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DECEMBER 2022
DIVAS WITH A TWIST
SAT, DEC 10 | 8PM
$32
Divas with a Twist is a group of five powerful female vocalists
backed by Grammy-nominated musicians. The band will play
holiday music as well as pop and rock favorites with divas
Christine Joyce, Paula Markowicz, Joyce MacPhee, Nicole
Malagodi and Tracy Silva commanding the stage. Think Queen,
Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, The Doobie Brothers and The
Who, for starters. This is a don’t-miss-it event that will put you
in the holiday spirit.
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MEAGHAN FARRELL
THU, DEC 15 I 7:30PM
$15
Meaghan Farrell is an Americana/Pop storyteller out of
Nashville, TN, with a New York City foundation. With one full
length album and three EP's under her belt, Meaghan has the
experience and confidence to express her most authentic self.
Playing alongside some of the most influential songwriters and
performers in the industry, she is creating a name for herself
through the show she is performing around the country.
STORM LARGE: A HOLIDAY SHOW
FRI, DEC 16 | 8PM
$45
Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome.
She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the
CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been
eliminated in the week before the finale, Storm built a fanbase
that follows her around the world to this day. She was seen on
the 2021 season of America’s Got Talent. Recent
engagements include performing her one-woman
autobiographical musical memoir Crazy Enough at La Jolla
Music Society and Portland Center Stage, debuts with the
Philly Pops, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
and the Seattle Symphony, as well as return engagements with
the Houston, Detroit, Toronto, and BBC Symphonies; the New
York Pops; and the Louisville Orchestra, with whom she
recorded the 2017 album All In. Storm continues to tour concert halls across the country with her band Le ANOTHER TEQUILA SUNRISE is America’s top Eagles Tribute
Bonheur and as a special guest on Michael Feinstein’s Shaken & Stirred tour. Alongside Liza Minnelli and Joel band. Originally formed in 2001, this New England based
Grey, Storm joined Michael Feinstein as special guest with the Pasadena Pops. Storm made her debut as
guest vocalist with the band Pink Martini in April 2011, singing four sold-out concerts with the National sophisticated performance encompassing all the best hits
Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She continues to perform with the band,
touring nationally and internationally, and she is featured on their album Get Happy. Storm has also sung Glenn Frey, and Joe Walsh. From soaring ballads to heavy
with K.D. Lang, Kirill Gerstein, John Doe, Rufus Wainwright, and George Clinton.
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ANA POPOVIC
SAT, DEC 17 | 8PM
$42
Featuring Birch Swart. 8x-Blues Music Award Nominated
Guitarist, Singer & Songwriter ANA POPOVIC recently
celebrated 22 years as a touring musician with her last album DECEMBER 2022
release being ‘Live for LIVE’ (2020) – an exciting concert video
and live album that demonstrates why she’s proudly looking
back at a career of thousands of shows worldwide. Popovic’s
passion on stage is evident and the title sums it up, this IS
what she lives for. Popovic has been nominated for 8 Blues
Music Awards, and appeared on the covers of Vintage Guitar
and Guitar Player magazine. Her Blues Music Award
Nominations include 3x-“Contemporary Blues Female Artist
of the Year” and most recently in 2022 “Blues Rock Artist of
the Year”. Nearly all of Popovic’s albums reached the top of
the Billboard Blues Charts. She and her phenomenal 6-piece
band tour tirelessly, sharing stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy,
Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa and many others.
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Solo
Performance by Neil McGarry
SUN, DEC 18 I 3PM
$20-$25
Actor Neil McGarry returns home to Plymouth and Spire Center For The
Arts with his awarding winning, solo performance of Charles Dickens’ A
Christmas Carol on Sunday, December 18th, 2022 at 3:00 pm.
Directed by Ross MacDonald, McGarry’s performance was named “Best Of
Boston” by critic Jules Becker and won "Best Solo Performance” from the
Independent Reviewers of New England in 2014.
Armed only with Dickens’ words and a bare stage, McGarry delivers the
perennial holiday classic in a tour de force that has left audiences riveted
from Boston to Prague. Joyous, witty, and gloriously uplifting, A Christmas
PHOTO CREDIT: DENISE MACCAFERRI Carol is a fully staged, full-throated leap into Dickens’ most famous story,
delivered with a simplicity that disarms and touches the heart.
“The performance … broke my heart and renewed it … captivating, funny and thought-provoking.” - Jessica Holcomb
ANOTHER TEQUILA SUNRISE – A
TRIBUTE TO THE EAGLES
FRI, DEC 30 I 8PM
$35
tribute band has performed all over the country. They offer a
from The Eagles, as well as solo material from Don Henley,
rockers, with sweet vocal harmonies and jangling guitars, they
cover it all. Over the years, the band has added unique
features to its shows such as playing Eagles albums in their
entirety.