BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.37.0//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/ X-WR-CALNAME:The State Theatre, State College, PA X-WR-CALDESC:Come home to The State. X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=03;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-58ae64f00ba804691ee209eb36654b3c@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T205000 DTSTAMP:20261002T115549Z CREATED:20261002 LAST-MODIFIED:20261002 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Nosferatu DESCRIPTION:Presented in the intimate setting of The Attic, with limited seating and light fare, this is a rare chance to encounter horror history as it was meant to be seen: on the big screen, in the dark, with the shadows closing in.\nStep back into the shadows with Nosferatu, the film that defined cinematic horror. F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent masterpiece remains one of the most haunting and visually striking films ever made. A surreal, nightmarish vision that introduced Count Orlok to the world and laid the foundation for every vampire film that followed.\nWith its eerie atmosphere, groundbreaking visuals, and a legacy that still sends shivers over a century later, Nosferatu is more than a movie, it’s an experience.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/nosferatu/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Attic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nosferatu-Night-1.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-8dc3c265ec144154a766774669fa35b8@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T235500 DTSTAMP:20260925T140159Z CREATED:20260925 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:2 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Frankenstein DESCRIPTION:“Lush, melodramatic, sweepingly romantic and achingly emotional, it is a tale of fathers and sons, of lovers and outcasts, of men as the true monsters.”\n―The New York Times\nGuillermo del Toro’s spellbinding take on one of the most enduring of all modern myths, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, imbues the classic tale with new depths of humanity while pushing it toward dazzling heights of gothic grandeur. Shifting between the perspectives of the brilliant but callous Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) and the creature (Jacob Elordi) he fashions from flesh and then cruelly mistreats, del Toro movingly reframes the legend as a story of fathers and sons struggling to break free from cycles of trauma. A decades-in-the-making triumph of darkly ravishing visual invention and operatic storytelling, and the winner of multiple Oscars, Frankenstein is a deeply personal statement from a director who has long been drawn to the realm where men and monsters merge.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/frankenstein-guillermo-del-toro/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMB-Frankenstein.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-b6f79519d3b769aff4991526d838022d@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T203000 DTSTAMP:20260925T141813Z CREATED:20260925 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:2 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Practical Magic DESCRIPTION:“Based on Alice Hoffman’s fanciful novel and directed with go-for-broke prettiness by Griffin Dunne, Practical Magic is nothing but a guilty pleasure.”\n―The New York Times\nSally and Gillian Owens have always known they were different. Raised by their aunts after their parents’ death, the sisters grew up in a household that was anything but typical–their aunts fed them chocolate cake for breakfast and taught them the uses of practical magic. But the invocation of the Owens’ sorcery also carries a price–some call it a curse: the men they fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Now adult women with very different personalities, the quiet Sally and the fiery Gillian must use all of their powers to fight the family curse and a swarm of supernatural forces that threatens the lives of all the Owens women.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/practical-magic/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMB-Practical-Magic.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-7b2a79b48eb09ce94cd6cb554e785506@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T220000 DTSTAMP:20260609T115537Z CREATED:20260609 LAST-MODIFIED:20260827 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:2 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Brothers Comatose DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nTiktok\n\n\nLink\n\nFusing old school string band instrumentation with rock and roll exuberance, The Brothers Comatose cement their status as standard bearers of a thriving, innovative West Coast roots movement on their intoxicating new album, Golden Grass. Recorded with co-producers Greg Holden and Tim Bluhm, the collection is as diverse and enthralling as the California landscape itself—at times carefree and breezy, at times wild and rugged—with lush, organic arrangements full of rich vocal harmonies and driving guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and upright bass. While the record marks the group’s first release with newest member Addie Levy, the result is quintessential Brothers Comatose: a warm, joyful reflection on identity and the ties that bind from a band that knows exactly who they are (and exactly where they come from).\nFounded by Ben and Alex Morrison in 2008, The Brothers Comatose first emerged from San Francisco with their 2010 debut, Songs From The Stoop, which helped earn dates with the likes of Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Greensky Bluegrass, and Trampled By Turtles. In the decade-and-a-half that followed, the critically acclaimed quintet would go on to release five more full-length LPs, rack up nearly 50 million streams, land festival slots at Outside Lands, High Sierra, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, tour with Lake Street Dive, The Devil Makes Three, and Yonder Mountain String Band, and build up a devoted following thanks to their raucous live shows and relentless schedule.\n\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nFounded in 2020, Caledonia began as a duo formed by William Ryan (vocals, guitar) and Daniel Collins (vocals, fiddle). Blending the styles of American Folk, Roots Country, Appalachian Bluegrass, and Traditional Irish, the duo set out to create authentic music that many listeners can connect with. Caledonia has twice been awarded first place in the Pennsylvania Heritage songwriting contest for their original songs “Four Mile Road” and “Pennsylvania Grass”. Following the success of their 2 track E.P. “Indian Creek Sessions” produced by Grammy award winning musician Chance McCoy (Old Crow Medicine Show), the band evolved to its current line up to include Bob Baronner (Banjo), Alex Sterbenz (Bass), Noah Connolly (Drums), and when the stars align, Natty Lou Race (accompanying vocals). Their first full length album “Four Mile Road” is available now.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/the-brothers-comatose-2026/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/THUMBNAIL-Brothers-Comatose.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-43460166ed53726313e807d5aee32bd9@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T214000 DTSTAMP:20260925T164153Z CREATED:20260925 LAST-MODIFIED:20261005 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Cat and the Canary DESCRIPTION: \n \n \n \n Twenty years after the death of millionaire Cyrus West, his surviving relatives are called together in a decaying mansion on the Hudson River. There, they gather to hear West’s lawyer Roger Crosby (Tully Marshall) read his last will and testament and discover that West has left everything to his niece Annabelle (Laura La Plante). That is, at least, on the condition that she is judged to be legally sane. As the family settles in for the evening, tensions rise when they are informed that a murderer nicknamed the Cat has escaped from a nearby asylum and is suspected to be somewhere on the grounds. Crosby soon disappears in mysterious circumstances, which proves to be just the first in a series of horrifying events that will punctuate a long, dark night of terror – during which Annabelle’s sanity will be called into question again and again.Based upon the 1922 stage production by John Willard, THE CAT AND THE CANARY is a perfect blend of horror and black comedy and stands at the apex of a cycle of films adapted from mystery plays throughout the 1920s. It later inspired James Whale’s THE OLD DARK HOUSE and has been remade several times – but never bettered. \n \n \n \n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/the-cat-and-the-canary/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Attic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/The-Cat-and-the-Canary-poster.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-5723ce74503ca035097ea19fd040e5bb@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T223000 DTSTAMP:20220826T130505Z CREATED:20220826 LAST-MODIFIED:20260922 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Shining DESCRIPTION:“It’s the experience more so than the actual content of The Shining that radiates cold, anti-humanly indifferent terror.”\n―Slant Magazine ( https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-shining/ )\nAcademy Award winner Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star in director Stanley Kubrick’s disturbing adaptation of Stephen King’s blockbuster horror novel. Frustrated writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker at the ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. When he arrives there with his wife and son, they learn that the previous caretaker had gone mad. Slowly Jack becomes possessed by the evil, demonic presence in the hotel.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/the-shining/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/THUMB-The-Shining.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-36165c62f7b7df72863d470d73302627@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T215500 DTSTAMP:20261002T115556Z CREATED:20261002 LAST-MODIFIED:20261006 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Rocky Horror Picture Show DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a veteran or a virgin, Rocky Horror has been rite of passage for the last 50+ years. Audience participation and callouts are encouraged! Are you nervous about your first time? Check out this guide for virgins.  ( https://playbill.com/article/the-virgins-guide-to-rocky-horror-callouts )\n“While it has its flaws, much of that is wonderfully lambasted by the audience participation, which has grown and adapted with each generation adding something and making this multi-generational experience one that you won’t soon forget.”\n―Cinema Sight ( https://www.cinemasight.com/review-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-1975/ )\nStart Halloween week off right with the ultimate cult classic on the big screen! Join us for an evening of fishnets, time warps, and fabulous cocktails.\nPart campy musical, part horror film, the movie details the travails of a squeaky clean couple stranded at a creepy castle where the inhabitants sing and dance through a bacchanalian romp of murder, bisexuality and cannibalism. The madcap, musical mayhem begins when rain-soaked Brad and Janet take refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation! Join Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon and rock star Meat Loaf in the most popular cult classic of all time.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/the-rocky-horror-picture-show/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/THUMB-rocky-p1-png.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-f32196295a6f0c13d5bedc880d3d66a2@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T220000 DTSTAMP:20260728T115500Z CREATED:20260728 LAST-MODIFIED:20260827 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:4 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Colby T. Helms & The Virginia Creepers DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nTiktok\n\n\nLink\n\nEvery town has them.\nThe underdogs. The people who never quite fit in. The ones who are misunderstood. The ones who strive, stumble, and keep going anyway.\nWith his second album, One for the Losers, Colby T. Helms tells their stories.\nRaised in the Blue Ridge foothills of Southwest Virginia, Helms launched his career as a teenager, writing raw and ragged songs that drew from the people, places, stories, and struggles that shaped him. If his debut album chronicled his own experience, then One for the Losers widens the frame by looking outward. Across a dozen tracks, Helms shines a light on the overlooked and misunderstood characters who’ve crossed his path, from troubled friends and fallen mentors to moonshiners, immigrants, and working-class Virginians trying to survive in a world that threatens to leave them behind.\n“This is a record for people who don’t feel like they have a voice,” he says, speaking with a southern drawl colored not only by his Appalachian roots, but by the years he’s spent singing at folk festivals, fiddlers’ conventions, campgrounds, and dive bars, too. “I wrote my first album while I was still in high school, then I spent a few years on the road, playing those songs every night. One for the Losers delves into what it’s like to be a road musician, as well as the characters and challenges you encounter along the way — and some of the ones waiting for you back home, too.”\nCountry. Bluegrass. Folk. Helms’ interpretation of American mountain music bears the fingerprints of them all. Largely recorded in Nashville with producer David “Ferg” Ferguson, the album is as diverse as its influences, balancing electric full-band performances with intimate, stripped-back recordings that place Helms’ storytelling front and center. For Helms, that balance feels like an extension of a childhood spent on the borderlines, embracing the grey areas between social groups.\n“In high school, you were either an artistic kid who did choir and theater, or you were a redneck in FFA,” he remembers. “I did it all. I never fit into any one category, and I think my music is the same way. I play multiple instruments. I play multiple genres. I’ve got more than a few sides of music in me.”\nThat diversity springs to life on the album’s title track, which was inspired by a childhood friend whose struggles with alcohol ended in tragedy. Rather than offering easy answers, Helms uses the song to wrestle with grief, survivor’s guilt, and resilience. “Young and Dumb” examines addiction through the eyes of someone losing a battle with it. “Deadhead on the Weekend” tells the true story a troubled former boss whose self-destruction ultimately cost him his job, while acknowledging the lessons he still left behind.\nElsewhere, Helms broadens the album’s perspective. “Armed and Dangerous” tells the story of his girlfriend’s father, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border as a child and survived hardships that forced him into a life few Americans could imagine. Built around cinematic imagery and rhythms inspired by Mexican music, the song offers a perspective rarely heard in contemporary country songwriting. Then there’s “Ballad of the Bondurant Boys,” an epic acoustic narrative inspired by Franklin County’s infamous moonshine era. Like many of Helms’ best songs, it blurs the line between history lesson and folk tale, preserving a piece of regional culture while emphasizing more universal themes like power, injustice, and survival.\nYou can take Helms out of Virginia, but you can’t take Virginia out of Helms. His songwriting incorporates waltzes, ballads, and old-school rhythms that once formed the backbone of Appalachian dances but have become rare in modern roots music. Songs like “Fool’s Gold,” “Voices Shot,” and “Ballad of the Bondurant Boys” pay tribute to those traditions, while tracks like “Welcome to the Freak Show” serve as a mission statement, reminding us that regardless of background, geography, or circumstance, everyone deserves a seat at the table. “Backwoods or suburbs, you know we are all just the same,” he sings, “’cause no matter where you come from, we all got red blood and it’s coursing through all of our veins.”\nThat idea may be the thread connecting every song on One For the Losers. Whether he’s singing about a struggling musician, a moonshiner, a man crossing the desert in search of a better life, or a friend lost too soon, Helms approaches each story with compassion. He isn’t interested in dividing people into winners and losers. He’s more interested in understanding them…and maybe drawing a few connections between them, too.\nFor Helms, that responsibility carries extra weight because of where he comes from. Appalachia is one of the most misunderstood regions in America, often flattened into stereotypes that ignore its complexity and creativity. As a proud resident of the area, he hopes to offer a fuller picture. “Appalachia isn’t represented to its fullest extent,” he says. “Artists like me, it’s our job to carry that torch and shed some light on that region.”\nWith One for the Losers, Colby T. Helms does more than shine a light on Appalachia. He shines a light on the people living within it: the dreamers, outcasts, survivors, cautionary tales, and everyday souls whose stories rarely make the spotlight, but are just as deserving as everybody else.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/colby-t-helms-the-virginia-creepers-2026/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Attic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/THUMBNAIL-3.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-3ae71b78fa1f65e5a707af81770cd388@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T014000 DTSTAMP:20260925T142941Z CREATED:20260925 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Night of the Living Dead DESCRIPTION:“Part of its strength is that it’s not a glossy, predictable Hollywood horror and so it has a grainy, semi-amateur, black and white look which gives it a dread sense of conviction.”\n―Empire\nThe 1968 ground-breaking horror film, Night of the Living Dead, follows the lives of eight people from various backgrounds on a terrifying night where the dead rise to feast on human flesh. The strangers end up fighting for their lives in an abandoned house surrounded by the walking dead. As the night unfolds, details are revealed about the mass-murder situation through a small black and white television. It is discovered the only way to kill the zombies is to shoot them in the head: “kill the brain, kill the ghoul.” The situation escalates as tensions rise and fear takes over. This is master horror director George A. Romero’s original cult classic.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/night-of-the-living-dead/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMB-Night-of-The-Living-Dead.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-3a8342a228828439ef6fc58a0b8f2a00@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T210000 DTSTAMP:20240919T163939Z CREATED:20240919 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Scooby Doo DESCRIPTION:“You don’t want to love this, but you will. Although Scooby-Doo falls far short of becoming the “Blazing Saddles” of Generations X, Y and Z, it is hard to resist in its moronic charms.”\n―Washington Post\nZoinks! Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc. to close its doors, Scooby-Doo and his clever crime-solving cohorts Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Velma (Linda Cardellini) are individually summoned to Spooky Island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents at the ultra-hip Spring Break hot spot.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/scooby-doo/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Scoob-thumb-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-cea735b5027e1808f8c3960cc30a7210@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T210000 DTSTAMP:20260925T151352Z CREATED:20260925 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:2 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Blair Witch Project DESCRIPTION:“At a time when digital techniques can show us almost anything, The Blair Witch Project is a reminder that what really scares us is the stuff we can’t see.”\n―Roger Ebert\nTHE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT follows a trio of filmmakers on what should have been a simple walk in the woods but quickly becomes an excursion into heart-stopping terror. As the three become inexplicably lost, morale deteriorates. Hunger sets in. Accusations fly. As the end of their journey approaches, they realize that what they are filming now is not a legend…but their own descent into unimaginable horror.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/the-blair-witch-project/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMB-The-Blair-Witch.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-204e6f2de036648c69169f6f95d7ba17@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T211500 DTSTAMP:20260217T123349Z CREATED:20260217 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Sinners DESCRIPTION:“Coogler doesn’t reinvent the vampire movie with Sinners, but in a current era of American cinema where messages are force-fed, a thoughtful social satire which gives viewers time to dissect––and never lets its loftier thematic aims get in the way of its junky thrills––is a breath of fresh air. I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun, nor felt so reinvigorated by, a major studio genre movie.”\n―The FIlm Stage ( https://thefilmstage.com/sinners-review-a-carnal-vampire-tale-richly-told/ )\nTrying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. “You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/sinners/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sinners-web-poster-scaled.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-52b01d1cf79d4a11bec3e12a126252d3@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T212000 DTSTAMP:20261002T115559Z CREATED:20261002 LAST-MODIFIED:20261002 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Nosferatu DESCRIPTION:Night 2. The final shadows fall. Don’t miss your last chance this Halloween season to experience Nosferatu in the Attic’s intimate setting—once the lights fade, so does the opportunity.\nThere is no other way to feel the full weight of this 1922 masterpiece than in the dark, in close quarters, with every flicker and silence amplified. This isn’t just a screening—it’s a séance with cinema’s past, where the vampire that started it all comes alive on the screen.\nSeating is extremely limited, the atmosphere is unlike anything in town, and after this night, the coffin closes until next year.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/nosferatu-night-two/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Attic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nosferatu-Night-2.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-e06df9528a78fdb238415f538212ea45@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T220000 DTSTAMP:20250915T134850Z CREATED:20250915 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Exorcist DESCRIPTION:“Director William Friedkin, with his scrupulous attention to detail, his determination to convey a sense of realism, achieves such startling effects that one comes away almost completely convinced of the possibility of demonic possession. His movie rushes headlong towards a blood-curling climax (the actual rite of exorcism), a series of scenes so powerful it leaves the audience limp and exhausted.”\n―New York Daily News\nOne of the most profitable horror movies ever made, this tale of an exorcism is based loosely on actual events. When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd — levitating, speaking in tongues — her worried mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest (Jason Miller), however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil. The priest makes a request to perform an exorcism, and the church sends in an expert (Max von Sydow) to help with the difficult job.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/the-exorcist/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Exorcist-THUMB.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-ef36bd288598753e5d732ce574984a2c@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T200000 DTSTAMP:20250915T140812Z CREATED:20250915 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Corpse Bride DESCRIPTION:“But the real marvel is that beneath the ghoulish in-jokes and horror-geek allusions, there’s a core of the same bittersweet truth that makes the best fairy tales resonate from one generation to the next.”\n―TV Guide Magazine\nVictor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria’s (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he’s in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead. It belongs to Emily, who was murdered after eloping with her love and wants to marry Victor. Victor must get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern (Richard E. Grant).\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/corpse-bride/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Corpse-Bride-THUMB.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-75bca42b6b5e869be888efd8ec86fcbb@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T230000 DTSTAMP:20261002T115541Z CREATED:20261002 LAST-MODIFIED:20261006 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Rocky Horror Picture Show DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a veteran or a virgin, Rocky Horror has been rite of passage for the last 50+ years. Audience participation and callouts are encouraged! Are you nervous about your first time? Check out this guide for virgins.  ( https://playbill.com/article/the-virgins-guide-to-rocky-horror-callouts )\nOur friends at Centre LGBT+ ( https://www.centrelgbtplus.org/ ) are back this year! Prop bags will be available to purchase in the lobby, Centre LGBT+ will accept cash, venmo, or paypal. This interactive fun way to become part of the show includes bubbles, playing cards, newspaper, bells, water gun, glowsticks, and more to interact with scenes during the show!\n“While it has its flaws, much of that is wonderfully lambasted by the audience participation, which has grown and adapted with each generation adding something and making this multi-generational experience one that you won’t soon forget.”\n―Cinema Sight ( https://www.cinemasight.com/review-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-1975/ )\nStart Halloween weekend off right with the ultimate cult classic on the big screen! Join us for an evening of fishnets, time warps, and fabulous cocktails.\nPart campy musical, part horror film, the movie details the travails of a squeaky clean couple stranded at a creepy castle where the inhabitants sing and dance through a bacchanalian romp of murder, bisexuality and cannibalism. The madcap, musical mayhem begins when rain-soaked Brad and Janet take refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation! Join Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon and rock star Meat Loaf in the most popular cult classic of all time.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-2nd-show/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/THUMB-rocky-p2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-c146379747fc89b93bb6665febeb7c23@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T013000 DTSTAMP:20260925T170116Z CREATED:20260925 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Evil Dead II DESCRIPTION:“Thanks to Sam Raimi’s inventive style and Bruce Campbell’s hysterical performance, the horror-comedy genre has grown into a legitimate genre, but Evil Dead 2 will forever be the king.”\n―Film Threat\nEver thought of taking your girlfriend away for the weekend? Maybe to some secluded spot in the country so you can spend some quality time together, but then ended up hacking her to pieces with a chainsaw after she’s become possessed by a grotesque, flesh-eating demon resurrected by spells from The Book of The Dead? Ash Williams has. Trapped in a dark world of flying eyeballs and deadly severed limbs, axe wielding Ash Williams will be pushed to the edge of his sanity as he fights to survive against the unspeakable, supernatural forces intent on having him dead by dawn. After the shocking and notorious cult classic Evil Dead impaled its way into the minds of a whole generation by becoming one of the original “video nasties”, visionary, maverick director Sam Raimi (Spider Man 1-3) decided to elaborate on its twisted scenario by creating one of the most visually deranged and psychotically demented horror movies to ever splatter its way across cinema screens since the invention of celluloid. Featuring b-movie legend Bruce Campbell in his most iconic role, as the fantastically unhinged Ash, Evil Dead 2 is a gore-fuelled, splatstick masterpiece that gleefully stomps on the entrails of good taste whilst puking in the face of Hollywood with no apologies.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/evil-dead-2/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMB-Evil-Dead-2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-9083886512a1293b8ec542bc27feab3d@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T233000 DTSTAMP:20231002T105321Z CREATED:20231002 LAST-MODIFIED:20260925 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Halloween DESCRIPTION:“From a shock-and-suspense point-of-view, Halloween is the rival of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.” With only a few arguable exceptions (such as “The Exorcist”), there isn’t another post-1970 release that comes close to it in terms of scaring the living hell out of a viewer… A modern classic of the most horrific kind.”\n ―ReelViews\nOn a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21-year-old Michael Myers steals a car and escapes Smith’s Grove. He returns to his quiet hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois, where he looks for his next victims.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/halloween/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Halloween-Thumb-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-41504ebfe4dfc72fdf5f95920f193dee@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T213000 DTSTAMP:20250326T114518Z CREATED:20250326 LAST-MODIFIED:20261016 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Arrival – Screening and Expert Q&A DESCRIPTION:Please join the Penn State Eberly College of Science and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the State Theatre at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, for a free screening of the 2016 film Arrival—starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker—as part of the college’s Science Matters Spotlight Sessions and Friedman Lectures in Astronomy and Astrophysics.\nThe film, adapted from the award-winning sci-fi novella The Story of your Life and which received eight Oscar nominations, explores the challenges of interspecies communication and alien cognition that might follow from first contact with alien species.\nImmediately following the film, the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence (PSETI) Center will sponsor a Q&A session featuring the following expert panelists:\n\nSheri Wells-Jensen, professor of linguistics at Bowling Green University. Wells-Jensen served as the 2023 NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation. She specializes in disability in outer space, and as a board member of METI International is an expert in the linguistics of first contact.\nScience journalist Nadia Drake. Drake was a longtime contributor to National Geographic, holds a doctorate in genetics and developmental biology, and is the daughter of SETI pioneer Frank Drake.\nJason Wright, director of the PSETI Center and winner of the SETI Institute’s 2019 Drake Award for his work on exoplanets and SETI.\n\nThis panel will be moderated by Jennifer Macalady, director of Penn State’s Astrobiology Research Center and the Penn State Ecology Institute. The discussion will focus on the scientific accuracy of the film, the challenges of planning for first contact, and the role of the PSETI Center in the search for intelligent life in the cosmos.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/arrival/ ORGANIZER;CN=Penn State Eberly College of Science:MAILTO: CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/arrival-web-poster-v2-scaled.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-612dc8387f092f8c04c5c475993f26ae@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T230000 DTSTAMP:20260826T115521Z CREATED:20260826 LAST-MODIFIED:20260922 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:4 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:REPRISE: Recreating Iconic Phish Shows DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nX-twitter\n\n\nTiktok\n\n\nLink\n\nREPRISE is a band that formed to *reprise* the Phish experience, is an all-star band. Cal Kehoe, longtime frontman for Pink Talking Fish, helms the enterprise on guitar. Adrian Tramontano (Twiddle, Kung Fu and The Breakfast) masters the drums. Scott Chasolen chairmans the boards for the project, bringing years of experience as a founding member of Ulu and keyboardist of internationally touring Pink Floyd tribute, The Machine. Multi-instrumentalist and composer Chris DeAngelis (The Machine, Kung Fu and The Breakfast) rounds out the foursome on bass. The time is near, the mission’s clear.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/reprise-recreating-iconic-phish-shows/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Reprise-THUMBNAIL-1200X1200.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-c824e56328b7c29d800c8c1523d009e2@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T223000 DTSTAMP:20250215T144932Z CREATED:20250215 LAST-MODIFIED:20261016 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:2001: A Space Odyssey DESCRIPTION:A pair of astronauts heads to Jupiter to investigate a radio signal sent from a mysterious monolith on the moon, but their tranquil trip is endangered when their on-board computer begins acting oddly. The simple plot of director Stanley Kubrick’s inspired space adventure (co-scripted with noted science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke) belies the profound philosophical implications of this classic film, which inspires viewers to ask questions about the nature of advanced civilizations . . . and of human consciousness. Nearly half a century after its release, the film’s groundbreaking special effects are still breathtaking, and its ending still mind-bending.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/2001-a-space-odyssey/ CATEGORIES:Movies LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/THUMB-2001-space-odyssey.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-0b76fdf0c77a7c5b8b15b0eeb68109b8@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T220000 DTSTAMP:20260512T095504Z CREATED:20260512 LAST-MODIFIED:20260827 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Steve Earle – 51 Years of Songs & Stories DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nSteve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protege of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he 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. Most recently, Earle’s 1988 hit Copperhead Road was made an official state song of Tennessee in 2023.\nSubsequent releases like The Revolution Starts…Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009) received consecutive GRAMMY® Awards. Jerry Jeff, released in 2022, consisted of Earle’s versions of songs written by Jerry Jeff Walker, one of his mentors.\nEarle has published both a novel I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011) and Dog House Roses, a collection of short stories (Houghton Mifflin 2003).\nEarle produced albums for other artists such as Joan Baez (Day After Tomorrow) and Lucinda Williams (Car Wheels on A Gravel Road).\nAs an actor, Earle has appeared in several films and had recurring roles in the HBO series The Wire and Tremé. In 2009, Earle appeared in the off-Broadway play Samara, for which he also wrote a score that The New York Times described as “exquisitely subliminal.” Earle wrote music for and appeared in Coal Country, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Earle is the host of the weekly show Hard Core Troubadour on Sirius Radio’s Outlaw Country channel.\nIn 2020, Earle was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. And in 2023, Steve was honored by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music. Steve’s latest album, “Alone Again (Live)”, released on July 12th, 2024. Most recently, Steve was honored with an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry and was officially inducted on September 17th, 2025.\n\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nChris Pierce has been a singular voice in American roots music for more than two decades. Over the course of eight solo albums, many side projects, and more guest appearances than most could do in one lifetime, his powerful songs have given voice to the voiceless and shed light into dark and hidden corners of the American dream.\nPierce’s newest record, Songs For The Heavy Hearted, captures moments in the lives of everyday people as they struggle with crisis and encapsulates everything that has been so powerful about his music to date.\nAt its core, Songs For The Heavy Hearted is a diary of — and love letter to — freedom fighters everywhere; its constant refrain is that love, joy, hope, and softness are not things we need to sacrifice to fight the good fight. In fact, they are integral.\nAs Pierce explains, “Even as we refuse to take our rights for granted, it’s getting harder to find a little bit of light to keep us going. Whatever happens, we have to find a way to count our blessings and seek liberty for ourselves and fight for the liberty of others.”\nThese are lessons Pierce learned early on. Growing up in an interracial household when his parents’ marriage still wasn’t recognized as legal in 16 states, he witnessed a cross burned on his front lawn as a child. “I held optimism near to my heart, even with the stuff we went through as a family, we never gave way to despair.”\nWhen he was 15 and developed a rare hearing disorder called Otosclerosis that led to total hearing loss (before a surgery that regained partial hearing in one ear), he did not back down. “That could have been it for me, but instead I learned resilience,” Pierce says. “I turned a crisis into a superpower. It’s what you have to do.”\nWith supporting performances from Allison Russell, Steve Earle, Grey DeLisle, and Garrison Starr, Songs For The Heavy Hearted embodies the belief that ‘we shall overcome’ and the sentiment has never sounded more uplifting and within reach.\nOver decades of touring, Pierce has performed as both a headliner and sought-after support act alongside Neil Young, B.B. King, Al Green, Steve Earle, Seal, Aaron Neville, Jill Scott, Allison Russell, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and many others. Pierce has appeared on NPR’s World Cafe, Mountain Stage, American Folk Show and has had performances at Newport Folk Festival, AmericanaFest, Folk Alliance, MerleFest, Bottlerock, Calgary Folk Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, and more.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/steve-earle/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/THUMBNAIL_steve-earle.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-659d33c1b83122ee316c7943d8b091eb@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T193000 DURATION:PT1H30M DTSTAMP:20261006T203920Z RDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T193000,20261115T150000,20261115T193000,20261120T193000,20261122T150000,20261122T193000 CREATED:20261006 LAST-MODIFIED:20261009 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:2 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Six Impossible Things before Breakfast DESCRIPTION:First adaptation by Marilyn Ann Hetzel and Margaret Lee Potts\nAdapted for 90 minutes and 7 actors by John Hruschka\nDirected by Mary Rose Valentine\nLewis Carroll’s stories are a precise satire of the ego and power of those who assume the authority to make rules and then enforce them with complete indifference to logic or fairness.\nWhen Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland came out in 1865, children loved the story to an extent that defied analysis.\nAdults kept reading it while not being entirely sure why a book about talking animals and a tyrannical queen felt so significant.\nChildren then – like many generations since — were not encouraged to ask questions.\nAlice was different in a way that children quickly recognized.\nA heroine who questioned everything.\nWho asked, in the middle of a world that kept trying to define her, “Who in the world am I?” Who looked at the nonsensical authority of the Queen of Hearts and did not simply obey.\nAlice happens to Wonderland, not the other way around.\nWhy has her story been translated into 174 languages and never gone out of print in 160 years?\nBring your world-weary adult self (and the rebellious child still alive in you) to see this show.\nIt’s a story grown-ups will grasp most fully.\nYou can bring children too. They will love it for very different reasons than yours.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/six-impossible-things-before-breakfast/ ORGANIZER;CN=The Next Stage Theatre Company:MAILTO: CATEGORIES:Local,Theatre LOCATION:The Attic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/The-Next-Stage-6-Ticket-Thumbnail.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-84553c65c2ee604b13e9bb8c8f9e6357@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T220000 DTSTAMP:20260922T115559Z CREATED:20260922 LAST-MODIFIED:20261014 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:2 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Seth Walker DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nAmong the most prolific artists on the Americana scene today, Seth Walker is a multi-dimensional talent who combines a gift for melody and lyric alongside a rich, Gospel-drenched, Southern-inflected voice with a true blue knack for getting around on the guitar. With his 12th studio album Why The Worry, Walker further builds upon this reputation.\nSet straight by the title’s mantra, Why The Worry finds the veteran singer-songwriter letting go of the worry about perception, the worry of over-preparation, and the worry that seeps in constantly from the news and noise of everyday life. Taking a page from Willie Nelson, Walker embraced the country music legend’s sage wisdom, “I’ve never seen worry accomplish anything, so I decided not to do it.” Indeed, the album was just about finished when Hurricane Helene hit Walker where he lives in the mountains around Asheville, and as a result, the record almost didn’t see light. As catastrophe took shape, the album’s importance wavered in his mind until the central theme came back into view. The worry wouldn’t undo any damage, and there was still service in song.\nGrowing up on a commune in rural North Carolina, the son of classically trained musicians, Walker played cello long before discovering the guitar in his 20s. When his introduction to the blues came via his Uncle Landon Walker, who was both a musician and disc jockey, his fate was forever sealed. Instantaneously, Seth was looking to artists like T-Bone Walker, Snooks Eaglin, and B.B. King as a wellspring of endless inspiration. The rest is history. He’s released twelve albums, broken into the Top 20 of the Americana Radio Charts, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart and received praise from NPR, American Songwriter, No Depression and Relix, among others.\nAlongside his extensive songwriting and recording pursuits, Walker is consistently touring and performing at venues and festivals around the world. Along with headline shows, he’s been invited to open for The Mavericks, Marc Broussard, The Wood Brothers, Raul Malo, Paul Thorn and Ruthie Foster, among others.\nPrior to relocating to Asheville in 2020, Walker did stints residing in Austin, New Orleans and Nashville. He’s used those experiences wisely, soaking up the sounds and absorbing the musical lineage of these varied places. With a bluesman’s respect for roots and tradition, coupled with an appreciation for—and successful melding of—contemporary songwriting, Walker sublimely incorporates a range of styles with warmth and grace. Perhaps Country Standard Time said it best: “If you subscribe to the Big Tent theory of Americana, then Seth Walker—with his blend of blues, gospel, pop, R&B, rock, and a dash country—just might be your poster boy.”\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/seth-walker/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Attic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMBNAIL-SethWalker-1200-x-1200-px.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-197e931b3ee852997d554b092e9455cb@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T220000 DTSTAMP:20260911T122631Z CREATED:20260911 LAST-MODIFIED:20261014 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Suitcase Junket DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nOver the past twenty years, intriguingly single-minded songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Matt Lorenz has earned snowballing acclaim for his achingly poetic dark folk as The Suitcase Junket. A solitary artist with an organic yet ornate vision, his seventh album, To Go On is his most acutely profound yet. Created in the wake of losing his sister, singer-songwriter Kate Lorenz, it’s a tender, beautiful, and arrestingly moving record; an internal dialogue and conversation with the departed, enormously resonant to anyone who ever loved anyone. “Kate’s more on my mind than she ever would have been if she was alive, so there’s something sweet in that sadness,” Lorenz mulled from his family homestead in western Massachusetts. “When I’m singing and performing, I feel closer to her.”\nRaised in rural Vermont and initially homeschooled, Lorenz and his older sister were unusually bonded even for siblings. Kate taught him to sing and was his first musical collaborator. Her little brother would scavenge and dissect old electronics, bikes, appliances, and watches, building instruments from the parts (he already played piano, violin, saxophone, and guitar). At Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts Lorenz furthered these parallel passions, studying music and adaptive instrument design. After graduation and a year of busking in Europe, he returned to Amherst and formed the band Rusty Belle with his sister. Kate later became a folk-rock solo artist while Lorenz began The Suitcase Junket with a guitar rescued from a dumpster. The Suitcase Junket’s two hundred shows per year included treks across the US and Canada, European excursions, and a genre-straddling array of festivals including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Winnipeg Folk Festival, and California WorldFest. While Kate contributed vocals to all of Lorenz’s albums and often on stage, The Suitcase Junket was otherwise a truly solo affair in the studio, where he plays every instrument, and at shows, where he performs amidst a DIY cluster of contraptions including a suitcase bass drum, box-of-bones hi-hat, and a saw blade. The Suitcase Junket weds the sensibilities of early blues and rock ‘n’ roll, the improvisational spirit of jazz, and Lorenz’s love of Tom Waits to meticulous, cultured songcraft. Dubbed a “master of musical imagination” by NPR’s World Café Live and “astonishing” by WBUR Boston, Lorenz’s weathered, howl-flecked voice was described by Rochester City Newspaper as “a cross between Hound Dog Taylor and a Tuvan throat singer who has swallowed a bird.” On sixth album The End is New, Lorenz embraced collaboration, notably with producer Steve Berlin of Los Lobos and a guitar feature from J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. The record was hailed as “Lorenz’s best album to date” by New Noise, while Atwood Magazine praised its “impeccable songwriting and sonic execution.” But by the time The End is New dropped in late 2020, COVID had torpedoed touring and Lorenz had become a father. In the summer of 2022, a month before the birth of his second child, his sister passed and an album’s-worth of upbeat material penned in the glow of new parenthood got shelved.\nFor To Go On, Lorenz reunited with engineer Justin Pizzoferrato (Pixies, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.) at his Sonelab studio in Easthampton, Massachusetts, where he’d previously recorded extensively with Kate, including the pair contributing harmonies to other artists’ material. “There was a gravity to performing those songs and especially in that studio,” said Lorenz. “In those early days [after Kate’s passing], I would feel closer to her while performing but then would have a really hard time finishing a song or a set, because when I was done, she felt farther away – a sort of emotional hangover.” Similarly, Lorenz has been struggling to finish an EP Kate had left unfinished – his last chance to harmonize with his best friend. This tingling loss-and-longing aura permeates To Go On, its title taken from a line in poignant album standout “Don’t Worry”: we fight hard for the laughter ‘cause it helps us to go on. Like many of Lorenz’s lyrics, it has multiple interpretations: the blank truth of continuing amidst grief, but also having something to go on, something to work with to get through. The rootsy, tremulous “One More Mile,” the first of three singles that precede the album’s October 2026 release, is its sole track written before Kate’s passing. “It’s about another dear friend who was dying. She was in her nineties and died in a way that was very different from Kate,” said Lorenz. “Grief is universal, but it’s as unique as the relationship you lost.” Yet “One More Mile” manages a jaunty, fanfare feel that’s an apt introduction to an album that, especially in its second half, laces sepia-toned sorrow with celebrations of legacy and posthumous love. “There were certainly times when I just wanted to make the saddest record ever,” Lorenz offered. “But I like a well-balanced piece of art, where you can tap your toe, or dance even, and still think about death.” Exquisitely stripped-down follow-up “Put Your Phone Down” channels sisterly advice, its acoustic guitar and finely grained vocal barely embellished. “I wouldn’t be so bold as to say that some sort of ether-based version of Kate was whispering lyrics in my ear,” said Lorenz. “But when songs show up out of nowhere like that, it makes you wonder what you’re connecting to.” Third single “Blindside Memory” is, like the phenomenon it details, full of surprises. Another song addressed to Kate, its almost choral pre-verse makes way for an intimately groovy guitar/vocal verse that sets up its hearty, belting refrain. “When you’re grieving, you still have to do life,” Lorenz considered. “You’re, like, in the cereal aisle, crying and thinking, ‘what the hell?!’”\nLorenz has also created a body of cyanotype-based artwork for the album, which is featured in the forthcoming music video for “One More Mile.” The larger pieces of art will also be on display during the first round of release shows as set pieces and visual representations of the music. Following these special release performances featuring a multi-musician ensemble, The Suitcase Junket will resume solo touring in fall 2026. Every year, Lorenz also performs at Sparkletown, a tribute concert in New England that celebrates his sister’s music and spirit. “If I were to walk through To Go On, it would be a sort of shock into wild confusion and wonder, and then a feeling of excitement, followed by a deep calm that gets heavier … and then you get a kick in the ass!” Lorenz concluded. “I want people to feel comfort, a little bit of surprise, a little bit of discomfort – and a little bit of mystery. And after all that, a sense of joy and hope.”\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/the-suitcase-junket-2026/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Attic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMBNAIL-The-Suitcase-Junket-1200x1200-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-a1ad46372861ecf61fdab04c7bf5082e@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261205T155500 DTSTAMP:20260709T123927Z CREATED:20260709 LAST-MODIFIED:20261006 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Samson et Dalila DESCRIPTION:Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece of French grand opera is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley, transmitted live to cinemas worldwide. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/samson-et-dalila/ CATEGORIES:Opera LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/samson.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-86a45a4457d64755695c585db7eacc82@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261207T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261207T220000 DTSTAMP:20260908T102332Z CREATED:20260908 LAST-MODIFIED:20260914 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Cyril Neville DESCRIPTION:\n \n Spotify\n \n \n Music\n \n \n Youtube\n \n \n Facebook\n \n \n Instagram\n \n \n Link\n \nCYRIL NEVILLE, the Uptown Ruler, brings a lifetime of dreams come true. This two-time grammy winning icon is brilliant and beautiful on stage and in his recorded work. In this new chapter of his creative life, Cyril levels up even more with new songs, a fresh perspective on his decares of performance worldwide and a determined eye on the future. As Quint Davis, founder and head of the new Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival watching Mr. Neville perform at the 2025 Jazz Fest Congo Square Stage said,” He’s still got it.”\nCyril Neville is one of the founding fathers of the New Orleans signature funky soul, rock jazz sound that has influenced countless artists and entertained millions of fans over his 5-decade career. Mr. Neville is a vocalist, songwriter, percussionist, painter, cultural icon and activist who richly deserves his Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.\nBorn in 1948 in New Orleans, the youngest of the Neville Brothers was raised in a musical household, with his brothers Aaron, Art and Charles all making waves on the local musical scene. Their uncle George Landry was Big Chief Jolly of the Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indian Tribe, and young Cyril cut his teeth singing and playing percussion with the group. At 19, he joined his brother’s band, Art Neville and the Neville Sounds, and released his first single a year later.\nArt’s band soon merged into the seminal group, The Meters, with Cyril, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste. Their early releases – the singles “Sissy Strut, “Look-A-Py-Py” and “Sophisticated Sissy,” as well as the Cabbage Alley and the Neville Brothers Fire on the Bayou have become classics, and their funky grooves built a foundation for a large swath of today’s American popular music. The Meter’s reputation was cemented when the Rolling Stones offered them an opening spot on their 1975 world tour.\nArt and Cyril left The Meters in 1977, and with Aaron and Charles formed the Neville Brothers. For 35 years the group rocked audiences from Tipitinas in New Orleans to Taipei playing venues all over the world with their imminently danceable funk rock. Their recordings such as the Grammy-winning Yellow Moon and equally successful follow-up Brother’s Keeper have entered the canon of classic American Music. The Neville Brothers have received four nominations to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and hopefully one day will receive their long overdue flowers there.\nOne of Cyril’s current projects includes touring with his son’s band, Omari Neville and the Fuel, but he can also be heard performing with fellow Meter Goerge Porter, Jr, Trombone Shorty and his nephew Ivan Neville’s band Dumpstafunk.\nMr. Neville has had a number of other musical projects over the years, including The Endangered Species Band, and the Uptown All Stars as well as Swamp Funk. After Hurricane Katrina, bluesman Tab Benoit formed the supergroup Voice of the Wetlands to advocate for coastal protections with Cyril Neville front and center stage. Mr. Neville has also has also toured singing with the funk powerhouse Galactic. In 2011 Mr. Neville formed his own supergroup, Royal Southern Brotherhood, with Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooten and Yonrico Scott.\nMr. Neville has recorded with a Who’s Who of the rock world including Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Branford Marsalis, and Carlos Santana. He is a prolific writer, co-authoring songs with Bono, Allen Toussant, Trombone Shorty and Taj Mahal among many. Mr. Neville has made a number of television appearances including Saturday Night Live, NCIS: New Orleans and HBO’s Treme. For many hears he also operated his own Endangered Species record label. Now he works closely with senior manager Lara Lavi and her production company Dreaming In Color Entertainment to release new music including his latest single “Lemonade,” co-written with and produced by renowned trumpet player Shamarr Allen releasing in July 2025.\nCyril Neville has collected many accolades over the course of his 50 years plus career, including a Grammy award for the song, “Healing Chant” from the 1989 album, Yellow Moon produced by Daniel Lanois. In 2017, The Neville Brothers received the Austin City Limits Lifetime Achievement Award and a year later, The Meters were honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.\nPerhaps Mr. Neville’s greatest joy is singing, recording and performing with his son Omari Neville whose band Omari Neville and the Fuel tours as Omari’s backup band. With refreshed management and talent agency, Cyril Neville is highly prolific and unstoppable in this next phase of his career with new music releasing monthly for the army of fans of the Wild Tchoupitoulas, Meters, Uptown Ruler, Neville Brothers and fans of New Orleans music and culture.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk1x3bRIPB4\n \n Spotify\n \n \n Music\n \n \n Youtube\n \n \n Facebook\n \n \n Instagram\n \n \n Link\n \nFresh off a ground-breaking month-long October 2025 National Tour, an explosive set of performances at their signature Black & Loud Fest Seattle/Portland (blackandloudfest.com) shows and moving right into 2026 intense touring, Seattle-based alt-rock band King Youngblood is celebrating a plethora of newness – unleashing new music, new videos, new multimedia projects, fresh merch, and bold social justice initiatives. King Youngblood, led by founder, bandleader, and guitarist, Cameron Lavi-Jones, have built their reputation on electrifying, take-no-prisonersperformances, intentional songwriting, fearless leadership championing alternative Black artists via their Jack Daniel’s–sponsored Black & Loud Fest, now expanding across the country. A command-ing voice both onstage and off, Lavi-Jones has emerged as a generational voice in the fight for social justice and authenticity in art. The buzz is undeniable: across the United States and certainly at home in the Pacific Northwest, King Youngblood is receiving the torch of Seattle’s grunge and alt-rock legacy. They’re reclaiming rock’s roots with thunderous precision, focused afro-punk energy, and a live show that leaves crowds breathless.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/cyril-neville/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMBNAIL-Cyril-Neville-1200x1200-.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-d2108470e2824da1f619e91a0e4784d0@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T220000 DTSTAMP:20260812T095515Z CREATED:20260812 LAST-MODIFIED:20260908 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:4 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Tab Benoit w/ Bonerama DESCRIPTION:\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nX-twitter\n\n\nTiktok\n\n\nLink\n\nTab Benoit is a 4x Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist who has built a remarkable 30+ year career on the foundation of his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues, acquiring a devoted legion of fans along the way, as well as 5 Blues Music Awards, including BB King Entertainer of the Year (twice) and an induction into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.\nAfter a 13-year hiatus, Tab is back with his latest effort, I Hear Thunder, on his own label, Whiskey Bayou Records. The new album was his first #1 in the Billboard charts in over 30 years. Read more about it in Billboard here. Benoit’s 2013 release, Medicine, was co-produced with Anders Osborne for Concord International, and garnered three Blues Music Awards. Following this notable success, Benoit took a step away from music, taking a 13-year sabbatical from recording and entering a period of creative exile.\nTab’s accomplishments as a musician are matched only by his devotion to the environmental health of his native Louisiana wetlands. The notoriety achieved by his success provided him with a mouthpiece to promote his growing concern for the Louisiana Wetlands and coastal erosion from the region he calls home. Benoit is the founder and driving force behind Voice of the Wetlands, an organization working to preserve the coastal waters of his home state. In 2010, he received the Governor’s Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Benoit has also starred in the iMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina’s effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands.\nBenoit has recorded and/or performed with Junior Wells, George Porter Jr, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Billy Joe Shaver, Maria Muldaur, James Cotton, Cyril Neville, Kenny Aronoff, Allen Toussaint, Kim Wilson, Jimmy Thackery, Charlie Musslewhite, Kenny Neal, Chris Layton, Ivan Neville, Jimmy Hall, Jim Lauderdale, Anders Osborne, and Alvin Youngblood Hart to name a few.\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nBonerama is a force of nature. It is a band that in many ways defies categorization. A funky rock band with brass…a funky brass band that rocks. Pick Yer Poison. Bonerama is a New Orleans-based band that fuses everything that has made that city’s music famous into a genre defying gumbo. The band has taken the best elements of rock, soul, fusion, pop, jazz, funk, brass, gospel and blues to forge its unique sound.\nFormed in 1998 by New Orleans trombonists Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, Bonerama is now in their 26th year. Currently comprised of Mullins (founding member, trombone, electric trombone and lead vocals), Greg Hicks (trombone and vocals), Chris Butcher (trombone), Bert Cotton (guitar), Matt Perrine (sousaphone) and Eric Bolivar (drums), Bonerama is one of the funkiest and most unique bands to ever come out of New Orleans.\nEqually adept at delivering extraordinary originals or blistering covers of artists as diverse as Led Zeppelin; The Beatles; The Allman Brothers; Jimi Hendrix–even Black Sabbath, Bonerama’s distinctive, inimitable, genuine, one-of-a-kind sound is unmatched, high-energy, fun, dynamic and bold.\nOver the years, Bonerama has joined forces with many prominent musicians on stage or in the studio such as R.E.M., Little Feat, OKGo, Nicole Atkins, George Porter Jr., The Radiators, Ivan Neville, Galactic and many more. Whoever Bonerama teams-up with gets an interesting and personal take on Bonerama’s style of music infusing a piece of their own genetics into the band vibe of whoever they are joining. Simply put, Bonerama’s sound is a mélange unlike anything else. By placing the trombones, up front and center stage as the lead instrument, Bonerama is “different” in the best possible way. Not only is the band’s music unique but it is drenched with the New Orleans’s DNA that flows through the veins of the band’s members…and it works!\nA Bonerama concert is life-changing and will permanently alter how one views popular music. When seeing Bonerama live, attendees are treated to a masterclass that is both a musical time machine and a trip through 20th and early 21st Century popular music. Audience members are magically transported to old New Orleans (via tunes like “Mr. Okra,” an original about the New Orleans character and treasure Arthur Robinson who sold vegetables from his truck, “Let The Four Winds Blow,” “Iko Iko,” “Big Chief,” and “Indian Red”); current New Orleans (with its funk, rock and jazz-flavored originals such as “Shake Your Rugalator,” “Bad Dog,” “Hard Times,” and “Hot Like Fire”); Classic or Alternative radio (through unconventional and unsuspected covers of “When The Levee Breaks,” “Frankenstein,” “Helter Skelter” “Whipping Post,” “Crosstown Traffic,” “War Pigs” and “Paranoid Android”) as well as familiar traditional gems and nuggets (such as “What A Wonderful World,” “When My Dreamboat Comes Home” and “Down By The Riverside”). Every song is performed with a high-energy and spicy concoction of deliciously Southern funky New Orleans attitude and joy.\nBonerama has appeared on national television shows including Late Night with David Letterman and in 2006 was the house band for HBO’s Comic Relief. The band’s appeal and fan-base is spread across the globe. Over the past 20+ years, Bonerama has been recognized as one of New Orleans’ best-loved touring bands—making numerous stops each year in New York City; Washington, DC; Chicago; Philadelphia; St. Louis and many other U.S. markets. The band regularly performs at well-known music festivals and venues across the country and in the fall of 2018 Bonerama performed three nights at the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles while opening for Mullins former boss, Harry Connick Jr. More than a New Orleans band, Bonerama also has a huge international following. It makes frequent trips to Brazil with tour stops in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other locations in that country playing to large scale audiences of all ages that are wowed by the band’s unique sound, catalog and deep New Orleans roots.\nDuring its career, Bonerama has delivered seven major releases. It’s current full-length album, Bonerama Plays Zeppelin (Basin Street Records), was one of the best-selling albums at Jazz Fest in 2019. The band’s most recent release, the “Empty World” single, is a tribute to the late Allen Toussaint that features Michael McDonald (who will be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Doobie Brothers at the 2020 Induction Ceremony).\nBonerama is a band that truly resides in a class of its own. Its jazzified, funkified, rhythmic and rockin’ brass band music is unequaled and unparalleled. Once heard, it leaves an indelible imprint upon the listener that can never be forgotten.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/tab-benoit-w-bonerama/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/THUMBNAILTabBenoit-1200-x1200.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-c9b03be66eee564123ecf4b66c25986a@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261213T220000 DTSTAMP:20260922T115516Z CREATED:20260922 LAST-MODIFIED:20260921 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:2 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Darlene Love: Love For The Holidays DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nRolling Stone Magazine has proclaimed Darlene Love to be “one of the greatest singers of all time” and that certainly rings true, but perhaps Paul Shaffer says it even more concisely: “Darlene Love is Rock N’ Roll!” – which was made official when she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bette Midler, a great fan of her work, in 2011. During the celebration, the two ladies enjoyed performing He’s A Rebel together and as part of the festivities, Darlene also sang He’s A Fine, Fine Boy backed by another distinguished fan, Bruce Springsteen.\nAt the Academy Awards, Darlene sang her powerful acceptance speech on behalf of all of the performers in the winning film “Twenty Feet From Stardom.” As she raised the Oscar, the entire house stood with a cheering ovation, led by the wildly applauding Bill Murray. It was another special moment in a great career. A Grammy award soon followed for the soundtrack of the film.\nHer Billboard hits include: He’s A Rebel, The Boy I’m Gonna Marry, Wait ‘Til My Bobby Gets Home, He’s Sure the Boy I Love and the #1 holiday classic Christmas Baby (Please Come Home), a song that she performed annually with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Symphony Orchestra on The Late Show With David Letterman for some 29 years until Letterman retired.\nTo continue this long standing tradition, Darlene performs a number of special Christmas shows every year and continues to enchant her fans with the Christmas spirit.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/darlene-love-love-for-the-holidays/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/THUMBNAIL-1200-x-1200-px.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-0bc62afce4c0004839d37c08c5f0528a@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270109T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270109T220000 DTSTAMP:20261013T115543Z CREATED:20261013 LAST-MODIFIED:20261012 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:2 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Get The Led Out DESCRIPTION:\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nFrom the bombastic and epic, to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out (GTLO) have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage. The Philadelphia-based group consists of six veteran musicians intent on delivering Led Zeppelin live, like you’ve never heard before. Utilizing the multi-instrumentalists at their disposal, GTLO re-create the songs in all their depth and glory with the studio overdubs that Zeppelin themselves never performed. When you hear three guitars on the album…GTLO delivers three guitarists on stage. No wigs or fake English accents, GTLO brings what the audience wants…a high energy Zeppelin concert with an honest, heart-thumping intensity.\nDubbed by the media as “The American Led Zeppelin,” Get The Led Out offers a strong focus on the early years. They also touch on the deeper cuts that were seldom, if ever heard in concert. GTLO also include a special “acoustic set” with Zep favorites such as “Tangerine” and “Hey Hey What Can I Do.”\nGTLO has amassed a strong national touring history, having performed at major club and PAC venues across the country. GTLO’s approach to their performance of this hallowed catalog is not unlike a classical performance. “Led Zeppelin are sort of the classical composers of the rock era,” says lead vocalist Paul Sinclair. “I believe 100 years from now they will be looked at as the Bach or Beethoven of our time. As cliché as it sounds, their music is timeless.”\nA GTLO concert mimics the “light and shade” that are the embodiment of “The Mighty Zep.” Whether it’s the passion and fury with which they deliver the blues-soaked, groove-driven rock anthems, it’s their attention to detail and nuance that makes a Get The Led Out performance a truly awe-inspiring event!\nPaul Sinclair – Lead Vocals, Harmonica\nPaul Hammond – Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Theremin\nTommy Zamp – Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Vocals\nEddie Kurek – Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion\nDerek Smith – Drums, Percussion\nSeth Chrisman – Bass, Vocals\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/get-the-led-out-2027/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/800x800_THUMBNAIL-GTLO.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-87ee3cf48112fd3290871601831017c4@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270114T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270114T220000 DTSTAMP:20261013T025512Z CREATED:20261013 LAST-MODIFIED:20261012 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Cris Jacobs: The Workingman’s Dead DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpotify\n\n\nMusic\n\n\nYoutube\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\nInstagram\n\n\nLink\n\nCris Jacobs has earned his place as one of the most compelling voices in American roots music. A masterful guitarist with a soulful, elastic voice, Jacobs brings both fire and finesse to the stage, weaving rock, soul, Americana, and funk into a sound that’s as dynamic as it isnheartfelt. His live performances are renowned for their energy and spontaneity, whether stretching out with searing guitar work or locking into deep grooves with his band. With a rich catalog of acclaimed solo albums and a history of collaborations with artists ranging from Steve Winwood to Sturgill Simpson, Jacobs continues to build on a career defined by authenticity, grit, and musicality. At once a seasoned craftsman and a restless innovator, he delivers songs that speak to perseverance, joy, and the complexities of the human experience—songs best heard live, where his artistry fully comes to life.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/cris-jacobs-the-workingmans-dead/ CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:The Attic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/THUMB-Cris-Jacobs-1200-x-1200-px.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-8402c8d4a177b4e6c0913290cc746382@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270123T161500 DTSTAMP:20260709T123929Z CREATED:20260709 LAST-MODIFIED:20261006 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:La Fanciulla del West DESCRIPTION:Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as the larger-than-life Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/la-fanciulla-del-west/ CATEGORIES:Opera LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-fanciulla.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-419503081d19da6921ec70b5e5ac8dfb@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270320T160000 DTSTAMP:20260709T123931Z CREATED:20260709 LAST-MODIFIED:20261006 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Silent Night DESCRIPTION:Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning first opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers spontaneously set aside the horrors of the First World War and crossed the trenches to mingle, exchange gifts, and sing carols with the enemy. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera—with a libretto by Mark Campbell based on the film Joyeux Noël—has been widely acclaimed since its 2011 premiere, hailed as “an overwhelming emotive experience” by The Guardian. Silent Night receives an evocative staging by James Robinson that takes the audience directly to the battlefields of the Western Front. The star-studded cast, featuring soprano Elza van den Heever and tenors Ben Bliss and Rolando Villazón, among many others, is conducted by debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska live from the Met to cinemas worldwide. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/silent-night/ CATEGORIES:Opera LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/silent-night.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-7f3998170c5afdabcf87fa6e94c293ae@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270403T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270403T162500 DTSTAMP:20260709T123932Z CREATED:20260709 LAST-MODIFIED:20261006 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Manon DESCRIPTION:Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid gold … Sierra touched the operatic firmament” (The New York Times)—superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading tenor Matthew Polenzani is her idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, with rising-star baritone Andrzej Filończyk as her stalwart cousin, Lescaut, in a breathtaking Belle Époque staging by director Laurent Pelly. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/manon/ CATEGORIES:Opera LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/manon.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-2fb2c0b63768c3c73ef007ed0f753663@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270424T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270424T162000 DTSTAMP:20260709T123934Z CREATED:20260709 LAST-MODIFIED:20261006 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Otello DESCRIPTION:One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, live to cinemas worldwide. Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy also features soprano Ailyn Pérez in her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona, alongside baritone Artur Ruciński as the sinister Iago. Michele Mariotti leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/otello/ CATEGORIES:Opera LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/otello.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-2043e7432dfc8838fa7f9a2086cea077@thestatetheatre.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270605T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270605T180500 DTSTAMP:20260709T123936Z CREATED:20260709 LAST-MODIFIED:20261006 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Parsifal DESCRIPTION:A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail returns to the big screen in François Girard’s celebrated production, a “thoughtful and intrepid staging, full of striking imagery” (The New York Times). Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast of Wagnerian superstars, including tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as the enigmatic Kundry, baritone Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the sorcerer Klingsor, and bass Jongmin Park as the wise Gurnemanz. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.\n URL:https://thestatetheatre.org/events/parsifal/ CATEGORIES:Opera LOCATION:The Friedman Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://thestatetheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/parsifal.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR