Stuart's Opera House will once again play host to films as part of the Athens International Film & Video festival! We are hosting two shows:

BLAZE FOLEY: DUCT TAPE MESSIAH (9:00pm) is a documentary about the doomed poet whose life was a country song. Born in a tree house, killed in a friend's living room and 86'd from his own funeral, Blaze Foley is now a bona fide Texas legend. His heartfelt, funny and political songs are covered by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Joe Nichols and in concert by the Kings of Leon. This new documentary from Austin, 12 years in the making, offers the intimate portrait of an artist who struggled for recognition and died defending an elderly friend.

THE ELECTRICITY FAIRY (7:00pm) Special event: director Tom Hansell in person.
Coal produces half of America’s electricity, according to the Federal Department of Energy. The energy policy currently before Congress identifies coal as a key to America’s “energy independence.” The Electricity Fairy is a documentary that examines America’s national addiction to fossil fuels through the lens of electricity. Appalshop Filmmaker Tom Hansell follows the story of a proposed coal-fired power plant in the mountains of southwest Virginia, connecting the local controversy to the national debate over energy policy. Present day documentary footage is remixed with old educational films, connecting past policy to America’s current energy crisis.

MORE INFO AND FULL SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK AT: www.athensfest.org

Stuart's proudly presents our Cabin Fever Festival, previously our Ohio Winter Folk Festival! MUSIC STARTS AT 6pm, MUSIC SWAP and more start at 1pm. This is the perfect way to kick those winter blues and enjoy and evening of great live music. This year's headliner will be Chicago's MAPS & ATLASES! Joining the lineup will also be POMEGRANATES (cincinnati), ALWOOD SISTERS (columbus), WHEELS ON FIRE (athens), BIRD AND FLOWER (columbus) and WHALE ZOMBIE (athens), with more to be announced. Just like 2010 we will also feature a Music Swap Meet and more in the lobby during the afternoon, the perfect way to lead up to the concert. TICKETS ON SALE NOW! CLICK FOR A FULL SCHEDULE!

1:00pm:  Lobby Opens for Record/Music Swap & DIY craft fair
5:00pm:  Bird & Flower performs in Lobby
6:00pm:  Whale Zombie
7:00pm:  Alwood Sisters
8:00pm:  Pomegranates
9:00pm:  Wheels on Fire
10:00pm: Maps & Atlases

Weekend passes, single day tickets, and camping ON SALE NOW!

Stuart's Opera House presents our 7th annual Nelsonville Music Festival at Robbins Crossing on the campus of Hocking College! Featuring THE FLAMING LIPS (saturday, 5/14), GEORGE JONES (friday, 5/13), NEKO CASE (sunday, 5/15), along with Yo La Tengo, Wanda Jackson, Justin Townes Earle, Over The Rhine, Lost in the Trees, Bomba Estereo, Mucca Pazza, The Growlers, and many more! Three days of live music on multiple stages, camping, kids activities, art vendors, local food, a beer garden, and more! www.nelsonvillefest.org

Camping passes are also available here.

Past performers include: Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, The Avett Brothers, Swell Season, Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings, Mudhoney, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Todd Snider, Bettye LaVette, and more. More info at www.nelsonvillefest.org

Athenian Berean Community PLayers present The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Award winning hit musical about surviving adolescence. Directed by Sylvia Abbott. Musical Direction by Lynn Sullivan.

The Athenian Berean Community Players present The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Award winning hit musical about surviving adolescence. Directed by Sylvia Abbott. Musical Direction by Lynn Sullivan.

Just in time for the holiday season, The Athenian Berean Community Players present An O. Henry Christmas, three heart warming Christmas stories from a beloved American writer. The evening will feature performances of "The Cop and the Anthem", "The Last Leaf", and "The Gift of the Magi" presented by the Athenian Berean Community Players. A perfect way to get excited for the holiday season! Directed by Sandra Russell. 

Reserved Seats:  $10 advance  •  $12 door  • $7 students.

The Tony Award-winning family musical comedy about workers in a pajama factory. Its many memorable songs include "Hey There," "Steam Heat," and "Hernando's Hideaway." Directed by Norman Cohn. Musical Direction by Lynn Sullivan. Choreography by Gladys Bailin. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

The Athenian Berean Community Players present another classic show with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the Pulitzer Prize-winning adult drama by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Ron Luce. Sponsored in part by The Rocky Outdoor Gear Store. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Reserved Seats:  $10 advance  •  $12 door  • $7 students.
 

The Tony Award-winning family musical comedy about workers in a pajama factory. Its many memorable songs include "Hey There," "Steam Heat," and "Hernando's Hideaway." Directed by Norman Cohn. Musical Direction by Lynn Sullivan. Choreography by Gladys Bailin. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

TICKETS ON SALE TO FRIENDS OF THE OPERA HOUSE RIGHT NOW, TICKETS ON SALE TO PUBLIC MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 at 10:00am! This year’s version of the “an Acoustic Café evening” Tour features Erin McKeown, Carrie Rodriguez (hosting), & Kelly Joe Phelps. Each evening is hosted by Carrie Rodriguez who explains the evening and how it will flow. The order of artist appearances on stage changes every night at the whim of the artists and the promoters. Each act performs a solo set that may or may not include some musical or vocal help from the other acts – each night is a detour, an exploration. The constants are that the artists all enjoy themselves and each other, that they all play together for an encore at the end of the night, and that the audiences get an intimate, affordable, often amazing live experience featuring great solo artists collaborating live together. 

Floor: $18 adv  • $21 door | Balcony: $15 adv  • $18 door | Box Seats: $23 adv • $28 door

Erin McKeown has been touring nationally for over a decade and has sold well over 100,000 records. She has put out 2 albums on
Signature Sounds, 3 on Nettwerk, and her most recent studio effort came via Righteous Babe Records. Erin has very strong non-com
AAA following and is a press darling - she has countless musician fans too - including Dave Mathews, Mike Doughty, Ani Difranco,
Andrew Bird, and Josh Ritter. In addition to her active tour schedule and side projects, she'll have a new record of original songs dropping
in 2012. She just released an anti-holiday collection of songs entitled, f*ck that.
www.ErinMcKeown.com

Carrie Rodriguez’ most recent releases, Love & Circumstance (2010) and We Still Love Our Country w/Ben Kyle (2011) are primarily
cover collections that highlight her vocal and interpretive skill’s. But Rodriguez has become more well known as a burgeoning singer-
songwriter in her own right behind the strength of her first two solo releases, She Ain’t Me (CRS - 2008), and Seven Angel’s On A Bicycle
(Trainwreck - 2007) & a world-class instrumentalist based on her recorded work and her touring with Alejandro Escovedo (2008-2010)
and as part of the “an Acoustic Café evening tours (February 2010 & 2011) which she hosts. "Rodriquez has that rare ability to make her
songs work completely, where the scope of instrumentation is equal to the lyrics and melody. It is that special innate gift as well as her
obvious love of a perfectly attuned and deeply personal song that makes for such a compelling and revelatory listen.” - Direct Current
www.CarrieRodriguez.com

Kelly Joe Phelps has been described as, “The Phantom Monk Of Folk- Blues,” and rightly so. Over the past 17 years of recording
and touring, Phelps has been talked about as much for his passionate, spirit-driven, lone musical ways as for the inventiveness of
his playing and singing. He uses the blues as a pallet, his songs as literally a canvas – each performance is an original improvisation.
He’ll fit in perfectly in the “an Acoustic Café evening setting. “Phelps speaks directly to your soul. If that isn’t the stuff of legends, I
don’t know what is.” - Popmatters
www.KellyJoePhelps.com