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[email protected] at least two weeks in advance. CABOT — The Cabot Arts Free Summer Music Series presents Footworks 6 to 7:15 p.
m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, on the Cabot Village Common.
Bring a lawn chair and/or blanket. Inspired by the high-energy Gaelic music of Cape Breton Island, Footworks is a Vermont-based instrumental band. With Jacob Brillhart on fiddle, Jon Brillhart on whistle, and Tory Heft on guitar, the dynamic band brings audiences the powerful rhythm and beautiful melodies of Celtic music.
For information, go to www.cabotarts.org online.
LUDLOW — “The Last Laugh” (1924), a German silent film drama about a hotel doorman demoted to washroom attendant, will be screened with live music at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
24 in Heald Auditorium in Ludlow Town Hall, 37 Depot St. Presented by the Friends of Ludlow Auditorium, the screening will feature accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based composer who specializes in creating live music for silent film presentations. In “The Last Laugh,” regarded as one of German director F.
W. Murnau’s best pictures, the story is told entirely in visual terms, without the use of title cards. The film, a character study that chronicles the mental breakdown of an aging man who loses his position of authority, is also noted for its revolutionary use of camera movement.
Playing the lead role is Swiss-German actor Emil Jannings, widely recognized as one of the most versatile actors of early cinema. He would later move to Hollywood, where he earned the first-ever Best Actor Oscar at the inaugural Academy Awards for his towering performances in “The Last Command” (1928) and “The Patriot” (1928). Admission is free (donations support the Friends of Ludlow Auditorium.
For information on the music, go to www.jeffrapsis.com online.
S PUTNEY — The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents dance trio Soles of Duende at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
24. Bring a picnic and a blanket or fold-up chair to enjoy the concert. A Brooklyn-born Puerto-Rican from New Haven, a Mexican Puerto-Rican Jew from the Lower East Side, and a Bengali Indian from Jersey walked on to the wooden floor and the rest? History.
Bonded by their deep love of music, their crafts, and true connection, Soles of Duende is on a lifelong mission to elevate the joy and music of true collaboration across disciplines and the celebration of the forms they practice. Based in the sounds of Tap (Amanda Castro), Flamenco (Arielle Rosales) and Kathak (Brinda Guha), Soles of Duende’s fire is the spirit that lives within each of these women to celebrate their connection given their beautiful differences and to uplift the forms that made them. “Live music meets dance from three different ethnic traditions sounds like a perfect way of exploring culture while seeing virtuosic talent,” says Keith Marks, executive director of Next Stage Arts.
The Bandwagon Summer Series is a family friendly outdoor cultural performance series. A dedicated play area will be available at all shows. Refreshments are sold onsite.
Tickets are $25, $20 in advance (kids under 12 free); 802-387-0102 or go to www.nextstagearts.org online.
The Putney Inn is located at 57 Putney Landing Road..
