Events
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Jon Sakata, piano
Presented by Friends of the Weston Public Library at Weston Public Library March 18, 2012 Jon Sakata, renowned pianist and teacher, will present a one hour program of music. He will play Bach Partita #1 in B flat Major, Schumann Toccata, Op. 7, and Brahms, Chaconne for left hand alone, after Bach. Mr. Sakata has concertized throughout the world and has taught piano, harpsichord, and composition at Phillips Exeter Academy since 1994
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Friends of the Weston Public Library |
03/18/12 |
Weston Public Library, Weston |
The Warmth Of Other Suns: Discussion by Isabel Wilkerson
Presented by Historic Newton at Newton Free Library March 19, 2012 Join Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson for a discussion of her book about the epic journey of African Americans from the Jim Crow South to U.S. cities in the North and West in search of a better life in the early half of the twentieth century. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and...
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Historic Newton |
03/19/12 |
Newton Free Library, Newton |
ArtisTalk: Laurie Simmons
Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum March 20, 2012 Laurie Simmons has been staging scenes for the camera that feature dolls, dollhouses, and other toy objects since the 1970s. Simmons’ interest in creating and photographing small self-contained worlds that often touch on themes of nostalgia and memory echoes Feininger’s practice of recording miniature wooden villages, model yachts, and mannequins in shop windows.
ArtisTalk is a new six-part series of lectures by and conversations with some of today’s most...
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Harvard Art Museums |
03/20/12 |
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge |
Bright Lights Winter Nights at Rose Kennedy Greenway
at Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway December 22, 2011-March 20, 2012 The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy invites all to view “Bright Lights for Winter Nights” on the Greenway every evening through the spring equinox. “Bright Lights for Winter Nights” includes five new lighting elements and sculptures that highlight the Greenway’s four distinctive park designs.
“Bright Lights on Winter Nights” reminds Bostonians that the Greenway is a park for all the seasons, and is another reason to bundle up and enjoy...
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12/22/11 -
03/20/12 |
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston |
Contemporary Perspectives Lecture: April Greiman
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at CFA Concert Hall March 20, 2012 An award-winning designer who revolutionized digital communications design, April Greiman studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and Switzerland's Basel School of Design. Evolving a design style that links American Postmodernism with the rational clarity of the Swiss school, she continues her innovative work in digital media and hybrid processes from Made in Space, her multidisciplinary design studio in Los Angeles. Presented by the Boston University College of Fine Arts. Free and open to...
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
03/20/12 |
CFA Concert Hall, Boston |
Is the Pen or Collective Song More Powerful than the Sword?
Presented by Boston College March 20, 2012 Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan from Shaw University Divinity School presents an overview of African American spirituals, their connections with Scripture, and how these “chants of collective exorcism” inspired African Americans and bolstered their courage and faith during the antebellum and 1960s Civil Rights eras. Parallels will also be drawn between the spirituals and selected pieces of hip hop music.
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Boston College |
03/20/12 |
Boston College, Corcoran Commons, Heights Room, Chestnut Hill |
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An Evening of German and American Art Songs
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Boston College |
03/20/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
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Aura Ever Art opening
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Aura Ever Light |
02/08/12 -
03/20/12 |
Christopher's Restaurant, Cambridge |
The Lowell Humanities Series presents Claudia Kinmonth: Rural Ireland – The Inside Story
Presented by Boston College at Devlin Hall March 21, 2012 In 2012, in collaboration with the University’s Irish Programs, Boston College’s McMullen Museum will present an exhibition, "Rural Ireland: the Inside Story," inspired by Claudia Kinmonth’s groundbreaking scholarship in Irish Rural Interiors in Art (2006). Her work reveals that, contrary to earlier assumptions, artists working in Ireland did turn to the lives of the country’s rural poor for subject matter.
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Boston College |
03/21/12 |
Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill |
Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
Presented 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 January 31-March 21, 2012 "Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature" is a collection of paintings, drawings, etchings and mixed media works created by 16 artists in response to stories by Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges. According to curator Jorge J. E.Gracia, who teaches philosophy at the University of Buffalo, "Jorge Luis Borges is one of the most prominent literary figures whose work is also profoundly philosophical¿ his stories are filled with conceptual puzzles that prompt the...
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Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery. College of the Holy Cross |
01/31/12 -
03/21/12 |
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester |
Brilliant Bach- William A. MacPherson, organ
Presented by Wheaton College March 21, 2012 Celebrate Bach's birthday at a recital of his music performed on the college's magnificent Casavant organ.
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Wheaton College |
03/21/12 |
Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton |
Elusive Originals: Greek Bronze Statues and Roman Marble Copies
Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum March 22, 2012 Carol Mattusch, Mathy Professor of Art History, George Mason University
When we speak of Greek bronze originals and Roman marble copies, we may not be taking into consideration the importance of ancient technologies and the ancient marketplace. What is a true Greek bronze "original," and was there a market for copies in Greece as well as in Rome? This lecture will explore the relationships between technology and market demand in the classical world, and address...
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Harvard Art Museums |
03/22/12 |
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge |
Readings by the Writer- Tony Eprile
Presented by Wheaton College March 22, 2012 South African writer Tony Eprile is the author of Temporary Sojourner and Other South African Stories and The Persistence of Memory—named “best book" by The L.A. Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. A book signing will follow the reading.
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Wheaton College |
03/22/12 |
May Room, Mary Lyon Hall, Norton |
Utopia in Four Movements
Presented by Wheaton College March 22, 2012 With a powerful sense of poetry, Utopia uses the collective experience of cinema to explore the battered state of the utopian impulse at the dawn of the twenty-first century. This “live documentary” features filmmaker/narrator Sam Green and musician Dave Cerf.
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Wheaton College |
03/22/12 |
Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts, Norton |
Immersion: Artefacting Into Dharavi – The Engine That Runs Mumbai
Presented by Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center at Multicultural Arts Center January 4-March 23, 2012 The Multicultural Arts Center will be hosting a new exhibition in the Upper Gallery beginning Wednesday, January 4, 2012 and running through Friday, March 23, 2012. Immersion: Artefacting into Dharavi – The Engine That Runs Mumbai is a multimedia project organized
by artist Alex White.
In November of 2010, artist & urbanist Alex White Mazzarella led a team of artists and documentarians into Dharavi, Mumbai, known widely as Asia’s largest slum for a...
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Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center |
01/04/12 -
03/23/12 |
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge |
Ancient Bronzes Workshop
Presented by Harvard Art Museums March 23, 2012 Lisa Anderson, Frederick Randolph Grace Assistant Curator of Ancient Art, Harvard Art Museums; Francesca Bewer, Research Curator, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums; Ruth Bielfeldt, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University; Susanne Ebbinghaus, George M. A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art, Harvard Art Museums; Katherine Eremin, Patricia Cornwell Conservation Scientist, Straus Center for...
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Harvard Art Museums |
03/23/12 |
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Teen Night: Streetology
Presented by The Institute of Contemporary Art at Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) March 23, 2012 What happens when you invite teens to a party in an art museum? Teen Nights-the ICA's art happenings organized and promoted for teens by teens. Our Teen Arts Council plans the events, which can include artist talks, workshops, and other fun activities designed to expose their peers to contemporary art. What will these creative minds come up with next?
March 23: Streetology
For this very special Teen Night, artist Swoon will co-host an unforgettable evening celebrating...
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The Institute of Contemporary Art |
03/23/12 |
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA), Boston |
An evening with singer-songwriter Carrie Ferguson
Presented by Sovereignty Music Services March 23, 2012 Based in Northampton, MA, Ferguson creates soaring folk-pop with haunting melodies and smart, gorgeous lyrics. She celebrated the release of her debut CD, Riding On the Back Of the Wind, with a sold-out show at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. Her songs have been featured on WUMB in Boston, WRSI The River in Northampton, and other regional stations. Carrie has opened for Antje Duvekot, Cheryl Wheeler, and Anne Heaton, and has shared festival bills with Goddess and She, and Catie...
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Sovereignty Music Services |
03/23/12 |
Perks Coffehouse, Norwood |
Basic Training for Artists Workshop
Presented by Massachusetts College of Art and Design at BPL Parker Hill Branch Library March 24, 2012 CACP, the Parker Hill Branch Library (PHBL), and the Friends of PHBL are collaborating to host an Artist Basic Training workshop facilitated by Mission Hill resident, artist, and MassArt staff member Luanne E. Witkowski. Please stay tuned for more information!
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
03/24/12 |
BPL Parker Hill Branch Library, Roxbury |
100 Years (version #4 Boston, 2012)
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts January 19-March 25, 2012 Organized by MoMA PS1 in collaboration with Performa, this exhibition is an essential introduction to performance art. With over 200 works including film and audio, 100 Years is intended as an archive of a largely unknown history for students, scholars, and enthusiasts. The timeline begins with 1909’s Futurist Manifesto and continues to the present, with the addition of programming that highlights Boston’s own contribution to performance. Free and open to the public. Call...
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
01/19/12 -
03/25/12 |
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston |
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Kalliope Trio
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Boston College |
03/25/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
Drawings from Performance
Presented by Mobius at Mobius March 11-March 25, 2012 Drawings from Performance Exhibition of drawings, photos and video clips by Margaret Bellafiore from live performance art series 2009 through present. Exhibiton of drawings done from three year monthly series of drawing from live performance art. The drawings use mixed media techniques as a way to capture a response to the live action. In addition, there will be photos and video clips taken by Margaret Bellafiore from three year series of drawing/performance events. Sun Mar 11, 2012 -...
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Mobius |
03/11/12 -
03/25/12 |
Mobius, Boston |
Adam Bradley: Hip-Hop Lecture
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall 237, Wellesley College March 26, 2012 Adam Bradley, Professor of English, University of Chicago, Boulder, is a scholar of African American literature and a writer on black popular culture. His commentary has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal as well as on PBS, NPR, and C?SPAN. Adam is the author or editor of several books, including Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop and The Anthology of Rap. Most recently, he collaborated with the rapper and actor Common on Common’s...
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The Arts at Wellesley |
03/26/12 |
Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall 237, Wellesley College, Wellesley |
Monday Night Film Series: Women's History Month
Presented by Boston Public Library at Boston Public Library March 5-March 26, 2012 Monday, March 5, 2012, 6pm
Elizabeth (1998, 124 minutes)
Directed by Shekhar Kapur. Starring Cate Blanchett.
A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
Monday, March 12, 2012, 6pm
Veronica Guerin (2003, 98 minutes)
Directed by Joel Schumacher. Starring Cate Blanchett.
The story of an in Irish journalist who was assassinated by drug dealers she wrote about...
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Boston Public Library |
03/05/12 -
03/26/12 |
Boston Public Library, Boston |
Ein Shams
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Collins Cinema, Wellesley College March 27, 2012 Ibrahim El Batout’s films capture the stories of loss, suffering, and displacement. His fiction film Ein Shams was awarded the top prize at the Taormina Film Festival (Italy) in 2008. Set in ein shams, one of Cairo’s poorest neighborhoods, the film provides a glimpse into the beautiful and sad complexities of everyday life in Egypt.
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The Arts at Wellesley |
03/27/12 |
Collins Cinema, Wellesley College, Wellesley |
The Lowell Humanities Series presents Téa Obreht: The Tiger’s Wife
Presented by Boston College at Devlin Hall March 28, 2012 Téa Obreht is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Tiger's Wife. She was born in 1985 in the former Yugoslavia, and spent her childhood in Cyprus and Egypt. She was the youngest writer named to The New Yorker's "Best 20 Writers Under 40" and was also named a "Best 5 Writers Under 35" by the National Book Foundation.
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Boston College |
03/28/12 |
Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill |
Wednesday Night Kitting Group
Presented by Dover Town Library January 4-March 28, 2012 Grab your knitting and head to Dover Town Library. The Wednesday Night Knitting Group will meet at 6:30pm each Wednesday in the Reading Room upstairs. Come for the company and knit your way through the winter.
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Dover Town Library |
01/04/12 -
03/28/12 |
Dover Town Library, Dover |
Treating History in Adolphus Busch Hall
Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Adolphus Busch Hall March 28, 2012 Louise Orsini, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paintings Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts; Lynette Roth, Daimler-Benz Associate Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums
In light of an ongoing revitalization of Adolphus Busch Hall (home to the Busch-Reisinger Museum from 1921 to 1991), Orsini and Roth will examine the unique history of the building and the collections still housed within it. Special emphasis...
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Harvard Art Museums |
03/28/12 |
Adolphus Busch Hall, Cambridge |
Loser Concert Series- Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Presented by Wheaton College March 28, 2012 American cellist Alisa Weilerstein has attracted widespread attention worldwide for playing that combines a natural virtuosic command and technical precision with impassioned musicianship.
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Wheaton College |
03/28/12 |
Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton |
Whittier Street Health Center's Project ME Poster Installation Reception
Presented by Massachusetts College of Art and Design March 28, 2012 Project ME and CACP invite all community members, students, health care providers, and friends to a reception celebrating the installation of fourteen new graphic designs in Whittier Street’s Project ME Drop-in Center! The posters were designed for this space specifically by MassArt Professor Elizabeth Resnick’s Graphic Design 2 class in Fall of 2010, in a partnership with Whittier Street Health Center. This collaboration was made possible through the Center for Art and...
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
03/28/12 |
Project Me Drop-in Center, Roxbury |