A 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.TRAILER 

A 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.TRAILER 

A 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.TRAILER (for the re-release, but still) 

· 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.ANIMAL CRACKERS TRAILERSOUP TO NUTS TRAILER (of sorts) 

This one will feature more freeform improvisations and compositions across a range of styles and moods than the first session.Things kick off with a meet-and-greet at 6:00 PM. Get up close to the gear (look but don’t touch), talk with the performers, settle into the space. Five 20-minute performances follow starting at 7:00.Players will be in the center of the room, with the audience in the round and encouraged to roam throughout the show. It will get loud. We'll have earplugs available should you want them.This year’s Synthfest was curated by Trevor Robinson, and they're all performers who have never played this room before.Suggested $10 donation in advance or at the door, 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. Admission is limited to 40. All performances will be recorded and filmed.On the schedule, alphabetically:   · Belltonesuicide   · Bob Familiar with Glenn Dickson   · Bosey Joe   · Dave Seidel   · Denny Kemps 

Sunburned Hand of the Man are an enigmatic experimental collective with a stunningly large discography and frequent personnel changes. Incorporating elements of free jazz, space rock, psych-rock, hypno krautrock, drone, folk, funk, punk, and dirty synth, their live shows are a surprise every time — even to them, usually — ranging from wild improvisatory freak-outs to more coherently sculpted material careening from unsettling to hypnotic to mellow.According to Sean Kitching, writing in The Quietus in 2016, “Sunburned at their best are capable of taking the listener on a shamanic, boogie-fueled trip outside of quotidian reality. Live shows blend monstrous tectonics of rhythm, caustic guitar, echoing phased vocals, insect electronics, and kitchen sink instrumentation that collide in an ecstatic racket.”Throughout the mid-’90s they represented New England’s “free rock” contingency, and the “free folk” — sometimes misnomered “freak folk” — era described by David Keenan’s 2003 New Weird America.There will be no opener for this show, it will be 100% Sunburned. It’s likely to be loud. Stage 33 Live has no idea what the lineup will be, or how long the show will go. This is in accordance with the strange purity of Sunburned Hand of the Man.February 28, 2026, which is a Saturday, at 7:00 PM. Tickets are just $20 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. The performance will be recorded and filmed. 

They join co-conspirators Stage 33 Live, Dave & Sharon Pelland, Rick Holloway, Chrisman Kearn, Andrew Dey, Circuits in the Woods, angels who asked to be anonymous, and Rockingham Entertainment Development.If you'd like to be a co-underwriter with us of the classic movies at the Opera House, you can jump on board by donating $25 or more at https://stage33live.com/donate/ and note that it's for the Classic Movie Sponsorship. 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.All-volunteer WOOL.fm, our 33 Bridge Street neighbor, is celebrating its 20th year – one of only a few membership-owned community radio broadcasters operating as a full power noncommercial FM station in the nation. They air no advertising and are entirely supported by memberships, contributions, and underwriting – mostly by memberships. 100% propelled by the good will of our community. Any member interested in becoming a program host can get trained on the broadcast equipment. To find out more about WOOL, see www.wool.fm