USA, Rated R, 83 Minutes

Director: Laurie Collyer

Cast: Melissa Leo, Tessa Thompson, Anna Paquin

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 1:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 5:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 5:30
Thursday - 5:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

The latest comedy by Laurie Collyer, takes a spin on the road movie. When a rowdy inmate Melissa gets one weekend out of prison to visit her ailing mother, the rookie corrections officer assigned to keep an eye on her struggles to keep her in line during their emergency furlough. With Whoopi Goldberg, Edgar Ramirez, and La La Anthony.

Italy, Rated R, 112 Minutes

Director: Paolo Virzi

Cast: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Christopher McKay

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 1:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 7:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 7:30
Thursday - 7:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

The film stars Academy Award-winner (R) Helen Mirren and two-time Golden Globe-winner (R) Donald Sutherland as a runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker, travelling from Boston to The Ernest Hemingway Home in Key West. They recapture their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.

In English.

Tuesday, May 15, 7:00 pm
Encore: Tuesday, May 29, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heath. Driven by their disturbing prophecies, he sets out on the path to murder. Our contemporary production of Shakespeare’s darkest psychological thriller marks both Christopher Eccleston’s RSC debut and the return of Niamh Cusack to the Company.

This is an on-screen event.

USA, Rated PG-13, 106 Minutes
Director: John Curran
Cast: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 1:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 5:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 5:30
Thursday - 5:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

In this riveting suspense drama, Chappaquidick explores the scandal and mysterious events surrounding the tragic drowning of a young woman. Not only did this event take the life of an aspiring political strategist and Kennedy insider, but it ultimately changed the course of presidential history forever. Through true accounts, documented in the inquest from the investigation in 1969, director John Curran intimately exposes the broad reach of political power, the influence of America's most celebrated family; and the vulnerability of Ted Kennedy, the youngest son, in the shadow of his family legacy.

Friday, June 1, 7:00 pm

Location:
York Street Meeting House
153 York St.
Lyndon, VT

Tickets: $12 (tax inclusive), under 13 free

Veteran fiddlers David Greely (Louisiana) and Claude Méthé (Québec) invite you to connect the dots between their Cajun and Québec traditions. For a quarter of a century, these two award-winning “porteurs de tradition” have made their mark as players and cultural ambassadors on both sides of the border. Accompanied by guitarist-singer-foot-percussionist Dana Whittle, they offer up songs and music that illustrate the respective differences and similarities of their dual French/North American roots. Discover the magic of these living traditions in real-time.

Saturday, June 2, 7pm

Location:
St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts
155 Emery Street
Berlin, NH

Tickets: $12.00 (adults) and $8.00 (minors)

The Goyettes of Berlin, New Hampshire are known for two things: large families and musical talent. On Saturday, June 2nd starting at 7:00 pm, all 13 siblings of the Goyette family will come together St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts to celebrate more than 100 years of Goyettes making music in their hometown. Tickets for the show, $12.00 for adults and $8.00 for those under 18, are available on line (www.stkieranarts.org) for a small additional fee, at the arts center office and at the door on the evening of the show.

The first in this long line of musicians, Louis Goyette (pianist) first came to Berlin in 1917 to play for the booming mill town. He passed his talent on to many of his 10 children including his youngest, Clarence. Clarence and his wife Jeanette, a singer, filled their home with music. Their kids all sang before they could talk and played with musical instruments as much as with toys. From French folk songs and jazz standards to the Beatles and some original tunes, music was as much their language as French or English.

June 2, 2018 will mark the first time that the entire family gathers for a public performance, presenting a once-in-a-lifetime concert. Together, they will pay homage to their parents and grandparents by sharing songs of yesterday and today with love in the community where they got their start.

Sponsor: The Town & Country Inn and Resort

SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 8 PM

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $22 Reserved front & center, $17 General admission, $14 Members general admission.

Session Americana is a rock band in a tea cup, or possibly a folk band in a whiskey bottle. This band/collective of talented musicians craft an musical experience unlike any other. On stage is a collapsible bar table wired with microphones, a vintage suitcase recast as a kick drum, an old Estey field organ, a pre-war parlor guitar, a mandocello and all of its smaller siblings, a harmonica case fire damaged when Jack’s bar went up in flames and graffitied by Depeche Mode roadies, and an assortment of other instruments that get passed around in this freewheeling modern hootenanny. The anything-could-happen feel of a Session show depends on craft that’s not accidental or easily won; they bring a kind of ease and genuineness to this timeless music, sometimes presenting the latest batch of original songs, sometimes reaching back into depths of the American “song bag”.

A loving tribute to Raylynmor Opera Founding Artistic Director Henry Shaffer

Sunday, June 3, 3:00 pm

Location:
Congregation Achim
84 Hastings Ave.
Keene, NH

Tickets: $15 all seats, free for children 12 and under

This sparkling Savoy classic honors Raylynmor's long standing tradition of performing the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. Come be transported by the riotoulsly funny tale, sublime music and tongue-twisting words.

Wednesday, June 6, 7:00 pm

Location: Catamount Arts

Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett
Rating: Unrated
Run Time: 78 minutes

Country: United States
Language: English
Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dan Cohen, Louise Dueno, Neil Hardie

The United Community Church, in conjunction with Catamount Arts, is sponsoring a screening of the acclaimed documentary, Alive Inside, on Wednesday, June 6th at 7 pm in the Catamount Arts Center theater.

This documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he fights against a broken health-care system to demonstrate music's ability in helping to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from such loss. He visits nursing homes across the country bringing personalized music on iPods to patients afflicted with dementia, reawakening their emotions and memories. Filmmaker Rossato-Bennett visits family members who have witnessed the miraculous effects of this music on their loved ones, and offers illuminating interviews with experts including renowned neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks (Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain) and musician Bobby McFerrin ("Don't Worry, Be Happy").

After the screening, there will be a brief discussion about possibleoptions for implementing this program in our community.

Friday, June 6, 8:00 pm

Location:
Peformance Studio
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: $10 all seats

Get down with your bad self when The Renegade Groove brings its unique style of funk to the Studio for a dance party, fresh off its May release of the band’s debut album. A four-piece funk-rock group that hails from Burlington, The Renegade Groove is reminiscent of Parliament Funkadelic or Prince, with a shreddage factor of 100. Tightly arranged song sections open to large improvisational sections, where the boys can show their individual chops (see: shreddage factor of 100).

USA, Rated R, 109 Minutes
Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Jon Hamm, Mark Pellegrino

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 5:30 & 7:30 *** There is no matinee screening today due to programming from the Bolshoi Ballet
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 5:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 5:30
Thursday - 5:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

Mason Skiles had a great life as a diplomat in Beirut. He and his wife, Nadia, lived in a beautiful house and had been mentoring a thirteen year-old Palestinian boy named Karim. The opening scene in the film is a party that the Stiles are hosting for other dignitaries. Karim is helping out serving the guests. When a CIA friend of Mason, Cal, comes to the party he is interested only in taking Karim in for questioning about an older brother Mason doesn't know about. What happens that night changes Mason's life forever, along several others at the party.

There will be no matinee on Sunday, June 10, due to other programming.

Japan/USA, Rated PG-13, 101 Minutes
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Voices of Bill Murray, Scarlett Johanson, Bryan Craston

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 1:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 7:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 7:30
Thursday - 7:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

In this stop-motion-animated film from writer/director Wes Anderson, an outbreak of canine flu in Japan leads all dogs to be quarantined on an island. A boy journeys there to rescue his dog Spots, and gets help from a pack of misfit canines who have also been exiled. His quest inspires a group of dog lovers to expose a government conspiracy. The voice cast also includes Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Bob Balaban, Greta Gerwig, and Yoko Ono.

Summer Season Kick-Off Concert
Friday, June 8, 7:00pm

Location:
United Community Church (formerly North Church)
1325 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $12 Adults (tax included), students (18 and under) are free
Admission is free to those who have a Catamount Arts Summer Solstice raffle ticket.

Vermont's premier bluegrass band, Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing, will present their summer kickoff concert at North Church in St. Johnsbury at 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 8. The band's most recent CDs, Sunrise Blues and Body & Soul have both received "Vermont's Best CD of the Year" awards in the country/bluegrass category from the Times Argus.

The drawing for the Catamount Arts Summer Solstice raffle will take place during intermission.

Drawing - Friday, June 8, 2018

Tickets: $50 each or 3 for $100 (Discount will be applied automatically once three tickets are in your basket.)
Only 2000 tickets will be sold!

Celebrate arts in the community with Catamount Arts. The sole winner will be able to choose one of three awesome prizes. (There will only be one winner and only one of the three prizes will be awarded.)

1. 2018 Polaris Ranger 570 - Full size 3-passenger with top and windshield (MSRP $11,500)

2. $10,000 Cash!

3. 2018 Harley Davidson XL1200 Sportster Custom (MSRP $11,000)

The winning ticket will be drawn on Friday, June 8th during the Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing Bluegrass concert at United Community Church - North. Raffle ticket holders get free admission to the show!

Winner is responsible for all associated fees which include, but may not be limited to, all Federal, State & local tax liability; license, title, registration and/or similar fees associated with receiving this prize. Must be 18 years or older to win. Winner must claim prize within ten (10) days of drawing.

Proceeds to benefit Catamount Film and Arts.

Friday, June 8, 7:30 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: General admission $15

The Cabot School’s answer to School of Rock, this 18-piece original alt-pop funk orchestra redefines the concept of “school band.” Join us on the Main Stage to see the future of rock and roll as students from Cabot present a show that is completely kid-powered.

Saturday, June 9, 7:30 pm
Cafe opens at 6:00 pm

Location:
Court Street Arts at Alumni Hall
Haverhill, NH

Tickets: $28 Court Street Arts members, $30 non-members

Dinner options(order along with your show ticket):
Summer Salad with Lemon Chicken - Orzo & rosemary salad with pine nuts, feta, and olives paired with a lightly seasoned chicken, served with a mixed greens salad with cucumber, gorgonzola, roasted pumpkin seeds & dried cranberries, homemade roll - $13
Quiche - A delightful vegetarian quiche served with a mixed greens salad with cucumber, gorgonzola, roasted pumpkin seeds & dried cranberries, homemade roll - $10
Stuffed Peppers - A roasted pepper filled with a blend of flavored rice and savory sausage served with a mixed greens salad with cucumber, gorgonzola, roasted pumpkin seeds & dried cranberries, homemade roll - $12 (GF, option of dairy free)(Salads can be ordered dairy free).

Iris DeMent exemplifies what it means to forge your own path in the music industry. Her independently released 1992 debut Infamous Angel garnered such palpable buzz that it landed her a deal with Warner Bros. and was hailed as an essential album of the 1990s by Rolling Stone Magazine.

Since that incredible start, DeMent has released a series of stellar recordings that have earned her multiple Grammy Award nominations, critical acclaim, as well as the respect and admiration of fans around the world including a few famous ones like; Steve Earle, John Prine, and Emmylou Harris.

Respected for her trail-blazing spirit, DeMent has never shied away from using her ethereal voice and songwriting craft to showcase introspection as well as to addressing a variety of topics ranging from religion to politics.

Saturday, June 9, 7:30 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Admission: Adults - $35, $25, $20, $15, Seniors - $15, Student - $10

“Perhaps the most creative improviser in Gypsy jazz today, Mr. Wrembel plays the guitar with a rich and colorful lyricism.” – New York Times, Jan 19 2018

David Frick at Rolling Stone Magazine called him “a revelation.” He has headlined Lincoln Center, played major festivals, recorded with mandolin legend David Grisman, toured with master violinist Mark O’Connor and shared stages with everyone from Elvis Costello to Patti Smith to The Roots. The Gitane guitar company has even named a model after him.

We’re very excited to host Stephane Wrembel and his band on the Main Stage.

Sunday, June 10, 12:55 pm
Encore: Wedensday, June 13, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: Adults - $18, Members - $15, Students - $6

Running time: 2:45

Music Léo Delibes
Choreography Sergei Vikharev after Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti
Cast The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet

Swanhilda notices her fianceé Franz is infatuated with the beautiful Coppélia who sits reading on her balcony each day. Nearly breaking up the two sweethearts, Coppélia is not what she seems and Swanhilda decides to teach Franz a lesson…

The Bolshoi’s unique version of Coppélia exhibits a fascinating reconstruction of the original 19th century choreography of this ebullient comedy involving a feisty heroine, a boyish fianceé with a wandering eye, and an old dollmaker. The company’s stunning corps de ballet shines in the divertissements and famous “dance of the hours,” and its principals abound in youthful energy and irresistible humor in this effervescent production.

This is an on-screen event.

United Kingdom, Rated R, 90 Minutes
Director: Stanley Tucci
Cast: Armie Hammer, Clemence Poesy, Geoffrey Rush

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 1:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 5:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 5:30
Thursday - 5:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

Final Portrait is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and Alberto Giacometti, as seen through Lord's eyes and revealing unique insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and sometimes the chaos of the artistic process. Set in 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, Lord is asked by his friend, Giacometti, to sit for a portrait. The process, promises Giacometti, will take only a few days and so Lord agrees -ultimately wondering "how much longer can it go on like this?"

Saturday, June 16, 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Location:
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
1302 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: All tickets $50

A celebration of summer like no other! Please join us as we sample exciting flavors from some of our region's creative and talented chefs among our treasured collections. There's no finer place to party. You'll get to taste fresh flavors presented in the creative kitchens of Pica-Pica, Bread & Butter, Kham's Thai Cuisine, Vermont Foodie Stand, Natural Provisions Deli, Peggy Bakes, Sweet Seasons Farm and Artisan Confections, Jasper Hill Farm Cheeses ... plus drinks from the St. Johnsbury Distillery and the Kingdom Taproom.

This year, we're honoring the 190th birthday of our founder, Franklin Fairbanks! Party with the bears and flamingos and your friends and neighbors in this not-to-be-missed event, hosted by Maple Capital Management. Generous sponsorship means that all ticket sales benefit public programs and educational services offered by the Fairbanks Museum.

with Live Piano Accompaniment

Saturday, June 16, 7:30 pm

Location:
Peformance Studio
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: $10 all seats
Buy tickets for all four silent films and save $10! (discount will be applied automatically when you have placed tickets for all four films in your basket)

The Silent Film series spans four dates from June through September.

Our Hospitality stars Buster Keaton, and tells the story of Willie McKay, who is caught in the middle of the infamous Canfield-McKay feud (a satire of the real-life Hatfield-McCoy feud). Bob Merrill provides live piano accompaniment to the film.

Runtime: 74 min.

Other Films in the Series: “The Artist”, Charlie Chaplin’s ” The Kid” with Live Piano Accompaniment, and “Blancanieves”

SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 8 PM

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $18 General admission, $15 Members general admission.

One of Rolling Stone’s “10 New Artists You Need To Know” – “Modern-day Buddy Holly plus Dwight Yoakam divided by the Mavericks… Think-y, soulful lyrics paired with a beat you can dance to.” —ROLLING STONE

A mix of old school country, early rock ‘n’ roll, blues, and country rock. Inspiration is taken from Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton classics. Girls Guns & Glory are electric and captivating with a high-energy stage presence that immediately gets people up on their feet and moving. With lyrics of heart-ache and cleverly hopeful perspective, backed by dynamic & impressive drums, bass and lead guitar, GGG become an outfit matched perfectly.

Monday-Friday, June 18-22, 9:00am-noon (For current EPIC Music students and any student who has studied violin, entering grades 2-6)
Monday-Friday, June 25-29, 9:00am-noon (For all students, no violin experience necessary, entering grades 2-6)

Location:
St. Johnsbury School
257 Western Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructors: Jason Bergman and David Fickes

Catamount Arts’ newest program, EPIC Music, will offer two weeks of music-making at St. Johnsbury School in June this year. Students will learn the fundamentals of reading music and playing violin in an ensemble, led by Music Director Jason Bergman and David Fickes. Students with some string experience as well as students with no musical experience at all are welcome to participate. Inspired by the global El Sistema movement, EPIC Music Camp is free, and all instruction, instruments, and snacks are provided free of charge.

Please register by completing the enrollment form HERE.

For more information on EPIC Music and El Sistema, go HERE.

If you have questions, please contact Education Director Anne Campbell at acampbell@catamountarts.org or 802-748-2600 ext. 108.

Barnet resident Jason Bergman is a musician and educator. He is director of the St. Johnsbury Academy string program and an adjunct professor at Northern Vermont University conducting the NEK Community Orchestra. His teachers include: Olga Bloom, Sharon Yamada and his four violinist sisters. As a fiddler and vocalist he has performed worldwide and is a member of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra. He enjoys a thriving teaching studio at his home, assisted by his cat Socrates.

David Fickes of Peacham is a St. Johnsbury Academy graduate and received his BM in Violin Performance at UC Santa Barbara in 2017. While at UCSB, he was principal second and concertmaster in the UCSB chamber orchestra and prerformed professionally with the Santa Maria Philharmonic. He received a Distinguished Performance Award from UCSB’s Ensemble for Contemporary Music. After returning to Vermont, he performed in a masterclass at Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing and has held leadership roles with multiple local ensembles. He also toured with Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA. He is a member of the Vermont Philharmonic and concertmaster of the NEK Community Orchestra and teaches privately.

Wednesday, June 20, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Transmitted live on April 2, 2016

Anthony Minghella's breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006. Kristine Opolais reprises her acclaimed portrayal of the title role, opposite Roberto Alagna as Pinkerton, the naval officer who breaks Butterfly's heart. Hei-Kyung Hong and Massimo Giordano star in a second set of performances. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.

Location: Catamount Outback Artspace

Admission: Free

Northern Vermont Songwriters is a new organization for songwriters to share knowledge and maximize creativity. Membership and meetings are free. We meet at 6:45 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month in the wooden octagonal building behind Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury. Songwriters from Vermont, New Hampshire and anywhere else are invited to attend, and all genres of music are welcome. Songwriters may bring a song to share. The song may be performed live for the group, or a recording may be played (an iPhone dock will be available). Songwriters are encouraged to bring 6 copies of lyrics to share with the group. They may also bring lyrics only, or choose to simply listen and comment on the songs of others. Members might be invited to participate in public performances, including a Songwriter Round at Catamount Arts and at First Night. Another exciting benefit is occasional workshops hosted by music industry professionals, designed to help songwriters improve their craft. Please join us for our next meeting. Any questions should be sent to jakarns33@gmail.com; or phone: (802) 467-9859.

USA, Rated R, 114 Minutes
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Cast: Raachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Allessandro Nivola

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 1:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 5:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 5:30
Thursday - 5:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

From Sebastián Lelio, the director of the Academy Award-winning A Fantastic Womn, the film follows a woman as she returns to the community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality. Written by Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz and based on Naomi Alderman's book, the film stars Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams and Alessandro Nivola.

United Kingdom, Rated R, 121 Minutes
Director: Andrew Haigh
Cast: Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 1:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 7:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 7:30
Thursday - 7:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's gruff owner Del Montgomery and his seasoned jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence-until he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter, prompting him to take extreme measures to spare his new friend's life.

Grammy winner and MacArthur Fellow

Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $54, $44, $34, $24

Rhiannon Giddens is a 2017 MacArthur “genius” award and the co-founder of the GRAMMY award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, in which she also plays banjo and fiddle. She began gaining recognition as a solo artist when she stole the show at the T Bone Burnett– produced Another Day, Another Time concert at New York City’s Town Hall in 2013. Her elegant bearing, prodigious voice, and fierce spirit that brought the audience to its feet that night is also abundantly evident on Giddens’ critically acclaimed solo debut, the Grammy nominated album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, which masterfully blends American musical genres like gospel, jazz, blues, and country, showcasing her extraordinary emotional range and dazzling vocal prowess.

Giddens’ second solo album, Freedom Highway was released in February, 2017. It includes 9 original songs Giddens wrote or co-wrote along with a traditional song and two civil rights-era songs, “Birmingham Sunday,” and Staple Singers’ well-known “Freedom Highway,” from which the album takes its name.

Giddens’ recent televised performances include The Late Show, Austin City Limits, Later…with Jools Holland,and both CBS Saturday and Sunday Morning, among numerous other notable media appearances. She performed for President Obama and the First Lady on a White House Tribute to Gospel, along with Aretha Franklin and Emmylou Harris; the program was televised on PBS.

Giddens sings a duet with country superstar Eric Church on his powerful song, “Kill a Word,” which is currently top 15 on country radio; the two have performed the song on The Tonight Show and the CMA Awards, among other programs. Giddens received the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Singer of the Year and has won the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo in 2016.Giddens, who studied opera at Oberlin, makes her acting debut with a recurring role on the television drama Nashville, playing the role of Hanna Lee “Hallie” Jordan, a young social worker with “the voice of an angel.

The Rhiannon Giddens concert is being presented as part of a special tribute to Paul Bengtson

Saturday, June 23, 7:00 pm

Location:
Court Street Arts at Alumni Hall
Haverhill, NH

Tickets: Benefit Concert for CSA: $10 General Admission; $20 Sponsor Ticket, $35 Gold Sponsor Ticket

Celebrated singer Lydia Gray and guitarist Ed Eastridge take the stage for "Summer Samba”, an incorporation of a sensual Brazilian vibe to familiar songs by Carole King, Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach as well as other American and Brazilian Jazz classics, including Jobim, with a breezy, laid back style and intimate arrangements for which Lydia and Ed are known. In concert, joined by Marcus Copening on the drums and Andy Bourke on the bass, the evening promises to delight the senses and relax the mind.

Lydia Gray has performed across the United States and Caribbean including New York City’s famed Algonquin’s Oak Room and Cafe Pierre and was nominated for the MAC award for Female New Debut. Lydia has two critical acclaimed albums and performs with the Brazilian Jazz band Tambor. Ed Eastridge, classical and jazz guitarist as well as award winning producer who has worked with artists including Sheryl Crowe, Emmylous Harris, Wynton Marsalis among others.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the programs at Court Street Arts.

Saturday, June 23, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 24, 3:00 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: Adults $35, $25, $20, $15 - Seniors $15 - Students $10

Leave that blinker on and move into the not-so-fast lane at Garden Acres Retirement Community for the hilarious and heartwarming story of Jerry Atric (get it?) and his old buddy Ed Hascomb. Starring actor and playwright Steve Henderson as Jerry Atric, and Frank Aronson as J.T. Waite in a two-man show that celebrates friendships that stand the tests of time.

Sunday, June 24, 2:00 pm

Location:
St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts
155 Emery Street
Berlin, NH

Tickets: $12.00 (adults) and $10.00 (minors)

Organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer, Ms. Archer draws attention to composer anniversaries or musical themes with her annual recital series. She was the first American woman to play the complete works of Olivier Messiaen for the centennial of the composer’s birth in 2008. Time Out New York recognized the Messiaen cycle as “Best of 2008” of classical music and opera. Her recording include A Russian Journey, The Muse’s Voice, Franz Liszt: A Hungarian Rhapsody and Bach: The Transcendent Genius to name a few.

Ms. Archer is the founder of Musforum (www.musforum.org) , an international network for women organists to promote and affirm their work. She is the college organist at Vassar College, director of the music program at Barnard college, Columbia University where she conducts the Barnard-Columbia Chorus and serves as the director of the artists and young organ artist recitals at historic Central Synagogue, New York City.

Sunday, June 24, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center Main Gallery
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Credit: Louis Fried, Landscape, Courtesy of Kim and Nancy Fried.

Wednesday, June 27, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Transmitted live on October 3, 2015

Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her next new role at the Met—Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the gypsy troubadour. Tenor Yonghoon Lee sings the ill-fated Manrico, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is his rival, and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick is the mysterious gypsy with the troubled past. Angela Meade sings Leonora in later performances. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired production.

Thursday, June 28, 7:00pm
Cafe opens 5:30pm

Location:
Court Street Arts at Alumni Hall
Haverhill, NH

Tickets:$26

Dinner options (order with your show tickets):

Overnight Pulled Pork Sammie - $12
Slow cooked pulled pork sammie topped with a refreshing slaw served with a mixed greens summer salad and chipotle cheddar biscuit.

Cuban Inspired Picadillo - $12
A fragrant stew of ground turkey, tomatoes, capers and warm spices with a mixed greens summer said and chipotle cheddar biscuit.

Friday, June 29, 5:00 pm

Location:
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation
39 Strawberry Hill Rd.
Bethlehem, NH 03574

Tickets: $20 general admission, $17 BHC Members

Program:

• Debussy: Selected Etudes
• Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
• Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

USA, Rated R, 104 Minutes
Director: Chloe Zhao
Cast: Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau

Showtimes:
Friday - 5:30 & 7:30
Saturday - 5:30 & 7:30
Sunday - 1:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Monday - 5:30 & 7:30
Tuesday - 5:30
Wednesday - 1:30 & 5:30
Thursday - 5:30

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

Based on his a true story, The Rider stars breakout Brady Jandreau as a once rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident. Back home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Saturday, June 30, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Tickets: Member general admission $39, general admission $49, Reserved front & center $63

10 TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS

Ray Benson founded Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia 48 years ago. Now based in Austin, the band holds 10 Grammy awards, 20 studio albums and 20 singles on the Billboard country charts. The Grammy Award-winning Still The King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys is the band’s most recent release (2015) and marks their third full-length Bob Wills tribute album. Featuring 22 acclaimed collaborations, the all-star lineup includes legends such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and George Strait and newcomers like The Avett Brothers, Amos Lee, Old Crow Medicine Show and many other fine talents.

Asleep at the Wheel is bringing a fresh look, sound and New Album in 2018. With recent additions Katie Shore (fiddle, vocals), Dennis Ludiker (fiddle, mandolin) Connor Forsyth (keyboard, vocals) and Josh Hoag (Bass) Asleep at the Wheel’s newest members have given a newfound energy and their own unique style within the band. Asleep at the Wheel veterans David Sanger (Drums) Eddie Rivers (Steel Guitar) and Jay Reynolds (Saxophone and Clarinet) round out the now 8 piece band. Between those Texas Twin Fiddles and Boogie Piano, you can bet you’ll be dancin’ down the aisles and swingin’ all night long when the Wheel rolls into town!

Sunday, July 1, 3:00 pm

Location:
St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts
155 Emery Street
Berlin, NH

Tickets: $5.00 all seats

Director: Connie Drexler

A la Boston Pops!

The Youth Ensemble of New England is a youth orchestra composed of 35 talented young musicians from the age of 9 to 18. Based in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the orchestra draws its members from all over New England. Under the direction of Dr. Connie Rittenhouse Drexler, the orchestra has toured Iceland, Canada, England, Scotland, New England and southern California. The concerts feature gifted young soloists and are lively, varied, exciting and appeal to young and old alike. The orchestra repertoire is taken from a variety of great classical and sacred music, spanning from the Baroque period to the present.

2018 WHITE MOUNTAIN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

Thursday, July 5
Patio Reception - 6:00 pm
Speaker - 6:30 pm
Film - 7:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St.
Bethlehem, NH

Tickets: $10 adults, $9 BHC Members

"It’s an ode to self-discovery and acceptance that’s as funny as it is sweet." - Variety - Nick Schager

Director: Rachel Israel
Writer: Rachel Israel
Stars: Brandon Polansky, Samantha Elisophon, and Jessica Walter
Rating: R some sexuality
Genre: romantic comedy/drama
Language: English
Length: 1 hr. 35 min.
Rating: NR

SYNOPSIS:
Two young adults with autism strike up an unlikely and transformative relationship, in KEEP THE CHANGE, a heartfelt, humorous and wonderfully surprising reinvention of the New York romantic comedy. Showcasing naturally spontaneous performances by actors with autism, writer-director Rachel Israel’s inclusive and fresh debut is a unique and universal love story full of vibrant characters under-represented in cinema. A winning entry at many film festivals, including Best U.S. Narrative Feature and Best New Narrative Director prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Guest Speakers: Elisophon, co-star, and her mother, Marguerite Elisophon, author ofMy Picture Perfect Family: What Happens When One Twin Has Autism
Samantha’s real life story is an inspirational one. Diagnosed with autism as a toddler, confronting dire predictions and negative stereotypes, Samantha started singing with perfect pitch at age 7 and graduated Pace University, cum laude.

Friday, August 30 6:00 pm - It's a special end of the season party. Join us to celebrate our fifth anniversary! Open to all ticket holders.

Friday, July 6, 8 PM

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $18 General admission, $15 Members general admission.

“…an exciting emerging R&B musician. He and the band mine a sticky groove, and Gilfillian dashes off a funky guitar solo.” —NPR’s World Cafe

Devon Gilfillian fires twin barrels of gospel-blues and southern soul. Fueled by groove, guitar, and the powerful punch of Gilfillian’s voice with his four-piece band, his songs shine a light on a young songwriter who grew up outside of Philadelphia, absorbing everything from the R&B swagger of Al Green and Ray Charles to the rock & roll heroics of Jimi Hendrix.

Raised by a musical family, Gilfillian grew up singing. He took up the electric guitar at 14 years old, kickstarting a fascination with classic rock and other sounds from an older generation. By the time college rolled around, Gilfillian was playing three-hour shows in a local cover band, performing songs by the Meters one minute and the Beatles the next. The gigs allowed him to explore the full range of his influences, but Gilfillian wanted to play his own music, too. With that in mind, he moved to Nashville, eager to chase down his own muse.

Released in May 2016, the self-titled Devon Gilfillian finds him stepping into the spotlight as a solo artist. Equal parts swampy, funky, and enthralling, the record finds Gilfillian planting one foot in the classic sound of his influences, with the other foot pointing somewhere new and uncharted. After all, he’s no revivalist. No nostalgia act. No retro wannabe. Instead, Gilfillian is a classic artist for the modern age, discovering new life in soulful sounds that have been making people dance for decades.

Monday, July 9, 7:00 pm

Location:
St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts
155 Emery Street
Berlin, NH

Tickets: $5.00 all seats

Director: Patricia Boyle-Wright

Wednesday, July 11, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Transmitted live on February 24, 2007

Beloved American soprano Renée Fleming joins Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece of unrequited young love. The opera’s sweeping dramatic arc of this opera—youthful longing, rejection, regret, a desperate plea that comes too late—is perfectly mirrored in Tchaikovsky’s achingly beautiful music and in the gorgeous lighting of this strikingly minimal production.

with Anna Lim, violin

Friday, July 13, 5:00 pm

Location:
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation
39 Strawberry Hill Rd.
Bethlehem, NH 03574

Tickets: $20 general admission

Program:

JS Bach: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Major, BWV 1016

• Adagio
• Allegro
• Adagio ma non troppo
• Allegro

Schubert: Fantasy for Piano and Violin in C Major, Opus Posthumous 159, D 934

• Andante molto
• Allegretto
• Andantino
• Allegro vivace

Saturday, July 14, 7:30 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Admission: Adults $35, $30, $25, $20 - Students $10

Treat your ears to the Brian McCarthy Quartet, when they perform selections from Brian’s latest project Codex, which salutes those who have influenced him most as a jazz musician. “McCarthy’s densely packed arrangements will likely serve hungry audiences new aural morsels with every listen.” (Seven Days)

Cirque Us

Sunday, July 15, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: Adults $25, $20, $15, $10 - Seniors $15 - Students $10

Join the intrepid Astronomer and gaze into the cosmos, where nine acrobat planets serve as the center of their own private universe. Watch these celestial celebrities rocket into stardom, exploring circus through a cosmic lens. Alone in the galaxy, their talent only eclipsed by their solar flair. Come dance among the stars while they chase comets, dive through black holes, juggle moons, and defy gravity. Prepare to be dazzled as we discover what happens when you wish upon a star.

Wednesday, July 18, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Transmitted live on January 30, 2016

Nina Stemme, one of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, takes on the title role of the proud princess of legendary China. Tenor Marco Berti is Calàf, the brave prince who sings “Nessun dorma” and wins her hand. Franco Zeffirelli’s dazzling production is conducted by Paolo Carignani.

2018 WHITE MOUNTAIN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

Thursday, July 19
Patio Reception - 6:00 pm
Speaker - 6:30 pm
Film - 7:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St.
Bethlehem, NH

Tickets: $10 adults, $9 BHC Members

"One of the most delicate, approachable and rewarding Holocaust movies of recent years." - Wally Hammond, TIME OUT

Director: Jeremy Poweswa
Writer: Jeremy Podeswa, based upon the novel by Anne Michaels
Stars:Stephen Dillane, Rosamund Pike, Rade Serbedzija
Genre:Drama
Languages:English, Greek, Yiddish
Rating:R, some sexuality
Length:104 minutes

SYNOPSIS
Fugitive Piecesis an emotionally charged film about love, loss, and redemption, driven by radiant performances and nuanced writing. It is based upon Anne Michaels’ best-selling novel. It is the of story of Jakob, a writer living in post-war Canada, who cannot shake off the terrifying memories of his childhood during World War II. His adventures take him from Poland to Greece to Montreal. Over the years Jakob attempts to deal with the losses he has endured. The film glides between the past and different periods in Jakob's later life, as it tries to show this man whose love for his family has essentially frozen him at the time he last saw them. Through his writing and his discovery of true love, Jakob is ultimately freed from the legacy of his past.

Such a summary barely captures the qualities of "Fugitive Pieces." written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa, writer and director, doesn't tell, he evokes, with the nostalgic images of his cinematographer, Gregory Middleton; the understated melancholy of the score by Nikos Kypourgos, and the seamless time transitions of his editor, Wiebke von Carolsfeld.

GUEST SPEAKER PROFESSOR LORI HOPE LEFKOVITZ

Lori Hope Lefkovitz holds the Ruderman Chair in Jewish Studies at Northeastern University, where she directs the Humanities Center and the Jewish Studies Program and is a professor of English. Her book, In Scripture: The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identities, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in the Women’s Studies category. A graduate of Brandeis University, Lefkovitz received her Ph.D. in English from Brown University and was a recipient of a Woodrow Wilson dissertation fellowship in women's studies, a Golda Meir post-doctoral fellowship at Hebrew University, a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis, a senior Fulbright Professorship at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and an honorary doctorate from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She and Rabbi Leonard Gordon are the parents of two adult daughters.

Friday, August 30 6:00 pm - It's a special end of the season party. Join us to celebrate our fifth anniversary! Open to all ticket holders.

Friday, July 20, 7:30 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: $40, $30, $20, $15

Get a sneak peek at Opera North’s coming attractions when their core company illuminates the Main Stage in an exciting showcase. Join us in the Café for dinner (be sure to make your reservation in advance!) before the talented Resident Artists of Opera North present highlights from their 2018 season featuring opera and musical theatre favorites.

Saturday, July 21, 7:00 pm

Location:
St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts
155 Emery Street
Berlin, NH

Tickets: $12.00 (adults) and $10.00 (minors)

Sharing their Eastern European roots through old-time Appalachian music and gypsy jazz.

Supported by Vaillancourt & Woodward Agency.

Sunday, July 22, 3:00 pm

Location:
Peformance Studio
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: $10 all seats
Buy tickets for all four silent films and save $10! (discount will be applied automatically when you have placed tickets for all four films in your basket)

The Silent Film series spans four dates from June through September.

The Artist is a heartfelt and entertaining valentine to classic American cinema set in Hollywood during the twilight of its silent era. Love, friendship, and an exquisite story make it the most feel good, most original film of our time.

Runtime: 114 min.

Other Films in the Series: “Our Hospitality” with Live Accompaniment, Charlie Chaplin’s ” The Kid” with Live Piano Accompaniment, and “Blancanieves”

Four Hands Piano Duo

Friday, July 27, 5:00 pm

Location:
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation
39 Strawberry Hill Rd.
Bethlehem, NH 03574

Tickets: $20 general admission, $17 BHC Members

Program:

• C. Czerny (1791-1857), Grande Sonata Brilliante in C minor, op. 10 - First movement, Allegro agitato
• V. Gavrilin (1939-,1999) Selected Pieces from Ballet "Anyuta"
• F. Schubert (1797-1828) Fantasy in F minor, D. 940
• G. Gershwin (1898-1937) "An American in Paris”, Arrangement by S. Varshavski and D. Shapiro

Friday, July 27, 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 28, 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 29, 2:00 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Admission: Adults $35, $30, $25, $20 - Students $10

When the clever and fiery Kate meets the clamorous and entrepreneurial Petruchio, sparks fly, perceptions are smashed and the world upends itself. Shakespeare’s delirious take on gender roles explores marriage as a commodity and love itself as theater. One of the Bard’s most talked about comedies, The Taming of the Shrew is sure to entertain, disrupt, and leave us thinking about who we are as we navigate the human heart.

Saturday, July 28, 8 PM

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $24 Reserved front & center, $20 General admission, $17 Members general admission.

“…high-octane, bluegrass-meets-soul, New Orleans-meets-Memphis, brass-meets-fiddle” —NPR’s World Cafe

Over the past few years, The Dustbowl Revival has been making a name for itself with a vibrant mix of vintage Americana sounds. Critics have proclaimed that this eclectic eight-piece band featuring guitar, ukulele, mandolin, fiddle, trumpet, trombone, bass, and drums, “would have sounded utterly at home within the hallowed confines of Preservation Hall in New Orleans’ French Quarter” (Los Angeles Times) and their “upbeat, old-school, All-American sonic safaris exemplify everything shows should be: hot, spontaneous, engaging and, best of all, a pleasure to hear” (L.A. Weekly). Rob Sheffield, in Rolling Stone, hailed them as a great band “whose Americana swing was so fun I went back to see them again the next day.”

2018 WHITE MOUNTAIN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

Thursday, August 2
Patio Reception - 6:00 pm
Speaker - 6:30 pm
Film - 7:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St.
Bethlehem, NH

Tickets: $10 adults, $9 BHC Members

"…a marvelously evocative study of Jewish immigrant life in turn-of-the-century New York, mainly told in delightfully subtitled Yiddish, features an outstanding lead performance from the Oscar-nominated Carol Kane." - Tony Sloman, Radio Times

Director:Joan Micklin Silver
Writers:Joan Micklin Silver (Screenplay), based on the novella, YEKEL, by Abraham Cahan
Stars: Carol Kane, Doris Roberts, Steven Keats
Genre: Drama, Romance
Languages: English, Yiddish
Length: 1 hr, 30 min.
Rating: PG

SYNOPSIS
“Hester Street”, through the delightful story of the Americanization of Jake and Gitl, illuminates the struggles and transformations of the Jewish immigrants who settled in the Lower East Side, as they try to reconcile the ordered values they which brought along with the unmarked opportunities that they found in the slums of the Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th Century.

It's 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, immigrated to the United States 3 years ago, settling on Hester Street in the crowded slums of New York City’s Lower East Side. “Jake”, as he now calls himself, has assimilated to American life, learned English, Anglicized his name, and even shaved off his beard. He has also fallen in love with a dancer named Mamie Fein, a thoroughly modern girl. Nevertheless, he has been saving what he can from his $12 weekly pay to bring over his son and his wife, Gitl, to America. When his wife finally arrives, but she is as old world as he is the slick Yankee. Jake pushes Gitl to give up her hair‐covering, her shawls, and her Yiddish but Gitl resists. Can their marriage survive these differences, and if not, will Gitl be able to manage in this new land on her own?

HESTER STREET marked Joan Miklin Silver’s filmmaking debut. It’s stars, Carol Kane, delivers an indelible performance as the greenhorn, Gitl. Big‐eyed, scared and inaudible at first, a spark of allure pops out here, a spark of anger there, until by the end of the picture she is a triumphant bonfire.

GUEST SPEAKER: RICK WINSTON,FILM HISTORIAN
Rick is co-founder of Montpelier’s Savoy Movie Theater and co-founder of the Green Mountain Film Festival. As Programming Director for the festival, he brought in nationally known film writers, critics, and historians to speak. He now teaches courses in film history, and is a frequent guest speaker on film throughout New England. This is Rick’s third engagement with the White Mountain Jewish Film Festival.

Friday, August 30 6:00 pm - It's a special end of the season party. Join us to celebrate our fifth anniversary! Open to all ticket holders.

Friday, August 3, 5:00 pm

Location:
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation
39 Strawberry Hill Rd.
Bethlehem, NH 03574

Tickets: $20 general admission, $17 BHC Members

A program of Swing Era Jazz

• Peter Anderson – clarinet and alto sax
• Will Anderson – tenor sax
• Alex Wintz - guitar

Friday, August 3, 7:30 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Admission: Adults $35, $30, $25, $15 - Students $10

Dave Keller’s Soul Revue brings back the glory days of soul music. Backed by his skin-tight, road-tested core band, Keller has built an unforgettable show including the powerful Mo’ Sax Horns, plus sweet soul backing vocalists. With his voice – described as “stunning” by Blues Revue – and intense guitar work, it’s easy to see why Keller is considered one of the finest blues and soul musicians of his generation.

Friday, August 3, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Tickets: Member general admission $25, general admission $33, reserved front & center $43

“Their album is without a doubt one of the greatest gifts of the year, an incredible piece of work overflowing with authenticity.” —Afropop Worldwide

Ranky Tanky released their eponymous debut on Oct. 20th, 2017. By December of that year, the group had been been profiled on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and their album soared to the #1 positions on the Billboard, iTunes, and Amazon Jazz Charts.

“Gullah” comes from West African language and means “a people blessed by God.” “Ranky Tanky” translates loosely as “Work It,” or “Get Funky!” In this spirit this Charleston, SC based quintet performs timeless music of Gullah culture born in the southeastern Sea Island region of the United States. From playful game songs to ecstatic shouts, from heartbreaking spirituals to delicate lullabies, the musical roots of Charleston, SC are “rank” and fertile ground from which these contemporary artists are grateful to have grown.

South Carolina natives Quentin Baxter, Kevin Hamilton, Charlton Singleton, and Clay Ross first came together in 1998, fresh out of University, to form a seminal Charleston jazz quartet. Now, united by years apart and a deeper understanding of home, these accomplished artists have come together again, joined by one of the low-country’s most celebrated vocalists Quiana Parler, to revive a “Heartland of American Music” born in their own backyards.

THURSDAY, AUG. 9, 8 PM

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $68 Reserved front & center, $52 General admission, $44 Members general admission.

5 TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS

South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo was assembled in the early 1960s by Joseph Shabalala, then a young farmboy turned factory worker. Joseph took the name Ladysmith from his hometown, which lies in the province of kwaZulu Natal, halfway between the city of Durban (where members of the group live today) and Johannesburg. The word Black being a reference to the oxen, the strongest of all farm animals, Joseph’s way of honoring his early life on his family’s farm. Mambazo is the Zulu word for chopping axe, a symbol of the group’s vocal strength, clearing the way for their music and eventual success.

A radio broadcast in 1970 opened the door to their first record contract – the beginning of an ambitious discography that currently includes more than sixty albums. Their philosophy in the studio was and continues to be just as much about preservation of musical heritage as it is about entertainment. The group borrows heavily from a traditional music called isicathamiya (is-cot-a-ME-Ya), which developed in the mines of South Africa, where black workers were taken by rail to work far away from their homes and their families. Poorly housed and paid worse, the mine workers would entertain themselves after a six-day week by singing songs into the wee hours on Sunday morning. When the miners returned to the homelands, this musical tradition returned with them.

During the 1970’s and early 1980’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo established themselves as the most successful singing group in South Africa. In the mid-1980s, the American singer/songwriter Paul Simon famously visited South Africa and incorporated the group’s rich tenor/alto/bass harmonies into his famous “Graceland” album – a landmark recording that was considered seminal in introducing world music to mainstream audiences. A year later, Paul Simon produced Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s first worldwide release, Shaka Zulu, which garnered the group their first GRAMMY Award, in 1988, for Best Folk Recording. Since then the group has been awarded three more GRAMMY Awards; Raise Your Spirit Higher (2004), Ilembe (2009) and Singing For Peace Around The World (2013) as well as nineteen GRAMMY Award nominations, more than any other World Music group in the history of the Awards. Currently the group has two new albums nominated; Shaka Zulu Revisited for Best World Music Album and Songs Of PEACE & LOVE For Kids & Parents Around The World for Best Children’s Album.

In addition to their work with Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has recorded with numerous artists including Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Sarah McLachlan, Josh Groban, Emmylou Harris, Melissa Etheridge and many many others. Their singing voices can be heard in several films including Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker video and Spike Lee’s Do It A Cappella. They’ve provided soundtrack material for Disney’s The Lion King, Part II, Eddie Murphy’s Coming To America, Marlon Brando’s A Dry White Season, Sean Connery’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, James Earl Jones’ Cry The Beloved Country and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus. A documentary film called On Tip Toe: Gentle Steps to Freedom, The Story Of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, was nominated for an Academy Award. They have appeared on Broadway, have been nominated for Tony Awards and have won a Drama Desk Award.

A favorite of the late great Nelson Mandela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo traveled with the future South African president, when he went to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. One year later they were singing at the inauguration of the newly elected President. After many more special appearances with the South African icon, Mandela proclaimed the group South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World. The group sings of peace, of love and for people to live in harmony.

Location:
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation
39 Strawberry Hill Rd.
Bethlehem, NH 03574

Tickets: $20 general admission, $17 BHC Members

Frances Borowsky, cello
Emmanuel Borowsky, violin
Elizabeth Borowsky, piano

The Program - "Inhale Life, Exhal Music":

• Harmonic Etudes - Jody Nagel
  • No. 1: Major Triads, A Minor Third Apart (Moderately Fast)
  • No. 4: Major Triads, A Major Third Apart (Fast and Light)
  • No. 5: Major Triads, A Tritone Apart (Majestic and Exotic)
• Trio No. 1: Postcards from Dilsberg - The Borowsky Trio
  • Morning in Dilsberg
  • Ready for Battle
  • The Legendary Sleeping Chamber
  • Rose of Dilsberg
  • Triumphant March
• Trio No. 2: HARDY - The Borowsky Trio
• Othmar - Maria Newman
  • I. Misterioso - Molto Allegro
• Life An Impromptu - Dick Smith/Elizabeth Borowsky
• Spanish Rhapsody - Jaroslav Vanacek
• "Resurrection" from Trio No. 3 - The Borowsky Trio

by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman

Friday, August 10th at 7:30,
Saturday, August 11th at 7:30,
Sunday, August 12th at 2:00,
Friday, August 17th at 7:30,
Saturday, August 18th at 7:30 and
Sunday, August 19th at 2:00

Location:
Haskell Opera House
93 Caswell Ave/1 Church Street
Derby Line, VT/Stanstead, QC

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 students and seniors

Little Shop of Horrors is a delectable sci-fi horror musical with an electrifying 1960s pop/rock score by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman.

Seymour Krelborn is a meek and dejected assistant at a floral shop who happens upon a strange plant, which he affectionately names “Audrey II” after his crush at the shop. Little does he know that this strange and unusual plant will develop a soulful R&B voice, a potty mouth, and an unquenchable thirst...

with Live Piano Accompaniment

Sunday, August 12, 3:00 pm

Location:
Peformance Studio
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: $10 all seats
Buy tickets for all four silent films and save $10! (discount will be applied automatically when you have placed tickets for all four films in your basket)

The Silent Film series spans four dates from June through September.

Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid tells the story of a tramp who discovers an orphan and raises him and is heartbroken when the orphanage reclaims him. A masterpiece showcase of Chaplin’s talents, as he directed, produced, wrote, and starred in the film. Bob Merrill provides live accompaniment to the film on HCA’s Steinway B.

Runtime: 68 min.

Other Films in the Series: “The Artist”, Buster Keaton’s “Our Hospitality ” with Live Accompaniment, and “Blancanieves”

August 13, 14, and 15 from 10:00 am-Noon
August 17 from 9:00am-Noon
(No class on Thursday, August 14)

Location:
Catamount Outback Artspace
107 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
(Located behind the Catamount Arts Center)

Instructor: Heidi Lague

All of our projects this week will be vessels which can be used for a variety of purposes. Projects will include papiér mâche bowls, clay animal planters, plaster vases, and woven paper baskets.

Early Bird registration: $65 per student by July 9. Fee after July 9: $75. Creative Vessel-Making is limited to 10 students. Please call Anne Campbell at 802-748-2600 x108 for information on scholarships or payment plans.

After paying the class fee, please register HERE.

Heidi Lague has taught art for nearly 20 years in schools and community organizations. A mixed media painter and fiber artist, she currently teaches art at Peacham, Gilman, and Lunenburg Schools, and is the founder and producer of her own line of crocheted hats called Heidi’s Hats.

Tuesday, August 14, 7:00 pm
Encore: Tuesday, August 28, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Set in a world very like our own, this Romeo and Juliet is about a generation of young people born into violence and ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents. The most famous story of love at first sight explodes with intense passion and an irresistible desire for change, but leads all too quickly to heartbreaking consequences.

This is an on-screen event.

2018 WHITE MOUNTAIN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

Thursday, August 16
Patio Reception - 6:00 pm
Speaker - 6:30 pm
Film - 7:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St.
Bethlehem, NH

Tickets: $10 adults, $9 BHC Members

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writers: Michael Koskoff, Jacob Koskoff
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Kate Hudson, Josh Gad,
Rating: PG - 13
Genre: courtroom drama
Length: 160 min.

Synopsis
It’s 1940. Thurgood Marshall is a rising star (played by BLACK PANTHER star, Chadwick Boseman) that travels the nation for the NAACP, defending African Americans wrongly accused of crimes. In this true story, we get to see the multi-faceted personality of Marshall long before he became the first African-American appointed to the Supreme Court.

Marshall has been sent to Bridgeport, Connecticut, to defend a black chauffeur accused of kidnapping and raping the high society wife of his employer. Marshall’s usual confidence is shaken when the court refuses to let him be the lead attorney. Instead, the court appoints Sam Bernstein, a local jewish lawyer who has never handled a criminal case, to be the lead counsel. Working for and with Marshall, Sam makes some important decisions about what kind of man he wants to be, and can become.

The pitch perfect directing by Reginald Hudlin (BLACK PANTHER, DJANGO UNCHAINED) creates edge-of-your-seat suspense. Gripping performances are delivered by this top cast, from Chadwick Boseman, Kate Hudson, and Josh Gad to Sterling K. Brown, who steals the film with his portrait of the chauffeur.

Guest Speaker: Michael Koskoff
Michael Koskoff, co-writer of Marshall, Michael Koskoff is a partner in Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, PC. A renowned litigator specializing in personal injury and medical malpractice, Koskoff earned a reputation early in his career as a civil rights advocate. In 2008, Koskoff was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work by the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. He has also received the National Association of Black Patrolmen Dedicated Service Award, the Greater Bridgeport NAACP Waverly Jones Freedom Award, and the Afro-American Educators Association Dedicated Service Award.

Friday, August 30 6:00 pm - It's a special end of the season party. Join us to celebrate our fifth anniversary! Open to all ticket holders.

Friday, August 17, 7:30 pm
Saturday, August 18, 7:30 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Admission: Adults $35, $30, $25, $15 - Students $10

Join Kizuna Dance for a cross-cultural production that blends Japanese culture, streetdance, and contemporary dance; featuring works that span the company’s history, including a brand-new work that pushes the boundaries of contemporary floorwork. Follow three businessmen as they struggle to balance an insatiable drive to succeed with a desperate desire to rediscover intimacy in “Koibito”; discover the three sins in Buddhism through comedic tidbits of pop culture in “Three Poisons,” and explore Manabu Ikeda’s complex visual artwork through flowing, hyper-physical movement in “Foretoken.”

Saturday, August 18, 10:00 am

Location:
Peformance Studio
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: $30 all seats ($5.00 early registration discount if purchased before August 3)

Explore Cameron McKinney’s NAGARE technique – which activates oppositional forces and contrasting sensations to achieve fluid transitions – in this two-hour workshop that combines the grace of modern dance with the speed and fluidity of streetdance, capoeira, and house dance. Focus on how to move smoothly from high to low to high again through dance phrases that involve every part of the body while rediscovering “the down” through floorwork from contemporary dance forms. By shifting the focus from an internal dialogue to creating movement that tells a story, the class will delve deeper into the cathartic potential of sweat and exhaustion, while offering a new and active method of expression. This workshop introduces a unique approach to contemporary floorwork, while also exploring the rawness of underground streetdance.

Open to dancers of all levels, 16 years old and up

Monday, August 20 - Friday, August 24, 9am-noon

Location: Catamount Outback Artspace

Early Bird registration: $85 per student by July 9
Camp fee after July 9: $95.
 
This camp always sells out, so register early! Claymation Camp is limited to 9 students.
Please call Anne Campbell at 802-748-2600 x108 for information on scholarships or payment plans.

After paying the class fee, please register here: http://www.catamountarts.org/education/enrollment

Instructor: Meredith Holch

Learn how to use a video camera to shoot animation one frame at a time. Campers will write original scripts, sculpt their own characters, and create soundtracks with music, narration, dialogue and live sound effects. No previous experience is required. Non-violent, gender-neutral themes will be explored.

Meredith Holch is an award-winning Vermont filmmaker and teaching artist whose work has been broadcast on PBS and screened at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the National Art Gallery in Washington, DC, and at international film festivals, art galleries, and community spaces. She has taught filmmaking and animation to children and adults for over a decade.

Friday, August 24, 5:00 pm

Location:
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation
39 Strawberry Hill Rd.
Bethlehem, NH 03574

Tickets: $20 general admission, $17 BHC Members

Program:

• Scarlatti - Four sonatas
• Debussy - Masks; D'un cahier d'esquisses (1903-4)
• Bernstein - An excerpt from Symphony no. 2
• Liszt - Paraphrase after Verdi's Il Trovatore

Saturday, August 25, 7:00 pm

Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Admission: Adults $40, $35, $30, $20 - Students $10

“If you’ve seen them before, you already know. And if you’ve never seen them, words won’t do them justice. Le Vent du Nord is one of the best bands touring today, no matter your musical taste” (Syracuse News Time). Since its inception in August 2002, Le Vent du Nord has enjoyed meteoric success, performing well over 1,800 concerts over five continents and racking up several prestigious awards, including a Grand Prix du Disque Charles Cros, two Junos (Canada’s Grammys), a Félix at ADISQ, a Canadian Folk Music Award, and “Artist of the Year” at the North American Folk Alliance Annual Gala. On stage these friends create intense, joyful, and dynamic live performances that expand the bounds of tradition in striking global directions. This is the modern sound of tradition, a music of the here and now.

2018 WHITE MOUNTAIN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

Thursday, August 30
Patio Reception - 6:00 pm
Film - 7:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St.
Bethlehem, NH

Tickets: $10 adults, $9 BHC Members

“Be it dip-pen on paper writing in Yiddish from Minsk in the 1940s or sheets of paper in a manual typewriter in NYC in 2006 or a Spanish-language volume from Chile being translated via computer, the importance of fashioning and transmitting words runs through the story with a brand of cinematic heft no text message is likely to equal.” - LISA NESSELSON, Screen Daily

Director:Radu Milhaileanu
Writers:Radu Milhaileanu, Marcia Romano
Based on the novel by Nicole Krauss
Stars:Gemma Arterton, Derek Jacobi, Eliot Gould, Sophie Nelisse, Mark Rendall
Genre:Drama
Languages:English, Yiddish
Length:2 hrs. 15 min
Rating:NR

Synopsis
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.The scope of this multi-layered story spans decades and continents. It is filled with romance, suspense and humor, centered on the enduring power of love.

Friday, August 30 6:00 pm - It's a special end of the season party. Join us to celebrate our fifth anniversary! Open to all ticket holders.

Sunday, September 2, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Tickets: Member general admission $34, general admission $39, reserved front & center $51

An American folk duo from Charleston, South Carolina Shovels & Rope is composed of husband and wife Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. Combining threads from their individual solo careers, Shovels and Rope combines elements of country and punk rock to create its own brand of raw, American roots music. The duo originally came together when folk the duo collaborated for a one-off album, “Shovels and Rope” in 2008. A year later, the two artists married, and today Shovels and Rope boasts a celebrated discography, featuring releases like 2012’s “O’ Be Joyful” and “Swimmin’ Time.”

Friday, September 7, 7:00 pm

Location:
Peformance Studio
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT

Tickets: $10 all seats
Buy tickets for all four silent films and save $10! (discount will be applied automatically when you have placed tickets for all four films in your basket)

The Silent Film series spans four dates from June through September.

A re-telling of the classic Snow White from the Brothers Grimm, Blancanieves is a breathtakingly beautiful homage to the black-and-white Golden Age of European silent cinema, set in a romanticized 1920s Seville.

Runtime: 105 min.

Other Films in the Series: “The Artist”, Charlie Chaplin’s ” The Kid” with Live Piano Accompaniment, and “Our Hospitality” with Live Piano Accompaniment.

Saturday, September 15, noon to 10:00 pm

Location:
Orleans County Fairgrounds
Barton, VT

Tickets: $20 adults ($25 at the gate), Children 12 and under are free when accompanied by a paying adult.

Camping is available.

The performers include the Starline Rhythm Boys; Michael Hahn Band; Chickweed; Beg, Steal or Borrow; and Northern Flyer.

Fall 2018 - Spring 2019

Location: Various venues

Price: $350 Catamount Arts members, $437.50 non-members
* plus 6% Vermont sales tax

Purchase your 2018-19 SEASON PASS to KCP Presents to:
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2018-19 shows include (more to be announced):

• Rodney Crowell, two-time Grammy-winning “new country” singer/ songwriter and longtime collaborator with Emmylou Harris. (September 21 at Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy)
• Neko Case – Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter known for her powerful voice, penetrating and poetic lyrics and musical worlds (September 27 at Fuller Hall)
• Bettye Lavette – American blues/soul pioneer and collaborator with Otis Redding and James Brown, singing songs from Bob Dylan. With Very Special Guest James Blood Ulmer, guitar master of blues, jazz, and free funk. (October 26 at Fuller Hall).
• The New Chinese Acrobats performing award-winning acts from the Monte Carlo Circus Festival and World Circus Festivals (November 15 at LSC Alumni Gym).
• Sara Juli in her comic one-woman performance about her post-partum blues: Tense Vagina: An Actual Diagnosis. “Unforgettably hilarious” – London Independent. (November 16 at LSC Twilight Theater).
• Holiday Concert w/ The Boston Children’s Chorus w/ special guests: The Hilltones. (December 1 at United Community Church)
• Holiday Brass by 11-piece Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass (December 21 at Fuller Hall)
• Asere! A Fiesta Cubana featuring musicians and dancers of the Havana, Cuba All-Stars (January 29 at Fuller Hall).
• The Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra – 75 musicians onstage! (February 13 at Lyndon Institute Alumni Auditorium)
• Frankenstein – Mary Shelly’s science fiction classic performed by the acclaimed Aquila Theater. (March 27 at Fuller Hall)
• Ballet Hispanico – 15 dazzling dancers performing work by Latino choreographers from all over the world. “Fluid and personal…tender-hearted and playful.” – NY Times. (April 26 at Lyndon Institute)
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More information, tickets and season passes at KCPpresents.org

Friday, September 21, 7:00 pm

Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $48, $38, $28, $15

Save 20% when you buy by August 22. Discount is automatically reflected when you choose your seats.

Seniors and Catamount Arts members save $3.00 when ordering in person with id at the box office.

Combining careers as a country songwriter, producer and artist, two-time Grammy winner Rodney Crowell rose to fame during the 1980s as an influential figure in Nashville’s new breed of country traditionalists, along with Emmylou Harris, in whose Hot Band he worked for three years, playing rhythm guitar and singing harmony and duet vocals.

Crowell has maintained a prolific output well into the 200’s, with his most recent Grammy coming in 2014. He has performed and collaborated with his former wife, Rosanne Cash and with musicians including Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner, Willie Nelson. and fellow songwriters like Guy Clark. Crowell’s songs have been performed by Bob Seger, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Crystal Gayle, Alan Jackson, The Oak Ridge Boys, Jewel, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, and others. Crowell was admitted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.

As he moves into elder-statesman territory, Crowell continues to extend the path carved out by the top-tier songwriters who preceded him. "All are so important," he said. "Bob Dylan would of course be an archetype, as would Neil Young, Johnny Cash, John Lennon. Every time they release work I find something in it." He would add a name to the pantheon. "Kris Kristofferson belongs in there, too. He personifies all that intelligence and emotional vulnerability and magnetism.”

Fifty years after Crowell first started playing as a teen in Houston garage bands, he still believes in the power of songs, and the responsibility of singing them. "The interesting thing about that garage band back then is that we would go from ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ by the Beatles to ‘Honky Tonkin’’ by Hank Williams. In southeast Texas those songs fit side by side.

"Recently, I think—I hope—that my study of the blues is starting to show up in my music. Those artists, whether it’s Lightnin’ Hopkins or John Lee Hooker or the acoustic Delta players, connected to something fundamental. With that in mind, I’m trying to move forward but also get back there."

“His sharpest, strongest, funniest music in years—perhaps ever. A bounty of weathered emotion and hard-won wisdom” — Slant Magazine

With opening act Thao (of the Get Down Stay Down)

Thursday, September 27, 7:00 pm
(Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Tickets on-sale via Spotify on April 18th
General on-sale on April 20th

Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $20, $32, $44, $62, students are free (plus $1 per ticket fee for Peer Solutions*)

Save 20% when you buy by August 28. Discount is automatically reflected when you choose your seats.

Seniors and Catamount Arts members save $3.00 when ordering in person with id at the box office.

*Neko Case has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket will go to Peer Solutions and support their positive youth leadership and development program designed to prevent harm before it begins and engage lifetime ambassadors of positive change (www.peersolutions.org).

KCP Presents is very pleased to present three-time Grammy Award nominee Neko Case in a special concert to showcase the singer/songwriter’s newest work.

Five years have passed since Case's last solo project, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You. In the interim, she sang on Whiteout Conditions, the 2017 release from longtime band mates the New Pornographers. The year before that, she released a vinyl box set of her solo work and joined country/pop singer/songwriter k.d. Lang and alternative/folk artist Laura Veirs on the case/lang/veirs project.

Recording that record was a revelation, from Veirs' innovative guitar tunings to Lang's skills in studio. "I learned so much experiencing the work ethic of those two," Case says. She considers Lang "probably the most natural producer I've ever seen. Watching her work was awe-inspiring."

After their national tour together, Case found similar transcendence in October 2016 sitting on a panel at the first-of-its-kind "Woman Producer" summit in Brooklyn, NY. Between discussions and performances from a diverse group of women who produce music from around the world, she wondered how it had taken such a long time to get to that moment, and why so many female pioneers had been forgotten.

"The George Martins and Quincy Joneses of the recording pantheon deserve every drop of praise and every project they have received," Case says. "But we can't keep telling the same stories over and over. We need more stories, more inspiration, more flavors."

She set to work on her next record looking for not just new stories but also new sounds. This time, she wanted to put herself in a setting far away from everything she knew. So she teamed up with Swedish producer Björn Yttling and went to Sweden to record during the fall of 2017. Case had already written songs with longtime collaborator Paul Rigby, laid down vocal and guitar tracks at WaveLab Studio in Tucson, and built Carnacial Singing, her recording space here in Vermont.

But in the middle of her stint in Stockholm, with the finish line in sight, she received a surreal 3am call telling her that her Northeast Kingdom house was burning and would likely be completely destroyed. She felt panicked and helpless.

The fire had started in the barn, where she kept an assortment of belongings, from artwork to old pianos. A friend had managed to get the dogs to safety. After the flames jumped to the house, her home was engulfed, too.

A few hours later, she went into a Stockholm studio and laid down the vocals for "Bad Luck," singing the lines she had written long before she realized they would land on her.

Case is now stoic about the fire. "If somebody burned your house down on purpose, you'd feel so violated. But when nature burns your house down, you can't take it personally." The month before the blaze, Hurricane Harvey had slammed into Texas and flooded Houston. Her home burned just as Puerto Rico was plunged into a nightmare by Hurricane Maria and wildfires incinerated California. "In the big picture, my house burning was so unimportant," she says. "So many people lost so much more: lives and lives and lives."

Case’s new record, Hell-On, came out of all of this reckoning with lost stories. It delivers both familiar Neko Case and something different. Death, extinction, exploitation, tides, animals, and adoration all blend recognizably. Case's trademark narrative gaps, just large enough for listeners to enter each song, likewise remain. As with Fox Confessor Brings the Flood and Middle Cyclone, Hell-On spins away from conventions of story, slipping into real life, with its fierce mess and blind catastrophes.

"I'm writing fairy tales, and I hear my life story in them, but they're not about me," Case says. "I still can't figure out how to describe it. But I think that's why we make music or write things. You've got to invent a new language."

And as for those fairy tales she's writing and the history she's remembering: "We need them now more than ever. We need stories from all sectors. Stories without endings. Stories with multiple endings. Stories that don't end happily, cautionary tales, everything. We don't need Disneyfied stories anymore."

A force of nature, an act of a mercurial, forgotten god, Hell-On is a record sealed by fire, filled with love and rage and dangers that might lay waste to everything at any moment. So if you wake up dazed in a smoking landscape, walking through the detritus of your own lost civilization with the smell of ash in your hair, your favorite sweater gone and a new song in your head, don't say you weren't warned.

About Thao:

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down-the San Francisco-based band fronted by singer and songwriter Thao Nguyen-releases their fourth album, A Man Alive, on March 4, 2016. Following the critical success of We The Common (2013), which was largely inspired by Thao's volunteer work with the California Coalition for Women's Prisoners, A Man Alive is an evolution in both subject matter and sound. Thao says: "I wanted A Man Alive to be beat- and bass-driven-rather than guitar-based-extending and elaborating upon the hip-hop influences of the previous record. A Man Alive is more instrumental, more riff- and loop-centric, and has more manipulated sounds." The Get Down Stay Down are at their best on this record, and Thao herself experimented with programming drumbeats for several tracks, although live drums are also played on every song.

Mostly recorded at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, A Man Alive was produced by Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards. Collaborating with Garbus, who is a close personal friend, allowed Thao to achieve the sound she had been striving for on previous releases. "Looking back," she says, "I was less sure of what I wanted. With this record I had clearer vision and aspirations. I wanted emotion. I wanted power. I wanted beats. Merrill's priority was that I take songs and ideas and run with them; she pushed us all over the place. She carved out time and space for us to experiment at will and fostered a very supportive, creative environment. Everyone was compelled to go beyond what they were comfortable doing. Musician-wise we kept it tight knit because the songs were so personal and vulnerable, and it was such an intense process, I only wanted those who know me well."

A Man Alive finds Thao exploring darker and more personal territory than in her earlier songwriting. She grew up in Northern Virginia, on the outskirts of Washington, DC. When Thao was young, her father left the family. She helped out in her mother's laundromat as a teenager, sitting at the counter with a guitar, making change for customers, working on her first songs, and playing at open mics in the evenings. Her father drifted in and out of their lives.

"The record is essentially about my relationship with my dad, its trajectory. It's a document of my life in conjunction with his, even though we've always been leading our lives away from each other. Some are optimistic and forgiving, some are the opposite. There are songs from his perspective: I imagined what it would be like to have kids and choose to exist without them, or feel like you have to save them from yourself. I realized there was this relationship that I never really talk about, realized it's defined so much of me. So it was a point of reckoning. The record wrote itself. Painstakingly, of course."

The emotional center of A Man Alive is the gorgeous, plaintive "Millionaire," a song about a wayward father. While the song could have ended up as a folk ballad, its instrumentation and atmosphere is of a piece with the rest of the album, pushed along by heavily reverbed synthesizer, a simple guitar riff, and subdued drums and bass. "That's a sad fucking song," Thao said. "I remember walking out of the vocal booth, and I saw Merrill tearing up. It's uncompromisingly sad, which I don't traffic well in. It took a lot."

Much of A Man Alive is vibrant and danceable-including standout tracks such as "Astonished Man," "Slash/Burn," "Nobody Dies," and "Meticulous Bird"-and the juxtaposition of that exuberance with the dark themes explored in the lyrics is one of the album's great achievements. The songs are often punctuated by handclaps, sing-along choruses, and ass-shaking beats. While these songs come from a deeply personal origin, they have such an accessible quality that it is easy to imagine an engaged and participatory live audience. "I suspect that's always been my motive," Thao says, "but this is the most actualized that it's ever been. I wanted to make a record that was very introspective and personal, but it would also seek to communicate. And we would have fun performing it-not just fun, but I wanted a kind of crazy, rabid, animal energy. That's my favorite thing about performing-you can tap into this frenzy. We want people to dance and feel. And I want to do that every night, too."

A Man Alive is undoubtedly a new career highlight for Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. The album presents a fiercely original group sound that is rife with experimentation and playfulness. It demonstrates Thao's development as a songwriter. And it achieves that most elusive quality in music-to create an album of songs that are dark yet buoyant, tragic yet redemptive, personal yet inclusive.

Tuesday, October 9, 7:00 pm
Encore: Tuesday, October 16, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. Unknown to him, it’s the women of Windsor who really pull the strings, orchestrating Falstaff’s comeuppance amidst a theatrical smorgasbord of petty rivalries, jealousies and over-inflated egos.

This is an on-screen event.

by Agatha Christie

Friday, October 12th at 7:30,
Saturday, October 13th at 7:30,
Sunday, October 14th at 2:00,
Friday, October 19th at 7:30,
Saturday, October 20th at 7:30 and
Sunday, October 21st at 2:00.

Location:
Haskell Opera House
93 Caswell Ave/1 Church Street
Derby Line, VT/Stanstead, QC

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 students and seniors

A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer. Suspects and motives are investigated by the authorities. To get to the rationale of the murderer's pattern, the policeman probes the background of everyone present, and rattles a lot of skeletons.

FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 8 PM

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $52 Reserved front & center, $44 General admission, $37 Members general admission.

“A wickedly sharp observer of the human condition.” —Rolling Stone

Greg Brown was born in the Hacklebarney section of southeastern Iowa and raised by a family that made words and music a way of life. His seasoned songwriting, storytelling, and music are deeply rooted in that place. He moves audiences with warmth, humor, a thundering voice and his unpretentious musical vision. His mother played electric guitar, his grandfather was a banjo player and his father was a holy roller preacher. Brown’s songwriting has been lauded by many, and his songs have been covered by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter and more. At the personal request of Jeff Bridges, Brown also contributed songs for Bridges’ Oscar-Winning role in the film Crazy Heart. Ultimately, Brown is a storyteller who moves his audiences with his warmth, humor and deeply human musical vision.

Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm - Benedict Cumberbatch as the monster
Wednesday, October 24, 7:00 pm - Benedict Cumberbatch as the monster
Tuesday, October 30, 7:00 pm - Johnny Lee Miller as the monster
Wednesday, October 31, 7:00 pm - Johnny Lee Miller as the monster

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: Adults - $25, Members - $23, Students - $16

For a limited time only, National Theatre Live's Encore Series brings a selection of award-winning British theatre productions to your local cinema.

Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), this thrilling production features Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC's Sherlock, The Imitation Game) and Jonny Lee Miller (CBS's Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation.

The production was a sell-out hit at the National Theatre in 2011, and the broadcast has since become an international sensation, experienced by over half a million people in cinemas around the world.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered Creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.

Original broadcast date: March 17, 2011

This is an on-screen event.

performing songs by Bob Dylan

with special guest James Blood Ulmer

Friday, October 26, 7:00 pm

Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students are free

Save 20% when you buy by September 26th. Discount is automatically reflected when you choose your seats.

Seniors and Catamount Arts members save $3.00 when ordering in person with id at the box office.

“Soul singing doesn’t get any better.” -- New York Times

Three-time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is not a songwriter, nor is she a "cover" artist. She is an interpreter of the highest order. Bettye was performing during the birth of soul music in the 60s and she’s still creating vital recordings today. To quote the late, great George Jones: "Bettye is truly a 'singer's singer'."

Soul diva Bettye LaVette recorded her first hit at 15 (Let Me Down Easy) and toured with soul pioneers Otis Redding, Ben E. King and James Brown. Although the recording industry proved fickle, LaVette has performed consistently during the past half-century, gaining cult followings in Europe and across the U.S.

During the 1990’s and 2000’s, Bettye began to gain wider appeal, performing Love Reign O'er Me at The Kennedy Center Honors in a tribute to The Who. She brought the house down and suddenly found a whole new audience for her unparalleled style of blues and soul singing. In 2009 she performed a show-stopping rendition of Sam Cooke’s A Change Is Gonna Come with Jon Bon Jovi for President-elect Obama’s kick-off Inaugural concert. In April of that year she shared the stage with Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr at Radio City Music Hall.

And in late 2016, her friend, photographer Carol Friedman, pitched Bettye the idea of doing an album of all Bob Dylan songs, with Grammy Award-winning producer, Steve Jordan. The resulting Verve Records album “Things Have Changed” was born. Bettye LaVette’s interpretations of these Bob Dylan songs will be featured in our concert.

LaVette has received the Blues Music Award for Best Soul Blues Female Artist from The Blues Foundation. She has appeared on National Public Radio's World Cafe, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and performed a Tiny Desk Concert. She has also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Austin City Limits, A Prairie Home Companion, and more.

With a voice that critics today compare to the early Tina Turner, Bettye LaVette continues to break new ground.

FROM ROLLING STONE:

“On the title track of this remarkable collection of Bob Dylan covers, Betty LaVette wraps her voice – full of grit, brass and soul when she started recording at 16 in 1962; worn and sharpened by experience now at 72 – around a lyric about sitting on the lap of strange man with pale skin and an assassin's eye. The way she tells it, that man could be the song's author or a villain in an epic of intrigue, or maybe there's no difference between the two. She makes the song so alive with consequence and possibility, it's able to transform into whatever she or the listener needs it to be in the moment: a spy movie, a romance novel, a Biblical parable of reckoning, a bittersweet memory of a time when caring mattered or a way of drinking away the pain of that memory.”

“This (Dylan songs) album is more hers – more personal and reflective of her wicked ways, sly humor and battle-tested wisdom – than any she's made. Consider Dylan a jumping off point for LaVette – a way of drawing power and focusing attention until she can take the time she needs to describe the world the way it feels to her: a tangle of longing, lust, struggle and hard-won satisfaction.”

WITH SPECIAL GUEST, JAMES BLOOD ULMER

Mighty jazz, blues, free funk guitarist James 'Blood' Ulmer will perform an opening set for Bettye LaVette. Ulmer is best known for his defining collaboration with jazz saxophone pioneer, Ornette Coleman. But his raucous guitar and leathery vocals take audiences back to his deep southern roots in the blues.

“With jangling, chiming chords and a strident delivery with trembling vocals, Ulmer evoked the blues of despair and desperation, the rolling blues of the itinerant, and directly, the electric blues of Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf. Powered, trippery runs drifted into harmolodic abstract with creeping riffs rising up with the force of a hot, bubbling, volcanic spring. Then a grizzled edge to the slurred vocals cut through until the guitar took on a soft, hurdy-gurdy tone for Ulmer to bow out with humble grace after a spellbinding set.” – Geoff Winston, London Jazz News (UK)

“Mr. Ulmer's guitar tone, a gasping, metallic cry, expresses everything from out-in-the-woods loneliness to nail-chewing, urban anxiety. He performed brilliantly. And by organically mixing Chuck Berry and country licks, be-bop and blues ideas, he seemed to be saying that all these things are connected, and that the music and its original makers are our common inheritance.” – Peter Watrous, NY Times.

Thursday, November 15, 7:00 pm

Location:
Lyndon State College Alumni Gym
1001 College Road
Lyndonville, VT

Tickets: $36 general admission, students are free

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Created in association with the world-famous Cirque Eloize company, The New Chinese Acrobats represent the next step in the evolution of acrobatic companies from the East. Mixing new techniques and acts with ancient traditions, The New Chinese Acrobats present the opportunity to view the best of China’s ancient folk art, mixed with the style and virtuosity of today’s generation. With performers selected from across China for their high-level acrobatic skills and innovative staging, the show includes award-winning acts from prestigious world-class events including Monte Carlo Circus Festival and World Circus Festival of Paris.

Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 pm

Film screening and discussion hosted by VT CARES

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free

HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE chronicles the activism of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power? And TAG (Treatment Action Group), whose innovation revolutionized early HIV/AIDS activism and created access to life saving medical treatments. It is a powerful account of self-made activists demanding rights and healthcare for people living with HIV/AIDS. After the film screening VT CARES will host a panel to answer questions and provide more information about HIV awareness and AIDS advocacy work that is going on locally here in Vermont. Film run time is 2 hours.

For more information on the film check out https://surviveaplague.com/