January 2016 NOW by The Music Hall

NEW SHOWS ON SALE!

This month, our “First Saturday” on sale event for members is Saturday, January 2. The following NEW shows go on sale to members at 10am for walk-up, at noon for phone and internet sales. Tickets on sale to non-members Saturday, January 16 at noon. To become a member, go online to themusichall.org, call (603) 766-2176 or email AHahalis@ themusichall.org.

Live @ The Loft MOKOOMBA

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

"New hotshots of pan-African funkiness." — Songlines Magazine

Intimately Yours A TRIBE CALLED RED AN ELECTRIC POW WOW DANCE PARTY

Fri., February 19 • 8pm • Historic Theater

$27 (limited orchestra seating); $34 (stage/wristband)

Join us for an on stage dance party! Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native Producer and DJ crew 2oolman, DJ NDN and Bear Witness are taking the The Music Hall’s stage this winter.

“This Canadian trio specializes in a simple but effective hybrid of the more urgent end of electronic music with pow wow music, the traditional drumming and singing of various American Indian tribes. The hypnotic qualities of both make a slick pair.” — New York Times

Writers

in the Loft

JAMES MCBRIDE

Mon., April 18 • 7pm • Loft •

Ticket Package: $42 ($40 members). Includes reserved seat, a copy of KILL EM’ AND LEAVE ($28, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

The National Book Award-winning author of the bestseller The Good Lord Bird comes to town with his first nonfiction work since his celebrated memoir The Color of Water. When McBride received a tip that promised to uncover the “real James Brown,” he set off on a trail that would reveal the influences that created this genius of soul music. Kill ’Em and Leave is more than a book about James Brown. It is an unsettling metaphor for American life: the tension between North and South, black and white, rich and poor.

ALREADY ON SALE

HD Broadcast THE WINTER'S

TALE

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

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

"Radiant Dame Judi Dench is majestically authoritative." — Evening Standard

Live @ The Loft JUANITO PASCUAL

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

District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series ERIC BACHMANN (TRIO)

Tue., April 19 • 7pm • Loft • $20

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

LIVE ON STAGE JANUARY

MELISSA ETHERIDGE - THIS IS M.E. SOLO

Thu., January 14 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $40; $75; $99

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

SERIES

SPONSORS:

EVENING SPONSORS: Avery Insurance; Madden Realtors; Clear Eye Photo

VAUD & THE VILLAINS

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

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

SERIES SPONSORS:

EVENING SPONSORS: Leone, McDonnell & Roberts, P.A.; Madden Realtors; Clear

GLEN DAVID ANDREWS

Sun., January 17 • 7pm • Loft • $32

From making waves headlining the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to his regular gigs at iconic NOLA clubs, Glen David Andrews is part of New Orleans music royalty. Get ready for a night of gospel, blues, and jazz music that will transport you right to the Mardi Gras Parades.

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

MARINA

FRANKLIN

Sat., January 30 • 8pm • Loft • $25

Marina Franklin is emerging as one of the hottest stars in the comedy scene today. She routinely performs across the country at comedy clubs and universities and has appeared at the Montreal Comedy Festival and the New York Underground Comedy Festival.

SERIES SPONSORS:

Eye Photo

LIVE ON STAGE JANUARY

THE WEATHER STATION

Sun., January 24 • 7pm • Loft • $16

“New folk of the highest order.” –Exclaim

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

SERIES SPONSOR:

MEDIA PARTNER:

Live Free Photography – [Liv] Frame Print

CHRIS BATHGATE

Fri., January 29 • 8pm • Loft • $12

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

SERIES SPONSOR:

MEDIA PARTNER:

Live Free Photography – [Liv] Frame Print

AMY CUDDY (SOLD OUT)

Tue., January 19 • 7pm • Loft • $42

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

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

EVENING SPONSOR: Heinemann Publishing

Digital Portsmouth: THE ART OF COPYWRITING

Thu., January 21 • 5:30pm • Loft • Suggested donation: $5

Join us for a great evening networking, cocktails, and lightning talks – three, 15 minute presentations – as we hear from local and regional experts about the Art of Copywriting. Guest curated by Joshua Cyr, Director – Education and Acceleration at Alpha Loft.

COMMUNITY

PARTNER:

LIVE ON STAGE FEBRUARY

Writers

MELANIE BENJAMIN

Mon., February 1 • 7pm Loft • $42

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

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

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ON SCREEN JANUARY

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

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

THE MARTIAN PG-13 • 2h 24m • US 1/2, 1/5, 1/7 @ 7pm; 1/3 @ 3pm

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

SPOTLIGHT R • 2h 8m • US 1/8, 1/9, 1/12, 1/13 @ 7pm; 1/10 @ 3pm

A favorite at TMH’s Telluride by the Sea this year. The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment.

ROOM R • 1h 18m • Ire. 1/16, 1/19, 1/20, 1/21 @ 7pm; 1/17 @ 3pm

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

LABYRINTH

OF LIES R • 2h 4m • Ger. (subtitled) 1/22, 1/26, 1/27, 1/28 @ 7pm; 1/24 @ 3pm

Twenty years after WWII, when a journalist identifies a local teacher as a former guard from Auschwitz, no one wants to take notice. But a young prosecutor takes on the case and during his research realizes that while some Germans claim that they have never heard of "Auschwitz," others are trying to forget. As the resolute prosecutor persists, he finds himself struggling with an overload of information and stumbling into a maze of guilt and lies in which he nearly becomes lost.

BROOKLYN PG-13 • 1h 51m • Ire. 1/30, 2/3, 2/4 @ 7pm; 1/31 @ 3pm

Based on the novel by Colm Toibin (TMH Writers in the Loft) the film tells the moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), an Irish immigrant navigating 1950s Brooklyn, having been lured by the promise of America. The initial shackles of homesickness diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

JAFAR PANAHI'S TAXI NR • 1h 22m • Iran (subtitled) 1/2, 1/3, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7 @ 7pm

This lauded slice-of-life movie stars exiled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi as he poses as a taxi driver in Tehran, in this series of portraits of everyday characters hiring his driving services.

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

NR • 1h 34m • US 1/8, 1/10, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14 @ 7pm

In 1999, Tower Records made $1 billion. In 2006, the company filed for bankruptcy. Everyone thinks they know what killed Tower Records: The Internet. But that's not the story. All Things Must Pass is a feature documentary examining this iconic company's explosive trajectory, tragic demise, and legacy.

THE ASSASSIN NR • 1h 43m • Tai. (subtitled) 1/15, 1/16, 1/20 @ 7pm

Back with his first film in 8 years, legendary Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien wowed this year's Cannes Film Festival. In 9th-century China a young woman is abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be.

INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS NR • 1h 54m • Swe. (subtitled) 1/22, 1/23, 1/27, 1/28 @ 7pm

A combination of never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews with Bergman’s children. A captivating look behind-the-scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most beloved and celebrated actresses of American and European cinema.

MUSTANG PG-13 • 1h 37m • Turk. (subtitled) 1/31, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4 @ 7pm

Five free-spirited teenaged sisters innocently splash about on the beach with their male classmates. A neighbor passes by and reports what she considers to be illicit behavior to the girls' family. The family overreacts, removing all "instruments of corruption," essentially imprisoning the girls. The fierce love between the sisters empowers them to rebel and chase a future where they can determine their own fates.

ON SCREEN JANUARY

Film tickets: $11 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students & Military *Film discounts for active military personnel, veterans and first responders underwritten by SIG SAUER

Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast:

JANE EYRE Sun., 1/3 • 1pm

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

SERIES

SPONSOR:

Wildcard Movie: BOB AND THE TREES

Fri., 1/15 • 7pm 1h 31m

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

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

MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED

Wed., 1/6 • 7pm • Historic Theater 1h 26m

The film inspires its audiences with a sense of purpose and possibility, and is bringing school communities together in re-imagining what our students and teachers are capable of doing. With a post film panel discussion to include author and Exec. Producer, Ted Dintersmith.

Film Matters: REAL VALUE

Fri., 1/29 • 7pm • Historic Theater 1h 10m

An award-winning documentary that delivers a refreshing meditation on how business can be used to create value beyond profit; connecting motivational stories from social entrepreneurs working in agriculture, apparel, insurance, and biofuel. With a post film panel discussion, to include the filmmaker.

SERIES SPONSORS: Allergy Associates of New Hampshire; Optima Bank & Trust; Rudi's Portsmouth; RAM Printing

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LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES (BIZET)

Sat., 1/16 • 1pm • Historic Theater 2h 29m

$27.50; $24.50; $15 ages 18 & under Matthew Polenzani and Mariusz Kwiecien sing the roles of Nadir and Zurga, the two pearl fishers whose friendship is tested by their rivalry for Leïla’s affections, played by Diana Damrau.

TURANDOT (PUCCINI)

Sat., 1/30 • 1pm • Historic Theater 2h 57m

$27.50; $24.50; $15 ages 18 & under Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme sings her first Met performances of the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess.

Don't miss the Opera Connection on 1/30 at 11:30am in the Loft!

Make sure your pre-order your opera box lunches, more information at http://bit.ly/operaboxlunch

HD Broadcast: THE WINTER'S TALE Sat., 1/23 • 1pm

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

FILM EVENT KEY: @ HISTORIC THEATER @ MUSIC HALL LOFT

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

Of the American Film Institute’s 100 top suspense/thriller movies of all time, this is the oldest, and the only farce: who’d have thought that a perilous climb up the side of a skyscraper could be so hilarious? The equal of Chaplin or Keaton, Harold Lloyd was thought by producer Hal Roach too handsome to do silent comedy – so he slapped on a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and a stunt-loving comic star was born. Also featuring Lloyd’s wife-to-be, the adorable Mildred Davis. PLUS: to get things rolling, a surprise Buster Keaton short!

Subscriptions for the Film Club (series of six) are available for $75, individual tickets are available for $15. Tickets are limited, book your subscription today. No passes. Ticket price includes a free popcorn and post-film discussion with host and moderator Kent Stephens.

2015-2016 Season Sponsors

$15,000 to $24,999

Atlantic Grill Avery Insurance* B2W Software, Inc.*

Allergy Associates of New Hampshire*

W Holdings

Engineering**

January is Corporate Appreciation month and we want to take this opportunity to thank our corporate partners once again for their generous contributions. As you head out this month, we encourage you to join us in thanking these valued partners for their support. Berwick Academy

$10,000 to $14,999

$5,000 to $9,999

Carpe Diem Coffee Roasting Co.** Churchill’s Garden Center* D.F. Richard Energy** The Friendly Toast Kennebunk Savings* Leone, McDonnell & Roberts, P.A.**

$2,500 to $4,999

Technologies* Cocked Hat Ventures* Heinemann Publishing IOS Business Centers* Jardiniere**

Mermaid Island Grill* Digital Prospectors* Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella, PLLC** Harbor Advisory Corporation Harbour Women’s Health**

Bistro*

Madden Realtors* Northeast Delta Dental** Optima Bank & Trust*

to $2,499

Hemenway Trust Company Jackson Lewis, P.C.** Leddy Group

$1,000 to $1,499

Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank Piscataqua Landscaping & Tree Service* The Provident Bank**

Pax World Investments** Piscataqua Savings Bank** Prime, Buchholz & Associates, Inc.** Radici Restaurant** Rudi’s Portsmouth*

Advisors**

Robert’s Maine Grill* Robinson Smith Wealth Advisors

Louie’s

Strawbery Banke Museum* Troiano Wealth Advisory Group*

The Flower Kiosk*

Joya Beauty

Ristorante Massimo*

Sierra Designs**

Extraordinary Cinema The Martian 3pm