Saturday morning, June 25, 2016. I deliver a bag of food to The Music Hall Historic Theater, watching in awe as throngs of people do the same: a mom and her teenaged son from Eliot, Maine, a young family arriving on bicycles, a local businessman with his SUV trunk full of packed groceries. It’s the second year that The Music Hall has partnered with the Seacoast Family Food Pantry to fill every seat in the hall with food for its Summer Meals 4 Kids program—and this year, it’s also the date of a Music Hall Community Open House with complimentary historic and tech tours of the 1878 theater, selfie photo ops up on stage, and a free afternoon family movie.Read More
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Every time I tell someone that I work at The Music Hall, they ask me what my favorite thing that I’ve seen at the theater. I always respond that it’s hard to pick because each one is a favorite for a different reason. Today, as we end the season, I thought I would share some favorite memories from this past season.Read More
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Deputy Director of Programming Therese LaGamma spoke with the Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan in anticipation of the award-winning duo’s performance on Saturday, July 16. Read on to learn why their beautiful folk-harmony has resonated with highly lauded music producer T Bone Burnett and with audiences worldwide—and why they can’t wait to play in the Music Hall’s historic theater.Read More
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Saturday, we’ll be opening up the Historic Theater for our annual Community Open House and Fill The Hall food drive. We’ve received a number of questions about this event so today I thought I’d share some helpful hints with you.Read More
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Well, it finally happened yesterday, the official first day of summer and the longest day of the year. And that means that the New England race to pack as much gardening, drinks on the deck, beach time, lobster rolls, kayaking and other forms of merriment as humanly possible into about 10 weeks is in full swing. (It also means that the day will be getting shorter from now on, but I don’t want to depress anyone.)Read More
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This week, I caught up with Sara Turner, our new Institutional Giving Manager and Corporate Liaison. We took a tour of her desk (it’s full of fun objects), chatted about her position here, and even discussed what her spirit animal is.Read More
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Blending folk, soul, blues, and Appalachian traditional elements into a refreshingly timeless sound that sits outside any particular musical era, Valerie June stands in a long and storied line of unique performers in Memphis, a city with a still vibrant music scene even into the 21st century. Deputy Director of Programming, Thérèse LaGamma, caught up with her before her recent performance at The Music Hall.Read More
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As I sit down to write this week’s blog, I realized that today marks my two year anniversary here at The Music Hall. As I think about my time here at the theater, I’m reminded of so many great shows that I’ve seen, amazing books that I’ve read and then heard their authors discuss, and most importantly getting to be a part of an organization that doesn’t just strive to entertain but actively works to make the world a better place. Incidentally enough, I’m also coming up on the year anniversary of my weekly Wednesday blog. As I took my trip down memory lane, I realized that I began this series talking about the First Fill The Hall event and I felt that today, it was fitting to do the same.Read More
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