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The Dance Studio is back for their 11th annual production of Saving ChristmasTown — an original dance production! Put on your elf caps, brush off your jingle bells and join the comical and quirky Elves as they defend ChristmasTown from the naughty and ominous characters of Oogie Boogie Land.
The Dance Studio is back for their 11th annual production of Saving ChristmasTown — an original dance production! Put on your elf caps, brush off your jingle bells and join the comical and quirky Elves as they defend ChristmasTown from the naughty and ominous characters of Oogie Boogie Land.
The Dance Studio is back for their 11th annual production of Saving ChristmasTown — an original dance production! Put on your elf caps, brush off your jingle bells and join the comical and quirky Elves as they defend ChristmasTown from the naughty and ominous characters of Oogie Boogie Land.
Whatcom Chorale is pleased to announce our return to Mount Baker Theatre on Friday, December 9, at 7:00pm for a powerful and uplifting presentation of George Friderich Handel’s timeless masterpiece, Messiah! Soloists Serena Eduljee, soprano; Sherrie Kahn, mezzo-soprano; Jason Parker, tenor; and Michael Drumheller, bass share the stage with Whatcom Chorale and Sinfonia. Won’t you join us as we begin our ”50 Seasons of Songs” celebration? Tickets are available at the Mount Baker website: www.mountbakertheatre.com. For detailed concert information, please go to our website: www.whatcomchorale.org.
Opening our 2022–2023 season of live concerts, Whatcom Chorale and Sinfonia return to the Mt. Baker Theatre with a powerful and uplifting presentation of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah! Messiah stands as a pinnacle of choral composition, overshadowing virtually everything else the baroque master wrote during his fifty-year career. In 280 years of presentations by all manner of ensembles, grandiose, intimate, professional, and improvised, this glorious work has retained its popularity and quite possibly ranks as the most performed piece of classical music in history.
The Nutcracker mesmerizes audiences of all ages every year, and this season’s presentation includes new surprises in addition to audiences’ favorite moments.
The final two performances of Opus’ Nutcracker will also be available for live-streaming at home so that folks far and wide can watch alongside our in-theatre audience.
The Nutcracker mesmerizes audiences of all ages every year, and this season’s presentation includes new surprises in addition to audiences’ favorite moments.
The final two performances of Opus’ Nutcracker will also be available for live-streaming at home so that folks far and wide can watch alongside our in-theatre audience.
The Nutcracker mesmerizes audiences of all ages every year, and this season’s presentation includes new surprises in addition to audiences’ favorite moments.
The final two performances of Opus’ Nutcracker will also be available for live-streaming at home so that folks far and wide can watch alongside our in-theatre audience.
The Nutcracker mesmerizes audiences of all ages every year, and this season’s presentation includes new surprises in addition to audiences’ favorite moments.
The final two performances of Opus’ Nutcracker will also be available for live-streaming at home so that folks far and wide can watch alongside our in-theatre audience.
A winter tradition, Dancing for Joy brings Nativity — the story of the Nativity told through the language of dance — to the MBT stage once again.
The true meaning of the season is born with this spirit-filled, local rendition of Christ’s birth. Come, be reminded, of the reason for the season. See the Nativity story from an entirely different perspective. Dance styles include jazz, lyrical, modern, and ballet.
A winter tradition, Dancing for Joy brings Nativity — the story of the Nativity told through the language of dance — to the MBT stage once again.
The true meaning of the season is born with this spirit-filled, local rendition of Christ’s birth. Come, be reminded, of the reason for the season. See the Nativity story from an entirely different perspective. Dance styles include jazz, lyrical, modern, and ballet.
Mount Baker Theatre presents an evening of iconic American music with two of the Northwest’s best tribute acts Petty or Not and Sylvi does Neil Young!
Petty or Not, based in Bellingham, mixes and weaves the almost limitless well of Tom Petty classics with the perfect pop sounds of Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. And the songs of Neil Young are in good hands with Everett-based Sylvi does Neil Young.
This is a concert you don’t want to miss featuring some of the best local and regional musicians around. Let’s celebrate this timeless music!
Relive the magic of Sinatra with award-winning singer Matt Dusk. All that cool, classy style and energy from the Rat Pack shows of yesterday are right here, right now. Take a journey with award-winning, multi-platinum selling crooner Matt Dusk as he whisks you away to Las Vegas in 1966 where he pays homage to his hero Frank Sinatra. With new arrangements by Grammy Award-winning arrangers Pat Williams and Sammy Nestico, Dusk transports you back in time to one of music’s most elegant eras when “Come Fly With Me,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Fly Me To The Moon,” and “One For My Baby” dominated the charts.
Matt Dusk has had three number one radio hits: “All About Me” (Canada), “Back in Town” (Japan), and “Good News” (France), and has been awarded three gold albums: Two Shots, Good News, and JetSetJazz and four platinum albums: My Funny Valentine, Just The Two of Us, Old School Yule!, and Sinatra. Notable award nominations include five JUNO awards, one ADISQ award, one Ró?e Gali: Muzyka award, and a Dimond from Trójka PR3 in Poland.
A singular presence in the ballet world, the Dance Theatre of Harlem tours internationally presenting a powerful vision for ballet in the 21st century. The 18-member troupe’s cutting-edge repertoire includes neoclassical works by Balanchine and resident choreographer Robert Garland, alongside contemporary works celebrating African American Culture. Through performances, community engagement, and arts education, the Company carries forward Dance Theatre of Harlem’s message of empowerment through the arts for all.
Of all the trailblazing musical acts who have emerged from Los Angeles, very few embody the city’s wildly eclectic spirit more wholeheartedly than Los Lobos. Over the last 50 years, the East LA band has made an indelible mark on music history. Los Lobos explores an enormous diversity of genres: rock-and-roll, R&B, surf music, soul, mariachi, música norteña, punk rock, and country, building a boldly unpredictable sound all their own. On their album, Native Sons (2021), the multi-Grammy Award-winners map their music by covering a kaleidoscope selection of songs from their homeland, creating a crucial snapshot of LA’s musical heritage.
Since moving to Los Angeles from her native Guatemala, singer-songwriter-producer Gaby Moreno has released 5 albums, earned a Grammy nomination for her album, Illusion ‘Best Latin Pop Album,’ 2017 and won a Latin Grammy for ‘Best New Artist’ in 2013.
Hailed by the Associated Press as “one of the best songwriters of her generation,” Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier has presented extraordinary confessional songs – deeply personal, profoundly emotional pieces – for over 25 years. Now, with her eleventh album, Dark Enough to See the Stars, Gauthier has employed her art to traverse the uncharted waters of the past few years. Dark follows her profound exploration of trauma made in collaboration with wounded Iraq war veterans, Rifles & Rosary Beads, which garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album, as well as a nomination for Album of the Year by the Americana Music Association. Mary published her first book, Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting, in 2021.
Acoustic rocker JP Falcon Grady performs in the MBT Listening Lounge stage on April 14! JP Falcon Grady, a singer/songwriter originally from Montana and a proud member of the Blackfeet Nation, performs both as a solo artist and with his band the JP Falcon Band. JP has graced many stages in his 20+ years as a professional musician. He performs all over the Pacific Northwest, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Hawaii, and British Columbia, Canada.
The Pacific Northwest’s premier alt-classical ensemble turns the evening purple, blending their deep textures with the unique harmonic landscape of the artistic power of Prince.
Joined by musicians who have worked with The Purple One (such as Saeeda Wright and Tyrone Hendrix), Portland Cello Project delivers a lively evening of diversely curated music by Prince. Featuring the wildly innovative arrangements that have made them a perennial favorite all over the world, Portland Cello Project will pair their dynamic sound with the music of Prince for a tribute that is not to be missed!
May the 4th be with you! Celebrate Star Wars Day by seeing the thrilling final episode of the original trilogy on MBT’s big screen.
Join us for an incredible night with Grammy award-winning violinist and composer Mads Tolling and internationally-renowned flutist Matt Eakle!
Mads Tolling is a two-time Grammy Award Winner and the 2016 DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star. A former member of both Turtle Island Quartet and Stanley Clarke’s band, Mads has spent most of his professional life touring internationally. Matt Eakle and his flute have been blowing crowds out of their chairs and onto their feet since 1989 when he became the first wind player to join the front line of the David Grisman Quintet.
In October of 1998, Matthew Shepard, a young gay student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie was kidnapped, severely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die in a lonely field under a blanket of stars. Five days later, when Matt passed away, the world was watching. Approaching the eve of the 20th anniversary, Craig Hella Johnson has responded with his first concert-length work, Considering Matthew Shepard.
This three-part fusion oratorio speaks with a fresh and bold voice, incorporating a variety of musical styles seamlessly woven into a unified whole. Johnson sets a wide range of soulful texts by poets including Hildegard of Bingen, Lesléa Newman, Michael Dennis Browne, and Rumi. Passages from Matt’s personal journal, interviews and writings from his parents Judy and Dennis Shepard, newspaper reports and additional texts by Johnson and Browne are poignantly appointed throughout the work.
Considering Matthew Shepard joins the ranks of many significant artistic responses to Matthew Shepard’s legacy. Most noteworthy is The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project, which has been seen by more than 30 million people. Jason Marsden, Executive Director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation calls Considering Matthew Shepard “by far the most intricate, beautiful, and unyielding artistic response to this notorious anti-gay hate crime.”
Matthew Shepard’s story must never be forgotten.
—Craig Hella Johnson, Composer
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Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protégé of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, Earle quickly became a master storyteller in his own right with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. 1986 saw the release of his record, Guitar Town, which shot to number one on the country charts and is now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre. Subsequent releases like The Revolution Starts…Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009) received consecutive GRAMMY® Awards.
Award-winning Country music sensation Ashley McBryde cut her teeth playing country songs in rural biker bars and it shows. The Grand Ole Opry member’s 2018 major label debut ‘Girl Going Nowhere’ charmed The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, The Washington Post, and more, all on the way to landing a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album.
Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actor as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including Ellen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Conan. Rolling Stone named her one of the “50 best stand-up comics of all time.”
Fans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss… Grab your teacups!
Off-Broadway Comedians and London’s 3-time IMPRESARIO Award-Winners, James & Jamesy return with their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy classic O Christmas Tea — an astonishing show that delights thousands of hearts every holiday season.
Watch the trailer and get a taste of O Christmas Tea here: https://ochristmastea.com/
When catastrophe strikes at James and Jamesy’s Christmas tea party, flooding the world with tea, the friends leap into action, finding innovative and hilarious solutions to keep them afloat. Redefining immersive theatre, these masters of physical comedy—with over 25 comedy awards to their name—sweep the audience out to sea in a jolly aquatic escapade brimming with whimsy, action, and ingenuity in a celebration of friendship at Christmas.
“Complete and utter fun… for all ages.”
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“Bursting at the seams with joy.”
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“Outrageously funny, magnificently written.”
????? London Free Press
“O Christmas Tea offers the audience the miraculous experience of being young again.”
????? Stage Door, Toronto
Hailed as “a child’s imagination on steroids” by London Free Press and “a masterpiece of physical comedy” by Theatre In London, critics rave for the charismatic James & Jamesy. A must-see performance on the international comedy circuit, the unstoppable duo, regarded as “one of the most popular fringe duos ever” (CBC), has been named Best of Fest (Orlando, Toronto, Winnipeg, Ottawa), Most Outstanding Show (London), Best Comedy (Victoria), Patrons’ Pick (London), among many other accolades.
