Calendar

March 2012

Thursday, March 1

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

My Week with Marilyn

Show Time: 7:00 pm

In the early summer of 1956, 23 year-old Colin Clark, just down from Oxford and determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of “The Prince and the Showgirl” with Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams).

Friday, March 2

Film Matters @ The Historic Theater

The Love of Beer

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Alison Grayson’s documentary on women in the craft beer industry. It’s not for feminism or equality, it’s for “The Love of Beer.” Local brewers panel to follow film. Presented in affiliation with Portsmouth Beer Week (Feb. 29-Mar.5)

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 8:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Saturday, March 3

National Theatre London HD @ The Historic Theater

Comedy of Errors

Show Time: 1:00 pm

Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale.

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Carnage

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz star in Roman Polanski’s latest film. Carnage is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences.

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 8:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Sunday, March 4

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 2:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Carnage

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz star in Roman Polanski’s latest film. Carnage is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences.

Tuesday, March 6

School Days Series @ The Historic Theater

The Math Maniac Show with Max Millions

Show Times: 9:30 am, 11:30 am

Math matters! If you want to add fun, subtract boredom, multiply test scores and keep your students’ undivided attention, then The Math Maniac Show is your correct answer to an A+ educational program. When students have fun, learning happens!

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Carnage

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz star in Roman Polanski’s latest film. Carnage is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences.

Wednesday, March 7

Wildcard Movies @ The Historic Theater

Manufacturing Stoke

Show Time: 7:00 pm

An introspective look into the surfing culture’s struggle to be beneficial unto itself. Presented in affiliation with (H)eat and Surfrider Foundation, New Hampshire Chapter.

Thursday, March 8

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Carnage

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz star in Roman Polanski’s latest film. Carnage is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences.

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 7:30 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Friday, March 9

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 8:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Music Hall Presents @ The Historic Theater

Altan

Show Time: 8:00 pm

The most talked-about traditional group to emerge from Ireland, Altan plays the music of Donegal, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Saturday, March 10

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 8:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Sunday, March 11

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 2:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Rental Partners @ The Historic Theater

Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra: Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz

Show Time: 3:00 pm

Join the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of John Page with cello soloist Dorothy Braker for a performance featuring Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.

Monday, March 12

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: The Play Reading Series

Show Time: 7:30 pm

Top professional actors read exceptional contemporary plays — with no costumes, props, sets, or special lighting. The acclaimed spoken word series moves to Portsmouth.

Tuesday, March 13

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Shame

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Brandon (Michael Fassbender, Inglourious Basterds) is a New Yorker with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves in, his life spirals out of control.

Wednesday, March 14

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Shame

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Brandon (Michael Fassbender, Inglourious Basterds) is a New Yorker with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves in, his life spirals out of control.

Thursday, March 15

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Shame

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Brandon (Michael Fassbender, Inglourious Basterds) is a New Yorker with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves in, his life spirals out of control.

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 7:30 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Friday, March 16

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

A Separation

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Winner of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar! Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh - she sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Subtitled.

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 8:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Saturday, March 17

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Times: 3:00 pm, 8:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

A Separation

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Winner of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar! Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh - she sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Subtitled.

Sunday, March 18

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

Kent Stephens' Stage Force Presents: Lanford Wilson's Burn This

Show Time: 2:00 pm

Anna loses her best friend Robbie in a tragic accident. Then a man shows up on her doorstep who could be his double – but is different in every other way. This work rockets between hilarity, pain, and desire as it tells the story of two people falling in love for all the wrong reasons.

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

A Separation

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Winner of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar! Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh - she sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Subtitled.

Tuesday, March 20

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

A Separation

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Winner of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar! Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh - she sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Subtitled.

Wednesday, March 21

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

A Separation

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Winner of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar! Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh - she sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Subtitled.

Thursday, March 22

Digital Portsmouth @ The Music Hall Loft

The Art of Print & Graphic Design

Show Time: 5:30 pm

The Music Hall & New Hampshire Tweet Up l are teaming up to bring you another Digital Portsmouth @ The Loft to showcase the creative, digital culture that is thriving on the Seacoast.

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

A Separation

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Winner of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar! Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh - she sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Subtitled.

Friday, March 23

Rental Partners @ The Music Hall Loft

PMAC: Fifth Annual Jazz Night

Show Times: 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm

The Portsmouth Music and Arts Center’s Fifth Annual Jazz Night replicates a Jazz Club in the intimate setting of The Music Hall Loft.

Intimately Yours @ The Historic Theater

Get the Led Out

Show Time: 8:00 pm

At sold out shows around the nation, Get the Led Out recreates the mythic career of the legendary British supergroup, Led Zeppelin.

Saturday, March 24

Rental Partners @ The Historic Theater

RPM Challenge 2012

Show Time: 6:00 pm

The RPM Challenge is an annual creative challenge to musicians to write and record an original album during the month of February, just for fun. Then, at the end of March, we celebrate by getting together and listening to all the new music!

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Music Hall Loft

Pina

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Pina is a film for choreographer Pina Bausch (“Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost”) by Wim Wenders. A sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ensemble.

Sunday, March 25

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Pina

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Pina is a film for choreographer Pina Bausch (“Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost”) by Wim Wenders. A sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ensemble.

Tuesday, March 27

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Music Hall Loft

Pina

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Pina is a film for choreographer Pina Bausch (“Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost”) by Wim Wenders. A sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ensemble.

Wednesday, March 28

School Days Series @ The Historic Theater

ImaginOcean

Show Times: 9:30 am, 11:30 am

A one-of-a-kind live black-light puppet show, Tony Award – nominee John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean is a magical undersea adventure. Tank, Bubbles and Dorsel are three best friends who just happen to be fish, and they’re about to set out on a journey of discovery which begins with a treasure map.

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Music Hall Loft

Pina

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Pina is a film for choreographer Pina Bausch (“Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost”) by Wim Wenders. A sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ensemble.

Thursday, March 29

Music Hall Presents @ The Historic Theater

2012 - 2013 Season Sneak Peek

Show Time: 5:00 pm

2012 - 2013 Season Sneak Peek for Corporate Partners & Major Donors.

Friday, March 30

Film Matters @ The Historic Theater

Agadez, The Music and the Rebellion

Show Time: 7:00 pm

A documentary film about the Tuareg culture, features the music of the extraordinary Tuareg musician, Omara Moctar, “Bombino.” Presented in affiliation with Rain for the Sahel and Sahara.

Saturday, March 31

National Theatre London HD @ The Historic Theater

She Stoops to Conquer

Show Time: 1:00 pm

A young lady poses as a servant girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits and hilarious plot turns ensue as misdemeanors multiply, love blossoms, and mayhem ensues in this celebration of chaos, courtship, and the dysfunctional family.

Extraordinary Cinema @ The Historic Theater

Pariah

Show Time: 7:00 pm

Alike is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn and is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian.