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:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD 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:20220610T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220610T193000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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:20260403T193453 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220102T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220102T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20210630T205420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150812Z UID:10000141-1641132000-1641132000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series | Robert Mitchum: The Enemy Below DESCRIPTION:THE ENEMY BELOW (1957) is a war adventure film \, which tells the story of the battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. Produced and directed by acclaimed actor\, Dick Powell\, the movie stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens as the American and German commanding officers\, engaged in a prolonged and deadly battle of wits that tests both men and their crews. Each man grows to respect his opponent.The film was based on the 1956 novel by Denys Rayner\, a British naval officer involved in anti-submarine warfare throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. \nThe film’s destroyer escort USS Haynes (DE-181) was represented by the USS Whitehurst\, filmed in the Pacific Ocean near Oahu\, Hawaii. Many of Whitehurst’s crewmen acted in the film; the phone talkers\, the gun and depth charge crews\,  and all of the men seen abandoning ship were real Whitehurst crewmen. \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-the-enemy-below/ 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-The-Enemy-Below-film.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211226T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211226T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20211105T012426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150812Z UID:10000154-1640527200-1640527200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Indiscreet DESCRIPTION:In this 1958 elegant romantic comedy from the end of the classic era\,  Ingrid Bergman stars as  London stage actress Anna Kalman\, who meets a man too good to be true.  International financier Philip Adams (Cary Grant) is smitten with Anna as well\, and an affair begins despite the fact that he claims that he cannot obtain a divorce from his wife. \nAnna is rich and famous\, Philip is rich and important\, and when they walk together a chauffeured Rolls Royce follows at a discreet distance\, while the sparkling dialog flows like champagne. \nThe film is based on the play Kind Sir written by Norman Krasna\, and is directed by Stanley Donen. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-indiscreet/ 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/2021/11/Indiscreet-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211219T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20211105T012306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150812Z UID:10000153-1639922400-1639922400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: CANCELLED The Sleeping Beauty DESCRIPTION:Rudolf Nureyev and Veronica Tennant star in Tchaikovsky’s beloved 1890 ballet\, with choreography by Nureyev after Marius Petipa. This lavish 1972 production by the National Ballet of Canada beautifully tells the story\, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale\, about the sleeping princess who can only be awakened by love’s first kiss. \nThe premiere performance of the ballet took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 15\, 1890. The second of Tchaikovsky’s three ballets\, the work has become one of the classical repertoire’s most famous ballets. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-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/2021/11/Sleeping-Beauty-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20211105T012117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150813Z UID:10000152-1639317600-1639317600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: I’ll Be Seeing You DESCRIPTION:Two troubled souls Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) and Sgt. Zachary Morgan (Joseph Cotton) meet while seated across from each other on a train bound for Pinehill. Each has a week’s Christmas furlough\, and as they begin to fall in love\, each hopes to hide the secret of an unhappy past for the brief length of their time together.  Also starring Shirley Temple and Spring Byington\, the 1944 film was among the first to explore the uncertain territory of postwar adjustment. \nGinger Rogers\, by the 1940s was showing a gift for tougher\, weightier roles\, such as her award-winning performance in Kitty Foyle.  She could be intensely moving without ever succumbing to sentimentality. That’s a gift she also brings to I’ll Be Seeing You. \nNew York Times critic Bosley Crowther was particularly struck by Cotten’s performance\, writing\, “He plays the shell-shocked veteran with supreme restraint and with a calm and determined independence that beautifully reveals his pain and pride.” URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-ill-be-seeing-you/ 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/2021/11/Ill-Be-Seeing-You-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20210630T204647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150813Z UID:10000140-1638712800-1638712800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: Christmas in Connecticut DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Lane is a single New Yorker\, employed as a food writer. Her articles about her fictitious Connecticut farm\, husband\, and baby are admired by housewives across the country. Her publisher\, Alexander Yardley\, is unaware of the charade and insists that Elizabeth host a Christmas dinner for returning war hero Jefferson Jones\, who read all of her recipes while in the hospital and is so fond of her that his nurse\, Mary Lee\, wrote a letter to the publisher. Facing a career-ending scandal\, not only for herself but for her editor\, Dudley Beecham\, Lane is forced to comply. In desperation\, Elizabeth agrees to marry her friend\, John Sloan\, who has a farm in Connecticut. She also enlists the help of her uncle\, chef Felix Bassenak\, who has been providing her with the recipes for her articles. \nAt Sloan’s farm on Christmas Eve\, Elizabeth meets Norah\, the housekeeper\, as well as a neighbor’s baby whom they pretend is their baby. Elizabeth and John plan to be married immediately by Judge Crowthers\, but the ceremony is interrupted when Jefferson arrives early. Elizabeth is smitten and it is love at first sight. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-screening-christmas-in-connecticut/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/xmas-ct-2021.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211128T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20211105T012007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150813Z UID:10000151-1638108000-1638108000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: OLIVER! DESCRIPTION:Based on an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1838 novel Oliver Twist\, this 1968 British musical drama stars Ron Moody\, Oliver Reed\, Shani Wallis\, and Mark Lester as Dickens’ fabled workhouse orphan.  Winner of 6 Academy Awards\, the production contains such musical numbers as “Consider Yourself\,” “As Long As He Needs Me\,” and “Where Is Love?” \nRoger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film four out of four stars. “Sir Carol Reed’s Oliver! is a treasure of a movie\,” he wrote. “It is very nearly universal entertainment\, one of those rare films like The Wizard of Oz that appeals in many ways to all sorts of people. It will be immediately exciting to the children\, I think\, because of the story and the unforgettable Dickens characters. Adults will like it for the sweep and zest of its production. And as a work of popular art\, it will stand the test of time.   It is as well-made as a film can be.” URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-oliver/ 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/2021/11/Oliver-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211107T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211107T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20210630T204029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150814Z UID:10000139-1636293600-1636300800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Uninvited DESCRIPTION:Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? Yet\, how many truly memorable movies about the supernatural can you actually name? The Uninvited\, is a grade-A 1944 production from Paramount Pictures\, not a studio usually associated with horror films. Produced by Charles Brackett (a frequent screenplay collaborator with director Billy Wilder)\, the film is a handsomely mounted thriller with a first-rate cast\, atmospheric cinematography by Charles Lang\, Victor Young’s emotionally gripping score (which introduces the song “Stella by Starlight”)\, and a highly original story that invites Freudian interpretations of the characters while inserting a lesbian subtext and a droll sense of humor. \nWhile on holiday\, music critic Roderick Fitzgerald (Ray Milland) and his sister Pamela (Ruth Hussey) discover an abandoned mansion on the Cornish coast. With its remote yet breathtaking location on a sea cliff\, Windward House completely captivates them with its possibilities; Roderick sees it as an ideal workplace where he can finally devote himself to his true love\, composing music. But when they set out to purchase it from its owner Commander Beech (Donald Crisp)\, they encounter resistance from his granddaughter Stella Meredith (Gail Russell)\, who has a strong attachment to the house. It is soon learned that Stella’s mother died there under mysterious circumstances. Nevertheless\, the sale goes through and Roderick and Pamela move into Windward House – and almost immediately begin to experience strange occurrences. The sound of footsteps and mournful sobbing keeps them awake at night\, the dog barks at something no one can see\, and the overpowering scent of flowers and unexplained cold waves often permeate rooms\, defying any logical explanation. Windward House is obviously haunted but why? Roderick and Pamela begin to uncover the mystery with the help of Stella whose visits to the house increase the spectral activity and place the young girl in great danger.  While a Freudian reading of the film might have seemed inappropriate during the forties\, it’s impossible to ignore now\, especially the scenes involving Miss Holloway (Cornelia Otis Skinner)\, the sinister asylum director\, whose obsession with the former Mrs. Meredith is all too clearly spelled out. \nWhile it might have chilled audiences of its era\, The Uninvited is not a frightening film by contemporary standards. It is\, however\, an intriguing mood piece\,  subtle and suggestive in its imagery.  Incidents that could easily appear cliched and trite – a seance by candlelight\, doors that open and close by themselves\, flowers that wilt suddenly in the presence of something evil – convey a genuine sense of the otherworldly. \nJeff Stafford for TCM URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series-the-uninvited-2/ 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/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/uninvited-2021.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211017T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211017T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20210630T203623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150814Z UID:10000138-1634482800-1634482800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:14th 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 OPA’s fabled Steinway. It is here that talented local students have the opportunity to perform on a world-class piano in front of a live audience. Admission to this performance is free. \nThe 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. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/14th-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/2021/06/steinway.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211009T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211009T193000 DTSTAMP:20260403T193453 CREATED:20200228T223004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150814Z UID:10000039-1633807800-1633807800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:14th Annual Piano Festival | Boston Chamber Music - An Evening of Piano Trios DESCRIPTION:Click button below to purchase advance tickets.TICKETS \nBoston Chamber Music returns to Ogunquit\, this time as a piano trio with Pianist – Randall Hodgkinson\, Cellist – Bruce Coppock and Violinist – Gabriela Diaz.  Mr. Coppock continues the tradition of bringing together the finest ensembles especially selected for this concert. \nTickets to this performance will go on sale 3 weeks prior to the event on this website. Tickets may also be purchased at any of the fine establishments listed on the bottom of the page. Free Parking for audience members behind the Dunaway Center. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Boston Chamber Music Program\nLili Boulanger: \n\nDún Matin de Printemps\nDún Soir Triste\n\nFanny Mendelssohn: \n\nPiano Trio in d minor\, Opus 11\n\nBeethoven: \n\nPiano Trio in Bb\, Opus 97 (Archduke)\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Randall Hodgkinson\n \n \n \n \n \n \nRandall Hodgkinson is an acclaimed American pianist. He won the International American Music Competition in 1981 which was sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation. He was also a winner in the J.S.Bach International Competition and received the Tanglewood Music Center’s Cabot Award in 1971. Hodgkinson made his European orchestral debut in 1985 with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome.  \nLater in 1986\, he made his formal New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall. He has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra\, the Boston Symphony Orchestra\, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra\, theCleveland Orchestra\, the Philadelphia Orchestra\, the Concord Orchestra (Concord\, Massachusetts)\, the Iceland Philharmonic\, the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia in Rome\, and had successful collaborations with Leonard Bernstein and Gunther Schuller. He was a featured artist on the Bosendorfer Concert Series aired over WNYC – FM in New York City and has recorded for the Albany\, Nonesuch\, CRI and New World labels. \nHodgkinson is an active performer of chamber music and is currently a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society\, Boston Artists Ensemble\, Worcester Chamber Music Society and the Gramercy Trio. He has performed chamber music at numerous festivals\, including Blue Hill Festival (Maine)\, Bargemusic\, Chestnut Hill Concerts (Madison\, Connecticut)\, Seattle Chamber Music Festival\, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. In addition to his solo work\, he also regularly performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife Leslie Amper. \n \n \n \n \n \n Bruce Coppock\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. Throughout his career Coppock has maintained an active teaching life as a cellist and chamber music coach. Since 2013\, he has led an intensive year chamber music course for gifted high schools students called QuartetLab in which students spend an entire year studying one piece of music in depth\, with Coppock serving both as cellist and coach. This program will be relocated to the Rivers School beginning in fall 2019. \nCoppock has held teaching positions at the Longy School of Music\, Brown University\, the University of New Hampshire\, the Boston Conservatory and the New England Conservatory. 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. \nCoppock served twice as president & managing director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra\, a position in which he served both as the artistic and the executive leader of the organization. Coppock first led the SPCO from 1999 until 2008\, when he stepped down due to illness. During a five-year hiatus from the SPCO Coppock focused on medical issues\, served a consultant to several orchestras\, and served as managing director of the Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami Residency\, in addition to teaching chamber music at the University of Minnesota School of Music. Coppock returned to the SPCO in 2013\, the highlight of which was being part of the leadership team that oversaw the construction and opening of a new 1100-seat purpose-built concert hall dubbed by the NYTimes as “acousticslly ideal.. . .a hall that allows clarity and detail in the playing to come through while providing orchestral resonance and bloom.” He retired from the SPCO at the end of 2015. \nPrior to Saint Paul\, Coppock served as the founding director of the League of American Orchestra’s Orchestra Leadership Academy\, as deputy director of Carnegie Hall\, and as executive director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1992-1997. \nCoppock has also been active as a Board member\, at the Harlem Boys Choir\, the Interlochen Center for the Arts and the Board of Overseers at the Curtis Institute of Music. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriela Diaz\n \n \n \n \n \n Georgia native Gabriela Diaz began her musical training at the age of five\, studying piano with her mother\, and the next year\, violin with her father. \nAs a childhood cancer survivor\, Gabriela is committed to supporting cancer research and treatment in her capacity as a musician. In 2004\, Gabriela was a recipient of a grant from the Albert Schweitzer Foundation\, an award that enabled Gabriela to create and direct the Boston Hope Ensemble. This program is now part of Winsor Music. A firm believer in the healing properties of music\, Gabriela and her colleagues have performed in cancer units in Boston hospitals and presented benefit concerts for cancer research organizations in numerous venues throughout the United States. \nA fierce champion of contemporary music\, Gabriela has been fortunate to work closely with many significant composers on their own compositions\, namely Pierre Boulez\, Magnus Lindberg\, Frederic Rzewski\, Alvin Lucier\, Unsuk Chin\, John Zorn\, Joan Tower\, Roger Reynolds\, Chaya Czernowin\, Steve Reich\, Tania León\, Brian Ferneyhough\, and Helmut Lachenmann. Gabriela is a member of several Boston-area contemporary music groups\, including Sound Icon\, Ludovico Ensemble\, BMOP\, Dinosaur Annex\, Boston Musica Viva\, and Callithumpian Consort. She plays regularly with Winsor Music\, Castle of our Skins\, Radius Ensemble\, and Emmanuel Music and frequently collaborates with Alarm Will Sound\, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICEensemble)\, and A Far Cry. \nIn 2012 Gabriela joined the violin faculty of Wellesley College. Gabriela is co-artistic director of the much beloved Boston-based chamber music and outreach organization Winsor Music. Please visit winsormusic.org for more information!​Gabriela’s recording of Lou Harrison’s Suite for Violin and American Gamelan was highlighted in the New York Times Article “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music.” \nCritics have acclaimed Gabriela as “a young violin master\,” and “one of Boston’s most valuable players.” Lloyd Schwartz of the Boston Phoenix noted\, “…Gabriela Diaz in a bewitching performance of Pierre Boulez’s 1991 Anthèmes. The come-hither meow of Diaz’s upward slides and her sustained pianissimo fade-out were miracles of color\, texture\, and feeling.” Others have remarked on her “indefatigably expressive” playing\, “polished technique\,” and “vivid and elegant playing.” URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/boston-chamber-music-5/ 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/2020/02/RandallHodgkinson_068.PR-1-copy.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR