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.
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra presents “A Joyous Sound” at 7:30 p.m. on May 16 at Zeiterion. Music director Yaniv Dinur leads a program that pairs a world premiere with a landmark symphony. New Bedford native Pedro da Silva performs his Concerto for Portuguese Guitar and Orchestra. It is the first of its kind. The work […]
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 […]
“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 in a battle of the beasts after the giant gorilla escapes captivity in Japan and faces off with the recently thawed lizard. Not rated. Runtime […]
“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 […]
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. […]
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 John Birt (guitar/vocals) are Southcoast favorites. For their Stage Door Live debut, they will be joined by Tanner McMullen (upright bass), Albert Behar (accordion), and […]
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 school vacation week programming. Based on the bestselling book by Deborah Diesen, the story follows Mr. Fish as he searches for a missing pearl. Along […]
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 Jimmy Smith Jr. (Eminem) from where and who he wants to be. A provocative fictional examination of a critical week in Jimmy's life. Runtime: 1h […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 movement of African American fraternities and sororities with vibrant traditional African dance and dynamic contemporary forms. Every performance brings live music, storytelling, humor, and interactive […]
Stories from local residents who have experienced addiction or incarceration will be shared on Thursday, April 2, at 6 p.m. Admission is pay-what-you-can. The program features individuals who have returned to their communities as business owners, artists, teachers, and public servants. The Z’s Teen Ambassadors will moderate the discussion. Singer-songwriter Matt Butler will also speak […]
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 by giving them voice and telling their stories. It’s a show of hope and forgiveness that raises awareness, shifts perspectives, and empowers individuals to create […]
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 […]
"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 […]
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 rose to fame on In Living Color and later starred in Scary Movie and White Chicks. His stand-up blends social commentary with stories about family […]
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 take the stage to share true stories that explore the American Dream. Does it still exist? Who is it for? What happens when the dream […]
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 home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father (Clarence Williams III), the Kid navigates the club scene […]
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 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 with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's […]
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 David Abel. Documentary tells the story of lobster diver Michael Packard, who in 2021 was briefly trapped in a whale’s mouth off Provincetown. The film […]
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. This true story is about local lobster diver Michael Packard, who was briefly caught in a whale's mouth off Provincetown in 2021. It examines events […]
The New York Times has praised Isaac Mizrahi’s voice as part of a bold, brassy show business lineage that stretches from Ethel Merman to Harvey Fierstein, with shades of Liza Minnelli. Mizrahi has spent more than 35 years at the intersection of entertainment, media, and fashion. He now celebrates 10 years of performing at New […]
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