On Our Screen and Stage – Week of January 27, 2020

On Our Screen and Stage – Week of January 27, 2020

This week at Hopewell Theater:

  • Tonight’s installment of The Art of Living Well tells the story of a renegade scientist in JIM ALLISON: BREAKTHROUGH
  • UNCUT GEMS, starring Adam Sandler, closes Thursday
  • The 2020 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS begin Friday,
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Famous Directors’ Favorite Movies of 2019

Which 2019 films did your favorite directors love? In this IndieWire article, famous directors share their favorite films released last year! What were your favorite films of 2019? And what are you looking forward to in 2020 this year?

  • Ana Lily Amirpour (The Bad Batch,
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Thank You for Giving Hope to Families In Need

From left to right: Brooke Masek, Marketing Manager and Music Programmer of Hopewell Theater; Sara Scully, Founder and Executive Director of Hopewell Theater; Meghan Cubano, Community Engagement Director of HomeFront; Ruth Ann Traylor, ArtSpace/SewingSpace Director of HomeFront

Thank you for helping Hopewell Theater and HomeFront help families break the cycle of poverty with the Give Hope Fundraising Campaign.

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On Our Screen and Stage – Week of January 20, 2020

This week at Hopewell Theater:

  • Tonight, The Art of Living Well series resumes with MYSTERY OF PICASSO
  • Last chance to catch Ram Dass’s BECOMING NOBODY, closing Thursday
  • Comedians Jackie Byrne & Joe Fernandes host COMEDY DATE NIGHT on Friday
  • Boston band JIM’S BIG EGO performs on Saturday,
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Culture Seep: “Spanish, Very Spanish” Celebrates Everything Art & Living Through Dance!

by Mandee K. Hammerstein

“Looking at life from a different angle through dance, that infuses all things” is the theme, as stated when talking with Founder and Director Linda Erickson of Europium Dance Theater, regarding the company’s upcoming show “Spanish, Very Spanish,” running January 25th and 26th at Hopewell Theater.  

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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’

 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Hopewell Theater wishes everyone a Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! We honor and value the memory and legacy of Dr.

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Singer-Songwriters Peter Mulvey & Izzy Heltai Bring Folk to HT on Saturday

  • A folk singer-songwriter, road-dog, raconteur, and almost-poet raised working-class Catholic, Peter Mulvey started with whatever gigs he could get while hitch-hiking in Ireland and busking in the States – today he tours internationally.
  • Mulvey has 18 records, thousands of live performances, a TEDx Talk,
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On Our Screen and Stage – Week of January 13, 2020

This week at Hopewell Theater:

  • Tonight be inspired by a media firebrand and six feet of Texas trouble with RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS
  • Add spaghetti dinner to your ticket for Spaghetti Western Wednesday when we screen the rural drama, 
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New Jersey Stage Article: Jay & Molly: Connecting People to the Past via Their Music

Art has always been about connecting us to the past.  Hundreds of years after Shakespeare’s death, theatres around the world still perform his plays. People visit museums to see works by artists from the Renaissance era. And music from more than 150 years ago fits nicely into sets by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason,

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On Our Screen and Stage – Week of January 6, 2020

This week at Hopewell Theater:

  • The Hopewell Theater fan favorite, the 21st Annual ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS, closes Thursday
  • Internationally acclaimed composers of Ken Burns’ PBS Documentary “The Civil War” – JAY UNGAR AND MOLLY MASON – perform Friday night
  • Bring your kids or inner child to see our next installment of Saturday Afternoon Cartoons, 
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