Four-Part Lecture Series Presented by the Farnsworth Art Museum

This 4-part lecture series is presented in conjunction with The Art of the Book exhibition on view in the Farnsworth’s Craig Gallery January 14 through April 1, 2012, which is an exploration of the museum’s eclectic collection of primarily nineteenth and twentieth century rare, first edition, and out-of-print books ranging from the earliest purchases by Robert Bellows in the 1940s to important donations made throughout the museum’s history. This lecture series will expound upon this theme to highlight different aspects of book arts, including illustrated books, book binding, rare book conservation, and artists’ books. (photo courtesy of Alison Kuller)

What you missed last week!!

Lecture One – Picturing Texts: Illustrated Books from Then Till Now
Wednesday, February 1, 5:30pm
Lecture by Richard Lindemann, Director of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin College

This illustrated lecture will trace western book illustration from the illuminated manuscript to such contemporary works as artists’ books and e-books. Maine illustrators and book artists will be prominently featured among the examples, drawn primarily from rare books in the Bowdoin College Library. Among the printed works (the earliest dated 1478) are several notable collections, including early American, Maine, and British imprints; Hawthorne and Longfellow collections; fine press printings and books in fine bindings; artists’ books; and pop-ups. Some of the works now found in Bowdoin’s Special Collections have been in the College’s possession since soon after its founding in 1794.
Richard Lindemann has served as director of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin College for twelve years. Previously, he held positions in Special Collections at the University of California, San Diego, the University of Virginia, and Emory University. He holds a PhD in Medieval European History from the University of Virginia and an MA in librarianship from Emory University. Lindemann speaks before groups and at professional meetings about the history of the book, curating rare book and manuscript collections, and about the distinguished collections held by Bowdoin College.

Lecture Two – Book Conservation: From Incunabula to E-books
Wednesday, February 8, 5:30pm
Lecture by Alison Kuller, bookbinder and conservator

From the perspective of a book conservator, this lecture will explore how a book ages and the various considerations for its care. From the choice of materials used in the production of the book, to the successive care of its owners, the choices made by a book’s handlers will have enormous impact on its lifespan. In addition, this lecture will consider how the electronic age has affected the value of the tangible, printed book. While the idea of a book as a work-of-art is not new, nor is the idea of a single book having enormous value; what is new, is that in an electronic age where fewer books are printed, their value may increase simply because of their scarcity. These volumes are likely to find an audience because of their authenticity, longevity, and beauty. They are also likely to become curiosities of an earlier age, intriguing chiefly for the stability of their format.
Alison Kuller is a bookbinder and conservator who was trained at the North Bennet Street School in Boston and has since worked at a variety of libraries and labs, including the Widener Library at Harvard and the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, MA.  Her private work includes commissions for individuals and institutions nationwide.

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Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50
Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

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THIS WEEK at THE STRAND

Fri, Feb 3 – Thurs, Feb 9

Volume 7, Issue 5

Film Series: ROCKLAND SHORTS

AN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SERIES

Co-Presented by the Farnsworth Art Museum & The Strand

Friday, February 3 at 6pm
After Party Begins at 7:30

The inaugural screening of this brand new short film series will feature a dozen art films. Headlining the premiere is a short film by filmmaker Mike Mills. Mr. Mills recently directed the autobiographical feature film Beginners, which showed a the Strand and has been nominated for a 2012 Academy Award. Mr. Mills will be joining the post-screening discussion at The Strand via Skype. The films in the series are not rated. Please be advised that some of the films contain adult language and sexual content, and they are not suitable for young audiences.

There will be an after-party hosted by the museum’s newest membership group the Collective at the Yvette Torres Fine Art gallery with cocktails, savory treats, a happening artistic scene and hip dance music provided by DJ Sergio Kawasaki.

Admission includes screening and after-party:

Free for Collective members, $10 for Farnsworth members, and $12 for non members. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by calling the membership office at 207-596-6256

Film: THE DESCENDANTS

2012 Golden Globes Winner – Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor, George Clooney

Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture of the Year, Best Actor (George Clooney) and Best Director (Alexander Payne)

Friday, Feb 3 – Wednesday, Feb 8

“The Descendants is that rare bird, moving, enlightening, funny and unapologetically human. It’s one of the year’s best pictures, one to savor and think about.” -Box Office Magazine

From Oscar winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways), The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki, Hawaii. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. Funny, moving, and beautifully acted, The Descendants captures the unpredictable messiness of life with eloquence and uncommon grace. (2011)

SHOWTIMES: (Feb 3 –

  Fri 8:00 l Sat 5:30, 8:00 l Sun 3:00     

Mon 7:00 l Tues 1:00, 7:00 l Wed 7:00 l Thurs no film

Film: THE THIN RED LINE (1998)

FOCUS ON THE FILMS OF TERRENCE MALICK

Saturday, February 4 at 2pm

“One of the most curious and perversely brilliant films ever made in the American studio system. It’s a shining example of qualities we don’t normally see in our big theatrical pictures: vast ambition, huge resources and technical genius mated to a unique and compelling vision of life.” -Chicago Tribune

THE THIN RED LINE marks the return of director Terrence Malick to feature filmmaking after a twenty year sabbatical. This World War II drama is an elegiac rumination on man’s destruction of nature and himself, based on James Jones’ semi-autobiographical novel, his follow-up to From Here to Eternity. The film tells a fictional story of United States forces during the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War, and includes a large ensemble cast of famous actors includingSean Penn, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson, James Caviezel , John Cusack, Adrien Brody, John Savage, John C. Reily, John Travolta, George Clooney, and many more.

Tickets for sale at the Box Office Window day of show. Matinee film tickets are $7.50

Live in HD: SUPER BOWL XLVI

LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN! ADMISSION IS FREE!

Sunday, February 5

The Strand will be collecting donations of non-perishable food and paper goods for the AIO Food Pantry at this year’s Super Bowl Party. AIO serves residents of Knox county.

Doors Open at 6:00
Kick Off is at 6:25

Join us for Super Bowl XLVI, LIVE at the Strand on our big screen! It will be a clash of epic proportions as the New England Patriots and the New York Giants vie for a shot at Super Bowl XLVI glory at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Bring your friends, and come for part of the game or the whole game….its up to you!  This year’s half-time show will feature pop icon, MADONNA.

Our Balcony Bar will open (for those 21 and older), and we will have plenty of snacks available.

What could be better that seeing the Super Bowl LIVE on a big screen, with dolby-digital surround sound!  Come join us!

Admission is free!

Lecture Series: THE ART OF THE BOOK

Presented by the Farnsworth Art Museum

Wednesday, Feb 8 at 5:30pm
(Series Continues Feb 15 & 22)

photo courtesy of Alison Kuller

This 4-part lecture series is presented in conjunction with The Art of the Book exhibition on view in the Farnsworth’s Craig Gallery January 14 through April 1, 2012, which is an exploration of the museum’s eclectic collection of primarily nineteenth and twentieth century rare, first edition, and out-of-print books.

Lecture Two – Book Conservation: From Incunabula to E-books

Lecture by Alison Kuller, bookbinder and conservator

Individual Lectures $8 for museum members, $10 for nonmembers.

For reservations visit the Farnsworth online or call 596-0949

NTLive: Travelling Light

A brand new play broadcast live in HD from London’s National Theatre to the Strand!

Thursday, Feb 9
Live at 2pm & Rebroadcast at 7pm

4 STARS “A love letter to the movies.”-Guardian

“Antony Sher is explosively energetic.” -Evening Standard

Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinatingtribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher – whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley – returns to play Jacob.

The National Theater of London, one of the world’s leading theater producers of Shakespeare, international classic drama and contemporary playwrights, is  broadcasting live performances of plays in high definition onto cinema screens worldwide including The Strand.

$23 Adults, $15 18 years and under
call the box office about special school group rates.

Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

Buy tickets online NOW!

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Blues is Back

About James Armstrong  -  Blues at The Border

EL PASO, TX – Catfood Records has announced the signing of acclaimed bluesman James Armstrong and will release his label debut CD, Blues at the Border, in December, with national distribution by City Hall Records. Blues at the Border, Armstrong’s first new album in 11 years, was produced by Michael Ross, James Armstrong and Bob Trenchard, with tracks recorded at studios in New York City and Tornillo, Texas.

James Armstrong has been described by one music writer as “an artist in a world of craftsmen, harking back to a time when each bluesman had a distinctive musical voice. James shares with the legends the ability to go beyond rocking the roadhouse (though he excels at that), to telling the kind of story that the blues tells the best. He’s one of a very few seasoned artists who manages to honor the sound of traditional blues, while giving it the contemporary feel that makes modern fans groove.”

Blues at the Border is a mix of songs, stories and styles performed by an artist whose dedication to his craft has seen him through one of the hardest times in the history of touring musicians. “Since 9-11 it’s been hard for everybody: musicians, clubs and fans,” says James. “I wanted to make an album that reflected how much the world has changed.” By drawing on not only his deep blues roots but his rock, country and folk influences as well, James manages to transcend the constraints of tight musical boundaries. “The blues is evolving like every other genre,” he states.”

You can be authentic and contemporary at the same time. It’s all about balance!”

Armstrong and fellow producers Michael Ross and Bob Trenchard went with “Blues at the Border” as the title cut to illustrate James’ point: the song uses grit, groove and lyrics that reflect a very 21st century frustration – border crossing. “‘Blues at the Border’ looks at life for musicians after 9-11,” he says. “Add to that the fact that I’ve been in a long distance international relationship for over eight years and it was only a matter of time before I’d write a song about the border. My girlfriend and I wrote it together over the phone!” The song has some of the best slide guitar on the album and a comic riff at the end, reminding us that James is a born entertainer. “I wanted the song to be funny, not a pity-party or giving over to despair. I’ve never seen the blues as sad music.”

The choice of Michael Ross as the main producer was a no-brainer. “I call Mike my guitar angel, after he covered for me on guitar when I was injured,” recalls Armstrong. “I told him he’d always play on my CDs, but this time I wanted him to produce me as well. And he really stepped up to the plate. His vast knowledge of all kinds of music helped establish the right mood in every cut, especially on the track, ‘Young Man with the Blues.’”“Young Man with the Blues” is his most autobiographical song to date; and pays tribute to James’ father, a musician himself who gave James the gift of music, a love of the road and, despite the absence of a mother, a happy childhood. About love and loss, “Young Man” is a sad but, not self-pitying song, with three distinct grooves reflecting different phases in James’ life. “I needed to get the feeling right off the top and Mike made it happen with his haunting electronica intro. It’s not something I would have thought of, but I’m glad he did!

“Bob Trenchard was the man who pulled this whole thing together. When he came into my life, I didn’t just get a new label – Catfood Records – I got a songwriter and a bass-player, too. Recording with his musicians at his studio in Texas added yet another flavor to the album. With Bob, I got three more songs on the album and he let me do whatever I wanted with them.” What they ended up with in “Somebody Got to Pay” (co-written by Trenchard with Sandy Carroll and Jim Gaines), “Baby Can You Hear Me” and “Long Black Car,” is a great mix of James’ gritty guitar and Trenchard’s reflective lyrics.

The new CD also gave James the opportunity to pay tribute to the man who was “like a second dad” to him: Sam “Bluzman” Taylor. “He was a born mentor and a born showman,” James remembers. “More than anything, he taught me how to be an entertainer, and the beauty of harmonies. I really wanted to have Sam’s voice on the cut, ‘Everything That’s Good To Ya,’ and planned to record him, but his health suddenly took a turn for the worse; so I insisted we sample Sam’s signature ‘Weeelll!,’ and we put it on the top of the song.” Sam died four months later.

“Devil’s Candy” is a cautionary tale about what happens when you bite off more than you can chew. “This is one song that just keeps getting better whenever I play it live,” says James. “It began with a bass line, but the slide is what really drives it.”  “Nothing Left to Say” is about an ex who can’t stop talking long after the relationship has ended. “This isn’t a song about who was right or who was wrong. It’s a song about: it’s time to move on,” he says. The theme of fresh starts and being grateful for what you’ve got is reflected in “Good Man, Bad Thing” and “Brand New Man.” A friend sent James “Brand New Man.” “I heard it and immediately related to it because I believe it’s never too late start anew,” he states. “‘Good Man’ reminds us that, everyonce in awhile, good people do bad things. The point is to get back on track immediately and do the right thing.” On the song, “High Maintenance Woman,” James lets the funk take over.

Apart from the catchy groove, “HMW” has a lot of word-play, ending in a skit with the woman getting the last word. “My girlfriend Madonna and I had a lot of fun writing that skit. When we do this live, we tailor it to the crowd. Women love it!”

James Armstrong first made a splash with the blues world when he released three albums on HighTone Records: Sleeping with a Stranger (1995, and re-released in 2008), Dark Night (1998), and Got It Goin’ On (2000), which was recorded after recovering from a tragic incident that  threatened to end his promising career. In April, 1997, a deranged man broke into his home and nearly stabbed Armstrong to death. After many weeks in the hospital and months of rehabilitation, Armstrong had to basically re-learn how to play the guitar again, due to nerve and tendon damage to his left arm suffered in the attack. But what James gained was a deeper more nuanced sound, richer vocals and, seeing as he could only use two fingers, a mastery of the slide. He also garnered two Blues Music Award nominations for Got It Goin’ On.

James Armstrong tours internationally and will support the release of Blues at the Border with an extensive series of shows at clubs and festivals around the world.

For more information, visit www.jarmblues.com and www.catfoodrecords.com

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275 Main Street
Rockland Maine

Time Out Pub 207-593-9336
E-mail: bluesman@midcoast.com

All shows 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Full restaurant and bar, Non-smoking shows
All shows subject to change, Please call first

This 4-part lecture series is presented in conjunction with The Art of the Book exhibition on view in the Farnsworth’s Craig Gallery January 14 through April 1, 2012, which is an exploration of the museum’s eclectic collection of primarily nineteenth and twentieth century rare, first edition, and out-of-print books ranging from the earliest purchases by Robert Bellows in the 1940s to important donations made throughout the museum’s history. This lecture series will expound upon this theme to highlight different aspects of book arts, including illustrated books, book binding, rare book conservation, and artists’ books. (photo courtesy of Alison Kuller)

Lecture One – Picturing Texts: Illustrated Books from Then Till Now
Wednesday, February 1, 5:30pm
Lecture by Richard Lindemann, Director of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin College
This illustrated lecture will trace western book illustration from the illuminated manuscript to such contemporary works as artists’ books and e-books. Maine illustrators and book artists will be prominently featured among the examples, drawn primarily from rare books in the Bowdoin College Library. Among the printed works (the earliest dated 1478) are several notable collections, including early American, Maine, and British imprints; Hawthorne and Longfellow collections; fine press printings and books in fine bindings; artists’ books; and pop-ups. Some of the works now found in Bowdoin’s Special Collections have been in the College’s possession since soon after its founding in 1794.
Richard Lindemann has served as director of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin College for twelve years. Previously, he held positions in Special Collections at the University of California, San Diego, the University of Virginia, and Emory University. He holds a PhD in Medieval European History from the University of Virginia and an MA in librarianship from Emory University. Lindemann speaks before groups and at professional meetings about the history of the book, curating rare book and manuscript collections, and about the distinguished collections held by Bowdoin College.

Lecture Two – Book Conservation: From Incunabula to E-books
Wednesday, February 8, 5:30pm
Lecture by Alison Kuller, bookbinder and conservator

From the perspective of a book conservator, this lecture will explore how a book ages and the various considerations for its care. From the choice of materials used in the production of the book, to the successive care of its owners, the choices made by a book’s handlers will have enormous impact on its lifespan. In addition, this lecture will consider how the electronic age has affected the value of the tangible, printed book. While the idea of a book as a work-of-art is not new, nor is the idea of a single book having enormous value; what is new, is that in an electronic age where fewer books are printed, their value may increase simply because of their scarcity. These volumes are likely to find an audience because of their authenticity, longevity, and beauty. They are also likely to become curiosities of an earlier age, intriguing chiefly for the stability of their format.
Alison Kuller is a bookbinder and conservator who was trained at the North Bennet Street School in Boston and has since worked at a variety of libraries and labs, including the Widener Library at Harvard and the Northeast Document Conservtion Center in Andover, MA.  Her private work includes commissions for individuals and institutions nationwide.

Lecture Three -Picturing Ramona: Illustrations to Helen Hunt Jackson’s Novel of California
Wednesday, February 15, 5:30pm
Lecture by Michael K. Komanecky, Chief Curator at the Farnsworth Art Museum
This lecture will feature an in depth look into one of the works in The Art of the Book exhibition, N.C. Wyeth’s illustrations for Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 novel, Ramona: A Story. Although Wyeth’s Ramona illustrations are little known when compared to his more popular illustrations from earlier in the century, they hold a significant place in American culture when considering that Jackson’s novel stands as one of the most popular and enduring early American novels. This lecture will explore how the depictions of Ramona created by numerous illustrators served to both enhance the author’s own imagery and to create a popular parallel vision of the story and its characters.

Lecture Four – Between and Beyond the Covers: Contemporary Artists’ Books
Wednesday, February 22, 5:30 p.m.
Lecture by Britta Konau, arts writer and independent curator
This richly illustrated lecture will explore the manifold forms contemporary artists’ books take, as well as the issues that are unique to this art form. Artists’ books vary widely, from bound books to scrolls, folded forms to collected items in a container. Many incorporate other art forms such as painting and photography, and often involve collaborations, especially with poets and writers. Artists’ books can be diaristic, narrative, or driven by form. Konau will discuss what sets artists’ books apart from other forms of creative expression and delve into the particular issues posed by their format, including sequentially and the need for handling. Examples will be drawn from book artists all over the world with a particular emphasis on artists working in Maine.
Britta Konau is an arts writer and independent curator of contemporary art. She was the curator at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport and held curatorial positions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, both in Washington, DC. Konau is the main author of Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, a contributing writer to the upcoming book Maine Art New, and is currently writing for Maine Home + Design, the Portland Phoenix, and the Free Press where her biweekly column art current appears.

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Show Dates & Times:

2/1/12 – Wednesday
5:30 pm

2/8/12 – Wednesday
5:30 pm

2/15/12 – Wednesday
5:30 pm

2/22/12 – Wednesday
5:30 pm

Admission:

Series Reservation for Farnsworth Members $28
Series Reservation for Nonmembers $36
Individual Lectures $8 museum members,
$10 nonmembers

For reservations visit the Farnsworth online or call 596-0949

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DAYS OF HEAVEN

(1978) Focus On: The Films of Terrence Malick

DAYS OF HEAVEN is the long-awaited follow-up to Malick’s 1973 debut Badlands, and confirmed his reputation as a visual poet and narrative iconoclast with a story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. In this love triangle set in the early 1900’s, Bill (Richard Gere) works in a Chicago steel mill, but must flee the city after accidentally killing a man. Heading for the wheat fields of Texas, he packs up his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and his younger sister (Linda Manz). Instead of a better life, they head straight into tragedy when a wealthy farmer (Sam Shepard) falls for Adams. Believing him to be dying and expecting to inherit a fortune, she agrees to marry him. Their plans change and things turn tragic when the farmer fails to die and Bill takes matters into his own hands. Days Of Heaven is a gorgeous work about the immutability of the land, and the frailty of everything and everyone on it.

1978/USA/94mins/Rated PG
Written & Directed by Terrence Malick
Starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepherd, Linda Manz

FOCUS ON: THE FILMS OF TERRENCE MALICK
In January & February, the Strand will present a retrospective of the early work of American filmmaker Terrence Malick.  Malick is one of the great enigmas of contemporary filmmaking, a shadowy figure whose towering reputation rests largely on a very small body of work.  A visual stylist beyond compare, Malick emerged during the golden era of 1970s American movie-making, bringing to the screen a dreamlike, ethereal beauty countered by elliptical, ironic storytelling; resonant and mythic, his films illuminated themes of love and death with rare mastery, their indelible images distinguished by economy, precision, and detachment.  Over the course of the last 40 years, Malick has only made 5 films.  His latest THE TREE OF LIFE (2011), and THE NEW WORLD (2005) have both had a theatrical release at the Strand. We are proud to present the first three films by this remarkable director and filmmaker.

Show Dates & Times:

1/28/12 – Saturday
3:00 pm

1/29/12 – Sunday
1:00 pm

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• Repertory

THE ENCHANTED ISLAND

MET OPERA: Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi & others – World Premiere Production

In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dreamare shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi,  Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met’s 125 anniversary gala).(Approximate runtime 3hrs 44mins)

See the New York Times slide show of The Enchanted Island.

The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD  continues for its sixth season, featuring 11 live transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at the Strand!

Visit Official Site of the Metropolitan Opera

Show Dates & Times:

1/31/12 – Tuesday
1:00 pm

Admission:

LIVE – Jan 21
$27/Reserved Seating

ENCORE – Jan 31
$23/General Admission
NOTE: Encore tickets are available at the door day-of-show only.
(Special student group rate available. Please call to make arrangements 594-0070)

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THE DESCENDANTS

(2011) Winner of 2 Golden Globes Including Best Picture!

HELD OVER ANOTHER WEEK DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! From Oscar winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways), The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki, Hawaii. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. Funny, moving, and beautifully acted, The Descendants captures the unpredictable messiness of life with eloquence and uncommon grace. The Descendants won two Golden Globes awards: Best Picture (Drama) and Best Actor (Drama), George Clooney.

“The Descendants is that rare bird, moving, enlightening, funny and unapologetically human. It’s one of the year’s best pictures, one to savor and think about.” -Box Office Magazine
“A guaranteed multiple Oscar nominee and the film that cements Alexander Payne as one of the top filmmakers of his generation, The Descendants is nothing short of a masterpiece.” – Mark Rabinowitz, CNN.com
“Another beautifully chiseled piece of filmmaking – sharp, funny, generous, and moving – that writes its own rules as much as About Schmidt or Sideways did.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Drama/Comedy/USA/2011/115min/Rated R
Directed by Alexander Payne
Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, and Patricia Hastie

1/23/12 – Monday
7:00 pm

1/24/12 – Tuesday
1:00 pm, 7:00 pm

1/25/12 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

Buy tickets online NOW!

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Rockland, dubbed “Pie Town USA” by the Food Network when Bobby Flay visited for a pie throw down, is living up to its name as planning is underway for the 8^th annual pie-a-thon to celebrate National Pie Day (National Pie Day is celebrated each year on Jan 23^rd).   The whole town of Rockland, ME will go pie-crazy on Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 1:00 – 5:00pm when the Historic Inns of Rockland are joined by Rockland, ME businesses and restaurants to welcome hungry pie eaters to the town for the 8^th Annual Pies on Parade Pie Tour.  Sample  more than 45 different pies at restaurants and inns throughout Rockland and enjoy  tours of common areas and some guest rooms at the inns.  Tickets for the Pies on Parade Inn-to-Inn Tour are $25 for adults and $10 for children ten and under.  Tickets sell out quickly, are available from participating inns only (not additional participating Rockland businesses), and include some take-home recipes and plenty of pie to sample.  Why not make a weekend of it? After all, friends don’t let friends drive under the influence of pie! Take advantage of exclusive pie add-ons like wine and pie pairings and special museum tours and tastings. Read on for a full description of the one or two-day Pie Tour packages. Pies on Parade 2012 to be the biggest pie event in New England.

Never attended a pie tour?  This is not your average pie-in-the-sky event. Move aside Mom’s apple pie, Rockland’s inns and restaurants will serve up everything from Shepherds Pie and a number of gourmet Pizza Pies to sweet and savory Italian Galettes, seafood pies,  Whoopie Pies and the signature Key LimeRock Pie at the LimeRock Inn.

Of course, for those who still love the age-old favorites; look for Apple, Raspberry and Blueberry pie along with savory egg pies at the Berry Manor Inn and a newly developed Cranberry Apple Pie and a delicious crab quiche at the Granite Inn. Captain Lindsey House will serve their signature Cornish Meat Pasties too. Best of all, fear not the packing on of pie pounds; Rockland businesses have added healthy pies (yes, there can be such a thing!) to the list. Last year, Fiore Oil served up a beautiful pie with healthy olive oil and in the past Rheal Day Spa served a “Not Too Sweet” Sweet Potato Pie (chosen for the antioxidant qualities of sweet potatoes and gluten free) and a Refined Sugar-free, Lavender, Honey and Yogurt Pie, defying all preconceived notions about “pie-ling” on calories from pies! Each of the participating venues will serve both a savory and sweet pie, including a number of unusual galettes, tarts, pot pies, pizza pies, even a grilled pie and quiches too.

To date more than 20 Rockland venues, have signed on to participate in Pies on Parade and the list is growing. Not to be outdone by inns and restaurants, a number of additional Rockland, ME businesses have signed on for the “Pie-rade” including the Maine Lighthouse Museum, Maine Audubon Puffin Project, Fiore Oils and Sweets & Meats store.

Proceeds from this event benefit the Area Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry. Over the past seven years, nearly $40,000 has been donated from this event to help provide food for Midcoast families. With this year’s donation, Historic Inns of Rockland expect to make it to the $50,000 total donation mark.

While walking between venues helps to burn calories, All Aboard Trolley will provide trolley and limo service at designated stops, making it more efficient to hit as many pie stops as possible.  Tour goers are encouraged to park at the Lincoln Street Center for the Arts, chosen for its central location, then walk or catch the trolley to restaurants or inns from there.

Why go home pie-eyed at the end of the event? The Historic Inns of Rockland suggest a number of different Pie Tour survival tips, including a warning to not drive home under the influence of pie!  The Historic Inns of Rockland have created a Pie Tour package which requires no designated pie tour driver.  Join us in “Pie Town” to celebrate National Pie Day for a two night package (Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday) that includes two nights’ accommodations at any of the four Historic Inns of Rockland, daily breakfast and:

• Two guaranteed tickets to the biggest pie event in New England
• Two personal pies baked just for you
• One 2012 commemorative Pies on Parade poster
• A $50 Midcoast Money voucher  for dinner on Saturday at a choice of many area restaurants.
• Top Tips for Surviving the Pie-Fest from veteran Pie Paraders
• Two tickets and exclusive tour of Owl’s Head Transportation Museum on Saturday where pies will be paired with foreign autos by country of origin 12:15-2:15
• Exclusive tour of Audubon’s Project Puffin Center on Saturday 1/22/12 from 2:30 – 3:00 pm or 3-3:30 pm featuring “Sweet Cream Puff(in) Pastry Pies”
• Invitation to a “Wine and Pie” tasting at the Wine Seller Saturday, from 3:30-5:30 pm with exclusive tasting from 3-3:30 pm
• Complimentary access to Maine Lighthouse Museum opening on Sunday, at 10am and will feature “Lite Pies”

Book a 3rd night and get 25% discount on the 3^rd night. The Two-Night Packages range from $345 to $495* single or double occupancy plus tax.

*Specific policies for cancellations, advanced deposits, check in and check out times vary with individual inn.  Package cannot be combined with any other discounts.

One night packages are also available for Sunday, Jan 22 only including one night accommodations, a post-pie tour breakfast, two tickets to the Pie Tour, 2012 commemorative poster, two personally baked pies and the Top Tips for Surviving the Pie-Fest from Veteran Pie Paraders, all for $185-$260 single or double occupancy.

Recognized among the top ten eco-friendly inns in the U.S. by Bed and Breakfast.com, and
continuing their commitment as Certified Maine Hospitality Environmental Leaders, Historic Inns of Rockland will take the green theme beyond the Key Limerock Pie.  Tourgoers will enjoy pie served with totally natural and biodegradable, fully compostable plates made of all-natural sugar cane stalks and reuseable  silverware. Waste from the event will be composted locally at participating inns.  Each tour goer receives their own metal fork to take from venue to venue, which is then collected and washed for use the following year. Wherever possible, pies will be made from locally purchased products.

All proceeds will remain in Rockland to provide food and heating assistance for Midcoast Maine families through the Area Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry.

Please contact 207-596-6611 to reserve tickets!!!

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1-877-ROC-INNS (762-4667) or 207-596-6611

THE DESCENDANTS

HELD OVER ANOTHER WEEK DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! From Oscar winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways), The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki, Hawaii. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. Funny, moving, and beautifully acted, The Descendants captures the unpredictable messiness of life with eloquence and uncommon grace. The Descendants won two Golden Globes awards: Best Picture (Drama) and Best Actor (Drama), George Clooney.

“The Descendants is that rare bird, moving, enlightening, funny and unapologetically human. It’s one of the year’s best pictures, one to savor and think about.” -Box Office Magazine

“A guaranteed multiple Oscar nominee and the film that cements Alexander Payne as one of the top filmmakers of his generation, The Descendants is nothing short of a masterpiece.” – Mark Rabinowitz, CNN.com

“Another beautifully chiseled piece of filmmaking – sharp, funny, generous, and moving – that writes its own rules as much as About Schmidt or Sideways did.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Drama/Comedy/USA/2011/115min/Rated R

Directed by Alexander Payne

Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, and Patricia Hastie

THE ENCHANTED ISLAND

MET OPERA: Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi & others – World Premiere Production

In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dreamare shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi,  Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met’s 125 anniversary gala).(Approximate runtime 3hrs 44mins)

See the New York Times slide show of The Enchanted Island.

The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD  continues for its sixth season, featuring 11 live transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at the Strand!

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Show Dates & Times:

1/21/12 – Saturday
12:55 pm

1/31/12 – Tuesday
1:00 pm

Admission:

LIVE – Jan 21
$27/Reserved Seating

ENCORE – Jan 31
$23/General Admission

NOTE: Encore tickets are available at the door day-of-show only.
(Special student group rate available. Please call to make arrangements 594-0070)

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3 SUPERSTARS IN BERLIN

A Special HD Broadcast Starring Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott & Jonas Kaufman

Three of the biggest names in opera come together for a once in a lifetime performance. Opera superstar Anna Netrebko returns to Berlin’s stunning Waldbuhne, one of the world’s most impressive open stages. Against this amazing backdrop, she is joined by her husband, baritone Erwin Schrott and star tenor Jonas Kaufman in a program that includes famous duets from Bernstein’s West Side Story, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, as well as popular Tango duets and arias from Mozart (Leporello’s aria from Don Giovanni) and excerpts from Gounod’s Faust. Accompanying the singers, Marco Armiliato conducts the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

About Anna Netrebko: Anna Netrebko is no longer just the darling of the opera world: she is enchanting audiences around the globe while continuing to cultivate the respect and admiration of opera’s most devoted and demanding fans. Her beautiful, dark, and distinctive voice, together with her elegant and alluring stage presence, makes it “all but impossible to look away when she is performing.”  Ms. Netrebko has gone on to appear with nearly all of the world’s great opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, the San Francisco Opera, London’s Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Paris Opera, the Zurich Opera, the Berlin State Opera, and Munich’s Bavarian State Opera.

About Jonas Kaufmann: At 42, Jonas Kaufmann, the German tenor is one of the busiest and most celebrated singers in opera. His career has developed with extraordinary speed. The swiftness of his rise to prominence speaks both to his great talent and bankability. Mr. Kaufmann has quickly become a key component of artistic plans for the Metropolitan Opera and other major companies. His recent solo recital at the Met is the latest example of his meteoric rise in the opera world.

About Erwin Schrott: Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott has praise from both audiences and critics for his powerful and versatile singing as well as his captivating performances especially in roles by Mozart. He made his professional debut in Montevideo at the age of 22. His breakthrough came in 1998 when he won both the jury and audience prizes at the 1998 Operalia, a competition run by Plácido Domingo. He has gone on to play many roles in major opera houses in both Europe and the US.

Show Dates & Times:

1/26/12 – Thursday
7:00 pm

Admission:

$20 – General Admission

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The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

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(2011) Golden Globe Nominee Best Foreign Language Film!

In this scary, sexy, and terrifically twisted new film by Pedro Almodóvar (Volver, Bad Education, Talk to Her), a brilliant plastic surgeon (played by a riveting Antonio Banderas), haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that can withstand anything. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession. In true Almodóvar form, this film captivates with its winding and imaginative storyline and superb direction. Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Robert Alamo, and Jan Cornet. In Spanish, with English subtitles.

“There are several genres nimbly folded into “The Skin I Live In,” which might also be described as an existential mystery, a melodramatic thriller, a medical horror film or just a polymorphous extravaganza. In other words, it’s an Almodóvar movie with all the attendant gifts that implies: lapidary technique, calculated perversity, intelligent wit”.- Manohla Dargis, NY Times, Critics Pick

“Few directors have Almodóvar’s skill at swerving from outrageous camp to unspeakable terror without tipping into absurdity”–Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.

Drama/Thriller/Spain/2011/117min/Rated R
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes

Show Dates & Times:

1/9/12 – Monday
7:00 pm

1/10/12 – Tuesday
1:00 pm, 7:00 pm

1/11/12 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

1/12/12 – Thursday
7:00 pm

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• New Releases

THE DESCENDANTS

(2011) Nominated For 5 Golden Globes Including Best Picture!

From Oscar winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways), The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki, Hawaii. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. Funny, moving, and beautifully acted, The Descendants captures the unpredictable messiness of life with eloquence and uncommon grace.

“The Descendants is that rare bird, moving, enlightening, funny and unapologetically human. It’s one of the year’s best pictures, one to savor and think about.” -Box Office Magazine
“A guaranteed multiple Oscar nominee and the film that cements Alexander Payne as one of the top filmmakers of his generation, The Descendants is nothing short of a masterpiece.” – Mark Rabinowitz, CNN.com
“Another beautifully chiseled piece of filmmaking – sharp, funny, generous, and moving – that writes its own rules as much as About Schmidt or Sideways did.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Drama/Comedy/USA/2011/115min/Rated R
Directed by Alexander Payne
Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, and Patricia Hastie

Show Dates & Times:

1/13/12 – Friday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

1/14/12 – Saturday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

1/15/12 – Sunday
3:00 pm, 6:00 pm

1/16/12 – Monday
7:00 pm

1/17/12 – Tuesday
1:00 pm, 7:00 pm

1/18/12 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

1/19/12 – Thursday
7:00 pm

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BADLANDS

(1973) Focus On: The Films of Terrence Malick

BADLANDS is Malick’s powerful assured debut, and is widely considered his most important and exciting film. The films stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as a young runaway couple on a crime spree in the 1950s. The story is loosely based on the real-life murder spree of Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate in 1958, and is told in a dreamy, poetic, and observational style that would become characteristic of future Malick films. Badlands drew raves at its premiere at the New York Film Festival, reportedly overshadowing even Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets. Film critic Vincent Canby, who saw the film at its Festival debut, called it a “cool, sometimes brilliant, always ferociously American film”. “Sheen and Spacek are splendid as the self-absorbed, cruel, possibly psychotic children of our time, as are the members of the supporting cast”. (Look for Malick in a small cameo role!).

1973/USA/94mins/Rated PG
Directed, written, and produced by Terrence Malick.
Starring Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates

FOCUS ON: THE FILMS OF TERRENCE MALICK
In January & February, the Strand will present a retrospective of the early work of American filmmaker Terrence Malick.  Malick is one of the great enigmas of contemporary filmmaking, a shadowy figure whose towering reputation rests largely on a very small body of work.  A visual stylist beyond compare, Malick emerged during the golden era of 1970s American movie-making, bringing to the screen a dreamlike, ethereal beauty countered by elliptical, ironic storytelling; resonant and mythic, his films illuminated themes of love and death with rare mastery, their indelible images distinguished by economy, precision, and detachment.  Over the course of the last 40 years, Malick has only made 5 films.  His latest THE TREE OF LIFE (2011), and THE NEW WORLD (2005) have both had a theatrical release at the Strand. We are proud to present the first three films by this remarkable director and filmmaker.

Show Dates & Times:

1/14/12 – Saturday
3:00 pm

1/15/12 – Sunday
1:00 pm

Category:

• Repertory

Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

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First Friday Film Series Co-Presented By The Farnsworth & The Strand

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 at 8:00pm

“Well-crafted and insightful. A must for those with an interest in modern design.” -Sura Wood, Hollywood Reporter

“Superb. A dazzling, sensory adventure. An extraordinary and enjoyable history of how two people influenced so much of our thinking and surroundings today.” -Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

“Lively, gratifying…appropriately busy and abundant: full of objects, information, stories and people, organized with hectic elegance.”
-A. O. Scott, New York Times

The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.

This film is part of a series in collaboration with The Farnsworth Art Museum presented monthly on first Fridays focusing on artists and the visual arts. All screenings are hosted by Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell and include a guest speaker(s) and a discussion following the film.

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Admission is $7 museum members, $8.50 nonmembers

Tickets for sale only at the Strand box office prior to film.

THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S CULTURAL SOFT POWER AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Camden Conference Lecture by Roger DellFor the third consecutive year, the Farnsworth will participate in the Camden Conference Community Events, which lead up to the February Conference, The United States in the Twenty-First Century: Do We Have What It Takes?. Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell will deliver an illustrated lecture organized in two parts, presenting the beginnings of American mass culture and its pervasive transatlantic influence. The first half of the talk will focus on the years between the Civil War and the First World War, when large-scale American cultural entities, such as the early moving picture industry, circuses, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and the 1892-93 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, became immensely popular in the states and were soon making an enormous impact on Europe.

The second half of the lecture will focus on the years between the World Wars and the growth and exportation of America’s brand of modernism. Often beginning in European capitals, modernist movements in painting, architecture, photography, film and music were reworked by American artists, composers, musicians and novelists – often mixing high and low art expressions – and then exported to Paris, Berlin and London where they found hugely appreciative audiences. The influences across the Atlantic were moving rapidly both ways, and audiences were far from monolithic, each one often accepting discrete art forms in different ways or choosing certain ones and not others. The lecture will conclude with a look at today’s forms of communication, such as Facebook, YouTube, vimeo, and  twitter, and will examine the ways in which America’s cultural soft power is being received in this country, Europe and around the world.

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Show Dates & Times:

1/8/12 – Sunday
1:00 pm

Admission:

$5 museum members
$8 nonmembers
No Advance ticket sales – Tickets for sale at the door only.

Category:

• Lectures

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Show Dates & Times:

1/8/12 – Sunday
1:00 pm

TREKKAPALOOZA

Trekkers’ Annual Battle of the Bands

A fun and energetic fundraising event, Trekkapalooza is a battle of the bands concert that features an eclectic mix of musical acts. This year’s lineup includes Chaos Sauce, Downtown Antonio Brown, The Educators, The Fall That Never Ends, Juke Rockets, Just Teachers and Sideways Highway. These seven bands will compete for the ‘Best Bus Band 2012’ title. Trekkapalooza is a chem-free event for all ages.

Show Dates & Times:

1/7/12 – Saturday
7:00 pm

Admission:

Advanced tickets are $12.
Tickets are available at the Trekkers office and Oceanside High School (east & west campuses). Tickets can be reserved by calling 207-594-5095 . Tickets purchased at the door are $15.

Category:

• Special Events

• Live Music

Admission:

$5 museum members
$8 nonmembers
No Advance ticket sales – Tickets for sale at the door only.

Category:

• Lectures

Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

Buy tickets online NOW!

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(2011) Golden Globe Nominee Best Foreign Language Film!In this scary, sexy, and terrifically twisted new film by Pedro Almodóvar (Volver, Bad Education, Talk to Her), a brilliant plastic surgeon (played by a riveting Antonio Banderas), haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that can withstand anything. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession. In true Almondóvar form, this film captivates with its winding and imaginative storyline and superb direction. Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Robert Alamo, and Jan Cornet. In Spanish, with English subtitles.

“There are several genres nimbly folded into “The Skin I Live In,” which might also be described as an existential mystery, a melodramatic thriller, a medical horror film or just a polymorphous extravaganza. In other words, it’s an Almodóvar movie with all the attendant gifts that implies: lapidary technique, calculated perversity, intelligent wit”.- Manohla Dargis, NY Times, Critics Pick

“Few directors have Almodóvar’s skill at swerving from outrageous camp to unspeakable terror without tipping into absurdity”–Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.

Drama/Thriller/Spain/2011/117min/Rated R
Directed by Pedro Almondóvar
Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes

Show Dates & Times:

1/6/12 – Friday
5:30 pm

1/8/12 – Sunday
3:00 pm, 6:00 pm

1/9/12 – Monday
7:00 pm

1/10/12 – Tuesday
1:00 pm, 7:00 pm

1/11/12 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

1/12/12 – Thursday
7:00 pm

Category:

• New Releases

EAMES: THE ARCHITECT & THE PAINTER

(2011) First Friday Film Series Presented By The Farnsworth & The StrandThe husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.

This film is part of a series in collaboration with The Farnsworth Art Museum presented monthly on first Fridays focusing on artists and the visual arts. All screenings are hosted by Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell and include a guest speaker(s) and a discussion following the film.

“Well-crafted and insightful. A must for those with an interest in modern design.”
-Sura Wood, Hollywood Reporter

“Superb. A dazzling, sensory adventure. An extraordinary and enjoyable history of how two people influenced so much of our thinking and surroundings today.” -Tom Keogh, Seattle   Times

“Lively, gratifying…appropriately busy and abundant: full of objects, information, stories and people, organized with hectic elegance.” -A. O. Scott, New York Times

2011/Biography, Documentary/USA/83mins/Not Rated
Directed by Bill Jersey
Narrated by James Franco

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Show Dates & Times:

1/6/12 – Friday
8:00 pm

Admission:

$7 museum members
$8.50 nonmembers
Tickets for sale only at the Strand box office prior to film.

Category:

• New Releases

TREKKAPALOOZA

Trekkers’ Annual Battle of the Bands

A fun and energetic fundraising event, Trekkapalooza is a battle of the bands concert that features an eclectic mix of musical acts. This year’s lineup includes Chaos Sauce, Downtown Antonio Brown, The Educators, The Fall That Never Ends, Juke Rockets, Just Teachers and Sideways Highway. These seven bands will compete for the ‘Best Bus Band 2012’ title. Trekkapalooza is a chem-free event for all ages.

Show Dates & Times:

1/7/12 – Saturday
7:00 pm

Admission:

Advanced tickets are $12.
Tickets are available at the Trekkers office and Oceanside High School (east & west campuses). Tickets can be reserved by calling 207-594-5095 . Tickets purchased at the door are $15.

Category:

• Special Events

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THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S CULTURAL SOFT POWER AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Camden Conference Lecture by Roger DellFor the third consecutive year, the Farnsworth will participate in the Camden Conference Community Events, which lead up to the February Conference, The United States in the Twenty-First Century: Do We Have What It Takes?. Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell will deliver an illustrated lecture organized in two parts, presenting the beginnings of American mass culture and its pervasive transatlantic influence. The first half of the talk will focus on the years between the Civil War and the First World War, when large-scale American cultural entities, such as the early moving picture industry, circuses, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and the 1892-93 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, became immensely popular in the states and were soon making an enormous impact on Europe.

The second half of the lecture will focus on the years between the World Wars and the growth and exportation of America’s brand of modernism. Often beginning in European capitals, modernist movements in painting, architecture, photography, film and music were reworked by American artists, composers, musicians and novelists – often mixing high and low art expressions – and then exported to Paris, Berlin and London where they found hugely appreciative audiences. The influences across the Atlantic were moving rapidly both ways, and audiences were far from monolithic, each one often accepting discrete art forms in different ways or choosing certain ones and not others. The lecture will conclude with a look at today’s forms of communication, such as Facebook, YouTube, vimeo, and  twitter, and will examine the ways in which America’s cultural soft power is being received in this country, Europe and around the world.

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Show Dates & Times:

1/8/12 – Sunday
1:00 pm

Admission:

$5 museum members
$8 nonmembers
No Advance ticket sales – Tickets for sale at the door only.

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The Farnsworth’s Director of Education, Roger Dell

A Camden Conference Lecture by Roger Dell

For the third consecutive year, the Farnsworth will participate in the Camden Conference Community Events, which lead up to the February Conference, The United States in the Twenty-First Century: Do We Have What It Takes?. Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell will deliver an illustrated lecture organized in two parts, presenting the beginnings of American mass culture and its pervasive transatlantic influence.

The first half of the talk will focus on the years between the Civil War and the First World War, when large-scale American cultural entities, such as the early moving picture industry, circuses, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and the 1892-93 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, became immensely popular in the states and were soon making an enormous impact on Europe.

The second half of the lecture will focus on the years between the World Wars and the growth and exportation of America’s brand of modernism. Often beginning in European capitals, modernist movements in painting, architecture, photography, film and music were reworked by American artists, composers, musicians and novelists – often mixing high and low art expressions – and then exported to Paris, Berlin and London where they found hugely appreciative audiences. The influences across the Atlantic were moving rapidly both ways, and audiences were far from monolithic, each one often accepting discrete art forms in different ways or choosing certain ones and not others. The lecture will conclude with a look at today’s forms of communication, such as Facebook, YouTube, vimeo, and twitter, and will examine the ways in which America’s cultural soft power is being received in this country, Europe and around the world.

• Lecture by Roger Dell
• Sunday, January 8, 1 p.m.
• Location: The Strand Theatre, Rockland
• Seating: limited to 350 people
• Cost: $5 members, $8 nonmembers
• Reservations: open seating, no reservations required

About the speaker: The Farnsworth’s Director of Education, Roger Dell has been the director of education at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art and Fitchburg Art Museum. Dell has taught at Hofstra University, the University of Hawaii and the University of Vermont. He is currently an instructor in the Museum Studies Program at the Harvard Extension School and in the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

This presentation is proudly sponsored by Machias Savings Bank and offered as a community event in anticipation of the 25th Annual Camden Conference:

The U.S. in a 21st Century World: Do We Have What It Takes?,
February 17-19, 2012.

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MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE

Special Met Opera Holiday Encore Event

The Met Opera’s special holiday presentation offers an ideal opportunity for audiences of all ages to celebrate the season.  The Met will rebroadcast Julie Taymor’s breathtaking and popular production of Mozart’s masterpiece. The Magic Flute, takes the stage in its abridged, English-language version, with Nathan Gunn as the irrepressible bird-catcher Papageno. The program run time is 1 hour, 40mins.

Mozart’s The Magic Flute is a special encore event and is not part of the Met Opera’s regular 2011-12 season.

Show Dates & Times:

12/21/11 – Wednesday
6:30 pm

Admission:

$12.50/Adults
$10/18 years and under
General Admission

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Met Opera in HD

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE

Sean Durkin’s new psychological thriller MARTHA, MARCY, MAY, MARLENE was critically acclaimed at this year’s Sundance, Cannes, and Toronto Film Festivals.

“Rarely do American independent films carry themselves with as much grace as Martha Marcy May Marlene. Given writer/director Sean Durkin’s complex psychological relationship with his characters, as well as the film’s focus on landscape as metaphor, one can’t help but be reminded of early Terrence Malick. Martha Marcy May Marlene begins with a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen), known by all four of these names at different stages of the film, struggling to escape from cult life and readjust to normality in the lakeside cottage of her self-involved sister. When her surrogate family is forced to engage in criminal activity, she begins to prepare herself for a break, but the cult just won’t vanish from her life. A special actress is needed to reflect Martha’s tides of conflicting emotion. Olsen, in her auspicious debut, is all that and more”– Toronto Film Festival

Drama/Thriller/USA/2011/102 min/Rated R
Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson
Directed by T. Sean Durkin

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Show Dates & Times:

12/18/11 – Sunday
7:00 pm

12/19/11 – Monday
7:00 pm

12/20/11 – Tuesday
7:00 pm

12/22/11 – Thursday
7:00 pm

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION

(1989) Annual Free Holiday Film!

The Griswold family is back on the big screen in this hilarious holiday romp starring CHEVY CHASE, BEVERLY D’ANGELO, JULIETTE LEWIS and RANDY QUAID, and written by the all time master of 1980s movie comedy, JOHN HUGHES. Directed by JEREMIAH S. CHECHIK, It’s an old fashioned family Christmas at home, complete with annoying relatives, exploding lights, misplaced presents and all the trimmings! Rated PG-13 for bawdy humor – so come prepared to laugh!

USA/1989/97mins/PG-13
Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo and Juliette Lewis

Show Dates & Times:

12/23/11 – Friday
3:00 pm

Admission:
FREE!

Category:
One Night Only

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

(2011) Nominated for 3 Golden Globes and Starring Michelle Williams

Nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, this new film is an intimate bioptic which brings to life one of Hollywood’s most iconic actresses, Marilyn Monroe. Michelle Williams’ portrayal of Monroe was deemed “PURE PERFECTION” by the New York Observer. Based on the famous missing chapter in Colin Clark’s memoir “The Prince, the Showgirl and Me”, My Week With Marilyn reveals the enchanted week that the then-lowly production assistant spent with the most famous celebrity of the era during the production of the classic 1957 comedy romance The Prince and the Showgirl.

In the early summer of 1956, 23 year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), just down from Oxford and determined to make his way in the film business, lands a job on the set of ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’. The film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams), who was also on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Aurthur Miller (Dougray Scott). Nearly 40 years later, his diary account The Prince, the Showgirl and Me was published, but one week was missing and this was published some years later as My Week with Marilyn – this is the story of that week.  When Arthur Miller leaves England, the coast is clear for Colin to introduce Marilyn to some of the pleasures of British life; an idyllic week in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from her retinue of Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.

Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Tobby Jones and Julia Ormond knock out their scenes and moments with professionalism and grace.” -Moviefone

“Michelle Williams’ transformation is all the more remarkable because she disappears into it so completely, managing to capture the essence of a glamorous, mercurial creature with the simple, unadorned truthfulness that
is the hallmark of her acting.” -Vogue

“Michelle Williams is extraordinary in a tour-de-force performance! She courts an Oscar with her layered and touching work. She is the best Marilyn Monroe yet.” – New York Post

USA/UK/2011/99mins/Rated R
Starring Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dougray Scott, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Emma Watcson, and Julie Ormond
Directed by Simon Curtis

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Show Dates & Times:

12/23/11 – Friday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

12/25/11 – Sunday
7:00 pm

12/26/11 – Monday
7:00 pm

12/27/11 – Tuesday
1:00 pm, 7:00 pm

12/28/11 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

12/29/11 – Thursday
7:00 pm

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• New Releases

A SMALL ACT

(2011) Join Us For Our Annual Boxing Day Event!

THIS BOXING DAY EVENT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR UNITED MID COAST CHARITIES. ADMISSION IS FREE, DONATIONS FOR UMCC ACCEPTED. The heartwarming documentary “A Small Act” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this year, centers on the life story of Chris Mburu, whose childhood education in Kenya was sponsored by Hilde Back, a Holocaust survivor now living in Sweden. Thanks to Back’s financial support, Mburu — now a U.N. Human Rights Commissioner — went on to graduate from Harvard Law School and in 2001, and decided to start a foundation in Back’s name to help students in his old town in the same way Back helped him.

When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She certainly never expected to hear from him, but years later she does. The film interweaves seemingly separate lives into a meaningful, very moving and cohesive narrative. With clarity and grace, A SMALL ACT, bears witness to the ripple effect a single action can create. Part of the film takes place during a political upheaval in Kenya, and the eruption of tribal rivalries that threaten to ignite the kind of violence and genocide that killed Back’s family in Nazi Germany and that Mburu has, in his various UN postings, tried to prevent in other nations.

The filming is completed, but the story of A SMALL ACT continues to grow. After the Sundance screening this year, Director Jennifer Arnold accounts how a woman stood up in the audience and offered a $5,000 donation to help the kids. She challenged the audience to give, too, and her $5,000 was quickly matched by another check for $5,000. Midway through the festival, the amount raised and pledged had grown to $80,000. That’s a lot of schooling. According to the documentary, in Kenya secondary school can cost less than $10 a week. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen,” Arnold told Reuters. She said she knows that sounds cliche, but it’s true. It’s impossible to see A Small Act and not want to do your own small act to help wherever you see a pressing need.

ABOUT BOXING DAY: Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on December 26th, so called because it was customary for tradesmen to collect their Christmas boxes or gifts in return for good service throughout the year. Also, it included giving money and other gifts to charity. To keep the tradition of Boxing Day alive, many businesses, organizations, and families choose to donate their time, services, and money to charities, and provide gifts for those in need on this day.

2010/documentary/128 Minutes/Not Rated
Directed by Jennifer Arnold

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Show Dates & Times:

12/26/11 – Monday
5:00 pm

Admission:

ADMISSION IS FREE
DONATIONS FOR UNITED MID COAST CHARITIES ACCEPTED

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Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

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Sean Durkin’s new psychological thriller MARTHA, MARCY, MAY, MARLENE was critically acclaimed at this year’s Sundance, Cannes, and Toronto Film Festivals.

“Rarely do American independent films carry themselves with as much grace as Martha Marcy May Marlene. Given writer/director Sean Durkin’s complex psychological relationship with his characters, as well as the film’s focus on landscape as metaphor, one can’t help but be reminded of early Terrence Malick. Martha Marcy May Marlene begins with a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen), known by all four of these names at different stages of the film, struggling to escape from cult life and readjust to normality in the lakeside cottage of her self-involved sister. When her surrogate family is forced to engage in criminal activity, she begins to prepare herself for a break, but the cult just won’t vanish from her life. A special actress is needed to reflect Martha’s tides of conflicting emotion. Olsen, in her auspicious debut, is all that and more”– Toronto Film Festival

Drama/Thriller/USA/2011/102 min/Rated R
Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson
Directed by T. Sean Durkin

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Show Dates & Times:

12/16/11 – Friday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

12/17/11 – Saturday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

12/18/11 – Sunday
7:00 pm

12/19/11 – Monday
7:00 pm

12/20/11 – Tuesday
7:00 pm

12/22/11 – Thursday
7:00 pm

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• New Releases

WHITE CHRISTMAS

(1954) Special Holiday Presentation – $5 Admission!

The lavish 1954 Technicolor musical built around the unforgettable music of IRVING BERLING, starring BING CROSBY, DANNY KAYE, VERA ELLEN and ROSEMARY CLOONEY! Set in Vermont at Christmas time, it’s the story of a lighthearted song and dance team who pitch in to help save a struggling inn run by their wartime commander – while competing for the affections of two singing sisters! Full of laughs, tunes, and Golden Era Hollywood Holiday Spirit!

USA/1954/120mins
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney

Show Dates & Times:

12/17/11 – Saturday
3:00 pm

Admission: 

$5

Category:

• One Night Only

COLLABORATORS

Live Broadcast From London’s National Theatre

John Hodge’s blistering new play COLLABORATORS will be broadcast live from London’s prestigious National Theatre to The Strand.  Set in 1938 Moscow, Collaborators depicts a lethal game of cat and mouse between writer Mikhail Bulgakov and powerful Joseph Stalin.   Through their relationship, the appalling compromises and humiliations inflicted on artists by those with power are held up to scrutiny.

Moscow in 1938 is a dangerous place to have a sense of humor; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he’s offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin in honor of his sixtieth birthday. Bulgakov must surrender to the dreaded task of penning Batum, a play celebratiing Stalin’s youth.

Inspired by historical fact, Collaborators embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his drama.

Collaborators stars National Theatre veterans Alex Jennings (The Habit of Art) as Mikhail Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale (London Assurance) as Stalin.  (Estimated running time is 2hrs 40mins)

4 STARS – “Dream casting of Alex Jennings as Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale as Stalin… A truly tremendous double act which thrills, chills and makes you laugh out loud – even though you know you shouldn’t.” -Daily Telegraph

4 STARS – “Rare and special… An absurdly fantastic view of Stalin, and it’s seriously funny.” -The Times

The Strand Theatre is the exclusive Midcoast-area venue for this series of plays — captured live in high-definition from London’s prestigious National Theatre.  National Theatre Live (NT Live) is a groundbreaking initiative to broadcast the best of British theater to cinemas around the world. The first season of events, which began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phèdre starring Helen Mirren, was seen by over 165,000 people on 320 screens in 22 countries. This season’s line up includes two thrilling collaborations with other British theater companies, Complicite and the Donmar Warehouse.

Other NTLive titles this season include: Travelling Light, The Comedy of Errors andShe Stoops to Conquer.

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Show Dates & Times:

12/18/11 – Sunday
3:00 pm

Admission: 

$23 Adults
$15 18 years and under
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• London Nat’l Theatre in HD

GOUNOD’S FAUST

Met Opera LIVE in HD 2011-2012 Season

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.(Approximate runtime 4hrs 10mins)

The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD  continues for its sixth season, featuring 11 live transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at the Strand!

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Show Dates & Times:

12/20/11 – Tuesday

1:00 pm

Admission: 

ENCORE – Dec 20
$23/General Admission
NOTE: Encore tickets are available at the door day-of-show only.
(Special student group rate available. Please call to make arrangements 594-0070)

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• Met Opera in HD

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Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

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Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

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A Double Bill of Honky-Tonk, Western Swing, and more!

Join us for a retro “Ranch Party” style show of honky-tonk, western swing, and more with 2 great bands!

With her smoky vocals and swinging rhythms, rising star Eilen Jewell sings songs that sound born of speakeasies, honky-tonks and train rides. In her short career, Jewell has surveyed a wide range of traditional musical styles, from the folk and jug band leanings of her early recordings, through an album-length homage to Loretta Lynn and the country gospel of her work with The Sacred Shakers, right up to 2009′s Sea of Tears, which bristled with the electricity of ’60s UK garage rock and Chicago blues. Her latest album Queen of the Minor Key draws on everything from classic country (the fiddle-driven “Reckless”) to early R&B (the shuffling “Hooked”), with an emphasis on sounds from the seamier side of the tracks. Dirty sax riffs and low-slung guitars evoke the bump-and-grind exotica of vintage Southern California suburban saloons. Yet on the flipside, Jewell imbues slow, jazzy numbers like “I Remember You” and “Only One” with torch and tenacity that linger long past last call.

Also performing are the Sweetback Sisters. The rollicking western swing of the Sweetback Sisters is as infectious as it is heartbreaking. Their family-style harmonies recall the best of country music from the Everlys to The Judds, as well as the spirited rockabilly energy of Wanda Jackson, one of the band’s role models. Their charismatic charm harkens back to the golden era of both the silver screen cowgirl and the ersatz cowboy stars of local UHF TV kiddie shows. That whimsical exterior is wrapped around a core of deeply felt love for traditional country music styles and a palpable joy in playing and singing together

Like the artists they admire, the Sweetbacks are concerned with the traditional subjects of heartbreak, revenge, remorse and staying strong in the face of relationships gone wrong, albeit with a contemporary sensibility. “We’re a renegade retro band that mixes up country, swing and honky tonk,” explains Bode. “Sometimes what we deliver is straight out of the 50s; other times it’s BR549 meets The B52s.”

Show Dates & Times:

12/9/11 – Friday
8:00 pm

Admission:

$12/Advance $15/Day of Show

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Category:

• Live Music

GOUNOD’S FAUST

Met Opera LIVE in HD 2011-2012 Season

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.(Approximate runtime 4hrs 10mins)

The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD  continues for its sixth season, featuring 11 live transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at the Strand!

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Show Dates & Times:

12/10/11 – Saturday
12:55 pm

12/20/11 – Tuesday
1:00 pm

Admission:

LIVE – Dec 10
$27/Reserved Seating

ENCORE – Dec 20
$23/General Admission

NOTE: Encore tickets are available at the door day-of-show only.
(Special student group rate available. Please call to make arrangements 594-0070)

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• Met Opera in HD

THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR

(2011) Winner Audience Award, Aspen Film Festival

Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis (Fabrice Luchini, Potiche) lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne (Sandrine Kiberlain, Mademoiselle Chambon) while their children are away at boarding school. The couple’s world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid Maria (Natalia Verbeke). Through Maria, Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative reality just a few floors up on the building’s sixth floor, the servants’ quarters. He befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids (Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Sole, Concha Calan), refugees of the Franco regime, who teach him there’s more to life than stocks and bonds, and whose influence on the house will ultimately transform everyone’s life.

“Exceedingly delightful, life-affirming French comedy about an early 1960s clash of class and cultures in a posh Parisian apartment building is irresistible” -Film Journal International

A Delight! Witty! -Huffington Post

TRAILER

Comedy/France/2011/104 min/not rated
Starring Fabrice Luchini Sandrine Kiberlain Natalia Verbeke Carmen Maura
Directed by Philippe Le Guay

Show Dates & Times:

12/10/11 – Saturday
5:30 pm, 7:00 pm

12/11/11 – Sunday
3:00 pm, 7:00 pm

12/12/11 – Monday
7:00 pm

12/13/11 – Tuesday
7:00 pm

12/14/11 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

12/15/11 – Thursday
7:00 pm

Category:

• New Releases

HANDEL’S RODELINDA

Met Opera LIVE in HD 2011-2012 Season

Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming reprises the title role. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.(Approximate runtime 4hrs 15mins)

The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD  continues for its sixth season, featuring 11 live transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at the Strand!

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Show Dates & Times:

12/13/11 – Tuesday
12:30 pm

Admission:

ENCORE – Dec 13
$23/General Admission

NOTE: Encore tickets are available at the door day-of-show only.
(Special student group rate available. Please call to make arrangements 594-0070)

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Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

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COLLABORATORS

Live Broadcast From London’s National Theatre

John Hodge’s blistering new play COLLABORATORS will be broadcast live from London’s prestigious National Theatre to The Strand.  Set in 1938 Moscow, Collaborators depicts a lethal game of cat and mouse between writer Mikhail Bulgakov and powerful Joseph Stalin.   Through their relationship, the appalling compromises and humiliations inflicted on artists by those with power are held up to scrutiny.

Moscow in 1938 is a dangerous place to have a sense of humor; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he’s offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin in honor of his sixtieth birthday. Bulgakov must surrender to the dreaded task of penning Batum, a play celebratiing Stalin’s youth.

Inspired by historical fact, Collaborators embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his drama.

Collaborators stars National Theatre veterans Alex Jennings (The Habit of Art) as Mikhail Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale (London Assurance) as Stalin.  (Estimated running time is 3 hrs including a 20min intermission)

4 STARS – “Dream casting of Alex Jennings as Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale as Stalin… A truly tremendous double act which thrills, chills and makes you laugh out loud – even though you know you shouldn’t.” -Daily Telegraph

4 STARS – “Rare and special… An absurdly fantastic view of Stalin, and it’s seriously funny.” -The Times

The Strand Theatre is the exclusive Midcoast-area venue for this series of plays — captured live in high-definition from London’s prestigious National Theatre.  National Theatre Live (NT Live) is a groundbreaking initiative to broadcast the best of British theater to cinemas around the world. The first season of events, which began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phèdre starring Helen Mirren, was seen by over 165,000 people on 320 screens in 22 countries. This season’s line up includes two thrilling collaborations with other British theater companies, Complicite and the Donmar Warehouse.

Other NTLive titles this season include: Travelling Light, The Comedy of Errors and She Stoops to Conquer.

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Show Dates & Times:

12/1/11 – Thursday
2:00 pm, 7:00 pm

12/18/11 – Sunday
3:00 pm

Admission:

$23 Adults
$15 18 years and under
call the box office about special school group rates.

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Category:

• London Nat’l Theatre in HD

MELANCHOLIA

(2011) Starring Kristen Dunst Winner of the Best Actress Award Cannes Film Festival 2011

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide into the Earth…

“A moving masterpiece, marked by an astonishing profundity of vision. The title refers to a celestial body as well as a state of mind: In director Lars von Trier’s galaxy, Melancholia is a planet that, scientific calculations confirm, is on a catastrophic collision course with Earth. As such, the impending doom fits perfectly with the mindset of Justine (an alabaster Kirsten Dunst, digging deep), a bride sinking deeper and deeper into her own terrible depression on the day of her sumptuous wedding party. (Her handsome, bewildered groom is played by True Blood‘s Alexander Skarsgård.) Even her protective sister, Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), can’t calm Justine’s mounting terror and foreboding. And Claire, of all people, has something bigger to worry about: Keeping a telescopic eye on the situation, she and her astronomer husband (Kiefer Sutherland) know that Melancholia is literally coming closer and threatening to destroy everything. Everything. I’m not giving away a plot twist: von Trier provides a breathtaking prelude to the coming temporal and psychological apocalypse, set to the grand romanticism of Wagner’s famous “Prelude” from Tristan und Isolde. The lush music blends so completely with the swooning, dreamscape cinematography of Manuel Albert Claro that sight and sound truly melt into one. The result is a movie acutely attuned to feelings of despair that nevertheless leaves the viewer in a state of ecstasy. All this and Stellan Skarsgård, John Hurt, Charlotte Rampling, and Udo Kier in the cast, too.”–Entertainment Weekly.

“SURELY ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SCREEN ACHIEVEMENTS OF RECENT YEARS. Gorgeous, profoundly emotional, often very funny and one of the most potent and effective visions of science-fiction apocalypse ever brought to the screen. Von Trier’s made something tender and exquisite and metaphysical and vulnerable.”-Andrew O’Hehir, Salon

“Lars von Trier’s new spellbinder may be his most restrained, clear-minded, visionary work, AS WELL AS THE YEAR’S BEST FILM.”-Aaron Hillis, Village Voice

“COMPLETELY EXHILARATING.”-Amy Taubin, Film Comment

Drama/Denmark/Sweden/2011/136 min/rated R
Starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Kiefer Sutherland
Directed by Lars von Trier

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Show Dates & Times:

12/2/11 – Friday
5:30 pm

12/3/11 – Saturday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

12/4/11 – Sunday
3:00 pm, 7:00 pm

12/5/11 – Monday
7:00 pm

12/6/11 – Tuesday
1:00 pm, 7:00 pm

12/7/11 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

12/8/11 – Thursday
7:00 pm

Category:

• New Releases

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

(2011) First Friday Films Presented By The Farnsworth & The Strand-W/ LIVE Performance!

Film with LIVE performance and more! This new documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport is about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history.  A Tribe Called Quest is recognized for their unique approach to rap music by employing jazz infused soundscapes to Afro centric rhymes, sans the jaded and often nihilistic aggressive posturing associated with hip-hop & rap.  Now regarded as iconic pioneers of the genre, the group has paved the way for future groups, artists, producers and even fans to be unapologetic about their creative expression. Rapaport and his film crew set out on tour with A Tribe Called Quest in 2008, when they reunited to perform sold-out concerts across the country. This film was an Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival!

This event will also feature guest performer and speaker Kea Tessyman, along with her dance troupe Kinetic Energy Alive and D.J Owen Cartwright of the Vistas.  Prior to the film screening, Kea and her group will perform a live dance piece to an original collaboration of the music of A Tribe Called Quest, demonstrating the history, culture, and other elements of hip-hop and rap music.  Don’t miss this fun event!

FIRST FRIDAY FILMS, a series presented by The Farnsworth Art Museum & The Strand Theatre, features  a monthly film focusing on artists and the visual arts.  All screenings are hosted by Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell and include a guest speaker(s) and a discussion following the film.

USA/2011/95mins/R
Directed by Michael Rapaport
Starring A Tribe Called Quest

Show Dates & Times:

12/2/11 – Friday

8:00 pm

Admission:

Tickets available night of show at the door only. $8.50/$7.50 Museum Members/seniors/students under 18

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HANDEL’S RODELINDA

Met Opera LIVE in HD 2011-2012 Season

Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming reprises the title role. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.(Approximate runtime 4hrs 15mins)

The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD  continues for its sixth season, featuring 11 live transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at the Strand!

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Show Dates & Times:

12/3/11 – Saturday
12:30 pm

12/13/11 – Tuesday
12:30 pm

Admission:

LIVE – Dec 3
$27/Reserved Seating

ENCORE – Dec 13
$23/General Admission

NOTE: Encore tickets are available at the door day-of-show only.
(Special student group rate available. Please call to make arrangements 594-0070)

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Box Office Information

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

Film Ticket Sales

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

Live Event Ticket Sales:

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Buy Now

WALK-UP: The Box Office window is open daily between 6:30pm and 8:30pm, or when the theatre is open for films or events (Please check our schedule). Sorry, we do not offer a walk-up Box office service at other times.

Day of Show Ticket Sales and Will Call Ticket Pick-Up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

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MARGIN CALL

(2011) HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER WEEK DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! DON’T MISS The film everyone is talking about! A major hit with audiences, and one of the most talked about films of the Sundance Film Festival, JC Chandor’s Margin Call (2011) captures the cultural moment of Occupy Wall Street in this tense exposé.

As the world discovered in 2008, the masters of the financial universe sit in anonymous offices in generic towers in lower Manhattan, staring at numbers that don’t add up. JC Chandor’s timely and terrifying dramatic exposé tackles twenty-four hours on an investment bank trading floor; a day that brings layer upon layer of human and professional malfeasance that jeopardizes the entire fabric of the banking system. This is a system sustained and sequestered by corporate security guards, convoluted mathematic formulas, and, of course, greed. An all-star ensemble cast—led by Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Zachary Quinto, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, and Jeremy Irons—propels the ominous events of this day toward the abyss, preserving just enough pathos to allow us ultimately to recognize these bankers’ humanity.

“Margin Call is one of the strongest American films of the year and easily the best Wall Street movie ever made.” – The New Yorker

“Relentless in its honesty and shrewd in its insights and techniques.” – AO Scott, The New York Times

“This confident, crisply made piece of work does an expert job of bringing us inside the inner sanctum of a top Wall Street investment bank in extremis, giving us a convincing and coolly dramatic portrait of what it must have been like when titans trembled.” – Los Angeles Times

“Margin Call employs an excellent cast who can make financial talk into compelling dialogue. They also can reflect the enormity of what is happening: Their company and their lives are being rendered meaningless.” Roger, EbertThe Chicago Sun-Times

USA/2011/106mins/Rated R
Directed by J.C. Chandor
Starring Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci

Show Dates & Times:

Category:

• New Releases

TAKE SHELTER

(2011) New Yorker and New York Times Critics’ Pick!Critics are raving about Take Shelter, a powerful new drama starring Academy Award-nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Boardwalk Empire) and rising star Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, The Help, The Debt). Vanity Fair calls it “Stunning!… an American masterpiece.”
Using tone and atmosphere to chilling effect, Director Jeff Nichols crafts a powerful psychological thriller that is a disturbing tale for our times. Michael Shannon plays a young husband and father, plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, questioning whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. Take Shelter was chosen as a Critics’ Pick by The New Yorker and New York Times!
“Nichols has turned the current moment of American unease into a powerful metaphor.” – The New Yorker

“In an era of empty entertainments, “Take Shelter” is built to last.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A remarkable new film. The amazing Michael Shannon’s taciturn, haunted performance manages to be both heartbreaking and terrifying. Jeff Nichols has made a perfect allegory for a panicky time.” -The New York Times

“A dazzling piece of filmmaking” – Wall Street Journal

“Unique and unforgettable.” – Rolling Stone

USA/2011/2hrs/Rated R
Directed by Jeff Nichols
Starring Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, and Kathy Baker

Show Dates & Times:

11/25/11 – Friday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

11/26/11 – Saturday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

11/27 11 – Sunday
3:00 pm, 7:00 pm

11/28/11 – Monday
7:00 pm

11/29/11 – Tuesday
7:00 pm

11/30/11 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

Category:

• New Releases

Box Office / How To Buy Tickets

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

FILM TICKET SALES

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

LIVE EVENT TICKET SALES

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (buy tickets now)

WALK-UP: Daily between 6:30 and 8:30pm, or during regularly sceduled showtimes. (sorry, we do not offer walk up ticket sales at other times)

Day of Show Ticket Sales & Will Call Ticket Pick-up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

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Met Opera LIVE in HD 2011-2012 Season

Philip Glass’s 20th-century masterpiece is an inspirational retelling of Gandhi’s formative philosophical experiences as a young man in South Africa. The minimalist score, sung in Sanskrit, features lyrics drawn from the Bhagavad Gita. Phelim McDermott’s visually extravagant production uses large-scale puppetry, acrobatics, and supertitles to create a moving, life-affirming theatrical experience. Richard Croft portrays Gandhi, a role he first sang to critical acclaim in the 2008 Met premiere of the work. The cast also includes Rachelle Durkin as Miss Schlesen, Kim Josephson as Mr. Kallenbach, and Alfred Walker as Parsi Rustomji. Contemporary music specialist Dante Anzolini conducts; rising bass-baritone star Eric Owens hosts the transmission. (Approximate runtime 3hrs 45mins)

“A work of genius” -L.A. Times
“A profound and beautiful work of theater” – Washington Post
“Hypnotic visual and musical magic” – Wall Street Journal
“A transcendent evening of theater” – Variety

The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD  continues for its sixth season, featuring 11 live transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at the Strand!

Show Dates & Times:

11/19/11 – Saturday
12:55 pm

11/29/11 – Tuesday
1:00 pm

Admission:

LIVE – Nov 19
$27/reserves Seating

ENCORE – Nov 29
$23/General Admission

NOTE: Encore tickets are available at the door day-of-show only.
(Special student group rate available. Please call to make arrangements 594-0070)

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Category:

• Met Opera in HD

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Box Office / How To Buy Tickets

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

FILM TICKET SALES

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

LIVE EVENT TICKET SALES

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (buy tickets now)

WALK-UP: Daily between 6:30 and 8:30pm, or during regularly sceduled showtimes. (sorry, we do not offer walk up ticket sales at other times)

Day of Show Ticket Sales & Will Call Ticket Pick-up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

Buy tickets online NOW!

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DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY ONES

Don’t miss this legendary roots-rocker with a top-notch band of amazing players…..Dave doesn’t come East often.

Why They’re Worth Watching – Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and self-described “barroom guitarist” Dave Alvin is widely considered one of the pivotal founders of the entire Americana music genre. Since forming the highly influential roots rock/R&B band The Blasters with his brother Phil in 1979, to his days with, X and The Knitters, and throughout his long and critically acclaimed solo career, Dave Alvin has mixed his varied musical and literary influences into his own unique, updated version of traditional American music. Beneath the iconoclastic reputation of Alvin and the all-star talent of his powerhouse band The Guilty Ones, there lurks the heart of Americana and roots music.

Combining elements of blues, folk, R&B, rockabilly, Bakersfield country, and garage rock and roll with lyrical inspiration from local writers and poets like Raymond Chandler, Gerald Locklin and Charles Bukowski, the California native says that his songs are “just like California. A big, messy melting pot.”

Dave Alvin & his newest band The Guilty Ones will be touring in support of Alvin’s new studio album “Eleven Eleven”, which has been described as his most driving, electric blues and rock oriented album since 2004′s critically acclaimed Ashgrove. The set includes 11-tracks, featuring a host musicians Alvin had not recorded with since his days in The Blasters. The result is an album with songs rich in vivid stories, stretching from R&B royalty to labor history to Harlan County in Kentucky, with Dave’s guitar work punctuating each tale, reinforcing moments of urgency, remorse and reflection.

Alvin’s songs have been recorded by cutting edge contemporary roots artists such as Los Lobos, Little Milton, Joe Ely, Dwight Yoakam, James McMurtry and X, and featured in many movies and television shows including The Sopranos, True Blood, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Crybaby, Miss Congeniality, From Dusk To Dawn, and most recently on the FX series “Justified.”

Don’t miss the opportunity to see this legendary roots-rocker with a top-notch band of amazing players…..Dave doesn’t come East often!

“There are two types of folk music: quite folk music and loud folk music. I play both”. – Dave Alvin

Show Dates & Times:

11/11/11 – Friday
8:00 pm

Admission:

$22 – General Admission

Buy Tickets:

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Category:

• Live Music

MARGIN CALL

An All-Star Cast

Part thriller, part horror movie, part office comedy, Margin Call tracks the tense high-stakes world of the financial industry. This entangling thriller follows key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. Featuring an all-star cast, Margin Call was one of the most talked about films of the Sundance Film Festival!

“Margin Call is one of the strongest American films of the year and easily the best Wall Street movie ever made.” – The New Yorker

“This confident, crisply made piece of work does an expert job of bringing us inside the inner sanctum of a top Wall Street investment bank in extremis, giving us a convincing and coolly dramatic portrait of what it must have been like when titans trembled.” – Los Angeles Times

“Margin Call employs an excellent cast who can make financial talk into compelling dialogue. They also can reflect the enormity of what is happening: Their company and their lives are being rendered meaningless.” Roger, EbertThe Chicago Sun-Times

Directed by J.C. Chandor
Starring Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci
USA/2011/106mins/Rated R

Show Dates & Times:

11/12/11 – Saturday
5:30 pm,
8:00 pm

11/13/11 – Sunday
3:00 pm,
7:00 pm

11/14/11 – Monday
7:00 pm

11/15/11 – Tuesday
1:00 pm, 7:00 pm

11/16/11 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

11/17/11 – Thursday
7:00 pm

Category:

• New Releases

Box Office / How To Buy Tickets

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

FILM TICKET SALES

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

LIVE EVENT TICKET SALES

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (buy tickets now)

WALK-UP: Daily between 6:30 and 8:30pm, or during regularly sceduled showtimes. (sorry, we do not offer walk up ticket sales at other times)

Day of Show Ticket Sales & Will Call Ticket Pick-up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

Buy tickets online NOW!

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THE WAY

Starring Martin Sheen Written & Directed by Emilio EsteThe Way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen stars as Tom, an American doctor who comes to France to collect the remains of his adult son (played by Emilio Estevez), who died while walking the Camino de Santiago. The Way, written and directed by Emilio Estevez, was filmed entirely in Spain and France along the spectacular Camino de Santiago.

*Please note the 5:30 show on the Saturday, November 5th will start aprox 15-20 minutes late due to the Met Opera broadcast.

“One of Sheen’s best performances” – Rolling Stone

“Deeply thoughtful and enormous fun to watch…” – Washington Post

Directed by Emilio Estevez
Starring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, and Deborah Kara Unger
USA/2011/121mins/PG-13

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Show Dates & Times:

11/5/11 – Saturday
5:30 pm, 8:00 pm

11/6/11 – Sunday
3:00 pm, 7:00 pm

11/7/11 – Monday
7:00 pm

11/8/11 – Tuesday
7:00 pm

11/9/11 – Wednesday
7:00 pm

11/10/11 – Thursday
7:00 pm

Category:

• New Releases

MOZART’S DON GIOVANNI

Met Opera LIVE in HD 2011-2012 Season

Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi conducts a new production of Mozart’s classic opera of lust, heartbreak, and revenge, with Mariusz Kwiecien in his first Met performances of the iconic title role. Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage makes his Met debut with a new production that stars an international cast of acclaimed Mozart singers, including Marina Rebeka as Donna Anna, Mojca Erdmann as the innocent peasant girl Zerlina, Barbara Frittoli as the fiery Donna Elvira, Ramón Vargas as Don Ottavio, Luca Pisaroni as Giovanni’s manservant Leporello, Joshua Bloom as Masetto, and _tefan Kocán as the vengeful Commendatore. (Approximate runtime 4hrs)

The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD  continues for its sixth season, featuring 11 live transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at the Strand!

Visit Official Site of the Metropolitan Opera

Show Dates & Times:

ENCORE – Nov 08
$23/General Admission 

NOTE: Encore tickets are available at the door day-of-show only.
(Special student group rate available. Please call to make arrangements 594-0070)

Buy Tickets:

Click to purchase tickets »

Category:

• Met Opera in HD

DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY ONES

Don’t miss this legendary roots-rocker with a top-notch band of amazing players…..Dave doesn’t come East often!

Why They’re Worth Watching – Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and self-described “barroom guitarist” Dave Alvin is widely considered one of the pivotal founders of the entire Americana music genre. Since forming the highly influential roots rock/R&B band The Blasters with his brother Phil in 1979, to his days with, X and The Knitters, and throughout his long and critically acclaimed solo career, Dave Alvin has mixed his varied musical and literary influences into his own unique, updated version of traditional American music. Beneath the iconoclastic reputation of Alvin and the all-star talent of his powerhouse band The Guilty Ones, there lurks the heart of Americana and roots music.

Combining elements of blues, folk, R&B, rockabilly, Bakersfield country, and garage rock and roll with lyrical inspiration from local writers and poets like Raymond Chandler, Gerald Locklin and Charles Bukowski, the California native says that his songs are “just like California. A big, messy melting pot.”

Dave Alvin & his newest band The Guilty Ones will be touring in support of Alvin’s new studio album “Eleven Eleven”, which has been described as his most driving, electric blues and rock oriented album since 2004′s critically acclaimed Ashgrove. The set includes 11-tracks, featuring a host musicians Alvin had not recorded with since his days in The Blasters. The result is an album with songs rich in vivid stories, stretching from R&B royalty to labor history to Harlan County in Kentucky, with Dave’s guitar work punctuating each tale, reinforcing moments of urgency, remorse and reflection.

Alvin’s songs have been recorded by cutting edge contemporary roots artists such as Los Lobos, Little Milton, Joe Ely, Dwight Yoakam, James McMurtry and X, and featured in many movies and television shows including The Sopranos, True Blood, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Crybaby, Miss Congeniality, From Dusk To Dawn, and most recently on the FX series “Justified.”

Don’t miss the opportunity to see this legendary roots-rocker with a top-notch band of amazing players…..Dave doesn’t come East often!

“There are two types of folk music: quite folk music and loud folk music. I play both”. – Dave Alvin

Visit Official Site

Show Dates & Times:

11/11/11 – Friday
8:00 pm

Admission:

$22 – General Admission

Category:

• Live Music

Box Office / How To Buy Tickets

The Strand Theatre Box Office Window is located at the theatre at 345 Main Street in Rockland.

FILM TICKET SALES

The Box Office opens 30 minutes before regularly scheduled films. (Note: Advance and Online film tickets are not available for regularly scheduled films.)

Regular Admission $8.50

Seniors (65+) & Child (12 and under) $7.50
Matinees & Monday All Day $7.50

LIVE EVENT TICKET SALES

Advance Live Event Ticket Sales:

Tickets for select events may be purchased in advance in the following ways:

BY PHONE:207-594-0070 (M-F, noon-4pm)

ON LINE: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (buy tickets now)

WALK-UP: Daily between 6:30 and 8:30pm, or during regularly sceduled showtimes. (sorry, we do not offer walk up ticket sales at other times)

Day of Show Ticket Sales & Will Call Ticket Pick-up:

For day of show ticket purchases and will-call ticket pick-up, the Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to show-time. (*This is for Strand Theatre-produced events only. Times may differ for other promoters/shows.)Please note that there is a $2.50 per ticket processing fee for all phone and internet orders.

Buy tickets online NOW!

• HOME
• FILM
• LIVE PERFORMANCE
• LOCAL PROGRAMS
• BOX OFFICE
• ABOUT
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• CONTACT

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