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Movie Showtimes
Friday - Tuesday 7:30 pm || Wednesday 5:30*
*early bird special: 2 for 1!
 Artist Documentary Series: A Man Called Pearl June 18 |
 Duplicity June 19-24 |
 Tulpan June 26 - July 1 |
Colonial's Children's Series: Laughing Couple Wed., July 1 - 11am |
 Sugar July 3-8 |
Colonial Children's Series: Patchwork Players present: Pop Rock Fairy Tale Wed., July 8 - 11am |
BHC Film: Blessed Is The Match Thurs., July 9 - 7:30 pm |
 Every Little Step July 10-15 |
Colonial Children's Series: Morten Hansen, Juggler Wed., July 15 -- 11am |
Artist Documentary Series: The Rape of Europa Thurs., July 16 |
 Earth July 17 & 19-22 |
Colonial Children's Series: Weathervane Theatre's Patchwork Players present: Wizard of Magic Island Wed., July 22 -- 11am |
LIVE! at The Colonial: Paula Cole Trio Sat., July 18 |
BHC Film:  The Year My Parents Went on Vacation Thurs., July 23 |
4th Annual Colonial Theatre Benefit Golf Tournament Friday, July 24 |
| Teen Movie Night Thurs., July 30 Showtime 6pm FREE & open to area teens |
Colonial Children's Series: Behind the Mask performs: Cat Mountain Wed., July 29 -- 11 am |
 Goodbye Solo Aug. 1-5 |
| Colonial Children's Series: Weathervane Theatre's Patchwork Players present: A Year with Frog and Toad Wed., Aug. 5 -- 11 am |
LIVE! at The Colonial: The Alloy Orchestra plays Underworld Sat., Aug. 8 |
 Adoration Aug. 7 & 9-12 |
| Colonial Children's Series: The Re-Bops Wed., Aug. 12 -- 11am |
BHC Film: Waltz with Bashir Thurs., Aug. 13 -- 7:30pm |
 Summer Hours Aug. 14-18 |
| Colonial Children's Series: Weathervane Theatre's Patchwork Players present: Happily Ever After Wed., Aug. 19 -- 11 am |
LIVE! at The Colonial: Andy Statman Trio Wed., Aug. 19 |
Colonial Artist Documentary Series: Crumb Thurs., Aug. 20 |
 The Brothers Bloom Aug. 21-26 |
BHC Film: Live And Become Thurs., Aug. 27 |
Live! At The Colonial Sponsored by:
Live! At The Colonial
The historic 300 seat Colonial Theatre presents nationally acclaimed artists in an intimate theatre setting. Showtimes are 8 PM, doors and box office open at 7 PM. General admission tickets available on-line up to 48 hours before the show and locally in advance at the Maia Papaya Café, Bethlehem, Village Book Store, Littleton, Wendell's Delicatessen, Franconia. A limited number of front and center reserved seats are available on line or by calling 603-869-5603 during business hours. Refreshments including beer and wine are available at most events. The 2009 LIVE! At The Colonial concert series is sopnsored by Fairpoint Communications and Notchnet. Individual events are sponsored as noted.
Colonial Children's Series
Begins Wednesday, July 1 at 11am
$6 / group discounts available
Paula Cole
Grammy Award Winner
Saturday, July 18 at 8pm
$40 General Admission, $35 Members
Reserved Front & Center seating $50. Call 603-869-5603 or reserve online
"Returning to the limelight, Cole is as striking as ever"
-BOSTON GLOBE
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Sponsored by The Mount Washington Resort
Alloy Orchestra plays Underworld
Directed by Joseph Von Sternberg
Saturday, August 8 at 8pm
$15 General Admission, $12 Members
"The best in the world at accompanying silent films."
-ROGER EBERT
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Alloy Orchestra Presented as part of the BHC Summer Cultural Series
Andy Statman Trio
Wednesday, August 19 at 8pm
Ticket prices $30, Colonial members $25
Reserved front & center seating $35. Call 603-869-5603 or reserve online
"Andy Statman is a master of two idioms linked only by their demand for virtuosity and their down-home origins."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Alloy Orchestra Presented as part of the BHC Summer Cultural Series
Jonathan Edwards Trio
Saturday, September 5 at 8pm
$25 General Admission, $20 Members
Reserved front & center seating $30. Call 603-869-5603 or reserve online
"Edwards' voice is so naturally malleable that all he really needs is a song with a strong melodic hook and he's home free."
-WASHINGTON POST
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Sponsored by The Connecticut River Bank
Pablo Ziegler Trio with special guests
New Tango Pianist & Latin Grammy Award Winner
Saturday, September 19 at 8pm
$25 General Admission, $20 Members
Reserved front & center seating $35. Call 603-869-5603 or reserve online
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Sponsored by The Village Book Store
Live! at The Colonial series sponsors are FairPoint Communications and Notchnet.com
With additional support from New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
For tickets & more information: colonial@ncia.net.
Colonial Summer Children's Series.
July 1 - August 19
Colonial's Summer Children's Series.
Wednesday's at 11 AM
All tickets $6, Group discounts available.
Sponsored by The White Mountain School
Anchored on alternate Wednesdays by the Weathervane Theatre's Patchwork Players, the Colonial's Summer Children's Series provides a weekly dose of live music, theater, story-telling, magic and more.
July 1
Laughing Couple
Laughing Couple is storyteller Carolyn Black and visual artist Rick Hunt.Together they bring to life Native American tales and myths in a combined visual/audio performance. Carolyn enthralls audiences with Native stories while Rick spontaneously creates large murals. They have been performing all over New England and upstate NYand are members of the National Storytelling Network.
July 8
Patchwork Weathervane Theatre's Patchwork Players Present:
Pop Rock Fairy Tale
New original musical by Jacques Stewart
"Welcome to my life?" And so begins the opening of Pop Rock Fairy Tale. Five students at special school for kids with super powers. Through their adventures they learn life lessons from each other.
July 15
Morten Hansen / Juggler
Hansen has won four gold medals from the International Jugglers Association and twice
set the world record for the most objects ever juggled between two people. (most
recently fifteen balls with Ben Jennings of London England in July of 2003.)
July 22
Patchwork Weathervane Theatre's Patchwork Players Present:
Wizard of Magic Island
By Bob Vernon, Jacques Stewart and Bethany Aiken
A Wizard and his daughter are trapped on a remote island. When a ship carrying his enemies passes near the island, he captures them and takes everyone on an unexpected journey on this strange island -- where spirits and monsters meet kings and princes and anything is possible!
July 26
Children's Series: Behind the Mask / Theatre, Mask Making
Put on a mask and anything is possible. Suddenly you can move, act, and think differently. The mask embodies the potential for transformation of all kinds - emotional, spiritual, physical, and symbolic. Behind the Mask is an award winning group that creates original masks and dazzling performances, and teaches others how to do the same!
"Magnificent... Eric Bornstein is a gifted Maskmaker."
- Boston Globe
Aug 5
Patchwork Weathervane Theatre's Patchwork Players Present:
A Year with Frog and Toad
By Willie & Robert Reale, based on books by Arnold Lobel
Follows two great friends (cheerful Frog and the rather grumpy Toad) through four fun-filled seasons, learning life lessons along the way, including a most important one about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that make each of us different and special.
August 12
The Re-Bops / Re-Bop Records celebrates 20 Years
Vermont's Re-Bop Records has been pioneering age-appropriate children's music, and winning every major parenting award, many times over. Join us as we celebrate 20 years of great music making for young people.
Aug 19
Children's Series: Patchwork Weathervane Theatre's Patchwork Players Present:
Happily Ever After
New original musical by the 2009 Interns offers familiar stories and music with a Weathervane energy-filled twist!
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