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Extraordinary Cinema: Margin Call

7pm @ Music Hall Loft • R • 107min • 2011 • USA

An entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. Starring Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore and Stanley Tucci.

Extraordinary Cinema: Melancholia

7pm @ Historic Theater • R • 136min • 2011 • Denmark

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Extraordinary Cinema: Melancholia

7pm @ Historic Theater • R • 136min • 2011 • Denmark

A couple (Kirsten Dunst and Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party. Despite best efforts, family tensions mount. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth. Director Lars von Trier; Best Actress for Kirsten Dunst at Cannes and Palme d’Or nomination.

On Screen in HD @ The Music Hall: Sondheim's Company

1pm @ Historic Theater • PG13 • 150min • Tickets: $18

Neil Patrick Harris leads an all-star cast of Patti LuPone, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Christina Hendricks, Craig Bierko and Martha Plimpton, as Bobby, a confirmed bachelor facing his 35th birthday and his inability to commit.

Extraordinary Cinema: Melancholia

7pm @ Historic Theater • R • 136min • 2011 • Denmark

Extraordinary Cinema: Melancholia

7pm @ Historic Theater • R • 136min • 2011 • Denmark

Writers in the Loft: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

7pm @ Music Hall Loft • Tickets: $64 Includes reserved seat, book ($50.00), bar beverage; author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

One of America’s foremost critics and historians, Harvard University’s Henry Louis Gates joins us to discuss his new landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the 2008 Presidential election. Don’t miss a lively and informative evening!

Extraordinary Cinema: Melancholia

7pm @ Historic Theater • R • 136min • 2011 • Denmark

Historical Tour of The Music Hall: 5:30pm

Film Matters: Revenge of the Electric Car

7pm @ Historic Theater • PG13 • 90min • 2011 • USA

A follow-up to his 2006 Who Killed the Electric Car? director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of the vehicles. Film will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.

Extraordinary Cinema: Sleeping Beauty

7pm @ Music Hall Loft • NR • 104min • 2011 • Australia

University student Lucy (Emily Browning) takes a job where she will have to give into absolute submission to her clients by being sedated. This first feature film by Australian novelist, Julia Leigh, was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Extraordinary Cinema: Melancholia

7pm @ Historic Theater • R • 136min • 2011 • Denmark

The Met @ The Music Hall: The Enchanted Island (Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi & others)

1pm @ Historic Theater • Tickets: $27.50

Inspired by the masques of the 18th century, the Met presents an original Baroque fantasy, featuring a who’s who of Baroque stars led by eminent conductor William Christie.

Extraordinary Cinema: Melancholia

7pm @ Historic Theater • R • 136min • 2011 • Denmark

Seacoast Local Presents: Skyler & the Band of Thieves 8pm @ Music Hall Loft • Tickets: $12 advance, $15 day of; 18 & under or with student ID: $8 advance, $10 day of

Extraordinary Cinema: Sleeping Beauty 7pm @

CIRCUS IS COMING!

Australia

Intimately Yours: Carolina Chocolate Drops

7:30pm @ Historic Theater • Tickets: $24; $19

Rolling Stone described their style as “dirt-floor-dance electricity.” Touring behind their new CD, Genuine Negro Jig, which won the 2011 Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album.

Wildcard Movie: In Danger of Being Discovered 7pm @ Historic Theater • 2011 • USA

Local benefit screening of the new feature documentary with filmmakers Q&A, fundraising and special musical performances!

Broadcast In HD: 3 Superstars in Berlin

1pm @ Historic Theater • PG • 135min Tickets: $20 At Berlin’s stunning Waldbuhne, Anna Netrebko is joined by her husband, baritone Erwin Schrott and tenor Jonas Kaufman. Including duets from Bernstein’s West Side Story, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and more, the singers are accompanied by Marco Armiliato conducting the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Extraordinary Cinema: Like Crazy

7pm @ Historic Theater • PG13 • 90min • 2011 • USA

When British college student (Felicity Jones) falls for her American classmate (Anton Yelchin), they embark on a passionate journey only to be separated when she violates the terms of her visa. Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and the Special Jury Prize for Jones’ performance.

Extraordinary Cinema: Like Crazy 7pm @ Historic Theater • PG13 • 90min

The Carolina Chocolate Drops

THURSDAY, JANUARY

"revisiting string-band and jug-band music of the '20s and '30s...dirt-floor dance electricity!" – ROLLING STONE

Soul, Roots, Spirituals

ENTERTAINMENT THAT CONNECTS WITH OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY

You see the Carolina Chocolate Drops (1/26) on the cover. We first saw them live two years ago and were wowed - an Americana Renaissance band of the first order. We’ve asked Henry Louis Gates (1/17) here because of both The Music Hall’s and Portsmouth’s connection to African-American history: from Frederick Douglass speaking twice on our site; to featuring one of the first African-American opera stars, Siseretta Jones, after she was denied a role at the Met; to contemporary performers like the Screaming Eagle of Soul, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires (2/3), (introduced to us by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings!). Soweto Gospel Choir (2/13) will perform a post-concert song over the African Burying Ground. And to round out all that great programming, the Temptations (pictured) will take the stage on 2/24.

Superstars on Screen!

January is already shaping up to be “Superstars on Screen” at The Music Hall. The month is bookended by Sondheim’s Company (1/14) featuring all manner of stars from Neil Patrick Harris to Patti Lupone, Stephen Colbert to Christina Hendricks. The other bookend? Three of the biggest names in opera come together for a once in a lifetime performance: Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Jonas Kaufman in 3 Superstars in Berlin (1/28).

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