Upcoming Events
Film Club
Monster (2003)
In Aileen Wuornos’ opinion, hiring a prostitute is a capital offense, and she is judge, jury, and exterminating angel.
Extraordinary Cinema
Motherless Brooklyn
Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective living with Tourette Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna.
Extraordinary Cinema
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Marion Stokes was secretly recording television twenty-four hours a day for thirty years. She recorded on 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing revolutions, lies, wars, triumphs, catastrophes, bloopers, talk shows, and commercials that tell us who we were, and show how television shaped the world of today.
Writers on a New England Stage
Brian Greene (Canceled)
From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author comes a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity’s search for purpose.
Show & Tell
Show + Tell: Little Women
Professional film enthusiast Paul Goodwin puts the “talk” in talkies, encouraging audiences to speak their minds and hear all about the movies, their backgrounds, and even trivia and the latest gossip about the stars. Free to the public after the end credits roll. Complimentary coffee, courtesy of Carpe Diem!
Extraordinary Cinema
Citizen K
From Oscar-winning writer/director Alex Gibney, an intimate yet sweeping look at post-Soviet Russia from the perspective of the enigmatic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oligarch turned political dissident.
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About The Music Hall
In 1878, The Music Hall opened its doors as a Vaudeville theater, bringing a fresh cultural vibrancy to the city of Portsmouth. Fast forward 140 years and The Music Hall—now with a second theater—has been pivotal in a revitalization of downtown into one of the most robust arts destinations in New England.
We are a vibrant cultural and community hub. We host over 130,000 patrons every year. Our passion is to inspire, educate, and connect audiences through the power of live performances and on-screen programming. We aim to ignite creativity, purpose, and a sense of community.
“the beating cultural heart of New Hampshire’s seacoast”
– The Boston Globe