January 2015 NOW by The Music Hall

NOW The Music Hall’s Monthly Magazine

January 2014

THE MET @ THE MUSIC HALL:

THE MERRY WIDOW STARRING

RENÉE FLEMING

On screen in Met HD Jan. 17; See her live in concert Feb. 11!

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WRITERS IN THE LOFT:

JILL LEPORE HILARITY:

JIMMY TINGLE JUST ANNOUNCED!

MIRANDA SINGS DAVID BROOKS RED BARAAT & MORE! SEASON SPONSORS

NEW SHOWS ON SALE! This month, our “First Saturday” on sale event for members is Saturday, January 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, January 17 at noon. To become a member, call (603) 766-2176 or email Lsaniuk@themusichall.org. Hilarity @ The Music Hall

Writers on a New England Stage

Thurs., April 23 • 7pm • Historic Theater $27, $35, $65 (VIP Meet & Greet)

Sun., May 3 • 4pm • Historic Theater Tickets: $13.25

MIRANDA SINGS

International YouTube sensation Miranda Sings is bringing you a hilarious night filled with comedy, hit songs, magic tricks, dramatic readings of hate mail, and never before seen video! The quirky superstar has over 60 million views on YouTube and has performed her one-woman show to sold-out crowds all over the world. You will not want to miss seeing this lipstick-wearing, epileptic eyebrowed, crooked-smiling beauty live and in person!

Writers in the Loft

DENNIS LEHANE

Fri., March 13 • 7pm • Loft Tickets: $42. Includes reserved seat,

book (World Gone By, $27.99, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet

The NY Times bestselling author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone, visits Portsmouth with his latest – a novel of blood, crime, passion and vengeance set in Cuba and Florida during World War II. Live @ the Loft:

RED BARAAT

Sun., March 15 • 7pm • Loft • $24 The pioneering eight-piece band from Brooklyn fuse North Indian bhangra rhythms with New Orleans’ brass, jazz virtuosity, and soul. Their utterly unique sound and infectious energy draws an audience as diverse as the group itself and celebrates the spirit of joy, inclusion, and plurality. Writers in the Loft/Innovation + Leadership

RON LIEBER

Mon., March 30 • 7pm • Loft Tickets: $41. Includes reserved seat, book

(The Opposite of Spoiled, $26.99, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet

The award-winning “Your Money” columnist for The NY Times shares solid, tested advice on how to help our children make smarter financial decisions and grow into grounded young adults with good values and habits. 1

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DAVID BROOKS

Book: The Road to Depth: The Humble Journey to an Excellent Life. For each 1-2 tickets sold, the purchase of a book voucher ($28, hardcover) is required. Vouchers can be redeemed on the event night for signed copies of the book.

The #1 bestselling author comes to town with his controversial and eye-opening look at our culture today, the value of humility, and how an engaged inner life is a prerequisite to a life of meaning and fulfillment.

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

WILL DAILEY

Sat., March 14 • 8pm • Loft • $14 A three-time winner of the Boston Music Award for Best Singer/ Songwriter, his songs have been featured on more than 50 shows and films. Critics agree that he holds his ground performing next to artists like Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, and John Mellencamp. The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

BOBBY LONG

Fri., March 27 • 8pm • Loft • $12 Though England is his place of birth, the songs found on Bobby Long’s forthcoming sophomore album, Wishbone, are redolent with pieces of Americana. Long’s influences include country great Hank Williams, folk singer Woody Guthrie, and modern luminary Jeff Buckley. The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

CHRIS TRAPPER

Sat., May 16 • 8pm • Loft • $18 Boston based artist, Chris Trapper began his career as the front man for late-90’s alternative rock band The Push Stars. His music can best be described as lyrically driven roots-pop with a knack for telling everyday stories filled with extraordinary characters.

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JILL LEPORE Tuesday, January 20 • 7pm • Loft • $44

Includes reserved seat, book (The Secret History of Wonder Woman, $29.95), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet

JIMMY TINGLE Saturday, January 17 • 8pm • Loft • $22 Jimmy Tingle was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The social, political and economic diversity of that city laid the groundwork for his development as a performer and satirist. He started performing in 1980 during the early stand up comedy scene in Boston and quickly rose through the ranks from openmike performer to paid engagements, headlining at comedy clubs, theaters and colleges nationwide. He is now regarded as one of the top social commentators and humorists in the country. SERIES SPONSORS:

Join New Yorker staff writer, Harvard historian, and celebrated author Book of Ages Jill Lepore as she reveals our favorite female superhero’s secret identity and shows how Wonder Woman is the missing link in the history of women’s rights. Guest moderator: Mary Jo Brown of Brown and Company Design, and Chair of the New Hampshire Women’s Foundation. “…brilliance...we are lucky to go along for the ride.” — NY Times Book Review “...has nearly everything you might want in a page-turner...and something else that secretly powers even the most “serious” feminist history - fun!” — Entertainment Weekly SERIES SPONSOR:

EVENING SPONSOR: The Sound

SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Saturday, January 24 • 8pm • Loft • $10 This Round Robin features four immensely talented songwriters. Guest curated by Guy Capecelatro III, this special evening will showcase the talents of Mary Lou Lord, Mark Schwaber, and Drew O’Doherty. For more information on each artist, visit TheMusicHall.org, and see our interview with Guy Capecelatro III on page 9!

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RENÈE FLEMING Wednesday, February 11 • 7pm • Historic Theater • $42; $95; $138 One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. She brings her amazing talent to the Music Hall stage with songs from the Great American Songbook and a repertoire of Classical favorites.

SERIES SPONSORS: EVENING SPONSORS:

Jenn Madden Realtors; NH Public Radio; PARMA Recordings; Clear Eye Photo

NATALIE MACMASTER & DONNELL LEAHY Visions from Cape Breton & Beyond Friday, February 20 • 8pm • Historic Theater $33; $41 Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy have created a new show to bring their fans the next chapter in their musical and personal journey. The evening will highlight the unique talents, influences, and stories of the first family of traditional fiddlers through dancing, singing, and, of course, world-class music-making. EVENING SPONSORS: Beswick Engineering; Northeast Delta Dental; SIS Bank

SOLD OUT!

MICHAEL FRANTI

AMY CHUA & JED RUBENFELD

Thursday, February 12 7:30pm • $35; $43 Historic Theater Opener: Ethan Tucker

Get ready to dance at the One Heart One Soul concert!

Thursday, February 5 • 7pm • Loft Ticket package:

SERIES SPONSORS:

“Tiger Mom” Amy Chua and her co-author husband discuss their controversial and provocative book looking at the success of various cultural groups in America today. Join the discussion!

EVENING SPONSORS: Secure Planning, Inc.; Clear Eye Photo

$31 includes reserved seat, book (The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America, $17), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet

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SINKANE Saturday, February 21 8pm • Loft • $16

R’S PICK CURATO 9! e g a p e Se

Sinkane’s signature sound is a melting pot of influences- including Afrobeat grooves mixed with earthy R&B undertones, doo-wop harmonies, and even a little country-music slide guitar. It’s soul music with an ultramodern feel! Their sound is universal, uniting rhythm and styles from the world over to help you move, relate, and be.

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ON SCREEN JAN PRIDE

Film tickets: $10 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students & Military

R • 120min • UK

1/2, 1/3, 1/6, 1/8 @ 7pm

extraordinary cinema

Inspired by an extraordinary true story. It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person.

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE

R • 108min • US

1/9, 1/10, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15 @ 7pm

The unexpected election of activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as head of a traditionally black residence hall sets up a college campus culture war that challenges conventional notions of what it means to be black. Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Dear White People is a sly, provocative satire of race relations.

WHIPLASH

R • 106min • US 1/16, 1/17, 1/20, 1/21 @ 7pm • 1/18 @ 1pm Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Andrew’s passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to push him to the brink of both his ability-and his sanity.

ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE

PG • 91min • NEW ZEALAND

1/23, 1/27, 1/28, 1/29 @ 7pm

A visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of unending darkness followed by periods when the sun never sets, Antarctic residents experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on Earth.

CITIZENFOUR

R • 114min • US

1/2, 1/3, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8 @ 7pm • 1/4 @ 1pm

extraordinary cinema

In 2013, highly-acclaimed documentarian Laura Poitras was years into making a film about surveillance in the post-9/11 era when she started receiving emails from someone identifying himself as “citizen four,” who was ready to blow the whistle on massive covert surveillance programs run by the NSA and other intelligence agencies. Poitras brought her camera along when she finally met with Edward Snowden.

NATIONAL GALLERY NR • 180min • FR 1/9, 1/10, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15 @ 7pm London’s National Gallery, one of the world’s foremost art institutions, is itself portrayed as a brilliant work of art in this documentary by Frederick Wiseman. Wiseman listens raptly as a panoply of docents decode the great canvases of Da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Turner. We experience the joy of spending time with these masters as well as Vermeer and Caravaggio, Titian and Velázquez, Pissarro and Rubens, and listen to the connoisseurs who discourse upon the aesthetic, historical, religious and psychological underpinnings of these masterpieces. PELICAN DREAMS

G • 80min • US

1/16, 1/21 @ 7pm

Why do we need wildness in our lives, and how can we protect it? What’s it like trying to get to know a flying dinosaur? Sundance-and-Emmy-Award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving follows a wayward California brown pelican from her “arrest” on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans’ nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration, and survival challenges.

THE HOMESMAN

R • 122min • FRANCE

1/23, 1/27, 1/29 @ 7pm

When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank). Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones - who also directs), to join her. Also stars Meryl Streep. FILM EVENT KEY: @ HISTORIC THEATER @ MUSIC HALL LOFT

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ON SCREEN JAN AWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA

PG • 86min • US

1/22 @ 7pm • Historic Theater A film by Oscar-nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and wrote the spiritual classic “Autobiography of a Yogi,” a go-to book for seekers from George Harrison to Steve Jobs. By personalizing his own quest for enlightenment and sharing his struggles along the path, Yogananda made ancient teachings accessible to a modern audience and led millions onto the path of self-realization.

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VON NÜRNBERG (WAGNER) Sun., Jan. 4 @ 12pm • Historic Theater $27.50; $15 for 18 & under

James Levine returns to one of his signature Wagner works conducting this epic comedy about a group of Renaissance “master singers” whose song contest unites a city. Johan Reuter, Johan Botha, and Annette Dasch lead the superb international cast in this charming and magisterial celebration of the power of music and art.

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THE MERRY WIDOW (LEHÁR) Sat., Jan. 17 @ 1pm • Historic Theater $27.50; $15 for 18 & under Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale who captivates Paris in Lehár’s enchanting operetta, seen in a new staging by Broadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Oklahoma!, Contact), whose art-nouveau setting climaxes with singing and dancing grisettes at the legendary Maxim’s.

D’HOFFMAN (OFFENBACH) Sat., Jan. 31 @ 1pm • Historic Theater $27.50; $15 for 18 & under Vittorio Grigolo plays the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title. The three heroines are played by an impressive lineup, including Hibla Gerzmava, Erin Morley, and Christine Rice. Yves Abel conducts Offenbach’s sparkling score.

Opera Connection at 11:30am in the Loft with opera expert Dennis Neil Kleinman!

EXPLORE + LEARN

The Music Hall is a committed community partner all year round, getting back as much as we give from working with many wonderful nonprofit organizations, corporate sponsors, and visiting artists. During the recent holiday season, we were especially grateful for their generosity, and for the opportunity to engage some special young people with the arts. For more details on each of these community outreach events, visit our blog at TheMusicHall.org/blog! On November 24, The Music Hall hosted PMAC students in the Loft (in conjunction with PMAC’s Departmental Workshop Week) to meet with DakhaBrakha, the Ukranian world-music and ‘ethnicchaos’ group, following the band’s stupendous November 23 performance in The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series.

A terrific cause for a magical time of the year: On December 10 the young (at-risk) residents of Portsmouth’s Chase Home for Children enjoyed dinner at the River House Restaurant on Bow Street, followed by a performance of The Ogunquit Playhouse production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins The Broadway Musical, at The Music Hall’s Historic Theater. Our annual Messiah Sing on December 22 is always a joyful community gathering, and it was even more special this year with the participation of the Portsmouth High School Concert Choir singing Handel’s Messiah alongside several other area community choruses. 5

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Support Those That Support The Music Hall!

January is Corporate Appreciation month and we want to take this opportunity to highlight all of our corporate partners who help make The Music Hall thrive. As you head out this winter to shop, dine, or do business in the area, we encourage you to support those that support us! 2014-2015 Season Sponsors *

$15,000 to $24,999

$10,000 to $14,999 **

$5,000 to $9,999 * Avery Insurance* B2W Software, Inc. * Beswick Engineering** Carpe Diem Coffee Roasting Company**

Churchill’s Garden Center * D.F. Richard Energy ** Hampton Ford & Hyundai Leone, McDonnell & Roberts, P.A.*

PARMA Recordings Piscataqua Landscaping & Tree Service** Regency Mortgage RMC Research Corporation**

Secure Planning, Inc.** SIS Bank Wells Fargo Advisors**

$2,500 to $4,999 Allergy Associates of NH Bigelow LLC Bottomline Technologies* Bridge Street Bistrot and Wine Bar Cocked Hat Ventures* Demeters Steak House Blue Mermaid Island Grill Digital Prospectors DTC Lawyers Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella, PLLC** Baker Newman Noyes Black Trumpet Bistro* Drift Contemporary Art Gallery The Flower Kiosk* 92.5 FM The River 94.9HOM City of Portsmouth Clear Channel Clear Eye Photo The Hippo

IOS Business Centers* Jenn Madden Realtors Mad*Pow Northeast Delta Dental** Optima Bank & Trust* Pax World Investments** Harbour Women’s Health** Jackson Lewis, P.C.** Leddy Group Martin’s Point Healthcare* Eastern Bank Exeter Hospital Joya Beauty Puttin’ on the Glitz

Piscataqua Savings Bank** The Port Inn* Prime, Buchholz & Associates, Inc.* Private Client Underwriters & Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Radici*

$1,500 to $2,499 Riverwoods at Exeter** Robert’s Maine Grill* Robinson Smith Wealth Advisors Strawbery Banke Museum* $1,000 to $1,499

Regal Limousine** Rudi’s Portsmouth* Veris Wealth Partners* Wheelabrator Technologies* Whole Life Health Care**

Troiano Wealth Advisory Group Vigilant Capital Management LLC*

J. Hilburn Men’s Custom Shirts & Apparel * Neoscope Technology Solutions

Supporters Ristorante Massimo* Sierra Designs**

Media Sponsors Homes + Land Magazine PortsmouthNH.com Infinite Imaging RAM Printing Keystone Press RKM Marketing & Communications Live Free Photography [Liv] Frame Print Seacoast Area Libraries New Hampshire Public Radio Seacoast Local New Hampshire Public Television Seacoast Media Group New Hampshire Gazette Soldati PR

Olde Port Properties* Portsmouth Regional Hospital** TMS Architects**

The Sound WOKQ & The Shark WSCA 106.1FM Portsmouth Community Radio Yankee Magazine Z107.1

Mark your calendars for Corporate Appreciation Night! Thursday, January 29 • 5pm-7pm • Historic Theater

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Extraordinary Cinema White Bird in a Blizzard 3pm

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Extraordinary Cinema Tracks 1pm & 7pm

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Extraordinary Cinema Pride 7pm

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Extraordinary Cinema Pride 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema White Bird in a Blizzard 7pm

The Met @ The Music Hall Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 12pm

No Film Tonight

Extraordinary Cinema Pride 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Citizenfour 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Pride 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Dear White People 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Citizenfour 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema National Gallery 7pm

17 The Met @ The Music Hall The Merry Widow 1pm

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Extraordinary Cinema Dear White People 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Whiplash 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema National Gallery 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Pelican Dreams 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Whiplash 1pm

No Film Tonight

Extraordinary Cinema Whiplash 7pm

Writers in the Loft Jill Lepore 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Pelican Dreams 7pm

No Film Tonight

Extraordinary Cinema Antarctica: A Year On Ice 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Homesman 7pm

EVENT KEY: @ HISTORIC THEATER @ MUSIC HALL LOFT

Box Office/Historic Theater: 28 Chestnut Street The Loft: 131 Congress Street

22 Wildcard Movie: Awake: The Life of Yogananda 7pm

Corporate Partner Appreciation Night 5pm-7pm in the Founders Lobby

Extraordinary Cinema Whiplash 7pm Hilarity Jimmy Tingle 8pm

Extraordinary Cinema Antarctica: A Year On Ice 7pm

Rental Partner Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody 8pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Homesman 7pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series: Songwriters in the Round 8pm

Film TBA

Opera Connection Les Contes D’Hoffman 11:30am

Extraordinary Cinema Antarctica: A Year On Ice 7pm

The Met @ The Music Hall Les Contes D’Hoffman 1pm

Extraordinary Cinema The Homesman 7pm

Historic Theater Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday, noon - 6pm Film tickets: $10 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students & Military

Show & Tell discussion follows the film

HERE & NOW

Guy Capecelatro III Talks Regional Music Scene and Round Robin

Singer songwriter Guy Capecelatro III co-hosts ‘Writers in the Round’ on WSCA; is co-owner of independent record label Burst and Bloom based in Portsmouth, NH; and teaches songwriting classes—all the while keeping a busy performance and recording schedule and lending his talent to the projects of numerous friends. On Saturday, January 24, he returns to the Music Hall Loft with another artist-curated Songwriters in the Round for our District Restaurant Singer-Songwriter Series. Our Deputy Director of Programming and Performing Arts Curator Thérèse LaGamma caught up with him recently to chat about the regional music scene and what to expect on January 24. LaGamma: How would you characterize the New England music scene? Do you see any emerging trends? Capecelatro III: It’s been fun to see how the local music scene has changed, grown, and developed over the 25 odd years I’ve lived in New Hampshire. When I first moved here there was a very established scene in the folk/jazz world and a rapidly growing one with the punk/alternative movement. I sort of had a foot in both, playing in an acoustic duo as well as in a few noisy rock bands. Since then, there’s been a big turnover of venues for more alternative music. Having endured some lean years, it’s nice to see a number of performance spaces popping up that encourage and inspire new bands. As someone who goes out to see live music a couple times a week, I’m really enjoying where we’ve landed musically, and look forward to seeing what emerges next.

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Seeing great musicians, writers, and cinema at the Music Hall’s two beautiful venues doesn’t have to break the bank. Check out the upcoming schedule at the Loft and at the Historic Theater—and look for this symbol in the show descriptions—to find budget-friendly live entertainment for $30 and under. Don’t forget, our onscreen offerings are the best value in town, with even lower movie pricing for our senior patrons, members of the military, and our littlest film-goers.

Jimmy Tingle Saturday, January 17 Tickets: $22

Songwriters in the Round Saturday, January 24 Tickets: $10

LaGamma’s Top Pick: Sinkane

LaGamma: We’re excited about the Round Robin you will be doing in January. Can you give fans a little preview of what they might hear? Capecelatro III: The show on January 24th should prove to be a terrific mix of styles and voicings. With the “in the round” format we’ll be going down the line, taking turns playing songs and telling stories. I’ve always enjoyed watching this kind of performance as it showcases people’s different approaches to songwriting in a setting where the songs have to speak for themselves—without the production of a studio or the help of other musicians. There will be some spontaneous jumping in on one another’s work as well. LaGamma: Tell us about the three other musicians you’ve selected to join you on stage—Mary Lou Lord, Mark Schwaber, and Drew O’Doherty. What characterizes their music and why did you choose them? Capecelatro III: I’ve had the opportunity to play a couple of the Round Robin shows at the Music Hall Loft over the years and when asked to curate this one, I wanted to bring in some folks who don’t usually make it up our way. Back in the early 90’s I played in a band with Mary Lou Lord called The Buckets. She’s someone I had seen busking around Boston and it was awesome to play in a band with her. I met Drew O’Doherty through Tim Walsh, a Boston musician I’ve done some recording with. Drew has played in a couple of seminal Boston bands and also makes incredible music of his own. Mark Schwaber is a part of the Western Massachusetts music scene. I’ve been a big fan since hearing his band, Hospital, in the late 90’s, and have followed him right up through his last few solo records. All three are wildly original musicians who have been writing and recording amazing albums for years. As a fan of all three, it will be such a treat to share a night of music with them.

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Continuing our focus on innovative world music at the Loft’s District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series, and on the heels of an incredible performance by the Ukranian group DakhaBrakha in November, we bring you Sinkane on Saturday, February 21. The music of Ahmeb Gallab, aka Sinkane, is a mix of 70s funk bass, East African pop rhythms, and falsetto vocals. “His masterful, unique blend of sound crosses continents and zig zags thru a mix of musical styles that reflect his sonic biography,” says National Public Radio. You’ll hear distinct horn and synth arrangements common to East Africa as well as the pop rhythms of Michael Jackson. Sinkane was born to Sudanese political exiles in London, but was raised all over the U.S and now resides in Brooklyn. He is touring behind his latest album, Mean Love. Get more with e-news - new shows, special deals, and updates!

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January 2015

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February 2015

Met @ the Music Hall

Live @ The Loft Red Baraat Sunday, March 15 • 7pm

Saturday, February 14 • 12:30pm

The Music Hall presents

Friday, February 20 • 8pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Sinkane Saturday, February 21 • 8pm

Community Partner Back Alley Productions, SASS & A Safe Place presents V-Day Portsmouth 2015: The

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Sunday, January 4 • 12pm Met @ the Music Hall

The Merry Widow (Lehár)

Saturday, January 17 • 1pm Hilarity Jimmy Tingle Saturday, January 17 • 8pm Writers in the Loft/ Innovation + Leadership Jill Lepore Tuesday, January 20 • 7pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Songwriters in the Round Sat., January 24 • 8pm Rental Partner

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody!

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Les Contes d’Hoffman

Saturday, January 31 • 11:30am

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: Visions from Cape Breton & Beyond

Vagina Monologues

Saturday, January 24 • 8pm Opera Connection

Iolanta/Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Tchaikovsky/Bartók)

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Saturday, February 21 • 8pm National Theatre of London HD Broadcast Treasure Island Saturday, February 28 • 1pm

March 2015

March 2015 The Moth Mainstage

Saturday, March 21 • 8pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Bobby Long Friday, March 27 • 8pm Writers in the Loft/ Innovation + Leadership Ron Lieber Monday, March 30 • 7pm

April 2015

Intimately Yours

The Music Hall presents

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Friday, April 3 • 8pm

Russian National Ballet: Giselle Saturday, April 4 • 4pm

Community Partner Kent Stephens’ Stage Force presents

Intimately Yours An Evening with

Saturday, January 31 • 1pm

Hilarity Paula Poundstone Friday, March 6 • 8pm

February 2015

Opera Connection

Writers in the Loft/ Innovation + Leadership

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series A.J. Croce Saturday, March 7 • 8pm Community Partner Kent Stephens’ Stage Force presents

Met @ the Music Hall

Les Contes d’Hoffman (Offenbach)

Amy Chua & Jed Rubenfeld Thursday, February 5 • 7pm

Community Partner The Housing Partnership presents The Capitol Steps Saturday, February 7 • 5pm & 8pm Community Partner Kent Stephens’ Stage Force presents

The Play Reading Series

Monday, February 9 • 7:30pm

Community Partner Goodwin Community Health presents BANFF

Tuesday, February 10 • 7pm

Mountain Film Festival World Tour The Music Hall presents

Renée Fleming

Wednesday, February 11 • 7pm Intimately Yours Michael Franti Thursday, February 12 • 7:30pm

Community Partner PMAC presents

Rental Partner Cousin Richard Entertain-

Diana Krall

Thursday, March 5 • 7:30pm

The Play Reading Series

Monday, March 9 • 7:30pm Community Partner Boston Jewish Music Festival presents

The Klezmatics

Thursday, March 12 • 7:30pm Writers in the Loft Dennis Lehane Friday, March 13 • 7pm Met @ the Music Hall

La Donna del Lago (Rossini) Saturday, March 14 • 1pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Will Dailey Saturday, March 14 • 8pm Community Partner Portsmouth

Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, March 15 • 3pm

Friday, February 13 • 7pm & 9pm

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McDonald’s Comedy Xxtravaganza 2015 Friday, February 13 • 8pm

Hilarity Miranda Sings Thursday, April 23 • 7pm

Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Saturday, April 25 • 11am

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) & Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)

May 2015

Writers on a New England Stage

Community Partner Kent Stephens’ Stage Force presents

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ment Associates presents Mike

Monday, April 6 • 7:30pm

Saturday, April 25 • 12:30pm

PMAC Jazz Night

The Play Reading Series

David Brooks

Sunday, May 3 • 4pm

The Play Reading Series

Monday, May 4 • 7:30pm Writers on a New England Stage

Sue Monk Kidd

Friday, May 8 • 7:30pm The Music Hall presents

24th Annual Kitchen Tour

Saturday, May 9 • 10am - 3pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series Chris Trapper Saturday, May 16 • 8pm Community Partner Portsmouth

Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, May 31 • 3pm

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