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SUMMARY:Eurydice
DESCRIPTION:$30/Members\n$33/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nEurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bride\, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day\, Eurydice must journey to the underworld\, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters\, ingenious plot twists\, and breathtaking visual effects\, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/eurydice/2024-05-17/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:A Kick Off To Summer - A Fundraiser for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:$50/ticket\nLimited to 100 Tickets \nPurchase Tickets\n\nPlease join us for a very special evening at the Firehouse! \n6:00: Start with Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails on the balcony and the upstairs lobby. \n7:00: Enjoy an exclusive performance by BeatleJuice and a sneak peek from our upcoming summer musicals. \n8:00: Join the bidding! We will be auctioning off the opportunity to host a private party at the Firehouse on each of the six nights of the Yankee Homecoming Concert Series July 28 – August 2nd \nYANKEE HOMECOMING CONCERT SERIES PERFORMANCES \nJULY 28 – Scenes: A Billy Joel Experience\nJULY 29 – IMPACT (70’s\, 80’s\, 90’s Covers)\nJULY 30 – Red Solo Cup: Toby Keith Tribute\nJULY 31 – 12 Barz Band\nAUGUST 1 – BeatleJuice\nAUGUST 2 – The Far \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/a-kick-off-to-summer-a-fundraiser-for-the-arts/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Theater
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SUMMARY:Our Human Journey
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Second Act Readers Theatre\n$5/All Tickets \nPurchase Tickets\n\nOur amazing Second Act Readers Theatre students perform the works of Marc Clopton. Masterfully directed by Charles Van Eman\, these 8 short plays will examine how we think and feel as we travel on this journey called life.  \nThe Dao of Tigger\nSally – Maureen Daley\nMartin – Terry Blanchard \nHere in the Holler\nBertie – Dr. Dael Angelico-Hart\nMay —  Sharon Curtis Phelan \nAshley’s Lament\nSarah — Cher McDevitt\nMolly — Bette Lischke \nLa Grande Cynosure\nStephen Sondheim – Roger Burgess\nDanielle Thomas – Gretchen Stone\nFan #1 – Lenora Salvucci\nFan #2 – Sharon Curtis Phelan\nSam Masters – Jeffrey Cousminer\nFan #3 —  Mary Corsetto\nFan #4 – Deborah Baker\nFan #5 – Bette Lischke\nWaiter – Terry Blanchard \nBungalow Bugaloo\nMeg – Candie Benjamin\nLiz – Ruth Benjamin  \nReflections in a Dream\n Violet – Maureen Daley\n Thomas – Andy Griffith  \nFor Better or For Worse\nAdelaide – Deborah Baker\nJasper — Jeffrey Cousminer \nPearl and the She-Bear\nOrsola – Lenora Salvucci\nPerlita – Mary Corsetto \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/the-human-journey/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Theater
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SUMMARY:NBPT Pride presents Melissa Ferrick
DESCRIPTION:All Seats: $30 \nPurchase Tickets\n\n“Ferrick has never shied away from showing vulnerability or expressing her struggles but now\, she has learned to harness her power\, she has sharpened her skills; look out because Melissa Ferrick is back\, and if you thought she was good before\, take a deep breath because her new track\, ‘Black Dress’ will only leave you wanting more.” \nPresented by Newburyport Pride\, Melissa Ferrick returns to the Firehouse Center for the Arts on June 1\, and is sure to be a major highlight of Pride weekend. \nIn 2023\, Ferrick released Black Dress\, their first single in eight years\, via the venerable Kill Rock Stars Records. This release coincides with the 30th anniversary of Ferrick’s critically acclaimed major label debut\, Massive Blur. Ferrick is celebrating the new release and her 30th Anniversary by touring a retrospective show titled\, Throughlines. \nMelissa Ferrick is regarded in the industry and by their peers as one of the most prolific\, generous\, and hardworking people in the business. After opening for Morrissey in the U.S. and UK\, Ferrick signed with Atlantic Records at the age of 21 and released her debut and sophomore albums with them. Between 1996 and 1999\, Melissa released three albums with the Colorado-based indie label W.A.R. Records. In 2000\, Melissa launched the nationally distributed independent record label Right On Records. Ferrick put out two critically acclaimed albums with NY-based label MPress Records between 2011 and 2013. She’s released seventeen albums over the last twenty-five years and has won numerous awards for songwriting\, production\, and performance. Melissa has shared the stage with countless acts\, some of which include Morrissey\, Joan Armatrading\, Weezer\, Tegan and Sara\, Mark Cohen\, Paul Westerberg\, Bob Dylan\, John Hiatt\, Ani DiFranco\, k.d. Lang\, Suzanne Vega\, Shawn Colvin\, and many others. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/nbpt-pride-ferrick/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Special Events
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SUMMARY:In the Heights
DESCRIPTION:$35/Members\n$40/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nThe unbearable July heat has the denizens of NYC’s Washington Heights neighborhood in the streets shouting\, “Que calor!” Several established businesses have closed. Housing costs – and racial tensions – are on the rise. And the once vibrant\, now dwindling community must rally together to preserve their culture and their way of life. \nLin Manuel-Miranda’s music-filled love letter to the community of his youth\, In The Heights\, tells the story of the corner bodega where the coffee is hot\, light\, and sweet\, the apartment windows that are always open\, and the cool breeze that carries the percussive rhythm of the bustling city and three generations of dreams. And for this community on the brink of change\, it tells a story of hope\, heritage\, and healing love.
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/in-the-heights/2024-06-07/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Freda World Music
DESCRIPTION:$27/Members\n$30/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nFreda World Music has a composition repertoire that consists of a diversified style of music that has taken them from the colosseums of Europe to the stage of Carnegie Hall. \nBrothers Joseph and Anthony Freda began their musical endeavor as children growing up in Italy. Inspired by both classical and contemporary music\, Joe and Tony came to the United States to continue their education and have continued to compose\, arrange\, perform and conduct both nationally and internationally. \nSiblings Ryann Murray and Christopher Murray joined Joe and Tony and are thrilled to be a part of the group. \nFreda World Music today comprises Pop-Opera Crossover\, Pop\, Instrumental music and more. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/freda-world-music/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Summer Comedy Night
DESCRIPTION:$20/All Tickets \nPurchase Tickets\n\nTake a load off and join us for a night of laughs as Comedy Night returns to the Firehouse featuring some of the best comedic talent in the region! Hosted by Mike Smith with headliner Tony V. along with Ryan Gartley and Andrea Henry. \nTONY V. is a nationally know comedian who has appeared in numerous films and television shows. He is one of North America’s best comedians who has performed on Comedy Central\, Late Night With Conan O’Brien\, A&E’s Evening at the Improv\, MTV\, and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. \nHis television credits include Showtime’s The Brotherhood as well as the CBS’s 2007 series Waterfront\, along with Rescue Me\, Seinfeld\, Boston Common\, two seasons of Bobcat’s Big Show on F/X\, and more. His one-man show “The Failure Artist\,” drew critical acclaim. \nHe has appeared in the films State and Main\, Celtic Pride\, Housesitter\, One Crazy Summer and Shakes the Clown as well as the independently produced By the Sea and Abracadabra. \n \nRYAN GARTLEYis a 20-year veteran of the Boston comedy scene having played Las Vegas\, New York and virtually every major club in the region. Gartley has been a semifinalist in both the Boston and the Portland Comedy Festivals\, and he has opened for national acts such as Jeff Dunham\, Steven Wright\, and Lenny Clarke. With his quick\, critical observations and witty humor Gartley made a name for himself as one of the hardest working acts in the business. \n  \n \nANDREA HENRYis one of the funniest women in the business. She was a finalist in the Ladies of Laughter nation competition and is a regular performer on the Funny Ladies of Comedy tour. She appears at the top clubs in New England as well as working corporate events. \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/summer-comedy-night/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Being Petty - THE Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Experience
DESCRIPTION:$25/Members\n$28/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nWhat would it be like if Tom Petty was still with us\, performing with the Heartbreakers to this day? \nNow the fantasy comes to life\, with Being Petty – the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Experience.  \nIn early 2021\, Bruce Hilton and Larry Ladrie embarked on a mission to create the ultimate Tom Petty tribute band\, dedicated to sharing all the excitement and emotion of a live performance from the original band. The result is an assemblage of massively talented musicians/performers with a passion for the music\, and the skills to pull it off. \nAfter their FIRST PERFORMANCE\, they were invited to participate in the Legends Tribute show at the 8\,000 seat Bank of NH Pavilion alongside some of the best tribute bands in the country. \nBeing Petty is more than just the average cover or tribute band.  Audiences are awestruck by the flawless recreation of the look (accurate wardrobe\, wigs and accessories)\, sound (authentic guitars\, amps and drums) and feel of the original band.  The live show now includes multimedia for a truly huge concert experience. \nThe Being Petty song list covers all phases of Tom Petty’s incredible musical legacy\, including all of the hit songs from the 1970’s through the 2010s\, plus some surprise “deep cuts” for the true fans!  \nAt every show\, during every song\, Being Petty is committed to respecting the fans\, and honoring the musical and cultural legacy of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/being-petty-the-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-experience/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Butcher\, Baglio\, & Estes
DESCRIPTION:$22/Members\n$25/Non-Member \nPurchase Tickets\n\nJon Butcher\, Sal Baglio & Allen Estes. Three veteran musicians and familiar names from the Boston music scene. Their debut album\, GYPSY CARAVAN is 11 new electric and acoustic stories steeped in the blues and Americana. \n“We’re blue collar guys from working class families. We grew up on the sound of rock radio and the promise of an electric guitar. “ \nGYPSY CARAVAN covers a lot of ground\, just as CS&N’s debut album did back in the day. The album is the product of three long time friends who came together on a travelogue of blues\, roots and more. And it rocks!” \nYes it does. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/butcher-baglio-estes-2/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Into the Woods
DESCRIPTION:$35/Members\n$40/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nMusic and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim\nBook by James Lapine \nJames Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone’s favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless\, yet relevant\, piece… and a rare modern classic. The Tony Award-winning book and score are both enchanting and touching. \nThe story follows a Baker and his wife\, who wish to have a child; Cinderella\, who wishes to attend the King’s Festival; and Jack\, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch’s curse\, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone’s wish is granted\, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results. \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/into-the-woods/2024-08-09/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rayland Baxter
DESCRIPTION:w/ special guest Sugadaisy\n\nMember: $60 – Rows A-D/$50 – Rows E-K/$40 – Rows L-O\nNon-Member: $65 – Rows A-D/$55 – Rows E-K/$45 – Rows L-O \nPURCHASE TICKETS\n\nFor the making of his fourth album If I Were a Butterfly\, Rayland Baxter holed up for over a year at a former rubber-band factory turned studio in the Kentucky countryside—a seemingly humble environment that proved to be something of a wonderland. “I spent that year living in a barn with the squirrels and the birds\, on my own most of the time\, and I discovered so much about music and how to create it\,” says the Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter. “Instead of going into a studio with a producer for two weeks\, I just waited for the record to build itself. I’d get up and go outside\, see a butterfly and connect that with some impulsive thought I’d had three months ago\, and suddenly a song I’d been working on would make sense. That’s how the whole album came to be.” \nThe follow-up to 2018’s critically acclaimed Wide Awake\, If I Were a Butterfly finds Baxter co-producing alongside Tim O’Sullivan (Grace Potter\, The Head and the Heart) and Kai Welch (Molly Tuttle\, Sierra Hull)\, slowly piecing together the album’s patchwork of lush psychedelia and Beatlesesque pop. In addition to working at Thunder Sound (the Kentucky studio he called home for months on end)\, Baxter recorded in California\, Texas\, Tennessee\, and Washington\, enlisting a remarkable lineup of musicians: Shakey Graves\, Lennon Stella\, several members of Cage the Elephant\, Zac Cockrell of Alabama Shakes\, Morning Teleportation’s Travis Goodwin\, and legendary Motown drummer Miss Bobbye Hall\, among many others. In an especially meaningful turn\, two of the album’s tracks feature the elegant pedal steel work of his father\, Bucky Baxter (a musician who performed with Bob Dylan and who passed away in May 2020). Thanks to the extraordinary care and ingenuity behind its creation\, If I Were a Butterfly arrives as a work of rarefied magic\, capable of stirring up immense feeling while leaving the listener happily wonderstruck. \nBaxter’s debut release as a producer\, If I Were a Butterfly bears a dazzling unpredictability that has much to do with his limitless imagination as a collector and collagist of sound. “Sometimes the bullfrogs in the pond outside would pulse in a certain tempo and I’d apply that to a song\, or I’d hear a bird chirping and it would inspire me to add harmonica in a particular place\,” he says. “I could be walking around this massive building in the middle of the night and the air-conditioning would turn on\, and it’d give me the idea to include a synth part that holds a similar note. I’d wait for those moments to happen and whenever I tried to force anything\, the music usually rejected it.” \nA perfect introduction to If I Were a Butterfly’s elaborate sonic world\, the album-opening title track begins with a recording of a Baxter singing at age four\, then drifts into a delicately sprawling reverie ornamented with so many lovely details (lavish flute and cello melodies\, radiant horns\, the hypnotic harmonies of Lennon Stella and Baxter’s girlfriend\, Sophia Rose). “I liked the idea of the first voice on the record being me as a little kid\, not knowing where I’d be today\,” notes Baxter\, who embedded newly unearthed audio clips of himself and his older sister Brooke all throughout the album. Graced with the combustible guitar work of his bandmate Barney Cortez\, “Billy Goat” kicks up a potent tension with its restless grooves and hot-tempered gang vocals. “It’s a breakup song about being with someone who’s on a different life path—one side wants to influence the other\, and inevitably you part ways\,” says Baxter. From there\, the album takes on a feverish momentum with “Rubberband Man\,” a delightfully frenzied track channeling a wild and giddy freedom. “There’s rubber bands all over the property at Thunder Sound—in the earth\, in the concrete\, used as insulation for the studio\,” says Baxter. “I took a mishmash of images in my head and it turned into a song about staying flexible\, rolling with the punches.” \nIn its searching reflection on love and loss and striving for transcendence\, If I Were a Butterfly reaches a quietly glorious intensity on “Tadpole”: a piano ballad threaded with childhood memories at turns oddly tender (catching frogs and crawfish in a nearby toxic creek) and nightmarish (hearing the gunshot when an across-the-street neighbor took her own life). And on “My Argentina\,” If I Were a Butterfly closes out with a piano-driven and painfully raw outpouring\, its starkness intermittently broken by soulful strings and gospel-esque harmonies. “One time at the studio I stayed up all night and played that song maybe 100 times; we ended up using the last take\, which was recorded at about five in the morning\,” says Baxter. “It’s a song that represents the thoughts one might have about a perfect love life\, and I love how it ends the album in a big angelic cloud of reverb.” \nFor Baxter\, the act of self-producing such a sonically and emotionally expansive body of work proved both exhilarating and arduous. “It really wore me out to spend all that time alone at the studio\, editing the hell out of this record; my heart definitely suffered\,” he says. “But I also had the guidance of my dad\, who was in my dreams all the time—if I was moving too fast\, I’d hear him telling me to slow down.” Another profound influence on the album-making process: the 2018 deaths of Baxter’s close friends Billy Swayze (a musician whose parents owned the rubber band company that became Thunder Sound) and Tiger Merritt (the vocalist/guitarist for Morning Teleportation\, who worked with Swayze in constructing the studio). “Billy and Tiger had been going up there since 2015\, and finally they turned it into a legit recording studio\,” he says. “It’s a very special place to me\, so they’re two of the four angels I decided to dedicate this record to.” \nEven in its most somber moments\, If I Were a Butterfly wholly fulfills Baxter’s mission of imparting a certain purposeful joy. “It’s been a weird few years\, but I think the big picture is for us to just exist and find love and be loved\, and try to see that all the daily bullshit is simply bugs on the windshield\,” says Baxter. “I hope that this album makes people feel the way I do whenever I listen to my favorite records\, and that it gives them a platform to dream on.” \nPURCHASE TICKETS\n\nZach Littleton and Johny Lovan have been aware of each other’s existence since third grade in Bowling Green\, Ky. — after all\, Littleton “dated” Lovan’s sister in that era “mostly because we were both big redheads and everyone said we should\,” he recalls. It took many years for them to start making music together\, and even longer for them to realize they worked best as a duo\, but since 2016\, Sugadaisy has quietly built a substantial fanbase by simply being its weird\, wonderful selves. \nIndeed\, Sugadaisy is no ordinary band\, largely because Littleton and Lovan are no ordinary musicians. One of their songs (“Space Cadet”) has nearly two million listens on Spotify simply thanks to word of mouth and some love from high-trafficking YouTube creators. They’ve performed live in shirts and ties and with their heads covered in pantyhose. With tongue more often than not firmly in cheek\, they’ve largely released tunes rooted in guitar-based folk and singer/songwriter fare\, but they also have punk\, hip-hop\, Spanish\, and math rock songs itching to emerge. \n  \n  \n  \nPURCHASE TICKETS
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/rayland-baxter/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tiger Saw - 25th Anniversary Concert
DESCRIPTION:$15/Members\n$18/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nThe beloved indie rock band Tiger Saw formed in Newburyport\, MA in 1999. The band has since released nine albums\, and played almost 1000 shows across three continents. The ever-changing lineup has included 65 different players on record\, and even more in a live setting. \nOn August 18\, 2024\, the classic\, Newburyport-based lineup will reunite for one night only\, at the Firehouse Center for the Arts. This is the band that recorded Tiger Saw’s debut album “Blessed are the Trials We Will Find”\, which was released in March\, 2002 on Kimchee Records. This lineup hasn’t played together since 2003.  \nThe band will feature singer/guitarist Dylan Metrano\, cellist/singer Juliet Nelson\, guitarist John Ryan Gallagher\, bassist Jake Trussell\, and drummer Matt Kulik.  \nUpon its release\, Hallie Engel at Boston’s Weekly Dig raved of Blessed Are the Trials We Will Find\,  “Tiger Saw has created an album with no sharp edges; it’s music as delicate as a China teacup\, with beauty hiding in the empty spaces. Things move from wistfully slow to quiet pop and always seem like they could break out of the mold and explode midway-but never do. And that’s what makes this band so nice; the listener is never roused from the honeyed drowsiness Tiger Saw induces.” \nThere is something magical about the vocal harmonies between Metrano and Nelson\, and at the Firehouse show\, Tiger Saw will revisit their early songs from this era- songs which haven’t been played live in decades. \nSinger/songwriter Jason Anderson will open the show. Anderson lived in Newburyport for a brief time while collaborating with the band\, and now lives in New Brunswick\, Canada. Jason Anderson is an award-winning indie folk artist whose work is as anthemic as it is affecting. Personal and passionate\, his music crackles with life. MRTI Agency wrote “Jason sings directly to your heart\, and does it so vividly\, you can’t help but feel the effects of the performance long after you leave. Yes… he is THAT good.” \nDon’t miss this very special one-time event in a beautiful setting\, where it all began. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/tiger-saw-25th-anniversary-concert/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:A Comedy Concoction
DESCRIPTION:$20/Adults\n$18/Students (and anyone with white hair) \nPurchase Tickets\n\n“Comedy is defiance. It is a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. It is the laughter that allows the hope to creep back in.”  Will Durst\n“Comedy is like catching lightning in a bottle\, laughter an instant vacation”  Mel Brooks \nJoin us and revel in a night of comedy with some local daredevils who are new to the stage!. “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard” It genuinely takes a daring person to try this. The show is a fast paced\, full of surprises\, stand up comedy show loaded with more comedians than you will see in one night anyplace else! \nProduced and hosted by Newburyport award winning townie Kathy Isbell. \nCome for the catharsis of comedy! \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/a-comedy-concoction/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with John Gorka
DESCRIPTION:$35/Members\n$40/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nFrom New Jersey\, John Gorka is a world-renowned singer-songwriter who got his start at a neighborhood coffeehouse in eastern Pennsylvania. Though small\, Godfrey Daniels was and is one of the oldest and most venerable music institutions and has long been a hangout for music lovers and aspiring musicians. In the late 1970’s\, John was was one of these aspiring musicians. Although his academic coursework at Moravian College lay in Philosophy and History\, music began to offer paramount enticements. Soon he found himself living in the club’s basement and acting as resident MC and sound man\, encountering legendary folk troubadours like Canadian singer-songwriter Stan Rogers\, Eric Andersen\, Tom Paxton and Claudia Schmidt. Their brand of folk-inspired acoustic music inspired him\, and before long he was performing his own songs – mostly as an opener for visiting acts. Soon he started traveling to New York City\, where Jack Hardy’s legendary Fast Folk circle (a breeding ground for many a major singer-songwriter) became a powerful source of education and encouragement. Folk meccas like Texas’ Kerrville Folk Festival (where he won the New Folk Award in 1984) and Boston followed\, and his stunningly soulful baritone voice and original songwriting began turning heads. Those who had at one time inspired him – Suzanne Vega\, Bill Morrissey\, Nanci Griffith\, Christine Lavin\, Shawn Colvin – had become his peers. \nIn 1987\, the young Minnesota-based Red House Records caught wind of John’s talents and released his first album\, I Know\, to popular and critical acclaim. With unusual drive and focus\, John hit the ground running and\, when an offer came from Windham Hill’s Will Ackerman in 1989\, he signed with that label’s imprint\, High Street Records. He proceeded to record five albums with High Street over the next seven years: Land of the Bottom Line\, Jack’s Crows\, Temporary Road\, Out of the Valley and Between Five and Seven. His albums and his touring (over 150 nights a year at times) brought new accolades for his craft. His rich multifaceted songs full of depth\, beauty and emotion gained increasing attention from critics and audiences across the country\, as well as in Europe where his tours led him through Italy\, Belgium\, Scotland\, Ireland\, Holland\, Switzerland and Germany. He also started sharing tours with many notable friends—Nanci Griffith and Mary Chapin Carpenter among them. All this brought his music to an ever-widening audience. His video for the single “When She Kisses Me” found a long-term rotation on VH-1’s “Current Country\,” as well as on CMT and the Nashville Network. \nIn 1998\, after five successful recordings and seven years at Windham Hill/High Street\, John felt the need for a change and decided to return to his musical roots at Red House Records. The choice was driven\, in part\, by the artistic integrity that the label represents in an industry where the business of music too often takes precedence. The 1998 release After Yesterday marked a decidedly different attitude towards making music for John\, and his next release The Company You Keep held fast to his tradition of fine songwriting\, yet moved forward down new avenues. Its fourteen songs displays John’s creative use of lyrics and attention to detail. Andy Stochansky played drums and shared production credits with John and Rob Genadek. Ani DiFranco\, Mary Chapin Carpenter\, Lucy Kaplansky and Patty Larkin contributed stellar guitar work and vocals to this fan favorite. Old Futures Gone was informed by his life as husband and father of two young children and also contained the colorful experience of many hard years on the road. Writing in the Margins followed in 2006 and was an engaging collection of sweet and serious songs that spanned many musical genres—folk\, pop\, country and soul—and featured guest vocalists Nanci Griffith\, Lucy Kaplansky and Alice Peacock. Now with this\, his 11th studio album\, he returns to his roots with So Dark You See\, his most compelling and traditional album to date. \nIn addition to his 11 critically acclaimed albums\, John released a collector’s edition box featuring a hi-definition DVD and companion CD called The Gypsy Life. Windham Hill also released a collection of John’s greatest hits from the label called Pure John Gorka. In 2010\, he also released an album with his friends and Red House label-mates Lucy Kaplansky and Eliza Gilkyson under the name Red Horse. Getting high praise from critics and fans alike\, it landed on the Billboard Folk Charts and was one of the most played albums on folk radio. \nMany well known artists have recorded and/or performed John Gorka songs\, including Mary Chapin Carpenter\, Nanci Griffith\, Mary Black and Maura O’Connell. John has graced the stage of Austin City Limits\, Mountain Stage\, etown and has appeared on CNN. His new song “Where No Monuments Stand” is featured in the upcoming documentary Every War Has Two Losers\, about activist and Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford (1914-1993). \nJohn Gorka lives in Minnesota and when not on the road\, he enjoys spending time with his wife and children. He continues to tour\, playing festivals\, theaters and clubs all over North America and Europe. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/an-evening-with-john-gorka/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Big Yellow Taxi
DESCRIPTION:New England’s Premier Joni Mitchell Tribute Band\n$22/Members\n$25/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nBig Yellow Taxi was created to explore Joni’s amazing music from it’s early folk roots\, to her pop masterpieces to her jazz influenced compositions\, Big Yellow Taxi brings Joni’s music alive. \nThe band features the expressive and soaring voice of Teresa Lorenço. Teresa’s vocals pays homage to Joni’s sweet\, husky\, and bell-like voice delivering an emotional journey through Joni’s expansive catalog.​ \nThe mission of the band is to present a show that immerses the audience in an intimate journey through many of Joni’s best loved and most powerful songs: a performance beyond mere imitation\, to delve into Joni’s musical intensity and genius\, to leave audiences entertained\, moved and elated. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/big-yellow-taxi/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Comedy Night at the Firehouse
DESCRIPTION:$20/All Tickets \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nTake a load off and join us for a night of laughs as Comedy Night returns to the Firehouse featuring some of the best comedic talent in the region! Hosted by Mike Smith with headliner Brian Glowacki along with Jack Lynch and David Lamb. \n \n  \nBrian Glowacki became the first independent\, regional comedian to headline the historic Wilbur Theatre in Boston MA. He received “Best of Fest” honors at Burbank Comedy Festival\, Big Pine Comedy Festival and San Diego Comedy Festival. As well as headlining regional clubs Glowacki has performed on the Funny or Die “Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival”. \n  \n \n  \nJack Lynch has performed at all the major Boston venues as well as The Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut\, The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City\, The Improv in Miami Beach\, The Punchline in Atlanta\, Georgia\, the Comedy Works in Montreal\, Canada\, as well as many colleges up and down the East Coast. Lynch has been seen on Comedy Central. \n  \n \n  \nDave Lamb has been performing stand-up comedy for 10 years sharing the stage with some of the best in the business including Lenny Clarke\, Steve Sweeney and more. A full-time teacher\, Lamb is a regular in theaters\, and top comedy venues such as the Tupelo Music Hall\, the Spire Center for the Arts\, and more. \n  \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/comedy-night-at-the-firehouse/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Special Events
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SUMMARY:The Suitcase Junket
DESCRIPTION:$18/Members\n$20/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\n“A master of musical imagination” NPR World Cafe \n“The overall sound lands somewhere between the Avett Brothers and early\, dirty Black Keys. There is a Tom Waits vibe in the fuzzy megaphone reverb mic\, and something ancient\, near tribal\, in his whistles and moans” The Boston Globe \nThe Suitcase Junket is multi instrumentalist Matthew Lorenz. Solitary on stage and on the road\, his mind is crowded with characters\, narratives\, voices\, imagery\, sounds as wide and varied as mountain throat singers and roadhouse juke boxes\, plus newsreels of the planet’s destruction and salvage. With his 2020 release\, The End is New\, Lorenzs grand vision for the song overrides the how of it. The End is New is Lorenz’s sixth full length album as The Suitcase Junket\, his first for Renew Records/BMG. \nThe End is New was produced by trusted friend\, producer Steve Berlin of Los Lobos\, who produced The Suitcase Junket’s acclaimed 2018 release\, Mean Dog Trampoline. “I told Steve I wanted to make a doom folk record\,” says Lorenz. “That is what I had started calling my music when people asked. He was game. Neither of us knew quite what that meant at the time\, but I think we found out with The End is New. There is a heavy mix of hope and desperation in the sound and lyrically I was trying to be a mirror to society using truth\, myth\, confessions and stories.” \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/the-suitcase-junket-2/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T190000
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SUMMARY:YellowHouse Blues Band
DESCRIPTION:$22/Member\n$25/Non-Member \nPurchase Tickets\n\nThe YellowHouse Blues Band is a 9-piece\, high energy band with horns and multiple vocalists.  They’re known for putting their own take on popular songs and playing benefit concerts for causes we believe in\, selling out venues all over New England.  \nRooted in their love of the blues\, they bring a fresh\, fun approach to a variety of songs\, from classics to the modern day.  Their extensive song list encompasses material from Blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf and BB King\, to Motown stars like Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder\, and to modern day artists such as Eric Gales\, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Gary Clark\, Jr. \nFor their fundraising efforts\, they focus on organizations that serve at-risk youth\, and support access to music education.  To date\, they’ve raised over $150\,000 for non-profits in our community. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/yellowhouse-blues-band/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T190000
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SUMMARY:Synchronized Living
DESCRIPTION:$30 ALL TICKETS \nPurchase Tickets\n\nProceeds to benefit the work and mission of Turning Point\, Inc. and Firehouse Center for the Arts \nJoin Charles Shaughnessy (The Nanny\, Days of our Lives\, General Hospital\, Mad Men) and his wife\, Susan (Trading Places\, Star Trek-The Next Generation)\, as they share personal – and often times humorous – stories about their lives\, careers\, and marriage in Hollywood. Presented by THE GERAGHTY GROUP AT MORGAN STANLEY\, this special one night event will benefit two local non-profits: Turning Point\, Inc. and Firehouse Center for the Arts. \nTURNING POINT\, INC. is committed to providing exceptional services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Turning Point\, Inc.\, with its team of dedicated employees\, strives to teach\, empower and encourage the individuals to be self-confident and to make positive contributions. In doing so\, we remain committed to providing a safe and healthy environment on their journey. \nFIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE ARTS is deeply committed to delivering genuine\, uplifting experiences that transform audiences and provide an essential sense of community and connectedness. We deliver the best in theatrical and musical performances within a historic and intimate setting\, bringing people together to experience powerful stories and music as it was meant to – in the company of others. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/synchronized-living/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Duke Robillard Band
DESCRIPTION:$25/Members\n$30/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\n\nWhether it’s a song\, a style\, an idiom or an image\, Duke Robillard will render it with mastery\, power\, nuance and an unerring grasp of its essence. \nBorn Michael John Robillard on October 4\, 1948\, in Woonsocket\, R.I.\, Duke has carved out one of blues’ most illustrious legacies\, while also trodding some lofty related territories as a guitarist\, vocalist\, songwriter\, bandleader\, studio sideman\, producer\, label operator and educator. \nAfter showing an early affinity for music and guitar\, he founded Roomful Of Blues with pianist Al Copley in Westerly\, R.I.\, in 1967. By adding horns\, Roomful announced itself emphatically as the prototypical jump blues band\, and became a New England legend and a fixture beyond\, as did Duke himself. \nHis unsurpassed mastery of the guitar style of T-Bone Walker (later crystallized memorably in his 2004 release “Blue Mood”) was deservedly heralded\, but his breadth was also head-turning – from swing\, standards and ballads to rockers\, gutbucket Chicago blues and rockabilly. \nBy the time Duke left Roomful after a dozen years\, he was firmly established in the upper echelon of contemporary blues guitarists. Duke went from Roomful to a stint with rockabilly revivalist Robert Gordon and then to the first iteration of the Legendary Blues Band\, composed primarily of then-recent Muddy Waters sidemen. \nThe Duke Robillard Band debuted in 1981\, re-emerging as The Pleasure Kings with their eponymous 1984 album on Rounder. It and its sequel\, “Too Hot To Handle\,” burnished Duke’s songwriting portfolio; the 1987 jazz outing “Swing” (with saxophonist Scott Hamilton) underscored his versatility and remains a highlight. \nContinuing his solo career\, Duke replaced Jimmie Vaughan with The Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1990. He cut his own much-awaited straight blues album “Duke’s Blues” in 1993 for Canadian imprint Stony Plain\, leading eventually to a rewarding\, continuing and prolific alliance\, along with releases during the ensuing years on Point Blank/Virgin and Shanachie\, as well as instructional videos. He has also launched his own labels with Jesse Finkelstein\, Blue Duchess/Shining Stone. \nDuke’s prolificity has included producing albums by Billy Boy Arnold\, Joe Louis Walker\, Rosco Gordon\, Jimmy Witherspoon and Jay McShann\, Zuzu Bollin\, Billy Price and Otis Clay\, Sunny Crownover\, Bryan Lee and Al Basile as well as recording two collaborations with Herb Ellis\, a pairing with his successor in Roomful\, Ronnie Earl\, a seat in the New Guitar Summit with J. Geils and Gerry Beaudoin\, additional studio credits with Bob Dylan (the well-regarded 1997 “Time Out Of Mind”)\, Ruth Brown\, Johnny Adams\, Pinetop Perkins\, Snooky Pryor\, Al Copley\, Todd Sharpville and Tony Z\, and touring with Tom Waits in 2006. \nDuke’s resume is decorated with Grammy nominations\, Handy Awards and Blues Music Awards\, and other honors for his artistry\, recordings and productions within the United States and internationally. On his latest release\, “Duke Robillard and his Dames of Rhythm” on M.C. Records\, he wields an acoustic archtop and joins six thrushes for evocative and enjoyable renditions of 1920s and 1930s swing tunes; it’s a worthy successor to his 2016 BMA-winning “The Acoustic Blues And Roots Of Duke Robillard.” \nDuke remains based in Rhode Island and a whirlwind as a musician\, producer\, gardener and photographer. But wait\, there’s more: he’s now creating fine art abstract paintings\, too! At this point for Duke\, versatility and mastery should come as anything but a surprise; it just means more richness in a superlative career for us to celebrate. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/duke-robillard-band/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:3rd Annual Fashion Show
DESCRIPTION:$75 VIP Tickets (LIMITED TO 50)\nVIP Reception Begins at 5:30pm\n$45 General Admission  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nJoin us for a night of Fun\, Fashion and Fundraising! Our third annual Fashion Show to benefit the Rotary Club of Newburyport will showcase Fall and Holiday styles on the Main Stage!! \nThis years’ event offers 2 ticket options. VIP tickets include early admission\, pre-show reception\, and swag bag!! Limit 50 tickets.  \nGeneral admission tickets get you into the show! 50/50 raffle tickets and other fun surprises will be offered throughout the evening.
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/3rd-annual-fashion-show/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:BLKBOK
DESCRIPTION:$18/Members\n$20/Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nBorn and raised in Detroit’s inner-city\, BLKBOK (born Charles Wilson IIl)\, grew up in a music-filled house. While his parents and siblings were all musically inclined little Charles could always be found walking his chubby fingers up and down the piano keys. His Mom had no choice but to nurture her baby’s keyboard obsession and by the time he was 8\, BLKBOK was an acclaimed piano prodigy\, winning statewide accolades and college-level competitions. \nWhen it came to music\, most of the kids he grew up with pursued hip-hop adopting rapper names. However\, it’s no coincidence that Charles chose the name BLKBOK\, which echoes that of one of the greatest pianists and composers of all time. The tag is also an apt reflection of the elements that have contributed to the artist’s identity and symbolizes his colorful journey from pop and hip-hop culture to his critically acclaimed\, neo-classical debut album Black Book\, and various Mixtape projects and collaborations. \nBLKBOK is no stranger to the industry grind\, having hit the road throughout his career as a lead pianist or musical director with artists including Rihanna\, Justin Timberlake\, Demi Lovato\, Cirque Du Soleil\, John Mayer and more. BLKBOK’s explosive and immersive live music performances engage his audience with his incredible talent and channels his experience from sharing the stage with the World’s biggest performers. \nBLKBOK’s critically-acclaimed debut album Black Book\, served as a founding cornerstone at the Juneteenth Foundation’s Freedom Concert. His first Mixtape release\, (VRARI\, and current Mixtape project Angels Watching Over Me\, with world-renowned tenor Lawrence Brownlee\, illustrate the innovative and disruptive musical landscape that is BLKBOK. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/blkbok-2/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:CELEBRATING 20 YEARS!\nThe Newburyport Documentary Film Festival will kick-off on Friday\, September 20 at the Firehouse Center for the Arts. Starting NOW\, you can purchase an ALL ACCESS PASS and gain admission to ALL films screened as well as special NDFF receptions and After Parties. \nALL ACCESS PASS\n$150 + $15 Ticketing fee \nBUY NOW\n\nINDIVIDUAL TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE \nFILM LISTINGS
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/newburyport-documentary-film-festival-2024/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Teletherapy
DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Hennesy and Mark Davis present Teletherapy! \n  \nVery dark! Deeply disturbing! Really funny! A comedy about a man who couldn’t tell if he was kidding or not. \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/teletherapy/2024-09-25/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Hurricane Diane
DESCRIPTION:General Audience: $20\nStudents/Seniors : $15\n\n \nNorthern Essex Community College presents Hurricane Diane\, by Madeleine George. \n \nPurchase Tickets\n\n \nAn ancient god on an earthly mission\, gardener Diane comes spiraling in on a Red Bank cul-du-sac\, forever altering the lives of four New Jersey housewives. Set on convincing each woman to implement her environmentally friendly landscape design\, Diane soon learns there is a lot more to the neighborhood than its “curb appeal.”\n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/hurricane-diane/2024-10-04/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr.
DESCRIPTION:$18 Students/Seniors/Members \n$20 Adults/Non-Members \nActing Out Presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\nProduced by Acting Out Productions \nDirected by Deirdre & John Budzyna \n  \nFrom classic literature to the Academy Award-winning film and Broadway musical\, Ariel’s Undersea Journey is a beautiful love story for the ages. Journey “under the sea” with Ariel and her aquatic friends. Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories\, Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR. is an enchanting look at the sacrifices we all make for love and acceptance. In a magical underwater kingdom\, the beautiful young mermaid\, Ariel\, longs to leave her ocean home — and her fins — behind and live in the world above. But first\, she’ll have to defy her father\, King Triton\, make a deal with the evil sea witch\, Ursula\, and convince the handsome Prince Eric that she’s the girl whose enchanting voice he’s been seeking. Featuring a talented cast of over 60 student performers.  If you wish to see a specific actor\, be sure to get tickets to the correct cast show. \nCast A Shows: Thu.\, Oct. 10 at 7pm.\, Sat.\, Oct. 12 at 1pm. \nCast B Shows:  Fri.\, Oct. 11 at 7pm.\,  Sat.\, Oct. 12 at 10am. \nCAST A \nChristopher Carney\, Dominic Corjay\, Easton Botto-Hanson\, Lukas Sutton\, Owen Donahue\, Silas Robbins\, Jackson Boger\, Addyson Bagnall\, Audrina Lazarus\, Ella Mills\, Paige Solioutis\, Brightly Laansma\, Isabella Schwarzkopf\, Chloe Auger\, Lorelei Rea\, Elyse Farrell\, Ruby O’Toole\, Violet Treem\, Maggie Temple\, Lukas Sutton\, Sagan Gilkey-Anderson\, Hazel Clinton\, Elle Sullivan\, Emilie Lombart\, Nora Wedge\, Caela Farrell\, Vivian Potts\, Elle Sullivan\, Preston Jackman\, Nieve Farrell\, Luciana Foster\, George Boger\, Wilder Laansma\, Quinn Dulaney\, Izzy V\, Charlotte O’Toole\, Evelyn Pitts\, Makayla Pataro\, Louie Temple\, Evie Clowe and  Tatum Jones. \n  \nCAST B \nChristopher Carney\, Owen Donahue\, Alex Barton\, Addyson Bagnall\, Lukas Sutton\, Dominic Corjay\, Easton Botto-Hanson\, Silas Robbins\, Maddie Beams\, Paige Solioutis\, Cady Beams\, Elspeth Mercer\, Fiona Whitten\, Mae Estrin\, Anabel Pappas\, Sienna Dole\, Zoe Fasching\, Addyson Bagnall\, Reagan Foss\, Kate Clinton\, Elle Sullivan\, Emilie Lombart\, Nora Wedge\, Scarlett Nelezen\, Vivian Potts\, Elle Sullivan\, Tessa McCarron\, Daisy Hanson\, Avery Griffin\, Vivian Santoro\,  Soleil Glickman\, Sylvie Whitten\, Lyla Erirso\, Winnie Feinstein\, Fatima Sharifi\, Leah Haber and Finn Packer.
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/disneys-the-little-mermaid-jr/2024-10-10/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater,Youth
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SUMMARY:Friday Night Comedy Special
DESCRIPTION:$20 all seats \n  \nFirehouse Center for the Arts Presents! \nPurchase Tickets\n\nJoin us for a special Friday Night Anniversary Comedy Event! Celebrate 11 years of comedy with Michael Petit\, Steve Scarfo\, and Joland Logan. Starting at 9pm\, grab a drink and get ready for a hilarious night filled with incredible comedians! \nMichael Petit is a national headlining comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central\, E Entertainment\, NESN Comedy All Stars\, and is a regular in Las Vegas and New York. Petit performs at the Improv\, Comedy Store\, Laugh Factory in LA and top comedy rooms across the country.  \nSteve Scarfo is a comedy standout and is a regular at the Comedy Connection\, Nick’s\, and major clubs across the country. Scarfo is so well respected that as well as headlining from Maine to Los Angeles he has shared the stage with many of the top comedians in the business including Jeff Dunham\, Bob Marley\, Lenny Clarke\, Victoria Jackson\, and many more. \nJolanda Logan is a regular at top regional clubs like the Mohegan Sun and she has performed at the Tupelo Music Hall\, and as part of the Boston Comedy Festival. \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/late-night-comedy-special/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:A Masquerade Gala
DESCRIPTION:At the Firehouse Center for the Arts\, a historic\, vibrant theatre producing world-class shows\, we pride ourselves on producing quality\, big city shows within an intimate venue at reasonable prices\, bringing the highest caliber of professional actors\, directors\, and designers from Boston\, New York\, and beyond to North Shore audiences. \nWe enjoy a regional reputation of professionalism and artistic excellence for programming that inspires\, educates\, and connects\, routinely leaving audiences delighted and surprised. \nThe Firehouse acts as a vibrant cultural and community hub to fuel the local economy and provide rich cultural experiences. \nHOSTED BY KIM CARRIGAN\nWhat: Our Annual Gala\nWhere: Blue Ocean Music Hall\nWhen: Friday\, October 18 at 6:00pm\nTickets: $125 per person\n            $1000 for a Table of 10 \n  \nPURCHASE INDIVIDUAL TICKET\n\n  \nPURCHASE A TABLE OF 10\n\n  \nBECOME A SPONSOR\n\n  \n \n  \nOnce again\, M.K. Benatti is offering THREE amazing gift certificates in support of the Firehouse Center for the Arts! Purchase tickets today for your chance to win! \n1 for $20 // 3 for $50 \nBUY RAFFLE TICKETS\n\n\nGRAND PRIZE: $3\,000\nSECOND PRIZE: $1\,500\nTHIRD PRIZE: $500 \n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/a-masquerade-gala/
LOCATION:Blue Ocean Music Hall\, 4 Ocean Front N\, Salisbury\, 01952\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Melissa Ferrick
DESCRIPTION:$25 Members \n$30 Non-Members \nFirehouse Center for the Arts Presents An Evening with Melissa Ferrick! \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nOn August 15th\, 2023\, Ferrick released Black Dress\, their first single in eight years\, via the venerable Kill Rock Stars Records. This release coincides with the 30th anniversary of Ferrick’s critically acclaimed major label debut\, Massive Blur. Ferrick will be celebrating the new release and her 30th Anniversary by touring a retrospective show titled\, Throughlines. In other big news\, Melissa has started a management company\, Drive Music Agency (D.M.A.)\, where she represents Brennan Wedl and Joh Chase.  \n  \nMelissa Ferrick is regarded in the industry and by their peers as one of the most prolific\, generous\, and hardworking people in the business. After opening for Morrissey in the U.S. and UK\, Ferrick signed with Atlantic Records at the age of 21 and released her debut and sophomore albums with them. Between 1996 and 1999\, Melissa released three albums with the Colorado-based indie label W.A.R. Records. In 2000\, Melissa launched the nationally distributed independent record label Right On Records. Ferrick put out two critically acclaimed albums with NY-based label MPress Records between 2011 and 2013. She’s released seventeen albums over the last twenty-five years and has won numerous awards for songwriting\, production\, and performance. Melissa has shared the stage with countless acts\, some of which include Morrissey\, Joan Armatrading\, Weezer\, Tegan and Sara\, Mark Cohen\, Paul Westerberg\, Bob Dylan\, John Hiatt\, Ani DiFranco\, k.d. Lang\, Suzanne Vega\, Shawn Colvin\, and many others.  \n    \nBesides her work in the music industry\, Ferrick is a Professor of the Practice at Northeastern University in the Music Department. Melissa teaches courses in the music business\, songwriting\, creative entrepreneurship\, demo recording and production\, live performance\, and the psychology of creativity. From 2013 – to 2019\, Melissa was an Associate Professor of Songwriting at Berklee College of Music. She holds an Ed.M from Harvard University.   \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/an-evening-with-melissa-ferrick-2/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Halloween Party
DESCRIPTION:Purchase Tickets\n\n  \nJoin us at the Firehouse for a Family Friendly morning of Face Painting\, Trick or Treating\, On Stage Dance Party\, Costume Contest\, Pumpkin Painting\, Crafts\, and more! 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/halloween-party/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family
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