Go&Do: Author Chris Cleave and four other shows announced by The Music Hall
The Music Hall has announced five new shows for July. Tickets are currently on sale to Music Hall members and will go on sale to non-members on Friday, May 18 at noon.
The latest music on the way will include The Sweetback Sisters (July 13), a self-dubbed "renegade retroband that mixes up country, swing and honky tonk," appearing as part of Live @ The Loft and Vaud and the Villains (July 14), mining the rich soil of the American Songbook - roots, traditional jazz, revival music, parlour music, gospel, zydeco, folk, coming to the Historic Theater as part of the Intimately Yours series. Writers will also join us both in the Loft and the Historic Theater. Deborah Harkness (July 19) comes to Writers in the Loft with Shadow of Night, the much anticipated sequel to her bestselling novel, "A Discovery of Witches." Writers on a New England Stage series brings Chris Cleave (shown) (July 25), author of the #1 bestseller "Little Bee" and hailed as "one of the luminaries of modern fiction" with his new novel, "Gold." Finally, for some midsummer Hilarity, check out Super Secret Project (July 20), returning with its "multi-media fused comedy rap show thingy" featuring classics and their latest material.
Also coming up in May and June
May kicks off with Writers on a New England Stage: Erik Larson (May 8); Ben Baldwin + The Big Note (May 12); An Evening with Dan Brown (May 18); KidsRULE!: Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players (May 20); and Writers on a New England Stage: Anna Quindlen (May 23). In June, Hilarity @ The Music Hall: Irish Comedy Tour (June 1, 2); Miss Richfield 1981 (June 9, July 1 and Aug. 5); Writers in the Loft: Alison Bechdel (June 14); Intimately Yours: Preservation Hall Jazz Band (June 15); Writers on a New England Stage: Joan Didion (June 16); Live @ the Loft: Nellie McKay (June 23); Writers in the Loft: Elin Hilderbrand (June 26); Live at the Loft: Jim's Big Ego (June 29); and Intimately Yours: Billy Bragg (June 30).
Tickets can be purchased at The Music Hall box office, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, over the phone at 436-2400, or at www.themusichall.org.
The N.H. Seacoast will come alive in early June as a fleet of racing yachts from coastal New England vie for honors in the Gosport Regatta, the resurgence of a vintage sailing race around the Isles of Shoals first held in the late 19th century.
Star Island Corporation will host the Third Annual Gosport Regatta Saturday, June 9, 2012, in partnership with the Piscataqua Sailing Association (PSA). The theme of the upcoming event is entitled "Racing for a Sustainable Star." Proceeds from the event will support Star Island's green initiatives.
Tickets prices are as follows: Crew $35; Spectator aboard M/V Thomas Laighton $75; Crew w/overnight at Star Island $145, and Spectator w/overnight $170. Tickets are now available online at www.gosportregatta.org. Tweet the event @GosportRegatta.