In the Whale: The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told documentary
The Z hosts a special screening of the award-winning documentary "In the Whale: The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told" includes a post-show Q&A with filmmaker David Abel. Tickets are $15. […]
The Z hosts a special screening of the award-winning documentary "In the Whale: The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told" includes a post-show Q&A with filmmaker David Abel. Tickets are $15. […]
The Zeiterion presents “In the Whale: The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Tickets are $15 plus fees. Screening includes a post-show Q&A with director […]
Rated: R, $12 The Shining (1980) Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along […]
NBSO will perform Boldness Unbound on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center. The show is led by the direction of Yaniv Dinur, with internationally acclaimed percussionist Cynthia Yeh featured as soloist. Avner Dorman’s Eternal Rhythm leads the program, featuring a percussion concerto with 12 instruments, driven by a constant […]
Rated R, $12 Purple Rain (1984) A victim of his own anger, the Kid (Prince) is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous […]
The Moth will bring its Mainstage show to New Bedford this spring for one night of live storytelling. Tickets range from $29 to $59, plus fees. Five seasoned storytellers will […]
Marlon Wayans will perform at The Zeiterion for one night only at 8 p.m. Friday, March 20. Tickets range from $39 to $69 plus fees. Actor, writer, and producer Wayans […]
"Live From Laurel Canyon" features live music and storytelling inspired by some of the most influential songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s. The show focuses on the artists who lived and created music in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles. Like Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco and Greenwich Village in New York City, Laurel Canyon […]
International songstress and comedienne extraordinaire Meow Meow brings her unique brand of hilarity and musical mayhem to New Bedford. Tickets are $55–65 plus fees. Hailing from Australia, she has hypnotized, inspired, and terrified audiences globally with unique creations, from New York’s Lincoln Center to the Sydney Opera House. This spectacular crowd-surfing tragi-comedienne will perform, backed […]
Inspired by performing in jails and prisons across the country, singer-songwriter Matt Butler brings a powerful combination of spoken word and song. Reckless Son humanizes the experience of the incarcerated […]
Lift Us Up: The Remix comes to Gallery X in New Bedford on Saturday, April 4, at 1 p.m. Admission is free, though RSVPs are encouraged. Spoken word artists Iva Brito, Hendrick Hernandez-Resto, Maia Livramento and Gabriel Johnson take the stage alongside musicians from the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra and Malian drummer Sidy Maiga — a […]
Step Afrika! presents a high-energy production blending step choreography with a live DJ. Tickets are $15–$49, plus fees. Step Afrika! is renowned for its distinctive stepping style, combining the percussive […]
Students and their families are invited to connect with representatives from several Historically Black Colleges and Universities, now at New Bedford High School this year. At noon, The Southeastern Step […]
The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band will perform Saturday, April 11, at 8 p.m. Admission is pay what you choose. Led by vocalist Julia Keefe, the 16-piece group highlights Indigenous jazz traditions. The music includes works by pioneers such as Mildred Bailey and Jim Pepper, as well as contemporary composers. Performance blends heritage, identity, and […]
NBSO will perform “The Human Element” on Saturday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Zeiterion. Tickets range from $30 to $80, plus fees. Music Director Yaniv Dinur leads the program, featuring pianist Michel Camilo. The concert explores concepts of transformation through sound and culture. The program opens with Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transfiguration, inspired […]
Rated R, $12 8 Mile (2002) The people of Detroit know 8 Mile as the city limit, a border, a boundary. It is also a psychological dividing line that separates […]
The Pout-Pout Fish musical will be presented on Tuesday, April 21, at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $20 plus fees. The family-friendly musical is part of […]
Hot Club Cheese Roll serves up a mix of jazz standards and contemporary hits in the style popularized by Django Reinhardt! Trio Jason Smith (guitar/ vocals), Mark Russell (violin/vocals), and […]
Classic Albums Live performs Rumours by Fleetwood Mac on Saturday, April 25, at 8 p.m. at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $39 to $59 plus fees. Released in 1977, Rumours became one of the best-selling albums of all time. Rolling Stone ranks it No. 7 on its list of the 500 greatest albums. […]
“Movie Mondays at The Z” continues with The Seven Year Itch (1955). Admission is $12. During a summer heat wave, New Yorker Richard Sherman, played by Tom Ewell, sends his wife, Helen, played by Evelyn Keyes, and their son to Maine for vacation. Left alone in Manhattan, he meets a glamorous upstairs neighbor, played by […]
“Movie Mondays at The Z” continues with "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1955) on Monday, April 27 at 7 p.m. Admission is $12. King Kong and Godzilla go head to head […]
May the 4th be with you. A Star Wars Day marathon features the original trilogy on Monday, May 4, with screenings at 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 per film, no fees. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope screens at 3 p.m. Imperial forces, led by Darth Vader, hold […]
Sonia Bettencourt will perform on Thursday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $34 plus fees. The award-winning fadista began singing with her grandmother and great-grandmother in Lisbon. She now performs across the country, sharing her love of traditional Portuguese folk music and fado.
Zeiterion presents New B at The Z on May 23. The concert features New Bedford MCs Caliph, Hendrick Hernandez-Resto, and Siahlaw. Tickets start at $29. The performers share the stage with DJ Fresco and The Seshn Band. The set blends their songs into one performance. Each artist reworks material to feature the others. The approach […]

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