Professional shoplifters embark on a wild adventure as they target a cutthroat fashion mogul.
A hapless but resilient tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) on the tough city streets.
This comedic masterpiece finds the iconic Little Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) employed at a state-of-the-art factory where the inescapable machinery completely overwhelms him, and where various mishaps keep getting him sent to prison. In between his various jail stints, he meets and befriends an orphan girl (Paulette Goddard).
Doors at 10:30am | Performance at 11am The next chapter of Broadway Bound is here! These performers are all grown up and can’t play the kid roles they once loved, but now they dream of the big roles they hope to play one day. Full of fun Broadway songs, dancing, and acting, this show will make you want to sing, dance, and cheer along! Whether you love performing or just love to dream, this show is all about imagining big and believing anything is possible.
Director: Boots Riley | Cast: LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, Terry Crews, Jermaine Fowler 1h 52m, R 5:30pm - Periodic tours of the Colonial Theatre featuring stories and tid-bits of the theatre’s history | 7:30pm - Screening of Sorry to Bother You featuring a pre-recorded Q&A with director Boots Riley In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, Calif., telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory. As Green's career begins to take off, his friends and co-workers organize a protest against corporate oppression. Cassius soon falls under the spell of Steve Lift, a cocaine-snorting CEO who offers him a salary beyond his wildest dreams.
Balla Kouyaté is considered a balafon virtuoso. Born in Mali, he was raised in the Djeli (Griot) tradition. Today, he teaches and performs internationally. Event Sponsored by Elise Drake
Join us Saturday, August 1 in Bethlehem, N.H. for DI:Rectangle, a day of public programming brought to you by Directangle Press and DesignInquiry. Artists, designers, and writers come together at The Colonial Theatre, The Gallery at WREN, Directangle Press, and adjacent neighborhood spaces to share readings, performances, live music, research presentations, panel discussions, and more, investigating the concept and form of the rectangle and how they shape how we see, organize, create, communicate, and publish. Programming at The Colonial Theatre runs from 12–3PM and 6–10PM. All programming is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome.
Directors: Dayna Goldfine, Dan Geller | Cast: Peter Asher, Steve Martin, Eric Idle, Jane Asher 1h 58m, NR The extraordinary life of Peter Asher—pop star, producer, manager, and confidant to legends such as Paul McCartney, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt.
Doors at 10:30am | Performance at 11am Join Shidaa Projects for a West African drumming demonstration and dance party! Led by Ghanaian drummer Jordan Mensah and dancer Samuel Maama Marquaye, this family-friendly performance will feature percussion, movement, and cultural celebrations of Ghana and West Africa.
Patio Party: 6:00 | Speakers: 6:30 | Films: 7:00 Tickets: $10 General Admission, $9 BHC, JFNH and Colonial Members Buy tickets for all 5 films for $40. (Discount is applied at checkout.) Fresh out of college, Larry Lapinsky (Lenny Baker) leaves Brooklyn and moves to Greenwich Village. Larry comes from a traditional Jewish home, and though his mother, Faye (Shelley Winters), wants him to get a steady job, he tries to make it as an actor. He quickly takes his place among some young creative types, including girlfriend Sarah (Ellen Greene) and writer Robert (Chris Walken). Soon Larry is on the verge of a career breakthrough — and his mother finds it hard to let go.
Director: Mark Jenkin | Cast: George MacKay, Callum Turner, Emily Daglish-Laine, Rosalind Eleazar. 1h 54m, NR A fishing boat lost with all hands thirty years ago reappears in the old harbour. A newcrew set out to sea but slip back in time to a village that thinks they never left.
Over the past three decades of nonstop touring and recording, Larry McCray has played and shared the stage with such blues greats as BB King, Buddy Guy, Albert King, John Mayall, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Keb Mo, Jimmie Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Joe Bonamassa, as well as rock legends the Allman Brothers, Phil Lesh, Jonny Lang, Joe Walsh, Levon Helm, Chris Robinson, Dickey Betts, and countless others. Event Sponsored by Julie & Doug Weisman
Doors at 10:30am | Performance at 11am Celebrate kindness, courage, and compassion in this movement-driven theatrical adventure! Jon J. Muth’s beloved retelling of Leo Tolstoy’s timeless fable, The Three Questions, comes to life in a visually rich and captivating production. Physical storytelling transforms the stage into a world of discovery as the story unfolds with heart and imagination, gently revealing the universal truths about what matters most.
In the Southwest during the Civil War, a mysterious stranger, Joe (Clint Eastwood), and a Mexican outlaw, Tuco (Eli Wallach), form an uneasy partnership -- Joe turns in the bandit for the reward money, then rescues him just as he is being hanged. When Joe's shot at the noose goes awry during one escapade, a furious Tuco tries to have him murdered. The men re-team abruptly, however, to beat out a sadistic criminal and the Union army and find $20,000 that a soldier has buried in the desert. The 2026 Anniversary Classics series is co-sponsored by Les Apple & Debra Saunders, Teri Bordenave & Eric van Leuven, The North Country Chamber Players.
At just 31 years old, and with six albums under his belt, Pedro Pastor represents and leads a new generation of singer-songwriters in Spain. His music straddles between Latin America and Spain, with lyrics that are a hymn to change and rebellion, to love and learning, to fusion and blending as the primary source of musical and human development. Event Sponsored by Badger Peabody & Smith Realty
Director: Olivia Wilde | Cast: Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, Seth Rogan, Edward Norton 1h 47m, R A dinner party spirals into unexpected places when a couple invite their enigmatic neighbours over. Have they reignited the spark in their troubled marriage -- or lit the match that burns it all down?
Director: Jeremy Borison (2024), Starring: Charlie Korman, Katherine Kamhi, Michael Zapesotsky. A closeted teenager in a religious community finds a love letter written to his grandfather by another man, and sets out to find him. SPEAKER: Rabbi David Edelson
Director: Jonathan Demme | Cast: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz 1h 28m, PG A live performance of the band Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and featuring their most memorable songs. The greatest concert film of all time, Stop Making Sense brings to the screen Talking Heads at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December 1983: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, alongside an ecstatic ensemble of supporting musicians. Renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) captures the band at their exhilarating best, in this new and complete restoration for the film's 40th anniversary.
This live show on the Colonial stage is guaranteed to be clever, politically incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny! Iconic comedian Paula Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. She regularly plays theaters across the country, hosts a weekly comedy podcast, Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, and is a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me. She also voiced the character ‘Forgetter Paula’ in the feature films Inside Out and Inside Out 2.
Director: Adam Shankman | Cast: RuPaul, Ginger Minj, Jujubee 1h 32m, R Two stewardesses must save the day when a catastrophic storm threatens to derail a high-speed train.
Watch and be inspired to explore rivers, lakes and oceans, push extremes, appreciate wild places and embrace the paddling lifestyle. The 2026 Reel Outdoors Series is co-sponsored by Appalachian Mountain Club, Carlson's Lodge, North Country Climbing Center, The Lawton Company, and The Trout Unlimited Ammonoosuc Chapter 554
The Future of Energy is a revolutionary film that captures the movement across the U.S. to transition to 100% renewable energy and to bring positive solutions to the ecological crisis. 7PM - Patio party with refreshments and raffle prizes | 7:30 PM Film screening, followed a PowerPoint presentation and discussion on the current state of achieving the goal of 100% renewable/sustainable energy This event is sponsored by the Bethlehem Sustainability Working Group.
Fleabag is the hilarious, award-winning, original one-woman play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series, written and performed on-stage by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. In just 67-minutes, audiences can expect a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life.
Director: Eran Riklis | Cast:Golshifteh, Farahani Zahra, Amir Ebrahimi, Mina Kavani, Raha Rahbari 1h 46m, R Language: Persian with English subtitles A professor in revolutionary Iran gathers her most dedicated female students to study banned literary classics. Based on Azar Nafisi's beloved memoir.
Director: John G. Avildsen (1973), Starring: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman. A garment manufacturer tries to make his debt-ridden factory survive, hires an arsonist to burn down a building to collect the insurance, and has flashbacks to the war. GUEST SPEAKERS: Laurie Heineman, Emmy Award winning actress, teacher, and art therapist & Rick Winston, Film Historian
Ever charismatic, prolific, and inspired, Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. This event is presented in partnership with Sounds in the Sanctuary. Event Sponsored by Members of Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation: Les Apple & Debra Saunders, Lucy Goodhart & Gordon Bennett, Gail Robinson & Martin Kessel, Laura Wilson & Edward Clark, and Michel Adler.
Since 1976, the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, a flagship program of Banff Centre, has been an industry leader in the celebration of Mountain Culture. Following the festival each fall, our annual World Tour reaches more than 45 countries on 7 continents, making us the largest adventure film tour on the planet. This event is hosted in partnership with Adaptive Sports Partners.
Deep in the Choctaw Nation of rural Oklahoma rages a fight to preserve the Kiamichi River, reckoning with a cycle of land loss for the Indigenous diaspora and the community at large. The New Leaf Series is created in partnership with Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust and is co-sponsored by Forest Society North at The Rocks, Tall Provisions, and Liquid Death
If you haven’t been fortunate enough to meet Vanessa Collier and witness one of her head-turning, fiery, and passionate performances, her set will blow your mind. As a master musician and multi-instrumentalist, Vanessa weaves funk, soul, rock, and blues into every powerful performance. With soulful vocals, searing saxophone, and witty songwriting, Vanessa is blazing a trail, racking up an arsenal of honors, and has already singled herself out as an artist of distinction. Event sponsored by Carrie & Jim Hamblin
Manhattan Short is not a touring Festival; rather, it is an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing great films to great venues and allowing audiences to select their favorites.
6:30pm - Meet the Speaker reception | 7pm - Presentation by speaker Daniel Zajic | After the presentation - Stay for a screening of The Martian The Martian (2015): An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assumes him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue. Presentation: Housing today faces growing pressure—from rising costs, limited labor, and land constraints to sustainability and aging-in-place needs. Before the screening of The Martian, this talk follows a multi-year solo project building a new house in pursuit of better answers. What if a home could give back more than it takes—producing more energy than it uses, minimizing waste not just today but over its entire lifetime? And if that’s within reach, why aren’t we already building this way? Science on Screen at The Colonial is presented in partnership with White Mountain Science, Inc. (WMSI) and is sponsored by Kerberos LLC and Hacker.Nexus Science on Screen is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Yasmin Williams, raised in Woodbridge, Virginia, grew up surrounded by music. Inspired by a wide range of artists—from Chuck Brown to Jimi Hendrix—she began developing her innovative fingerstyle acoustic guitar technique while studying music theory and composition at NYU. Williams has released two previous albums, Unwind (2018) and Urban Driftwood (2021), where she introduced unique approaches, such as playing kalimba and guitar simultaneously. She also incorporates instruments like the kora, harp guitar, and banjo. Despite her use of folk instruments, she resists being categorized within the genre, valuing creative freedom over conformity. Her latest record, Acadia, is out now via Nonesuch Records
Originally from Wimberley, Texas, Sarah Jarosz is a six-time GRAMMY Award winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Since her recorded debut in 2009, she has released seven solo albums and two albums with I’m With Her, her band with Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan. In addition to her multiple GRAMMY, Americana Music Association, and Folk Alliance awards, her work has received widespread critical praise from publications including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and USA Today. Jarosz has appeared three times on PBS’s legendary Austin City Limits television show and numerous times on A Prairie Home Companion, Live From Here, and the Grand Ole Opry.
Celebrating 20 Years! Every family has its Christmas traditions. The cookies. The tree. The ornament that's been hanging on by a thread since 1987. For thousands of people across the country, The Sweetback Sisters' Country Christmas Sing-Along Spectacular has become one of them. For twenty years, audiences have gathered for an evening that feels less like a concert and more like the Christmas party everyone wishes they'd been invited to. One part country music revue, one part vintage holiday variety show, and one part joyful audience sing-along, the Spectacular is filled with classic carols, country Christmas favorites, forgotten seasonal gems, quirky originals, surprisingly consequential holiday trivia, improbable prizes, and enough laughter to keep winter at bay.