EC-CHAP Film Series: Bob Dylan - "Don't Look Back" (1967) NR

[Rescheduled from January 19th]

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

SPECIAL NOTE: We are pleased to collaborate with colleague and EC-CHAP Volunteer Arthur Rovozzo to develop this multi-part film series featuring contemporary rock, blues and the “British Invasion”. Arthur Rovozzo is DJ for the weekly radio program “Musical Myriad” on WECS, 90.1fm.

This film project is the brainchild of “Musical Myriad” host Arthur Rovozzo, WECS Radio, 90.1FM.

Arthur’s extensive musical knowledge and passion for historical roots has led to the development of this unique 5-part series.

As Arthur describes:

“The intimate documentary with music, Bob Dylan Don't Look Back, may well have been the first filmed study of a rock icon where the movie was specifically a tuned to the sensibilities of the emerging counterculture. Cameramen followed Dylan all over England during his concert tour of 1965, his last journey has an all acoustic performer prior to work with the Band. Call from dozens of hours of film, the multifaceted portrait of Dylan that emerged retains a fly on the wall rawness and realism, and yet has a disorientating feeling of reality being just slightly distorted.”

We have compiled and will screen a selection of unique and relevant historic music related films from January thru April. This series is intended to share the journey and evolution of contemporary rock and blues from the sixties forward.

Join us for the screening of the final segment of this musical journey. This project is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474 for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: "The British Invasion”

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

SPECIAL NOTE: We are pleased to collaborate with colleague and EC-CHAP Volunteer Arthur Rovozzo to develop this multi-part film series featuring contemporary rock, blues and the “British Invasion”. Arthur Rovozzo is DJ for the weekly radio program “Musical Myriad” on WECS, 90.1fm.

This film project is the brainchild of “Musical Myriad” host Arthur Rovozzo, WECS Radio, 90.1FM.

Arthur’s extensive musical knowledge and passion for historical roots has led to the development of this unique 5-part series.

As Arthur describes:

“When we distributed a questionnaire on which possible themes could be taken up for music movie nights, there was a very strong interest in us having a show on the 1960’s early British Invasion bands - the groups that followed the Beatles in conquering the United States. Therefore, on April 12th we're going to present the collection of vintage TV show clips where major British invasion bands took over the non-radio airwaves forcefully. Among the artists featured prominently that we're planning on with several songs apiece , you can expect to see and hear vintage performances by the Kinks, the original lineup of the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the DC five - the Dave Clark Five. Some of the shows offered to us by collectors for this event, originated not in the US, but in Europe, and in England."

We have compiled and will screen a selection of unique and relevant historic music related films from February thru May. This series is intended to share the journey and evolution of contemporary rock and blues from the sixties forward.

Join us for the screening of Part-4 of this musical journey. This project is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474 for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Jamming the Blues with Eric Clapton”

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

SPECIAL NOTE: We are pleased to collaborate with colleague and EC-CHAP Volunteer Arthur Rovozzo to develop this multi-part film series featuring contemporary rock, blues and the “British Invasion”. Arthur Rovozzo is DJ for the weekly radio program “Musical Myriad” on WECS, 90.1fm.

This film project is the brainchild of “Musical Myriad” host Arthur Rovozzo, WECS Radio, 90.1FM.

Arthur’s extensive musical knowledge and passion for historical roots has led to the development of this unique 5-part series.

As Arthur describes:

“On March 22nd at The Packing House we're planning to have a different kind of music movie night - one with virtually no hit songs. Eric Clapton Jamming The Blues will be pretty much true to the title and theme. Expect a lot of powerhouse music and guitar solos but do not expect the typical hits from the 1970’s through the 1990’s. Instead of MTV style commercialism we’ll have clips of Eric Clapton, working with Bruce and Baker in the band Cream; playing cameo appearances with blues guitarist comrades and legends and having a blues summit with guest musicians at a prestigious concert venue. These film excerpts verify that Clapton has kept returning to his core obsession with the blues to re-energize his career over the years."

We have compiled and will screen a selection of unique and relevant historic music related films from February thru May. This series is intended to share the journey and evolution of contemporary rock and blues from the sixties forward.

Join us for the screening of Part-3 of this musical journey. This project is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474 for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: “Stevie Ray Vaughan and Friends”

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

SPECIAL NOTE: We are pleased to collaborate with colleague and EC-CHAP Volunteer Arthur Rovozzo to develop this multi-part film series featuring contemporary rock, blues and the “British Invasion”. Arthur Rovozzo is DJ for the weekly radio program “Musical Myriad” on WECS, 90.1fm.

This film project is the brainchild of “Musical Myriad” host Arthur Rovozzo, WECS Radio, 90.1FM.

Arthur’s extensive musical knowledge and passion for historical roots has led to the development of this unique 5-part series.

As Arthur describes:

“For our music movie event scheduled on March 1, we are presenting film segments featuring the man who was considered a successor to Jimmy Hendrix and air to the throne - Stevie Ray Vaughan in the rise of Texas blues man. We are planning to view a portion of a TV show where Stevie jammed with one of his heroes , blues guitarist Albert King. Then we get chances to witness Vaughn with his own band and with other guest players sitting in, including another of Stevie 's heroes, the guitar hotshot Lonnie Mack.  The last part of our presentation will be Vaughn playing a string of his favorite tunes during a concert recorded in the state of Georgia. Anyway you slice it - it's gonna be a rockin’, blues guitar mania!"

We have compiled and will screen a selection of unique and relevant historic music related films from February thru May. This series is intended to share the journey and evolution of contemporary rock and blues from the sixties forward.

Join us for the screening of Part-2 of this musical journey. This project is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474 for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: "A Bigger Bang Tour" Brazil (Rolling Stones 2006)

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

SPECIAL NOTE: We are pleased to collaborate with colleague and EC-CHAP Volunteer Arthur Rovozzo to develop this multi-part film series featuring contemporary rock, blues and the “British Invasion”. Arthur Rovozzo is DJ for the weekly radio program “Musical Myriad” on WECS, 90.1fm.

This film project is the brainchild of “Musical Myriad” host Arthur Rovozzo, WECS Radio, 90.1FM.

Arthur’s extensive musical knowledge and passion for historical roots has led to the development of this unique 5-part series.

As Arthur describes:

“Our main feature for this evening will be A Bigger Bang - the concert film of the Rolling Stones - with Charlie Watts and Ron Wood on board turning their attention to South America on their 2005 - 2006 World Tour. When the stones got to Rio de Janeiro, they possibly didn't realize at first that their show was going to be history making and attendance record setting with sound systems deployed all along the Copacabana Beach for a tremendously long distance. The stones ended up playing to a diffusely drawn out massive audience of well over 1 million listeners their largest single concert up to that time.”

We have compiled and will screen a selection of unique and relevant historic music related films from February thru May. This series is intended to share the journey and evolution of contemporary rock and blues from the sixties forward.

Join us for the screening of Part-1 of this musical journey. This project is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474 for additional information.

THE FILM TONIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.

EC-CHAP Film Series: Bob Dylan - "Don't Look Back" (1967) NR

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

SPECIAL NOTE: We are pleased to collaborate with colleague and EC-CHAP Volunteer Arthur Rovozzo to develop multi-part film series featuring contemporary rock, blues and the “British Invasion”. Arthur Rovozzo is DJ for the weekly radio program “Musical Myriad” on WECS, 90.1fm.

CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED.

This film project is the brainchild of “Musical Myriad” host Arthur Rovozzo, WECS Radio, 90.1FM.

Arthur’s extensive musical knowledge and passion for historical roots has led to the development of this unique 5-part series.

As Arthur describes:

“The intimate documentary with music, Bob Dylan don't look back may well have been the first filmed study of a rock icon where the movie was specifically a tuned to the sensibilities of the emerging counterculture cameraman followed Dylan all over England during his concert tour of 19 6 5. His last journey has an all acoustic performer prior to work with the band. Call from dozens of hours of film , the multifaceted portrait of Dylan that emerged retains a fly on the wall from us and realism , and yet has a disorientating feeling of reality being Just slightly distorted.”

We have compiled and will screen a selection of unique and relevant historic music related films from January thru April. This series is intended to share the journey and evolution of contemporary rock and blues from the sixties forward.

Join us for the screening of Part-1 of this musical journey. This project is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474 for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: It's A Wonderful Life" (PG). 1946.

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

SPECIAL NOTE: With exception to the Pandemic, this seasonal classic has been an EC-CHAP tradition with a screening each Holiday Season since 2016.

It's A Wonderful Life (PG) was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; and directed by Frank Capra.

Join us for the 5th annual showing of this Holiday classic "It’s A Wonderful Life" (1946) at The Packing House.  Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore. “An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed." (IMDb).

Make this a Holiday tradition in our intimate historic setting! This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474.for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: The Rare Films of Jimi Hendrix- Part-2

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

(Raffle of Hendrix Memorabilia available)

SPECIAL NOTE: We are pleased to collaborate with colleague and EC-CHAP Volunteer Arthur Rovozzo to develop this unique 2-part film series surrounding the life and accomplishments of Rock Legend Jimi Hendrix. Arthur Rovozzo is DJ for the weekly radio program “Musical Myriad” on WECS, 90.1fm.

This project, “The Rare Films of Jimi Hendrix”, is the brainchild of “Musical Myriad” host Arthur Rovozzo, WECS Radio, 90.1FM.

Arthur’s extensive musical knowledge and passion for historical roots has led to the development of this unique 2-part series.

As Arthur describes:

“The general audience is pretty familiar with the two most celebrated and widely-seen film appearances of the iconoclastic guitarist and sonic innovator Hendrix: his classic, now-legendary performances at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and at Woodstock in 1969. Yet fewer people are aware that other films featuring Jimi are out there waiting to be discovered. There is an alternate version of the Woodstock event, shot from a totally different point-of-view than the official documentary, and in black and white, for instance! Apart from that example, there were Hendrix talk show and television appearances (with his trio) in England, Europe and the USA, promotional film clips, informal filming’s, excerpts of concert performances both audience-shot and professionally made.

At The Packing House, we are planning to blend a selection of the above together on two nights. We also intend to have a raffle for Hendrix media items (with vintage LPs, brand-new vinyl, CDs and books such as the sumptuous birthday-anniversary volume created by Jimi’s family and published last year).”

Join us for the screening of rare footage of this musical legend. This project is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474 for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: The Rare Films of Jimi Hendrix- Part-1

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

(Raffle of Hendrix Memorabilia available)

SPECIAL NOTE: We are pleased to collaborate with colleague and EC-CHAP Volunteer Arthur Rovozzo to develop this unique 2-part film series surrounding the life and accomplishments of Rock Legend Jimi Hendrix. Arthur Rovozzo is DJ for the weekly radio program “Musical Myriad” on WECS, 90.1fm.

This project, “The Rare Films of Jimi Hendrix”, is the brainchild of “Musical Myriad” host Arthur Rovozzo, WECS Radio, 90.1FM.

Arthur’s extensive musical knowledge and passion for historical roots has led to the development of this unique 2-part series.

As Arthur describes:

“The general audience is pretty familiar with the two most celebrated and widely-seen film appearances of the iconoclastic guitarist and sonic innovator Hendrix: his classic, now-legendary performances at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and at Woodstock in 1969. Yet fewer people are aware that other films featuring Jimi are out there waiting to be discovered. There is an alternate version of the Woodstock event, shot from a totally different point-of-view than the official documentary, and in black and white, for instance! Apart from that example, there were Hendrix talk show and television appearances (with his trio) in England, Europe and the USA, promotional film clips, informal filming’s, excerpts of concert performances both audience-shot and professionally made.

At The Packing House, we are planning to blend a selection of the above together on two nights. We also intend to have a raffle for Hendrix media items (with vintage LPs, brand-new vinyl, CDs and books such as the sumptuous birthday-anniversary volume created by Jimi’s family and published last year).”

Join us for the screening of rare footage of this musical legend. This project is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474 for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Round Midnight" (R) 1986.

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Round Midnight is a 1986 musical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and David Rayfiel. It stars Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, and Herbie Hancock, the latter of whom also composed the film's soundtrack. Martin Scorsese, Philippe Noiret, and Wayne Shorter appear in cameos.

Gordon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Grammy for the film's soundtrack entitled The Other Side of Round Midnight in the category for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Soloist. Hancock won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. The soundtrack was released in two parts: Round Midnight and The Other Side of Round Midnight.

The story takes place In the 1950s, Dale Turner (Dexter Gordon), a gifted black saxophonist with a drinking problem, leaves behind New York and his estranged family and relocates to Paris. There he plays for a progressive, jazz-loving audience without being judged by his race, and ages quietly in peace. Not intending to turn away from his vices, Dale nonetheless becomes the project of a French fan (François Cluzet) who tries to help him fight his alcoholism, ultimately inspiring both Dale and his music. - ROTTEN TOMATOES

Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon turns thespian and plays the Powell-type figure. I want to say that he plays himself, but he doesn’t quite do that, except insofar as the man knew what he knew, and that knowledge—of his friends, his rivals, his various iterations of self over the course of his own career—is brought to bear on the film.

My sense is that Gordon and the rest of the musicians who are a part of the movie—Herbie Hancock (who also contributed the soundtrack), Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Billy Higgins, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson (this is a crazy list, no?)—had no problem informing Tavernier of what rang true and what didn’t. The resonance is pure, like a killer tone that could only come from one individual, on that one instrument.

Gordon was only in his early sixties when the film was made. He’d die just a few years after its release, aged 67. His character, Dale Turner, is reborn in Paris, even as we have the sense that he’s cognizant this will be a final flourishing for him. Gordon talks and emotes unlike anyone I’ve seen in a movie. It’s how he was. The voice is flowing gravel, a purring poetry of sediment and hard edges mellowed by a faith in the power of art. He’s drinking himself to death too, and treated like a child who can’t look after its own well-being, by a cavalcade of characters who 1) want him to be okay and 2) also need him to get to the gig on time. We have the metaphysics of art, and the practicality of business. The jazz mélange, for one who wants to make it—as a pioneer of sound and as a working, eating musician. - Colin Fleming, JAZZ TIMES

"Round Midnight is a superbly crafted music world drama in which Gallic director Bertrand Tavernier pays a moving dramatic tribute to the great black musicians who

lived and performed in Paris in the late 1950s." - Variety Staff, Variety

"No actor could do what the great jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon does in 'Round Midnght." - Janet Maslin, New York Time

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane" (Unrated) 2005

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

“I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of the people” – John Coltrane

Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane is a Brit-produced documentary covering the life of the musician of the title. Coltrane himself needs little introduction, given his virtual invention of hard bop with the breakthrough albums Blue Train (1957), Giant Steps (1959), Coltrane Plays the Blues (1960), and My Favorite Things (1960) among dozens and dozens of others. Within a remarkably brief span, Coltrane became - along with Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie - one of the founding fathers not simply of bop but of the jazz idiom per se.

Through exclusive interviews, video clips and rare photos, this monumental DVD uncovers the life and career of one of the most influential and revolutionary musicians of the 20th Century, Tenor and soprano saxophonist John Coltrane. Considered to be jazz’s great soul searcher, Coltrane was on a continual quest to uncover new musical terrain, and in his search, he forever changed the face of jazz as he himself evolved.

This eighty-minute program draws upon extensive performance and archival footage, and countless interviews with McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, Benny Bailey, and Eddie Marshall shed considerable light on the man. Features footage of Coltrane on: So What (with Miles Davis); Afro Blue; Alabama; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; Naima; Impressions; Impressions (featuring Eric Dolphy); My Favorite Things; and My Favorite Things (featuring Eric Dolphy). Also includes video clips of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Elvin Jones Quartet.

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser” (PG-13) 1988

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser is a 1988 American documentary film about the life of bebop pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. Directed by Charlotte Zwerin, it features live performances by Monk and his group, and posthumous interviews with friends and family. The film was created when a large amount of archived footage of Monk was found in the 1980s.

“Along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Thelonious Monk is credited as one of the pioneering musicians of bebop and is the second most recorded jazz composer in the world. Charlotte Zwerin's documentary tries to unravel Monk, who was known for having a thorny personality and an aggressive playing technique to match. Interviews with Monk's son and fellow musicians shed some light, and performance footage from a European tour captures his idiosyncratic style.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

The film, made by Clint Eastwood's production company Malpaso Productions, is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures; Eastwood served as executive producer.

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser was first shown at the New York film Festival in October 1989 and opened to strong reviews. A New York Times review claims it as "some of the most valuable jazz ever shot" as the close up shots of Monk's hands on the piano reveals his unusual technique. The film is generally praised for giving an intimate view of the otherwise reserved Monk.

In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

“He could see the clear line through to the end of a composition that baffled other people, and his squiggles on a piece of paper, interpreted by Monk as if anybody should have been able to understand them, often turned out to be immortal works of jazz. He gathered other geniuses around him - John Coltrane was a member of his Blue Note band in the late 1950s - and he traveled, recorded, played, composed, jammed, inspired and produced music that changed forever the way that modern jazz sounds.” (Roger Ebert)

“The Monk music that courses through the film is extraordinary in its range of feeling." - Stephen Holden, New York Times

“The musical value of this footage is so powerful that nothing can deface it, despite the best efforts of Zwerin to do so." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

"I had heard the music before. What the film gave me was an opportunity to see Thelonious Monk creating some of it, and, just as importantly, an opportunity to see how those who knew him loved him." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads” (Unrated) 1992

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads Written and narrated by Robert Palmer Jr., the film is based on Palmer’s book entitled Deep Blues, a highly regarded history of the blues written in 1982. Commissioned in 1990 by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, Director Mugge and writer Palmer set out with their cameras to record what was left of the best rural blues performers in the South.

“Starting in Memphis, TN, Palmer’s guide, Abe Schwab, fills in a bit of the history of Beale Street and its importance in the development and spread of the musical form known as the “Blues.” Lost to the wrecking balls of urban renewal, very little is left of the original clubs and studios that used to line the street. Following the Mississippi River south from Memphis, Palmer takes Stewart to Greenville, Mississippi as they begin their tour of the juke joints and private homes of talented musicians whose livelihoods, for the most part, are not the music that feeds their souls.” (Easy Reader & Peninsula)

Musicians appearing in the film are: Roosevelt Barnes, R. L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill (with Napoleon Strickland and Abe Young), Big Jack Johnson, Junior Kimbrough (with Little Joe Ayers and Calvin Jackson), Booker T. Laury, Jack Owens, Lonnie Pitchford, Bud Spires and Wade Walton, The film revitalized the recording career of some of the musicians.

"Watching the documentary, Deep Blues, is like going back in time." - Marie Asner, Phantom Tollbooth

"If you want to know more about blues music, this is the place to start." - Alan Ng, Film Threat

"An invaluable artifact of an authentic American music form, and well worth tracking down for aficionados." - Roger Moore, Movie Nation

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Girl With A PEARL EARring” (PG-13) 2003

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 drama film directed by Peter Webber from a screenplay by Olivia Hetreed, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Tracy Chevalier. Scarlett Johansson stars as Griet, a young 17th-century servant in the household of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (played by Colin Firth) at the time he painted Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665) in the city of Delft in Holland. Other cast members include Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis, and Judy Parfitt. The film was subsequently nominated for ten British Academy Film Awards, three Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.

When her father goes blind, Griet (Scarlett Johansson) must go to work as a maid for painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth). While cleaning the house, Griet strikes up an unlikely friendship with Vermeer, which both agree to keep secret for fear of provoking the painter's jealous wife, Catharina (Essie Davis). When wealthy patron Van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson) begins to lust after Griet, and commissions a painting of her, Vermeer and Griet are obliged to spend long hours alone together. (Rotten Tomatoes)

"What keeps Webber's movie alive is the tenseness of the setup (will this girl stay in the artist's household, and, if so, will she become his lover or his muse?), and, above all, the presence of Johansson.” - Anthony Lane, New Yorker

"A visually stunning masterpiece with the beauty and elegance of a single perfect pearl." -Debbie Lynn Elias, Behind The Lens

"The film is an intriguing speculative account of the creation of one of Vermeer's most famous and sensual paintings. Every shot in the film looks like it was taken right out of a painting from Delft, Holland circa 1665..." -Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED STORM - THE SCREENING OF THIS FILM HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21ST AT 7:00PM

EC-CHAP Film Series: It's A Wonderful Life" (PG). 1946.

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Socially Distanced Tables | Masks Optional

SPECIAL NOTE: With exception to the Pandemic, this seasonal classic has been an EC-CHAP tradition with a screening each Holiday Season since 2016.

It's A Wonderful Life (PG) was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; and directed by Frank Capra.

Join us for the 5th annual showing of this Holiday classic "It’s A Wonderful Life" (1946) at The Packing House.  Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore. “An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed." (IMDb).

Make this a Holiday tradition in our intimate historic setting! This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474.for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Visual Acoustics:The Modernism of Julius Shulman” (Unrated) 2008 (Documentary)

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Socially Distanced Tables | Masks Optional

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream.." IMDb

The film Directed by Eric Bricker; Writers: Eric BrickerPhil EthingtonJessica Hundley(co-writer); Stars: Frances AndertonWim de WitBeth Edwards Harris.

"This absorbing documentary from 2008 focuses on Julius Shulman (1910-2009), a photographer best known for his stylish, dynamic studies of mid-century modern Californian architecture by the likes of Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Pierre Koenig. Although Shulman himself is less well-known outside the photography and architecture scenes than those architects, his frequently reproduced images of their structures helped to create the iconic status of those buildings.

Director Eric Bricker has adeptly assembled a seamless bricolage of vintage 20th-century footage together with material from a doc made in the earliest years of this century when Shulman was in his 90s – along with nifty new animation and interview snippets that bridge ideas and fill gaps.

The film itself is like a building made from standing ruins and broken masonry, as well as contemporary girders and glass, producing a structure that flaunts rather than hides its composite nature." - Leslie Felperin, The Guardian, 25 Nov 2020

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: A Secret Film - Take a chance!

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Masks Optional | 75% Capacity | Socially Distanced Tables

We’re trying something completely different this month…

Have you ever gone to the theater to see a film and had no idea what film was being screened? We haven't either; but thought it might be a cool idea for those risk takers out there. Kind of like a cultural version of "Storage Wars".

If we remain true to this concept, we can't give you a hint; nor can we state a genre or film category. However, if we were betting folks - the only thing we might offer is that the film we choose would likely be well received by a variety of audiences.

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: "20 Feet From Stardom” (PG-13) 2013

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Masks Optional | 75% Capacity | Socially Distanced Tables

"Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now." IMDb

20 Feet from Stardom is a 2013 American documentary film directed by documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville and was produced by Gil Friesen.

The film follows the behind-the-scenes experiences of backup singers and stars Darlene Love, Judith Hill, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Tata Vega, and Jo Lawry, among many others.

On March 2, 2014, it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards, 23 years after the similar documentary In the Shadow of the Stars (which focused on the members of an opera chorus instead of its stars) won the same award.

"The movie pays a long-overdue tribute to their glorious pipes, but also engages with the disconnection between talent and stardom, and while it isn't exactly an exposé of the music industry, infuriating details emerge." - Amy Taubin, Film Comment Magazine

"As illuminating as it is thoroughly entertaining." - Dwight Brown, National Newspaper Publishers Association

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Midsnight In Paris” (PG-13) 2011

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Masks Optional | 75% Capacity | Socially Distanced Tables

"While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight." - IMDb

The film was written and directed by Woody Allen and stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Tom Hiddleston, Marion Cotillard, and Michael Sheen.

In 2012, Midnight in Paris won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. It was nominated for three other Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Art Direction.

"Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) is a screenwriter and aspiring novelist. Vacationing in Paris with his fiancee (Rachel McAdams), he has taken to touring the city alone. On one such late-night excursion, Gil encounters a group of strange -- yet familiar -- revelers, who sweep him along, apparently back in time, for a night with some of the Jazz Age's icons of art and literature. The more time Gil spends with these cultural heroes of the past, the more dissatisfied he becomes with the present." -Rotten Tomatoes

"Midnight in Paris is a very unselfish and lovely approach to inspiration, love, and the written word. A must watch."-Candice Frederick, Reel Talk Online

"Midnight in Paris contains sequences happier than can be described." -Antonia Quirke, Financial Times

"A well put together exercise in the pleasures and pitfalls of nostalgia..." -Derek Malcolm, London Evening Standard

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: "The Sapphires” (R) 2012

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

Proof of Full Vaccination or Negative COVID Test within 72-Hours (administered by a health professional) & Masks Required | 50% Capacity | Socially Distanced Tables

“The Sapphires” was directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Tony Briggs, the latter of whom wrote the play. The Film stars Chris o'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, and Miranda Tapsell. This 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play of the same name, which is loosely based on a true story.

"It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam." - IMDb

"This charming Australian import has a groove much like other low-key, let's-put-on- a-show indies such as Hear My Song and The Commitments, and never uses its social conscience as simply backbeat." - Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News, January 1, 2014

"...it is rare to come across a movie with such sweetness, a movie in which one roots wholeheartedly for the characters and wishes them only the best." - Joanne Laurier, World Socialist Web Site August 13, 2020

"This feelgood flick will almost certainly be an international hit and it is undeniably uplifting, the joyousness of soul music smoothing out the odd shifts in tone that arise as a result of the strange genre conflict." - Francesca Steele - Independent (UK) August 11, 201

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: It's A Wonderful Life" (PG). 1946.

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

[50% Capacity | COVID Guidelines Strictly Enforced (Masks & Social Distancing)]

SPECIAL NOTE: This seasonal classic has been an EC-CHAP tradition with a screening each Holiday Season since 2016. Unfortunately we missed 2020 due to COVID-19, but we're back to share this gem in a time that seems quite appropriate.

It's A Wonderful Life (PG) was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; and directed by Frank Capra.

Join us for the 4th annual showing of this Holiday classic "It’s A Wonderful Life" (1946) at The Packing House.  Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore. “An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed." (IMDb).

Make this a Holiday tradition in our intimate historic setting! This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Suggested donation $5.00. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 Please call 518-791-9474.for additional information.

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Once” (R) 2007

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

50% Capacity | COVID Guidelines Strictly Enforced (Masks & Social Distancing)]

"Once" was written and directed by John Carney, and stars Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, and Hugh Walsh.

"The film presents "a modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story." IMDb

"A vacuum repairman (Glen Hansard) moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant (Marketa Irglova), who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love." Rotten Tomatoes | 97% on Tomatometer

"I'm not at all surprised that my esteemed colleague Michael Phillips of the Tribune selected John Carney's “Once” as the best film of 2007... They are just purely and simply themselves. Hansard is a professional musician, well known in Ireland as leader of a band named the Frames. Irglova is an immigrant from the Czech Republic, only 17 years old, who had not acted before. She has the kind of smile that makes a man want to be a better person, so he can deserve being smiled at... They love music, and they're not faking it. We sense to a rare degree the real feelings of the two of them; there's no overlay of technique, effect or style... “Once” is the kind of film I've been pestered about ever since I started reviewing again. People couldn't quite describe it, but they said I had to see it. I had to. Well, I did. They were right." Roger Ebert, December 24, 2007

"Once doesn't plop its emotions on its characters' sleeves, and it trusts us enough to leave some of the best stuff unstated. In other words, it trusts us to know that half the music lies between the notes." Mark Bourne, Film.com, December 19, 2007

"A simple miracle of a film." Richard Propes, TheIndependentCritic.com; September 18, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0

"If "The Commitments" shows the gritty, robust side of Dublin and the Irish music scene, "Once" shows us a softer, more romantic side." James Plath, Movie Metropolis; April 18, 2014 | Rating: 8/10

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Film Series: "Begin Again" (R) 2013

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

50% Capacity | COVID Guidelines Strictly Enforced (Masks & Social Distancing)]

SPECIAL NOTE: What better way to celebrate the Reopening of The Packing House with an outstanding down on your luck original music related film entitled, Begin Again!

"Begin Again" was written and directed by John Carney, staring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, and Adam Levine.

"The film portrays "a chance encounter between a down-and-out music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter, new to Manhattan, turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents." -IMDb

"Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her songwriting partner/lover Dave (Adam Levine) head for New York when he lands a record deal with a major label. However, Gretta is suddenly left on her own when Dave gives in to the temptations that come with his newfound success. Things take a turn for the better for her when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record executive, discovers Gretta performing in a club. A mutually life-changing bond forms between the pair as they work together on Gretta's first album." - Rotten Tomatoes 83% Tomatometer

“Ruffalo and Knightley perform subtle magic. On a bench, ear buds in and lost in the music, they forge an intimacy you can't pin down.” - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, JUNE 26, 2014 | 3/4

"Absolutely LOVED this film, especially Mark Ruffalo's joyful portrayal of a down-on-his-luck kinda guy (a truly pleasant oxymoron)!" Susan Wloszczyna, RogerEbert.com, June 27, 2014

"John Carney is not afraid of a cliche. After all, Begin Again is a musical, a genre that has always thrived on them. And he does know how to shape them to his own design, which is low-key and slightly tongue-in-cheek." Sandra Hall, Sydney, Morning Herald, August 4, 2014 | Rating: 4/5

"What makes it special is that it's not another romance about finding a man. It's about finding your people, about being a bit lost in your twenties." Cath Clarke, Time Out, July 2, 2020 | Rating: 4/5

This film is a part of the EC-CHAP Film Series hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP), a 501.3.c non-profit membership-based cultural organization. To learn more and how you can become a member, visit www.ec-chap.org.

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Soft drinks and snacks available. We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).

 For information, please call: 518-791-9474

EC-CHAP Virtual "Talent Showcase" - Talent Sharing Talent

CALL TO PARTICIPATE AND PLACED ON THE SCHEDULE - 518.791.9474

EC-CHAP’s Talent Showcase is designed as a platform for local and regional artists to share their talent in front of a live audience. As always, acoustic musicians, film makers, poets, comedians, jugglers, puppeteers, and creative artists of all ages are invited to perform at The Packing House.

Since July 2020, we have continued to offer our monthly Talent Showcase - in an ONLINE Format. Our Virtual Talent Showcases are scheduled to stream on the 2nd WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. Here is an opportunity to showcase your work together with other creatives STREAMING LIVE in our VIRTUAL SETTING. Test ideas and concepts; receive comments. We will safely resume our LIVE Talent Showcases when we are able.

We invite you to submit a video of you sharing your talent (15-minute maximum). All videos must be received by September 1st; and will be compiled and LIVE STREAMED on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 7:00pm.

If you're interested in participating, please call 518-791-9474 in advance to arrange for your video to be submitted and be placed on the schedule. For our September 8th Showcase, all videos must be received by September 1st..

Not performing? No problem! Come join us for an evening of great talent. Invite everybody you know!

The "Talent Showcase" is hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP). Open to the general public. Free admission / Donations accepted. Doors open 7:00pm.

We are pleased to extend our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food to the virtual world in the comfort of your own home! You can also pick-up a pizza pie (or have delivered within 10-miles) from Willington Pizza House (or WP Too). We recommend "The Packing House" pizza! Click here for secret recipe. 

For information, or to register in advance, please call 518-791-9474.

The Packing House is located at The Mill Works, 156 River Road, Willington, CT

The Packing House will Reopen with LIVE Entertainment Fall 2021!

EC-CHAP Virtual "Talent Showcase" - Talent Sharing Talent

CALL TO PARTICIPATE AND PLACED ON THE SCHEDULE - 518.791.9474

EC-CHAP’s Talent Showcase is designed as a platform for local and regional artists to share their talent in front of a live audience. As always, acoustic musicians, film makers, poets, comedians, jugglers, puppeteers, and creative artists of all ages are invited to perform at The Packing House.

Since July 2020, we have continued to offer our monthly Talent Showcase - in an ONLINE Format. Our Virtual Talent Showcases are scheduled to stream on the 2nd WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. Here is an opportunity to showcase your work together with other creatives STREAMING LIVE in our VIRTUAL SETTING. Test ideas and concepts; receive comments. We will safely resume our LIVE Talent Showcases when we are able.

We invite you to submit a video of you sharing your talent (15-minute maximum). All videos must be received by August 4th; and will be compiled and LIVE STREAMED on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 7:00pm.

If you're interested in participating, please call 518-791-9474 in advance to arrange for your video to be submitted and be placed on the schedule. For our August 11th Showcase, all videos must be received by August 4th.

Not performing? No problem! Come join us for an evening of great talent. Invite everybody you know!

The "Talent Showcase" is hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP). Open to the general public. Free admission / Donations accepted. Doors open 7:00pm.

We are pleased to extend our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food to the virtual world in the comfort of your own home! You can also pick-up a pizza pie (or have delivered within 10-miles) from Willington Pizza House (or WP Too). We recommend "The Packing House" pizza! Click here for secret recipe. 

For information, or to register in advance, please call 518-791-9474.

The Packing House is located at The Mill Works, 156 River Road, Willington, CT

The Packing House will Reopen with LIVE Entertainment Fall 2021!

EC-CHAP Virtual "Talent Showcase" - Talent Sharing Talent

CALL TO PARTICIPATE AND PLACED ON THE SCHEDULE - 518.791.9474

EC-CHAP’s Talent Showcase is designed as a platform for local and regional artists to share their talent in front of a live audience. As always, acoustic musicians, film makers, poets, comedians, jugglers, puppeteers, and creative artists of all ages are invited to perform at The Packing House.

Since July 2020, we have continued to offer our monthly Talent Showcase - in an ONLINE Format. Our Virtual Talent Showcases are scheduled to stream on the 2nd WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. Here is an opportunity to showcase your work together with other creatives STREAMING LIVE in our VIRTUAL SETTING. Test ideas and concepts; receive comments. We will safely resume our LIVE Talent Showcases when we are able.

We invite you to submit a video of you sharing your talent (15-minute maximum). All videos must be received by July 7th; and will be compiled and LIVE STREAMED on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 7:00pm.

If you're interested in participating, please call 518-791-9474 in advance to arrange for your video to be submitted and be placed on the schedule. For our July 14th Showcase, all videos must be received by July 7th.

Not performing? No problem! Come join us for an evening of great talent. Invite everybody you know!

The "Talent Showcase" is hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP). Open to the general public. Free admission / Donations accepted. Doors open 7:00pm.

We are pleased to extend our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food to the virtual world in the comfort of your own home! You can also pick-up a pizza pie (or have delivered within 10-miles) from Willington Pizza House (or WP Too). We recommend "The Packing House" pizza! Click here for secret recipe. 

For information, or to register in advance, please call 518-791-9474.

The Packing House is located at The Mill Works, 156 River Road, Willington, CT

The Packing House will Reopen with LIVE Entertainment Fall 2021!

EC-CHAP Virtual "Talent Showcase" - Talent Sharing Talent

CALL TO PARTICIPATE AND PLACED ON THE SCHEDULE - 518.791.9474

EC-CHAP’s Talent Showcase is designed as a platform for local and regional artists to share their talent in front of a live audience. As always, acoustic musicians, film makers, poets, comedians, jugglers, puppeteers, and creative artists of all ages are invited to perform at The Packing House.

Since July 2020, we have continued to offer our monthly Talent Showcase - in an ONLINE Format. Our Virtual Talent Showcases are scheduled to stream on the 2nd WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. Here is an opportunity to showcase your work together with other creatives STREAMING LIVE in our VIRTUAL SETTING. Test ideas and concepts; receive comments. We will safely resume our LIVE Talent Showcases when we are able.

We invite you to submit a video of you sharing your talent (15-minute maximum). All videos must be received by June 2nd; and will be compiled and LIVE STREAMED on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 7:00pm.

If you're interested in participating, please call 518-791-9474 in advance to arrange for your video to be submitted and be placed on the schedule. For our June 9th Showcase, all videos must be received by June 2nd.

Not performing? No problem! Come join us for an evening of great talent. Invite everybody you know!

The "Talent Showcase" is hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP). Open to the general public. Free admission / Donations accepted. Doors open 7:00pm.

We are pleased to extend our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food to the virtual world in the comfort of your own home! You can also pick-up a pizza pie (or have delivered within 10-miles) from Willington Pizza House (or WP Too). We recommend "The Packing House" pizza! Click here for secret recipe. 

For information, or to register in advance, please call 518-791-9474.

The Packing House is located at The Mill Works, 156 River Road, Willington, CT

The Packing House will Reopen with LIVE Entertainment Fall 2021!

EC-CHAP Virtual "Talent Showcase" - Talent Sharing Talent

CALL TO PARTICIPATE AND PLACED ON THE SCHEDULE - 518.791.9474

EC-CHAP’s Talent Showcase is designed as a platform for local and regional artists to share their talent in front of a live audience. As always, acoustic musicians, film makers, poets, comedians, jugglers, puppeteers, and creative artists of all ages are invited to perform at The Packing House.

Since July 2020, we have continued to offer our monthly Talent Showcase - in an ONLINE Format. Our Virtual Talent Showcases are scheduled to stream on the 2nd WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. Here is an opportunity to showcase your work together with other creatives STREAMING LIVE in our VIRTUAL SETTING. Test ideas and concepts; receive comments. We will safely resume our LIVE Talent Showcases when we are able.

We invite you to submit a video of you sharing your talent (15-minute maximum). All videos must be received by May 5th; and will be compiled and LIVE STREAMED on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 7:00pm.

If you're interested in participating, please call 518-791-9474 in advance to arrange for your video to be submitted and be placed on the schedule. For our May 12th Showcase, all videos must be received by May 5th.

Not performing? No problem! Come join us for an evening of great talent. Invite everybody you know!

The "Talent Showcase" is hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP). Open to the general public. Free admission / Donations accepted. Doors open 7:00pm.

We are pleased to extend our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food to the virtual world in the comfort of your own home! You can also pick-up a pizza pie (or have delivered within 10-miles) from Willington Pizza House (or WP Too). We recommend "The Packing House" pizza! Click here for secret recipe. 

For information, or to register in advance, please call 518-791-9474.

The Packing House is located at The Mill Works, 156 River Road, Willington, CT

The Packing House will Reopen with LIVE Entertainment Fall 2021!

EC-CHAP Virtual "Talent Showcase" - Talent Sharing Talent

CALL TO PARTICIPATE AND PLACED ON THE SCHEDULE - 518.791.9474

EC-CHAP’s Talent Showcase is designed as a platform for local and regional artists to share their talent in front of a live audience. As always, acoustic musicians, film makers, poets, comedians, jugglers, puppeteers, and creative artists of all ages are invited to perform at The Packing House.

Since July 2020, we have continued to offer our monthly Talent Showcase - in an ONLINE Format. Our Virtual Talent Showcases are scheduled to stream on the 2nd WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. Here is an opportunity to showcase your work together with other creatives STREAMING LIVE in our VIRTUAL SETTING. Test ideas and concepts; receive comments. We will safely resume our LIVE Talent Showcases when we are able.

We invite you to submit a video of you sharing your talent (15-minute maximum). All videos must be received by April 7th; and will be compiled and LIVE STREAMED on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 7:00pm.

If you're interested in participating, please call 518-791-9474 in advance to arrange for your video to be submitted and be placed on the schedule. For our April Showcase, all videos must be received by April 7th.

Not performing? No problem! Come join us for an evening of great talent. Invite everybody you know!

The "Talent Showcase" is hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP). Open to the general public. Free admission / Donations accepted. Doors open 7:00pm.

We are pleased to extend our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food to the virtual world in the comfort of your own home! You can also pick-up a pizza pie (or have delivered within 10-miles) from Willington Pizza House (or WP Too). We recommend "The Packing House" pizza! Click here for secret recipe. 

For information, or to register in advance, please call 518-791-9474.

The Packing House is located at The Mill Works, 156 River Road, Willington, CT

The Packing House will Reopen with LIVE Entertainment Fall 2021!

EC-CHAP Virtual "Talent Showcase" - Talent Sharing Talent

CALL TO PARTICIPATE AND PLACED ON THE SCHEDULE - 518.791.9474

If You Arrive at our YouTube Channel, and don’t see our live stream…

PLEASE REFRESH YOUR SCREEN

If you're interested in participating, please call 518-791-9474 in advance to arrange for your video to be submitted and be placed on the schedule. For our March Showcase, all videos must be received by March 3rd

Not performing? No problem! Come join us for an evening of great talent. Invite everybody you know!

The "Talent Showcase" is hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance (EC-CHAP). Open to the general public. Free admission / Donations accepted. Doors open 7:00pm.

We are pleased to extend our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food to the virtual world in the comfort of your own home! You can also pick-up a pizza pie (or have delivered within 10-miles) from Willington Pizza House (or WP Too). We recommend "The Packing House" pizza! Click here for secret recipe. 

For information, or to register in advance, please call 518-791-9474.

The Packing House is located at The Mill Works, 156 River Road, Willington, CT

The Packing House will Reopen with LIVE Entertainment in 2021!