| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | March 19- May 21: "Snow on the Brain: Living with Multiple Sclerosis"Presented by VSA Arts of Massachusetts March 26-May 21, 2012 VSA Massachusetts presents a unique exhibition of original acrylic paintings by Newton based artist Marguerite McDonald. The paintings chronicle the artist’s experience of living with Multiple Sclerosis. A collection of poems by poet Marylou DiPietro compliments and interprets the paintings.
Soon after being diagnosed with MS thirteen years ago, artist Marguerite McDonald began keeping a "visual journal" to interpret the impact of the disease on all aspects of... | VSA Arts of Massachusetts | 03/26/12- 05/21/12 | Boston |
Careless Love: A Down Home MusicalPresented by Oberon at Oberon May 21, 2012 Sean returns to his hometown after 15 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.
Upon his arrival, he finds his true love on the eve of her wedding to his friend. Set
to traditional bluegrass, old-time, gospel, and folk songs, an ensemble of nine actor/
musicians bring this original story to life with a fiddle, dobro, banjo, mandolin, and more. | Oberon | 05/21/12 | Cambridge |
Music of Joy, Sorrow, and StillnessPresented by Brookline Music School at Brookline Music School May 21, 2012 Join BMS faculty pianist Valerie Ross, violinist Aubrey Burdick, and tenor Joshua Pelkey for "Music of Joy, Sorrow, and Stillness," a recital exploring the wide range of expression possible in art music.
The evening opens with a joyous suite of ancient dances written by J.S. Bach, followed by Messsiaen's transcendent Theme and Variations for violin and piano. From there, the program takes a more meditative turn with John Cage's peaceful "In a Landscape" and... | Brookline Music School | 05/21/12 | Brookline |
Wellesley Theatre Project Master Class with Broadway Performer Kevin Duda! Presented by Wellesley Theatre Project at Wellesley Middle School May 21, 2012 When: May 21st Where: Wellesley Middle School; Who: 6th -12th Grade Students; Cost: Free!; Join us for... Musical Theatre Audition Workshop: 3pm-4:30pm (WMS Chorus Room) 15 students will workshop a song. All other students are encouraged to observe as space is permits. Please come prepared with 32 bars of music. Meet a Broadway performer and learn great tips and insight from a pro.; Dance Workshop: 5:30pm-8pm (WMS Theatre) Learn a dance combination with choreography from a broadway... | Wellesley Theatre Project | 05/21/12 | Wellesley |
East Boston Open StudiosPresented by East Boston Artists Group May 21-May 22, 2012 Come explore East Boston—don't miss our great restaurants, unique art scene,
beautiful parks, and the best harbor views in the city.
Dozens of Open Studios around these East Boston locations!
Atlantic Works Building: 80 Border Street
100 Condor Street
175 McClellan Highway
Harbor Arts: 256 Marginal Street - Boston Harbor Shipyard
| East Boston Artists Group | 05/21/12- 05/22/12 | |
Teen Sketch CrawlPresented by swampscott public library May 22, 2012 Teen Art Class at Swampscott Public Library TUESDAY MAY 22nd 6:00pm TEEN SKETCH CRAWL for 5th-12th graders Join the latest craze in drawing and go on a sketch crawl inside and outside the library. A sketch crawl is when a group of people travel around together sketching buildings, objects and people. We will warm up for drawing by doing some exercises. Then we’ll wander around the library and even go outside and draw. Everyone will get a free sketchbook and Italian pencil, and... | swampscott public library | 05/22/12 | Swampscott |
Opening Lecture and Reception: Jasper Johns / In Press: The Crosshatch Works and the Logic of PrintPresented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum May 23, 2012 Jennifer L. Roberts, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, will present the lecture The Printerly Art of Jasper Johns at 6pm.
Jasper Johns is best known as a painter, but his work has always been closely tied to print. From his earliest use of newspaper collage and stencils in the 1950s, Johns incorporated print media and print processes into his paintings. He began making prints himself in 1960, and quickly developed a reputation as a... | Harvard Art Museums | 05/23/12 | Cambridge |
We Worked: A Celebration of America’s Workers and the Nation They BuiltPresented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society May 23, 2012 Jack Larkin, Professor of History at Clark University and Chief Historian Emeritus at Old Sturbridge Village, recounts the stories of stories of America's workers from the 1830s to the 1930s. Learn more about the wheat growers and sharecroppers, mill girls and housemaids, gold miners and railway porters, farm wives and cowboys, newsboys and stenographers who made America. | Massachusetts Historical Society | 05/23/12 | Boston |
Waterworks Wednesday: John Briscoe, "Water In A Changing World"Presented by Waterworks Museum May 23, 2012 John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering and Environmental Health at Harvard, will lecture on "Water in a Changing World." Professor Briscoe has devoted his career to issues relating to water, other natural resources, and economic development. Briscoe has launched the Harvard Water Security Initiative, which focuses on major challenges facing countries around the world, including the obstacles in providing people with safe drinking water. | Waterworks Museum | 05/23/12 | Boston |
Weston Wind Quintet + FriendsPresented by Weston Wind Quintet at Church of St. John the Evangelist May 23, 2012 The Weston Wind Quintet (Michael Tabak - flute, Elizabeth England - oboe, Danby Cho - clarinet, Samantha Benson - French horn, Shu Satoh - bassoon) performs Francis Poulenc's Sextet (with pianist Heeyeon Chi), Leos Janacek's Mladi (with bass clarinetist Todd Brunel), and Maurice Ravel's Mother Goose Suite (arr. David Walter) (with pianist Victor Cayres). | Weston Wind Quintet | 05/23/12 | Boston |
Harvard Thesis Exhibition 2012: AttachedPresented by Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts April 27-May 24, 2012 Exhibition of thesis projects by seven graduating seniors in Harvard's art department, including painting, drawing, installation, and video. Artists: Rebecca Levitan, Juliet Macchi, Ingrid Pierre, Scott Roben, Chappell Sargent, Sara Stern and Dan Yavuzkurt. | Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts | 04/27/12- 05/24/12 | Cambridge |
History Book Club MeetingPresented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton May 24, 2012 Thursday, May 24, 7:30 PM, this month’s book selection, The Great Influenza by award-winning historian John M. Barry (author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which the Book Club previously read and enjoyed) is a powerful story with multiple narrative strands that combine to describe the history of science and disease in America leading up to the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918. It describes how the disease revolutionized American science and public health,... | Historic Newton | 05/24/12 | Newton |
Francine Miller discusses Cashing in on Culture and the Rose Art MuseumPresented by Back Pages Books May 24, 2012 When the Rose Art Museum proposed its plan to close and sell its invaluable 8,000-piece collection to close university budget gaps, Francine Miller became an outspoken critic in favor of its preservation.
As both a respected Boston-area art critic and a Brandeis alumnus, Miller's attempt to save the Rose, one of the country's most visited university art museums, was a cause very dear to her. The results of her efforts have kept the museum intact for its fiftieth year, and have... | Back Pages Books | 05/24/12 | Waltham |
CRLS 36th Annual Photography ExhibitPresented by Cambridge Rindge and Latin School May 4-May 24, 2012 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Visual and Performing Arts Department & Gallery at the Piano Factory present 36th Annual Student Photography Exhibit May 4 - 24 Gallery at The Piano Factory 791 Tremont St. Boston RECEPTION: Thursday, May 10th 5-7:30 PM | Cambridge Rindge and Latin School | 05/04/12- 05/24/12 | Boston |
Infinity: Works from the 2012 Senior Concentration SeminarPresented by Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery. College of the Holy Cross at Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross April 26-May 25, 2012 Each spring semester the Cantor Art Gallery mounts an exhibition of work by graduating seniors enrolled in the “Senior Concentration Seminar” offered by the visual arts department and studio art faculty. Infinity senior student artists include Jennifer Bautista, Taylor Blackwell, Kate Cassidy, Marcy Kenney, Kelsey Long, Craig Martin, Rachel McMahon, and Moniqua Williams. The two-semester course is designed to provide students with the unique opportunity to work for extended... | Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery. College of the Holy Cross | 04/26/12- 05/25/12 | Worcester |
Walking Tour of Stony BrookPresented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society May 26, 2012 Join the JP Historical Society to explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings, the homes of early German settlers, and today’s Samuel Adams beer company. In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and other Boston neighborhoods. Today, the Southwest Corridor Park that runs through the Stony Brook neighborhood... | Jamaica Plain Historical Society | 05/26/12 | Boston |
"ABSTRACT"Presented by Gallery Seven at Gallery Seven April 17-May 26, 2012 Gallery Seven presents “Abstract” paintings by Arlene Chaplin, Becky Kisabeth Gibbs, Linda Grom, Wilson L. Hunt, Jr. and Heather McClurg. In this exhibition 5 artists display five unique abstract visions using a variety of techniques and inspirations.
ARTISTS' RECEPTION: Saturday, April 28th from 7-9 p.m.
Free & Open to the public.
Image Caption: "Jazz Alley" by Heather McClurg | Gallery Seven | 04/17/12- 05/26/12 | Maynard |
Zins and SlidersPresented by The Wine ConneXtion May 26, 2012 Memorial Day marks the start to the summer grilling season, and after the winter that wasn’t, it’s time for grill masters to shake off the dust, refill the propane and fire up the charcoal! On Saturday, May 26th, 2012, The Wine ConneXtion in North Andover, MA, will dispel the notion that barbeque lovers must slum with beer while indulging in their favorite grilled fare because just like peanut butter and jelly, barbeque and zinfandel are a perfect pair!
From 12:00PM... | The Wine ConneXtion | 05/26/12 | North Andover |
REAL Art? Studios Without Walls 2012 Exhibition of Temporary SculpturePresented by Studios Without Walls at Riverway Park May 5-May 27, 2012 Bookline's sculpture collaborative Studios Without Walls presents "REAL Art?" ~ an exhibition of temporary sculpture and installation along the Muddy River in Riverway Park, running May 5-27, 2012. Riverway Park is between Netherlands Road and Park Drive. This exhibit is supported in part by a donation from the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. | Studios Without Walls | 05/05/12- 05/27/12 | Brookline |
Bigelow Chapel Open HousePresented by Mount Auburn Cemetery May 27, 2012 Come and explore Mount Auburn’s first chapel, originally constructed in the 1840s. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions about the Chapel and point out some of its most interesting features. | Mount Auburn Cemetery | 05/27/12 | Watertown |
Ray Lam & Yelena BeriyevaPresented by Mount Auburn Cemetery May 27, 2012 This Memorial Day weekend Mount Auburn Cemetery presents a concert of music by 20th century American composers featuring clarinetist Ray Lam and pianist Yelena Beriyeva. The program in Story Chapel will include works by Leonard Bernstein, perhaps most familiar among the list to be highlighted, as well as William Bolcom and Robert Muczynski, who are still alive today. Walter Piston’s The Clarinet Concerto will be also be performed. Piston, a titan among pedagogues who taught such... | Mount Auburn Cemetery | 05/27/12 | Watertown |
EmergencePresented by The Loading Dock Gallery at Loading Dock Gallery May 2-May 27, 2012 Sculptor David Crane and painter JJ Long tackle “emergence” in their joint show at the Loading Dock Gallery in Lowell May 2-27. Their works celebrate the strength and mystery of form in dialogue with gravity, of potential realizing itself. “We’re looking at metamorphosis,” Long says. “Forms break through their wooden molds as if they are born from the earth, shedding their bark skin and coming to life.”
Long, a Melrose native now living... | The Loading Dock Gallery | 05/02/12- 05/27/12 | Lowell |
Memorial Day Flag Garden on Boston CommonPresented by Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund at Boston Common May 23-May 28, 2012 This year, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund will be planting 33,000 flags at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument to represent every brave Massachusetts service member who gave his or her life defending our country since the Civil War. The completed garden is a breathtaking tribute to the true meaning of Memorial Day and a powerful message of community support to the families of these fallen heroes that their sacrifices will never be... | Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund | 05/23/12- 05/28/12 | Boston |
Faneuil Hall Marketplace Street Performers Festival Presented by Faneuil Hall Marketplace at Faneuil Hall May 26-May 28, 2012 On Memorial Day weekend, Faneuil Hall comes alive with a Street Performers Festival Extravaganza.
Enjoy performances by jugglers, mimes, magicians, puppeteers and musicians are just a few of over 50 entertainers presenting three days of entertainment and interactive activities.
This form of live entertainment is a special kind of art. Street performance or busking is the practice of performing in public places, for gratuities, which are generally in the form of money and... | Faneuil Hall Marketplace | 05/26/12- 05/28/12 | Boston |
Cultural Survival BazaarPresented by Cultural Survival May 26-May 28, 2012 An International Festival of Native Arts & Culture Featuring artisans, products, & performers from around the world. Shop handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more. Enjoy FREE music performances, presentations, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, & Tibetan cuisine. Proceeds support Native artisans, fair trade, and Cultural Survival's non-profit work worldwide. For special features, artisan... | Cultural Survival | 05/26/12- 05/28/12 | Amherst |
Wednesday Concert SeriesPresented by The Church of St. John the Evangelist at St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston) May 2-May 30, 2012 5/2/12: Ian Pomerantz (baritone) ans Juhyun Lee (piano) will present Schumann's Dichterliebe (Opus 48).
5/9/12: Grace Shryock (oboe) and Paul Carroll (piano) will perform works by Goossens and Marcello.
5/16/12: Grant Randall (trombone) and colleagues will perform works by Bertali, Bolter, Liszt and Schutz.
5/23/12: Weston Wind Quintet and friends will perform works by Janacek, Poulenc and Ravel.
5/30/12: Victoria Suchodolski (piano) and William Kenlon... | The Church of St. John the Evangelist | 05/02/12- 05/30/12 | Boston |
Prescott Farm CelebrationPresented by Newport Restoration Foundation May 30, 2012 Prescott Farm has a new look! Come to an open house celebrating the place where past meets present and enjoy 18th-century treats, period games, and windmill and garden tours. | Newport Restoration Foundation | 05/30/12 | Middletown |
A Night of Fiction with Jessica Keener and Jennifer HaighPresented by Back Pages Books May 31, 2012 In Night Swim, an incredible debut that has been called "deeply moving and devastatingly beautiful", Jessica Keener explores the coming-of-age of sixteen year-old Sara Kunitz under the oppressive regime of her emotionally absent parents. In this and Jennifer Haigh's Faith, both women explore the dynamics, beliefs, and disappointments of two strikingly different Boston families--one, a clan of wealthy 1970s Jewish suburbanites attempting to maintain a charmed facade after a... | Back Pages Books | 05/31/12 | Waltham |
The Grand Diversity of Fishes: Form, Function, and EvolutionPresented by Harvard Museum of Natural History May 31, 2012 Exhibition re-opening lecture by George V. Lauder, Prof. of Biology and Curator of Ichthyology in Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 6:00 PM
Fishes display a remarkable diversity in their behavior, ecology, and physical form. Constituting half of all known vertebrate species, fishes have adapted to almost every habitat on earth—from the deepest ocean trenches to highest mountain streams, and from sub-freezing to near-boiling... | Harvard Museum of Natural History | 05/31/12 | Cambridge |
5th Annual Art@Bass Rocks ShowPresented by Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) May 31, 2012 seARTS Presents: 5th Annual Art@Bass Rocks Show. Opening Reception Thursday, May 31, 6:00-8:00 PM. Bass Rocks Golf Club, 34 Beach Road, Gloucester, MA. 6-7 PM Reception, 7-8 PM Talk/Q& A. Free, Open to Public. Cash Bar RSVP info@searts.org by May 28 or 978-281-1222. Guest Speaker Maggie Cavallo, Asst Curator of Education for the Gallery & Visiting Artist Program, Montserrat College of Art.Join us to welcome 15 regional artists. 27 works of art on display through April 2013. All work... | Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) | 05/31/12 | |
Artists and Dancers of Cape AnnPresented by Cape Ann Museum at Cape Ann Museum May 31, 2012 Film screening: A New Dance for America: The Choreography, Teachings and Legacy of Doris Humphrey | Cape Ann Museum | 05/31/12 | Gloucester |
Preview Screening! Wes Anderson's MOONRISE KINGDOMPresented by The Brattle Theatre at The Brattle Theatre May 31, 2012 (2012) dir Wes Anderson w/Kara Hayward, Jared Gilman, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman [94 min] ••• The Brattle is thrilled to be presenting this special preview screening of the newest film by Wes Anderson, MOONRISE KINGDOM. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, the film tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into... | The Brattle Theatre | 05/31/12 | Cambridge |
Demolition String BandPresented by Sally O'Briens May 31, 2012 The Demolition String Band are one of NYCs most esteemed bluegrass/mountain/country acts and they're touring in support of their new CD "Gracious Days" released on the LA based label Varese Sarabande. Their appearance is part of Sally OBrien's "Bluegrass Thursdays."
BILLBOARD: “Demolition's members are across-the-board connoisseurs: master instrumentalists, lyricists and entertainers."
VILLAGE VOICE: “Live, Skye wears her heart... | Sally O'Briens | 05/31/12 | Somerville |
Celebration of the Spring with Perkins School for the BlindPresented by Revels May 31, 2012 Join us for an inspiring hour of music, song, poetry and dance as Revels Repertory Company and the talented students at Perkins School for the Blind collaborate on a very special musical celebration of spring. Revels songleader and musician David Coffin leads the fun along with the Mulburry Morris children's dance team and the ancient and mysterious Padstow 'Obby 'Oss, all the way from Cornwall, England. Please join us! | Revels | 05/31/12 | Watertown |
A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life: The Photographs of Clover Adams, 1883-1885Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society February 9-June 2, 2012 In May 1883, Clover Adams, a descendant of Boston’s Sturgis and Hooper families and the wife of the historian Henry Adams, picked up her camera and began taking photographs—of her husband, of afternoons at the beach on Boston’s North Shore, and of eminent friends who frequented the Adamses’ home on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. Examples of these photographs will be on exhibit 9 February through 2 June at the MHS. Based on Natalie Dykstra’s book, Clover... | Massachusetts Historical Society | 02/09/12- 06/02/12 | |
Hemlock Gorge & Echo Bridge: Guided trails walkPresented by Welle June 2, 2012 Celebrate National Trails Day and walk the trails in Hemlock Gorge. See Echo Bridge, the historic 500-foot stone bridge across the Charles River that was used to carry water to Boston. Stand under the main arch and count the number of times you hear your echo. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Hemlock Gorge parking area in Needham, located on Central Avenue just before it crosses the Charles into Newton. Directions from Rt-9: Take Rt-9 toward Newton, exit at the first ramp (to Chestnut Street) after... | Welle | 06/02/12 | |
Cultural Survival BazaarPresented by Cultural Survival June 2, 2012 An International Festival of Native Arts & Culture
Featuring artisans, products, & performers from around the world.
Shop handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more.
Enjoy FREE music performances, presentations, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, & ethnic cuisine.
Proceeds support Native artisans, fair trade, and Cultural Survival's non-profit work... | Cultural Survival | 06/02/12 | Boston |
Walking Tour of Hyde SquarePresented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society June 2, 2012 Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican immigrants transformed it into Boston’s first predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. This tour also takes us to the home of Maud Cuney Hare, a prominent music historian and one of only two black women students at the New... | Jamaica Plain Historical Society | 06/02/12 | Boston |
Portuguese Lusitano Horse ShowPresented by Boston Portuguese Festival June 2, 2012 This will be a great opportunity to understand the role of the wonderful Lusitano horse in Portugal’s history and culture.
Sons of the Wind Farm located Merrimac, MA, is home to the national horse of Portugal. This horse, also referred to as the “Royal Horse of Europe”, is known for his extraordinary beauty, bravery, athletic talent and intelligence.
The day’s events will feature Portuguese freestyle dressage clinics, airs above grounds... | Boston Portuguese Festival | 06/02/12 | Merrimac |
Music for Peace - All Beethoven ConcertPresented by Massachusetts Peace Action June 2, 2012 Join us on June 2nd at 7:30 pm for an all Beethoven concert! Victor Rosenbaum :: Piano Segey Antonov :: Cello Laura Bossert :: Violen Paula Maierfeld :: Viola | Massachusetts Peace Action | 06/02/12 | Cambridge |
Collage Artist Ekua Holmes in Solo ExhibitPresented by JP Licks May 1-June 2, 2012 "Here and There", an exhibit of original works and prints by Roxbury artist Ekua Holmes will be displayed from May 1 through June 2. An opening reception will be held on Thursday May 3 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. "Here and There" is a collection of paintings inspired by the artist's journeys to Gloucester, MA and the island of Jamaica. | JP Licks | 05/01/12- 06/02/12 | Jamaica Plain |
| Exhibition I | North Shore Arts Association | 05/05/12- 06/02/12 | Gloucester |
Medium Without MeasurePresented by School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston May 19-June 2, 2012 "MEDIUM WITHOUT MEASURE" is a multi-media exhibition celebrating 2012 graduates of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston featuring 2011–12 award recipients, works from artists across programs, plus undergrads in the Senior Thesis Program. Taking place throughout the School, this exhibition includes film screenings, performances, concerts and more. Opening reception: May 19, 5–7 pm. Free. | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 05/19/12- 06/02/12 | Boston |
Coolidge Corner Arts FestivalPresented by Coolidge Corner Arts Festival June 2, 2012 More than eighty crafts people and fine artists will show and sell their work from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at the Devotion School grounds at 345 Harvard Street. This free public showcase for the arts will feature nationally recognized artists as well as accomplished and emerging artists from New England working in an array of media, from jewelry, fiber, glass, ceramics to photography, watercolor and mixed media. The event is accessible by the "C" line to Coolidge Corner and the #66 bus.... | Coolidge Corner Arts Festival | 06/02/12 | Brookline |
UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT WALK AND FAMILY FUN DAY FOR OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTAPresented by Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation June 2, 2012 The event will be held at Framingham State University’s Maple Street Field. There will be family entertainment including a Kiddie Corner with lots of children’s games, kids yoga, face painter, magician, balloon artist, 50 yard dash for kids, Star Wars Jedi Clinics, Live Music and a DJ, massages for the adults, Adult and kid Raffles, and a Silent Auction including several pairs of Red sox tickets, VIP Tickets to the Daily Show with John Stewart, a Cape Rental for a week and much... | Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation | 06/02/12 | Framingham |
A Spring Bouquet of Show Tunes and Popular FavoritesPresented by The Paul Madore Chorale June 2, 2012 The Paul Madore Chorale will be presenting A Spring Bouquet of Show Tunes and Popular Favorites on June 2. The concert will include selections from Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera, and Guys and Dolls, as well as other all-time favorites. Concert soloists will be drawn from the chorale membership. | The Paul Madore Chorale | 06/02/12 | Salem |
Totally New Theatre!Presented by Marblehead Little Theatre at Marblehead Little Theatre June 2, 2012 “TNT! 2012 - TOTALLY NEW THEATER” FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE EVENING OF EXPLOSIVE READINGS AT MARBLEHEAD LITTLE THEATRE
TNT! 2012, a play development retreat for writers produced by local playwright Shari D. Frost for Marblehead Little Theatre, is returning for its fourth annual event this June. On Saturday, June 2 at 8pm, an evening of readings free to the public will be followed by the unique opportunity to meet the local and visiting playwrights and discuss their work. Space... | Marblehead Little Theatre | 06/02/12 | Marblehead |
Jenny Schmid and Ali Momeni: The Department of Smoke and MirrorsPresented by The Arts at Wellesley at Davis Museum and Cultural Center February 16-June 3, 2012 The Department of Smoke and Mirrors (DSM) is a meditation on the effects of contemporary media on our collective and individual relationship with contemporary political discourse and action. This work draws on the spectacle of journalistic firepower that hijacks today’s politics: from Washington and Wall Street, to the network of satellites and screens that report, to the protests that Occupy, the whole world is watching what a few of us are producing. DSM is comprised of a sculptural... | The Arts at Wellesley | 02/16/12- 06/03/12 | Wellesley |
With a French Accent Exhibit Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Davis Museum and Cultural Center March 14-June 3, 2012 Featuring some fifty French and American prints from the collection of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass., With A French Accent explores the French roots of American lithography. The exhibition and accompanying publication uncover several themes: the importance of French technology, the circulation and reproduction of French imagery, the stylistic contributions of French lithographic artists, and the reproduction of American genre paintings by French publishers for... | The Arts at Wellesley | 03/14/12- 06/03/12 | Wellesley |
Azorean Whale Boat RegattaPresented by Boston Portuguese Festival June 3, 2012 The Boston Portuguese Festival and the Azorean Maritime Heritage Society are hosting its 7th Annual Azorean Whale Boat Regatta at the MIT Pierce Boathouse, on Sunday, June 03, 2012.
The annual regatta, one of the most celebrated events of the Boston Portuguese Festival, is back this year with more crews competing and a great program.
Races will begin at 1pm and spectators can root for their local teams from the viewing deck of the MIT Pierce Boathouse overlooking... | Boston Portuguese Festival | 06/03/12 | Cambridge |