photo: ImagePresseHelene and Stephen Weicholz Global Film Series presentsPlayground (Un monde) In French with English subtitlesBelgium, not rated, directed by Laura Wandel, 2021, drama, 72 min In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old […]
photo credit: Ben Van HoutenGERARD SCHWARZ, conductorAlan Benaroya, Music Director ChairSANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ, piano Umoja for Orchestra Valerie Coleman Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16 Edvard Grieg Allegro molto moderato Adagio Allegro moderato molto e marcato Santiago Rodriguez, piano Symphony No. 4 in f minor, Op. 36 […]
Helene and Stephen Weicholz Global Film Series presentsBelfast In English with English subtitlesUnited Kingdom, PG-13, directed by Kenneth Branagh, 2021, drama, 98 minutes Director Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical film chronicles the life of a working-class family and their young son's childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital. Surrounded by sporadic […]
photo by Robert Cummerow A Schaefer Popular Series Event Series Sponsorship provided by Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer.Performance Sponsorship provided by Boone Area Visitors Bureau, Mast General Store, Goodnight Brothers,SkyBest Communications, Inc., Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Vincent Properties, and Appalachian Home Care LLC. Renée Elise Goldsberry is a multi-hyphenate actress and singer who has delivered award-winning performances both […]
Helene and Stephen Weicholz Global Film Series presentsWhen Pomegranates Howl In Pashto/Farsi with English subtitles Australia/Afghanistan/The Netherlands, Iran, not rated, directed by Granaz Moussavi, 2021, drama, 83 minutes Nine-year-old Hewad peddles food and amulets tackling dangers of daily street life during an ongoing war in Afghanistan. Following an explosion, he is photographed amongst other civilian […]
A Schaefer Popular Series Event Series Sponsorship provided by Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer. Performance Sponsorship provided by Boone Area Visitors Bureau, Mast General Store, Goodnight Brothers, SkyBest Communications, Inc., Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Vincent Properties, and Appalachian Home Care LLC. Early last year, pop-jazz phenomenon Postmodern Jukebox set out to celebrate a new-millennium Roaring 20s, promising audiences […]
Photo credit: Alysse Gafkjen A Schaefer Popular Series Event Series Sponsorship provided by Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer.Performance Sponsorship provided by Boone Area Visitors Bureau, Mast General Store, Goodnight Brothers,SkyBest Communications, Inc., Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Vincent Properties, and Appalachian Home Care LLC. For five decades, Boz Scaggs has mined a personalized mix of rock, blues and R&B […]
Helene and Stephen Weicholz Global Film Series presentsOn the Water (Vee peal) In Estonian with English subtitlesEstonia, not rated, directed by Peeter Simms, 2020, comedy-drama, 106 minutes On the Water unfolds in rural Soviet Estonia in the early 1980s, during a pivotal year in the life of a shy teen, Andres, who is being raised […]
MOMIX’s internationally acclaimed dancer-illusionists conjure the magical world of the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts in this stunning reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s novel. Journey down the rabbit hole with MOMIX and the visionary choreography of Artistic Director Moses Pendleton. Filled with visual splendor and startling creative movement, Alice reveals that nothing in MOMIX’s […]