BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ogunquit Performing Arts - ECPv6.16.2//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:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD 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:20221120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20221014T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20220521T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220521T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20220312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220312T183000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 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:20211226T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211226T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20211128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211128T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 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:20260523T140724 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:20211001T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211001T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20210628T233912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150815Z UID:10000137-1633116600-1633116600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:14th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival | Concert by Frederick Moyer DESCRIPTION:Click button below to purchase advance tickets. TICKETS \nConcert pianist Frederick Moyer has excited and delighted audiences in 44 countries — from the Sydney Opera House to Windsor Castle to Carnegie Recital Hall to the Kennedy Center. His performances exhibit impeccable training and exacting artistry in both classical music and jazz. Inventive technological enhancements\, well-chosen programs and his relaxed verbal introductions help the audience get into the heart of the musical experience. \nAn avid computer programmer and inventor with multiple patents\, Fred has created innovative concerts that redefine the piano recital. His MoyerCam gives the audience a view of the hands and keyboard from virtually any seat. His USolo software allows him to play piano concertos in recital with orchestral accompaniment synchronized to his interpretations\, – as he will do in this concert with the gorgeous Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto and the Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra. \nARTIST WEBSITE: https://www.frederickmoyer.com/ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MR. MOYER’S PROGRAM\nChopin: Waltz in E-flat MajorMendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp Minor\, Op.28Rachmaninoff: Two Preludes\, Op. 23Wilder: Two Piano PiecesTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in B-flat Minor\, Op. 23 Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra\, Emil Kahn\, conductor\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/14th-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/2021/06/frederick-moyer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201101T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201101T160000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200623T125936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150816Z UID:10000134-1604239200-1604246400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film Series: The Uninvited - CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED  \nFree Admission\, Parking\, Popcorn \n———————————————————————————- \nWho 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/ 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/2020/06/uninvited-featured.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201018T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201018T170000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200622T215246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150816Z UID:10000133-1603033200-1603040400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED || 14th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival DESCRIPTION:Pianists To Be Announced \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. \nIn accordance with his wishes\, Sanford Judson Dunaway’s daughter\,  Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham\, requested that the executors include a contribution to Ogunquit to endow a fund for musical performances.  She had long dreamed that Ogunquit could support such a program  to add to its attractiveness as a welcoming place for artists\, sculptors and summer theatre.  In November 1978\,  the Committee for the Performing Arts was formed and began its work with Betty elected as chairperson. \nThe Famous OPA Steinway Piano came to the Committee again as a result of Betty Burnham’s insight and generosity.  She 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.  Betty taught piano for most of her adult life. \nBetty was determined that the Committee should have a piano worthy of the world’s major pianists\, and donated additional funds for that purpose.  She consulted with New England’s most distinguished piano tuner\, the late Frank Hanson\, and his partner at University Piano Service\,  the equally renowned piano technician Vincent D’Errico.  Frank and Vincent bought an abused Steinway from a piano dealer\, and set about to completely rebuild it. \nIts restoration by Frank and Vincent brought it back to a top quality concert instrument\, with a superb\, radiant tone. They offered to sell it to OPA at cost\, donating their rebuilding services entirely.   The only caveats were that it would be used only for OPA performances\, and that they would continue to tune and see to its occasional repair needs\, again donating their services.  And so it was.  Vincent continues the tradition\, and is currently serving as a member of the Committee.  The 125 year-old\, glorious Steinway continues to win enthusiastic acclaim from both pianists and audiences. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/14th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-piano-festival-3/ 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/piano1018cxl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201010T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201010T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200622T215124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150816Z UID:10000132-1602358200-1602363600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED || 14th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival DESCRIPTION:Pianists To Be Announced \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. \nIn accordance with his wishes\, Sanford Judson Dunaway’s daughter\,  Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham\, requested that the executors include a contribution to Ogunquit to endow a fund for musical performances.  She had long dreamed that Ogunquit could support such a program  to add to its attractiveness as a welcoming place for artists\, sculptors and summer theatre.  In November 1978\,  the Committee for the Performing Arts was formed and began its work with Betty elected as chairperson. \nThe Famous OPA Steinway Piano came to the Committee again as a result of Betty Burnham’s insight and generosity.  She 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.  Betty taught piano for most of her adult life. \nBetty was determined that the Committee should have a piano worthy of the world’s major pianists\, and donated additional funds for that purpose.  She consulted with New England’s most distinguished piano tuner\, the late Frank Hanson\, and his partner at University Piano Service\,  the equally renowned piano technician Vincent D’Errico.  Frank and Vincent bought an abused Steinway from a piano dealer\, and set about to completely rebuild it. \nIts restoration by Frank and Vincent brought it back to a top quality concert instrument\, with a superb\, radiant tone. They offered to sell it to OPA at cost\, donating their rebuilding services entirely.   The only caveats were that it would be used only for OPA performances\, and that they would continue to tune and see to its occasional repair needs\, again donating their services.  And so it was.  Vincent continues the tradition\, and is currently serving as a member of the Committee.  The 125 year-old\, glorious Steinway continues to win enthusiastic acclaim from both pianists and audiences. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/14th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-piano-festival-2/ 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/piano1010cxl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200622T211713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150817Z UID:10000131-1601667000-1601672400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED || 14th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival DESCRIPTION:Pianists To Be Announced \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. \nIn accordance with his wishes\, Sanford Judson Dunaway’s daughter\,  Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham\, requested that the executors include a contribution to Ogunquit to endow a fund for musical performances.  She had long dreamed that Ogunquit could support such a program  to add to its attractiveness as a welcoming place for artists\, sculptors and summer theatre.  In November 1978\,  the Committee for the Performing Arts was formed and began its work with Betty elected as chairperson. \nThe Famous OPA Steinway Piano came to the Committee again as a result of Betty Burnham’s insight and generosity.  She 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.  Betty taught piano for most of her adult life. \nBetty was determined that the Committee should have a piano worthy of the world’s major pianists\, and donated additional funds for that purpose.  She consulted with New England’s most distinguished piano tuner\, the late Frank Hanson\, and his partner at University Piano Service\,  the equally renowned piano technician Vincent D’Errico.  Frank and Vincent bought an abused Steinway from a piano dealer\, and set about to completely rebuild it. \nIts restoration by Frank and Vincent brought it back to a top quality concert instrument\, with a superb\, radiant tone. They offered to sell it to OPA at cost\, donating their rebuilding services entirely.   The only caveats were that it would be used only for OPA performances\, and that they would continue to tune and see to its occasional repair needs\, again donating their services.  And so it was.  Vincent continues the tradition\, and is currently serving as a member of the Committee.  The 125 year-old\, glorious Steinway continues to win enthusiastic acclaim from both pianists and audiences. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/14th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-piano-festival/ 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/piano102cxl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200424T144933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150817Z UID:10000031-1600457400-1600464600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED - 30th Annual Capriccio Music Festival Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo\, Jazz Guitarists DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nFrank 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. \n \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. \nTickets to this performance will go on sale August 1\, 2020 on this website.  Tickets may also be purchased at Crickets Corner\, Dunaway Center\, Ogunquit Playhouse Downtown Box Office\, and Ogunquit Welcome Center.  \nFree parking for the performance is located behind the Dunaway Center.  Wine and refreshments available. \nListen to these fabulous artists at: \nwww.frankvignola.com \nwww.vinnyraniolo.com URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/30th-annual-capriccio-music-festival-frank-vignola-vinny-raniolo-jazz-guitarists/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center – Community Auditorium on the main floor\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio,Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/vignola-CXL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200605T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200605T193000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200228T210517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150817Z UID:10000038-1591385400-1591385400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Boston Chamber Music - CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:Ogunquit’s favorite Boston Chamber Music returns to the Dunaway Center for a special\, 2-concert appearance. Led by acclaimed cellist Bruce Coppock\, the piano trio on June 5th features Gabriela Diaz\, violin\, and Randall Hodgkinson\, piano. Mr. Coppock continues the tradition of bringing together the finest ensembles especially selected for this concert. Their program is a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven: \nBEETHOVEN: Celebrating Friends & Inspirations\nTwo Viennese Masterpieces \nBEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Eb Major\, Opus 70 # 2\nSCHUBERT Piano Trio in Eb Major\, Opus 100 \nTickets to this performance will go on sale May 15\, 2020 on this website. Tickets may also be purchased at Ogunquit Camera Shop\, Dunaway Center\, Ogunquit Playhouse Downtown Box Office\, and Ogunquit Welcome Center. Free parking for the performance is located behind the Dunaway Center. \n \nBruce 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 \nViolinist Gabriela Diaz began her musical training at the age of five\, studying piano with her mother\, and the next year\, violin with her father.\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.” \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\, John Zorn\, Roger Reynolds\, Steve Reich\, Brian Ferneyhough\, and Helmut Lachenmann. Gabriela is a member of several Boston-area contemporary music groups\, including Sound Icon\, Ludovico Ensemble\, Dinosuar Annex\, Firebird Ensemble\, Boston Musica Viva\, and Callithumpian Consort. She also plays regularly with Winsor Music\, Mistral Music\, Radius Ensemble\, and Emmanuel Music. \nIn 2012 Gabriela joined the violin faculty of Wellesley College. Gabriela is co-artistic director of the Boston-based chamber music organization Winsor Music. Please visit winsormusic.org for more information! \nGabriela can be heard on New World\, Centaur\, BMOPSound\, Mode\, Naxos\, and Tzadik records. \nGabriela plays on a Vuillaume violin generously on loan from Mark Ptashne and a viola made by her father\, Manuel Diaz. \n \nRandall Hodgkinson 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 Philadelphia\, Atlanta\, Buffalo\, the American Symphony\, the Orchestra of Illinois\, and abroad in Italy and Iceland. His solo debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was presented both in Boston and at Carnegie Hall. \nMr. Hodgkinson studied at The Curtis Institute and the New England Conservatory. He has been an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society since 1983. While a member of Boston Musica Viva\, he performed throughout the U.S. and Europe\, and his recordings on several labels have brought him notable acclaim. \nHe also performs four-hand and two-piano literature in duo recitals with his wife\, Leslie Amper. He is a member of the piano faculty of the New England Conservatory and Wellesley College. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/boston-chamber-music-4/ 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/2020/02/CMF-Randall-Hodgkinsonhome.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200516T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200516T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200228T204022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150818Z UID:10000037-1589659200-1589659200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Celtic Quintet - CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:Bringing fresh energy to traditional Celtic music\, Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki is an award-winning New Hampshire-based fiddler/singer who has been performing professionally for over two decades. He has toured nationally with bands in various genres\, performed across Ireland\, and released multiple recordings of Celtic music that can be heard on radio stations in Ireland and Scotland as well as around New England. He is also an Emmy®-nominated composer who has written soundtracks for audiobooks and television and appeared as a guest on over 75 albums. His lifelong passion for history helps bring to life the traditional music around which he built his career. \nPutting a fresh spin on traditional Irish music\, the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio delivers and dynamic show full of foot-stompin’ fiddle tunes and classic sing-alongs. Fiddler Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki is joined by fellow New Hampshire natives Matt Jensen on guitar and Chris Noyes on upright bass. Their shows blend traditional Celtic music with their own original material\, drawing on multiple genres to produce a unique sound. For their performance at OPA\, Jordan brings with him an all-star group of 5 musicians\, including members of the Trio. \nJordan was first recognized as part of New Hampshire’s musical culture at the age of 12\, when he was the youngest member of the delegation representing the state at The Smithsonian Folklife Festival. He grew up on a combination of contra dances and Celtic music\, releasing multiple recordings and performing regularly at dances\, parties and even governor’s inaugurations until leaving for college in Middlebury\, VT. After graduating\, Jordan spent time in both New York City and Ireland\, exploring musical possibilities and honing his craft. He then began to carve out a career for himself back home in NH\, working with multiple rock bands while continuing to develop his unique approach to traditional Celtic music. \n \nIn 2012 Jordan released Into The Cold\, an all-original record drawing on multiple genres held together by the thread of Celtic fiddle melodies. The record has been described as “hauntingly beautiful” and “an instrumental coming-of-age story.” Shortly after the release\, he formed The Jordan TW Trio by recruiting Matthew Jensen and Chris Noyes\, from Into The Cold\, to perform with him around New England. In 2013 New Hampshire’s Traditional Arts Council named him a Master Artist. In 2015\, the trio released their first record\, Return To The Castle\, which represents a return to more traditional roots. While it incorporates several fresh original pieces\, the entirely acoustic\, instrumental record is stacked with traditional favorites ranging from haunting waltzes to foot-stomping reels and was described as “bright\, crisp and energetic” by The Boston Irish Reporter. The trio released their first live album\, Live At CedarHouse\, in July of 2018\, earning the praise “brilliant interpretations of Celtic standards” from Bill Copeland Music News and heavily featuring their vocals for the first time. \nIn 2016\, The NH Humanities Council added Jordan to their presenters roster with his program\, “Songs of Emigration: Storytelling through traditional Irish music.” Since then he has brought the educational program to over 45 libraries\, historical societies and community centers around the state. \nAfter producing a feature piece on Jordan\, WMUR’s New Hampshire Chronicle commissioned him to compose and produce a new theme music package for their nightly show. Once the music was developed Jordan recruited an all-star team of musicians to record it\, including the members of his trio. The new music debuted in the fall of 2018\, along with a music video featuring the band\, produced by WMUR. Both music and video received 2019 New England Emmy® nominations.\nListen to Jordan URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/jordan-tirrell-wysocki-celtic-quintet/ 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/2020/02/CelticQuintet-may16-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200503T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200503T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200120T185846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150818Z UID:10000036-1588514400-1588514400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Evita - CANCELLED 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/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/2020/01/Evita-Home-Page-Photo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200405T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200405T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200120T183616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150818Z UID:10000035-1586095200-1586095200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:The Long\, Long Trailer CANCELLED!! 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/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/2020/01/Long-trailer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200307T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200307T183000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20200120T175719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150818Z UID:10000034-1583605800-1583605800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Stillson School of Irish Dance DESCRIPTION:Irish Stepdancing continues to be a wildly popular art form for performers and audiences alike. Ogunquit Performing Arts celebrates this unique style of dance at this most appropriate time of year. The award-winning Stillson dancers\, returning to Ogunquit by popular demand\, will perform a brilliant array of jigs and reels\, dressed in a variety of dazzling\, hand-made costumes. \nThe performance will consist of both the fluid soft shoe style as well as the rhythmic hard shoe popularized by shows such as Riverdance and Lord of the Dance. \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. \n \nThe Stillson School of Irish Dance is under the direction of the celebrated dancer/teacher Carlene Moran Stillson ADCRG/TCRG. She is accredited by Ad Coimisium in Dublin\, Ireland and a member of IDTANA (Irish Dancing Teacher’s Association of North America). Carlene has a long tradition of dancing having started at age 4. She has competed in the New England Regional\, North American\, and World Championships.\nIn existence for more than 20 years\, the Stillson School is the only certified school of Irish dancing in the state of Maine and its dancers compete all over New England and place in the New England Regional Irish Dancing Championships annually\, and in competitions around the world. \nIn addition to the dance performance\, Carlene Stillson will tell about the history of the dance and explain the reasons for the design of the many different costumes worn by the dancers. Traditional Irish dress is represented in the school dress which features embroidery designs taken from the Book of Kells. \nThe Stillson School of Irish Dance also has an active show team which has performed throughout New England as well as on the 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-4/ 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/2020/01/Stillson-School-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200301T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200301T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20191003T030959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150819Z UID:10000033-1583071200-1583071200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Out of Africa DESCRIPTION:Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack\, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen\, which was published in 1937\, with additional material from Dinesen’s book Shadows on the Grass and other sources. The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke\, and filmed in 1984. \nThe film tells the autobiographical tale of Baroness Karen Blixen (Dinesen’s true name)\, portrayed by Streep\, and her time spent on a coffee plantation in East Africa in the early twentieth century. Blixen\, in the film\, marries Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke (Klaus Maria Brandauer) and moves with him to Africa. The marriage is most unsatisfactory as he is a womanizer who eventually leaves her to take care of the plantation on her own. The Baroness meets a hunter named Denys (Redford)\, and the two begin an idyllic love affair. \nThe idea of adapting the Dinesen’s memoirs to the screen had been thrown around for decades before the project was finally picked up by Universal Studios. (Orson Welles and David Lean had both considered making the film\, and Nicholas Roeg thought about making the film with Julie Christie starring as Karen.) Sydney Pollack was the one to produce the film in the 1980s\, along with directing it. \n \nOut of Africa was filmed on location in Africa using descendants of several people of the Kikuyu tribe who are named in the book\, including the grandson of chief Kinyanjui who played his grandfather. Much of it was filmed in the Langata area near the actual Ngong Hills outside Nairobi. As Karen’s farmhouse was at the time of filming a part of a local nursing school\, the filming took place in her nearby first house “Mbogani”\, which is a dairy today. Her actual house\, known as “Mbagathi” is now the Karen Blixen Museum. A substantial part of the filming took place in the Scott house and in a recreation of 1910s Nairobi built in an area of unoccupied land in Langata. \nThe film won 7 Academy Awards\, including Best Picture\, Best Director (Sydney Pollack)\, Best Art Direction\, Best Cinematography\, Best Adapted Screenplay\, Best Original Score\, and Best Sound. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/out-of-africa/ 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/2019/10/out-of-africa-home-page-329x375-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200202T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200202T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T140724 CREATED:20191002T203645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150819Z UID:10000032-1580652000-1580652000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:All About Eve DESCRIPTION:All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck\, It was based on the 1946 short story “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr. \nThe film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing\, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star. Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington\, an ambitious young fan who manoeuvres herself into Channing’s life\, ultimately threatening Channing’s career and her personal relationships. The film co-stars George Sanders\, Celeste Holm\, and features Gary Merrill\, Hugh Marlowe\, Thelma Ritter\, and Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles. \nZanuck’s first choice for the leading role was Marlene Dietrich\, but Mankiewicz though her too artificial to being Margo to life. His choice was stage star Gertrude Lawrence\, but her agent made several unrealistic demands. In desperation Zanuck placed a call to Bette Davis\, then considered box-office poison after a string of flops. The two had not spoken in years\, the result of a feud when she resigned as president of the Motion Picture Academy® in 1942. In fact\, when he called her on the set of her current film\, Payment on Demand (1951)\, she thought it was a prank. After convincing her he really was Zanuck and was offering her a role\, he told her that she would have to have her costumes fitted and be ready to shoot on location in ten days. Once she read the script\, she was more than happy to oblige. \nAs soon as word of her casting got out\, Mankiewicz got calls from directors who had worked with Davis warning him that she would try to take over the picture. The one exception was William Wyler — who had directed her in Jezebel (1938)\, The Letter (1940)\, and The Little Foxes (1941). He congratulated Mankiewicz on his good fortune and assured him that he’d enjoy working with her\, a prediction that proved correct. \n20th Century-Fox set a record for Oscar® nominations with All About Eve that has been matched (by Titanic in 1997) but never beaten. Greeted with almost universal acclaim on its initial release\, the film has become a classic whose lines\, characters and story elements are now firmly entrenched in popular culture. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/all-about-eve/ 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/2019/10/All-About-Eve-Home-Page-329x375-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR