The Music Hall
Intimately Yours Introduces
A Night of Blues and Afro Pop
Double Bill with
Righteous Babe Records star Toshi Reagon
“Mixing folk, rock, funk, and gospel this soulful socially conscious
singer-songwriter speaks truth to power.” – Acoustic Guitar
&
Subpop Records’ Bassekou Kouyate + his band, Ngoni Ba
First US tour for band from Mali, touring behind its latest CD
BBC World Music Award nominee, Best Newcomer
“One of top 12 albums to watch” – National Geo
Outreach Partner: Rain for the Sahel and the Sahara
Thursday, April 1, 2010 7:30pm.
Toshi Reagon (l) & Bassekou Kouyate (r)
The Music Hall’s latest installment in its Intimately Yours series is A Night of Blues and Afro Pop on Thursday April 1, 2010 – a double bill with Righteous Babe Records (Ani DiFranco label) star Toshi Reagon and Subpop Records (Nirvana label) “Malian Maestro” Bassekou Kouyate and his band, Ngoni Ba. The selection is a new twist to The Music Hall’s wildly popular pop concert series, Intimately Yours – Intimately Yours Introduces. And, it’s an interesting double bill since American blues traces its roots to West Africa and to the Sahel region of modern-day Mali where Kouyate and Ngoni Ba are from.
The author of Liar’s Poker,
Moneyball, and The Blind Side
Wednesday, April 7 at 7:30pm
The NY Times #1 Bestselling author presents his new work
THE BIG SHORT: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Evening tickets and vouchers for autographed books on sale now
Books reserved in advance sold at 10% discount
Michael Lewis
On Wednesday, April 7, Writers on a New England Stage, the celebrated author series presented by The Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio in collaboration with Yankee Magazine and RiverRun Bookstore, welcomes to the stage writer-journalist Michael Lewis. The author of the scathing Wall Street expose Liar’s Poker as well as other investigative nonfiction books, Moneyball (about baseball), The Blind Side (about football), and The New New Thing (about Silicon Valley); Lewis will present his new book, THE BIG SHORT: Inside the Doomsday Machine.
In this new book, Lewis gives a character-rich and darkly humorous account of how the U.S. economy “was driven over the cliff” by a collection of professionals entrenched in the financial world. Following a brief author presentation, Lewis will be interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio reporter Jon Greenberg, once a Washington reporter at National Public Radio and now Executive Editor of NHPR. Live music will be performed by the award-winning house band Dreadnaught. The live show will be rebroadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio.
“Among journalists, Michael Lewis is top notch. Those who’ve read his work know his humor is deeply perceptive. His insights into people and business are truly illuminating,” said Writers on a New England Stage Associate Producer Margaret Talcott.
The Music Hall Presents
Moscow Festival Ballet: Cinderella
Sunday, March 28, 2010 3pm
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“The dancers of the Moscow Festival Ballet spoke to the soul through the body”
- The Post and Courier; Charleston, South Carolina
Poor Cinderella...
Celebrate the vernal equinox and experience the power of dance with The Music Hall’s annual Spring ballet – this year, the well known timeless classic folk tale Cinderella by the Moscow Festival Ballet on Sunday March 28 at 3pm at the landmark Victorian theater in downtown Portsmouth. With sumptuous sets, exquisite costumes and spectacular dancers, this captivating young company of leading dancers from across Russia brings together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies. As the Las Vegas Review Journal said, they “deserved ‘bravos’ within minutes of the opening steps.”
According to Therese LaGamma, Programming Manager, “Cinderella is one of the most popular ballets – and when we were planning our year and specifically, our annual spring ballet, we thought this would be the perfect choice. It’s like a rite of spring here at The Hall – and a perfect opportunity to slip out of the house on a Sunday afternoon, linger over brunch and then head to the 3pm matinee at the theatre. Don’t miss this performance!”
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Michael Lewis
“How some of Wall Street’s finest minds managed to destroy $1.75 trillion of wealth” – that is the shorthand version of the new book coming out this week by celebrated author Michael Lewis, on The Music Hall stage Wednesday April 7 as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series. Lewis was interviewed on CBS’ 60 Minutes Sunday March 14. Here from 60 Minutes:
If you had to pick someone to write the autopsy report on the Wall Street financial collapse 18 months ago, you couldn’t do any better than Michael Lewis. He is one of the country’s preeminent non-fiction writers with a knack for turning complicated, mind numbing material into fascinating yarns. He wrote his first bestseller, “Liar’s Poker,” about his experiences as a young Wall Street bond trader when he was still in his 20s and has since followed up with seven more bestsellers on subjects ranging from Silicon Valley in “The New New Thing” to big time sports in “Money Ball” and “The Blind Side,” (made into a motion picture with Academy Award winner for best actress, Sandra Bullock.) His new book, called “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,” comes out later this week and it explains how some of Wall Street’s finest minds managed to destroy $1.75 trillion of wealth in the subprime mortgage markets. Check out the link below.
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Explosive Taiko drumming, acrobatic choreography
On their North American Tour
Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:30pm
“Powerful, dynamic and unique” —Time Out
“Extraordinarily talented…incomparable muscular zeal” —Chicago Tribune
Tao drumming doin' his thing...
From the mountains of Japan Tao: The Martial Art of Drumming will bring its explosive Taiko drumming and innovative acrobatic choreography to The Music Hall stage, Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:30pm. These powerful acrobats, who have trained intensively in martial arts for years in the mountains of Japan, use extraordinary precision, energy, and stamina in their young and vibrantly modern take on a traditional art form. According to Patricia Lynch, Executive Director of The Music Hall, “This will be an exciting evening out on the town – the show is breathtaking in both sight and sound. There are still tickets available – don’t miss out!”
About Tao: The Martial Art of Drumming
Athletic bodies and contemporary costumes meet explosive Taiko drumming and innovative choreography in this show that has critics waxing lyrical about TAO’s extraordinary precision, energy, and stamina. With hundreds of sold-out shows and more than a million spectators, TAO has proven that modern entertainment based on the traditional art of Japanese drumming, has massive international appeal. The stars of TAO live and train at a compound in the mountains of Japan, reaching the highest level of virtuosity only after years of intensive study. However, these performers each bring nontraditional flair to the group by drawing on their diverse backgrounds: for example, one as a hard rock musician, another, a gymnast, and yet another as a composer. They offer a young and vibrantly modern take on a traditional art form.
