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Oct 17 | evenings at the seacoast science center dinner series presents venom diaries, 5 p.m., with underwater photographer Paul Erickson, join in a family evening including dinner, a presentation on venomous marine creatures and adults, and spooky sea creature activities for children. In the spirit of the Halloween season, costumes encouraged. Learn more, purchase tickets at www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/events.
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the music hall: 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. the loft: 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. Tickets now available at the Music Hall box office, at 436-2400 or at www.themusichall.org. Members may buy advance tickets on the first Saturday of every month for upcoming events. To become a member call 433-3100, ext. 3014 or at www.themusichall.org.
Oct. 25: Innovation and Leadership Forum and Writers in the Loft: Howard G. Buffett and Howard W. Buffett, 5:30 p.m., $40.
Oct. 26: Met @ The Music Hall: The Nose (Shostakovich, ), 1 p.m. $24.50 for members, $27.50 for non-members, $15 for 18-under.
Nov. 1: Hilarity: Four Bitchin' Babes: Mid Life Vices, 8 P.M. $20/$32/$38.
Nov. 8, 9: Hilarity: Irish Comedy Tour, 8 p.m. in The Loft. $36.
Nov. 9: Met @ The Music Hall: Tosca (Puccini), 1 p.m. $24.50 for members, $27.50 for non-members, $15 for 18-under. Opera Connection Talk, $14, includes admission and light breakfast fare.
Nov. 12: Writers in the Loft: Thomas Cahill, Tuesday Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Changed Our World. $44.75
Nov. 17: HD Broadcast: National Theatre London: Macbeth, 1 p.m., Historic Theatre. Adults $27.50, students $15.
Dec. 14, 15: Ragpicker's Dream, 8 p.m., holiday celebration of stories, laughter, poetry and song, $18.
Dec. 20: Messiah Sing, 7:30 p.m., $14/$16.
Dec. 22: Met @ The Music Hall: Falstaff (Verdi-new production), noon, $24.50 for members, $27.50 for non-members, $15 for 18-under. Opera Connection Talk, $14, includes admission and light breakfast fare.
Feb. 5: Writers On A New England Stage: Sonia Sotomayor, 7:30 p.m. Package: $13.25, $11.25 for members.
Feb. 14: La Dolce Vita, Valentines Day Special 8 p.m., featuring the Gaudy Baubles and their chanteuse Renee. $38 includes dessert.,
March 2: Met @ The Music Hall: Prince Igor (Borodin-new production), 1 p.m. $24.50 for members, $27.50 for non-members, $15 for 18-under. Opera Connection Talk, $14, includes admission and light breakfast fare.
March 15: Met @ The Music Hall: Werther (Massenet-new production), 1 p.m. $24.50 for members, $27.50 for non-members, $15 for 18-under.
April 5: Met @ The Music Hall: La Boheme (Puccini), 1 p.m. $24.50 for members, $27.50 for non-members, $15 for 18-under.
May 4: Met @ The Music Hall: Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart),
May 10: Met @ The Music Hall: La Cenerentola (Rossini), 1 p.m. $24.50 for members, $27.50 for non-members, $15 for 18-under. Opera Connection Talk, $14, includes admission and light breakfast fare.
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Oct 17 | evenings at the seacoast science center dinner series presents venom diaries, 5 p.m., with underwater photographer Paul Erickson, join in a family evening including dinner, a presentation on venomous marine creatures and adults, and spooky sea creature activities for children. In the spirit of the Halloween season, costumes encouraged. Learn more, purchase tickets at www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/events.
OCT 17 | "NINE," PRESENTED BY THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION ITALIAN FILM SERIES, 6:30 p.m., Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. Free. 427-1540.
OCT 17-20 | NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM FESTIVAL, Four days. 100 Films. Workshops, Panels, Young Filmmakers Workshop, Afterparties, Award Ceremonies and more. www.nhfilmfestival.com.
OCT 18 | THE GHOSTS OF SMUTTYNOSE, 5:30-8:30 p.m., witches, a haunted schoolhouose, folk lore and the infamous murder at Museums of Olde York, Jefferds Tavern, York, Maine. General admission. (207) 363-1040.
OCT 19 | 9TH ANNUAL RICHIe MCFARLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER TOUCH-A-TRUCK, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pease International Tradeport, Portsmouth. 778-8193, info@richiemcfarland.org.
OCT 19 | 5TH ANNUAL NH BREW FEST, to benefit Prescott Park Arts Festival, VIP Session: noon-1 p.m.; Session I: 1-4 p.m.; Session II: 6-9 p.m. Sample more than 100 brews from more than 35 breweries, Redhook Ale Brewery, 35 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth. Admission includes entry to the event, souvenir sampler cup, beer samples and live music. 431-8748 or info@prescottpark.org.
OCT 19 | DESERT ISLAND LIVE! performing Joni Mitchell's "Blue" and "Court & Spark," The Dance Hall, 7 Walker St., Kittery, Maine. (207) 703-2803.
OCT 19 | UNDER THE FIDDLER'S MOON ON SAGAMORE CREEK, 7 p.m., to benefit Wings and Hooves Therapeutic Riding Inc., fine food, live music, silent auction and raffles, Portsmouth Elks Lodge, 500 Jones Ave., Portsmouth. $40/person; $75/couple; $200 for partya of six. Reservations required by Oct. 12. 642-3722, riding@wingsandhooves.org.
OCT 20 | beer, taverns and witchcraft, 4 p.m., lecture by Emerson "Tad" Baker, Salem State College, Strawbery Banke, Marcy St.,Portsmouth. www.1713TreatyofPortsmouth.org.
OCT 23 | ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS IN PORTSMOUTH BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT, 5:30 p.m., lecture by Martha Pinello, Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth. www.1713TreatyofPortsmouth.org.
OCT 24 | "WARM BODIES," (PG13) 6:30 p.m., Film Ecletica, Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. Free. 766-1703.
OCT 24 | GREEN ALLIANCE & FILM UNBOUNd 'GREEN SHORTS' FILM FESTIVAL, Green Alliance HQ, 75 Congress St, Suite 304, Portsmouth, 7:30-9:30 p.m. (doors open 7 p.m.) The Green Alliance and Film Unbound present "Green Shorts" a micro-festival of short films about the world, the environment and you. Don't miss this first annual green film festival which will showcase local films that touch upon environmental themes and inspire you to protect our planet! The Film Unbound experts have selected a diverse array of short films, most produced and shot by local artists, and will present them alongside sustainable eats and locally brewed beers. GA members attend this unique film fest for FREE (bring your Green Card to the festival)! For others the film showings and unlimited food and drink are $10 at the door. Looking to officially join the GA community? Pay just $25 at the door and get film festival entrance, food and beer, AND a 1 year Green Alliance or Green Families Club membership. For info visit http://greenshorts.filmunbound.com or www.greenalliance.biz or email at Sarah@greenalliance.biz.
OCT 24 | sam asano, inventor & businessman, speaker, 6:30 p.m., Do you have a child who is likes to create things? Fostering creativity and invention in children will be the subject of Asano's discussion. Parents invited to bring their children to this interesting and inspiring program. Asano is a businessman and a current inventor in the field of electronics and mechanical systems, who is credited as the original inventor of today's portable fax machine. Asano's shares his experience through his Portsmouth Herald Column which he will also briefly discuss. His column can be found at http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION0457. Refreshments served. North Hampton Public Library, 237A Atlantic Ave., North Hampton, 964-6326, www.nhplib.org.
OCT 25 | LEADERSHIP FORUM AND WRITERS IN THE LOFT: HOWARD G. BUFFETT AND HOWARD W. BUFFETT, 5:30 p.m., The Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. $40, includes "40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World, $26 includes hardcover, drink and book signing. Tickets are available at the Music Hall box office, at 436-2400 or at www.themusichall.org.
OCT 26 | NOT-SO-SPOOKY SPECTACULAR, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., non-food trick-or-treating, hands-on science experiments, tours of the "Bat Cave," fancy costumes to try on, face painting and hands-on holiday crafts, The Children's Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover. Adults and children: $9; 12 months and under and museum members free. 742-2002 or www.childrens-museum.org.
OCT 26 | the noSe (shostakovich,) 1 p.m., Met @ The Music Hall Broadcast, concessions, Opera Box Lunch, pastries, wine and beer available. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Adults $27.50; members $24.50; 18-under $15. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
OCT 26 | GHOSTS OF WINTER STREET CEMETERY, 3 and 4:30 p.m., Join role players portraying members of the Folsom, Smith, Emery and Gilman families. Adults: members $8, non members $12. children 12-under: $10/$8. Appropriate clothing and shoes for weather and location suggested. 772-2622.
OCT 27 | FURNITURE MASTERWORKS 2013: A CELEBRATION, 4-7 p.m., interact with individual masters, experience their newest creations first hand and speak with the masters in depth, evening includes a reception and silent auction, the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, New Castle. $25. Advance tickets may be purchcased at http://www.furnituremasters.org.
OCT 31 | 19th annual Portsmouth Halloween Parade, a grassroots, all-inclusive Seacoast celebration of community, creativity, resourcefulness and free expression, which walks, stalks, dances, trumpets and drums its way through downtown Portsmouth each year on Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to dress up, gather at Peirce Island by Prescott Park, and march. Hundreds march in costume, thousands cheer from the sidelines, it's a spectacle from either side of the curb. www.spookyportsmouth.com.
NOV 1 | HILARITY: FOUR BITCHIn' bABES: mID LIFE VICES, 8 p.m., The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $20/$32/$38. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
Nov 1 | first friday open stage, offered for students October through May at Kittery Art Association, 8 Coleman Ave., Kittery Point, Maine, 7 to 8:30 p.m. You're invited to play music, sing, recite poetry, juggle, perform a skit, mime, use your imagination and join in a night of live performance and fun. No advance signups are necessary, just come on down. For information, email Kent Allyn at kentfallyn@gmail.com, or David Graf at davidwgraf@aol.com.
NOV 3 | JOHN BEAR MITCHELL, 2 p.m., Penobscot storyteller and University of Maine, Orono, Native American studies program. Strawbery Banke, Marcy St.,Portsmouth. www.1713TreatyofPortsmouth.org.
NOV 5 | UNH CELEBRITY SERIES: L.A. THEATRE WORKS: THE GRADAUTE, 7 p.m., a formost radio theater company for more than two decades, each performance is immediate, spontaneous and features a first-rate cast, live sound effects and a connection to the audience. Johnson Theatre, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Tickets are $30, UNH Students with IDs and 18-under $10. Tickets at 862-7222 or at www.unharts.com.
nov 6 | POETRY HOOT WITH MIMI WHITE AND GORDON LANG, 7-9 p.m., Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program, Cafe Espresso, 783 Islington St., Portsmouth. 334-3407.
NOV 7 - 16 | RESTAURANT WEEK - portsmouth and the seacoast, sponsored by the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, a bi-annual culinary event that sppotlights Portsmouth and the Seacoast as a culinary and cultural destination. For information visit www.restaurantweekportsmouth.com.
NOV 7 | WALK THE PINK CARPET and help York Hospital Breast Cancer Patients. Girls Night out dinner with a silent/live auction of bags baubles and the best of everything, with Randy Price emcee. 5 p.m., Portsmouth Harbor Events. There is limited seating. Tickets are $75 each or a VIP table of 10 for $900. (207) 351-2385, visit www.yorkhospital.com/thepinkcarpet or email info@yorkhospital.com.
NOV 9 | TOSCA - OPERA CONNECTION, discussion, The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $14, includes admission and light breakfast fare, Tickets now available at the Music Hall box office, at 436-2400, Or at www.themusichall.org.
NOV 9 | TOSCA (PUCCINI), 1 p.m., Met @ The Music Hall Broadcast, concessions, Opera Box Lunch, pastries, wine and beer available. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Adults $27.50; members $24.50; 18-under $15. Tickets now available at the Music Hall box office, at 436-2400, or at www.themusichall.org.
NOV 12 | writers in the loft: thomas cahill, 7 p.m., the book: "Tuesday Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Changed Our World, The Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. Package: $44.75, includes reserved seat, signed book, beverage, author presentation, and meet-and-greet. Tickets available at the Music Hall box office, at 436-2400 or at www.themusichall.org.
nov 13 | JUNIE B. JONES, 9:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m., approprieate for grades K-5, School Days Series for schools, homeschoolers and families. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Tickets $6, are available at the box office at 433-3100, ext. 4013 or contact Chris Curtis at ccurtis@the musichall.org. of call 433-3100, ext. 6013.
NOV 14 | "ROMAN HOLIDAY," PRESENTED BY THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION ITALIAN FILM SERIES, 6:30 p.m., Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. Free. 427-1540.
NOV 16 | VINTAGE & VINYL LISTENING CLUB, featuring David Bowie's "Heroes," The Dance Hall, 7 Walker St., Kittery, Maine. (207) 703-2803.
NOV 17 | NATIONAL THEATRE LONDON HD: MACABETH, 1 p.m., TheMusic Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Adults $27.50, students $15. Tickets are available at the box office, at 436-2400 or at www.themusichall.org.
DEC 4 | POETRY HOOT WITH TAMMI TRUAX AND TIM MASON, 7-9 p.m., Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program, Cafe Espresso, 783 Islington St., Portsmouth. 334-3407.
dec 6 | first friday open stage, offered for students from October through May at the Kittery Art Association, 8 Coleman Ave., Kittery Point, Maine, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. You're invited to play music, sing, recite poetry, juggle, perform a skit, mime, use your imagination and join in a night of live performance and fun. No advance signups are necessary, just come on down. For information, email Kent Allyn at kentfallyn@gmail.com, or David Graf at davidwgraf@aol.com.
DEC 12 | "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL," PRESENTED BY THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION ITALIAN FILM SERIES, 6:30 p.m., Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. Free. 427-1540.
DEC 14, 15 | RING IN THE RHYTHM, featuring the Paul Arslanian Sextet and special guests permorming the original music from Clara's Dream, a Jazz Nutcracker, The Dance Hall, 7 Walker St., Kittery, Maine. (207) 703-2803.
DEC 14, 15 | RAGPICKER'S DREAM, 7:30 p.m., holiday celebration of stories, laughter, poetry and song, The Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. Dec. 14: 8 p.m.; Dec. 15: 7 p.m. $18. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
DEC 20 | MESSIAH SING, 7:30 p.m., join the best-loved area choruses in a transcendent community sing. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $$14/$16. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
DEC 22 | FALLSTAFF - OPERA CONNECTION, discussion, The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $14, includes admission and light breakfast fare, Tickets now available at the Music Hall box office, at 436-2400, or at www.themusichall.org
dec 22 | FALLSTAFF (VERDI), noon, Met @ The Music Hall Broadcast, concessions, Opera Box Lunch, pastries, wine and beer available. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Adults $27.50; members $24.50; 18-under $15. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
jan 3 | first friday open stage, offered for students through May at the Kittery Art Association, 8 Coleman Ave., Kittery Point, Maine, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. You're invited to play music, sing, recite poetry, juggle, perform a skit, mime, use your imagination and join in a night of live performance and fun. No advance signups are necessary, just come on down. For information, email Kent Allyn at kentfallyn@gmail.com, or David Graf at davidwgraf@aol.com.
MARCH 2 | PRINCE IGOR - OPERA CONNECTION, discussion, The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $14, includes admission and light breakfast fare, 436-2400, www.themusichall.org
MARCH 2 | PRINCE IGOR (BORODIN), noon, Met @ The Music Hall Broadcast, concessions, Opera Box Lunch, pastries, wine and beer available. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Adults $27.50; members $24.50; 18-under $15. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
MARCH 15 | WERTHER (mASSENET), 1 p.m., Met @ The Music Hall Broadcast, concessions, Opera Box Lunch, pastries, wine and beer available. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Adults $27.50; members $24.50; 18-under $15. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
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MULTIMEDIA HISTORIC TOUR OF THE MUSIC HALL, get the inside scoop on the stories of sea and of land, of ghosts and of myths, and of fiery destruction and rebirth that have defined one of the oldest operating theatres in the U.S. Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12.50, $10 for members and are available at The Music Hall box office, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, at 436-2400, or at www.themusichall.org.
NOV 13 | THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION MEETING, Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth.
WALK WITH WASHINGTON, through Oct. 11, Fridays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Follow President Washington's footsteps where he dined, danced, fished and slept, during his three-day visit in the fall of 1789. A tour of the Langdon House can be added at the end of the walk for half price, free for members. 436-3205 or www.HistoricNewEngland.org. Tour leaves from Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant St., Portsmouth. Tickets $12, $6 for Historic New England Members.
GUIDED TOURS OF THE WARNER HOUSE, through Oct. 16, Wed. through Mon.: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., adults $5, seniors/students/AAA members $4, children 7-up $3. 150 Daniel St., Portsmouth. 436-5909.
GRAVESTONES BY DUSK, 6 p.m., tours of Portsmouth's historic North Burial Ground, Maplewood Ave. One hour talk and walking tour includes visits to the burial sites of Portsmouth's "second tier" founding fathers. Friday and Saturday evenings or by appointment, weather permitting. $10 per person. 436-5096.
TOURS OF THE JEWETT-EASTMAN AND THE SARAH ORNE JEWETT HOUSE, 5:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through Oct. 13. Museum admission: adults $5; seniors $4; children $2.50, free for Historic New England members. (207) 384-2454.
ceili dance classes every Friday in Durham. For information call Sue Dunlavey at 749-1038 or sue@seacoastsetdancers.org or www.SeacoastSetDancers.org.
LATIN DANCING, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Dance and Yoga lessons for children and adults, Dania Dance Studio, 1534 Route 33, Greenland. DANCE SOCIAL, last Friday of every month, The Regatta Banquet and Conference Center, Eliot, Maine. Free lessons a 7:30 p.m., $15/couple. 969-3017.
Scottish Country Dancing, Fridays in Greenland at the Parish Hall on Route 151/Post Road, 7:30 p.m. beginners, 8 p.m. social dancing, No partner necessary, soft shoes suggested. Call 773-9795 to confirm. Free the first time and then $3 a visit.
THE MUSIC HALL FOUNDERS LOBBY LOUNGE, coffee, cake, cocktails, Thursdays through Saturdays, 5:30-midnight, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
THE KNIT WITS - WEDNESDAY KNITTING GROUP, 10 a.m.-noon, MacLeod Board Room, Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. 427-1540 or www.cityofportsmouth.com/library.
THURSDAY KNITTING CIRCLE, 11 a.m., Exeter Public Library, 4 Chestnut St., Exeter. 772-3101.
CHICKS WITH STICKS KNITTING GROUP, meet every Tuesday 7-9 p.m., The Yarn Sellar, Route 1, Meadowbrook Plaza, York, Maine. (207) 351-1987.
MAINE POTTER'S GUILD, offers open invitation to those interested in pottery to join group by coming to meetings the first Monday each month at 6 p.m. For information, e-mail handsonpottery@msn.com.
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EXTRAORDINARY CINEMA: Feb. 25: Dr. Zhivago, (PG13 US) 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, 27, (27 at 2 & 7 p.m.). March 1-4: A Single Man (R US). $8.50. All films at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. $18/$22. 436-2400, www.themusichall.org.
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