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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 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:20260407T144256 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:20260407T144256 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221016T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221016T150000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220816T181424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150804Z UID:10000077-1665932400-1665932400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:15th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival | Student Piano Recital DESCRIPTION:The festival concludes with the Student Piano Recital\, featuring the area’s best young pianists performing on Ogunquit Performing Art’s famed Steinway. Talented local students have the opportunity to perform on a world class piano before a live audience. \nThe Festival\, and especially this recital\, honors the memory of Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham\, the founder and first Chair of Ogunquit Performing Arts. A pianist herself\, “Betty” studied\, performed and taught piano for most of her life. She saw to it that Ogunquit Performing Arts acquired its spectacular Steinway Concert Model C Grand Piano\, which still remains OPA’s greatest treasure. \nBetty had been a piano student all her life\, receiving music degrees from Smith College.  She continued piano studies for many years\, working with  Estelle Broussard of Dunbarton College in Washington\, D.C. and William Masselos\, noted concert pianist and faculty member at Julliard School of Music in New York City.  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/15th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-piano-festival-student-piano-recital/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival,Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Elizabeth-Dunaway-Burnham.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220816T174345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150804Z UID:10000075-1665775800-1665775800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:15th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival | Fred Moyer Jazz Trio Concert DESCRIPTION:Building on the artistry and talent of pianist Fred Moyer\, (who will open the 15th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival on Saturday\, October 8\,)  this collaboration between Moyer and Greater Boston based bassist\, oboist\, and composer Evan Palmer\, and Pennsylvania native drummer Bob Savine\, has given birth to a jazz group which can safely be called the only jazz group of its kind. The trio dazzles with stunning musicianship and a unique approach to jazz. Unlike other small jazz ensembles who reliably perform their own arrangements of standards from the Great American Songbook\, what sets this trio apart is its detailed note for note transcriptions of great jazz trio performances from the past. Painstakingly transcribing every note of favorite historic recordings\, and then bringing the resulting scores to life as would a chamber music ensemble playing Bach or Beethoven\, infusing the music with their own vitality and interpretations. The result is a celebration of the best in jazz\, delighting both classical music lovers and long-time jazz enthusiasts. \nOther collaborators\, Evan Palmer and Bob Savine\, contribute their abundant talents and well developed skills and originality\, as performers\, arrangers and composers. \nBassist\, oboist and composer Evan Palmer\, based in the Greater Boston Area specializes in music in the Black American tradition\, particularly jazz\, avant-garde and other improvised music.  A graduate of the Berklee College of Music\, Evan studied with John Lockwood\, Francisco Mela\, Linda May Han Oh and many others. He has performed throughout New England and recorded with John Dalton’s Spheres of Influence\, Shinya Lin\, and others\, as well as with his own group\, where he performs his own compositions as well as the music of other great composers\, such as Andrew Hill and Eric Dolphy. \nDrummer Bob Savine\, based in the Greater Boston area\, also studied at Berklee College of Music.\, as well as at Penn State University. Over a long career\, he has partnered with many of the well-known jazz greats\, including Mike Metheny\, Herb Pomeroy\, Dick Johnson and the Artie Shaw Orchestra. He has performed at the Montreal\, Telluride\, and Saratoga Jazz Festivals. Bob is currently on staff at Wellesley College\, where he accompanies and coaches student ensembles.   \nFrom the publication jazz.com\,  critical Praise for the Trio:  “An important addition to the jazz genre…inspiring to behold…these performances stand on their own\, no less legitimate than brilliant performances of Beethoven or Mozart by contemporary classical masters.” \nARTIST WEBSITE: https://www.frederickmoyer.com/ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Click button below to purchase advance tickets. TICKETS \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 \nElizabeth Dunaway Burnham\n  \nThe Annual Piano Festival honors the memory of Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham\, founder and first chairperson of Ogunquit Performing Arts.  A pianist herself\, Betty studied\, performed and taught piano for most of her life.  She also saw to it that OPA acquired its spectacular Steinway Concert Model C Grand Piano\, which still remains OPA’s greatest treasure. \nBetty had been a piano student all her life\, receiving music degrees from Smith College.  She continued piano studies for many years\, working with  Estelle Broussard of Dunbarton College in Washington\, D.C. and William Masselos\, noted concert pianist and faculty member at Julliard School of Music in New York City. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/15th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-piano-festival-frederick-moyer-jazz-trio-concert/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival,Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Fred-Moyer-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221008T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221008T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220816T172654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150805Z UID:10000073-1665257400-1665257400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:15th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival | Frederick Moyer Classical Piano Concert DESCRIPTION:Following a triumphant performance for OPA in October 2021\, concert pianist Frederick Moyer returns this season for two concerts by popular demand. His program on October 8 includes a variety of classical composers\, climaxed by Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini – with full orchestra! \nFrederick Moyer has entertained audiences in more than 44 countries- in such international venues as the Sydney Opera House\, Suntory Hall in Tokyo\, Windsor Castle\, with orchestras in London\, Hong Kong\, Singapore\, Brazil\, and Iceland- and across every region in the U.S. ranging from Boston\, NYC\, Baltimore and Washington D.C. to St. Louis\, Indianapolis\, and Milwaukee to Dallas\, Houston and Los Angeles. \nHis performances exhibit an affinity for a wide variety of styles in both classical music and jazz\, and his relaxed and witty commentary from the stage engages audiences in the heart of the musical experience. \nMoyer’s wide ranging interests have resulted in the use of technology often with software he has written himself. An avid computer programmer and inventor with multiple patents\, Moyer has created innovative concerts that redefine traditional piano recitals. His MoyerCam gives the audience a view of the hands and keyboard from almost any seat in the audience. His USolo software enables him to play piano concertos in recital with orchestral accompaniment synchronized to his interpretations\, as he will do with this performance. \nCritical praise from the New York Times refers to his work as “First class…His playing is clean\, unmannered\, and full of ideas and intelligence.” \nARTIST WEBSITE: https://www.frederickmoyer.com/ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nClick button below to purchase advance tickets. TICKETS \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 \nElizabeth Dunaway Burnham\n  \nThe Annual Piano Festival honors the memory of Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham\, founder and first chairperson of Ogunquit Performing Arts.  A pianist herself\, Betty studied\, performed and taught piano for most of her life.  She also saw to it that OPA acquired its spectacular Steinway Concert Model C Grand Piano\, which still remains OPA’s greatest treasure. \nBetty had been a piano student all her life\, receiving music degrees from Smith College.  She continued piano studies for many years\, working with  Estelle Broussard of Dunbarton College in Washington\, D.C. and William Masselos\, noted concert pianist and faculty member at Julliard School of Music in New York City.  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/15th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-piano-festival-concert-by-frederick-moyer/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival,Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Frederick-Moyer-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220916T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220916T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220516T190725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150805Z UID:10000071-1663356600-1663356600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Capriccio Music Festival - Tim Sample DESCRIPTION:The Maine Sunday Telegram referred to Tim as “Maine’s high prince of comedy…a one-man humor factory!”  A concert by Tim Sample always guarantees a refreshing evening of laughter and fun for all ages. \nKnown for his homely\, no-nonsense stories and tales\, perfectly told in every New England regional dialect\, Tim’s performance style is rooted in the core of Down East humor\, which is similar to British humor\, in that it reflects a philosophical detachment from the subjects he observes from his familiar perches- country store\, local gas station\, porch swing\, lobster dock- told in local dialect\, representing the “persona” of Maine. \nWell known New England and Down East humorist\, Tim is perhaps the most knowledgeable historian of early humorists\, specifically the humor of Maine from the 1850’s to current times. His performance will tie in bicentennial themes (only now being performed\, since Maine observed its bicentennial in 2020\, in the midst of the pandemic). In writing and performing his current material\, he includes humor which translates from the 1850’s to the early 20th century\, through the 1950’s and 60’s to the current day- reflecting the connective/common threads across time. \nAmong his early work\, he released 4 recorded performances and a video for the Bert & I Company. For those who may not know the Bert & I  Down East Maine storytellers\, you may well be familiar with some of their most infamous quips: \nWhen a motorist pulled up to a house along the road in East Vassalboro and asked “Which way to East Vassalboro?” the Mainer replied “Don’t you move a gosh darned inch!” \nOR \nWhen asking a local “Lived here all your life?” the local responded “Not yet.” \nIn addition\, since 1979 when he released his first comedy recorded performance\, he has been introduced to a wider audience throughout the world through his 11 years as a regular correspondent on CBS Sunday News Morning\, and in segments he produced on “Postcards from Maine” and the narration of noted author Steven King’s audiobook “Drunken Fireworks.” \nAs early as Mark Twain’s public humor performances\, Maine audiences have been known as “the toughest in the world.” Or as paraphrased by Tim Sample\, “If it isn’t that funny\, you just don’t get it.” Or if you didn’t get it during the performance\, you may find yourself chuckling some hours later as the point of the story reveals itself. \nTim Sample remains one of the most welcomed humorists to Ogunquit- among local residents and visitors alike. Don’t miss this wonderful evening of laughter. \nTickets for this performance will go on sale August1\, 2022 on this website\, or can be purchased at Crickets Corner\, the Dunaway Center\, or the Ogunquit Welcome Center \nFree parking for ticket holders is located behind the Dunaway Center. \nFor more information about Tim Sample\, visit his web-site: www.timsample.com URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/capriccio-music-festival-tim-sample/ LOCATION:23 School St\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio,Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/tim-sample.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220910T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220910T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220816T182011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150805Z UID:10000079-1662800400-1662818400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:22nd Annual Capriccio Festival of Kites with the Music of Andy Happel DESCRIPTION:Portland fiddler/singer Andy Happel will provide high-flying music on Ogunquit Beach in two concerts for the Capriccio Festival of Kites on Saturday\, September 10th \, from 10 to 11:30 am\, and 2 pm to 3:30 pm. \nAndy plans to bring along some musician friends to join in the joyous fun\, playing selections from his repertoire of exotic tunes and lilting rhythms. \nSponsored by Ogunquit Performing Arts\, Happel will perform as a part of the 22nd Annual Capriccio Festival of Kites\, 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 of many categories and prizes.  Kites are also available for sale at the beach\, so that no one is left out of the fun.  At the end comes the climactic Grand Ascension\, filling the sky with everyone’s kite in the air at the same time.  Admission to the Festival and the Andy Happel concerts is free. \nThe 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. \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 A little sample of music from Andy Happel URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/the-22nd-annual-capriccio-festival-of-kites-with-the-of-andy-happel/ LOCATION:Ogunquit Beach\, Beach Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907 CATEGORIES:Capriccio ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/kites.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220516T190320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150806Z UID:10000069-1662751800-1662751800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED BY ARTISTS - Soggy Po Boys DESCRIPTION:**CANCELLED BY ARTISTS** \nSteeped in New Orleans tradition\, the Soggy Po’Boys\, a New Orleans flavored septet\, have created a tradition\, and a major New England following\, of their own. \nPhoto courtesy of the artist \nNamed for an over-stuffed\, messy-to-eat N’awlins sandwich\, the Soggy Po’ Boys serve their jazz messy\, mixing New Orleans standards\, spirituals\, contemporary music\, and swing\, creating a unique sound with their own original arrangements\, seamlessly integrating old school funk and Caribbean rhythms. \nIn 2018\, they were named Roots Act of the Year by the New England Music Awards\, and in 2019 released “All in Favor” a recording of traditional New Orleans style\, well known jazz and spirituals\, with original arrangements. \nDescribed by the Vermont Journal as “brass fueled\, swinging music” and by the rich\, colorful language of the London Jazz News: “Although boasting a convivial spirit to rival that of a slick cocktail party favourite The Hot Sardines\, the Soggy Po’Boys like things a bit rougher around the edges. This sousaphone-powered quartet from New Hampshire is more a microbrewery ale than a peach daiquiri.” \nMusicians featured include Stu Dias-vocals and guitar\, Eric Klaxton-clarinet/soprano saxophone\,  Nick Mainella- tenor sax\, Mike Effenberger- piano\, Brett Gallo- drums\, Scott Kiefner- bass\, Zach Lange- clarinet. \nThe Soggy Po’ Boys arrived on the local jazz scene in New Orleans\, during Mardi Gras 2012. For the past 10 + years\, from their home base in Dover\, New Hampshire\, they have maintained a regular Tuesday night gig at a Dover tavern\, while honing their craft up and down the East Coast\, performing over 100 shows each year- from festivals and concerts\, to intimate clubs and small theaters\, to politics-infused burlesque collaborations and street parades. \nIn the spirit of New Orleans style jazz\, they are celebrated and appreciated across diverse venues\, among diverse audiences\, and provide accessible and enjoyable entertainment for music lovers everywhere. \nTickets to this performance will go on sale August 1\, 2022\, on this website. Tickets may also be purchased at Cricket’s Corner\, Dunaway Center\, and Ogunquit Welcome Center. \nFree parking for the performance is located behind the Dunaway Center \nListen to the Soggy Po’Boys on their website: www.soggypoboys.com URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/capriccio-music-festival-soggy-po-boys/ LOCATION:23 School St\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio,Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/soggy-po-boys.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220610T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220610T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20210630T213549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150806Z UID:10000148-1654889400-1654889400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:26th Annual Chamber Music Festival: Boston Chamber Music DESCRIPTION:Ogunquit Performing Arts presents its 26th Chamber Music Festival with a 2-concert series by Boston Chamber Music\, on Friday June 3 and Friday June 10.  The series will be a celebration of the music of Brahms and Dvořák\, played by a piano quartet on the first evening and a string sextet on the second. \nThe players are selected and led by international cellist Bruck Coppock\, who every year puts together a special ensemble for the Ogunquit concerts\, unique to OPA. \nOn Friday\, June 10 at 7:30 pm\, the String Sextet will play: \nBRAHMS  String Sextet in G Major\, Opus 36 \nDVOŘÁK  String Sextet in A Major\, Opus 48 \nThe Sextet players will include Matthew Vera\, violin\, Amy Sims\, violin\, Samuel Kelder\, viola\, Velleda Miragias\, cello\, and Bruce Coppock\, cello.  A second violist will be announced soon. \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 has 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 has re-joined the faculty of the Longy School of Music\, is Chair of the Chamber Music Department at the Rivers School Conservatory and is a member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. \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 Johannes Brahms\, (born May 7\, 1833 Hamburg [Germany]—died April 3\, 1897\, Vienna\, Austria-Hungary [now in Austria])\, German composer and pianist of the Romantic period\, who wrote symphonies\, concerti\, chamber music\, piano works\, choral compositions\, and more than 200 songs.  Brahms was the great master of symphonic and sonata style in the second half of the 19th century. Brahms’s music complemented and counteracted the rapid growth of Romantic individualism in the second half of the 19th century. He was a traditionalist in the sense that he greatly revered the subtlety and power of movement displayed by Haydn\, Mozart\, and Beethoven\, with an added influence from Franz Schubert. But Brahms was desirous not of reproducing old styles but of infusing the language of his own time with his own constructive power. \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 Antonín Dvořák\, in full Antonín Leopold Dvořák\, (born September 8\, 1841\, Nelahozeves\, Bohemia\, Austrian Empire [now in Czech Republic]—died May 1\, 1904\, Prague)\, was the first Bohemian composer to achieve worldwide recognition\, noted for turning folk material into 19th-century Romantic music.In 1875 Dvořák was awarded a state grant by the Austrian government\, and this award brought him into contact with Johannes Brahms with whom he formed a close and fruitful friendship. Brahms not only gave him valuable technical advice but also found him an influential publisher in Fritz Simrock\, and it was with his firm’s publication of the Moravian Duets (composed 1876) and the Slavonic Dances (1878) for piano duet that Dvořák first attracted worldwide attention to himself and to his country’s music. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/26th-annual-chamber-music-festival-boston-chamber-music-2/ LOCATION:23 School St\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Live Performance,Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Cellist.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220603T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220603T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20210630T213504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150806Z UID:10000147-1654284600-1654284600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:26th Annual Chamber Music Festival: Boston Chamber Music DESCRIPTION:Ogunquit Performing Arts presents its 26th Chamber Music Festival with a 2-concert series by Boston Chamber Music\, on Friday June 3 and Friday June 10.  The series will be a celebration of the music of Brahms and Dvořák\, played by a piano quartet on the first evening and a string sextet on the second. \nThe players are selected and led by international cellist Bruck Coppock\, who every year puts together a special ensemble for the Ogunquit concerts\, unique to OPA. \nOn Friday\, June 3 at 7:30 pm\, the Piano Quartet will play: \nDVOŘÁK Piano Quartet in Eb\, Opus 87 \nBRAHMS Piano Quartet in g minor\, Op 25 \n \n \n \n \n \n The Quartet will consist of the following players: \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 Matthew Vera\, violinist\, is known for his versatility as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and orchestral leader. A graduate of the New England Conservatory\, Matthew also enjoys a freelance career in the Boston area. His primary teachers include: James Buswell\, Lucy Chapman\, Mark Rush\, Stephen Moeckel\, Dennis Bourret\, and David Rife. Matthew has been a member of the Boston Philharmonic’s first violin section since 2010. \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 Jason Fisher\, viola\, is a graduate of Peabody Conservatory\, and the Longy School of Music. A Carnegie Hall Fellow and a Peabody Singapore Fellow\, he has toured Europe\, Asia\, Kazakhstan\, and the Kyrgyz Republic and has given concerts at Vienna Musikverein\, Singapore Esplanade\, The Kennedy Center\, and Carnegie Hall. Jason has performed with Pink Martini\, Jake Shimabukuro\, Itzakh Perlman\, Yo-Yo Ma\, Renée Fleming\, Kiri Te Kanawa\, and with members of the Florestan Trio\, and the Æolus\, Brentano\, Cleveland\, Emerson\, Mendelssohn\, and St. Lawrence String Quartets. \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  has 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 has re-joined the faculty of the Longy School of Music\, is Chair of the Chamber Music Department at the Rivers School Conservatory and is a member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. \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\, pianist\, has achieved recognition as a winner of the International American Music Competition for pianists sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. He has appeared frequently as soloist and chamber music artist in festivals throughout the United States\, and as a featured soloist with major orchestras including those of New York\, Boston\, Philadelphia\, Atlanta\, Buffalo\, the American Symphony\, the Orchestra of Illinois\, and abroad in Italy and Iceland.  He is currently on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston\, and the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. Randall Hodgkinson has recordings on New World\, Albany labels. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/26th-annual-chamber-music-festival-boston-chamber-music/ LOCATION:23 School St\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Live Performance,Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Cellist.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220521T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220521T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220328T141455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150807Z UID:10000067-1653161400-1653168600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Riverboat Stompers Jazz Band DESCRIPTION:The Riverboat Stompers Jazz Band is a seven-piece band specializing in traditional jazz (Dixieland). Their performances feature a strong spontaneous style and capability\, as almost everything they do is improvisational. Much of the band’s repertoire was written in the period from 1900 to 1935 by the early New Orleans jazz legends. \nThe band includes banjo\, cornet\, trombone\, tuba\, clarinet\, piano\, and drums. They have enjoyed enthusiastic audiences wherever they play\, as their song selection usually includes up-tempo instrumentals and vocals with amusing lyrics. Their shows are typically peppered with commentary both informative and laced with humor.The original elements of the band started up in 1990 when several local musicians pulled together to play traditional New Orleans-style jazz. Over the initial few years\, the group more resembled a pick-up band as numerous musicians rotated through its ranks from gig-to-gig. The mix usually added a second banjo and a vocalist\, and was known in the early days as The Classic Jazz Ensemble. \nBy 1995\, the band had developed a musical style of its own and gained a reputation for quality of play and a bandstand humor that audiences found irresistible. The name was upgraded to The Riverboat Stompers\, as it was thought this better communicated the lively delivery of the band in concert. \nAppearances followed at such venues as the Regatta Bar\, a WBZ radio talk show hosted by Dave Maynard\, Quincy Market\, a WGBH radio jazz show hosted by Ron della Chiesa\, Ryles Jazz Club\, and repeat invitations to do summer concerts across Eastern Massachusetts. The band has further evolved and continues to please audiences across New England. \nEnjoy the music of the Riverboat Stompers here\, and join us on May 21st! \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 Free Parking for audience members behind the Dunaway Center. \nListen to these fabulous artists at their website listed below. \nwww.riverboatstompers.com/raves URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/river-stompers-jazz-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/webp:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Riverboat-Stompers-Logo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220520T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220520T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20210630T212235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150807Z UID:10000044-1653075000-1653082200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Jazz Guitarists Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo DESCRIPTION:Frank Vignola is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. He has played in the genres of swing\, fusion\, gypsy jazz\, classical and pop.  His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top musicians\, including Ringo Starr\, Madonna\, Donald Fagen\, Wynton Marsalis\, Tommy Emmanuel\, the Boston Pops\, the New York Pops\, and guitar legend Les Paul\, who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitarists List” for the Wall Street Journal.  Vignola’s jaw dropping technique explains why the New York Times deemed him “one of the brightest stars of the guitar”. \nVinny Raniolo is best known for his accompanying skills and is a very high in demand rhythm guitarist. \nHis dynamic playing with Frank Vignola has taken him to 14 countries on 3 continents\, in performances in some of the world’s most illustrious venues\, including the Sydney Opera House in Australia\,  the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco\, New York’s Lincoln Center\, and the world’s oldest indoor concert hall\, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza\, Italy. \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 Free Parking for audience members behind the Dunaway Center. Wine and refreshments available subject to Covid precautions. \nListen to these fabulous artists at their respective websites listed below. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n www.frankvignola.com\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n www.vinnyraniolo.com URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/jazz-guitarists-frank-vignola-vinny-raniolo/ 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/2016/03/frankvinmstage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220501T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220501T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20210630T211632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150807Z UID:10000146-1651413600-1651413600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Evita DESCRIPTION:A lavish movie version of the highly successful musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice\, Evita is the story of Argentina’s most controversial First Lady\, Eva Perón (1919 – 1952.) Her awe-inspiring funeral\, attended by seven million devoted followers\, is the opening to the musical\, with the narrator then bringing the story back by over a decade\, explaining how a B-movie actress became the object of such controversial devotion. \nEvita stars Madonna in the title role\, with Jonathan Pryce and Antonio Banderas. Directed by Alan Parker and written by Parker and Oliver Stone\, the film production of Evita was as extravagant as the subject matter; the 84-day shoot involved 93 full cast members\, over 40\,000 extras\, and totaled out at over 60 million dollars. A replica of the Peron palace was under construction in London\, since shooting had been forbidden at the original location. However\, Madonna was able to persuade Argentina’s President Menem to grant access to Casa Rosada for the famous balcony scene. \n \nAt a benefit to aid the victims of an earthquake\, rural-girl-turned-actress Eva Duarte (Madonna) meets Colonel Juan Perón (Jonathan Pryce)\, an ambitious politician with designs on the presidency. They fall in love and Eva encourages his plans to become dictator of the country\, even using her star power to get him released from prison when his enemies order his arrest. On February 24 1946\, Perón is elected president with a huge majority\, but it quickly becomes apparent that it’s his glamorous wife who’s the focus of the people’s love. \nAffectionately nicknamed ‘Evita’ by her millions of devoted followers\, Eva founds a huge charity to alleviate the suffering of the nation’s poor. Throughout it all\, the beautiful first lady is dressed in the latest high fashion and she is accused of being a distraction for the people\, rather than an aid\, by the embittered and cynical narrator (Antonio Banderas.) With millions of people still utterly devoted to her\, Evita continues to appear in public\, dazzling her supporters and enfuriating her enemies\, despite being secretly consumed with terminal cancer. At the end of the musical\, she dies\, aged 33\, resulting in hysterical mourning throughout Argentina. \nEvita was nominated for six Oscar®s\, including nominations for Cinematography\, Art Direction\, and Editing. Lloyd Webber and Rice took home the Academy Award for Music (Original Song)\, for “You Must Love Me.” The worldwide gross for the film totaled over 140 million. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-evita/ 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/2022/03/Evita-Home-Page-Photo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220424T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220424T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220312T192951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150807Z UID:10000166-1650808800-1650808800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Victor Borge\, Then and Now DESCRIPTION:In this PBS special\, Victor Borge and friends perform in a live concert at the Fox Theatre in Detroit\, Michigan with special archive footage from his past television specials. \nWelcoming an array of musical guests\, this special performance captures the magic moments from some of his early movies\, TV shows and live performances. \nKnown worldwide for his irrepressible humor\, which combined deadpan delivery\, clever wordplay\, satire\, irreverence\, and physical comedy as well as music\,  Borge’s unique combination as musician and humorist has long made him a legend.  Affectionately known as “The Great Dane\,” he was an ambassador of goodwill for both his native Denmark and his adopted America.  He performed throughout the world in venues ranging from concert hall to stadium\, never failing to give his audience an evening long to be cherished. \nPianist\, composer\, songwriter\, entertainer and actor\, educated at Borgerdydskolen and the Conservatory of Copenhagen\, Borge studied with Egon Petri and Frederic Lammond. His concert career began in 1922\, and he performed in a musical revue in 1934\, and in films by 1937. Arriving in the US in 1940\, he made his American radio debut on the Bing Crosby show \nBorge publicly derided Adolf Hitler in his native Denmark just before World War II. When the Germans invaded that country\, he managed to escape to America because\, since he was married to an American woman\, he got an American visa.  He is the founder of the Thanks to Scandinavia Foundation\, and recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contribution to arts and culture\, presented by President Bill Clinton in Washington\, DC\, Dec. 5\, 1999. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-victor-borge-then-and-now/ 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/2022/03/Victor-Borge.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220312T192745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150808Z UID:10000165-1649599200-1649599200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Road to Rio DESCRIPTION:“ROAD TO RIO” is a 1947 American comedy film\, the fifth in the “Road to …” series starring Bing Crosby\, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.  Directed by Norman Z. McLeod\, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner\, and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist (Gale Sondergaard) to marry off her niece (Dorothy Lamour) to a greedy fortune hunter. \nCo-starring Jerry Colonna\, the film also features hilarious performances by the Wiere Brothers and the Andrews Sisters. \nFilmed from January to March 1947\, the film was financed by Crosby\, Hope\, and Paramount. It produced $4.5 million in rental income in its initial release period in the United States and was placed sixth in the top-grossing films of 1947. The critics liked it\, with The New York Times saying in its review of February 19\, 1948\, inter alia: “With Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on the tramp again in Road to Rio\, recklessly scattering jokes and rescuing perennial girl friend Dorothy Lamour from dangerous hypnotic trances\, there’s fun to be had at the Paramount … They are traversing more of a rollercoaster highway than usual this time and … when they reach the top “Road to Rio” is irresistible… ” \nSongs by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke include “But Beautiful\,”  “You Don’t Have to Know the Language\,” and “Experience.” URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-the-road-to-rio/ 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/2022/03/bob-hope-and-bing-crosby.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220403T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220403T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20210630T211113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150808Z UID:10000145-1648994400-1648994400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Long\, Long Trailer DESCRIPTION:The Long\, Long Trailer is a 1954 American road comedy film based on a novel of the same name written by Clinton Twiss in 1951 about a couple who buy a new travel trailer home and spend a year traveling across the United States. \nThe film stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz\, and features Marjorie Main\, Keenan Wynn\, and Bert Freed. The picture was directed by Vincente Minnelli\, working from a screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. \nThe Long\, Long Trailer stars Lucy and Desi as an upwardly mobile couple who decide to buy a trailer so they can live together while his job takes him around the country. Thanks to their naivete in such matters\, they end up with a huge 1953 36-foot Redman New Moon model\, that costs five times what they planned. Their “seeing America” trip turns out to be a slapstick series of disasters\, topped by Lucy’s foolish decision to hide a heavy rock collection in the trailer as Desi tries to maneuver a treacherous mountain road through the Sierra Nevada mountains. \n \nAt MGM\, the same team that had made Father of the Bride (1950)\, and its sequel\, Father’s Little Dividend (1951) – producer Pandro Berman\, director Vincente Minnelli\, and screenwriters Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett – re-worked a non-fiction book about a middle-aged couple who spent a year traveling cross-country in a mobile home. By making them honeymooners\, and making the husband Latin and the wife wacky\, the script was perfect for the king and queen of television. \nArnaz\, in fact\, had tried to buy the rights to the book\, but Berman had beaten him to it. At first\, MGM executives wanted no part of it. because it was thought people would not pay money to see Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in a movie when they could watch the couple on television for free (I Love Lucy). Arnaz made a $25\,000 bet with the studio that the movie would make more money than the current highest grossing comedy at that time (Father of the Bride\, starring Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor\, and also directed by Vincente Minnelli.) Arnaz won the bet. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-screening-the-long-long-trailer/ 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/2022/03/Lucy-and-Desi.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220327T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220327T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220218T183709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150808Z UID:10000164-1648389600-1648389600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Midnight Lace DESCRIPTION:Myrna Loy assumes a supporting role in this 1960 suspense mystery\, beautifully filmed in London\, and starring Doris Day and Rex Harrison.  When the American wife (Day) of a wealthy London-based financier (Harrison) starts receiving frightening phone calls\, she believes her life is in danger\, but when she protests to her family following a near-fatal accident\, they and the police doubt her claims and even her sanity.  Portraying Day’s wealthy and free-spirited aunt\, Loy brings both sparkle and stability to the film.  She is one of the few we do not suspect in the star-studded cast\, which includes John Gavin\, Herbert Marshall\, Roddy McDowall\, and Hermione Baddeley. \nDirected by David Miller\, “Midnight Lace” is a consistently entertaining thriller\, as the tension escalates in Hitchcock style.  In her autobiography\, Doris Day stated that she found her role so “painful and upsetting” that she  collapsed after one extended scene of hysterical terror\, causing producer Ross Hunter to shut down production briefly.  She vowed to never make another thriller after this movie\, claiming it emotionally drained her. She stayed true to her word. Until her retirement eight years later\, the only movies she made were comedies. \nMyrna Loy\, however\, had a much less stressful experience and recalled the filming in her autobiography\, Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming: “I have nothing but the best to say about Doris Day. She was wonderful to me\, really lovely…” \n \nMyrna Loy was one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses of the late 1930s and maintained that stardom for decades.  Originally typecast in exotic roles\, often as a vamp\, she achieved stardom following her portrayal of Nora Charles in “The Thin Man” series of 6 films\, confiming her as an enduring favorite of movie audiences around the country. \nDuring World War II\, Loy devoted her time working with the Red Cross\, and toured frequently to raise funds for the war efforts.  She was so fiercely outspoken against Adolf Hitler that her name was added to his “hit list.” \nResuming a successful film and stage career in the 1950’s\, Loy also assumed an influential role as co-chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing\, and served as a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.  She continued as an actress through the 1980’s\, and received multiple major awards and honors. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-midnight-lace/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Myrna-Loy-Midnight-Lace-Photo-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220320T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220218T183434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150808Z UID:10000163-1647784800-1647784800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer DESCRIPTION:The infatuation of a teen-age girl (Shirley Temple) for a determined bachelor and ladies’ man (Cary Grant) leads him into a reluctant but deepening relationship with her older sister and local court judge (Myrna Loy.)  The award-winning screenplay gives Loy and Grant fast-paced and delightful opportunities to make the most of the hilarious ensuing complications and entanglements. \nFilmed in 1947\, the production suffered many problems\, including Grant’s unhappiness with his fellow actors\, with the director\, and with the producer.  Fortunately\, none of this unpleasantness showed up on the screen; in fact\, the movie opened to wonderful reviews\, which translated into an almost unprecedented 5.5 million dollars in ticket sales. To say that “The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer” carried RKO over into 1948 is no overstatement. \nDespite the issues\, Loy once again demonstrated her ability to achieve remarkable on-camera chemistry with her leading man; she and Grant  immediately were re-teamed for the studio’s equally successful “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” in 1948. \nMyrna Loy was one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses of the late 1930s and maintained that stardom for decades.  Originally typecast in exotic roles\, often as a vamp\, she achieved stardom following her portrayal of Nora Charles in “The Thin Man” series of 6 films\, confiming her as an enduring favorite of movie audiences around the country. \nDuring World War II\, Loy devoted her time working with the Red Cross\, and toured frequently to raise funds for the war efforts.  She was so fiercely outspoken against Adolf Hitler that her name was added to his “hit list.” \nResuming a successful film and stage career in the 1950’s\, Loy also assumed an influential role as co-chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing\, and served as a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.  She continued as an actress through the 1980’s\, and received multiple major awards and honors. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-the-bachelor-and-the-bobby-soxer/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Myrna-Loy-Bachelor-Photo-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220313T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220313T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220218T182647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150809Z UID:10000162-1647180000-1647180000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Thin Man DESCRIPTION:This 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery was based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. but the murder mystery around which the plot turns is relatively unimportant to the movie’s focus and its enduring appeal. What makes the film so entertaining is not the unraveling of the murder but the movie’s central relationship of Nora and Nick Charles\, one that redefined the screen depiction of marriage.  William Powell and Myrna Loy developed a bantering screen chemistry of charming\, lighthearted repartee as the basis for the dynamic husband-and-wife detective team.  The film was a huge hit\, followed by five equally successful sequels. \nIt’s impossible now to imagine anyone in the roles of Nora and Nick Charles but Myrna Loy and William Powell. Their on-screen chemistry was so vibrant that the public came to believe the two were married in real life. \nAudiences adored “The Thin Man\,” and so did critics. It was a huge hit\, and turned around the careers of Powell and Loy. The film earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture\, Best Actor\, Best Director\, and Best Adapted Screenplay. \nMyrna Loy was one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses of the late 1930s and maintained that stardom for decades.  Originally typecast in exotic roles\, often as a vamp\, she achieved stardom following her portrayal of Nora Charles in “The Thin Man” series of 6 films\, confiming her as an enduring favorite of movie audiences around the country. \nDuring World War II\, Loy devoted her time working with the Red Cross\, and toured frequently to raise funds for the war efforts.  She was so fiercely outspoken against Adolf Hitler that her name was added to his “hit list.” \nResuming a successful film and stage career in the 1950’s\, Loy also assumed an influential role as co-chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing\, and served as a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.  She continued as an actress through the 1980’s\, and received multiple major awards and honors. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-the-thin-man/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Myrna-Loy-Photo-Number-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220312T183000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20210630T210700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150809Z UID:10000144-1647109800-1647109800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:SOLD OUT 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 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. \nAt 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. In 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 Elipse 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-6/ 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:20220306T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20210630T210507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150809Z UID:10000143-1646575200-1646575200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Rains Came DESCRIPTION:A lavish and expensive prestige picture\, and based on a critically acclaimed novel by Louis Bromfield\, “The Rains Came” (1939) stars Tyrone Power as an Indian doctor in the mythical city of Ranchipur\, India. He begins an affair with a married British noblewoman (Myrna Loy) until all lives are changed by a massive earthquake and flood. Myrna Loy delivers one her most sensitive and in-depth dramatic performances\, achieving another career break-through. \nThe film co-stars George Brent and features a strong cast of supporting players\,  including  Maria Ouspenskaya\, Henry Travers\, Jane Darwell\, H.B. Warner and Nigel Bruce.  Loy was hired on loanout from another studio for “The Rains Came” after every top actress in town had campaigned for the part.  During the filming\, author Bromfield said to her\, “I think you’re giving the best performance of your career.” \nThe most significant co-star was probably the special effects\, which won the first-ever Oscar® in that category.  For the flood and earthquake scenes\, 350 grips\, carpenters and other laborers worked for more than a month on these sequences. To create the effects in the flood scenes\, a tank holding approximately 50\,000 gallons of water was erected on a studio soundstage.  Cinematographer Arthur Miller recalled\, “You never saw such water in your life! Brent and the others took a hell of a beating on the picture. There was one scene when Nigel Bruce and his manservant were on the landing of their house and the water rushed in and ‘drowned’ them in one shot\, without a cut. And in fact the actors actually took the full force of that\, and even had bits of the set flying around them….” \n  \nMyrna Loy was one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses of the late 1930s and maintained that stardom for decades.  Originally typecast in exotic roles\, often as a vamp\, she achieved stardom following her portrayal of Nora Charles in “The Thin Man” series of 6 films\, confiming her as an enduring favorite of movie audiences around the country. \nDuring World War II\, Loy devoted her time working with the Red Cross\, and toured frequently to raise funds for the war efforts.  She was so fiercely outspoken against Adolf Hitler that her name was added to his “hit list.” \nResuming a successful film and stage career in the 1950’s\, Loy also assumed an influential role as co-chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing\, and served as a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.  She continued as an actress through the 1980’s\, and received multiple major awards and honors. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-screening-the-rains-came/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Myrna-Loy-Rains-Came-Photo-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220227T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220227T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220126T215840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150810Z UID:10000161-1645970400-1645970400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series | Marilyn Monroe: The Misfits DESCRIPTION:The film tells the dramatic story of a sensitive divorcee\, who gets mixed up with three cowboys who are clinging to the ways of the past by roping mustangs in the 1960 Nevada desert.  Directed by John Huston\, the film follows the difficult relationships among a newly divorced woman (Marilyn Monroe)\, her friendly landlady (Thelma Ritter)\, an over-the-hill cowboy (Clark Gable) with whom she falls in love\,  the cowboy’s tow truck-driving and plane-flying friend (Eli Wallach)\, and their rodeo-riding\, bronc-busting friend (Montgomery Clift). \nAdapted by Arthur Miller from his own short story of the same name\, (as a vehicle for his then-wife Marilyn Monroe)\, the making of The Misfits was troublesome on several accounts\, not the least of which was the breakdown of their marriage.  Nonetheless\, the film received critical acclaim for its script and performances\,and many critics now consider it to be a masterpiece. \nUnhappily\, this was the last film for both Gable and Monroe.  Gable became ill two days after filming and died ten days later.  Monroe and Miller were divorced within weeks after completion of the film; she died of a drug overdose 18 months later. \nBorn Norma Jeane Mortenson (June 1\, 1926 – August 4\, 1962)\, Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and an orphanage. Famous for playing comedic characters\, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade\, but her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2020) by the time of her death in 1962.  Long after her death\, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-marilyn-monroe-the-misfits/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MM-The-Misfits.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220220T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220126T215618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150810Z UID:10000160-1645365600-1645365600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series | Marilyn Monroe: Some Like It Hot DESCRIPTION:Filmed in 1959 and rated one of the all-time best films\, this screwball comedy stars not only Marilyn Monroe but Tony Curtis\, Jack Lemmon\, Joe E. Brown\, and George Raft. After witnessing a Mafia murder in Chicago\, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy\, Jerry (Jack Lemmon)\, improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women\, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. They remind themselves while vying for the attention of Sugar (Marilyn Monroe)\, that they are posing as women and cannot pursue her. The film initially met with mixed reviews due to the notoriety of the cross dressing at the time\, although it won 4 Academy Awards. \nRunning the gamut from broad slapstick to sly sexual innuendo\, Some Like It Hot was considered a risky venture when it was released in 1959. This was due to its outrageous sense of humor\, which had the potential to offend viewers and risk being viewed as an exercise in bad taste. Yet it was also one of the most successful films of the year and continues to elicit wild laughter\, even after repeated viewings. Director Billy Wilder\, who was best known (at that time) for dark dramas like Double Indemnity (1944) and Sunset Boulevard (1950)\, elicited dead-on performances from Lemmon\, Curtis (who also does a perfect Cary Grant imitation) and Marilyn Monroe.  Wilder mixed black comedy\, nostalgia for the silent era\, over-the-top physical humor\, and a fine sense of period detail to achieve the funniest movie he ever made. \n———————————————— \nBorn Norma Jeane Mortenson (June 1\, 1926 – August 4\, 1962)\, Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and an orphanage. Famous for playing comedic characters\, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade\, but her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2020) by the time of her death in 1962.  Long after her death\, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture.   URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-marilyn-monroe-some-like-it-hot/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MM-Some-Like-It-Hot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20220126T215312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150810Z UID:10000159-1644760800-1644760800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series | Marilyn Monroe: Niagara DESCRIPTION:This film noir production\, starring Marilyn Monroe\, Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters\, tells the story of an ordinary couple on an overdue vacation who witness the distressing and suspicious actions of another couple staying in a neighboring tourist cabin overlooking Niagara Falls.  Ray and Polly Cutler\, on a delayed honeymoon\, become unwillingly involved in the troubled and volatile marriage of George and Rose Loomis.  The incredible film scenery lends itself to this plot filled with illicit love and murder! \nTrue to its title\, the 1953 thriller in color spares no effort to make Niagara Falls the star of its suspenseful\, sometimes spectacular story. The movie starts and finishes with dramatic images of the falls\, emphasizing their power\, beauty\, and potential danger.  Making the falls a constant presence was the deliberate strategy of the filmmakers; almost every scene takes place in the immediate vicinity of the falls. \nTo make strong impressions in this setting\, the human stars have their work cut out for them. The one who succeeds best is\, not surprisingly\, Marilyn Monroe as the wicked wife\, giving a nicely controlled performance\, blending the sultry and the sinister without upstaging or eclipsing her costars. They’re gifted Hollywood actors:  Joseph Cotten plays the tormented husband and Jean Peters plays the honeymooning bride in a neighboring cabin – but they don’t have the magnetism that made Monroe a unique screen personality. \nBorn Norma Jeane Mortenson (June 1\, 1926 – August 4\, 1962)\, Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and an orphanage. Famous for playing comedic characters\, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade\, but her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2020) by the time of her death in 1962.  Long after her death\, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-marilyn-monroe-niagara/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MM-Niagara.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20210630T205905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150810Z UID:10000142-1644156000-1644156000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes DESCRIPTION:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 American musical comedy film based on the 1949 stage musical of the same name. It was directed by Howard Hawks and stars Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe\, with Charles Coburn\, Elliott Reid\, Tommy Noonan\, George Winslow\, Taylor Holmes and Norma Varden in supporting roles. \nThe film is filled with comedic situations and musical numbers\, choreographed by Jack Cole\, while the music was written by Hoagy Carmichael\, Harold Adamson\, Jule Styne and Leo Robin. The songs by Styne and Robin are from the Broadway show\, while the songs by Carmichael and Adamson were written especially for the film. Despite the film’s title\, Monroe was paid her usual contract salary of $500 a week\, while Russell\, then the better known actress\, earned $200\,000. \nWhile Russell’s down-to-earth\, sharp wit has been observed by most critics\, it was Monroe’s turn as the gold-digging Lorelei Lee for which the film is often remembered.[4] Monroe’s rendition of the song “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” and her pink dress are considered iconic\, and the performance has inspired homages by Madonna\, Beyoncé\, Geri Halliwell\, Kylie Minogue\, Nicole Kidman\, Margot Robbie\, Anna Nicole Smith\, Christina Aguilera\, Ariana Grande\, and James Franco. \nBorn Norma Jeane Mortenson (June 1\, 1926 – August 4\, 1962)\, Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and an orphanage. Famous for playing comedic characters\, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade\, but her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2020) by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death\, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-screening-gentlemen-prefer-blondes/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MM-Gentlemen-Prefer-Blondes.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220130T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20211214T215937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150811Z UID:10000158-1643551200-1643551200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series | Robert Mitchum: CANCELLED The Sundowners DESCRIPTION:THE SUNDOWNERS (1960) charts the nomadic adventures of a family of Australian sheep drovers. Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr play a loving but imperfect married couple\, Paddy and Ida Carmody\, who disagree on their basic lifestyle. Weary of cooking over campfires\, Ida desperately wants a roof over her head. Paddy would prefer never to sleep in the same place twice. \nMitchum once again proves his versatility by playing against type:  a good but willfully humble man determined to stay as he is.  Kerr matches his determination point for point\, and the two\, re-teamed for their second film together\, deliver another remarkable complementary performance.  The film also stars Glynis Johns\, Dina Merrill\, and Peter Ustinov. \nSundowner is the Australian word for someone whose home is where the sun goes down.  For this epic tribute to the virtues of home and family\, based on Jon Cleary’s novel “Back of Beyond\,” director Fred Zinnemann took cast and crew halfway round the world to make one of the first Hollywood films shot on location in Australia. \nFor leading lady\, Zinnemann’s first choice was Deborah Kerr\, who had shot to stardom when he cast her against type as an earthy adulteress in “From Here to Eternity” (1953). He originally wanted William Holden or Gary Cooper to play her husband\,  but neither was available. \nRobert Mitchum got the role instead\, turning in one of his best performances. Zinnemann quickly realized that the star’s lackadaisical attitude was merely a mask for his dedication to acting. Particularly impressive was Mitchum’s ability to capture the Australian accent. But he did have a problem with shearing sheep. The screen tough guy was so worried about hurting the sheep he needed a few beers before he could do the scene. \nRobert Mitchum was an American leading man of enormous ability\, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest.  A master of accents and seemingly unconcerned about his star image\, he played in both forgettable and unforgettable films with unswerving nonchalance\, leading many to overlook the prodigious talent he could bring to a project that he found compelling. \nDirector Howard Hawks remained unconvinced about Mitchum’s self-proclaimed indifference towards acting\, and confronted him on the set of “El Dorado”\, telling him\, “You pretend not to care\, but you really work very hard.” Mitchum answered\, “Don’t tell anybody.” \nActually\, his craft and durability were achieved only through a lot of hard\, private study. He learned how little the camera needed to be shown\, and no one has matched his weary swagger. Unlike many\, Mitchum realized that stillness and the ability to listen were the cornerstones of movie acting. He created his own sense of space and time\, and offered the movie equivalent of a kind of jazz cool\, a seamless fusion of thought and action. \nAlthough underrated during his lifetime\, Mitchum is now recognized as a master of the film art of stillness and underplaying. He appears on the American Film Institute’s list of the top 25 greatest male stars of classic American cinema. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-robert-mitchum-the-sundowners/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Mitchum-The-Sundowners-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220123T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220123T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20211214T215757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150811Z UID:10000157-1642946400-1642946400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series | Robert Mitchum: The Big Sleep DESCRIPTION:THE BIG SLEEP is a 1978 re-imagining of the Raymond Chandler classic.  Mitchum plays an older Philip Marlowe\, now based in London\, who  investigates a seemingly routine case of blackmail\, but in the process uncovers a more sinister plot which spirals into murder and madness.  (This is Mitchum’s second film portrayal of Philip Marlowe\, having played the world-weary detective in 1975’s neo-noir “Farewell My Lovely.”)  The film also stars Sarah Miles\, Candy Clark\, Joan Collins\, and Oliver Reed\, with a special appearance by  James Stewart. \nThe film contains material more explicit than what could only be hinted at in the 1946 version with Bogart and Bacall\, and includes much more original dialogue from the Chandler book.  Common to both versions is the notoriously complicated plot. \nPhilip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is asked by the elderly General Sternwood (James Stewart) to investigate an attempt at blackmail on one of his daughters. He soon finds that the attempt is half-hearted at best\, and seems to be more connected with the disappearance of the other daughter’s husband\, Rusty Regan (David Savile). Rusty’s wife seems unconcerned with his disappearance\, further complicating the mystery. Only General Sternwood seems concerned as mobsters and hired killers continue to appear in the path of the investigation. \nRobert Mitchum was an American leading man of enormous ability\, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest.  A master of accents and seemingly unconcerned about his star image\, he played in both forgettable and unforgettable films with unswerving nonchalance\, leading many to overlook the prodigious talent he could bring to a project that he found compelling. \nDirector Howard Hawks remained unconvinced about Mitchum’s self-proclaimed indifference towards acting\, and confronted him on the set of “El Dorado”\, telling him\, “You pretend not to care\, but you really work very hard.” Mitchum answered\, “Don’t tell anybody.” \nActually\, his craft and durability were achieved only through a lot of hard\, private study. He learned how little the camera needed to be shown\, and no one has matched his weary swagger. Unlike many\, Mitchum realized that stillness and the ability to listen were the cornerstones of movie acting. He created his own sense of space and time\, and offered the movie equivalent of a kind of jazz cool\, a seamless fusion of thought and action. \nAlthough underrated during his lifetime\, Mitchum is now recognized as a master of the film art of stillness and underplaying. He appears on the American Film Institute’s list of the top 25 greatest male stars of classic American cinema. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-robert-mitchum-the-big-sleep/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mitchum-film-The-Big-Sleep.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20211214T215501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150811Z UID:10000156-1642341600-1642341600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series | Robert Mitchum: El Dorado DESCRIPTION:EL DORADO is a 1966 comedy Western film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. The film is about an aging gunfighter who comes to the aid of an old friend\, now a drunken sheriff\, struggling to defend a rancher and his family in a range war.  The film also stars James Caan as Wayne’s exasperating young sidekick who likes to quote appropriate stanzas from the Edgar Allan Poe poem\, “El Dorado” at various points throughout the film.  Although the plot is very similar to a previous Hawks’ film\, “Rio Bravo\,” the director told Mitchum that the film was not about the plot; it was all about character development. \nRoger Ebert awarded the film three and a half stars\, stating: “El Dorado is a tightly directed\, humorous\, altogether successful Western\, turned out almost effortlessly\, it would seem\, by three old pros: John Wayne\, Robert Mitchum and director Howard Hawks.”  The film was the only screen pairing between Wayne and Mitchum; though they both appear in “The Longest Day\,” they share no scenes in that film. \nRobert Mitchum was an American leading man of enormous ability\, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest.  A master of accents and seemingly unconcerned about his star image\, he played in both forgettable and unforgettable films with unswerving nonchalance\, leading many to overlook the prodigious talent he could bring to a project that he found compelling. \nDirector Howard Hawks remained unconvinced about Mitchum’s self-proclaimed indifference towards acting\, and confronted him on the set of “El Dorado”\, telling him\, “You pretend not to care\, but you really work very hard.” Mitchum answered\, “Don’t tell anybody.” \nActually\, his craft and durability were achieved only through a lot of hard\, private study. He learned how little the camera needed to be shown\, and no one has matched his weary swagger. Unlike many\, Mitchum realized that stillness and the ability to listen were the cornerstones of movie acting. He created his own sense of space and time\, and offered the movie equivalent of a kind of jazz cool\, a seamless fusion of thought and action. \nAlthough underrated during his lifetime\, Mitchum is now recognized as a master of the film art of stillness and underplaying. He appears on the American Film Institute’s list of the top 25 greatest male stars of classic American cinema. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-robert-mitchum-el-dorado/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mitchum-El-Dorado.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T144256 CREATED:20211214T215213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150812Z UID:10000155-1641736800-1641736800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series | Robert Mitchum: Heaven Knows\, Mr. Allison DESCRIPTION:HEAVEN KNOWS\, MR. ALLISON (1957) stars Robert Mitchum as an uneducated\, self-reliant American marine who finds himself marooned on a Japanese-occupied island during World War II\, along with a well-mannered\, deeply religious Irish nun (Deborah Kerr) – with whom he forms a deep emotional bond that gradually blossoms into love. The palpable chemistry between Mitchum and Kerr\, the marvelous cinematography\, and Oscar-nominated screenplay by director John Huston and John Lee Mahin come together in a captivating survival saga that Mitchum would cite as his own personal favorite among his films.  He also would speak of Kerr ever after as his all-time favorite actress. \nDeborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum were indeed a magical team.  The actress likened their work together to a perfect doubles pair at tennis.  Getting to know him in those first days on location on the island of Tobago\, Kerr recalled finding herself “listening to an extremely sensitive\, poetic\, extraordinarily interesting man…a perceptive\, amusing person with a great gift for telling a story\, and possessed of a completely unexpected vast fund of knowledge…Bob was at all times patient\, concerned\, and completely professional.” \nThe film was adapted by John Huston and John Lee Mahin from the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Deborah Kerr) and Best Writing\, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. \nRobert Mitchum was an American leading man of enormous ability\, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest.  A master of accents and seemingly unconcerned about his star image\, he played in both forgettable and unforgettable films with unswerving nonchalance\, leading many to overlook the prodigious talent he could bring to a project that he found compelling. \nDirector Howard Hawks remained unconvinced about Mitchum’s self-proclaimed indifference towards acting\, and confronted him on the set of “El Dorado”\, telling him\, “You pretend not to care\, but you really work very hard.” Mitchum answered\, “Don’t tell anybody.” \nActually\, his craft and durability were achieved only through a lot of hard\, private study. He learned how little the camera needed to be shown\, and no one has matched his weary swagger. Unlike many\, Mitchum realized that stillness and the ability to listen were the cornerstones of movie acting. He created his own sense of space and time\, and offered the movie equivalent of a kind of jazz cool\, a seamless fusion of thought and action. \nAlthough underrated during his lifetime\, Mitchum is now recognized as a master of the film art of stillness and underplaying. He appears on the American Film Institute’s list of the top 25 greatest male stars of classic American cinema. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-robert-mitchum-heaven-knows-mr-allison/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mitchum-Heaven-Knows-Mr-Allison.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR