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This sudden bestseller, a profound paradigm-shifting book about the surprising advantages of being an introvert - has captured the attention of critics, business and opinion leaders, and introverts and extroverts worldwide.

The Big Note has been a fixture on the Seacoast music scene since 1976, playing its classy and soulful dance music at all manner of community events: bars, weddings, fundraisers, clambakes.

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

NH TweetUp and The Music Hall are teaming up to bring you another Digital Portsmouth event at The Music Hall Loft to showcase the creative, digital culture that is thriving on the Seacoast.

The Irish Comedy Tour takes the party atmosphere of a Dublin pub and combines it with a boisterous, belly-laugh trio. The clover— make that clever— comedians, whose ancestors hail from the Emerald Isle, include Detroit native Derek Richards; Boston-born Mike McCarthy; and from Dublin, Keith Aherne.

The Irish Comedy Tour takes the party atmosphere of a Dublin pub and combines it with a boisterous, belly-laugh trio. The clover— make that clever— comedians, whose ancestors hail from the Emerald Isle, include Detroit native Derek Richards; Boston-born Mike McCarthy; and from Dublin, Keith Aherne.

This hysterical storyteller is winning over theater and cabaret audiences around the country with an interactive one-man drag show featuring edgy one-on-one improv, a professionally trained singing voice, and an athletic approach to physical comedy.

This hysterical storyteller is winning over theater and cabaret audiences around the country with an interactive one-man drag show featuring edgy one-on-one improv, a professionally trained singing voice, and an athletic approach to physical comedy.

This hysterical storyteller is winning over theater and cabaret audiences around the country with an interactive one-man drag show featuring edgy one-on-one improv, a professionally trained singing voice, and an athletic approach to physical comedy.

The bestselling author of Fun Home, Time Magazine’s No. 1 Book, and celebrated creator of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For joins us with her poignant and hilarious graphic memoir about becoming the artist her gifted mother always wanted to be.

Kent Stephens’ STAGE FORCE Presents: Self-confessed techno-geek Mike Daisey (played by Brent Askari) exposes the beautiful and the terrible about the world of Apple – from the genius of founder Steve Jobs to the disturbing conditions in China under which our favorite technological wonders are manufactured.

Kent Stephens’ STAGE FORCE Presents: Self-confessed techno-geek Mike Daisey (played by Brent Askari) exposes the beautiful and the terrible about the world of Apple – from the genius of founder Steve Jobs to the disturbing conditions in China under which our favorite technological wonders are manufactured.

Kent Stephens’ STAGE FORCE Presents: Self-confessed techno-geek Mike Daisey (played by Brent Askari) exposes the beautiful and the terrible about the world of Apple – from the genius of founder Steve Jobs to the disturbing conditions in China under which our favorite technological wonders are manufactured.

Navigating Yourself and the Planet in a Virtual Era: A geek, a scientist and a hippie walk into a bar…may sound like the beginning of a joke when in actuality it describes the upcoming Innovation and Leadership Forum at The Music Hall Loft.

This London singer-songwriter, actor, and former standup comedienne wowed the Music Hall audience when she opened last year for Madeleine Peyroux. Don’t miss her return performance!

Kent Stephens’ STAGE FORCE Presents: Self-confessed techno-geek Mike Daisey (played by Brent Askari) exposes the beautiful and the terrible about the world of Apple – from the genius of founder Steve Jobs to the disturbing conditions in China under which our favorite technological wonders are manufactured.

Kent Stephens’ STAGE FORCE Presents: Self-confessed techno-geek Mike Daisey (played by Brent Askari) exposes the beautiful and the terrible about the world of Apple – from the genius of founder Steve Jobs to the disturbing conditions in China under which our favorite technological wonders are manufactured.

The New York Times bestselling author of Island and Silver Girl joins us with her newest page-turner, taking us again to Nantucket, where, on a summer’s night, a deadly car crash changes four lives forever.

Jim’s Big Ego’s secret to awesomeness is singer, songwriter, and all around super-genius, Jim Infantino. Armed with the innate ability to create songs that are more brilliant than all others in history, Infantino gives the band the gift of greatness.

Crowds go wild for the Sweetback Sisters’ raucous stage shows. A self-dubbed “renegade retroband that mixes up country, swing and honky tonk,” the group’s precise harmonies recall the best of country music.

A Discovery of Witches, her debut novel, was a huge bestseller, residing on the New York Times bestseller list for eight weeks. It’s being published in 34 countries. The sequel Shadow of Night, which she is bringing to the Loft, is much anticipated…

Super Secret Project returns with its “multi-media fused comedy rap show thingy” featuring classics and their latest material.

Super Secret Project returns with its “multi-media fused comedy rap show thingy” featuring classics and their latest material.

This electric violinist/vocalist wowed Music Hall audiences on her previous visits with her band, GrooveLily. Her riveting solo show features her smoky/angelic voice and innovative six-string electric violin in a one-woman loop-driven pop symphony of song, created in real time on stage.

Winner of The National Book Award discusses his major new book FIRE IN THE ASHES, about a group of inner-city children he has known for many years and their fascinating journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood.

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

A production by Kent Stephens’ Stage Force. Get in the spirit of the season with this holiday celebration of stories, laughter, poetry, and song - featuring new material and old favorites from a wide array of both classic and contemporary sources. Audiences will love the intimate feeling of this readers’ theatre.

Join us for a night of romance on Valentine’s Day, featuring the Gaudy Baubles and their marvelous chanteuse, Renee. Escape to Manhattan for the evening with this Metropolitan-themed retro cabaret—great songs and a great vibe! This one’s for you and your baby.