturday, January 30 • 8pm

Turandot (Puccini)

Saturday, January 30 • 1pm

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Intimately Yours Trombone Shorty &

The Music Hall Presents

Tao: Seventeen Samurai

Friday, February 5 • 8pm Rental Partners The Housing Partnership

presents Capitol Steps: "Mock The Vote"

Saturday, February 6 • 5pm & 8pm Live @ The Loft The Wondertwins:

To Hip-Hop With Love

Saturday, February 6 • 8pm Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast

Les Liaisons Dangereuses Sunday, February 7 • 1pm

Collaborative presents: One Billion Rising Seacoast

Saturday, February 13 • 8pm Live @ The Loft Juanito Pascual Trio

- Flamenco Passion

Sunday, February 14 • 7pm Intimately Yours A Tribe Called Red -

Dance Party

Friday, February 19 • 8pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Margaret Glaspy

Saturday, February 20 • 8pm

Intimately Yours The Lone Bellow

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The Music Hall Presents Moscow

Live @ The Loft Mokoomba Thursday, March 31 • 7:30pm

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Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom Saturday, March 5 • 8pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Melissa Ferrick

Saturday, March 5 • 8pm Met @ The Music Hall

Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Sunday, March 6 • 1pm Innovation + Leadership

Charles Duhigg

Thursday, March 10 • 7pm Intimately Yours On Stage Together:

Patty Griffin/Sara Watkins/ Anaïs Mitchell Friday, March 11 • 8pm

Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast

Festival Ballet: Sleeping Beauty Saturday, March 26 • 4pm

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Opera Connection Madama Butterfly

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Friday, February 12 • 8pm

Live @ The Loft Rodrigo Amarante Friday, February 26 • 8pm

Monday, February 1 • 7pm

Comedy XXtravaganza

Writers in the Loft Melanie Benjamin

Thursday, February 11 • 7:30pm

Community Partners Neoteric

Intimately Yours Chris Botti

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

Saturday, January 16 • 1pm

Innovation + Leadership Digital Ports-

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Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Bizet)

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Emel Mathlouthi

Friday, April 1 • 8pm

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Saturday, April 2 • 11:30am

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Saturday, April 2 • 1pm

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Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Sunday, April 17 • 1pm Writers in the Loft

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Monday, April 18 • 7pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Eric Bachmann

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Three Acts, Two Dancers & One Radio Host Saturday, April 30 • 8pm

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Saturday, March 19 • 8pm

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