March 2016 NOW

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Innovation + Leadership

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March 2016

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NEW SHOWS ON SALE!

This month, our “First Saturday” on sale event for members is Saturday, March 5. 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, March 19 at noon. To become a member, go online to themusichall.org, call (603) 766-2176 or email AHahalis@ themusichall.org.

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District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO

Sat., April 23 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $55; $85; $115

Sat., May 14 • 8pm • Loft • $38

Melding deep-heated flamenco, rumba, salsa and pop to the tune of 20 million albums sold, the Grammy Award-winning hit-makers behind Bamboléo celebrate in their very own, blistering tradition – taking audiences back to the south of France with flamenco guitars and booming Spanish vocals.

Alejandro Escovedo’s authentic Austin sound has led him to national stardom and critical acclaim. His journey to legend has taken him from Texas to California to New York and back to Texas, encompassing a breadth of musical styles.

Community Partner Southeast Land Trust presents: WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL Fri., April 22 • 7pm • Historic Theater • $18

COMMUNITY

With your help, last year we filled The Hall with over five tons of food; help us double that this year.

Join us for the second annual Fill the Hall Food Drive, a collaboration between The Music Hall and the Seacoast Family Food Pantry, on Saturday, June 25 from 9am – 5pm at The Music Hall’s Historic Theater in downtown Portsmouth. Help families in need, and enjoy free activities that include historic and tech tours, live music by The Soggy Po Boys, and the family-friendly movie Song of the Sea at the Loft.

Stop by the theater with nonperishable food items to help us once again Fill The Hall. The food collected will feed the hundreds of struggling families in the Seacoast region through the Summer Meals 4 Kids program, that provides meals for kids who rely on school meals throughout the summer.

Everything collected will be distributed by Seacoast Family Food Pantry to children who struggle to get enough to eat during the summer.

Get a group together. Donate. Get involved.

Volunteer to gather food donations and deliver them to The Music Hall, gather your friends, your business, and your neighbors to help Fill The Hall.

Last year, many of you came together to help fill the pantry with enough food to last five weeks. This year, once again with your help, we can do more. For information about the event, or to get involved go to TheMusicHall.org.

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LIVE ON STAGE MARCH PINK MARTINI

Wed., March 16 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater $30; $55; $68; $79 Pink Martini, a self-described “little orchestra” that can effortlessly go from classical songs to latin songs and back to classic pop. From the iconic title track to the Italian “Kuroneko no Tango” they transition flawlessly through cultures and genres.

Their uniquely elegant and sophisticated style set against the backdrop of the Historic Theater makes this show a must see.

SERIES SPONSORS: EVENING SPONSORS:

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CELTIC NIGHTS: SPIRIT OF FREEDOM Sat., March 5 • 8pm • Historic Theater $36; $42; $22 for ages 18 and under

THE MOTH MAINSTAGE

Their response to melody, lyric, and the criss-crossing rhythms of Irish dance is reflexive, intuitive, and filled with joy. Spirit of Freedom tells the story of Irish independence, beginning 100 years ago with the Easter Rising.

An ever-growing community where entertainment, enlightenment, and festivity merge, comes to life on the Historic stage for one magical night. Hosted by Peter Aguero.

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Sat., March 19 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $39; $45

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EVENING SPONSORS: Hemenway Trust Company

EVENING SPONSORS: BayRing Communications; Leone, McDonnell & Roberts, P.A.; NHPR

USE YOUR VOICE: PATTY GRIFFIN,

SARA WATKINS, & ANAÏS MITCHELL Fri., March 11 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $42; $49 More than just a three-act show, this special “singers-in-theround” features all three artists on stage together, sharing songs and accompanying each other for the entire evening in a celebration of American songwriting and performance.

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LIVE ON STAGE MARCH

CHARLES DUHIGG MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET: SLEEPING BEAUTY Sat., March 26 • 4pm • Historic Theater $39; $51; $15 for ages 18 and under Each Spring, The Music Hall’s ballet becomes a special occasion in Portsmouth when families get dressed up and come out on the town. With a special “$15 for 18 and under” ticket and great restaurants, families can make a day of brunch and ballet!

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EVENING SPONSORS: Leone, McDonnell & Roberts, P.A.; Northeast Delta Dental; RiverWoods at Exeter

Thu., March 10 • 7pm • Loft • $42; $40 members

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

The Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of the bestseller The Power of Habit will discuss the science of productivity, and look at why, in today’s world, managing how you think—rather than what you think—can transform your life. His groundbreaking new book identifies eight ideas that are at the core of why some people and companies get so much done.

“Entertaining…enjoyable…fascinating…a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.”

—New York Times Book Review

MELISSA FERRICK (SOLO) Sat., March 5 • 8pm • Loft • $24

Melissa's impressive career longevity as a predominantly independent artist is virtually unheard of and speaks to her talent and the world she has built for herself.

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MOKOOMBA Thu., March 31 • 7:30pm • Loft • $26; $28 day of show From Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Mokoomba is one of Africa’s most exciting young bands. Their music is vibrant and distinctive—combining their traditional Tonga and pan-African music cultures with dashes of rap, ska, soukous and Afro-Cuban music.

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EMEL MATHLOUTHI

Fri., April 1 • 8pm • Loft • $26

Hailed by The Guardian for her “astonishing range and sensuousness,” Tunisian singer, songwriter, and composer Emel Mathlouthi moves between rock, trip-hop, and electronica to create an arresting cross between Tricky, Joan Baez, and Björk.

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

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WHERE TO INVADE NEXT R • 1h 50m • US 2/23, 2/25, 2/26, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3 @ 7pm; 2/27 @ 12pm This is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Michael Moore, playing the role of "invader," visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms.

THE LADY IN THE VAN

PG-13 • 1h 44m • UK 3/4, 3/6, 3/8, 3/9, 3/10 @ 7pm This film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett (writer of History Boys and The Habit of Art) and the singular Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. Written by Alan Bennett, playing himself. Directed by The National Theatre’s Nicholas Hytner.

YOUTH R • 2h 4m • Italy (some subtitles)

3/12 @ 3pm; 3/12, 3/13, 3/15, 3/17 @ 7pm Oscar-winning actor Michael Caine plays Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor, who brings along his daughter (Rachel Weisz) and best friend Mick (Harvey Keitel), a renowned filmmaker on a vacation in the Swiss Alps. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. The two men reflect on their past, each finding that some of the most important experiences can come later in life.

SON OF SAUL

R • 1h 47m • Hungary (subtitled) 3/18, 3/22, 3/23, 3/24 @ 7pm A stunner at Cannes, Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language and an Oscar Nominee. In this searing drama, a concentration camp inmate tasked with burning the dead discovers the body of his young son, and must choose between participating in the clandestine uprising being planned among the prisoners, or securing a proper Jewish burial for his child.

MACBETH

R • 1h 53m • UK 3/30, 3/31 @ 7pm Macbeth is the story of a fearless warrior and inspiring leader brought low by ambition and desire. A thrilling interpretation of the dramatic realities of the times and a reimagining of what wartime must have been like for one of literature's most famous and compelling characters, a story of all-consuming passion and ambition set in war torn Scotland. Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star.

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R • 1h 35m • UK 2/23, 2/24, 2/25, 2/27, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3 @ 7pm; 2/28 @ 3pm A favorite at Telluride by the Sea 2015, adored by critics, praises for the leads have been sung far and wide. There is just one week until Kate Mercer's forty-fifth wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps.

PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT

R • 1h 35m • UK 3/6, 3/8, 3/9 @ 7pm Lisa Immordino Vreeland follows up the acclaimed Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel with this new documentary. A colorful character who was not only ahead of her time but helped to define it, Peggy Guggenheim was an heiress who became a central figure in the modern art movement.

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT

PG-13 • 1h 19m • France (some subtitles) 3/11, 3/12, 3/16, 3/17 @ 7pm In 1962, Alfred Hitchcock and a 30-year-old François Truffaut sequestered themselves in a windowless Hollywood office for a week-long conversation. The result: the seminal book Hitchcock/Truffaut, published a half century ago. Kent Jones brings "the Bible of Cinema" to invigorating life. He interviews filmmakers whose work has been profoundly influenced by Hitchcock— Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Richard Linklater, Olivier Assayas, and many others.

THE MESSENGER

NR • 1h 29m • Canada 3/18, 3/20, 3/22, 3/23 @ 7pm In this documentary, filmmaker Su Rynard examines the various hazards songbirds face around the world, which has led to a drastic reduction in their population. The role the birds play in the global ecosystem is discussed by biologists and industry experts.

JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE

NR • 1h 46m • UK 3/25, 3/26, 3/29, 3/30 @ 7pm One of the most revered and iconic rock & roll singers of all time, a tragic and misunderstood figure who thrilled millions of listeners and blazed new creative trails before her death in 1970 at age 27. This in-depth examination presents an intimate and insightful portrait of a complicated, driven, and often beleaguered artist. Joplin's own words tell much of the film's story through a series of letters she wrote to her parents over the years, many of them made public here for the first time.

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

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

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MANON LESCAUT (PUCCINI)

Sun., 3/6 • 1pm $27.50; $24.50 members; $15 for 18 & under Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna star as the ill-fated lovers at the center of Manon Lescaut, Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel about a free-spirited country girl who becomes the toast of Paris.

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ELVIS COSTELLO: DETOUR LIVE AT LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC HALL Thu., 3/24 • 7pm

INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL

In a little over 100 minutes in front of a hometown crowd, Elvis Costello, performer and songwriter extraordinaire takes you on a musical journey through his vast songbook.

SERIES SPONSORS: Cocked Hat Ventures; WSCA 106.1FM Portsmouth Community Radio; RAM Printing; The Hippo FILM EVENT KEY: @ HISTORIC THEATER @ MUSIC HALL LOFT

Sun., 3/13 • 1pm $19; $17 members; $15 for ages 18 and under Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre of London for the first time in over 30 years, with Rosalie Craig (London Road, Macbeth at MIF) as Rosalind.

Fri., 3/25 • 7pm NR • 65m The Walker Art Center's Internet Cat Video Festival is the first offline celebration of online cat videos. The festival gathers fellow feline fanatics to watch a curated collection of cat clips—from six second Vine videos to short films and everything in between—in a social environment.

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

Film Club: Great Comics Make Great Comedies:

TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942) PLUS A SHORT CARTOON PG • 1h 30m • USA

Tue., 3/15 @ 7pm • Loft

Billy Wilder kept a sign over his desk: “What would Lubitsch do?” In this brave satire, Ernst Lubitsch, Hollywood’s most urbane and elegant director, makes comedy out of the Nazi invasion of Poland. How? Write the script for laugh master Jack Benny, add the brilliant and beautiful Carole Lombard, and show how actors, regardless of how dangerous a situation gets, can always be relied upon to be vain, jealous, randy, and self-involved. PLUS: maybe the best propaganda cartoon ever made - starring Donald Duck!

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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MEMBERS, SPONSORS. & MORE A Night of Celebration & Thanks As part of a month-long campaign to recognize and thank our generous corporate supporters, The Music Hall held its annual Corporate Appreciation Night at the Historic Theater on Wednesday, January 20. Our sincere thanks goes to those who joined us for this great event and to all of the businesses who support us throughout the year!

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The Moth Mainstage member appreciation Party

Dear Members, As a thank you for your support, we're hosting our annual Member Appreciation Party and hope you will join us! Open to all Music Hall Members, this party will take place on Sat., March 19, at The Music Hall Loft immediately following The Moth Mainstage. Don’t miss the chance to mingle with the storytellers from the Moth, other Music Hall members, and our staff and board.

Light desserts will be served. To attend, RSVP here: http://mothparty.eventbrite.com Again, thank you for being a Music Hall Member. We look forward to seeing you at the party!

If you have any questions, please contact Alexis Hahalis, Membership Coordinator at AHahalis@themusichall.org or (603) 766-2176

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KITCHEN TOUR SATURDAY, MAY 7 • 10AM-4PM

A BENEFIT FOR THE MUSIC HALL • ON SALE NOW $25 for members in advance, $27 not yet members, $30 day of tour Refurbished retro to high-style urban; dream kitchens in a dream location!

The 25th Anniversary Kitchen Tour comes home to Portsmouth.

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School Days Series Alexander, Who's Not Not... Going to Move 9:30am & 11:30am

Extraordinary Cinema Where to Invade Next? 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Lady in the Van 7pm

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Historic Tour 5:30pm Extraordinary Cinema Where to... 7pm Extraordinary Cinema 45 Years 7pm

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Community Partner Portsmouth Music and Arts Center presents: Jazz Night 7pm & 9pm

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Extraordinary Cinema The Lady in the Van 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Lady in the Van 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Lady in the Van 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict 7pm

Innovation + Leadership Charles Duhigg 7pm

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School Days Series Elephant & Piggie’s...

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Intimately Yours Pink Martini 7:30pm

Extraordinary Cinema Youth 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Son of Saul 7pm

Public On Sale at 12pm

Extraordinary Cinema Hitchcock/Truffaut 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Hitchcock/Truffaut 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Messenger 7pm

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Extraordinary Cinema Son of Saul 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Son of Saul 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Son of Saul 7pm

Wildcard Movie Internet Cat Video Festival 7pm

The Music Hall Presents Moscow Festival Ballet: Sleeping Beauty 4pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Lady in the Van 7pm Extraordinary Cinema Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict 7pm

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Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast As You Like It 1pm

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Extraordinary Cinema Youth 7pm

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Intimately Yours Use Your Voice: Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins, & Anaïs Mitchell 8pm

Extraordinary Cinema Youth 3pm & 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Hitchcock/Truffaut 7pm

The Music Hall Film Club

Extraordinary Cinema Hitchcock/Truffaut 7pm

The Music Hall Presents The Moth Mainstage 8pm TheMoth Member Appreciation Party (Post show)

To Be or Not To Be 7pm

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Wildcard Movie Elvis Costello: Detour 7pm

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Extraordinary Cinema Macbeth 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Macbeth 7pm

Opera Connection Live @ the Loft Emel Mathlouthi 8pm Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 11:30am

Extraordinary Cinema Janis: Little Girl Blue 7pm

Live @ the Loft Mokoomba 7:30pm

Met @ The Music Hall Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 1pm

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Historic Theater Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday, noon - 6pm Film tickets: $11 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students, Military/Veterans/First Responders

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HERE & NOW

Community Conversations in the Loft In the past five years since The Music Hall Loft opened in April 2011, we’ve been privileged to host all manner of community events.

“The Loft has become a home to enhanced community opportunities in so many ways,” notes Executive Director Patricia Lynch. “It’s become a great venue for meaningful conversations about innovation, leadership, local issues, and literature. When people gather for such Music Hall events as Film Club, Opera Connection, Writers in the Loft, and Student Master Classes with guest artists and writers, they love being in the Loft’s fun, easy atmosphere where cultural life is enhanced through learning and socializing.”

Here’s what some of our community partners and presenters have to say about their Loft experiences:

QUIANA AGBAI

Blogger, Harlem Lovebirds (in New England) “Speaking at Digital Portsmouth was a fantastic way to celebrate my one year anniversary of moving to Portsmouth. Having attended my first Digital Portsmouth event as an audience member a few months before, and then experiencing it as a presenter,

I found it a welcoming space conducive to engaging discussion.

It's an ideal venue to share ideas such as those on Digital Portsmouth's robust schedule. I look forward to being a regular attender and hope to have the chance to speak again.”

TOM PAYNE

UNH Associate Professor, MFA Program in Creative Writing “The Salman Rushdie Master Class in the Loft was such a wonderful experience for my students—a rare opportunity

to meet with one of the leading writers of our time in an intimate environment. They won't soon forget it. And this kind of community outreach is important.”

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CEO and Director of Music Education, Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "It’s so exciting for our young students to attend meet and greet events with visiting artists at the Loft, and to get up onstage to participate in workshops with musicians they emulate. Our mission at PMAC is to build community through the arts, and that’s exactly what our partnership with The Music Hall and our student events at the Loft enables us to do."

CRYSTAL PARADIS

VitalDesigns, Director of Communications “At the Let's Talk About the Heroin Epidemic event in the Loft last April, the packed room was asked to raise their hands if they or someone they loved had been affected by the heroin epidemic. All hands went up, and the discussion that followed was one of the most compassionate and constructive community conversations I've experienced.

People with a personal history of addiction, parents who had lost their children, medical professionals on the front line of treatment, and law enforcement whose hearts had been broken by what they'd witnessed were all coming together in support of one another. People left not only connected to organizations, individuals, and tools with which to take action, but also a greater understanding of their neighbors.”

DENNIS NEIL KLEINMAN

Opera Expert/WriterProducer; Opera Connection Host “For the last five years I have had the pleasure of presenting Opera Connection at the Loft, and I think the venue is key to our success.

The whole point of the Connection is to make opera accessible, and the relaxed intimacy of the Loft helps ratchet down the intimidation factor surrounding these magnificent works. I also love interaction, and the closeness of the audience to the performance area makes the Connection feel less like a lecture and more like a sharing of knowledge, with everyone participating.”

KENT STEPHENS

Professional Theatre Artist and Cinema Aficionado; Music Hall Film Club Host: “The Loft feels like the world’s most luxurious screening room, which makes it the perfect venue for a series that mixes cinephilia with socializing. The Film Club meets once monthly to enjoy and schmooze about movies presented in a series format, the current being Great Comics Make Great Comedies. As host I try to offer a broad palette in the commentary before each film: a little geekiness, a little historical perspective, a little People Magazine backstage gossip. In the hip and stimulating Loft, the audience rubs elbows (and thanks to the amenity of the Loft bar bends them as well!) and forms a warm community basking in the glow from the silver screen.”

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Community Partner PMAC Jazz Night Friday, March 4 • 7pm & 9pm The Music Hall Presents

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

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Rental Partners Sweaty Turtle

Entertainment LLC presents: Nico: Underground

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Grant Talents pres-

Innovation + Leadership

Michael Patrick Lynch

Wednesday, April 13 • 7pm Met @ The Music Hall

Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Sunday, April 17 • 1pm

Monday, April 18 • 7pm

Patty Griffin/Sara Watkins/ Anaïs Mitchell

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The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Eric Bachmann

Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast

As You Like It

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Live @ The Loft DakhaBrakha Wednesday, April 20 • 7pm

Film Club To Be Or Not To Be Tuesday, March 15 • 7pm

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Community Partner Southeast Land Trust

Intimately Yours Pink Martini Wednesday, March 16 • 7:30pm

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Hilarity Aparna Nancherla Saturday, April 23 • 8pm

The Music Hall Presents

The Moth Mainstage

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Intimately Yours Gipsy Kings Saturday, April 23 • 8pm

Community Partner Portsmouth

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Film Club Some Like It Hot Tuesday, April 26 • 7pm

Sunday, March 20 • 3pm

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Intimately Yours On Stage Together: Friday, March 11 • 8pm

Sunday, March 13 • 1pm

Saturday, March 19 • 8pm

Symphony Orchestra: Night at the Opera - Bizet & Britten Wildcard Movie

Internet Cat Video Festival Thursday, March 25 • 7pm

The Music Hall Presents Moscow

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

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Indeed! Productions, Inc. presents: In the Mood: A 1940s Musical Review Thursday, April 28 • 2pm & 7:30pm

The Music Hall Presents Three Acts, Two

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Elektra (Strauss)

Sunday, May 1 • 1pm Innovation + Leadership Daniel Shapiro

Tuesday, May 3 • 7pm

25th Anniversary Kitchen Tour

Saturday, May 7 • 10am - 4pm The Music Hall Presents

A Mothers' Day Celebration Concert Sunday, May 8 • 3pm

Writers on a New England Stage

Lesley Stahl

Wednesday, May 11 • 7pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Alejandro Escovedo

Saturday, May 14 • 8pm

Writers on a New England Stage

Joe Hill

Monday, May 16 • 7pm Film Club The Producers Tuesday, May 17 • 7pm

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Intimately Yours Keb' Mo'

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Hilarity Paula Poundstone

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The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Margaret Glaspy

Thursday, May 19 • 7:30pm Friday, May 20 • 8pm

Saturday, May 21 • 8pm

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@ The Loft @The Historic Theater

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

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

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Opera Connection Madama Butterfly

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Met @ The Music Hall

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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

Intimately Yours An Evening with

Yo La Tengo

Friday, April 8 • 8pm

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THREE ACTS, TWO DANCERS, ONE RADIO HOST:

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Sat., April 30 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $35; $68; $78 The show includes radio interviews restaged as dance pieces, plus stories from the lives of each of the three performers in three acts.

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