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    LEONARD COHEN--LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970

    LEONARD COHEN--LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970

    Presented by Regent Theatre at Regent Theatre

    March 5, 2010

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    Boston Theatrical Premiere Screenings of the Acclaimed Murray Lerner Film. Nearly 40 summers ago on August 31, 1970, 35-year-old Leonard Cohen was awakened at 2 a.m. from a nap in his trailer and brought onstage to perform with his band at the third annual Isle Of Wight music festival. The audience of 600,000 was in a fiery and frenzied mood, after turning the festival into a political arena, trampling the fences, setting fire to structures and equipment - and stoked by the most incendiary performance of Jimi Hendrix's career. As Cohen followed Hendrix's set, onlookers (and fellow festival headliners) Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins and others stood sidestage in awe as the Canadian folksingersongwriter-poet-novelist quietly tamed the crowd. Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Murray Lerner, whose footage of the 1970 festival did not begin to see release until 1995, was able to capture Cohen's performance. Partial Proceeds from this screening will benefit The New England Folk Music Archives, which preserves, promotes and documents the ongoing cultural legacy of folk music and its connections to New England through education, collaboration and entertainment. More at http://www.newenglandfolkmusic.org/


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        Regent Theatre

        7 Medford Street
        Arlington, MA 02474

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        Tickets: General Admission Tickets: $8 advance; $10 day of show ($2 from every ticket sold benefits the New England Folk Music Archive)

        Info Phone: 781-646-4849

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        March 5, 2010

        Times:
        7:30 and 9:30pm

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          No elevator access to balcony.

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