Newton Cultural Alliance

Historic Newton presents: Half American - The Epic Story of Black Americans Fighting WWII
2022-02-10 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
For Black Americans World War II was about not only America’s standing in the world but also about how much actual freedom would exist in the United States. Black troops fought bravely in combat and they formed the backbone of the U.S. military’s supply effort, all while fighting in a segregated military. Black veterans returned from the war and kept fighting white supremacy at home. Drawing on his upcoming book, historian Matthew Delmont explains how World War II raised questions regarding race and democracy that remain unanswered more than seventy years later. This is an inspiring history of bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism. This event is part of the Newton History Series co-sponsored by Historic Newton and the Newton Free Library. Register here for this Zoom talk.

Pro Arte's Salon Series - Salon 3
2022-02-13 15:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Pro 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.
For Salon 3, one of Pro Arte’s regular string quartets joins forces with the Janelle Gillchrist Dance Troupe for an interdisciplinary exploration of Wynton Marsalis’s first string quartet. Purchase tickets here.

Newton Art Association presents: Legal Issues for Artists
2022-02-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
What are your rights and legal obligations as an artist? What do you need to know about copyrights, contracts, commissions, and consignments with galleries? What are your precise legal liabilities?
These and other artists’ rights issues will be discussed by Nicholas M. O’Donnell at our second professional workshop.
Zoom link for the event is found here.

The Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: The Pact
2022-02-19 13:30 - 15:30 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
SCREENING:
THE PACT (2021)
presented in conjunction with the Scandinavian Library

It’s 1948 and sixty-three-year-old OUT OF AFRICA author Karen Blixen (pen name: Isak Dinesen) is a lonely literary sensation devastated by syphilis and mourning her lost love until she meets talented thirty-year-old poet Thorkild Bjørnvig. She offers him a Faustian bargain and promises him stardom if he will obey her unconditionally. As her demands become more and more pernicious, Thorkild much chooses between Blixen’s promise of fame or his wife and young son.
From director Bille August (PELLE THE CONQUEROR) comes this sterling adaptation of Bjørnvig’s bestselling memoir.
Saturday, February 19th | 1:30 pm | $10; $8 for SCC and Library members | tickets here
*advanced tickets, proof of vaccination, and masks required*
Director: Bille August. Denmark, 2021, 115 min. In Danish with English subtitles

Newton Free Library presents: Jellyfish: How to Pastel Paint with Greg Maichack
2022-03-03 18:30 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Gregory Maichack, award-winning artist, and two times Mass. Cultural Council Gold Star Award Program nominee, for a hands-on zoom session. Materials will be provided for this fun, two-hour “Take and Make” workshop. Greg will guide everyone in producing their very own original pastel of a stunning jellyfish as he teaches us how to create the special effect of translucency. The possibilities are bottomless and everyone will get to keep their 12 x 18” painting! Kits will be available at the Main Desk starting one week before the day of the program. Limit one kit per registrant please, kit supply is limited. Register here.

Pro Arte's Salon Series - Salon 4
2022-03-13 15:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Pro 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.
Salon 4’s program will feature members of Pro Arte’s string section. Full program details to be announced soon. Purchase tickets here.

Canceled-Commonwealth Chorale presents: Country Sounds
2022-03-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Classical or bluegrass? In our second concert of the season, no need to choose. Composer Carol Barnett has combined the two styles in her bluegrass Mass, The World Beloved. In her unusual approach Barnett has written what she calls “cheery sacred music,” blending the usual solemnity of a Mass with down-home energy and rhythms of bluegrass. Please join us to hear Gwyneth Walker comment on her work and see how successful she is in her wonderful combination of styles. The performance will be accompanied by the renowned bluegrass band, Monroe Crossing.
In addition, the chorus will perform selections from Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs: Long Time Ago, At the River, and Simple Gifts. Monroe Crossing will also perform a set of bluegrass music.
To purchase tickets, click here.

Zamir Chorale of Boston presents: A Choral Rainbow Part 3
2022-04-04 19:30 - 21:00 | United Kingdom
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, we are presenting an online series called “A Choral Rainbow,” featuring video performances and conversations with the conductors of choruses from diverse and under-represented communities.
We were thrilled with the global turnout for parts I and II. Part III will spotlight three choruses:
The Chorosynthesis Singers, which is committed to fostering innovation, sustainability, collaboration, and excellence in and among the choral arts and its communities through both a bottom-up and top-down approach; Wendy Moy, conductor.
Nashirah, a community-based chorale in the Greater Philadelphia whose musical programming embodies the broadest possible range of Jewish repertoire; bringing together choral music of many lands, languages, and cultures; Julia Zavadsky, conductor.
Voices 21C, an artists’ collective that is devoted to exercising the choral art in pursuit of human rights and justice and dedicated to a mission of global understanding through music; André DeQuadros, conductor.

Amherst Early Music Classes
2022-04-09 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-04-10 08:00 - 17:00 | United Kingdom
Join us for new AEM ONLINE CLASSES in April!
April 9, 10, 30, and May 1st! Class times here are Eastern Time
Saturday, April 9
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Lully: Chaconnes and Dances with Frances Blaker, recorder
Sunday, April 10
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Tips and Tricks: Solutions for the Traverso Player with Immanuel Davis, flute
Saturday, April 30
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. De-Mystifying the Prelude with Alissa Duryee, keyboard
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Locke Unlocked! with Martha Bishop, viol
Sunday, May 1
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 4×4 Bach with Rachel Begley, recorder
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. The Singer’s Toolbox: Sing We Enchanted: A Vocal Technique Session, with Historical Inspirations for the 21st-Century Singer with Emily Eagen, voice
Full class descriptions coming soon!
AEM Online

Pro Arte's Salon Series - Salon 5
2022-04-10 15:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Pro 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 come together for Salon 5 to present a colorful concert for wind quintet. Purchase tickets here.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Betsy Silverman | Collage
2022-04-14 19:00 - 21:00 | United Kingdom
Working in a collage style that she calls “fragmented realism,” Betsy Silverman trains her eye upon discarded magazines – which she selects, cuts, and glues to a canvas, in order to transform the old images and text into unique, multidimensional portraits, still lifes, cityscapes, and representations of New England – especially the Boston area.
A graduate of Cornell University and the Rhode Island School of Design, Betsy holds a Master of Architecture degree, and her work is infused with architectural sensibility – employing perspective, light and shadow, reflections, or the scale of various elements, so as to create a sense of depth and perspective.
The zoom link will be found here.

Pro Arte's Ensemble Series - Ensemble 3
2022-05-01 15:00 | United Kingdom
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 and purchase tickets here.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Stephanie Stigliano | Artists Books
2022-05-14 19:00 - 21:00 | United Kingdom
Stephanie Stigliano has experience leading online art groups in book arts, drawing, and printmaking to students of all ages. This method develops community and creativity in a new and exciting way. Her artwork is in the collections of the Fogg Museum and the Houghton Library of Harvard University, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum for Women in the Arts, and the Book Art Museum of Łodz, Poland. She has taught Printmaking and Books as Art at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA since 2007. She taught Between the Covers, Books as Art at Art New England for several years. She curated Legacy: Passing the Torch, an exhibition of mentors and their students, at the Hess Gallery of Chestnut Hill, MA. Locally, Stigliano’s artist’s books were included in On Books: Sculpture at the Portland Public Library, Portland, ME. Her print from The Charles River Alphabet Prints portfolio was included in New England on Paper: Contemporary Art in the Boston Athenaeum’s Prints and Photographs Collections. Internationally, Stigliano initiated a print project between students of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and The Technical College of Reykjavik, and exhibited her prints at Íslensk Grafík, Reykjavik, Iceland. She taught a workshop to the women’s artist collective of Hurumzi Henna Art Gallery in Stonetown, Zanzibar. In Krakow, Poland, she contributed to a print portfolio at The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. Her artist’s books were included in Correspondence: The 9th International Book Art Festival, which traveled throughout Poland.
https://newtonartassociation.com/event/demo-with-stephanie-stigliano-artists-books/

Commonwealth Chorale presents: Majestic Sounds
2022-05-14 20:00 | Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
This, our final concert of the season, is one not to be missed. It showcases our classical roots and celebrates the one who developed and fine-tuned them over the last 43 years. Artistic Director David Carrier is retiring and this, his final concert, is his magnificent finish: Joseph Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass) and J.S. Bach’s Cantata 140 ( Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ) also known as Awake, a voice is calling. Carrier will conduct orchestra, chorus, and soloists: soprano Dana Varga, mezzo-soprano Vera Savage, tenor Matthew Anderson, and baritone David McFerrin.
Majestic Sounds: sure to inspire joy and hope to the listener, a concert to lift the spirits.
To purchase tickets, click here.

Amherst Early Music presents Early Notation with Annette Bauer
2022-06-01 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-06 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-08 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-13 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-15 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-20 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-22 17:30 - 18:45 | United Kingdom
“Back to Basics / Review / New Intro” Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm EST: June 1, 8, 15 & 22
Open to all instrumentalists and singers! Pitch: A=440.
After a year of focused work on 15th-century notation topics, we close our current season before the summer break with a 4-week online series featuring a “casual” selection of shorter pieces from late 15th and early 16th century sources. This series is designed for both ongoing students to review some of the basic concepts of mensural notation, to deepen and enjoy the fluency gained over the past few months of studies, and for new students to join in for a first practical experience with mensural notation… $100 for four sessions, recordings of each class are available during the week after class… See the complete description for these classes, and sign up here!
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online/early-notation-annette-bauer-back-basics-review-new-intro

Friday Figure Draw
2022-11-18 19:00 - 22:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Enjoy a life drawing open studio with a live model, beginning with quick poses, and ending with an hour pose. The evening will be relaxed but professional, with music and a great model. No photography allowed. No instruction. For artists 21+, ID required. Bring your own art supplies (no oils); easels/chairs provided.

Faculty Concert, Suzuki School of Newton
2022-11-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United States
Faculty members of the Suzuki School of Newton will perform chamber music by Clara Schumann, Kenji Bunch, Chen Gang, Manuel de Falla and others, in a concert benefitting the school’s scholarship fund. In-person tickets are available in advance at suzukinewton.org/events. There will also be a Livestream via our Facebook page.

New Art Center presents Lunar New Year Celebration
2023-01-22 12:00 - 15:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Join us at the New Art Center for our Lunar New Year Community Cultural Day in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Society of Boston.
It’s the year of the rabbit! The sign of the Rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity.
Art educators will lead participants through make-and-take activities: Hapjukseon (paper fans), rabbit origami, air dry clay rabbits, and Korean calligraphy bookmarks.
Hanna Lee, a traditional Korean dancer, performs at 12:15 pm. Kyungsun Kim, a gayageum player, performs at 1:30 pm.
The event is free and open to the public. The event is from 12 to 3 PM on January 22, 2023, at the New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA 02460. Doors open 15 minutes beforehand.

Newton Art Association presents Deb Drummond, Mixed Media
2023-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 | United Kingdom
Deb Drummond, Mixed Media
Thursday, February 9, 12:00 pm
Newton Art Association presents a virtual demonstration with Deborah Drummond, a Boston area artist who for many years practiced as a professional freelance illustrator /designer and photographer. Drummond returned to painting non-objective abstraction working in acrylic, collage, and printmaking, and has begun sharing her experience and techniques.
Deborah Drummond is a Boston area artist who for many years practiced as a professional freelance illustrator /designer and photographer. She returned to painting non-objective abstraction working in acrylic, collage and printmaking and has begun sharing her experience and techniques.
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Playathon!
2023-03-26 12:00 - 18:00 | The Shops at Chestnut Hill, 199 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, United States
Stop by anytime. Six consecutive hours of music of all genres performed by SSN students and faculty at the Shops at Chestnut Hill (inside the atrium area in front of Cheesecake Factory) – a marathon of playing, free to the public.

Faculty Concert & Reception, Suzuki School of Newton
2023-04-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United States
Suzuki School of Newton presents our popular Faculty Concert, followed by a reception for all. Featuring a variety of musical selections of diverse genres and on various instruments. Tickets benefit the James Thornblade Memorial scholarship fund. In-person event and online viewing also available via Facebook livestream.

Cappella Clausura presents Three Women
2023-05-07 16:00 - 17:00 | United Kingdom
Three Women, Historic Season Finale!

For the final program of our 2022-2023 season, we are honored to present a 20th-anniversary celebration of the Boston Women’s Memorial.
Join us for this landmark event as we present world-premiere compositions inspired by the memorial’s subjects and learn about the history of the sculpture from the artists and activists who made it happen!

WORLD PREMIERE MUSIC BY
MELIKA FITZHUGH, EMILY LAU, & INES VELASCO

PRESENTATIONS BY
MEREDITH BERGMANN, SCULPTOR
& SUSAN WILSON, PUBLIC HISTORIAN

Presented by Cappella Clausura, with Suffrage100MA, Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, Sculptor Meredith Bergmann, and Historian Susan Wilson

Amherst Early Music presents A Memorial Day Weekend Workshop
2023-05-26 08:00 - 2023-05-29 17:00 | United Kingdom
Please join us for our wonderful Memorial Day Weekend Workshop!
May 26-29, at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut. Registration now open!
Directed by Valerie Horst, with faculty: Deborah Booth, Eric Haas, Valerie Horst, Lawrence Lipnik, Sarah Mead, Patricia Petersen, and Gwyn Roberts.
