Firehouse Center for the Arts
Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson. Packed...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
NEW PROGRAM ALERT!! Summer is the PERFECT time for outdoor story time and craft making! This BRAND NEW family event is an extension of our Newburyport Arts and Culture Shanties Program and will take place each Wednesday in the Pop Up Park on Merrimac Street - where the Shanties are currently located. Come join the...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Originally born in Germany and transplanted to the US as a young teen, Antje Duvekot began to hone her observational skills through a lens of biculturalism when she picked up a guitar during that move. Some years later, the confessional folk of Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco gave her license to share her observations, no...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Jimmy Tingle has worked as a humorist and commentator for 60 Minutes II and MSNBC and has appeared on The Tonight Show, CNN, Conan O’Brien, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Comedy Central and in his own HBO half-hour comedy special. He recently made a cameo appearance with Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep on HBO. His newest...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
NEW PROGRAM ALERT!! Summer is the PERFECT time for outdoor story time and craft making! This BRAND NEW family event is an extension of our Newburyport Arts and Culture Shanties Program and will take place each Wednesday in the Pop Up Park on Merrimac Street - where the Shanties are currently located. Come join the...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Written and performed by (Caren Lyn Manuel) Tackett (of Broadway’s Hair, Rent, High Fidelity, The Times They Are A Changing, & Brooklyn), Slides artfully and open-mindedly explores a subject that is often not a part of the cultural conversation; the misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and misplacement of those diagnosed with mental illness in our society. Slides is...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
NEW PROGRAM ALERT!! Summer is the PERFECT time for outdoor story time and craft making! This BRAND NEW family event is an extension of our Newburyport Arts and Culture Shanties Program and will take place each Wednesday in the Pop Up Park on Merrimac Street - where the Shanties are currently located. Come join the...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
“Renee Leavitt is the real deal,” said legendary rock n’ roller, Gary U.S. Bonds. Renee started singing at the age of three and entered her first contest at the age of eight, finishing in 2nd place overall. Leavitt is building upon her fan base through her songwriting abilities, catchy tunes, pure voice, poised stage presence...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
“Renee Leavitt is the real deal,” said legendary rock n’ roller, Gary U.S. Bonds. Renee started singing at the age of three and entered her first contest at the age of eight, finishing in 2nd place overall. Leavitt is building upon her fan base through her songwriting abilities, catchy tunes, pure voice, poised stage presence...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Comedy is back at the Firehouse with a fun filled night featuring comedian Steve Sweeney. Born in Charlestown, Steve Sweeney is a legendary Boston comedian known as a master of dialects and character voices. With his famous Boston accent and great insight into human nature, Steve is so thoroughly Bostonian that he merits his own...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
NEW PROGRAM ALERT!! Summer is the PERFECT time for outdoor story time and craft making! This BRAND NEW family event is an extension of our Newburyport Arts and Culture Shanties Program and will take place each Wednesday in the Pop Up Park on Merrimac Street - where the Shanties are currently located. Come join the...
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Steve Forbert is a true American treasure, a fact underscored by his 21st album, Daylight Savings Time. Like all his albums of original songs, it’s suffused with what venerated rock journalist Robert Christgau discerned as his “omnivorously observant” songwriting, marked by Steve’s gift for finding the deeper meaning and magic within the spectrum of everyday...
