Pro Arte presents: Summer Salon Series
2020-09-10 19:00 (America/New_York) | Facebook Live, United States
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston brings its Salon Series into the summer for the first time. These chamber music concerts will be live every other Thursday on our Facebook page at 7PM starting on July 2nd. Click here for Facebook link and donation page. (Suggested donation $25.)
On Thursday, September 10th, the program will feature:
MOZART String Duo No. 2 in B-flat Major, K. 424
MILHAUD Duo for Two Violins, op. 258

GRAINGER Arrival Platform Humlet for solo viola
OWENS Soliloquy for solo viola

MUSICIANS:
Diane Pettipaw, violin
Anne Black, viola

New Art Center online: Contemporary Explorations
2020-09-15 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-09-22 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-09-29 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-10-06 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-10-13 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-10-20 09:30 - 12:30 | MA
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
This course for advanced painters offers the chance to develop individual work within a group context. Individual painting and drawing development is facilitated through one-on-one discussions with the instructor and group critiques. No oil paint or oil paint products are allowed for this class. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)

New Art Center online: Painting Believable Light - "Glow"
2020-09-15 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-09-22 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-09-29 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-06 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-13 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-20 13:00 - 17:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
What makes a painting “glow?” What is the glowing quality that appears in the work of many master painters? How does an artist make this happen? To communicate a feeling of believable light in a painting, and to make a painting glow, artists must make certain decisions early in the painting process. This class includes a comprehensive exploration of the “glow factor.” Topics will include texture, transparency, color, and discussions about the creative process challenges. For intermediate and advanced painters. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
Venue: Washington Park

Newton Free Library presents: Don’t Take the Bait – Helping You Identify Misinformation
2020-09-22 11:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join the Newton Free Library for this online discussion on Tuesday, September 22nd. Misinformation is everywhere these days. In this class we will offer strategies to help you sift through what is exaggerated, misleading or completely false to find more accurate online information and become better digital consumers.
Click here to register.

NewTV's Virtual Red Carpet Awards Ceremony
2020-09-24 18:00 - 19:30 | ZOOM
Join NewTV on Thursday, September 24 at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom for a virtual Red Carpet Awards ceremony.
Due to the pandemic, NewTV had to cancel their Annual Meeting + Red Carpet Awards this past March. They still want to honor the hard work of their producers and members from 2019, so they’ll be celebrating virtually next Thursday.
Please RSVP with Brian Hebert at brianh@newtv.org, if you plan to attend the Zoom ceremony.

Pro Arte's Fall Salon Series: Salon 1
2020-09-24 20:00 - 22:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Fall Salon Series takes place entirely online. Each of these six concerts premieres at 8pm on Thursday night and will be available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.

Salon 1:
Lyrical, tender, charming, warm, majestic… These are a just a few words that apply equally to Florence Price’s String Quartet in G Major and Beethoven’s Opus 127 Quartet in E Flat Major. Though separated by a century, each groundbreaking genius overcame adversity to create these two works which express profound humanity and beauty. Beethoven struggled to compose his Op. 127 through illness and complete deafness; Price (perhaps the most notable African American women composers of the early 20th Century) composed her gorgeous G Major Quartet despite enduring systemic racial disadvantages. Through these works, both artists show us a roadmap to beauty, triumph, and our better selves.

Florence PRICE, String Quartet in G Major

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 127

MUSICIANS
Liana Zaretsky, violin
Julia Cash, violin
Emily Rome, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello

Newton Free Library presents: ELL Twentieth Century Women - Bridging Cultures/Breaking Barriers
2020-10-02 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-10-09 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-10-16 13:00 - 14:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
ELL Twentieth Century Women: Bridging Cultures/Breaking Barriers is a free conversation group on Zoom for high intermediate to advanced adult English learners. In this class, we will examine and discuss the lives of 20th (and 21st) century women who challenged societal barriers in their pursuit of careers in fields as varied as athletics, business, government and law, humanities, medicine, and the sciences.
The group meets on 8 Friday afternoons, beginning on October 2, 2020.
Limited to 8 students. Online registration (required) begins September 10 at 9:00 am.
When you register, you sign up for all 8 Friday afternoon sessions.
Click here to register.

Pro Arte's Fall Salon Series: Salon 2
2020-10-08 20:00 - 22:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Fall Salon Series takes place entirely online. Each of these six concerts premieres at 8pm on Thursday night and will be available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.

Salon 2:

After playing an enjoyable summer salon together, Lisa Goddard, Colin Davis, Anne Black, and Steven Laven return with a new program. Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 95, known as the “Serioso” quartet, is a compact piece on the cusp of Beethoven’s late work, which pushes the boundaries of form and harmony further than ever before. William Grant Still’s Lyric Quartette is a musical portrait of three of the composer’s friends. Known as the “Dean of Afro-American Composers,” Still’s accomplishments include over 200 compositions, being the first African American to conduct a major orchestra (the L.A. Philharmonic), and collaborating with prominent literary and cultural figures in the Harlem Renaissance movement. The concert also includes James Lee III’s Abraham’s Sons (in Memoriam Trayvon Martin). Intense and dramatic, this piece is dedicated to the family of Trayvon Martin. Mr. Lee musically depicts the scope of suffering and mourning inferred by the title of this elegiac solo piece. From one of Pro Arte’s favorite living composers, Jessie Montgomery’s Rhapsody No. 1 is the first in a series of virtuosic pieces for various solo instruments, which she premiered herself on violin in 2014.

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F minor, op. 95 “Quartetto Serioso”
William Grant STILL Lyric Quartette
James LEE Abraham’s Sons (In Memoriam: Trayvon Martin)
Jessie MONTGOMERY Rhapsody No. 1

MUSICIANS
Lisa Goddard, violin
Colin Davis, violin
Anne Black, viola
Steve Laven, cello

Hyde Community Center: Storytelling at Hyde Bandstand
2020-10-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands, MA, 02461, United States
Come listen to great stories, or, maybe get inspired and put your name in the hat to tell your personal, true 5-minute story (e.g. Moth style) on the theme: Summer is Over. Ten names will be drawn from the hat!
Now Listen Here is bringing its storytelling open-mic to the outdoor stage at the Hyde Bandstand in Newton on Saturday, October 10 from 2:00-4:00pm. Prepare a 5-minute story (with no notes) on the theme of Summer is Over or just get ready to listen to great stories marking the change of seasons.
Audience members must pre-register on EventBrite.
Wear a mask, and bring your own blanket or chair for social distancing on the lawn. Free with support from Newton Community Pride and the City of Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture and the Hyde Community Center. Registration required, due to COVID restrictions on attendance. Depending on attendance, walk-ins will be possible.

Newton Theatre Company online: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
2020-10-10 19:00 | ZOOM
Join Newton Theatre Company for their next Zoom Radio Hour on Saturday, October 10th. This event is Pay What You Can.
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is a dissection of the 1992 Los Angeles riots after the trial regarding the beating of Rodney King by the police. This stunning work of documentary theatre uses the verbatim words of those who experienced the event as well as those who reflected on how the moment scarred Los Angeles and captured the nation’s attention. A piece more relevant now than ever, Twilight: Los Angeles speaks directly to the heart of the issues of race, class, and access still roiling our country.

Newton Free Library presents: Decoding the News
2020-10-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Learn the tools and tactics to stay informed about political, election and pandemic details. Join David Wallace, former business and tech reporter for The New York Times and Reuters, and journalism adjunct lecturer at Boston University. He’ll cover six ways to get the facts you need, without bias or hype, when it matters most! Click here to sign up.

Newton Free Library: Early Voting
2020-10-17 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-10-18 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-10-19 08:30 - 17:00, 2020-10-20 08:30 - 17:00, 2020-10-21 08:30 - 17:00, 2020-10-22 08:30 - 17:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Vote Early In Person
If you are a registered voter in Newton, you can vote early in person at the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium, every day starting on Saturday, October 17 until Friday, October 30, 2020. Voting will be open Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm; and Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Click here to check if you’re registered to vote, or view a sample ballot.

Newton Free Library online: "New Kid" Trivia!
2020-10-21 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Come join the fun and test your mastery of New Kid by Jerry Craft. This is a lead-up event to our author visit with Jerry Craft on 10/28. Library staff will challenge players with questions from a variety of categories on Zoom. No restrictions on team size. One registration per team. The Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event. This event is kids, tweens, teens and their families.

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