EVENTS

North Country Center for the Arts Presents ~

IMPACT: Fairytale Theatre for Children

Fridays, July 8 – August 12
2:00pm  (NOTE: August 12 performance will be at 4pm)

$5.00 – Purchase tickets at the door

IMPACT, a professional Touring Children’s Theatre Company performs a different fairy tale every week for five weeks, starting Friday, July 8th and running through Friday, August 12th.  Each production travels to different venues throughout the state of New Hampshire and features a professional cast of 4 – 6 actors, plus set pieces, costumes, props, original music, and more. Each play lasts about 45 minutes and has been enjoyed by both children and adults.

SHOWTIME FOR ALL PERFORMANCES: 2:00pm (NOTE: August 12 is 4:00pm)

JULY 8
SLEEPING BEAUTY
In a magic kingdom where good and bad fairies roam, the prick of a spinning wheel needle sets off a curse that puts the entire kingdom to sleep. With the help of a good fairy, only a brave Prince can defeat evil and wake the Princess from her sleepy kingdom.

JULY 15
LOST IN WONDERLAND
Following a white rabbit leads Alice on a very strange adventure. In a place where up means down and right means wrong, Alice discovers a world filled with a strange smiling cat, a wild tea party, and a Queen whose temper is as red as the hearts on her dress!

JULY 22
NEVERLAND
We all know the story of Wendy, Peter, and John, but what happened in Neverland before they arrived? Join Peter on his early adventures in Neverland, featuring lost boys, mermaids, and Captain Jim, who was merely passing through Neverland until he got “hooked” on the magical land!

JULY 29
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Little Red must make an important delivery to her Granny who is sick in bed, but that will require going over the river and through the woods. As long as she follows Mother’s directions and heeds the warning of three little previous victims, then it should be nothing more than a howling good time!

AUGUST 12 at *4pm*
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Young Jack is heartbroken when he must sell his best friend, a cow, at the market. But when a mysterious man trades magic beans for the cow, it opens up a world larger than life where Jack can go on adventures beyond his wildest dreams!

NCCP
Saturday, August 13
7:30pm

Tickets $25 – may be ordered at: Eventbrite or at the door

“Guitar Hero”

Special Guest Artist: Pedro Joia, guitar

With:
Susan Nidel, fluteAllen Blustine, clarinet Ronnie Bauch, violin Gabriela Diaz, violin Ah Ling Neu, viola
Chris Finckel, violoncello Donald Palma, double bass

Performing:
Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93
Fado Lopes:  “Meditando”
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 1 in D Major, “Fandango”
Sergio Assad:  Middle Eastern Dance for guitar and strings
Led Zeppelin:  “Kashmir”
Pink Floyd:  “Money”

It is said that 10% of the world’s population has, at one time or another, picked up and strummed a guitar. Since the 16th century, the guitar has played an important, if not the lead role, in classical, folk, dance, jazz and, of course, rock and roll music. One of Europe’s greatest guitarists, Pedro Joia, will demonstrate its remarkable versatility through examples of baroque music, flamenco and Arabic dance, Portuguese folk music and the classic rock tunes of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

UnCommon Jam
Sunday, August 21
1:00 – 6:00pm
on the Newbury Common, Vermont

Tickets $10 at the gate

Live bands, food trucks, beer garden. Featuring Kat Wright, Dave Keller Band and Patrick Ross Band.

Royal Towne Brass Quintet
Sunday, August 28
3:00pm
Outdoors on Haverhill Common

Donations greatly accepted

Come, bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy the sounds of super brass quintet music on a summer afternoon. Performing a variety of music from Renaissance to rags, Bach to Blues and a Miller to marches.

Bread and Puppet Theater
Friday, September 2
6:00pm
Outdoors on Haverhill Common (or in Alumni Hall in case of rain)
Suggested Donation: $10-$25

The circus is coming! The circus is coming! The 58-year-old, Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater is coming to the Haverhill Common! The Domestic Resurrection Circus is a bright, raucous melee of short acts governed by a brass band, addressing the heart of the current moment with diverse puppetry styles and spanning many moods, from slapstick to the sublime.

Founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side, the theater has been based in the North East Kingdom of Vermont since the early 1970s and is one of the oldest, nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical companies in the country.

Bow Thayer
Friday, October 7, 7:30pm; doors open at 7:00pm
Tickets $20

Bow Thayer has been kicking up a beautiful racket in Vermont for many years. Starting in Boston where he made a name for himself, he decided to move to Vermont. He combines banjo, resonator guitar and conventional guitar into his own inventiveness that he calls Bojotar. While on the road he has introduced his music and the Bojotar to fans and friends alike, including Bela Fleck, Richard Thompson, James McMurtry, John Hiatt, Booker T and Warren Haynes. If you follow Vermont music, then you need to see BOW THAYER!

The Bailiff’s Café will be serving beverages and sweets.

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Dirty Cello
Saturday, October 29
7:30pm
Tickets $20

From Iceland to Italy, and all over the U.S., San Francisco-based band Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on blues, rock and Americana. Led by vivacious cross-over cellist, Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like you’ve never heard before. From down home blues and rock with a wailing cello, to virtuosic stompin’ Americana, Dirty Cello is a band that gets your heart thumping and your toes tapping!

DINNER:

The Bailiff’s Café will be serving two pre-concert dinner choices:
($16/each)

• Gouda baked chicken, salad of mixed greens with fresh veggies, balsamic vinaigrette, and a roll
• Savory vegetable quiche, salad of mixed greens with fresh veggies, balsamic vinaigrette, and a roll

Dinners may be reserved online by purchasing the relevant ticket option. If you’ve ordered a meal, please try to arrive by 6:30. Doors open at 6pm.

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Brooks Hubbard
Friday, December 16
7:30pm; Doors open at 7:00pm
Tickets $20

Brooks Hubbard, a New Hampshire native, is a national touring independent artist. Since the age of three, his connection with music has led him on a path of continuous growth, both as an artist and a human being. From writing songs about the Iraq War at age fifteen to recording with member of Jackson Browne and James Taylor’s bands, countless house shows and concert venues, to opening for artists like KT Tunstall, Robert Cray, Reckless Kelly, Matt Mays and Stephen Kellogg, Brooks has put in 10,000 hours and then some to become a powerful singer, songwriter and entertainer.

The Bailiff’s Café will be serving beverages and sweets.

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Enjoy a bite to eat before the show at Bailiff’s Cafe! 

Dinner can be purchased in advance online or by phone reservation. A selection of craft beer, wine, and sodas along with desserts and other light fare options will be served.

Make your dinner reservations on event information window or call us: (603) 989-5500

Menu selections are designed to include gluten and dairy free options, but please note that meals are not prepared in a facility that is certified gluten-free.