Film and Event Schedule

ADMISSION | Admission varies depending on the event (please see individual listings below).  General Film Admission $7 Adults / $6 Seniors, Students, Children and Matinees (Before 5pm).

RESERVATIONS | You are welcome to purchase tickets in advance over the phone with a credit card...call 725-5222.  Please be aware that we reserve the right to sell your ticket if you do not show up within 15 minutes of the start of the event.

CINEMA DINING | Food & beverage may be enjoyed in the cinema with all films and events. Please order in advance of show times (40min. suggested).

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Film |  Now Showing


FILM | Throw Down Your Heart | NR | 97min
A Film By Sascha Paladino
In English, French, Bambara, Jola-Fonyi & Swahili
Winner | Best Music Documentary | Silver Docs
Winner | Audience Awards | South By Southwest & Vancouver Film Festival


Showtimes:
Thursday, July 2 | 3pm
Friday, July 3 | 3pm, 5pm, 7pm & 8:45pm
Monday-Tuesday, July 6-7 | 3pm

Wednesday, July 8 | 3pm, 5pm & 7:30pm
Special Screenings at 5pm & 7:30pm with Bela Fleck for Q&A: $14 | Call For Tickets: 725-5222 | BOTH SHOWS SOLD OUT!
 
Thursday-Friday, July 9-10 | 3pm
Saturday, July 11 | 3pm & 5pm (*Recently Added Showtimes)

 

 

"Fleck isn't just creating an instrument family reunion but birthing trans-oceanic sounds that should make us all forget we've forgotten we're a part of this world together." -Justin Folin, Popmatters.com

 

"Fleck comes across as respectfully curious and eagerly collaborative while exploring the roots of his favorite musical instrument." -Joe Leydon, Variety

 





“Throw Down Your Heart” follows American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck on his journey through four African countries - Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia and Mali - to explore the little known African roots of the banjo and record an album. It’s a boundary-breaking musical adventure that celebrates the beauty and complexity of Africa – an Africa that is very different from what is often seen in the media today. At first glance, it might seem odd that the banjo is the catalyst for this journey. But in fact, the banjo is originally an African instrument. And Béla Fleck’s passion for the banjo runs deep. In his trailblazing 30-year career, Béla has brought the instrument into jazz, pop, classical, and world music settings, and won eight Grammys along the way (not to mention the 20 nominations, in more distinct categories than anyone else, ever). Using his banjo in Africa, he transcends barriers of language and culture, finding common ground with musicians from very different backgrounds and creating some of the most meaningful music of his career.







 

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SPECIAL EVENT | Cultural Health Festival 2009
Presented By The First Patterns of Health Conference
 
 
Event Times:
Monday, July 6 - Saturday, July 11 | See Full Schedule Below
  

 

 

 Exploring Health Across Cultures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

The First Patterns of Health Conference will present different cultural perspectives of health, healing, and human function. Come explore the experiences and principles of different healing traditions through a mix of Lecture, Discussion, and Demonstration.
 
 
Full Schedule: 
 
Monday, July 6 | 7pm | $7 - Americas
Featuring Ray Reitze - MicMac spiritual healing (North America/New England) and Eva Rose Goetz - Qu'ero/Peruvian shamanic healing (Ican/Peru)
Tuesday, July 7 | 7pm | $7 - Asia
Featuring Larry Ira Landau - Tai chi/Chi Gung (China), Alicia Yip - Acupuncture (China), and Dameron Midgette - Martial & Healing Traditions (Russia)
Wednesday, July 8 | $6/$14 - Stretch Break!
Film | Throw Down Your Heart | 3pm, 5pm & 7:30pm (5pm & 7:30pm show SOLD OUT)
Thursday, July 9 | 7pm | $7 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Featuring Dameron Midgette - Health, language & experience, Dr. David Russell - Classic Health Traditions, C. Allie Knowlton & Evelyn C. Rysdy - Cross-cultural shamanic healing
Friday, July 10 | 7pm | $7 - Africa
Oscar Mokeme
- Igbo, Traditional Healing (Nigeria)
Saturday, July 11 | 8pm | $10 in advance, $12 at door - Party!
Concert | Grupo Esperanza - Latin/Salsa/Latin Jazz (more details below)
 
 
 



LIVE MUSIC | Grupo Esperanza | Latin/Salsa/Latin Jazz
9 Piece Afro-Cuban Band


Event Time:
Saturday, July 11 | 8pm | $10 in advance, $12 at door | Advanced Ticket Purchase Recommended: 725-5222

 

 

"Esperanza are another world, a gushing sonic black gold out from the pipeline of musical culture." - Ian Paige, The Portland Phoenix

 

 


 

 

Ana Agustin - Lead Vocals
Dylan Blanchard - Percussion
Adam Montminy - Upright/Electric Bass
Joe Parra - Saxophones, Vocals
Eric Ambrose - Trombone, Vocals
John Maclaine - Trombone, Vocals
Mark Tipton - Trumpet, Vocals
Jacob Cooley - Fender Rhodes
Gary Gemmiti - Drums

Grupo Esperanza is a 9-piece afro-cuban band out of Portland, Maine. The band consists of a rhythm section (Congas, Drum Set, Upright Bass, and Fedner Rhodes), a lead singer, and a four piece horn section (Trumpet, 2Bones, Alto/Bari Sax). Grupo Esperanza covers much of New England, specifically Portland, with powerful performances of original and traditional Cuban standards.




SPECIAL EVENT | Opera in Cinema | La Scala Series
Performed by Teatro Alla Scalla, Presented in HD

Il Viaggio a Reims (Rossini) | 180min, One Intermission
Monday, July 13 | 2pm & 6pm | $20

 

 

"The true spirit of the Opera is perfectly captured by this production from Teatro alla Scala."

 
 
 
 
 
 
Il Viaggio a Reims is Rossini's last opera in the Italian language (all of his later works were in French). Commissioned to celebrate the coronation of French King Charles X in Rheims in 1825, the work has been critically acclaimed as one of Rossini's finest compositions. It is a demanding work, requiring 14 soloists (three sopranos, one contralto, two tenors, four baritones, and four basses).

The uniqueness and audacity of the opera is componded by its plot, which concerns a group of people who plan excitedly for a "viaggio" (journey) to the city of Reims that at the end never happens.




 

LIVE MUSIC | Ameranouche | Gypsy Jazz Trio

Event Time:
Thursday, July 16 | 7:30pm | $10 in advance, $12 at door | Advanced Ticket Purchase Recommended: 725-5222

 

"This is one of those bands that will just thrill and amaze any audience. They are truly incredible musicians. You can hear it in their recorded tracks, but to see them live is when the 'wow factor' really kicks in." Shawn Mercer, Under The Bridge Productions

 

 

 

 

Richard Sheppard: Solo Guitar
Ryan Flaherty: Rhythm Guitar
Xar Adelberg: Upright Bass

 

Ameranouche formed in 2004 and has played at venues from all over, including the prestigious JVC Newport Jazz Festival and Djangofest Northwest. The award winning Ameranouche trio features the melodic virtuosity of guitarist Richard Sheppard, the vehement rhythm chops of guitarist Ryan Flaherty and the dulcet low end of upright bassist Xar Adelberg. Together, this rip-roaring ensemble is a super force of hot acoustic jazz, sometimes referred to as hot swing or Gypsy jazz. The contrast of other influences like American Soul music, Flamenco and Bop are what give the fast fingered trio such a recognizable sound. All played on acoustic instruments, the music is rhythmic, vigorous and strangely elegant. It’s hard to believe only three people are creating such a big sound.

 




 
SPECIAL EVENT | Peace Corp Cafe Chat
With Returned Peace Corp Volunteer, Edward Dalton
 
 
Event Time:
Friday, July 17 | 11:30am-2pm
 
 
 
 
Thinking about Peace Corps? Have questions about the application process? Want to pick up more literature? Interested in speaking with a recruiter?

Come have a cup of coffee and a one-on-one chat with Ed Dalton, Maine Peace Corp recruiter and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (served in Belize with his wife in '04-'05). Ed will be ready to answer your questions and provide you with information about the Peace Corps. This event is very informal; no appointment necessary, just drop in anytime between 11:30am and 2pm on Friday, July 17th at Frontier!
 
 
 


 
FILM | Food, Inc. | NR | 94min
A Film By Robert Kenner
 

Showtimes:
Friday, July 17 | Film Premiere & Fundraiser, Presented by The Kneading Conference | 7pm | $10
Saturday, July 18 | 3pm & 5pm
Monday, July 20 | 3pm, 5pm & 7pm
Tuesday-Wednesday, July 21-22 | 3pm & 5pm

 

 



"A riveting cautionary tale. This is one movie that truly provides food for thought." - Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

 




LIVE MUSIC | Frank Carlberg Quartet
Festival Magnus Concert Series

Event Time:
Saturday, July 18 | 8pm | $12 in advance, $15 at door | Advanced Ticket Purchase Recommended: 725-5222

 

 

 

 

"Frank Carlberg sculpts Monk and other jazz standards by brilliantly spacing the musical materials, which make him one of the truest interpreters of the repertoire today. To begin with, he swings incessantly with precision, stubbornness and power. He reflects on each note, implies the obvious, emphasizes the surprises."   Philip Meziat, Jazz Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Carlberg - Piano
John O'Gallagher - Saxophone
Matt Pavolka - Bass
Mark Ferber - Drums


Frank Carlberg returns to Maine with this excellent quartet of some of New York's most gifted musicians who are all faculty at the Maine Jazz Camp in Farmington. This is the first concert in Festival Magnus, an improvised music series curated by Titus Abbott, and is a rare opportunity to hear brilliant improvised music with top notch musicians. 
 



 
SPECIAL EVENT | Tour de France | Mountain Stages
Frontier's Third Annual Screening

 

Event Times:
Tuesday-Wednesday, July 21-22 | 7pm | Free

 

 

 
 
 
 

"Over a hundred years after its inception, le Tour continues to gain strength from its experience." 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tuesday, July 21 | Stage 16: High Mountain: Martigny to Bourg-Saint-Maurice - 159 km
Forty-three years later, the Grand-Saint-Bernard Pass is back on the Tour de France’s route. The more-than 30 km climb rises to 2,469 m above sea level. Then the riders will climb the Petit-Saint-Bernard before plunging down to Bourg-Saint-Maurice. After the rest day, this superb French-Italian-Swiss stage will be pitiless!

Wednesday, July 22 | Stage 17: High Mountain: Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Le Grand-Bornand
This is the Tour’s densest mountain stage with five passes that count towards the best-climber classification. The challenges will rise with the terrain and the relatively short distance promises a decisive struggle between the front-runners. The climb to Romme Pass, a Tour first, will make the ascent to Colombière Pass, which starts at Reposoir, even more gruelling.

 

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FILM | The Way We Get By | NR | 82min
A Film By Aron Gaudet
Winner | Special Jury Prize | SXSW
Maine Sponsors: Bangor Savings Bank & MPBN



Showtimes:
Thursday, July 23 | 4pm & 6:15pm | Showtimes Include Q&A With Director, Aron Gaudet
Friday-Saturday, July 24-25 | 4pm, 6:15pm & 8:30pm

 

 


"Sometimes all it takes is a handshake to change a life." - The Way We Get By

 

“...a story that is not just indescribably moving but is a timeless metaphor for our country.” - Erik Childress, eFilmCritic.com

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

The SXSW Special Jury Award winning "The Way We Get By" is a deeply moving film about life and how to live it. Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters - a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality.

When its three subjects aren't at the airport, they wrestle with their own problems: failing health, depression, mounting debt. Joan, a grandmother of eight, has a deep connection to the soldiers she meets. The sanguine Jerry keeps his spirits up even as his personal problems mount. And the veteran Bill, who clearly has trouble taking care of himself, finds himself contemplating his own death. Seeking out the telling detail rather than offering sweeping generalizations, the film carefully builds stories of heartbreak and redemption, reminding us how our culture casts our elders, and too often our soldiers, aside. More important, regardless of your politics, "The Way We Get By" celebrates three unsung heroes who share their love with strangers who need and deserve it.

 




SPECIAL EVENT | Opera in Cinema | La Scala Series
Performed by Teatro Alla Scalla, Presented in HD

Don Carlo (Verdi) | 202min, Two Intermissions
Monday, July 27
| 2pm & 6pm | $20

 

 

"...possibly the most intense, deep, nuanced, rich, and masterful work of the "mature" Giuseppe Verdi"

 
 
 
 
 
Don Carlo is an extensive and monumental showcase of everything Verdi. It is also the Verdi opera that exists in the most number of versions. The story is based on conflicts in the life of Carlos, Prince of Asturias, after his betrothed Elisabeth of Valois was married instead to his father Philip II of Spain as part of the peace treaty ending the Italian War of 1551-1559 between the Houses of Habsburg and Valois.
 




LIVE MUSIC | Kevin Norton's "Counterpoint"
Festival Magnus Concert Series

Event Time:
Thursday, July 30 | 8pm | $12 in advance, $15 at door | Advanced Ticket Purchase Recommended: 725-5222

 

 

"...one of the most valuable moving parts of downtown jazz."  The New York Times

 

"...one of America's most versatile and creative percussionist-composers"  Jazzwise

 

 

Photo copyright Pietro Bandini
 
 
Kevin Norton - Vibes
Jesse Stern - Electric Bass
Garrett Brown - Drums
 
 
 
Kevin Norton brings his trio Counterpoint to Frontier for the second concert in Festival Magnus, an improvised music series curated by Titus Abbott. Kevin has performed and recorded with a wide array of musicians - from Anthony Braxton and David Krakauer to Milt Hinton and Fred Frith. Special Guests Tim O'Dell (Saxophones) and Titus Abbott (Saxophones) will join Counterpoint for part of this performance. 
 




FILM | Summer Hours | 102min
A Film By Olivier Assayas
In French With English Subtitles
Official Selection | Toronto Film Festival, New York Film Festival & AFI Film Festival 2008



Showtimes:
Coming in July

 

 



‘EXTRAORDINARY. Packed nearly to bursting with rich meaning and deep implication. The assurance and aesthetic poise of the film make it quietly ravishing...a masterpiece." - A.O. Scott, The New York Times

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The divergent paths of three forty-something siblings collide when their mother, heiress to her uncle's exceptional 19th century art collection, dies suddenly. Left to come to terms with themselves and their differences, Adrienne (Juliette Binoche), a successful New York designer, Frederic (Charles Berling), an economist and university professor in Paris, and Jeremie (Jeremie Renier), a dynamic businessman in China, confront the end of childhood, their shared memories, background and unique vision of the future.
 



SPECIAL EVENT | Pecha Kucha Night
Presented by Frontier, Five Rivers Arts Alliance & Women, Work + Community
Volume 2


Event Time:
Monday, August 3 | 6:00pm | Free for Members, $5 for General Public| Reservations Recommended | Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , For Questions Call: 798-6964

 

 

"Pecha Kucha combines business meeting and poetry slam to transform corporate cliche into surprisingly compelling beat-the-clock performance art..." - Wired Magazine

 

 

 


Five Rivers Arts Alliance, Frontier, and Work & Community present Volume 2 of Pecha Kucha Night, an opportunity for artists & other creative types to showcase their ideas in a format of 20 slides x 20 seconds each. The inspirational focus is to give creators and community members an outlet for expressing their unique artwork or innovative idea to the public. Artists, inventors, architects, designers and planners are asked to submit proposals for Pecha Kucha Night Brunswick. Deadline is July 1 for interested participants.

Pecha Kucha started in Japan in 2003, is a fast-paced, social and networking gathering. Presenters will have exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds to give the audience a glimpse of 20 of their strongest pieces of work. For more information about Pecha Kucha, as well as tips for presenters, go to: www.pechakuchaportland.org/

All interested in presenting should submit the following info to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by July 1, 2009.
Name
Phone Number
Email Address
Web Address
2-5 images of artwork (2MB max)
Information about you and what you would like to present: (2 paragraphs max )

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