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Stop Making Sense

  • August 24, 2025 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
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Description

Stop Making Sense

Direct by Jonathan Demme (1984)
90 mins

Doors open at 6:30 pm with DJ set by Mirissa Neff
Film starts at 7:30 pm

Ticketing: $15 general admission
$5 for PS21 members

Made by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme at the peak of the Talking Heads' trajectory, Stop Making Sense is considered by critics to be the greatest concert film of all time. Starring core band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison along with Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt. The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features the Talking Heads' most memorable songs.

Date & Time

Sun, Aug 24, 2025 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Venue Details

PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance
PS/21 Inc

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About PS21

A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region.  Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.

 

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