Newton Cultural Alliance

New Art Center presents: Art & Cocktails - Marvelous Mexico
2021-03-19 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Let us transport you to Mexico without stress, jet lag, or COVID-restrictions! Join curator Juan Omar Rodriguez and Flora’s Wine Bar for a tasting tour of Mexico from the comfort of your home! The tasting tour includes ingredients and tools to make a classic Margarita and Flora’s version of a Carajillo, live cocktail demonstrations with Flora’s bartender, and an art history presentation from curator Juan Omar Rodriguez about artists of Mexico. Flora will provide all drink ingredients just add ice and your glassware of choice.
Full tour with cocktails and accompaniments: $175
Free delivery available for Newton residents only, additional charges will be applied for outside of the Newton area. We can also arrange for ingredients to be picked up at the New Art Center. Contact Samuel Sadowsky at samuel@newartcenter.org to arrange delivery outside of Newton or for pick up.
Art lecture only: $25
The tasting begins at 6:30pm and the lecture begins at 7:00pm. Registration for the full tour closes March 13, 2021.
Juan Omar Rodriguez is an art historian and curator based in Cambridge, MA. He has worked at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston and the MFA. He has a MA in Art History and Museum Studies from Tufts University and a BA from Oberlin College.

An online series on the history & nature of Jewish choral music
2021-03-20, 2021-03-21, 2021-03-22, 2021-03-23, 2021-03-24, 2021-03-25, 2021-03-26, 2021-03-27 and 1 more date | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
These audio and video podcasts, presented by Zamir Chorale of Boston, can serve as an introduction to the field of Jewish Choral Music. But caveat lector, these are not comprehensive; they provide only an introduction to the field. Readers may follow up with the many texts and websites that are listed elsewhere in this website: https://www.jewishchoralmusic.com/podcasts

Newton Art Association's High School Senior Art Scholarship
2021-03-20, 2021-03-21, 2021-03-22, 2021-03-23, 2021-03-24, 2021-03-25, 2021-03-26, 2021-03-27 and 1 more date | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
For more than 30 years the Newton Art Association (NAA) has recognized art students through the NAA High School Senior Scholarship Program. NAA strongly believes that talented students deserve to be acknowledged for their artistic accomplishments.
Senior students who go to high school in Newton or are residents of Newton are eligible to apply for the scholarships. Consistently, the submitted artworks reveal an extensive range of creativity across all media, including painting, drawing, collage/mixed media, photography, jewelry, fabric art and 3D works.
Awards are based on an overall assessment of the senior’s creativity, artistic expression, technical skills, and personal statement. The recipients share $3,000 in scholarship money.
Eligible students can apply online from February 8 through March 30, 2021. A virtual award ceremony will be held May 5. Details about the program and online application process can be found on the NAA website. If you know a talented high school senior, encourage them to apply.

Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Legendary Iceland - Land of Ice & Fire
2021-03-20 13:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
It’s like a virtual vacation to Iceland! This presentation blends together Heidi Herman’s love of Iceland and its mythology with the landscape and fascinating history. Using photos and video, the trip starts in Reykjavik from the archeological dig of a Viking settlement to the vibrant city of today. From there, we travel around the country, where culture and the fascinating history is brought to life through a tour of vibrant photographs, mythology and stories unique to the towns and regions. This program was developed with Heidi’s Icelandic mother, Ieda Jónasdóttir Herman, to bring a fun and entertaining look at Iceland from someone who grew up there. This is an interactive experience where participation through Q&A is encouraged.
Saturday, March 20th | 1pm EST | $5; free for SCC Members | register here

Newton Free Library presents: How The Mothers Of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X & James Baldwin Shaped A Nation
2021-03-24 19:00 - 21:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
This program is presented in partnership with Tewksbury Public Library.
Join Anna Malaika Tubbs for a presentation based on her acclaimed new book, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation. Enjoy a fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history after raising sons who helped shape a movement. Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin’s son James, about Alberta King’s son Martin Luther, and Louise Little’s son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them. In her groundbreaking and essential debut, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised some of America’s most pivotal heroes.
Anna Malaika Tubbs is a Cambridge Ph.D. candidate in sociology and a Bill and Melinda Gates Cambridge Scholar.
Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The Zoom login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.

Boston Ballet presents: The Art of Classical Ballet
2021-03-25, 2021-03-26, 2021-03-27, 2021-03-28 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
From new choreographic voices to narratives you know by heart, enjoy live dance like you have never seen it before. Dance where you are with Boston Ballet’s first-ever virtual season BB@YourHome; six programs that feature fresh creations, signature works, and classical ballet favorites captured live in-studio and streamed directly to you. A digital subscription allows you to enjoy each production with your entire household. With each subscription, you support our dancers, fuel new art-making, and invest in Boston Ballet’s future. Subscribe today, or click here to learn more about virtual performances.
The Art of Classical Ballet
March 25 – April 4, 2021
Open a treasure chest of pas de deux from classical ballet including a few rarely-performed gems. Experience a curated look at the foundations of the art form and the leaps ballet has made since then.

Historic Newton presents: Images in the U.S. Women's Suffrage Movement
2021-03-25 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Allison K. Lange’s talk analyzes gender, images, and political power from the founding of the United States through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. She examines the ways that suffragists used images throughout their campaign to counter powerful opponents. The suffragists’ innovative visual campaigns laid the foundations for modern ones, and the visual themes from this historical debate are still familiar today. Part of the Newton History Series co-sponsored by the Newton Free Library. Register here to receive the Zoom link.

Newton Art Association presents: Marketing and Selling Art in Today's World
2021-03-25 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Sharpen Your Art Business with Exciting Workshops

Gain tips on pricing, presentation quality, growing your career, and selling in today’s world at upcoming Newton Art Association workshops.

The Newton Art Association is offering professional workshops this year all led by Christine O’Donnell, the owner and director of Beacon Gallery in Boston.
Christine will guide us on an exploration into the current world of marketing and selling artwork online. From galleries to art fairs, from Etsy to Artsy, where is an artist to begin in this new virtual world? With a focus on digital platforms and low-barrier-to-entry opportunities, sign up to learn about ways to leverage social media, and be introduced to some of the many third-party platforms that exist for artists (and more!). Click here to purchase tickets.

Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Connecting with Nature the Norwegian Way
2021-03-27 13:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join author Oliver Luke Delorie to discuss his book, Fruiluftsliv: Connect with Nature the Norwegian Way.
Translated from Norwegian as “free life air,” friluftsliv highlights the basic need for humans to get outside and connect with the natural world. It’s not about conquering nature, as in climbing the highest mountain, or about camping and other activities: it’s about truly finding harmony and becoming one with the outdoors. Whether you live in the city or out in the countryside, this inspiring guide will show you how to enter a friluftsliv state of mind. It explains how spending time in nature and feeling its rhythms, even when it’s something as simple as a magical Sunday walk in a local park, can improve our well-being and encourage productive self-reflection.
Saturday, March 27th | 1pm EST | $5; free for SCC Members | register here
ABOUT OLIVER: Nicknamed “Monk” the day he was born, Oliver Luke Delorie grew up steeped in Eastern philosophy and martial arts. He is also the author of the playful 100 Small Ways to Quit Worrying and 100 Small Ways to Manage Time. Delorie lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

New Art Center presents: Parent/Teen Polymer Clay Jewelry Workshop
2021-03-27 14:00 - 16:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Make your own polymer clay jewelry in this in-person workshop! Through demonstrations and hands-on instruction, you will learn a variety of techniques to make designs and intricate shapes. Use your imagination and creativity to work with clay and create unique jewelry designs. Tuition includes polymer clay, wire hooks and earring loops for one parent and teen. Register here.

Amherst Early Music presents: Black Bodies and Black Voices
2021-03-28 17:00 - 17:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
AEM’s second in a Series of Free Lectures
Black Bodies and Black Voices: Gio. Buonaccorsi, an enslaved Black singer at the Medici Court, with Emily Wilbourne
On the 14th of October, 1662, the opera impresario Vettor Grimani Calergi wrote from Venice to Prince Mattias de’ Medici in Florence to discuss the singers for the upcoming opera season. He put in a particular plea in order that the Medici Cardinal’s black slave could participate. Above and beyond the moor’s “esteemed virtue” as a singer, Grimani professed interest in the novelty of his character, explaining that what perhaps in Florence had become “ordinary,” would be “new, and never before seen” on the Venetian stage. This singer is identifiable as Giovannino Buonaccorsi, and his presence in Florence can be traced through a surprisingly rich archive of payment records, libretti, scores, descriptions, letters, costume designs, poetry, as well as a remarkable double portrait: Baldassarre Franceschini’s Ritratto di suanatore di liuto con cantore moro (ca. 1662). In this paper I read this painting closely, placing it alongside new archival documents to think about the ways in which black performance was normalized in mid-century Florence and the means by which blackness signified in relation to slavery and servitude, shaping Giovannino’s access to performance opportunities on and offstage.
Click here to learn more and register.
