Events
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Celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year Festival
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston March 18, 2012 In Iran for thousands of years, the beginning of each year has been celebrated on the vernal equinox with music, dance, and delicious food. Farzaneh Hemmasi speaks about the history of Nowruz, Ida Meftahi performs contemporary dances using Iranian traditional and folk elements, and Iran-based musician and film composer Ali Samadpour?on his first US tour?presents original work and traditional music on springtime and folkloric themes.
After the program, gather in Bravo to taste Persian...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
03/18/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
Mariel Vandersteel CD Release
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 18, 2012 Inspired by her summers spent studying traditional music in Ireland and across the United States, Mariel Vandersteel decided to study traditional music in Norway after graduating from Berklee. She studied the Hardingfele and Norwegian folk music at Høgskolen i Telemark Rauland. While in Norway, she performed at outdoor festivals and in the local elementary school where she taught children about American folk music. Mariel has taught at Alasdair Fraser’s Sierra Fiddle Camp, has...
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Club Passim |
03/18/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Presented by Watertown Children's Theatre at The Arsenal Center For The Arts March 16-March 18, 2012 Watertown Children’s Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, a blend of fairy tale, musical comedy and of course, magic! WCT’s production features a cast of 4th through 8th graders, along with 1st and 2nd grade Junior Players, directed by Meghan Kenny. Performances are March 16, 7 pm, March 17, 2 pm and 7 pm, and March 18, 2 pm, in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown. Tickets are $12 and will be...
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Watertown Children's Theatre |
03/16/12 -
03/18/12 |
The Arsenal Center For The Arts, Watertown |
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 |
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 |
Cycle of Seasons, a music class for ages 3-5; Musikgarten Winter Term
Presented by New School of Music at New School of Music January 3-March 20, 2012 Celebrate your preschooler’s growing independence and love of the outdoors with activities involving the four seasons in The Cycle of Seasons. Developed to build attention and self-expression, activities include singing, chanting, moving, focused listening, musical games, exploring musical instruments, creative movement and storytelling. The Cycle of Seasons nurtures your growing child’s ability to use language and participate in dramatic play within a musical context. Fun family...
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New School of Music |
01/03/12 -
03/20/12 |
New School of Music, Cambridge |
Watercolors in Nature: Winter Series 2
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 28-March 20, 2012 Let the beauty of nature inspire your painting! Watercolors are a great way to explore nature and brighten up a winter day. Explore the use of textures, lines, colors and more. Bring your own painting wish list! Small class size for individual attention. All levels welcome! Relax, enjoy and create! Pre-registration required. Instructions and Directions: Additional information, including a supply list, will be included in a link in the confirmation email.
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/28/12 -
03/20/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
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 |
Hapa
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 20, 2012 Often encapsulated as the “Sound of Maui”, HAPA’s music evokes a place that many people at different times have referred to as heavenly. The overriding quality of their music is one of beauty and serenity, found in the majestic tones of the oli (chant), mele (song), the elegant movements of the sacred dance known as hula, and the exhilarating innovative sounds of virtuoso slack key guitar. HAPA’s self entitled debut CD released in 1993, swept the 1994 Na Hoku Hanohano...
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Club Passim |
03/20/12 |
Club Passim, 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 |
Duncan Wickel with Maeve Gilchrist, Josh Hari and Nick Falk
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 21, 2012 Violinist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Duncan Wickel is a “Considerable talent…[he] is as persuasive in a traditional Irish ballad as he is country fiddling or ripping through cascading classical flourishes or atonal double stops” –The Boston Globe. A former native of Asheville, NC, now living and working in the heart of Boston’s thriving music scene, Duncan’s reputation has been growing quickly on a national level as a wildly diverse and highly...
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Club Passim |
03/21/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Author Julie Orringer at the JCC
Presented by Leventhal-Sidman JCC at Leventhal-Sidman JCC March 21, 2012 Author Julie Orringer will discuss her novel, The Invisible Bridge, at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30pm. Named Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe and Washington Post, The Invisible Bridge is a love story set against the backdrop of Budapest and Paris in the 1930s. It is a tale of three brothers whose lives are ravaged by war, and the chronicle of one family’s struggle against the forces that threaten to annihilate it. ...
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Leventhal-Sidman JCC |
03/21/12 |
Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton Centre |
Boston Neighborhood History Series: Roxbury
Presented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House March 22, 2012 Originally founded as an independent community, after massive landfill and annexation to Boston, today Roxbury is at the city’s geographical center. Its buildings and landmarks tell the story of three centuries, from its rural beginnings to suburbanization to industry. Thomas Plant, President of the Roxbury Highlands Historical Society, will discuss the history of the neighborhood, which includes the Shirley Eustis House, the only remaining country house in America built by a British...
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Old South Meeting House |
03/22/12 |
Old South Meeting House, Boston |
The Vespers
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 22, 2012 The Vespers is two sisters, two brothers, four friends, 10 instruments, one fun little folk band. However you do the math, The Vespers are a force to be reckoned with. In the spring of 2010, the newly formed group released their debut album, Tell Your Mama, which has been received greatly by critics and fans alike. The indie release even managed to sneak on to a few top 20 lists before the year’s end. The critics have hailed the band as “magnificently unforgettable” and...
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Club Passim |
03/22/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Cardio Caliente
Presented by The Studio: A Dance Center for Adults at The Studio: A Dance Center for Adults March 25, 2011-March 23, 2012 In this class, Latin dance routines mixing fast and slow rhythms (Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton, Tango, and more) are used to tone your body and burn calories. Please bring clean sneakers that you do not wear outside. Classes are every Friday from 5-6, and generally on Sundays. Check out our website to be sure!
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The Studio: A Dance Center for Adults |
03/25/11 -
03/23/12 |
The Studio: A Dance Center for Adults, Brookline |
Sarah Jarosz
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 23, 2012 The best and brightest in the acoustic world move the music forward with an awareness of what came before them; that is certainly true of Sarah Jarosz. On her second album for Sugar Hill Records, Follow Me Down, she pays homage to her musical roots while pushing beyond those sometimes limited boundaries, taking us on a journey both dark and mystical. For this, Jarosz has a simple yet telling explanation: “I’m influenced by the older, and the contemporary, and the new.” Her...
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Club Passim |
03/23/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
into unison with romantic spirit: Schumann, Mahler, Berg, Harbison, Korngold
Presented by Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston at First Church in Boston March 24, 2012 Pronounced a genius at the age of 10 by no less than Gustav Mahler, Erich Korngold was hailed as the very last breath of the Romantic spirit in Vienna. We are thrilled to keep that spirit alive with a rare performance of two rare works: Mahler's only piece of chamber music, and Korngold's astonishing Suite for piano left hand and strings.
with guest artist Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Program
Robert Schumann, Romanzen for oboe & piano, Op....
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Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston |
03/24/12 |
First Church in Boston, Boston |
Cocktails with Larry Miller
Presented by CityStage & Symphony Hall at CityStage March 21-March 24, 2012 As one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces, comedian Larry Miller has appeared in over 50 films, including Pretty Woman, The Nutty Professor, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Bee Movie and The Princess Diaries. He can be seen on television starring in "10 Things I Hate About You" and as a regular on "The Tonight Show," "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "Real Time with Bill Maher." Other television credits include "Desperate...
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CityStage & Symphony Hall |
03/21/12 -
03/24/12 |
CityStage, Springfield |
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BC bOp! Annual Robsham Concert
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Boston College Bands |
03/24/12 |
Boston College, Robsham Theater Arts Center, Chestnut Hill |
Art Bingo
Presented by The Art Connection March 24, 2012 The Art Connection is encouraging new and continuing art collectors by playing BINGO for original fine artwork.
The night of the event, each bingo game will be played for a specific piece of artwork, and the winning collectors will take work home that night! All works were selected by notable jurors Jurors Michele Cohen and Steven Zevitas.
Come out and play to win, enjoy food, and help support the work of The Art Connection… stimulating dialogue, creativity,...
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The Art Connection |
03/24/12 |
City Year Boston, Boston |
Into the Woods
Presented by NextDoor Theater at NextDoor Theater March 9-March 24, 2012 music & lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
book by JAMES LAPINE
directed by BRIAN MILAUSKAS
music directed by BRETT HINKEL
The plot of Into the Woods intertwines the stories of various familiar fairy tales with an original story of a childless Baker and his Wife who are attempting to reverse a curse on their family in order to have a child, thus creating a single even bigger fairy tale. In the first act, the characters set out to achieve their goal of living...
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NextDoor Theater |
03/09/12 -
03/24/12 |
NextDoor Theater, Winchester |
South End Knitters
Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum March 24, 2012 Come and work with the South End Knitters and ‘yarn bomb’ the deCordova. This is a drop-in program open to all knitters and those that would like to learn.
Visit decordova.org for current information.
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum |
03/24/12 |
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln |
St. Jude Fitness for a Cure Family Event
Presented by St. Jude Fitness for a Cure at Lowell Memorial Auditorium March 24, 2012 Support the fight against childhood cancer by attending the 12th annual Fitness for a Cure. For more information and tickets, visit www.fitnessforacure.com or call 617-965-5262.
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St. Jude Fitness for a Cure |
03/24/12 |
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell |
10 x 10 = 100 Art Auction to Benefit the CCA
Presented by Chelmsford Center for the Arts March 24, 2012 The Chelmsford Center for the Arts (“CCA”) will be hosting a silent auction of art by local artists at All Saints’ Church, 10 Billerica Road, on Saturday, March 24 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm to benefit the CCA. Tickets to the event are $20 and are available by calling 978-250-9161 and at the door. Local Artists have donated 10” x 10” works of art to be silent auctioned in 100 minutes, 100 days before the ribbon cutting of the fully renovated CCA. The reserve...
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Chelmsford Center for the Arts |
03/24/12 |
All Saints' Episcopal Church, Chelmsford |
Beep Music and Movie Show
Presented by BEEP Brookline Early Education Program at Coolidge Corner Theatre March 24, 2012 A fantastic way to spend a morning in March! The Philip Alexander Family Band teams up with Oren Rosenthal to present a live music show featuring their popular songs! Young children of all ages will enjoy this exciting show, which will conclude with a short film. Snacks will be for sale, and an exciting Raffle too!
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BEEP Brookline Early Education Program |
03/24/12 |
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline |
Parkington Sisters, Francesca Blanchard opens
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 24, 2012 Born to each other, a band raised from the beginning, the Parkington Sisters create an aural experience that is both magnetic in its delivery and genuine in its emotional impact. Seeded from a generation of musicians, Rose, Nora, Sarah and Ariel Parkington were raised in a wildly musical household where every room sounded with a spark of song, naturally inspiring their individual hearts and hands to find their own instrumental avenues. Highlights of 2011 included performing at the Bonnaroo...
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Club Passim |
03/24/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Revels Spring Sing
Presented by Revels at St. John's United Methodist Church, Watertown March 24, 2012 Celebrate the arrival of spring amidst forsythia blossoms and sprigs of green at this joyful family music event featuring lots of community singing, dancing, refreshments, and entertainment by children from Revels' Spring Workshop. Revels music director George Emlen leads the festivities with musician David Coffin, a great folk band and special guest, the legendary British folksinger, Tony Barrand. This event sells out every year. Come celebrate the Vernal Equinox as only Revels can!
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Revels |
03/24/12 |
St. John's United Methodist Church, Watertown, Watertown |
Oliver!
Presented by Wellesley Players at Sorenson Center for the Arts, Babson College March 16-March 25, 2012 Nothing is as thrilling on the stage as a well-crafted tale, and Oliver! is just such a show. TONY award winning musical with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, and based upon the Charles Dickens book of the same name. Oliver! explores the trials and tribulations of an orphan who is banished from his orphanage for daring to ask for more food. The title character falls in with a group of petty thieves led by Fagin, who teaches Oliver the ways of the pickpocket.
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Wellesley Players |
03/16/12 -
03/25/12 |
Sorenson Center for the Arts, Babson College, Wellesley |
Chunky Move
Presented by MASS MoCA at MASS MoCA March 24-March 25, 2012 With new artistic director Anouk Van Dijk at the helm, Chunky Move, Australia’s “biggest and most successful contemporary dance export” (Edinburgh International Festival) comes to MASS MoCA. "This Australian modern-dance company from Melbourne brought blasts of choreographic excitement to the Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theatre when it appeared as part of The 2001 Next Wave Festival." –The New York Times "Astonishing virtuosity. And very...
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MASS MoCA |
03/24/12 -
03/25/12 |
MASS MoCA, North Adams |