ROOT HOG OR DIE
This 40-year-old documentary tells the stories of the last old time horse farmers of Franklin County in their own voices, faces, ingenious technology and well-tended land. Newly restored… read more
More Info. Showtime: May 17 & 18 at 7:30pm
KOYAANISQATSI
Godfrey Reggio and Ron Fricke took their time-lapse & slo-mo cameras to hundreds of places in the U.S. and made some inspired choices about what to film & how to edit it all together. We feel it… read more
More Info. Showtime: June 7 & 8 at 7:30pm
Bizet’s “Carmen”
In Seville by a cigarette factory, soldiers comment on the townspeople. Among them is Micaëla, a peasant girl, who asks for a corporal named Don José… read more
More Info. Showtime: Wednesday, June 19 at 6:30pm
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
Hilarious, irreverent comedy of outrageously medieval proportions sends up the classic Arthurian legend and twists & subverts everything you’ve ever believed about the age of knights & chivalry. From coconuts… read more
More Info. Showtime: June 21 & 22 at 7:30pm
Verdi’s “Il Trovatore”
The Duel Spain is torn apart by civil war. Count di Luna, the commander of the troops of the Prince of Aragon, is in love with Leonora, a young noblewoman in the queen’s service. Outside the royal residence… read more
More Info. Showtime: Wednesday, June 26 at 6:30pm
Rossini’s “Armida”
Outside Jerusalem, during the Crusades. Goffredo, commander of the Christian forces, comforts and rallies the Frankish soldiers, who are mourning the recent death of their leader. A noblewoman appears and introduces… read more
More Info. Showtime: Wednesday, July 10 at 6:30pm
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Wonderfully entertaining comedy horror rock musical in which nebbish Seymour (Rick Moranis), working at Mushnik’s Skid Row Florist, obtains a mysterious plant (Audrey II, voiced by Levi Stubbs from The Four Tops)… read more
More Info. Showtime: July 12 & 13 at 7:30pm
Verdi’s “La Traviata”
Violetta Valéry knows that she will die soon, exhausted by her restless life as a courtesan. At a party she is introduced to Alfredo Germont, who has been fascinated… read more
More Info. Showtime: Wednesday, July 17 at 6:30pm
Puccini’s “Turandot”
Outside the Imperial Palace in Peking, a mandarin reads an edict to the crowd: any prince seeking to marry the princess Turandot must answer three riddles. If he fails, he will die. The most recent suitor… read more
More Info. Showtime: Wednesday, July 24 at 6:30pm
DUCK SOUP
A satire on war, politics, dictators & government bankruptcy at once completely absurd, yet perhaps more timely now than it ever was. As the boys bring their nonstop mayhem, perpetual word play & merciless lampooning… read more
More Info. Showtime: July 26 & 27 at 7:30pm
Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
Seville, 1800s. At night, Count Almaviva brings a band of musicians to serenade Rosina, ward of Dr. Bartolo, who keeps the girl confined in his house. When Rosina fails to answer his song, the count pays the players… read more
More Info. Showtime: Wednesday, July 31 at 6:30pm
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
A Japanese family relocates to the countryside where they can be near the mother, who is convalescing in a nearby hospital. The two young children, girls, have to make sense of their new life & their father, a professor… read more
More Info. Showtime: August 9 & 10 at 7:30pm
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Sentimental, lovingly portrayed saga of Welsh coal mining family and small town in decline from pristine paradise to depressed & polluted purgatory. Despite nostalgic tone, still touches on such modern issues… read more
More Info. Showtime: August 23 & 24 at 7:30pm
GOODBYE SOLO
Solo is a relentlessly sunny, effortlessly ingratiating Senegalese cabbie hoping to build a new life & a new family in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Into his cab comes William, a seventyish White Southerner… read more
More Info. Showtime: September 6 & 7 at 7:30pm
- KOYAANISQATSI - 6/7-6/8 at 7:30pm
- Bizet's CARMEN - 6/19 at 6:30pm
- MONTY PYTHON/HOLY GRAIL - 6/21-6/22 at 7:30pm
- Verdi’s IL TROVATORE - 6/26 at 6:30pm
- Rossini’s ARMIDA - 7/10 at 6:30pm
- LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - 7/12-7/13 at 7:30pm
- Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA - 7/17 at 6:30pm
- Puccini’s TURANDOT - 7/24 at 6:30pm
- DUCK SOUP - 7/26-7/27 at 7:30pm
- Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - 7/31 at 6:30pm
- MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO - 8/9-8/10 at 7:30pm
- HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY - 8/23-8/24 at 7:30pm
- GOODBYE SOLO - 9/6-9/7 at 7:30pm
**Pothole Pictures tickets available at the door**
featuring 12 HD Simulcast transmissions. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met Live at the Shelburne Falls Memorial Hall!
