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Bailey's Mistake
2025-03-16 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents: Bailey’s Mistake!
$25 / All Tickets

Formed along Maine’s rocky coastline, Bailey’s Mistake is a neo traditional, Celtic-inspired folk band playing ancient songs of the sea, Newfoundland, the auld sod, as well as New England. Powered by guitar, bagpipes, tin whistle, bass and drums, their highly danceable music invites merry hearts to sing along and feel the power of ancient music as it translates into the 21st century.

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Máiréad Nesbitt & the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio
2025-03-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents…
Máiréad Nesbitt & the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio
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A Grammy® and Emmy® nominated artist and composer, Máiréad Nesbitt has enchanted millions around the world as the featured Celtic violinist and founding member of the globetrotting music phenomenon Celtic Woman. Loyal fans of all ages, across geographical and cultural boundaries far beyond the musical heritage of Ireland, have adored her beguiling stage presence and versatile instrumental talents. She is the featured violin soloist on eleven Celtic Woman albums that all reached the number one slot on the Billboard World Music Chart.
See Máiréad as featured soloist with Lindsey Sterling in Disney’s newest Epcot show Harmonious Live on Disney+ for the 50th Anniversary hosted by Idina Menzel.
Hailed as “A demon of a fiddle player” by the NY Times, Máiréad has emerged as one of Ireland’s most in-demand musicians. Her multitude of awards include Irish Music Magazine’s Best Traditional and Multi-Instrumentalist Artist awards. Máiréad’s solo albums, Raining Up and Hibernia, have charted on four different Billboard charts. The album Devil’s Bit Sessions features three generations of her family and was recorded in the three-hundred-year-old Nesbitt family home in County Tipperary, Ireland. Máiréad has performed at both the White House and the Pentagon for four U.S. presidents. Additionally, among the hundreds of famous venues where she has performed are Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Colorado and Hyde Park in London.

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Arctic Adventure - Winter Speaker Series
2025-03-19 18:30 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Lowell’s Boat Shop Presents…
Arctic Adventure
$15 / Non-Members
$8 / Lowell’s Boat Shop Members
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Schooner Bowdoin and her crew, Amesbury’s own Graham McKay among them, were assigned the hopeful goal to take students to the Arctic Circle by June 20, 2024 with planned stops in places such as Newfoundland and Greenland. Graham had a camera and drone on hand, and brought back stories of cold and tricky passages to remote villages, 24-hour daylight, and the challenges of navigating iceberg-laden water on an historic boat built specifically for the task. Did they make it to the arctic circle in time?
Graham McKay is the Executive Director of Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury, Massachusetts, where he is also their master boatbuilder. His experience on the water includes captaining tall ships, commercial fishing, and maritime archaeology. He’s a fun storyteller who knows how to spin a yarn, and he’s excited to share his beautiful video and photography he captured while crewing to the Arctic on such a beloved and historic boat.
Founded in 1793, Lowell’s Boat Shop is more than the birthplace of the iconic fishing dory—we are a living connection to our past and a safe harbor where curious minds and intrepid adventurers connect with each other and our collective history through woodworking classes, apprenticeships, youth programs, rowing our fleet of boats on the Merrimack River, and fun social events throughout the year.
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Cimarron 615
2025-03-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
Cimarron 615

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The quartet — just releasing its second, self-titled album — is a hall of fame-caliber assemblage, with credits that look like a who’s-who of Americana, country and rock history. “We’ve all been around a long time and done a lot of work — and a lot of it together,” notes drummer Rick Lonow. “There’s history here.”
Where the four musicians intersect is via the famed country-rock band Poco. Lonow and Jack Sundrud were its longtime rhythm section until the band ceased when co-founder Rusty Young died in 2021. Michael Webb played in the band for eight years, while Ronnie Guilbeau co-wrote Poco’s 1989 Top 20 single “Call It Love” with Lonow. Webb and Sundrud co-produced Poco’s All Fired Up album in 2013, and Lonow, Webb and Sundrud played on Young’s 2017 solo album, Waitin’ For the Sun.
Then there are the individual credits, which include many path-crossings with each other over the years. Lonow’s discography includes albums for Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Nanci Griffith, “Cowboy” Jack Clement, Ryan Bingham and many more, has toured with the Bellamy Brothers, and was part of the all-star Burrito Deluxe. Webb played on iconic albums by Chris Stapleton, John Prine, Mark Germino and others, as well as hitting the road with John Fogerty and Hank Williams, Jr.; he was also part of the all-star Brooklyn Cowboys. Sundrud played with Dickie Betts, Vince Gill, and Nicolette Larson, and formed the group Great Plains. And Guilbeau — who, like Sundrud, worked in the California country-rock scene before moving to Nashville — was part of the bands Palomino Road and GYG.
Cimarron 615 came to be after Young’s death, when Blue Elan Records chief Kirk Pasich organized a tribute concert and album and brought Sundrud, Webb and Lonow together in Los Angeles as part of a house band for several projects – and heard the potential for more. Guilbeau rounded out the line-up in 2023.

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Comedy Night - Featuring Kenny Rogerson
2025-03-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
Comedy Night – Featuring Kenny Rogerson
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Kenny Rogerson

Kenny Rogerson is one of the top comedians in the region and among the best comics nation wide making regular stops to perform in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Rogerson has made appearances on the late night talk shows as well as having been seen on Comedy Central, Showtime, Evening at the Improv, Fox, MTV and has made film appearances in “Fever Pitch” and “There’s Something About Mary.” and has also performed at the prestigious Comics Come Home. Rogerson has appeared as “Kevin the Biker Fireman” on the FX hit show “Rescue Me” and as “Pat the Cop” on ABC’s “It’s All Relative.”

Joe Espi

Joe Espi is a regular at Boston’s top clubs such s Kowloon and Giggles, as well as performing at Foxwoods, Catch a Rising Star, the Borgata in Atlantic City and other top level rooms. Espi has also been featured on Chronicle and NESN’s New England Traveler.

Anthony Eugenio

Anthony Eugenio, who is a regular at Nick’s Comedy Stop has been featured at Charles Playhouse, Comix Roadhouse, The Tupelo Music Hall, Wicked Funny Comedy, Steve Sweeney’s Comedy Den and more.

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Real. Life. Stories. 3.0
2025-03-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-03-29 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-30 14:00 - 16:00 | MA
The Firehouse Center for the Arts and Silver Theater Productions presents…

Real. Life. Stories. 3.0
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Real. Life. Stories. 3.0 is six, ten-minute plays, about ordinary people navigating engaging and, sometimes, extraordinary circumstances. The plays are seasoned with comedy, pathos, surprise and inspiration.

The themes are universal. The actors are seniors, but their stories apply to all ages. They confront unexpected surprises, precarious social situations, life management, newfound relationships, and even life-and-death battles.

The First Day
Written by Kathleen Miller
Directed by David Houlden
Featuring Susan VanDrie, Margaret Mcquillan, and Arthur Knight
Nurse Katie confronts a surprise on her first day at work. It involves a catheter, the “perpetually cranky” Mr. Jones, and a particularly delicate body part.
A Serendipitous Faux Pas
Written by Cynthia Arsenault
Directed by Sally Nutt
Featuring Kristen Ledson and Mike Pingree
Newcomers to a prestigious condo community find themselves in a precarious situation after inadvertently opening their neighbor's Amazon delivery – and the fun begins!
The Conversation Bench
Written by Deirdre Girard
Directed by Barbara Keiter
Featuring Adair Rowland and Melody Fried
Alexa is fed-up with her job. Maybe Martha can help. Or maybe the two are in a battle for life or death.

Eddy and Edna
Written by Donald Loftus
Directed by Stefan Tsiplakis
Featuring Maureen Daley, Peter Nawrocki, and Adam Bere
Eddy, loving husband and good father, confronts harsh realities – or are they?

Alone At Last
Written by Leslie Powell
Directed by David McCaleb
Featuring Pat Tosches and Patrick Cheney
Jean and Ed are cuddled up outside their Airstream trailer, watching the sky. Romance is in the air. Then Mark enters their life.

Flying Lessons
Written by Steve Faria
Directed by Amy LeJeune
Featuring Gretchen Stone, Jeffrey Cousminer, and Madeline Sherwood
Donna, recently widowed, is on her second date with Kurt, who takes her flying. She soon discovers that she can take control of her own life and fears.

Abigail & Beatrice
Written by Tim Diering & Sandy Farrier
Directed by Sandy Farrier
Featuring Deborah Baker and Elizabeth Carroll

Emerald City Afterschool Program Performance
2025-04-03 17:30 - 18:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Presents…
Emerald City Program

$5 / General Admission

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Join the students of the Emerald City Program as they sing and dance their way through the music of Wicked and the Wizard of Oz!

Betsy Woodman & Chris Plante - 'Jazz #7' Album Release Concert
2025-04-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Betsy Woodman and Chris Plante present…
Jazz #7 – Album Release Concert

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We are thrilled to announce an exceptional evening of music, April 5th, 2025 at the Firehouse Center for the Arts, located in Newburyport, MA, featuring some of the finest musicians from our region. The evening will begin with a full band performance of selected works from the prolific catalog of Betsy Woodman and Chris Plante. The first set will delve into the material from their upcoming album, Jazz #7. Following this, the second set will showcase selections from Betsy Woodman’s Gospel albums, “Healing, Hope and Hallelujah” and “The Moment, the Search, the Journey.” Expect another vibrant full band performance complete with horns, backing vocalists, and special guests! This is an evening you won’t want to miss! Seating is limited, so please secure your tickets today. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Joppa Dance Company - The Spin We're In
2025-04-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-06 15:30 - 16:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Joppa Dance Company presents…
The Spin We’re In

$15 / all ages

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Joppa Dance Company, founded in 1983, is a noncompetitive, nonprofit 501c3 youth dance troupe based at The Dance Place in Newburyport. Without the pressure of competing, Joppa dancers can focus on building a wide range of techniques, perform regularly, and mount their own choreography. This creative freedom allows the dancers to grow, and discover their own artistic style. Joppa auditions are held every June. Once a member, each dancer commits to weekly ballet classes and company classes. Joppa also travels to New York each year to perform in a showcase hosted by Performing Arts Educators, (PAE). Since 2014, Joppa has also traveled overseas with PAE to perform with other companies at outdoor, open-to-the-public venues. Joppa has traveled to Scotland, Spain, Italy, and Greece. These trips have been a special time, and have given dancers the opportunity to see and learn about other cultures while they’re doing what they love.

New Works Festival - Full Length
2025-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
New Works Festival – Full Length Play
$15 / General Admission

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Celebrate the New Works Festival 2025 with an evening showing of the Honegger Prize winning full length, An Institution by Daniel Takacs. When a graduate student reports sexual misconduct to her professor, the faculty closes ranks to stamp out the rumor. Daniel A. Takacs is a playwright and director from Oberlin, Ohio. His original plays have been developed or produced by The Black Experimental Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, and Boston Playwright’s Theatre, and he has taught and directed theatre in Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, and in Boston, where he received his MFA in Theatre Education from Boston University, with a focus on playwriting and directing. Favorite productions he has directed include “The Millennials” (CPT), “The 39 Steps” (Chagrin Valley Little Theatre), and “The Adventurous Adventuress” (Dobama). Dan lives with his wife, Linda, his peanut Greta, and the twins, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

An Institution
Written by Daniel A. Takacs

Director Shira Helena Gitlin

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New Works Festival - One Acts
2025-04-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
New Works Festival 2025 – One Act Plays

$15 / General Admission

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Extreme Gridlock
Written by James Ferguson

Directed by Mark Scalia

“A couple struggles to understand why they’re stuck.”

Meridian Summer
Written by Candace Perry

Directed by Netta Neely

Summertime, and the livin’ ain’t so easy in Mississippi in 1964. Freedom Summer workers struggle to register Blacks to vote, while on the country club side of town members of the White Citizens Council battle to preserve their “way of life.” The dramatic events that put Meridian on the nightly news are played out in MERIDIAN SUMMER, a work of fiction based on historical events of the time sixty-one years ago, known as “Freedom Summer“.

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Scenes - The Billy Joel Experience
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
Scenes – The Billy Joel Experience
$30-35
Formerly known as Cold Spring Harbor, Scenes – A Billy Joel experience, has been performing throughout New England and beyond since 2013. Their mission from the beginning was never to play impersonator, but instead celebrate and recreate the music of Billy Joel to the highest and most authentic standard, bringing people the $400 Billy Joel concert experience, for a reasonable price that all fans can afford! Their 10+ year journey has led them to some amazing venues and events, most notably Touch of Texas in Binghamton, NY, and the Newburyport Yankee Homecoming celebration playing to more than 3500 people. From specific piano sounds that Billy uses himself, to the Billy Joel classic Ray Ban sunglasses, this show is not to be missed!
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An Evening with Lucy Kaplansky
2025-04-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents..
An Evening with Lucy Kaplansky
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Lucy Kaplansky is an acclaimed singer-songwriter of rare talent, “a truly gifted performer with a bag full of enchanting songs” (The New Yorker) and “the troubadour laureate of modern cityfolk” (The Boston Globe). She has released eight critically acclaimed CDs, two of which were awarded Best Pop Album of the year by the Association for Independent Music. National Public Radio described her 2012 album Reunion as “a master class in making the personal universal,” and her most recent album Everyday Street has been dubbed“ spare and luminous” and “remarkable.”
Lucy was part of folk supergroup Cry Cry Cry with Dar Williams and Richard Shindell (which The New Yorker dubbed “a collection of lovely harmonizing and pure emotion”). Their album was an astonishing success in stores and on radio resulting in a national tour of sold-out concerts, as well as a national sold-out reunion tour in 2018.
Her recording of Roxy Music’s “More than This” has over 12 million streams on Spotify, and she has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and Morning Edition as well as BBC Radio 2 and 4, and CBS Sunday Morning, and has sung harmony on albums by
Suzanne Vega, Bryan Ferry, Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin. Her song “Guilty as Sin” was featured in the NBC television show “Ed,” and her vocals were featured in the Tom Cruise film The Firm. She released her latest album, Last Days of Summer, written and recorded during the pandemic, in Spring 2022.

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Barrence Whitfield & Sal Baglio present The Joyful Noise Caravan & Medicine Show
2025-04-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents…

Barrence Whitfield & Sal Baglio – The Joyful Noise Caravan & Medicine Show
featuring
Anthony Geraci keyboards, Henley Douglas Jr saxophone, Wolf Ginandes bass & Seth Pappas drums

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R&B howler Barrence Whitfield is a man who lives for the era when rhythm & blues and rock & roll walke hand in hand, and his revved-up music and over-the-top vocal style make him one of the wildest frontmen of his time. A frantic soul shouter in the spirit of , , and Don Covay, Whitfield and his band earned a poten cult following after the release of their self-titled debut album in 1984. 1985’s Dig Yourself and 1987 Ow! Ow! Ow! expanded on its energy. Whitfield sat out most of the 2000s, but 2012’s Dig Thy Savage Sou proved he still had the goods, and 2018’s Soul Flowers of Titan and 2023’s Glory showed his command of party-starting soul was still potent. As a singer, guitarist and composer, Sal Baglio has touched all the bases that have rounded out a successful musical career. But with his recent work as a solo artist, Baglio embarks upon a new path that looks backward in the most delightful way. Baglio’s music and solo performances dial up a past that is easily imagined in a less-distracted age where music bursts boldly out of a car’s AM radio on a summer drive or floats in the imagination of a young solitary artist learning to strum his first guit New paths or old, Baglio projects a welcome sense of place, family and friends, a“pocketfull of memories” where streets named London and Liverpool strike more than mere fancy allusions to the Beatles, the Kinks and others. They set fire in the mind of a young artist that will forever remain in his person

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Take Ten 2
2025-05-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-04 14:00 - 16:00 | MA
Acting Out Productions Presents…
Take Ten 2
Produced by Acting Out Productions
Written and Directed by Jack Neary
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$25 / Adults
$20 / Students, Seniors, Members
From the author of recent Acting Out Productions’ DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL, MOONGLOW and FIRST NIGHT comes TAKE TEN 2 which, as the title suggests, is the second edition of TAKE TEN which brought a lot of laughs to the Firehouse two years ago. The performance includes a series of short, comic plays, some of which were featured over the years as the closing show at the highly prestigious Boston Theater Marathon of Ten-Minute Plays, and a few brand-new, hot off the press comedies, one of which is a snippet from Jack Neary’s THE PORCH, which has been produced successfully all over the country.

CAST
Trish Aponte, Deborah Baker, Addisyn Bagnell, Sally Basler, Kairi Bohanan, John Budzyna, Christopher Carney, Lila Coffey, Kate Gilbert, Tom Hickey, Corinne Hickey, Brightly Laansma, John Manning, Sally Nutt, Silas Robbins, Beth Trach, Jonas Track, Kirk Trach, Tiegan Trach, Kerry Quinn, Lenora Salvucci and Ralph Wark.

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The Great Fairy Tale Caper
2025-05-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-03 14:00 - 16:00 | MA
Acting Out Productions Presents…
The Great Fairy Tale Caper
Produced by Acting Out Productions
Directed by Jack Neary
Assistant Director Deirdre Budzyna
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$20 / Adults
$18 / Students, Seniors, Members
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall…Or did he?
Fairy Tale Land is abuzz with intrigue as detectives Harry Hare and Terry Tortoise investigate the very sudden and serious demise of the very popular local egg who tumbled from his perch and ended up splattered like an omelet. An enormous array of colorful characters from Cinderella to Little Red Riding Hood to Mr. Toad to Judy Garland… yes, Judy Garland… are questioned about Humpty’s untimely plummet! An exciting story full of laughs and surprises culminating in a Fairy Tale Land trial to end all trials!

Featuring over 25 local student actors and 6 adult actors:
Student Actors:
Dominic Corjay, Abby Ferris, Erica Laansma, Brynn Lachapelle, Sylvie Whitten, Addisyn Bagnell, Alex Barton, Maddie Beams, Ashley Bonito, Emily Bonito, Christopher Carney, Leah Caulfield, Riley Caulfield, Hazel Clinton, Finley Cormier, Quinn Dulaney, Izzy, Brightly Laansma, Audrina Lazarus, Elspeth Mercer, Evelyn Pitts, Vivian Potts, Silas Robbins, Gracie Runnals, Lukas Sutton, Eliza Wainwright, Bo Weese, Natalie Byrnes, Brightly Laansma, Fiona Whitten.

Adult Actors: Bonnie Lake, Erica Laansma, Kate Clinton, Shannon Cormier, Stephanie Kottler and Alex Sullivan.

EJ Ouellette and Crazy Maggy
2025-05-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
EJ OUELLETTE & CRAZY MAGGY
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Front man, string wizard and song smith EJ Ouellette takes listeners on a wild ride every time he performs with his band EJ Ouellette & Crazy Maggy. The Nor’east’s Premiere Regional Roots Band. Ouellette, a recently Grammy® Nominated Song Producer/Featured Artist/Engineer in the 2022 Grammy® Awards, easily jumps genres, merging American Roots, Celtic/Acadian/Upper Appalachian fiddle tunes and songs in a contemporary fashion.

Musician of the Year – Multi-instrumentalist in the Josie Awards at the Grand Ole Opry
Nominated for “Vocalist of the Year Multi Genre” in the Josie Awards 4th The Grand Ole Opry October 27, 2024
Recorded “Roll Over O’Carolan Carolan’s Concerto” Nominated for “Best Best Folk Song” 4th The World Entertainment Awards in LA. The award Show is January Jan.31 “hopefully” Grammy® week.
In 2022 I produced/Engineered, mixed and was a Featured Artist on a Grammy® nominated song for artist Linda Chorney for Best American Roots Song.
3 Nominations in The Hollywood Music Media Awards
4 Silver & 4 Bronze medal awards in The Global Music Awards

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Someone Who Kissed Someone - Exit Dance Theatre
2025-05-16 20:00 - 21:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Exit Dance Theatre Presents…
Someone Who Kissed Someone
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Exit Dance Theatre, in it’s 38th year, presents three new dances by choreographers, Fontaine Dubus, Julie Pike Edmond, and Victoria Grinnings, plus an encore performance of Erin Staffiere’s When it Happens. Exit’s modern dance style ranges from comical/classical, to intense and improvisational. Much of the work is created collaboratively, a trademark of Exit’s.

Audiences say:
“Your dancers had us all captivated!”
“This is the best use of modern technique I’ve seen in years. Choreography, balance, lighting, costume and set served to enlighten and inspire an intelligent audience.”
“…the right blend of light and dark, line and movement, and sound. BRAVO, BRAVO…”

In addition to the above mentioned, performers include: Wendy Durham, Karl Granoth, Lizzy Keery, Edward Speck, Yori Thomas, Kayla Waldron, Belle Struck. More info at www.exitdancetheatre.org.

Roomful of Blues
2025-05-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
Roomful of Blues
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Currently an eight-piece unit led by guitarist Chris Vachon, the band has never sounded fresher or stronger. Singer DD Bastos brings her sweet and soulful vocals and adds another bright new dimension to the jazzy, jump-blues musical roots. Their winning combination of jump, swing, blues, R&B and soul remains their calling card, as does their ability to fill the dance floor.
Even though Roomful of Blues’ lineup has changed over the years, the band has always been one of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world. Currently an eight-piece unit led by guitarist Chris Vachon, the band has never sounded fresher or stronger. Singer DD Bastos brings her sweet and soulful vocals and adds another bright new dimension to the jazzy, jump-blues musical roots. Their winning combination of jump, swing, blues, R&B and soul remains their calling card, as does their ability to fill the dance floor. Along with bassist John Turner, trumpeter Christopher Pratt, drummer Mike Coffey, keyboardist Jeff Ceasrine, baritone and tenor saxophonist Craig Thomas, tenor and alto saxophonist Rich Lataille, Roomful keeps on rockin’ into 2025.

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The White House Effect Documentary
2025-05-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival and the Greater Newburyport Green Expo proudly present:
“The White House Effect” Documentary
$10 / Suggested Donation
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A Pivotal Moment in Climate History Revealed
Cap off your Green Expo experience with an exclusive evening screening of the powerful documentary “The White House Effect,” directed by the acclaimed team of Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, and Jon Shenk.

Film Synopsis
“The White House Effect,” from directors Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk, examines a crucial missed opportunity in climate history. Through archival footage, the film focuses on the George H.W. Bush administration (1988-1992) when Bush promised to use “the White House effect” to address global warming.
The documentary reveals how this promise unraveled as Bush found himself caught between his chief of staff John Sununu and industry leaders on one side, and his EPA chief Bill Reilly and scientists on the other. The film culminates with the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, where U.S. actions undermined global emissions agreements, setting the stage for our current climate challenges.

Why This Film Matters to Our Community
As we gather for the Green Expo to explore practical sustainability solutions, this documentary provides crucial historical context for understanding why climate action remains challenging today. By examining this pivotal moment in climate history, we can better appreciate the forces that shape environmental policy and the importance of community-led initiatives like the Green Expo.

Note: This is a separate ticketed event from the daytime Green Expo activities.

This screening is presented in conjunction with the 2025 Greater Newburyport Green Expo, made possible through funding from the City of Newburyport Resiliency Committee, via a grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program. Presented by: The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival and the City of Newburyport Resiliency Committee

Darlin' Corey with Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
2025-05-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
Darlin’ Corey with Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
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Darlin’ Corey
Darlin’ Corey features the singing and playing of three accomplished musicians of the thriving music scene of Portland, ME. Award winning fiddler and singer Erica Brown on fiddle, guitar, vocals, notable songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Shipman on guitar, vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo and Portland’s favorite bass player Kris Day, who has also toured with legends like Link Wray, Dale Hawkins, Ronnie Dawson and Joe Clay.
Their music is a diverse and unique blend of folk with influences from bluegrass and old time music. Drawing on these threads of North American folk music, their elegant harmonies are the beating heart of their sound, in both their original music and the traditional old time, bluegrass and New England influenced music they regularly showcase. In Darlin’ Corey’s singing and playing, you can feel the many years of dedication to these celebrated musical traditions.
Together they create an engaging performance of thoughtful originals, traditional songs and tunes, and songs that influenced them along the way. Erica Brown’s fiddle-playing is at turns virtuosic and completely unpretentious. Matt Shipman is an ideal counterpart as his versatility on a dizzying array of stringed instruments (guitar, Irish bouzouki, 5-string banjo, mandolin) blend seamlessly, never timid or overpowering. Kris Day holds it all together with his solid bass playing.

Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Harmony, rhythm, indelible songs – these are the hallmarks of Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, the New England based folk quartet now in its 20th year. From the Newport Folk Festival to California World Music Festival and beyond, this band’s steadfast brew of wit, camaraderie, and musicality leaves audiences everywhere humming and hopeful, spirits renewed. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem are Rani Arbo (fiddle, guitar), Andrew Kinsey (bass, banjo, ukulele), Anand Nayak (electric and acoustic guitars) and Scott Kessel (percussion). At the helm, Arbo is “blessed with an unmistakable voice, both light and sultry, with a hint of tremolo and smoke” (Acoustic Guitar). With Kinsey and Nayak’s vibrant baritones and Kessel’s resonant bass, the band’s signature lockstep harmonies can shake the rafters or hush the room. Arbo’s fiddle is sweet and sinewy, while Nayak’s guitar stretches across genre lines. Kinsey’s old-time bass anchors the deep groove of Kessel’s homemade percussion kit — a truly funky collection of cardboard boxes, tin cans, caulk tubes, packing-tape tambourines, bottle-cap rattles, Mongolian jaw harps, and a vinyl suitcase.

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Second Act Readers Theatre: Surprise
2025-05-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents…
Second Act Readers Theatre
Surprise…Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: Six Short Plays
$15 / General Admission
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Homegrown National Park with Dr. Douglas W. Tallamy
2025-05-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
City of Newburyport Resiliency Committee presents…
Homegrown National Park
with Dr. Douglas W. Tallamy
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A reception will be held prior to the talk, with a book signing to follow.
Doors open at 6:30PM
The talk will begin at 7:00 PM
Free to the Public / Open Seating

About the Talk
Dr. Tallamy will introduce his visionary concept of “Homegrown National Park,” a national movement to restore biodiversity by transforming our yards, communities, and surrounding lands. He explains why our current parks and preserves alone cannot sustain the ecosystems on which we depend. His practical approach invites everyone to participate in conservation by reducing lawn space, planting native species, and removing invasives. Dr. Tallamy’s goal is to restore 20 million acres with native plants—equivalent to half of America’s current lawn space—to create healthy ecological networks that can withstand environmental challenges.

About the Speaker
Dr. Douglas W. Tallamy is a distinguished professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. A leading voice in conservation and sustainable gardening, he is the author of several acclaimed books including the New York Times bestsellers “Bringing Nature Home,” “The Living Landscape,” and “Nature’s Best Hope.” Dr. Tallamy founded the Homegrown National Park initiative to promote native plant propagation and biodiversity restoration. His research demonstrates how native plants support local wildlife—his own backyard oak tree hosts over 240 species of caterpillars. Dr. Tallamy combines scientific expertise with engaging, accessible presentations that inspire audiences to take practical action for environmental conservation.

Homegrown National Park

This screening is made possible through funding from the City of Newburyport Resiliency Committee, via a grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program.
