Jax Jr. Cinemas I and II are the Ultimate Cinematic Experience of a modern movie theater, featuring first run movies, Dolby & DTS digital sound, pre-show trivia, new signature rocking chair seats, mix of traditional and modern movie snack bar- all at yesterday's prices. Show times: Friday & Saturday: Two shows- 7:00 & 9: 15 PM. Sunday thru Thursday, one show- 7:00 PM. Special Summer Time Schedule and Matinee features for the Kids. Please call to verify show times and program. Theatre Rental The Jax Jr. is equipped with state of the art digital projectors capable of displaying the following in large digital format and in surround stereo sound: DVD and VHS Movies Computer Slide Show Presentations Video Game Tournaments The Jax Jr. can accommodate groups of up to 450 people. For your next Birthday Party, Reunion, Company Party, Group Presentation or Employee Training choose the Jax Jr. Cinemas. Call Gordon Fisher, Manager Jax Jr. Cinemas, at 444-1067 Ext: 11, for availability and pricing. Pricing is based on time and facility requirements. There is a minimum charge of $250 which includes use of the theatre for up to 2 1/2 hours, digital projector, sound system, and staff to set-up media...
The Frost Place is a nonprofit educational center for poetry and the arts based at Robert Frost’s old homestead, which is owned by the town of Franconia, New Hampshire. The Frost Place was founded in 1976 when a group of neighbors led by David Schaffer and Evangeline Machlin persuaded the Franconia town meeting to approve the purchase of the farmhouse where Robert Frost and his family lived full-time from 1915 to 1920 and spent nineteen summers. A board of trustees was given responsibility for management of the house and its associated programs, and from 1977 through 2005 teacher and scholar Donald Sheehan served as executive director. In 2010 the trustees appointed poet Maudelle Driskell as Sheehan’s successor. (Read more about David Schaffer and the founding of The Frost Place in this article). Since 1977, The Frost Place has awarded a fellowship each summer to an emerging American poet, including a cash stipend and the opportunity to live and write in the house for several months. In addition, The Frost Place has sponsored an annual Festival and Conference on Poetry for writers seeking classes and workshops with a faculty of illustrious poets, a teachers’ conference, and an advanced seminar. So here...
In 1978, a group of ten musicians holding principal positions with such prestigious ensembles as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, New York City Ballet and Opera Orchestras, and New York’s Speculum Musicae joined artistic forces in northern New Hampshire to present four chamber music concerts over two summer weekends. Now in their 39th season, the North Country Chamber Players, through their unwavering commitment to the area and, having successfully built an audience for classical music in northern New Hampshire, now present their ever-popular six-week-long White Mountains Music Festival and additional year-round chamber music concerts. During the past four decades, the Chamber Players have designed and presented concerts, multi-media presentations, lectures and seminars of the highest artistic and intellectual standards including collaborations with internationally renowned figures like jazz great Branford Marsalis, tango master Pablo Ziegler, conductor, author and educator, Leon Botstein, and architect and visionary Paolo Soleri. In addition, they have frequently partnered with regional artists, celebrities and organizations like Ballet New England, Ben & Jerry, the Starbird Puppet Theater, the Weathervane Theater, the Papermill Playhouse, Bread and Puppet Theater, the Frost Place, Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network (WREN), the Jefferson Chorus, the Summerfare Chorus and many others. As ambassadors for...
Weathervane Theatre Players, Inc. is a federally-registered not-for-profit corporation, with responsibility by a volunteer Board of Directors, and managed by contracted staff. The fiscal and operational year runs October 1 through the following September 30 to accommodate a summer performance and programming Season. Winner of multiple NH Theatre Awards and nominations, Weathervane Company, Board, Staff, and audiences always have plenty to celebrate, and this winter were all represented at the awards ceremony. Photo in the lobby of the Stockbridge Theater, where the Weathervane received multiple individual awards as well as “Best Musical” for last summer’s production of Memphis. Previous awards are displayed/noted in the South Lobby at the Theatre, including the 2012 Award for Vision and Tenacit Season 51 Shows – 2016 Mamma Mia! Driving Miss Daisy Meet the Beatles The King And I The Wiz To Kill A Mockingbird Peter And The Starcatcher Bubble & Squeak and Best of Patchwork Players Spotlight