BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ogunquit Performing Arts - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ogunquit Performing Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ogunquit Performing Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230915T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230915T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230614T142746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150755Z UID:10000193-1694806200-1694806200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Capriccio Music Festival - Occidental Gypsy - POSTPONED DESCRIPTION:The performance by Occidental Gypsy has been postponed due to the closure of the Dunaway Auditorium for public events.  Because of the discovery of mold in the location of the Police Department\, that Department is being temporarily relocated in the Dunaway Center auditorium\, making it unavailable for performances.  OPA plans to reschedule Occidental Gypsy at a future date.\nHailing from New England\, this nationally touring acoustic jazz band performs a blend of gypsy jazz and folk music in a pioneering approach to traditional “hot club jazz” music\, paying homage to Django Reinhardt and expanding the genre to include elements of western (Occidental) sounds and rhythms\, including blues\, Klezmer and Latin.  Their music cannot be easily classified: it’s a bit of jazz\, a strain of blues\, a seismic swing experience and “a whole lotta gypsified groove.” \nAccording to David Bromberg\, “these guys have great singing\, fantastic guitar and violin work\, and high energy originals that leave the crowd crazy.  An awesome band!”  The Boston Globe has named them a “Best Bet for Weekend Entertainment”. \nThe quintet has played in over 200 venues in over 30 states\, selling out legendary jazz clubs in Cleveland\, Chicago\, Indianapolis\, and Los Angeles. They have shared the stage with such greats as Wynton Marsalis\, Rikki Lee Jones\, Stanley Jordan\, Joe Sample\, and David Bromberg. \nTheir sound appeals to a wide range of audiences\, from concert halls to clubs\, art centers to festivals. Their between-set banter and personal dynamics add entertainment value\, and audiences often find themselves dancing in the aisles! \nMembers include:Brett Feldman- lead guitar\, composer\, co-arranger and a founderEli Bishop- All strings\, co-arrangerJeremy Frantz- lead vocals\, rhythm guitarJeff Feldman- bassJohn Chapman- percussion \nEli Bishop\, a Nashville violin prodigy who began playing at age 3\, has played with Wynton Marsalis\, Bill Evans of the Miles Davis Group\, Vince Gill\, and the Wooten Brothers. And was awarded a Guinness Record for the world’s fastest clapping! \nBrett Feldman is a self-taught musician and composer. His original songs are challenging to execute even by the most seasoned gypsy jazz artists and are crafted as emotional renderings of important ideas. His most notable new piece\, also the title track of their recent CD- Song for Vrba:44070- tells the story of the heroism of Rudolf Vrba\, who escaped Auschwitz in WW II\, and whose reporting of the atrocities led to an end of Hungarian deportation of Jews to Germany  and is credited with saving the lives of over 200\,000. \nJeremy Frantz is a protégé of legendary guitarist Joe Negri. He is best known for his soulful singing of classic standards. More than once\, he has brought crowds to near silence through the warmth and openness of his vocals. \nJeff Feldman and John Chapman keep crowds moving with beats and complex rhythms with roots in Latin music and Klezmer\, well integrated into original compositions and support the richness of music that almost make them sound like they could be plugged in rather than acoustic. \nLISTEN TO THE BAND:   Listen to Over Here and #44070 by Occidental Gypsy | Occidental Gypsy (occidentalgypsyband.com) URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/capriccio-music-festival-occidental-gypsy/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio,Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Occidental-Gypsy-2023.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T150000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230614T141821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150756Z UID:10000192-1694250000-1694271600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:23rd Annual Capriccio Festival of Kites with Andy Happel & Friends DESCRIPTION:Ogunquit Performing Arts continues its 31st Annual Capriccio Festival with everyone’s favorite event\, the Capriccio Festival of Kites at Ogunquit Beach\,  with activities occurring from 9 am to 2 pm.  This delightful\, annual Festival features professional kite flying demonstrations\, with multiples\, and oversized kites filling the sky.  Children are provided with free\, white kites\, along with colorful markers and crayons.  They can decorate their own kites\, which are then entered into a contest with a multitude of categories in order for many prizes to be awarded.  Kites are also available for sale at the beach\, so that no one is left out of the fun.  Scheduled at 12 noon is the “Grand Ascension” where the sky is filled with all of the day’s kites.  Bring your cameras!  It’s a spectacular sight! \nReturning to provide high-flying music for this event is Portland fiddler/singer Andy Happel and Friends\, performing 2 concerts during the day\, at 10:00 am and again at 2 pm\, serenading beach-goers\, spectators\, music lovers\, and over 100 kite flyers.  Andy plans to bring a musician friend or two to join in the joyous fun\, playing selections from his repertoire of exotic tunes and lilting rhythms. \nA well-known favorite accompaniment to multiple kite festivals\, Andy is becoming a perennial favorite\, and continues to dish up both familiar and provocative new sounds in an original music repertoire from across the continents\, representing a wide range of musical styles\, such as Tex-Mex Folk\, Appalachian String Music\, Canadian Maritime fiddle tunes\, and classical\, country\, folk/rock and R&B. \nAndy Happel’s music is accessible to and enjoyed by audiences across a wide range of musical tastes and is guaranteed to inspire and delight all. \nA concert violinist and fiddler\, Happel has shared the stage with symphony orchestras\, pop stars\, and country music artists. As bandleader for the 1990’s rock group “Thanks to Gravity\,” Andy was signed to Capitol Records and toured extensively with several well-known groups including Guster\, Train and The Dave Matthews Band. \nA successful run with country singer Don Campbell followed\, where he opened for such country legends as Willie Nelson\, Randy Travis and George Daniels. \nIn addition to performing\, Andy has served as Director of Strings at the Waynflete School in Portland\, Maine\, and has worked and performed with such far reaching regional and international musical entities as the Moravian Philharmonic in the Czech Republic\, the Metropolitan Children’s Chorus in NYC\, the New England String Quartet\, and the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra. \nAdmission to the Festival and the Andy Happel concerts is free.  The Capriccio Festival of Kites is presented by Cricket’s Corner Beach and Toy\, Ogunquit Performing Arts\, Ogunquit Rotary Club\, Kennebunk Savings Bank\, That Place in Ogunquit\, and the Town of Ogunquit. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/23rd-annual-capriccio-festival-of-kites-with-andy-happel-friends/ LOCATION:Ogunquit Beach\, Beach Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907 CATEGORIES:Capriccio ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Kites-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230614T135309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150756Z UID:10000191-1694201400-1694201400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:31st Annual Capriccio Festival - Deux Voix DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n Free Parking in the church parking lot\, and in the overflow lot behind the parsonage across the street. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n View Program Here \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ogunquit Performing Arts opens its 31st Annual Capriccio Music Festival with a performance by this popular brass/organ duo. \nDeux Voix was formed in 2014 (French for “two voices”) by trumpeter Justin Langham and organist Stephen Distad. They have amassed a sterling reputation nationally and internationally\, presenting concerts in over 19 states and 12 countries. In their mission to expand the world of trumpet and organ\, Stephen and Justin are constantly adapting works from other genres and instrumentations\, such as jazz\, Broadway\, opera and current popular music. They have also commissioned and premiered many new works for trumpet and organ\, including commissioned works by composers such as Mark Hayes\, Craig Courtney\, and Alejandro Basulto. \n“ Our mission is to inspire and engage a wide and diverse audience of trumpet and organ music through the creation of new music\, educational out reach\, creative programming\, and dynamic performances around the world “ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Justin Langham\, co-founder and artistic director is a performer\, composer\, conductor and teacher based in Houston\, Texas. Originally from Mobile\, Alabama\, he earned a double Bachelor’s Degree in trumpet performance and composition from the University of Alabama. In 2013 he earned from the University of Houston\, both his Master’s in trumpet performance\, and doctorate in trumpet performance and conducting. \nIn addition to maintaining an active performing schedule and private teaching studio\, Dr. Langham serves on the faculty of Lone Star College\, teaching music theory\, brass\, and aural skills. \nDr. Langham is also an award-winning composer. His works range from intimate solo works and chamber pieces to music for massive pipe organs and collegiate marching bands. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Stephen Distad\, co-founder and managing director is a nationally recognized organist and church musician based in Houston\, Texas. In addition to his concertizing\, Stephen serves as artist in Residence at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church. Before coming to Houston\, he served as Minister of Music at First Baptist Church in Charleston\, South Carolina\, and in other communities in Rochester\, Minnesota\, Shreveport\, Louisiana. He received his Bachelor’s Degree  from Drake University\, his Master’s from Baylor University\, and post graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ogunquit Baptist Church Organ \nMeshing an age-old craft with the latest technology\, the Faucher Organ Company builds pipe organs all over the Northeast. Founder Robert Faucher\, pipe organ builder and physicist\, has been involved in the building and installation of over 200 instruments- mechanical as well as electro-pneumatic and electric-actioned. In 1979\, he was awarded the title of Journeyman Organbuilder by the American Institute of Organbuilders. One of only 30 plus built by Faucher’s organ company\, the Church’s hybrid organ provides the best of both worlds: the benefits of a high quality pipe organ with cost effective and space saving features of digital sound. \nOgunquit is so fortunate to be in one of their favorite places to perform\, and we are grateful to our former OPA member Mark Thallander for arranging for their return! \nLISTEN TO DEUX VOIX:  Music — Deux Voix (deuxvoixmusic.com) \nLIMITED ACCESSIBILITY NOTE:  The Sanctuary of the Church is on the second floor.  There is no currently functioning elevator or chair lift. \n \n \n \n \n \n TICKETS may be purchased three weeks prior to performance at the Dunaway Center\, Cricket’s Corner Beach and Toy\, the Ogunquit Welcome Center\, \n  \nOr online now on this website. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/31st-annual-capriccio-festival-deux-voix/ LOCATION:Ogunquit Baptist Church\, 157 Shore Road\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio,Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Deux-Voix-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230511T203529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150756Z UID:10000190-1686339000-1686339000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:27th Annual Chamber Music Festival: The New Hampshire Trio DESCRIPTION:Ogunquit Performing Arts continues its 27th Chamber Music Festival with a performance by The New Hampshire Trio.  Bringing together three extraordinary musicians\, the Trio was recently founded in 2021\, and is the resident faculty chamber ensemble at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. \n \n \n \n \n \n The Piano Trio will play: \nRACHMANINOFF Trio Elégiaque No. 1 in G minor \nCHARLES IVES Trio for Violin\, Cello and Piano \nAMY BEACH Piano Trio in A minor\, Op. 150 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Karl Orvik\, violin\, has been featured in solo and chamber recitals throughout the United States\, as well as in Canada\, Norway and South Korea. An enthusiastic chamber musician\, he is the founding violinist of Trio Klaritas\, which has appeared on concert series in Boston\, New York City\, Los Angeles\, and at the Tanglewood Music Center\, as well as in a 2010 concert tour of South Korea. Most recently\, the trio made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 performing a program of works by living composers. Dr. Ørvik also concertizes frequently with Stonehill College’s resident faculty ensemble\, the Stonehill Trio\, and has appeared in multiple recordings and live radio broadcasts as a member of many other ensembles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jacques Lee Wood\, cello\, is an avid chamber musician and orchestral musician\, a member of the Pedroia String Quartet and recently appointed principal cello of the Cape Symphony. He is a frequent guest artist with A Far Cry\, House of Time\, Yale Schola Cantorum\, Trinity Baroque Orchestra\, Bachsolisten Seoul\, Bach Collegium Japan\, Juilliard 415\, Firebird Ensemble\, and the Handel and Haydn Society. A recognized pedagogue\, Wood is an Artist-in-Residence at the University of New Hampshire and holds faculty positions at Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (Intensive Community Program) and Milton Academy. He has held residencies at Yale University\, University of Ulsan\, Tufts University\, and the Boston Conservatory. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mathilde Handelsman\, piano\, is a concert pianist\, poet\, and educator from Paris\, France.  She is recognized as an imaginative and unusual performer with refined interpretations\, for her “calm technical mastery\, immediate understanding of balance” as well as “extraordinary vigor\, flawless musicality\,” (Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace). \nSpanning the repertoire across Europe and the United States\, Handelsman’s career as a soloist and collaborative musician has led her to perform under conductors such as Seiji Ozawa\, Thomas Adès\, Stefan Asbury\, and Luigi Gaggero. Highlights from recent and current seasons include chamber performances alongside Yo-Yo Ma\, Nicolas Namoradze\, and Stephen Drury at the Tanglewood Music Festival\, as well as a solo debut at Carnegie Hall in May 2022. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/27th-annual-chamber-music-festival-the-new-hampshire-trio/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street Ogunquit\, ME 03907 United States CATEGORIES:Live Performance,Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NEW-HAMPSHIRE-TRIO.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230602T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230511T200317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150756Z UID:10000189-1685734200-1685734200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:27th Annual Chamber Music Festival: Boston Chamber Music Piano Quartet DESCRIPTION:Ogunquit Performing Arts opens its 27th Chamber Music Festival with a concert  by Boston Chamber Music\,  now directed by pianist Randall Hodgkinson.  \nThe concert will celebrate the life and music of BCM’s late director and master cellist Bruce Coppock\, who every year put together a special ensemble for the Ogunquit concerts\, unique to OPA. \n \n \n \n \n \n The Piano Quartet will play: \nMOZART Quartet in Eb\, K.493 \nMEL BONIS Sonata pour Piano et Violoncelle \nFAURÉ Quatour in c\, opus 15 \n \n \n \n \n \n The players will include:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Omar Chen Guey\, violin\,  a Brazilian violinist who has been a soloist with the Brazilian\, Campinas\, Goiania\, Minas Gerais\, Claudio Santoro National Theater\, Sao Paulo University\, Sao Paulo Municipal\, State of Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestras\, the Amazonas Philharmonic\, Petrobras Pro-Musica\, Experimental Repertoire\, Manhattan School of Music\, Stony Brook University Symphony\, Maidstone Symphony\, Qatar Philharmonic and the Seychelles International Music Festival Orchestras. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Sulski\, viola\, has performed in over 30 countries as a member of the Apple Hill Chamber Players\, London Symphony Orchestra\, Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields\, Cyprus Chamber Orchestra\, and Al Kamandjati Baroque Ensemble (Palestine). He returned to his native Worcester in 2002\, after holding  the position of Head of Strings of the Edward Said National Palestinian Conservatory. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Russell\, cello\, was hailed as a “superb cellist” in the Boston Globe\, and maintains a vigorous schedule both as soloist and as collaborator in the U.S. and Europe. He was appointed to the teaching faculty of Wellesley College in 2005 and currently serves as Director of Chamber Music. He is a regular performer with several Boston-area ensembles such as Emmanuel Music and Cantata Singers and Ensemble and served as Principal Cello with Opera Boston from 2005-2011. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Randall Hodgkinson\, piano\, won the International American Music Competition in 1981 and his October 1986 formal New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall under the competition’s auspices was greeted with critical acclaim. Mr. Hodgkinson has\, in recent years\, performed with orchestras including those of Philadelphia\, Atlanta\, Albany\, Buffalo\, Westchester\, Oakland\, and Caramoor and has collaborated with such conductors as Leonard Bernstein and Gunther Schuller. 1985 saw his European orchestral debut with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome. He is a featured artist on the Bosendorfer Concert Series aired over WNYC – FM in New York City and has recorded for the Nonesuch\, CRI and New World labels. Mr Hodgkinson studied with Veronica Jochum\, Russell Sherman and Leonard Shure at the New England Conservatory of Muisc where he now serves on the faculty. He is a member of the Gramercy Trio. Hodgkinson is a certified Feldenkrais® practitioner. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bruce Coppock enjoyed a career as a cellist\, teacher and arts executive for over 40 years.  He was cellist\, co-founder and executive director of the Boston Chamber Music Society; principal cellist of the Handel & Haydn Society; cellist of the Boston Musica Viva.  He was Chair of the Music Division of the Boston Conservatory and subsequently chair of both the chamber music and orchestral studies departments at New England Conservatory.  Since returning to the Boston area in 2016\, he re-joined the faculty of the Longy School of Music\, was Chair of the Chamber Music Department at the Rivers School Conservatory and a member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. \nMr. Coppock died November 21\, 2022 at the age of 71. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/27th-annual-chamber-music-festival-boston-chamber-music-piano-quartet/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street Ogunquit\, ME 03907 United States CATEGORIES:Live Performance,Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hodgkinson.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230520T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230421T174910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150757Z UID:10000187-1684611000-1684611000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Andy Happel & Los Galactacos String Band DESCRIPTION:The band’s new program is a tour de force of authentic\, inspired musicianship\, featuring the blazing fiddle work of violinist Andy Happel\, dobro guitar and twin fiddle by Jonathan Cooper\, bassist Drew Wyman and percussionist Sean Daniels. \nFounded in summer 2015 on a lark to enjoy some late-summer soirees\, the Los Galactacos musical excursion was quickly underway with multi-instrumentalist Andy Happel as navigator. A true translator and ambassador of musical ideas\, Happel has infused Los Galactacos with his elegant fire. \nThe program\, entitled “A Tour of the Americas”\, includes a variety of beautiful tunes and rousing rhythms from across the Americas\, and across the seas: Tex/Mex folk; Appalachian string music; Canadian Maritime fiddle tunes; the Classic American Songbook; ol’ time Country; and music for wherever people gather and celebrate.  In a past performance at Ogunquit Performing Arts\, the engaging personality of Andy Happel & friends and the enticing nature of their music caused audience members to create an impromptu dance floor at the back of the hall! \nA concert violinist and fiddler\, Happel has shared the stage with symphony orchestras\, pop stars\, and country music artists. As bandleader for the 1990’s rock group “Thanks to Gravity\,” Andy was signed to Capitol Records and toured extensively with several well-known groups including Guster\, Train and The Dave Matthews Band. A successful run with country singer Don Campbell followed\, where he opened for such country legends as Willie Nelson\, Randy Travis and George Daniels. \nIn addition to performing\, Andy has served as Director of Strings at the Waynflete School in Portland\, Maine\, and has worked and performed with such far reaching regional and international musical entities as the Moravian Philharmonic in the Czech Republic\, the Metropolitan Children’s Chorus in NYC\, the New England String Quartet\, and the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra\, and as Lead Producer with the classical music label PARMA Recordings. He is also OPA’s annual musical performer at the Capriccio Festival of Kites at Ogunquit Beach. \nAlready embarked on their current adventure\, the group has entertained at Wentworth By The Sea (Newcastle\, NH)\, Wentworth Marina\, The Wentworth (Jackson\, NH)\, two seasons residency at El Rayo in Scarborough\, Maine\, and a collection of private residences. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets: $20\, in advance\, $25\, at the door\, $5 student\, and may be purchased at the Dunaway Center\, Cricket’s Corner Beach and Toy\, Ogunquit Welcome Center\, or ONLINE by clicking the button below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTICKETS URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/andy-happel-los-galactacos-string-band/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Andy-Happel-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230314T182952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150757Z UID:10000186-1683468000-1683468000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Jaws DESCRIPTION:Jaws  Everyone’s favorite beach movie\, this Steven Spielberg classic stars Roy Scheider\, Robert Shaw\, Richard Dreyfuss\, and The Shark.  The summertime thriller about a great white shark attacking beachgoers at a summer resort town\, was based on the novel by Peter Benchley\, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Carl Gottlieb.  Benchley was inspired by several real-life incidents in writing his novel Jaws\, such as the 1916 Jersey shore attacks that left four people dead over the course of twelve days.  Paul Newman\, Steve McQueen\, and Robert Redford were originally considered for the leading roles\, but producer David Brown knew the movie required no stars: “The star of this movie was a fish.” The ominous music by John Williams also contributed in no small measure to the great success of the film. \nThe film was shot on location at Martha’s Vineyard\, chosen because the surrounding ocean had a sandy bottom that never dropped below 35 feet for 12 miles out from shore\, which allowed the mechanical sharks to operate while also beyond sight of land.  New equipment was developed to facilitate marine and underwater shooting\, including a rig to keep the camera stable\, regardless of tide\,  Spielberg asked the art department to avoid red in both scenery and wardrobe\, so that the blood from the attacks would be the only red element and cause a bigger shock. \nShooting at sea led to many delays: unwanted sailboats drifted into frame\, cameras got soaked\, and the Orca once began to sink with the actors on board. The prop sharks frequently malfunctioned owing to a series of problems including bad weather\, pneumatic hoses taking on salt water\, frames fracturing due to water resistance\, and corroding skin. Gottlieb was nearly decapitated by the boat’s propellers\, and Dreyfuss was almost imprisoned in the steel cage. The actors were frequently seasick. Spielberg later calculated that during the 12-hour daily work schedule\, on average only four hours were actually spent filming. \nThe delays proved beneficial in some regards. The script was refined during production\, and the unreliable mechanical sharks forced Spielberg to shoot many scenes so that the shark was only hinted at. This forced restraint is widely thought to have added to the film’s suspense. As Spielberg put it years later\, “The film went from a Japanese Saturday matinee horror flick to more of a Hitchcock\, the less-you-see-the-more-you-get thriller.” URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-jaws/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/May-23-Jaws1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230430T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230430T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230314T182756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150757Z UID:10000185-1682863200-1682863200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers DESCRIPTION:Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\, released in 1954\, stars Howard Keel\, Jane Powell\, and Russ Tamblyn (who went on to star in the 1961 release of West Side Story.) This American Romantic Musical also features supporting actors/dancers Jeff Richards\, Matt Mattox\, Jacques D’Amboise\, Virginia Gibson and Tommy Rall. \nSet in 1850\, Adam Pontipee (Keel)\, living a life of self-sufficiency in the backwoods of an Oregon Territory\, heads into town to look for a bride. He meets Milly (Powell)\, the cook in the local boarding house where he stays\, and proposes to her based on the quality of her cooking and diligence in completing her chores. She falls in love with him at first sight\, and eagerly accepts his proposal of marriage. Following their marriage\, they arrive at Adam’s cabin where she is surprised to discover his six ill-mannered\, uncouth younger brothers all living with him. Believing that she would only be caring for him\, she reproaches Adam for deceiving her\, only wanting a servant\, not a wife\, and banishes him from her bed. The unmarried brothers decide that they too should find wives. Milly knows that the well-meaning but ignorant brothers would never find wives if they did not learn proper manners\, cleanliness\, and how to behave around women.  Loving Adam\, she embarks on an effort to teach them so that they might be able to woo and win wives of their own.  Unfortunately\,  polite courtship efforts result in a barn-raising brawl\, and the brothers are expelled from the town. Determined to keep his family together\, Adam hatches a plan for the brothers to follow the example of the Sabine women by carrying off their future brides before winter sets in.  More complications ensue\, but eventually\, due to the ingenuity of the women\, a happy ending is achieved. \nAdapted from the short story\, “The Sobbin’ Women” by Stephen Vincent Benet\, which was based on the Ancient Roman legend of the Rape of the Sabine Women\, the film is an original musical made expressly for the big screen. The screenplay was written by Albert Hackett\, Frances Goodrich\, and Dorothy Kingsley. Directed by Stanley Donen\, music and lyrics by Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer with brilliant choreography by Michael Kidd\, the barn raising scene is known as one of the most rousing dance numbers ever put on screen. The film received an Oscar for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and was nominated for four others\, including Best Picture and Best Cinematography. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-seven-brides-for-seven-brothers/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/April-23-Seven-Brides.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230314T182554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150758Z UID:10000184-1682258400-1682258400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Paint Your Wagon DESCRIPTION:Paint Your Wagon\, released in 1969\, stars Lee Marvin\, Clint Eastwood\, Jean Seberg\, also features supporting actors Harve Presnell\, Ray Walston\, Alan Dexter and John Mitchum. This American Western musical was the end of the popularity with the movie-going public of musicals adapted or written for the big screen. \nSet in a mining camp in California during the Gold Rush era\, the wild\, wild west comes alive. Upon the discovery of gold while digging a grave\, prospector Ben Rumson (Marvin) stakes a claim to the burial site\, and adopts the surviving\, injured brother as his “Pardner”(Eastwood) while he recuperates from his injuries in the accident which killed his brother. A naïve romantic\, Pardner is not caught up by gold fever and only wants to earn enough money to buy some land. The prospector promises to share the spoils of his prospecting in return for Pardner’s taking care of him and keeping him safe during his times of melancholy and drunkenness. As more prospectors arrive\, a tent city\, known as No Name City springs up. Polygamy\, wife selling\, polyandry\, brothels with “French tarts\,” gambling\, saloon fights\, and property destruction of an entire town follow.  As might be predicted\, nothing good results when Pardner agrees to share a household to watch over Elizabeth (Seberg) when Ben heads up the mission to bring “6 French tarts” to No Name City to combat the loneliness and boost the gold mining efforts of the male prospectors.  When Elizabeth and Pardner fall in love\, Elizabeth convinces Ben and Pardner that their polyandrous arrangement should be fine: if a Mormon can have 2 wives\, why shouldn’t she have two husbands? All is well until the arrival of “civilized” Easterners whose parson sets about to get the community to give up its evil ways. \nAdapted by Paddy Chayefsky from the 1951 Broadway musical of the same name\, the movie was produced by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by Joshua Logan. The movie received one Oscar nomination for Best Score (Lerner and Loewe). URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-paint-your-wagon/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/April-23-Paiant-Your-WAgon.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230416T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230416T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230314T182342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150758Z UID:10000183-1681653600-1681653600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: My Fair Lady DESCRIPTION:My Fair Lady\, released in 1964\, stars Audrey Hepburn\, Rex Harrison\, Stanley Holloway\, and Wilfred Hyde-White. This lavish American musical comedy/drama also features supporting actors Jeremy Brett\, Theodore Bikel and Gladys Cooper. \nIn 1912 London\, a snobbish phonetics professor\, Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison)\, upon studious observation of the speech and manners of Cockney flower girl\, Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn)\, agrees to a wager with linguistics professor Colonel Pickering (Wilfred Hyde-White)\, that he can transform her speech and manners and pass her off to high society as a duchess. For Higgins\, it would be a double win\, as he actually dislikes the pretentiousness of the upper class. Eliza agrees to work with Professor Higgins in order to improve her job prospects\, and arrives at her first lesson prepared to pay for his teaching. At her first public outing\, which takes place at the Ascot Racecourse\, she makes a good impression with her genteel manners\, but shocks everyone (and wins the Professor’s heart) when she lapses into Cockney to urge on her favorite horse: “move your bloomin’ arse!” Higgins finally wins the bet with the Colonel at an Embassy Ball\, where Eliza passes as a mysterious Duchess\, and an aristocratic suitor\, Freddy Eynsford-Hill(Brett) falls madly in love with her. When Higgins takes all the credit for her transformation\, without acknowledging her efforts\, she runs off with Freddy\, and the Professor discovers that he cannot live without her. \nGeorge Cukor’s elegant\, colorful adaptation of the beloved 1956 Broadway stage play of the same name of George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 stage play Pygmalion\, music  and lyrics by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner\, was the most expensive film shot in the U.S. up until that time ($17M). It received 8 Oscar wins including Best Picture\, Best Director (Cukor)\, Best Actor (Harrison) \, and 4 Oscar nominations including Best Supporting Actor (Holloway)\, Best Supporting Actress (Cooper)\, and Best Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner). It also received 15 awards and 9 nominations for other film awards. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-my-fair-lady/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/April-23-My-Fair-Lady.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230314T182126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150758Z UID:10000182-1680444000-1680444000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Can Can DESCRIPTION:Can Can\, released in 1960\, stars Frank Sinatra\, Shirley MacLaine\, and Louis Jourdan\, also prominently features supporting actor Maurice Chevalier and actress and dancer Juliet Prowse. \nIn 1896 Montmarte\, Paris\, the Can Can (a dance where women lift their skirts) is banned by law as lewd and lascivious.  However\, the female proprietor Simone (MacLaine) of the cabaret Bal du Paradis\, has it performed every day. Law enforcement personnel look the other way (even attending performances) due to the persuasive charms of the club’s female employees. An uptight\, ambitious judge (Jourdan) decides to bring the performances to an end. Despite multiple efforts to arrest and keep her in jail\, Simone uses her charms and wiles to shift the focus and blame\, until the presiding judge and her womanizing boyfriend attorney (Sinatra) end up vying for her affections with competing marriage proposals. Upon the advice of the Chief Judge (Chevalier) the presiding judge convenes a courtroom performance\, agreeing to accept the jury/audience’s determination of whether the dance is in fact\, lewd and lascivious. \nAdapted from a 1953 Broadway musical comedy (which ran for 2 years) with words and music by Cole Porter\, the screenplay was written by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer\, directed by Walter Lang\, and dances staged by Hermes Pan.  MacLaine actually performed in the can can chorus line in the Broadway production. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Music Scoring. \nAlthough set in Paris\, all of the filming was on a 20th Century back lot. As a demonstration of American ingenuity and talent\, Nikita Kruschev and his wife were invited to observe the filming during a U.S. visit. However\, instead of admiration\, Kruschev pronounced it an example of “western immorality and decadence\,” and during a meeting with U.S. labor leaders he further proclaimed in reference to the filming that “the face of mankind is prettier than its backside.” The uproar created a press maelstrom and a publicity reach which could not have been purchased for any amount of money. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-can-can/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/April-23-Can-Can.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230221T212858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150758Z UID:10000181-1679839200-1679839200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Yesterday\, Today and Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:Yesterday\, Today and Tomorrow\, released in 1963\, stars Sophia Loren\, and Marcello Mastroianni (their 7th collaboration). This Italian comedy anthology is a collection of 3 short romantic comedies about couples in different parts of Italy. Loren plays 3 very different women\, all using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want\, while Mastroianni plays 3 very different men\, all enchanted by the attentions of beautiful women. Set in 1954: \nAdelina of Naples is set in a working class neighborhood. Loren supports her husband (Mastroianni) by selling black market cigarettes. She is fined and threatened with imprisonment if she does not pay her fine. She learns that women cannot be imprisoned if pregnant or within 6 months after giving birth. Therefore\, she embarks upon a journey to give birth to seven children in eight years. \nAnna of Rome\, married to a mega-industrialist\, has a poor lover (Mastroianni). While driving in her husband’s Rolls Royce\, she must choose what makes her happiest- the Rolls or her lover. His infatuation is tested by a near tragedy when she expresses no regret when almost running over a child. and crashes the car. \nMara of Rome\, is a fiery prostitute working from her apartment\, serving a variety of high class clients. She seeks the help of a client (Mastroianni) the wealthy\, powerful and neurotic son of a Bologna industrialist\, to spurn the advances of her elderly neighbor’s infatuated grandson who is studying for the priesthood. In a convoluted celibacy trial\, Loren rewards him with a strip tease but refuses to go to bed with him. The striptease scene has become a cult classic: pure elegance\, every movement and expression mastered to perfection\, like a stage show. The scene was choreographed by Jacques Ruet\, who coaxed the best out of a very shy Loren. \nDirected by Vittorio DeSica\, the screenplay was a collaboration between DeSica\, Cesar Zavatini\, Eduardo de Fillippo\, Isabella Quarantotti\, Bella Billa\, Lorenza Zanusca. In 1965\, the 37th Academy Awards\, the film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/March-Yesterday.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230221T212702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150759Z UID:10000180-1679234400-1679234400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: It Started in Naples DESCRIPTION:It Started in Naples\, released in 1960\, stars Sophia Loren\, Clark Gable this American Romantic Comedy also features Vittorio DeSica\, child star Carlo Angeletti and a fully Italian cast. \nDays before his wedding\, Philadephia lawyer Michael Hamilton (Gable) learns that his estranged younger brother and common-law wife have died together in a vehicle accident. He flies to Italy to settle their estate\, and meets their 8 year old son (Carlo Angeletti) who is being cared for by his maternal aunt\, a cabaret singer (Loren). Believing that remaining in her care is not in the boy’s best interest\, he wants to bring him back to the states. His aunt protests and a lengthy\, heated and entertaining custody battle ensues. As romance blossoms between them\, Gable decides to remain in Italy. \nBased on a story by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies\, screenplay by Susan Cecchi d’Amico\, and directed by Melville Shavelson\, the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction. Filmed on location in Rome\, Naples and Capris\, critics and viewers alike deemed Loren at least as stunning as the location shoots. \nRemaining a star on both sides of the Atlantic over 3 decades\, in addition to her favorites Clark Gable and Marcello Mastroianni\, (with whom she appeared in 11 movies)\, Loren has starred with other such leading men as: Paul Newman\, Marlon Brando\, Gregory Peck and Charlston Heston. \n \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-it-started-in-naples/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/March-It-started-in-Naples.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230312T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180023 CREATED:20230221T212504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150759Z UID:10000179-1678629600-1678629600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Desire Under the Elms DESCRIPTION:Desire Under the Elms\, released in 1958\, starring Sophia Loren\, Anthony Perkins and Burl Ives\, is an English tragedy also featuring Frank Overton. \nThe story of forbidden love takes place on a family farm set in rural New England  in 1850\, and explores the large and difficult themes of greed\, vengeance\, desire and troubled\, incestuous family dynamics. The father (Burl Ives) brings home his headstrong new wife from Italy (Loren\, his third). In order to prevent two of Ives’ three sons from taking over the farm upon their father’s demise\, Loren and Ives’ son Eben (Perkins) team up and enter into an incestuous affair. Desperation and secret passions lead to tragedy. \nBased on playwright Eugene O’Neill’s attempt to adapt the plot elements and themes of Greek Tragedy from his 1924 play of the same name\, the screenplay was written by Irwin Shaw and directed by Delbert Mann. The original play was so highly controversial that it was banned for several years in a multitude of American states\, and for more than 15 years in Britain. Despite the film being largely panned by critics\, Perkins performance was deemed great\, and\, as is often the case in films in which she appears\, whether panned or celebrated\, Loren’s performance is praised for its expression of a wide variety of emotion and her infusion into scenes of tenderness\, special value. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography/Black & White. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-desire-under-the-elms/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/March-Desire-under-the-Elms.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T183000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20230213T143313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150759Z UID:10000177-1678559400-1678559400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Stillson School of Irish Dance DESCRIPTION:Irish Stepdancing continues to be a wildly popular art form for performers and audiences alike. Ogunquit Performing Arts celebrates this unique style of dance at this most appropriate time of year. The award-winning Stillson dancers\, returning to Ogunquit by popular demand\, will perform a brilliant array of jigs and reels\, dressed in a variety of dazzling\, hand-made costumes. \nThe performance will consist of both the fluid soft shoe style as well as the rhythmic hard shoe popularized by shows such as Riverdance and Lord of the Dance.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of the performance\, the dancers will invite children and the young at heart to join them onstage to learn or try out some steps. A reception with refreshments will conclude the evening. \nThe Stillson School of Irish Dance is under the direction of the celebrated dancer/teacher Carlene Moran Stillson ADCRG/TCRG. She is accredited by Ad Coimisium in Dublin\, Ireland and a member of IDTANA (Irish Dancing Teacher’s Association of North America). Carlene has a long tradition of dancing having started at age 4. She has competed in the New England Regional\, North American\, and World Championships. \nIn existence for more than 20 years\, the Stillson School is the only certified school of Irish dancing in the state of Maine and its dancers compete all over New England and place in the New England Regional Irish Dancing Championships annually\, and in competitions around the world. \nIn addition to the dance performance\, Carlene Stillson will tell about the history of the dance and explain the reasons for the design of the many different costumes worn by the dancers. Traditional Irish dress is represented in the school dress which features embroidery designs taken from the Book of Kells. \nThe Stillson School of Irish Dance also has an active show team which has performed throughout New England as well as on the Ellipse lawn of The White House. They have been featured dancers accompanying such renowned Celtic performers as Solas\, Cherish the Ladies\, Trinity Dance Company\, Liz Carroll\, Billy McComiskey and Mick Moloney\, and Eileen Ivers. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/stillson-school-of-irish-dance-7/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Stillson-School-of-Irish-Dance.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20230221T212227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150759Z UID:10000178-1678024800-1678024800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Priest's Wife DESCRIPTION:The Priest’s Wife\, released in 1971\, stars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in this Italian/French  farce/satire/drama\, also features Venantino Venantini. \nUpon discovering that her lover of 4 years was married with children during the entire time of their relationship\, a suicidal Rock’n’Roll singer (Loren) reaches out to a help line\, staffed by a priest (Mastroianni) whose kindness saves her. She falls in love with him\, and he succumbs to her charms\, setting her up as his mistress. The film offers a peek inside the life of the priesthood\, as the priest struggles between the seduction of a woman he loves\, and the seduction by the Church and its power. He accepts a promotion from priest to a Monsignor in Rome\, giving up Loren\, much as her former lover had done returning to his marriage and family. The director intimates that when it comes to the treatment of a by women\, there is not a lot of difference between a priest and rock’n’roll stars. \nDirected by Dino Risi\, the screenplay was based on a story by Risi. Although declared a “flop” both critically and at the box office\, redeeming features include the car demolition scene in the film’s introduction displaying fantastic stunt driving\, and the luminosity of Loren’s beauty and portrayal of a woman betrayed by love. \n \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-the-priests-wife/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/March-The-Priests-Wife.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230226T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230226T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20230204T153203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150800Z UID:10000176-1677420000-1677420000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Inspector General DESCRIPTION:The Inspector General (1949) \nOne of the most classic movies about mistaken identity\,  it takes place in an unnamed town\, where corrupt officials\, most of whom are related to one another\, arrest a “medicine salesman” as a vagrant. Town officials believed the “vagrant” to be the region’s inspector general in disguise come to investigate them for unlawfully pocketing tax dollars. They bungle multiple attempts to do away with him. Audiences and critics regard Danny Kaye’s performance to be “the best of our time.” \nA bold example of the genre\, the film is highly entertaining\, with some hilarious and often satirical dialogue\, punctuated by Kaye’s brand of physical humor. \nThis musical comedy\, (suggested by the Play of the same name by Nikolai Gogo and performed in 1836 in the Russian Empire)\, was adapted for a screenplay by Philip Rapp and Harry Kunitz\, lyrics and music by Sylvia Fine (married to the star Danny Kaye)\, musical score and direction by Johnny Green. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-the-inspector-general/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Feb-film-The-Inspector-General.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230219T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230219T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20230204T153004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150800Z UID:10000175-1676815200-1676815200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Bringing Up Baby DESCRIPTION:Bringing Up Baby (1938) \nAnother of the screwball romantic comedy genre\, the plot is the story of a paleontologist (Cary Grant) in a number of predicaments involving a scatterbrained heiress (Hepburn)\, a leopard named Baby\, and a dog named George. Over time\, the film has gained acclaim as one of the best of its genre for its zany antics\, pratfalls\, sense of comic timing\, and series of lunatic and harebrained misadventures. \nThe script was written specifically for Hepburn\, and tailored to her personality.  The behind the scenes story of the making of the film is considered as entertaining as the film itself.  Filming began in September 1937 and wrapped in January 1938\, over schedule and over budget. Production was frequently delayed by uncontrollable laughing fits between Hepburn and Grant. \nDirector Howard Hawks was later quoted as saying\, the film “had a great fault and I learned an awful lot from that. There were no normal people in it. Everyone you met was a screwball…” \n \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-bringing-up-baby/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Feb-Film-Bringing-Up-Baby-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20230204T152843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150800Z UID:10000174-1676210400-1676210400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Barefoot in the Park DESCRIPTION:Barefoot in the Park (1967) \nThis film\, based on a play of the same name\, written by Neil Simon\, and screenplay by Simon\, is set in NYC’s Greenwich Village in a fifth floor walk-up\, where the passionate relationship of mismatched newlyweds\, a conservative lawyer (Robert Redford) and a spirited\, free-thinking young woman (Jane Fonda) descends into comical discord. This light\, farcical tale features an eccentric neighbor (Charles Boyer) and Fonda’s lonely mother (the delightful Mildred Natwick)\, and takes us through multiple mismatches and misunderstandings\, a potential love match and a threatened divorce. Although the plot and ending are predictable\, the on-screen chemistry of Fonda and Redford more than make up for it. \nRobert Redford and Mildred Natwick both reprised their roles from the stage play.   Barefoot in the Park turned out to be Redford’s first commercially successful movie and the start of a great film career.  Natwick was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. \n \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-barefoot-in-the-park/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Feb-film-Barefoot-in-the-Park.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230205T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230205T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20230131T211507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150801Z UID:10000173-1675605600-1675605600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: It Happened One Night DESCRIPTION:It Happened One Night (1934) \nJust three movies in Hollywood history(to date) can boast of the honor of winning the “Big Five” Oscars; Best Picture\, Best Director\, Best Actor\, Best Actress and Best Screenplay.   It Happened One Night became the first of these iconic movies as it swept the Academy Awards of 1935. \nThis film was inspired by a short story\, Night Bus by Samuel Hopkins Adams\,  screenplay by Robert Riskin. A pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get away from her overprotective wealthy father\, and meets a roguish reporter (Clark Gable) while traveling on a Greyhound Bus from Florida to New York City\, to reunite with the fortune hunter she married over her father’s objections. The bus breaks down and in return for an exclusive story\, Gable offers to help her reunite with her husband. And so their adventure begins with hitchhiking\, car theft\, betrayal\, misunderstanding\, crossed paths\, and of course\, falling in love. \nClark Gable and Claudette Colbert as Peter Warne and Ellen Andrews take us on a breathtaking journey across the United States with so many cheeky escapades and good-natured wisecracks that the 2 hour runtime simply flies by. \n \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-it-happened-one-night/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Feb-Film-It-Happened-One-Night.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230129T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230129T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221221T152029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150801Z UID:10000172-1675000800-1675000800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Gunfight at The O.K. Corral DESCRIPTION:Gunfight at the OK Corral\, released in 1957\, stars frequent film partners Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. This western drama also features actors Rhonda Fleming\, Jo Van Fleet\, John Ireland\, Dennis Hopper and Kenneth Tobey. \nAn early “buddy movie\,” Earp’s mission to bring the Clayton family to justice also features Holliday’s love spurned by a long time traveling companion (Van Fleet) and Earp’s falling in love with a female gambler (Fleming) whom he arrested for violating the “no female gamblers allowed within the city limits.” The film ratchets between portrayals of guns as a method and solution to law breaking\, and guns as a way to insure certain death. Seen through a modern lens\, one might draw some existential questions. “There’s always a man faster on the draw than you are and the more you use a gun\, the sooner you’re gonna run into that man.” Wyatt Earp \nBased on a dramatized event of a 30 second shootout in 1881 between lawmen\, led by Virgil Earp\, and a loosely organized group of outlaws\, the screenplay written by Leon Uris\, was based on a 1954 article in Holliday Magazine\, entitled  “The Killer” by George Scullin. The film received Oscar nominations in technical categories for editing and sound. The film was a big hit and earned $4.7 million on its first run and $6 million on re-release.  There have been a number of subsequent movies based on the 1881 event: My Darling Clementine\, Badlands of Dakota (1941) and Hour of the Gun (1967). \n \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Lancaster-Gunfight-at-OK-Corral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221221T151833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150801Z UID:10000171-1674396000-1674396000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Separate Tables DESCRIPTION:Separate Tables\, a drama/romance released in 1958\, stars Burt Lancaster\, Rita Hayworth\, Deborah Kerr\, Wendy Hiller\, David Niven and Gladys Cooper. \nDuring the off season in the seaside town of Bournemouth\, England\, at the second-rate Beauregard Hotel\, some of the secrets of residents and guests are revealed\, setting off a cascade of interlocking relationships and deception. Characters include an American alcoholic writer (Lancaster)\, escaping his past and secretly engaged to the hotel manager (Hiller). Another guest (Cooper)\, whose daughter (Kerr) is attracted to a war veteran guest (Niven)\, has discovered a secret which she is sure will end her daughter’s fascination with the Major. Into the midst of these troubled relationships walks the chic former model and ex-wife of the American (Hayworth)\, to a very mixed reception.  As tragic secrets and duplicitous actions are exposed\, the Terrence Rattigan script is touching and sensitive. \nBased on two one act plays by Terence Rattigan\, directed by Delbert Mann\, the movie received multiple Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. Oscar wins include: Best Actor in a Leading Role (David Niven)\, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Wendy Hiller). URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-separate-tables/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Lancaster-Separate-Tables.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230115T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230115T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221221T151613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150802Z UID:10000170-1673791200-1673791200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Seven Days in May DESCRIPTION:Released in 1964\, Seven Days in May stars Burt Lancaster\, Fredric March\, and Kirk Douglas (who also produced.)  This political thriller also features supporting actors Ava Gardner\, Edmond O’Brien\, Martin Balsam\, and John Houseman. \nA homegrown coup is plotted by the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  (Lancaster) against the President of the United States (Fredric March). Military leaders believe that the President’s signing of the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty with the Soviet Union is nearly treason and will result in a sneak Soviet attack on the U.S. The viability of the plot rests in the fact that no one wants to believe that such a coup could ever be in process and that the people who are involved are actually involved.  As the plot is exposed\, treachery\, loyalty\, betrayal\, civilian/military leadership tension\, kidnapping\, murder\, public opinion and patriotism all play a part as the plot unravels. \nBased on the 1962 book of the same title\, written by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W Bailey II\, adapted for the screen by Rod Sterling\, the movie received Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Supporting Actor (Edmond O’Brien) URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-seven-days-in-may/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Lancaster-7-days-in-May.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230108T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230108T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221221T150434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150802Z UID:10000063-1673186400-1673186400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Rainmaker DESCRIPTION:The Rainmaker began as a 1953 teleplay by N. Richard Nash. The next year\, Nash turned his story into a Broadway hit\, and two years after that the film version was born. It stars Katharine Hepburn as Lizzie Curry\, an unhappy spinster living on a drought-stricken\, 1913 Kansas farm with her father and two brothers. The only glimmer of romance comes from the town sheriff (Wendell Corey)\, but he is as shy as Lizzie and seems unable to make a move. Into Lizzie’s life sweeps Starbuck (Burt Lancaster)\, a slick-talking con artist who promises the townspeople that for 100 bucks\, he can make it rain. The scam of bringing rain to the parched land\, however\, is merely a metaphor for the real substance of this story\, in which Starbuck slowly makes Lizzie realize that she is actually a sensuous\, desirable woman full of life and confidence. \nViewers will likely find the historically accurate portrayal of women of this period somewhat disconcerting\, but the performance of Katherine Hepburn lifts it out of the ordinary\, presaging future role change. \nThe film also stars Lloyd Bridges\, Earl Holliman\, and Cameron Prud’Homme. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-the-rainmaker/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Lancaster-The-Rainmaker.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221218T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221218T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221118T224253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150802Z UID:10000169-1671372000-1671372000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty DESCRIPTION:The Sleeping Beauty is the 1972 filmed performance of Tchaikovsky’s three-act ballet\, performed here by the National Ballet of Canada and the Orchestra of the National Ballet of Canada. It stars renowned dancer Veronica Tennant\, and ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev. \nThe story is based on what seems to be a rather simple children’s fairy tale\, about the sleeping princess who can only be awakened by love’s first kiss. The tale was written in 1697 by French writer Charles Perrault as one of the Mother Goose Tales. Deemed by Nureyev as the “ballet of ballets\,” it is considered the most accomplished\, brilliant and spectacular representative of 19th century classical dance.  The work remains a staple in the repertoires of most of today’s ballet companies\, especially during the holidays. \nThe work was inspired by famed choreographer Marius Petipa\, who commissioned an original score by classical composer Tchaikovsky. It was premiered in 1890 in St. Petersburg\, Russia. This version was a 1966 adaptation\, choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev\, after Marius Petipa. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-tchaikovskys-the-sleeping-beauty/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OPA-FAll-Film-Series-6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221118T212003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150802Z UID:10000167-1670767200-1670767200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Tales of Beatrix Potter DESCRIPTION:The Tales of Beatrix Potter\, released in 1971\, is a live action film\, adapting the animal stories of author Beatrix Potter into a full-fledged ballet performance. Danced by various stars of London’s Royal Ballet\, stars also include such colorful Potter imagined animals as Jemima Puddle-Duck\, Jeremy Fisher\, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle\, Peter Rabbit and his beautiful and magical garden of dreams. \nThe story begins with a young Potter hard at work on her writing when suddenly her mice\, duck\, frog\, and squirrel creations come dancing to life. Performers render each character with their own unique quirks and personalities and an authenticity that separates this performance from more typical ballet fare. With an all music soundtrack\, the stories come alive with fantastic costumes and masks through both pantomime and dance. \nCreated for film by Frederick Ashton\, with John Lanchery’s music (incorporating mostly forgotten Victorian melodies)\, and adapted for screen by Richard Goodwin and Christine Edzard. \nIn an unusual turnabout\, in 1992\, a ballet was adapted for the stage from this 1971 film! URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-the-tales-of-beatrix-potter/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OPA-Fall-Film-Series5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221204T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221204T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221118T211743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150803Z UID:10000168-1670162400-1670162400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: An American in Paris DESCRIPTION:An American in Paris\, released in 1951\, stars Gene Kelly\, Leslie Caron and the city of Paris. This music\, dance and ballet extravaganza\, also features supporting actors Oscar Levant\, Georges Guetary and Nina Foch. \nThe plot is the least important aspect of the production. Set in post-war Paris\, this simple story of love won\, love lost\, and love won again\, finds two friends (a struggling painter (Kelly) and a night club singer (Guetary) vying for the love of the same woman (Caron)\, accompanied by the caustic commentary of a third friend\, a perennial piano student (Levant).  However\, this story serves primarily as the backdrop for Kelly’s fabulous dance sequences\, Gershwin songs\, (most importantly his jazz influenced orchestral piece first performed in 1928)\, its creative set locations around everyday Paris\, and its closing ballet. The poignant eighteen-minute closing ballet sequence symbolizes through interpretive dance\, the entire courtship of Kelly and Caron\, with sets and costumes referencing French painters including Dufy\, Renoir\, Utrillo\, Rousseau and Toulouse-Lautrec. It is the climax of the film\, and cost the studio approximately $450\,000 to produce. \nDirected by Vincent Minnelli\, story and screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner\, the movie racked up multiple Oscars: Best Picture\, as well as multiple awards in the major technical categories of Choreography\, Cinematography\, Best Screenplay\, and Best Score. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-an-american-in-paris/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OPA-Fall-Film-Series-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221014T144937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150803Z UID:10000085-1668952800-1668952800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Leave Her To Heaven DESCRIPTION:Leave Her To Heaven\, released Christmas Day in 1945\, stars Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde\, in this film noir thriller which also features supporting actors Jeanne Crain\, Vincent Price\, and Mary Philips. \nOn the train ride to his friend’s remote ranch which will serve as his personal writer’s retreat \, young novelist Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) meets beautiful Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney). Traveling to scatter her late father’s ashes\, Ellen is drawn to Richard by how much he reminds her of her dearly loved father\, while Richard is drawn to her beauty and is intrigued by her intensity. Abandoning her fiancé (Vincent Price)\, Ellen and Richard fall quickly in love and marry without really knowing much about each other. After settling into marriage\, Richard begins to discover that his wife’s unreasonable jealousy is gradually separating him from the people he loves most. As Ellen’s emotions become uncontrollable\, Richard realizes that she will do whatever it takes to keep everyone away from him\, and that their life is becoming something other than the conventional love story he thought he had committed to. \nAdapted for the screen by Director John Stahl and writer Jo Swerling from the 1944 novel “Leave Her To Heaven” by author Ben Ames Williams\, the movie received 5 Oscar nominations\, and received the Oscar for Best Cinematography. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-leave-her-to-heaven/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/OPA-Fall-Film-Series-3-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221113T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221014T144656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150803Z UID:10000083-1668348000-1668348000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Spellbound DESCRIPTION:Spellbound\, released at the end of 1945\, stars Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman in this film noir\, mystery\, romance thriller\, and also features supporting actors Michael Chekov and Leo Carroll\, along with a now classic Hitchcock cameo. \nIn Spellbound\, ahead of its time in its portrayal of a woman battling for authority in a man’s world\, romance blossoms between Dr. Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) a psychoanalyst at a Vermont mental hospital\, and Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck)\, who arrives to replace the outgoing director of the hospital. When Dr. Peterson discovers that Dr. Edwardes is an imposter\, he confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears that he may have killed him\, but has only disconnected snippets of memory. Dr. Peterson is convinced that Edwardes is innocent of the doctor’s murder\, and through psychoanalysis seeks to unravel his amnesia. The final solution is very clever and unpredictable. \nSpellbound\, one of Alfred Hitchcock’s more undervalued movies\, is shot with breathtaking black and white cinematography\, is enhanced by a dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali\, and underwritten by a spectacular music score by Miklos Rosza. Its artistry is memorable. \nDirected by Alfred Hitchcock\, the screenplay by Ben Hecht\, was suggested by the novel “The House of Dr. Edwardes” by Francis Breeding. The movie received 6 Oscar nominations\, and won the Oscar for Best Original Score. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-spellbound/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/OPA-Fall-Film-Series-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T180024 CREATED:20221014T144647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150804Z UID:10000081-1667743200-1667743200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Bell\, Book and Candle DESCRIPTION:Bell\, Book and Candle\, released Christmas Day in 1958\, stars Kim Novak and James Stewart\, in this delightful fantasy romantic comedy\, which also features supporting actors Jack Lemmon\, Ernie Kovacs\, Hermione Gingold and Janice Rule. \nIn this spoof on witchcraft\, set in the late 1950s\, Gillian (Kim Novak) is a modern day witch living in Greenwich Village\, with her mindreading cat\, Pyewacket (who steals every scene in which he appears). A bored and restless free spirit\, with a penchant for wandering around barefoot\, Gillian lives in a ground floor apartment next to her rare African Art store. During the Christmas Holiday season\, she encounters her new neighbor\, charming publisher\, Shepard (James Stewart) who is living above her shop. When she discovers he is engaged to her despised former college rival\, she decides to cast a love spell to make him fall in love with her\, with the assistance of her bongo playing warlock brother (Jack Lemmon) and Pyewacket. However\, as students of witchcraft know\, witches lose their powers should they fall in love. And Gillian actually falls for Shepard… \nBased on the early 1950s Broadway hit starring Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer\, the movie version of  Bell\, Book\, and Candle was adapted for the screen by Daniel Taradesch and directed by Richard Quine. It was the recipient of two Oscar nominations. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-bell-book-candle/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/OPA-Fall-Film-Series-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR