Events
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"Closer" Encaustic Photography Exhibition
Presented by Gorse Mill Studios February 2-February 15, 2012 In her debut solo exhibit titled "Closer", Gorse Mill Studios encaustic artist, Amalia Tagaris, takes an introspective approach by re-examining the artist's studio as the subject for her new paintings. The photographic images she presents are various objects in her own creative space which serve as the foundation of her work, some of which are used during the painting process and some which are simply aesthetic props like a decorative pillow or the leaves from a lucky bamboo...
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Gorse Mill Studios |
02/02/12 -
02/15/12 |
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"Sibling Rivalry"
Presented by Gallery Seven at Gallery Seven January 10-February 18, 2012 "Sibling Rivalry: Works by L. Christy Hastings, Edward Hastings & Lisa Hastings Moll". January 10 - February 18.
Artists' Reception: Saturday, January 21 from 7-9 p.m. (Snow Date: 1/28 same time)
Image: "Blue Medusa" by L. Christy Hastings
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Gallery Seven |
01/10/12 -
02/18/12 |
Gallery Seven, Maynard |
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 |
5th Annual TeenLife LIVE! Community Service Fair & Expo
Presented by TeenLife Media February 12, 2012 Stop Searching and Start Participating!
On February 12, 2012 the fifth annual TeenLife LIVE! Community Service Fair & Expo will be held at the Mall at Chestnut Hill from 12 to 4 pm. Meet with representatives from over 50 non-profits in Greater Boston that welcome the involvement of middle and/or high school students. Attendance is free! All pre-registered students will receive a special gift bag when they check in at the registration table!
Hear musical...
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TeenLife Media |
02/12/12 |
The Mall at Chestnut Hill, Chestnut Hill |
A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life: The Photographs of Clover Adams, 1883-1885
Presented 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...
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Massachusetts Historical Society |
02/09/12 -
06/02/12 |
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A Look Inside SB 1070
Presented by Northeastern University School of Law February 15, 2012 The Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) will sponsor a viewing of the documentary "A Look Inside SB 1070" and host speakers from the Center for New Community, the film's producer. The film follows a national student delegation as it toured Arizona in August of 2010 amidst the passage of the controversial state immigration law known as SB 1070. Nine students from Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, and Colorado comprised the delegation which set out to gain a...
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Northeastern University School of Law |
02/15/12 |
240 Dockser Hall, Northeastern University, Boston |
A MIXED MEDICINE BAG - Book Signing & Reading
Presented by Oversoul Theatre Collective, Inc. February 25, 2012 McGruder Media in cooperation with Frugal Book Store presents a very special BOOK SIGNING & Reading of A MIXED MEDICINE BAG: Original Black Wampanoag Folklore, by internationally celebrated Author, Playwright & Performing Artist, Mwalim *7) Frugal Book Store 330 Martin Luther King Boulevard Boston, MA 02119 (617) 541-1722
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Oversoul Theatre Collective, Inc. |
02/25/12 |
Frugal Book Store, Roxbury |
About and Engaged: Community Gathering for Artists
Presented by Massachusetts College of Art and Design February 21, 2012 Please join us for the first of five community conversation gatherings for artists of all disciplines who create socially engaged work. This gathering is presented by ArtistsUnderTheDome.org, Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory, New England, MassArt’s Godine Family Gallery, and CACP. For more information and to RSVP, please contact aboutandengaged@gmail.com. This event is part of a series with events also talking place on the following Tuesdays: March 20, April 17, May 8, June 26. All...
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
02/21/12 |
North Building, Room 181, Boston |
ACT Lecture| MIchael Corris: What Do Artists Know? Contemporary Responses to the Deskilling of Art
Presented by MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) February 13, 2012 Some contemporary art is profoundly engaged with the world in ways that go beyond interpretation. We seem to be in the midst of a cultural moment where the instrumentalization of art has never been more widely accepted among artists. Whether such artistic practices seek to work across disciplines like science or sociology, or aim to intervene positively in the social and cultural life of communities, the artists involved may be said to hold in common the belief that there is a real advantage...
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MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) |
02/13/12 |
ACT cube, Cambridge |
Advanced Drawing Exhibition
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College February 22-March 16, 2012 Advanced Drawing students present their self-directed final projects from the Fall 2011 semester with Professor Andrea Evans. These works are the culmination of an intensive exploration of drawing as both a traditional and contemporary art practice. Artists include Alexandra Boehmke, Amanda Chao, Laura Dale Britton, Aeron Dugan, Yixin Li, Shaina Lu, Sarah Heveron-Smith, Elle Wibisono, HyeSoo Yang, and Alina Zalucki.
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The Arts at Wellesley |
02/22/12 -
03/16/12 |
Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley |
AHA! Night (art, history and architecture)
Presented by AHA! (art. history and architecture) May 14, 2009 - Ongoing AHA! takes place every 2nd Thursday and is a FREE art and culture event that features exhibits, performances, live music, talks and tours in downtown New Bedford.
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AHA! (art. history and architecture) |
05/14/09 -
Ongoing |
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Aine Minogue Free Concert at Robbins Library in Arlington
Presented by The Arlington Cultural Arts Council February 22, 2012 Aine Minogue, Irish Harpist & Singer in concert at Robbins Library, Arlington MA Wednesday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. This event will be held in the Community Room at Robbins Library, 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA (Parking in rear of library and on Mass Ave) This Concert will be a CD Release Show and Conversation for "Close Your Eyes, Love," an album of Celtic lullabies (a final album in a series on the Celtic life cycle) Admission is Free. No advance...
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The Arlington Cultural Arts Council |
02/22/12 |
Robbins Library Community Room, Arlington |
Air Force Band of Liberty's Liberty Jazz Band
Presented by Air Force Band of Liberty February 16, 2012 The Liberty Jazz Band will appear as guest performers at the Salem State University Jazz Festival. The festival performance begins at 7 pm with the Liberty Jazz Band taking the stage at 8:00. From the swingin’ sounds of Glenn Miller to the best of contemporary big band jazz, the United States Air Force Liberty Jazz Band plays it all with style and sophistication. Part of the United States Air Force Band of Liberty from Hanscom Air Force Base outside Boston, this stellar ensemble has...
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Air Force Band of Liberty |
02/16/12 |
Salem State University, Central Campus Recital Hall, Salem |
American Master Prints 1900-1960
Presented by Boston Public Library at Boston Public Library February 10-March 15, 2012 By 1900 printmaking as a fine art was firmly established in the United States. Often working as illustrators for newspapers, periodicals, and books, this generation of artists focused on recording the life around them. Included in the exhibition are John Sloan’s etchings depicting scenes of daily life in the neighborhoods of New York City and the contrasts he observed between the wealthy and the working class; and George Bellows’ images of the campaigns of the evangelist Billy...
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Boston Public Library |
02/10/12 -
03/15/12 |
Boston Public Library, Boston |
American Music for Viola and Piano
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at Tsai Performance Center February 13, 2012 Featuring works by Amlin, Carter, Cornell, and Rochberg. Michelle LaCourse, viola; Martin Amlin, piano Martin Amlin. Sonata for viola and piano and premiere of new composition. Elliott Carter, Elegy for viola and piano; Richard Cornell, Duets for two violas; George Rochberg, Sonata for viola and piano. Free and open to the public. Call 617-353-8724 for details. Presented by the Boston University College of Fine Arts.
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
02/13/12 |
Tsai Performance Center, Boston |
Art & Architecture Tours
Presented by Boston Public Library at Boston Public Library November 1, 2011-February 29, 2012 The Boston Public Library offers public tours highlighting the architecture of Charles Follen McKim and Philip Johnson, as well as the many works of famed sculptors and painters. The free tours last about an hour and are given by volunteer guides. No appointment is necessary. Tours meet in the lobby of the McKim Building (Dartmouth Street entrance)
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Boston Public Library |
11/01/11 -
02/29/12 |
Boston Public Library, Boston |
Artist Discussion: Ambiguous Affiliations
Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum at BCA Cyclorama February 16, 2012 Caitlin Berrigan will be joined by Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez, curator LA GALERÍA, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, and James G. Ennis, Associate Professor of Sociology at Tufts University with an expertise in social movements to discuss subjects surrounding Spectrum of Inevitable Violence, such as the slippery affiliations of social class, the role culture plays in their dynamics, and how personal interrelations of class enter into larger political domains.
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum |
02/16/12 |
BCA Cyclorama, Boston |
Artist Reception and Painting Demonstration "Romantic Valentine Art Show and Sale"
Presented by Olga Fine Arts February 12-February 29, 2012 The audience will see many new paintings created by the artist through a unique perception of the surrounding world. Olga continues experimenting with various techniques and color palettes, but her works have the same distinct feeling of joy and beauty. During the reception Olga Gernovski will perform a painting demonstration - watch a painting getting born! Snacks and refreshments will be provided. AVENUE INFORMATION: L'Aroma Cafe 15 Spencer Street, West Newton, Massachusetts...
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Olga Fine Arts |
02/12/12 -
02/29/12 |
L'Aroma, Newton |
Artist Talk & Opening Celebration: ANNETTE LEMIEUX: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Presented by Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts February 16, 2012 An Artist Talk by Annette Lemieux will open the exhibition ANNETTE LEMIEUX: UNFINISHED BUSINESS, on view at at the Carpenter Center through April 1, 2012.
The talk will be followed by a conversation with Annette Lemieux, exhibition curator Lelia Amalfitano, and Susan Stoops,curator of contemporary art at the Worcester Art Museum. A reception will follow.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS presents a combination of new work with work revisited to reveal the relationship between...
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Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts |
02/16/12 |
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge |
Artist Talk: AMBER DAVIS TOURLENTES
Presented by Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts February 23, 2012 Tourlentes grew up in the 70s–80s in the gay community with her father. For thirteen years she has photographed the same-sex parented family movement, including her own extended family. The photographic projects investigates the reworking of not only gender but also ethnic, religious and cultural/class roles for family life, lobbyist groups, coalitions and (corporate sponsorship and the portrayal of shifting LGBT community in the media). Unexpectedly, so far in this body of work, it is...
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Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts |
02/23/12 |
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge |
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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 |
Bay State Winds Concert
Presented by First Church of Christ, Congregational February 15, 2012 First Church of Christ, Congregational, 25 The Great Road, Bedford will be hosting a special evening event in their Sanctuary featuring The Bay State Winds, the clarinet quartet of the Air Force Band of Liberty. Admission is free.
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First Church of Christ, Congregational |
02/15/12 |
First Church of Christ, Congregational, Bedford |
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BC bOp! Pre-Festival Performance
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Boston College Bands |
02/20/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
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Between Two Worlds: An Ottoman Musical Tapestry
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Boston College |
02/23/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
Black History Month Jazz Band Concert
Presented by Wheaton College February 17, 2012 Under the direction of Rick Britto, the ensemble performs the music of Charlie "Bird" Parker, John Coltrane and other jazz masters.
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Wheaton College |
02/17/12 |
Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts, Norton |
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Boston College Symphony Orchestra Annual Winter Concert
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Boston College |
02/26/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
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Boston College University Wind Ensemble - "Symphonies"
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Boston College Bands |
02/18/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
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 |
BSO Chamber Music Series: Mendelssohn and Mozart
Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra February 24, 2012 BSO Community Chamber Music Series at Northeastern’s Fenway Center
Hosted by the Music Department
Now in its fifteenth season, the series was previously held in a function room at Symphony Hall. The move to Northeastern allows a larger audience to attend the concerts, and takes advantage of the Fenway Center’s outstanding acoustics. Students and faculty in the Music Department at Northeastern’s College of Arts, Media and Design will take an active role in the...
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Boston Symphony Orchestra |
02/24/12 |
Northeastern’s Fenway Center, Boston |
Camellia Blooming Season
Presented by Historic New England February 8-March 4, 2012 Visit the celebrated collection of camellias in the 1804 camellia house at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses. Many of the trees are over one hundred years old and this is the time of year they put forth a profusion of blossoms in all sizes and shapes. Other plants available during this season include orchids, citrus, and sweet olives.
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Historic New England |
02/08/12 -
03/04/12 |
Lyman Estate Greenhouses, Waltham |