Community Event
Newton Art Association presents: Learning to Look / Looking to Learn – Critique and the Creative Process
Based on years of teaching college art students, Ellen Schön’s passion for teaching critique as an essential part of the creative process has only grown. Join Schön as she guides us through her philosophy and essential practices of looking, describing, and responding to what a piece evokes. Schön characterizes the goal of critique as “learning…
New Philharmonia Orchestra presents: Classics III
The New Philharmonia Orchestra continues its exciting 27th season filled with celebratory spirit, incredible music, and exciting guest performances. Join them for their Classics III program featuring works by Mozart and Brahms. Tickets are $10-$50. For more information visit newphil.org.
Zamir Chorale of Boston presents: A Choral Rainbow Part 3
Part III - Monday, April 4,7:30 pm EST, REGISTER HERE. This season, in response to the alarming rise in racism, antisemitism, and other forms of prejudice, we are even more committed to using our resources to expose our audiences (and ourselves) to music representing different cultures, ethnicities, and ways of thinking. With that in mind,…
Pro Arte’s Salon Series – Salon 5
Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United StatesPro Arte's unique cooperative is comprised of musicians equally at home as soloists and chamber musicians as they are within the chamber orchestra. The Salon Series presents an opportunity for members of the cooperative to showcase their craft in various chamber groups performing a variety of exciting works. Pro Arte's principal winds and principal horn…
The Newton Free Library Presents: How Art Reflects Adversity
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesMichael Frank, Curator-in-Chief of the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA), will examine key works from their collection to discern how art reflects adversity. The Museum is the only institution in the world that is dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition, and celebration of bad art in all its forms. This program is supported in part…
Historic Newton presents Exploring ‘Defective Delinquency’ Laws
Between 1911 and 1971 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – and dozens of states like it – passed a series of laws that empowered officials to indefinitely imprison people with intellectual disabilities who the state believed were “likely to commit crimes.” These people were designated as “defective delinquents,” and, in Massachusetts, most were sent to the…
Pro Arte’s Ensemble Series – Ensemble 3
Pro Arte's full ensemble takes to the stage to present treasured works and brilliant contemporary compositions celebrating their forty-four year history as one of Boston's most vibrant orchestras. Paul Polivnik makes a return appearance in the spring to conduct Pro Arte in a powerful program of Ravel, Bernstein, and Mendelssohn. Read more about the program…
Cappella Clausura presents: Psalms and Requiems
This year, we are proud to crack open the classical canon with a variety of new works by women. With vibrant performances of music spanning continents and centuries, Artistic Director Amelia LeClair will lead our ensemble in a celebration of live, in-person performances. Learn more about the four programs we have planned for this season. Tickets for…
Cappella Clausura presents: Psalms and Requiems
This year, we are proud to crack open the classical canon with a variety of new works by women. With vibrant performances of music spanning continents and centuries, Artistic Director Amelia LeClair will lead our ensemble in a celebration of live, in-person performances. Learn more about the four programs we have planned for this season. Tickets for…
New Philharmonia Orchestra presents: Classics IV
The New Philharmonia Orchestra wraps up its exciting 27th season filled with celebratory spirit, incredible music, and exciting guest performances. Join them for their Classics IV program featuring works by Jose Elizondo and Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $10-$50. For more information visit newphil.org.