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NEW SHOWS ON SALE!

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

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Members take an additional 10% off!

Intimately Yours

VALERIE JUNE

Tue., June 7 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $22; $28

Percolating somewhere between Dolly Parton and Billie Holiday, June’s is a stop-you-dead-in-your-tracks voice, the kind that grips your imagination and paints her Southern portraits in vivid detail.

Writers in the Loft RINKER BUCK**

Thu., June 9 • 7pm • Loft • $31; $29 members

Book: The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (paperback)

Don’t miss the excitement of this #1 NY Times bestseller, an “awe-inspiring…charming, big-hearted, impassioned” (Boston Globe) account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way – in a covered wagon with a team of mules.

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MICHAEL MCDONALD

Tue., June 28 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $48; $65; $87

The deep, soulful voice of the Doobie Brothers, one of the most popular songwriters and solo artists of the rock era, and five-time Grammy Winner, comes to the Historic Theater.

Writers in the Loft LAURA LIPPMAN**

Tue., June 14 • 7pm • Loft • $41; $39 members

Book: Wilde Lake (hardcover)

The New York Times bestselling author and award-winning crime writer joins us with her latest novel exploring the frailty of memory and how life and circumstance can create villains where heroes once stood.

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series SIERRA HULL Thu., April 21 • 7:30pm • Loft Live @ The Loft SHEMEKIA COPELAND Sat., April 30 • 9pm • Loft

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series THE MIKE & RUTHY BAND Thu., May 5 • 8pm • Loft

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series AJ CROCE Wed. May 18 • 7:30pm • Loft

Rental Partner Jewish Federation of NH presents: NH JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL • Sun., April 3 • 1pm & 3:30pm • Loft • $10

The Music Hall & New Hampshire Public Radio present Writers on a New England Stage MARY ROACH* Thu., June 30 • 7pm • Historic Theater

$13.25; $11.25 members • Book: GRUNT ($26.95)

The bestselling author of Packing for Mars, Bonk, Spook, and Stiff explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.

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MARIACHI FLOR DE TOLOACHE

Fri., June 24 • 8pm • Loft • $20

These Latin Grammy Nominees make NYC history as its’ first and only all-women mariachi band. Reminiscent of the early days of mariachi, with an edgy, versatile, and fresh take on traditional Mexican music.

*For each 1-2 tickets sold, the purchase of a book voucher is required. Vouchers can be redeemed on the event night for signed copies of the book.

**Includes reserved seat, book, bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

Rental Partner World Truth Music presents: JAMES MONTGOMERY'S MEGA BLUES TRIO Fri., May 6 • 8pm • Loft • $29

Rental Partner Buddy Kirschner presents: STEVEN WRIGHT • Fri., June 10 • 8pm Historic Theater • $39.50; $49.50

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AN EVENING WITH YO LA TENGO

Fri., April 8 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $27; $35

Fan favorite indie-rock band comes to the Historic Theater with two sets: one rock and the other more acoustic. The trio of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew are renowned for both their original material and their encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs.

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Bottomline Technologies; Louie’s; Clear Eye Photo; The Sound

THREE ACTS, TWO DANCERS, ONE RADIO HOST:

AN EVENING WITH IRA GLASS

Sat., April 30 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $35; $68; $78

A unique interpretation of dance and radio collaboration with popular radio host Ira Glass and entertainers Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass.

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EVENING SPONSORS: BayRing Communications; Demeters Steakhouse; NHPR

GIPSY KINGS FEATURING NICOLAS REYES & TONINO BALIARDO

Sat., April 23 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $55; $85; $115 Meld heated flamenco, rumba, salsa, and pop to get at the sound of these Grammy Award-winners. Celebrate with us as they create their own blistering tradition – transporting audiences to the south of France with flamenco guitars and booming Spanish vocals.

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The Provident Bank; Clear Eye Photo

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PATRICK LYNCH

Wed., April 13 • 7pm • Loft • $42; $40 members

Includes reserved seat, book (The Internet of Us, $25.95, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

Internationally recognized philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch asks the most provocative questions of the age: With more information at our fingertips than at anytime in history, are we thinking less and understanding less? Is the modern internet distorting how we learn and even what it means to be human? This cultural commentator has been featured in The NY Times, The New Yorker, and The Guardian.

LIVE ON STAGE APRIL

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.

DAKHABRAKHA

Wed., April 20 • 7pm • Loft •

$29.50; $32 day of show

Named “Best Breakout” at Bonnaroo by Rolling Stone, and back by popular demand, the hot Ukrainian folk-punk quartet creates a bright, unforgettable sound ranging from primal and propulsive to stirring and soulful.

MEDIA PARTNER: Live Free Photography – [Liv] Frame Print

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SHEMEKIA COPELAND

Sat., April 30 • 9pm • Loft • $38.50

With a voice that is alternately sultry, assertive and roaring, her music showcases the evolution of a passionate artist with a modern musical and lyrical approach. Don’t miss her intimate show at the Loft.

JAMES MCBRIDE

Mon., April 18 • 7pm • Loft

$42; $40 • Includes reserved seat, book (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.

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ERIC BACHMANN (TRIO)

Tue., April 19 • 7pm • Loft • $20

Beginning with his early-‘90s indie band the Archers of Loaf, the onetime Appalachian State University saxophone major has crafted a relentlessly independent and uncompromising rock & roll journey.

SIERRA HULL

Thu., April 21 • 7:30pm • Loft • $27

Don’t miss one of bluegrass’s hottest new instrumentalist/singer/ songwriters, called a "prodigious talent" by The New York Times.

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APARNA NANCHERLA

Sat., April 23 • 8pm • Loft • $22

ON SCREEN APRIL

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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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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MAX: FURY ROAD R • 2h • Australia 4/1, 4/3, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7 @ 7pm

Witness (!) the winner of the most Oscars this year. Filmmaker George Miller gears up for another post-apocalyptic action adventure with Fury Road, the fourth outing in the Mad Max film series. Charlize Theron stars alongside Tom Hardy, with Zoe Kravitz, Adelaide Clemens, and Rosie Huntington Whiteley heading up the supporting cast.

CAROL R • 1h 58m UK 4/10, 4/12, 4/13, 4/14 @ 7pm

Todd Haynes directs this adaptation of the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, in which Therese (Rooney Mara), a young department-store clerk in 1950s Manhattan, meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), a beautiful older woman stuck in a depressing marriage of convenience. As their bond deepens and they become romantically involved, Carol finds the strength to leave her husband (Kyle Chandler). Unfortunately, her spouse starts to raise questions about her fitness as a mother when he realizes that Carol's relationships with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) and Therese are more than just friendships.

ANOMALISA R • 1h 30m • US 4/15, 4/16, 4/17, 4/19, 4/20, 4/21 @ 7pm

A man struggles with his inability to connect with other people. The Oscar nominated, full-length stop-motion animated feature written by award winning writer, Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), directed by C. Kaufman & Duke Johnson.

THE WAVE R • 1h 44m • Norway (subtitled) 4/24, 4/26, 4/27, 4/29, 5/1, 5/3 @ 7pm

Nestled in Norway's Sunnmøre region is the spectacular tourist spot, Geiranger, with a glorious mountain overlooking the village — and constantly threatening to collapse into the fjord. After putting in years at the local warning centre, geologist Kristian is set to move on to a prestigious new job with an oil company. But the very day he's about to drive his family to their new life, Kristian senses something isn't right.

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.

A WAR R • 1h 55m • Denmark (subtitled) 4/5, 4/6, 4/7 @ 7pm

Company commander Claus M. Pedersen and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile back in Denmark, Claus' wife Maria is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him - and his family.

RAMS R • 1h 33m • Iceland (subtitled) 4/14, 4/15, 4/16 @ 7pm

A Telluride by the Sea 2015 favorite and winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this charming, stunningly shot drama focuses on two Icelandic sheep farmers whose decades-long feud comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks. In a secluded valley, estranged brothers Gummi and Kiddi live side by side tending to their prized ancestral sheep stock, despite not having spoken in 40 years, when a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi's sheep.

EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT NR • 2h 5m • Columbia (subtitled) 4/27, 4/28, 4/29, 5/4 @ 7pm

This Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Oscar Nominee from Columbia features the encounter, apparent betrayal and finally life-affirming friendship between an Amazonian shaman (the last survivor of his people) and two foreign scientists.

ON SCREEN APRIL

Film tickets: $11 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students & Military* (*Film discounts for

Met @ The Music Hall: MADAMA

BUTTERFLY (PUCCINI)

Sat., 4/2 • 1pm

$27.50; $24.50 members; $15 for 18 & under Kristine Opolais brings her heartbreaking interpretation of the title role, in Anthony Minghella’s critically acclaimed 2006 production.

Don't miss the Opera Connection at 11:30am in the Loft!

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Newburyport, MA native Johanna Schwartz (writer/director) will join us for a discussion.

THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST: MALIAN MUSIC IN EXILE

NR • 1h 45m • UK Tue., 4/12 • 7pm

A feature-length documentary following musicians in Mali in the wake of a jihadist takeover and subsequent banning of music. Music, one of the most important forms of communication in Mali, disappeared overnight in 2012 when Islamic extremists groups rose up to capture an area the size of the UK and France combined.

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

Lee, NH native Robert Eggers (writer/ director) will join us for a discussion.

THE WITCH R • 1h 32m • US Sat., 4/2 • 7pm

Writer/director Robert Eggers’ debut feature, which premiered to great acclaim at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival — winning the Best Director Prize in the U.S. Narrative Competition — painstakingly recreates a God-fearing New England decades before the 1692 Salem witch trials, in which religious convictions tragically turned to mass hysteria.

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

Met @ The Music Hall: ROBERTO DEVEREUX (DONIZETTI)

Sun., 4/17 • 1pm

$27.50; $24.50 members; $15 for 18 & under

The final opera in Donizetti’s “Tudor trilogy” focuses on the older Queen Elizabeth I, who is forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves. Sir David McVicar returns to stage the final installment in the series.

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Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast: HANGMEN Sun., 4/10 • 1pm

$19; $17 members; $15 for ages 18 and under Following a sell-out run at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Olivier and Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, In Bruges) returns to the West End with Matthew Dunster’s award-winning production of his deeply funny new play Hangmen

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Met @ The Music Hall: ELEKTRA (STRAUSS) Sun., 5/1 • 1pm

$27.50; $24.50 members; $15 for 18 & under Strauss’s blazing tragedy about an ancient Greek princess hell-bent on revenge comes to the Met in the final opera production by the legendary director Patrice Chéreau.

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Film Club: Great Comics Make Great Comedies:

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) PLUS: WHAT'S OPERA DOC?

G • 2h • USA Tue., 4/26 @ 7pm • Loft

Note: Event not on the third Tuesday

#1 on the AFI list of all time funniest films. Jazz cats Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon witness a mob hit and go on the lam, disguised as members of an all-girl band fronted by singing vamp Marilyn Monroe. Things get complicated, and then very complicated! Director Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard) crafts a retro cross-dressing farce filmed in glorious black-andwhite. This film’s got it all: slapstick, chase scenes, and one-liners, most especially the final one, that you will be repeating for life. PLUS: the cartoon ranked by a poll of 1000 animation pros as the greatest ever, featuring Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny. Individual tickets are available for $15. Tickets are limited. No passes. Ticket price includes a free popcorn and post-film discussion with host and moderator Kent Stephens.

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Benefits Beyond The Music Hall

Music Hall member benefits are more than just discounts on performances and early access to tickets, members get discounts at over 30 downtown businesses, stores, and restaurants. You can use your membership to get a discount on flowers, jewelry, shoes, clothing, spa treatments, and great meals. We sent Music Hall member and downtown resident Gayle Blumenberg out to see how many discounts she could use in a day.

“Becoming a member is an easy way to gain access to The Music Hall’s schedule of events, but it also has some huge perks and discounts that make living life in downtown Portsmouth more fun and even encouraged us to explore more of the city. I try to shop in those places as often as possible. They all help create the community that I've come to love!

When the grandchildren visit they can't wait to head down to The Friendly Toast for their favorite pancakes- anytime of day! If I need a gift, I like to pop over to the marvelous Pickwick's Mercantile for a unique and memorable gift and then Gus and Ruby’s Letterpress for the perfect card and gift wrap. I love taking visitors to Rudi's Portsmouth because of their great food and the proximity to the theater. And they all offer great discounts for Music Hall members!"

Head over to our blog to see how Gayle uses her discount on everything from pancakes to flower arrangements, and dinners out at some of the best restaurants in town!

Read more about the Kitchen Tour on pg 10!

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Jewish Federation of NH presents: 8th Annual NH Jewish Film Festival 1:30pm & 3:30pm

Extraordinary Cinema

Mad Max: Fury Road 7pm

Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast Hangmen 1pm

Extraordinary Cinema Carol 7pm

Music

Book Club

Extraordinary Cinema Janis: Little Girl Blue 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Macbeth 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Janis: Little Girl Blue 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Macbeth 7pm

Live @ the Loft Mokoomba 7:30pm

Historic Tour 5:30pm

Extraordinary Cinema Mad Max: Fury Road 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema A War 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Mad Max: Fury Road 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema A War 7pm

School Days Series Seussical (9:30am SOLD OUT) 9:30am & 11:30am

Extraordinary Cinema Mad Max: Fury Road 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema A War 7pm

Extraordinary Cinema Mad Max: Fury Road 7pm

Live @ the Loft Emel Mathlouthi 8pm

Opera Connection Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 11:30am

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

Wildcard Movie The Witch 7pm

Rental Partners

Sweaty Turtle Entertainment LLC presents: Nico: Underground 7:30pm

Intimately Yours An Evening with Yo La Tengo 8pm

Rental Partners

Sweaty Turtle Entertainment LLC presents: Nico: Underground 7:30pm

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RuthlessSpectator.com presents: Rob Bartlett and Tony Powell in "Spring It" 8pm

Extraordinary Cinema Carol 7pm

Wildcard Movie They Will Have To Kill Us First... 7pm

Director's Club 5:30pm • Louie's

Met @ The Music Hall Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) 1pm