Events
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Art Flicks at Concord Art
Presented by Concord Art Association at Concord Art Association January 18-May 16, 2012 THE ART OF THE STEAL
This gripping documentary chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of art valued at more than $25 billion.
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 18, 7:00pm, free and open to the public.
Upcoming films:
WHAT REMAINS: THE LIFE AND WORK OF SALLY MANN
Spanning five years, What Remains contains unbridled access to the many stages of Mann's photogrpahy, and is a rare glimpse of an eloquent...
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Concord Art Association |
01/18/12 -
05/16/12 |
Concord Art Association, Concord |
Photograph Exhibition - Fado Vadio, Movie Exhibition - Fados
Presented by Boston Portuguese Festival May 16, 2012 Photo exhibition of a typical type of Fado, the Fado Vadio, sung in the old bohemian Lisbon, Portugal.
Fado, a portuguese music style, was recently designated World Intangible Heritage Patrimonium by UNESCO.
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Boston Portuguese Festival |
05/16/12 |
Emerson College - Huret & Spector Gallery Tufte Performance and Production, Boston |
Wearable Art Workshop with Stacy Scibelli
Presented by Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) at Mills Gallery at the BCA May 17, 2012 Wearable Art Workshop | Thursday, May 17 6-8pm | Mills Gallery
Reimagine recycled objects and clothing to create a unique, collaborative, wearable sculpture with BCA artist resident, Stacy Scibelli.
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Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) |
05/17/12 |
Mills Gallery at the BCA, Boston |
Highfield Hall: Senioritis/Senior Artists Reception
Presented by Highfield Hall at Highfield Hall May 17, 2012 The senior artists welcome everyone to view the final exhibition of their high school careers. The students will provide soft drinks and snacks. Admission is free and all are welcome to this very special Falmouth event.
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Highfield Hall |
05/17/12 |
Highfield Hall, Falmouth |
Woody Sez Live Outdoor Simulcast
Presented by Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard May 17, 2012 On May 17th, the American Repertory Theater’s production of Woody Sez will be simulcast live on the Plaza, just outside the Science Center. Sponsored by the A.R.T and the Common Spaces program, this will be the first live outdoor simulcast of a theatre production outside of New York. Woody Sez is a performance that incorporates Woody Guthrie’s words and songs, performed by four singers and instrumentalists, and transports the audience through Guthrie’s fascinating life....
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Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard |
05/17/12 |
Harvard Science Center Plaza Tent, Cambridge |
Doug Logan performs at artKitchen Café at Fuller Craft Museum
Presented by Fuller Craft Museum at Fuller Craft Museum May 17, 2012 Doug Logan is an upcoming young talent who plays guitar, harmonica, piano—and sings! His style ranges from 1940s blues to a contemporary sound. Join us for a fun concert of original music and popular cover tunes.
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Fuller Craft Museum |
05/17/12 |
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton |
Sarah Zell Young: Occupy Sanhedrin
Presented by Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center March 29-May 18, 2012 The fourth annual Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI) Artist-in-Residence, Sarah Zell Young, works in photograph, sculpture, installation and film to explore issues of justice, Judaism and the body.
Her exhibition for the HBI/WSRC, Occupy Sanhedrin, will examine roles - both religious and secular - for Jewish women from the period of the Second Temple to the present and will explore how bodies can become hazarded in the pursuit of justice. The exhibition will feature a...
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Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center |
03/29/12 -
05/18/12 |
Kniznick Gallery, Women Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, Waltham |
A Celebration of Pressed Wafer Books: Nate Klug reads from "Consent"
Presented by Back Pages Books May 18, 2012 At twenty-five, Nate Klug is already an accomplished literary trailblazer. As a poet and a candidate for ordained ministry he strives to make his two trades interdependent. In his chapbook "Consent", his poems represent and explore the "tension between writing and faith" in lyrical precision. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Threepenny Review, and Zoland Poetry.
Join us as we welcome poet and...
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Back Pages Books |
05/18/12 |
Back Pages Books, Waltham |
Our World Foreign Film Series
Presented by Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council May 4-May 18, 2012 The 4th annual Our World Foreign Film Series offers distinguished films from foreign directors. All are shown in their original language with English subtitles. This year's lineup:
May 4; Local Hero, Scottish film directed by Bill Forsyth
May 11; Bliss, Turkish film directed by Abdullah Oguz
May 18; The Wedding Banquet, Chinese film directed by Ang Lee
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Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council |
05/04/12 -
05/18/12 |
Acton Town Hall, Room 204, Acton |
Enter the Endangered Species Day Coloring & Writing Contest
Presented by Stone Zoo at Stone Zoo May 18, 2012 Do you know Stone Zoo is home to a number of endangered species, including jaguars, Mexican gray wolves, Panamanian golden frogs, and hyacinth macaws? In order to promote awareness of the endangered animals at the Zoo and across the world, Stone Zoo is hosting its third Annual Endangered Species Day Coloring & Writing Contest. Children are invited to draw a picture of their favorite endangered species or write a short piece about the animal that details why it is endangered and what we...
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Stone Zoo |
05/18/12 |
Stone Zoo, Stoneham |
Taste and See, Shabbat and Me
Presented by Leventhal-Sidman JCC May 18, 2012 On Friday, May 18, welcome Shabbat through story and song with Rabbi Braham David and Tamar Siegel, Education Director, from Temple Shalom in Medford. Meet other families and create a special Shabbat craft to bring home. Event held at the Robbins Library Community Room (700 Massachusetts Avenue) in Arlington from 10-11am. Geared for families with children ages 2+ years. No charge. Open to the entire community. Register at bostonjcc.org/metronorthshabbat. For more information, contact...
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Leventhal-Sidman JCC |
05/18/12 |
Robbins Library Community Room, Arlington |
Artists’ Plein Air Day at Cogswell's Grant
Presented by Historic New England May 19, 2012 Artists and painters are invited to Cogswell's Grant for a day of plein air painting. Join fellow artists from all over the North Shore to paint beautiful vistas including the Essex River and the Great Marsh, farm fields and landscapes, and our eighteenth-century historic house and barns. Free beverages and snacks will be available during the day. Artists can tour the museum, which features one of the country's most celebrated collections of American folk art.
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Historic New England |
05/19/12 |
Cogswell's Grant, Essex |
Morses Pond Walk: Guided trails walk
Presented by Wellesley Trails Committee May 19, 2012 As part of Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend, walk the trails along Morses Pond, a 102-acre pond and a source for our town water wells. View the pond, islands and wildlife. The walk will take you through a pine forest to the old town beach and gravel pit, and along the Cochituate Aqueduct. Meet at 9 a.m. at the gate to the town beach, located at the end of Turner Road, 0.3 mi. west of Weston Rd.
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Wellesley Trails Committee |
05/19/12 |
Morses Pond, Wellesley |
Motif #1 Day Events
Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center May 19, 2012 Saturday, May 19
Motif # 1 Day
10:30 AM - 12 PM: Instrument Petting Zoo at Old Firehouse Trust, Dock Square
12 – 1 PM: Free concert at the Shalin Liu Performance Center
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Rockport Music |
05/19/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
Walking Tour of Sumner Hill
Presented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society at Loring-Greenough House May 19, 2012 Join the JP Historical Society to view a sumptuous sampling of 19th-century Victorian houses — one of the finest collections of “painted ladies” outside of San Francisco. The tour includes the ancestral home of the founder of the Dole Pineapple Company, as well as the homes of several early feminists and an anti-racism activist. Sumner Hill was designated a National Historic District in 1987. Tours are cancelled for heavy rain.
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Jamaica Plain Historical Society |
05/19/12 |
Loring-Greenough House, Boston |
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Motif #1 Day Events
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Rockport Music |
05/19/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
2012 Armed Forces Day Salute: A Tribute to The Warriors of The Greatest Generation
Presented by The Village at Waterman Lake May 19, 2012 A tribute to honor and acknowledge the men and women of our armed forces, both former and those currently serving. We are assembling a stirring display of memories and mementos from the era of the World Wars and the Korean Conflict. This event is unique, surpassing anything we have hosted on our campus before. Included are: Vehicles and Vintage Flags Memorabilia Elegantly Displayed Indoors Kentish Guards Fife and Drum Corps Ceremonies, Speakers and Festivities throughout the day.
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The Village at Waterman Lake |
05/19/12 |
The Village at Waterman Lake, Greenville |
alter-ego ii—a photographic exploration of all things not digital
Presented by The Nave Gallery at The Nave Gallery April 28-May 19, 2012 Photography has almost as many celebrated artists as it does technical processes. It is an art that has become ubiquitous with digital media and cell phone technology; having over a billion images created around the world on a daily basis. However, imagery has also seen resurgence and inventiveness in many analogue techniques. This exhibition has invited 18 artists who are still using toy cameras, lens-less photographs and alternative processes to create imagery in our increasingly...
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The Nave Gallery |
04/28/12 -
05/19/12 |
The Nave Gallery, Somerville |
Samurai Academy-Japan Day! Celebrating Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Presented by Passion East Educational Performances May 19, 2012 Samurai Academy in N. Weymouth presents FREE fun activities for children and families. Celebrate MAY Asian Pacific Islanders Heritage Month! Activities include martial arts, Samurai Taiko-Japanese taiko drumming, Japanese brush calligraphy, Japanese language and more.
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Passion East Educational Performances |
05/19/12 |
Samurai Academy, North Weymouth |
Classical Piano Master Class with Andy Icochea Icochea
Presented by Brookline Music School at Brookline Music School May 19, 2012 Brookline Music School (BMS) is pleased to present a Classical Piano Master Class led by world renowned conductor and pianist Andy Icochea Icochea on Saturday, May 19 at 4:00pm. The event will feature student performances from the BMS piano department followed by interactive coaching sessions with Mr. Icochea Icochea. The event is free and open to the general public.
Andy Icochea Icochea became artistic director of PALS Children's Chorus in July 2011. Before joining PALS,...
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Brookline Music School |
05/19/12 |
Brookline Music School, Brookline |
Visual Arts Thesis Exhibition 2012
Presented by Endicott College May 1-May 19, 2012 The Visual Arts Thesis Exhibition includes undergraduate and graduate presentations which fill the Center for the Arts hallways and the Carol Grillo Art Gallery with the work by graduating seniors of the School of Visual and Performing Arts. Visual thesis projects by students studying Creative Arts Therapy, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Photography, and Studio Art, and M.F.A. Interior Design are represented in this exhibit. Throughout the two-semester Senior Thesis students spend their...
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Endicott College |
05/01/12 -
05/19/12 |
Endicott Center for the Arts, Beverly |
EarthFest 2012
Presented by Department of Conservation and Recreation at DCR Hatch Shell on Boston Esplanade May 19, 2012 Radio 92.9 EarthFest is proud to announce the 19th annual event will return to DCR’s Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston on May 19, 2012. Presented by Whole Foods Market, the free festival is a family-friendly celebration for the Earth, showcasing national and local music acts, environmentally-friendly products and local non-profit environmental organizations produced in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Performances by: Third Eye...
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Department of Conservation and Recreation |
05/19/12 |
DCR Hatch Shell on Boston Esplanade, Boston |
Cambridge Open Studios 2012
Presented by Cambridge Arts Council May 12-May 20, 2012 Artists throughout Cambridge open their doors to the public for the fourth annual city-wide Cambridge Open Studios (COS) during two weekends in May. Meet local artists and discover unique paintings, jewelry, fiber arts, ceramics, film, mixed-media, literary works, and more!
May 12 & 13, 2012 - East & Central Cambridge
May 19 & 20, 2012 - North/West Cambridge
12 Noon - 6 pm each day
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Cambridge Arts Council |
05/12/12 -
05/20/12 |
Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge |
Opening Reception for Senior Project Exhibition
Presented by Boston College at Devlin Hall May 20, 2012 A celebration of the creative work from graduating seniors who are Studio Art majors and minors at Boston College. The exhibition will be open from Tuesday, May 15th through Monday, May 21st on the 4th floor of Devlin Hall.
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Boston College |
05/20/12 |
Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill |
Bay Colony Brass with The Merrimack Valley Ringers
Presented by Bay Colony Brass May 20, 2012 Bay Colony Brass performs with The Merrimack Valley Ringers.
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Bay Colony Brass |
05/20/12 |
Brookside Congregational Church, Manchester |
4th Annual Town-Wide Open Studios Arts and Crafts
Presented by Lexington Arts and Crafts Society at Lexington Arts and Crafts Society May 19-May 20, 2012 We are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Town-wide Lexington Open Studios, Art and Fine Crafts. Artists who live, work or are affiliated with the art community in Lexington will participate on May 19 & 20, 2012, from 11am-5pm. This year promises to be the best yet as 78 artists and art organizations will display, discuss, demonstrate and sell their creations in Home Studios, Community Space at 2027 Massachusetts Avenue, The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society at 130 Waltham Street and...
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Lexington Arts and Crafts Society |
05/19/12 -
05/20/12 |
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington |
Nancy Selvage and Sarah Hutt Exhibition
Presented by Boston Sculptors Gallery at Boston Sculptors Gallery April 18-May 20, 2012 Working in response to the function and significance of providing light, Nancy Selvage presents luminous sculptures and sculptural lamps fabricated with perforated aluminum and light. The interpretation of dreams has fascinated people for thousands of years. Brief fragments of dreams can offer powerful clues about who we are, where we are, and what brought us here. The new exhibition "In Your Dreams" by Sarah Hutt expands on her earlier dream work, exploring the link between dreams...
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Boston Sculptors Gallery |
04/18/12 -
05/20/12 |
Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston |
In Character: Artists’ Role Play in Photography and Video
Presented by Addison Gallery of American Art May 20, 2012 Exhibition curators Allison Kemmerer,Michelle Lamunière, John R. and Barbara Robinson, Family Assistant Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, present their insights on "In Character: Artists’ Role Play in Photography and Video." In concert with the F. Holland Day exhibition, that similarly examines the artistic use of props and costume, In Character provides an invaluable context in which to examine the rich tradition of theatrical masquerade and...
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Addison Gallery of American Art |
05/20/12 |
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover |
Bold Colors, Bright Sounds! A Musical Celebration of the Art of Roger Kizik
Presented by Dedee Shattuck Gallery May 20, 2012 A Musical Celebration of the Art of Roger Kizik by musicians of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra.
Featuring flutist Vanessa Holroyd and harpist Barbara Poeschl-Edrich
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Dedee Shattuck Gallery |
05/20/12 |
Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport |
WorldFest Woburn
Presented by Social Capital Inc May 20, 2012 Come join us at WorldFest Woburn! - a multicultural festival celebrating diversity. This year's festival will take place on the lawn of the Woburn Public Library. There will be food, activities, music, arts and crafts, traditional dress, and performances from many different countries. Fun for all ages! Sponsored by Social Capital Inc and the YMCA International Learning Center.
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Social Capital Inc |
05/20/12 |
Woburn Public Library, Woburn |