September 2019 Magazine

NOW MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 2019

Writers on a New England Stage

MALCOLM GLADWELL 9/13

TELLURIDE BY THE SEA FILM FESTIVAL 9/20-22

Intimately Yours

STEEL PULSE 9/24*

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WRITERS ON A NEW ENGLAND STAGE

MICHAEL CONNELLY

Tue., September 24 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $36; $49

Wed., October 23 • 7pm • Historic Theater • $13.75 plus cost of book*

For 40 years, Steel Pulse has been bettering mankind through reggae music—exciting, elevating, and entertaining fans with deftly placed horns, guitars, and strings for a thumping groove.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and Bosch executive producer Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renée Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch’s mentor.

DANCE PARTY DJ LOGIC WITH OPENER: DJ SKOOCH

LIVE AT THE LOFT

THE MUSIC HALL PRESENTS

Sat., October 5 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $25; $28

Dance and listen on the historic stage to the beats of two great DJs! Don’t miss out on this rare chance to be a part of the action and let loose!

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ROGER WATERS: US + THEM

Fri., October 4 • 7pm • Historic Theater $15 (no passes)

JOHN GORKA

Fri., February 7 • 8pm • Loft • $25

John Gorka returns to his roots with So Dark You See, his most compelling and traditional album to date and widely praised as some of his finest work.

INNOVATION + LEADERSHIP ON SCREEN

RIGS TO REEFS

Thu., November 21 • 7pm • Loft • $13

Two marine scientists, Amber Sparks and Emily Hazelwood, go on an epic journey across Roger Waters, co-founder, creative force, and Malaysia and back to California as they explore songwriter behind Pink Floyd, presents his highly anticipated film, featuring state-of-the-art the potential that oil and gas platforms may serve visual production and breathtaking sound in this as artificial reefs. A Q&A and discussion will follow the film. unmissable cinema event.

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ALL MY SONS

Sun., January 19 • 1pm • Historic Theater $20; $15 for 18 & under

Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. *Check website for ticket package details

FIRST SATURDAY

NEW SHOWS ON SALE!

Our “First Saturday” on-sale event for members is Saturday, September 7. The following NEW shows go on sale to members at 10am for walk-up, at noon for phone and internet sales. To become a member, go online to TheMusicHall.org or contact Jess Bunker at 603.766.2176 or JBunker@themusichall.org.

INTIMATELY YOURS

TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE

Sun., October 13 • 7pm • Historic Theater • $62; $72; $85

With vocals that sound better than ever, Grammy-nominee Trombone Shorty offers his most heartfelt album yet—a whirlwind of breezy and upbeat tunes, with jazz-soul seeped in every song.

On sale to non-members Monday, September 9

RENTAL PARTNERS Warren Miller Entertainment WARREN MILLER’S “TIMELESS” PRESENTED BY VOLKSWAGEN Thu., November 7 • 7:30pm; Fri., November 8 • 6:30pm & 9:30pm; Sat., November 9 • 4pm & 7pm • Historic Theater

Another Tequila Sunrise, LLC presents AN EVENING OF EAGLES MUSIC Sat., January 25 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater

CURATOR’S CORNER GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH BRITTANY WASON, LITERARY COORDINATOR & CONTENT MANAGER Despite some time away from the classroom, September always marks “back to school” for me. And I can’t think of a better way to send your brain back to school than hearing from two great literary minds: Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Patrick Lynch.

On September 13, Malcolm Gladwell will take us on one of his signature intellectual adventures in Talking to Strangers, going from deception and death to scandal and strategy with historic and psychological data. The host of the popular podcast Revisionist History and author of many influential books including The Tipping Point and David and Goliath, Malcolm suggests that something is very wrong with how we interact with strangers, but he offers us this new guidebook to smarter choices. Make it a whole day of learning and come to TEDxPortsmouth!

Michael Patrick Lynch’s research and writing on technology and the internet’s effect on our brains come together in his latest book, The KnowIt-All Society. Michael was last here with The Internet of Us and is an experienced TED speaker—he has been heralded as the “philosopher of truth” by Jill Lepore for a reason. I have it on good authority (*cough* Patricia Lynch *cough*) that this is an impactful and insightful book, so I wouldn’t miss out on this lesson if I were you. Join us on September 24 for a deep dive into core ideas around overconfidence, political atmosphere, and social media’s impact on truth.

And while we’re on the topic of learning, if you’re interested in writing, film, or producing, do not miss The Perks of Being a Wallflower author and acclaimed director Stephen Chbosky on October 2. Stephen has been busy writing screenplays and directing blockbusters, but he finally wrote his long-awaited second novel, the first in 20 years and a book the publishing world can’t stop talking about!

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ON STAGE

INTIMATELY YOURS STEEL

PULSE

Tue., September 24 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $36; $49 For 40 years, Steel Pulse has been bettering mankind through reggae music—exciting, elevating, and entertaining fans with deftly placed horns, guitars, and strings for a thumping groove.

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ON STAGE

WRITERS ON A NEW ENGLAND STAGE MALCOLM

GLADWELL

Fri., September 13 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $43.75 includes book and ticket* From the #1 bestselling author and host of the podcast Revisionist History, a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.

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TELLURIDE BY THE SEA FILM FESTIVAL Friday, September 20 - Sunday, September 22 Patron Pass: $220 (SOLD OUT); Weekend Pass: $100; Individual Tickets: $20

Nine films. Three days. One weekend festival of new movies fresh from their debuts at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival. Films will be announced and individual tickets will go on sale Labor Day weekend.

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FILM SPONSORS: The District; Jackson Lewis P.C.; La Maison Navarre; The Portsmouth Brewery

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LIVE AT THE LOFT CHRIS

Fri., September 6 • 8pm • Loft • $15

STAPLES

Sat., September 7 • 8pm • Loft • $12

LA-based street singer, guitarist, and roots music revolutionary Sunny War brings her prodigious guitar work, incisive songwriting, and dazzling folk-punk style to Portsmouth.

Multi-instrumentalist Chris Staples’s songs are narratives that are plainspoken and universal, with simple, disarming arrangements and delicate melodies that seem to float on air.

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Sat., September 28 • 8pm • Loft • $20

Sun., September 29 • 7pm • Loft • $22

Grammy-nominated Robbie Fulks continues to write soulful music, earning Best Of list recognition in Rolling Stone and appearing on award-winning TV and radio programs with his folk-roots songs.

Max Hatt / Edda Glass’s award-winning original music and unique interpretations of American and Brazilian standards evoke a world that leaves audiences with a feeling both light and deep.

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ON STAGE INNOVATION + LEADERSHIP MICHAEL Tue., September 24 • 7pm • Loft $41 includes book and beverage*

PATRICK LYNCH

This thought-provoking work holds a mirror up to American culture to show that we are becoming a culture of dogmatic know-it-alls—and offers solutions for how we can reverse this dangerous trend.

PRESENTING SPONSOR: SERIES SPONSORS: Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine; Bangor Savings Bank MEDIA PARTNER:

INNOVATION + LEADERSHIP CREATIVEMORNINGS

PKX

Fri., September 27 • 8:30am • Loft • Free, RSVP required CreativeMornings Portsmouth is a local chapter of the global breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Every meeting features a local speaker on the month’s topic, with breakfast snacks & drinks provided.

PRESENTING SPONSOR: SERIES SPONSORS: Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine; Bangor Savings Bank MEDIA PARTNER:

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HILARITY MATT

BRAUNGER

Fri., September 27 • 8pm • Loft • $22 Best of Fest, headlining comedian Matt Braunger has performed on late-night talk shows and comedy festivals around the country, in addition to his Netflix special, Big, Dumb Animal.

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ON SCREEN

Film tickets: $13 Adults; $10 Seniors 60+, Students, Military, & First Responders

HISTORIC THEATER

See Calendar on page 14 for Show & Tell Discussions

EXTRAORDINARY CINEMA

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DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME R

• 1h 35m • US 8/30 • 3pm; 8/30, 8/31, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5 • 7pm; 9/1• 4pm You thought you knew him. Meet David Crosby now in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. With unflinching honesty, selfexamination, regret, fear, exuberance, and an unshakable belief in family and the transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his often challenging journey.

YESTERDAY PG13

• 1h 56m • UK 9/6 • 3pm; 9/6, 9/7, 9/10, 9/11, 9/12 • 7pm New from director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Steve Jobs). Jack Malik (Himesh Patel, BBC’s Eastenders) is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie (Lily James, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again).

Then, after a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed...and he finds himself with a very complicated problem, indeed.

LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE NR

• 1h 35m • US 9/14, 9/17, 9/18, 9/19 • 7pm; 9/15 • 4pm A musical biography of one of the most versatile female singers of the 20th century—and one of the most successful recording artists of all time. At the height of unprecedented success, Ronstadt, a restless and adventurous artist, turned away from pop music to explore an astonishing variety of musical styles, from American standards to country to classical operetta before circling back to her family roots with traditional Mexican canciones. Withstanding constant pressure from a risk-averse industry, Linda insisted on following her musical instincts.

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT PG13

• 1h 57m • US 9/25, 9/26, 9/27, 10/1 • 7pm, 9/27 • 3pm When music fanatic Javed discovers the illustrious back catalog of The Boss his world is turned upside down; already a creative soul, his passion for music and writing is set alight by the songs of the working-class poet, whose lyrics feel all too familiar to the aspirational teenager. Yearning to escape his rundown hometown and the rules of his traditional Pakistani household, Javed finds himself caught in between two worlds and must discover if he too is Born to Run.

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SNOOPY, COME HOME (1972) G

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Sun., September 29 • 4pm • Historic Theater GA $15 (no passes) In this follow-up to 1969’s A Boy Named Charlie Brown, the scholarly Snoopy finds himself dragged between two owners and challenged to remain true to himself.

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ON SCREEN LOFT Film tickets: $13 Adults; $10 Seniors 60+, Students, Military, & First Responders

See Calendar on page 14 for Show & Tell Discussions

EXTRAORDINARY CINEMA

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MARIANNE & LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE R

• 1h 42m • US 8/30, 8/31, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5 • 7pm Renowned filmmaker Nick Broomfield’s most personal and romantic film of his storied career. The documentary starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, became part of a community of expat artists, writers, and musicians.

BOOKSMART R

• 1h 42m • US 9/10, 9/11, 9/12 • 7pm Molly and Amy are two academic superstars and best friends who, on the eve of their high school graduation, suddenly realize that they should have worked less and played more. Determined never to fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night. Directorial debut of actor Olivia Wilde (Meadowland, Her).

RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS NR

• 1h 33m • US 9/13, 9/14, 9/18, 9/19 • 7pm Often compared to Mark Twain, media firebrand Molly Ivins was six feet of Texas trouble who, despite her Houston pedigree, took on Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist, popular TV pundit, Molly had a nation of “fans” and “frenemies.” She courageously spoke truth to power, and it cost her more than once. But Molly always served up her quality reportage with a heaping dollop of humor.

FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN NR

• 1h 49m • US 9/25, 10/1, 10/2 • 7pm Framing John DeLorean recounts the extraordinary life and legend of the controversial automaker, tracing his meteoric rise through the ranks of General Motors, his obsessive quest to build a sports car that would conquer the world, and his shocking fall from grace on charges of cocaine trafficking. Interweaving a treasure trove of archival footage with dramatic vignettes starring Alec Baldwin, this is a gripping look at a man who gambled everything in his pursuit of the American Dream.

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THE WOMEN (1939) NR

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER PG13

• 2h 13m • US Tue., September 17 • 7pm • Loft • GA $15 (no passes) The claws are out in this Broadway-smash-turned-cinematic-catfight, starring the dueling queens of the MGM studio lot. Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford lead the all-star, all-female cast.

• 1h 43m • US Thu., September 26 • 7pm • Loft • GA $15 (no passes) Based on the bestselling novel by Stephen Chbosky, and directed by the author, this modern classic captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up. Don’t miss Stephen Chbosky on our stage on October 2.

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HERE & NOW

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Telluride by the Sea turns 21!

Trevor Bartlett returns as the Telluride by the Sea (TbtS) Loft series’ ringmaster. Chris Curtis, film and outreach manager at The Music Hall, asked Trevor about this little (but huge!) festival we put on.

TbtS is now old enough to drink! What has made this event so successful and running for so long?

Nothing beats the energy of a big crowd as the lights go down on a movie premiere. There’s a magic in sharing the epiphanies and surprises of these stories together.

It’s a rush you get hooked on and TbtS just cranks that to eleven. It keeps seasoned audiences coming back year

Photo: Sydney Bilodeau

Welcome Kristen Bulger!

We sat down with Kristen Bulger, our Digital Marketing Associate, to hear a bit about her love of poetry, her time as our UNH MFA intern, and what inspires her about being a part of The Music Hall.

Tell us about yourself, your hobbies, etc.

I enjoy reading, writing, watching movies, and spending as much time outside as possible. I love poetry, so that is what I spend much of my time working on—it’s like figuring out a thousand different ways to tell the same story, and I could spend all day talking about craft if given the chance, but I’ll spare you.

What was it like interning with us through the UNH MFA in Creative Writing program?

I feel fortunate to have been able to intern with the writers series at The Music Hall, because it demonstrated to me what kind of professional possibilities were available for those interested in the arts. Of course,

after wonderful year and just blows rookies’ minds.

What film trends are most excited about? What do you hope to see this year?

I’m excited to see how gender roles, parity, and obsolescent power are structures being more closely scrutinized, both in front of and behind the camera. The #TimesUp movement has been a genuine wake up call to the industry, and has empowered a whole new generation of women to speak the truths of their stories like never before. These are important times.

What is your favorite TbtS memory?

One year I talked Bill and Stella (Pence, curators of TbtS) into allowing me to screen a straight up horror-comedy flick called Severance that was so far off the Telluride map, it circled all the way around and got back on it. The audience was howling, they didn’t know what’d hit them. Bikini girls with guns! At Telluride! So much fun.

What’s your big tip for first-timers?

There will be very few reviews to frame these titles for you. Prepare to ask questions. Plan on shaping your own impressions. Expect to be challenged to defend your opinions. Get ready to have your mind blown. Also, bring an umbrella. The lines form outside.

Telluride by the Sea Tips and Tricks Prepare for Telluride by the Sea with a few tips and tricks we’ve learned over the years.

getting to meet renowned authors and

BUY A PASS Patron Passes are selling out earlier every year. While these are limited due to festival

journalists was exciting, too.

capacity and exclusivity, the next best thing is the Weekend Pass, which gets you preferred seating, the Saturday night party, and the exclusive Loft films.

What upcoming events are you most excited about?

I can’t wait for Malcolm Gladwell to come with his latest book Talking to Strangers.

I really appreciate how he doggedly explores and excavates all the topics he writes on. And I am on the edge of my seat to see what films we’ll get for Telluride by the Sea. It’s one of my favorite events at The Music Hall and I would always drive up from Boston to attend a screening.

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PLAN AHEAD Give yourself extra time for parking and food. Make a plan to enjoy at least one of Portsmouth’s outstanding restaurants (many of whom are our neighbors and members at The Music Hall) and don’t forget to make a reservation in advance!

DRESS FOR WEATHER Plan for inclement weather. Waiting in line is seldom anyone’s favorite activity—least of all waiting in line wet. Comfy shoes and layers are generally a good idea too.

PASSHOLDER LOFT SERIES Check out the weekend’s Loft series: films chosen based on a theme and only for passholders.

Keep an eye out for swag from our sponsor Coastal Design Magazine, and don’t forget to check our social media and blog for updates and special announcements!

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COMMUNITY

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TEDx Takes The Stage Our Director of Marketing & Communications (and previous TEDxPortsmouth co-host), Monte Bohanan, spoke with this year’s TEDxPortsmouth cohosts Kathleen & Emmett Soldati.

What is TEDxPortsmouth?

Steven Booth, Jen Cody, Christopher Russo, Annie Edgerton, Calvin Middleton, and the cast of the 2018 production of Elf The Musical Photo Credit: Julia Russell

Give the Gift of Magic This Holiday Season Give the Gift of Magic is entering its fourth year, and each year we do this, it seems to get better and bigger. It’s important to us that we spread joy to our neighbors and make our shows more accessible. Through the Give the Gift of Magic program, we hope to bring hundreds of families into the theater to see Annie, our holiday production with the Ogunquit Playhouse, and we need your help. Inspired and underwritten by Morgan and Tara Rutman, Give the Gift of Magic extends a helping hand to local families in need by gifting tickets to those who may not have otherwise been able to see the show.

We are so grateful for the donations we have already received from our members, patrons, stakeholders, and sponsors, not to mention our program partners: Haven, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire, Arts in Reach, Greater Seacoast Community Health, and Cross Roads House, all of whom will help us to get hundreds of free tickets into the hands of those in need!

Last year, we were able to shatter our goals.

Hundreds of local residents of all ages and veterans were able to attend because of this program, and we hope to give even more this year with your help! Help your fellow community members enjoy the holiday magic of the Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music Hall’s production of Annie by donating to Give the Gift of Magic where you purchase tickets or online.

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Emmett: It’s an opportunity to reach into the depths of your community, your neighborhood, your world. It’s a way of connecting with the psychic space of our cities on a level that you won’t find when interacting with folks at the grocery store or at work.

Kathleen: It’s a great coming together of the community for conversation about new ideas and actions.

Tell us a little bit about yourselves and what brought you here to host?

Emmett: The Soldatis live by one rule—if you can do nothing else in this world, throw a good party. We’ve lived those values for three generations in Southern NH and we’re delighted to bring this to the Portsmouth stage.

Kathleen: A wonderful member of our community, Erika Beer, nominated us and we couldn’t be happier to be on The Music Hall stage for this.

Tell us more about the theme, “The Point of No Return,” and what it means to you?

Kathleen: It’s interesting that it has a WWII origin, the point in flight where there literally isn’t enough fuel to go back and you have no choice but to continue to your destination.

Emmett: For me it has to do with an internal commitment and alignment of one’s intentions.

A lot of us are always wandering through our work—searching and wondering when we’ll be ‘struck’ with meaning and purpose. There comes a point where we come to an agreement with ourselves that “this is what we’re going to do/this is what we’re going to focus on”...but you have a reckoning with the universe where you say—this is my direction.

Can you give us any sneak peeks into what talks or speakers you are most excited about?

Emmett: I’m most excited about Madison Person, the high school senior and artist. Her work is phenomenal and blows my mind that this work came out of a teenage brain.

Kathleen: I had never heard of a snow scientist and am looking forward to hearing Dr. Elizabeth Burakowski talk about what we can expect in the future for New Hampshire winters.

The event is all-day on Friday, September 13—tickets are still available!

Follow Our Spotify Account for Curated Staff Playlists!

Music is in our name and our blood. Our staff is pulling together playlists of what we’re each listening to, and we want you to tune in! Like our programming, there’s a huge range in musical styles and sounds. There’s always a bit of excitement in the office when the new playlist hits. Plus it’s a chance to hear who’s coming to the theater next or who is up-and-coming. Check out our blog and socials each Friday for a playlist from someone on the team, and you might just discover a new band or artist that you love.

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SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH’S MEMBER EVENTS BOOK CLUB: PACHINKO

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Mon., 9/9 • 6pm Portwalk Place

Reflecting and Connecting with Alnoba

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When you hear about “a unique place to reflect, collect, and create change,” you may immediately think of The Music Hall. And we’d agree! But this also describes Alnoba, New England’s premiere destination for leadership development, wellness programs, corporate retreats, and special gatherings. The recently opened Alnoba Art Park is an international, eclectic collection featuring Andy Goldsworthy, Jaume Plensa, and Patrick Dougherty.

Our mutual desire to help change people’s lives and create stronger communities laid the basis for our partnership, now in its fourth year. As Presenting Sponsor of our Innovation + Leadership series, Alnoba has played an important role in our ability to bring the best local, national, and international authors and thoughtleaders to you, our community of lifelong learners.

Looking for inspiration? Join us for the next Innovation + Leadership event on Tuesday, September 24 with author Michael Patrick Lynch and sign up for a guided tour of Alnoba’s world class art collection. Fall is the perfect time to enjoy their 400-acre grounds. To learn more about Alnoba, visit Alnoba.org.

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SERVICE CREDIT UNION VICTORY CLUB Thu., 9/12 • 5:30-7pm Wildcat Stadium, Durham

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MALCOLM GLADWELL RECEPTION Fri., 9/13 • Post-Show Historic Theater For more information, contact Jess Bunker at 603.766.2176 or JBunker@themusichall.org

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Booksmart 7pm

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TEDxPortsmouth 9am Movie

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins 7pm

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 7pm Movie

Raise Hell... 7pm

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Blinded By The Light Blinded By The Light CreativeMornings 7pm 7pm PKX 8:30am Framing John DeLorean 7pm

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Blinded By The Light The Perks of Being a 3pm & 7pm Music Wallflower 7pm Robbie Fulks 8pm Comedy

Matt Braunger 8pm

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Max Hatt/Edda Glass 7pm

Framing John DeLorean 7pm

Opera Connection Season Preview 5:30pm

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ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas 7pm

Roger Waters: Us + Them 7pm Music

Patty Larkin 8pm

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Ari Hest 8pm

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Live at the Loft

The Music Hall presents

Thursday, November 7 • 7:30pm; Friday, November 8 • 6:30pm & 9:30pm; Saturday, November 9 • 4pm & 7pm

Saturday, September 7 • 8pm

Saturday, October 5 • 8pm

Live at the Loft

Rental Partner

Live at the Loft

Friday, November 8 • 8pm

Friday, September 13 • 9am

Saturday, October 5 • 8pm

Opera Connection

Writers on a New England Stage

School Days Series

Sunday, November 10 • 11:30am

Friday, September 13 • 7:30pm

Friday, October 11 • 9:30am & 11:30am

Met at The Music Hall

Film Club

Hilarity

Sunday, November 10 • 1pm

Tuesday, September 17 • 7pm

Friday, October 11 • 8pm

Film Club

Telluride by the Sea

Met at The Music Hall

Tuesday, November 19 • 7pm

Sunny War

Chris Staples

TEDxPortsmouth 2019: Point of No Return Malcolm Gladwell

The Women (1939)

Friday, September 20 - Sunday, September 22 Innovation + Leadership

Michael Patrick Lynch

Tuesday, September 24 • 7pm Intimately Yours

Steel Pulse

Tuesday, September 24 • 7:30pm Wildcard

The Perks of Being A Wallflower

Thursday, September 26 • 7pm Innovation + Leadership

CreativeMornings PKX: Muse

Friday, September 27 • 8:30am Hilarity

Matt Braunger

Friday, September 27 • 8pm Rental Partner

Patty Larkin

Dance Party: DJ Logic with opener DJ Skooch Ari Hest

Dog Man: The Musical Paula Poundstone

Turandot (Puccini)

Innovation + Leadership

Film Club

Friday, November 22 • 8:30am

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

The Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music Hall presents

Writers on a New England Stage

Wed., November 27 - Sun., December 22

Michael Connelly

Wednesday, October 23 • 7pm

Thursday, October 24 • 8pm Innovation + Leadership

CreativeMornings PKX: Flow

Friday, October 25 • 8:30am

Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards Manon (Massenet)

Saturday, October 26 • 1pm

Wildcard

Intimately Yours

Snoopy, Come Home (1972)

A Tuba to Cuba: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Sunday, September 29 • 4pm

Saturday, October 26 • 8pm

Live at the Loft

Rental Partner

DSP Shows presents Gordon Lightfoot: 80 Years Strong Tour Wednesday, October 30 • 8pm

NOVEMBER 2019

Stephen Chbosky

Live at the Loft

Opera Connection

Friday, November 1 • 8pm

ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas Thursday, October 3 • 7pm Wildcard

Roger Waters: Us + Them Friday, October 4 • 7pm

THE OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE AT THE MUSIC HALL PRESENTS

Nella

Saturday, September 28 • 8pm

Wildcard

Annie

Live at the Loft

Met at The Music Hall

Thursday, October 3 • 5:30pm

CreativeMornings PKX: Lost

Tuesday, October 15 • 7pm

Robbie Fulks

Season Preview

Rigs to Reefs

Sunday, October 13 • 7pm

Live at the Loft

Wednesday, October 2 • 7pm

Ninotchka (1939)

Thursday, November 21 • 7pm

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Friday, October 25 • 8pm

Writers on a New England Stage

Madama Butterfly (Puccini)

Intimately Yours

Saturday, September 28 • 8pm

OCTOBER 2019

Madama Butterfly

Innovation + Leadership On Screen

Live at the Loft

Sunday, September 29 • 7pm

Paul Beaubrun

Saturday, October 12 • 1pm

David Wold Associates presents Simone Porter with Great Bay Philharmonic Orchestra

Max Hatt/Edda Glass

Warren Miller’s “Timeless”

Liz Frame & The Kickers Online Holiday Auction

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