Looking forward to Synthfest Session 1, swooping right up this Saturday!
Meet-and-greet the performers and each other starting at 6:00 PM, then five 20-minute performances starting at 7:00.
This session will primarily feature composed songs, often with voice, sometimes with additional instruments. On the schedule, alphabetically: · Deep Seize · Dutch Experts · Holly Brewer · Snowglobe Almanac · The Y LieSuggested $10 donation in advance or at the door per event, all proceeds benefit the performers. No one will be turned away for lack of money. Advance donations through stage33live.com guarantee entry if the session sells out. (Advance donations close Friday at midnight.) Admission is limited to 40. All performances will be recorded and filmed.
If your taste runs more toward honest, heart-forward singer-songwriters who have carefully honed their craft and chops over years but haven't gotten their due, there's a good one coming up in a couple weeks:
A twofer 3:00 matinee with Sandiland & Vincent and Carl Goulet on Sunday, January 25.
Tickets are just ten bucks.This one might be a sleeper, you oughtta come out for it.Like many rural musicians, Carl Goulet is a hidden gem who flies a little under the radar... an honest and heart-forward performing songwriter with the chops and fluency of artists who get a lot more attention. Passionate, sometimes political, sometimes humorous, always thoughtful. The Daily UV said that his album Gazebo "charms the listener with gentle melodies yet packs a punch with the depth of wisdom and love." The clarity and purity of his writing and performing is seldom matched.Similarly, Sandiland & Vincent have carefully honed their craft over years, producing songs with beautiful arrangements and tight, rich harmonies. Vincent has been playing guitar and bass for over 50 years, and Sandi has been in bands and duos since she was 19.This is going to be a sweet yet weighty two-for-one 3:00 matinee on Sunday, January 25, 2026. Tickets are just $10 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door as available; advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. All the ticket money goes to the performers. The performances will be recorded and filmed.
WE'RE DOING IT. We're sponsoring four classic movies at the Bellows Falls Opera House in 2026.
Co-conspirators include Dave & Sharon Pelland, Rick Holloway, Andrew Dey, Rockingham Entertainment Development, and angels who wanted anonymity.
There's still time and space to join the gang making this happen — if you'd like to be a co-underwriter, donate $25 or more at https://stage33live.com/donate/ and note that it's for the Classic Movie Sponsorship. All of it gets funneled to the town-owned Opera House to support their excellent mission of presenting first-run and classic films on a low low six-dollar ticket, plus top-notch live music and theater, and more. Each $25 gets you a comp ticket and a pat on the back... unless anonymity is requested, we'll credit everyone who pitched in to make it happen here on the socials, on our website, in our newsletter, and in the theater before the showings. The dates that have been given to us are April 8, July 1, September 23, and December 30 — not sure which movies will play on which days, and the Opera House hasn't made licensing inquiries yet so we're not entirely certain which movies. But the top four picks are Searching for Sugar Man, A Mighty Wind, Inside Llewyn Davis, and The History of Future Folk. Alternates include Once, Bound for Glory, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, and Music and Lyrics.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE, and it's a brand-new wrinkle:
We're also going to screen a series of films from 1930 that have newly entered the public domain!
Thursdays in February, at 6:00 PM. These screenings will be at the usual performance space at 33 Bridge Street.
$5 suggested donation at the door, but nobody will be turned away for lack of money.Our 33 Bridge Street neighbors, community radio station WOOL.fm, are co-hosting. WOOL.fm is a volunteer-run community radio station celebrating its 20th year of broadcasting music and talk from its studio at 33 Bridge Street. The station is entirely supported by memberships, contributions, and underwriting — 100% propelled by the good will of the community it serves. Find them at 91.5 FM in the broadcast footprint, or streaming everywhere from the www.wool.fm website.February 5: King of Jazz + Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shortsA pair of cartoons starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, precursor to Mickey Mouse... then King of Jazz, a lavish series of musical numbers, comedy sketches, and visual set pieces showcasing the possibilities of sound cinema and color filmmaking at the dawn of the 1930s. The film revels in Art Deco-inspired design and the use of two-color Technicolor, and celebrates popular music of the era. Highlights include performances by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, appearances by the Rhythm Boys (including a young Bing Crosby), and a striking Rhapsody in Blue sequence. Runtime 1 hour 57 minutes, includes brief intermission.February 12: All Quiet on the Western FrontA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror. Considered a realistic and harrowing account of warfare in World War I, the film opened to wide acclaim in the United States. In 1990, it was selected and preserved by the United States Library of Congress' National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was the first to win the Academy Awards for both Outstanding Production and Best Director, and it is the first Best Picture-winner based on a finished novel. Runtime 2 hours 14 minutes, includes brief intermission.February 19: Hell’s AngelsA feat of adventure filmmaking and a testament to the audacious, spare-no-expense vision of Howard Hughes, this landmark aviation epic remains exhilarating. With the onset of World War I, two British brothers recruited into the Royal Flying Corps find their bond tested by their differing attitudes toward the war and their love for the same woman (Jean Harlow in her bombshell breakthrough). The product of a notoriously long and dangerous production that resulted in the deaths of multiple crew members, Hell’s Angels broke new technical ground, making use of early sound and color technologies, and capturing some of the most thrilling dogfight scenes ever filmed. Runtime 2 hours 13 minutes, includes brief intermission.February 26: Animal Crackers + Soup to Nuts DOUBLE FEATURE· Based on the Marx Brothers' 1928 stage musical, Animal Crackers is set at a Long Island society party honoring eccentric African explorer Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding (Groucho), the film serves as a vehicle for the Marx Brothers' comedy and absurdist routines, with a minimal plot loosely structured around the theft of a valuable painting. The film's humor and surrealist elements influenced comedy filmmaking and earned recognition from avant-garde critics and filmmakers.· In Soup to Nuts, Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions. The creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends and some goofy firemen try to help out, and things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire. It was the film debut of the original four members who would later go on to become known as The Three Stooges.Runtime 2 hours 50 minutes, includes brief intermission.
Nice upgrade to the "upcoming shows" display, thanks to RAMP, the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project.
They had this thing in their office — Robert didn't really know where it came from or what it is, but thought we might be able to use it... and he was right. It fits ten flyers — awesome!
A hearty thanks to the thirty-eight-thousand-something of you who viewed our YouTube channel over the last year...
over 100 people a day.
It ain't crazy viral, but it ain't bad for a dinky listening room in the hinterlands!