Newton Cultural Alliance

An online series on the history & nature of Jewish choral music
2021-01-29, 2021-01-28, 2021-01-27, 2021-01-26, 2021-01-25, 2021-01-24, 2021-01-23, 2021-01-22 and 5 more dates | 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

Theatre Ink presents: Lost and Found - The Untold Stories of People of Color
2021-01-28 19:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Time and time again, the stories of people of color are swept under the rug and lost. It is about time we found them.
What is Lost and Found? Lost and Found is about sharing the stories of people of color and amplifying their voices through the performing arts. From hardships to celebrations, people of color have countless stories to tell. Lost and Found will provide space for people of color to reflect on their identity and experiences in order to assemble a cabaret style troupe show of stories. Over time, people of color have many encounters with their racial identity, and a goal of Lost and Found is to explore and understand racial identity in ways you haven’t before. Lost and Found will be a reserved safe space for this exploration and for people of color to be vulnerable and receive support. Lost and Found invites you to share your story, using theatre and performing arts as an outlet.
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Historic Newton presents: A Town Called 'Rejoycing'
2021-01-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
A Town Called ‘Rejoycing’
Reconsidering John Eliot’s 1646 Mission to the ‘Indians’

Date:01/28/2021 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location:Virtual
Virtual Meeting
Newton, Massachusetts 02459
Introduction: Drew Lopenzina, an eminent scholar of of Early American and Native American literatures and author of “Red Ink” lectures with the Newton Free Library

History tells us that John Eliot, the “Apostle to the Indians,” came to the area of present-day Newton in 1646 to preach to the local indigenous communities of Massachusetts and Nipmucs in their own language. His mission was part of an overall endeavor by the Puritans to convert the Natives of the land to Christianity. Both history and tradition tend to place Eliot speaking down to the “children of the forest” gathered at his feet. As we mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim’s first landing at Plymouth, however, it is an opportune time to re-situate this encounter in Native space. What did Native people have to gain by welcoming Eliot into their community and what were they ultimately prepared to sacrifice under increased colonial pressure to adopt a foreign religious belief structure? Register through the Newton Free Library to receive the Zoom link.

New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Isabel Beavers
2021-01-28 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join us on Zoom for our winter Artist Talk Series featuring contemporary artists whose work examines climate and the environment.
Isabel Beavers will lead an interactive artist presentation, as she presents recent works that explore climate change as a moment of origin, and invites participants to co-create an artistic experiment over virtual space. Please bring a sketchbook or paper, and a writing or drawing utensil to the presentation.
Beavers practice includes many forms: multimedia installation, new media and virtual forms of creation and presentation, curatorial projects, as well as social practice experiments in the form of mini-hackathons and worldwide collaborations. In each case her work attempts to combat systems of oppression as they relate to ecology, bodies and environments, instead imagining new climate futures. Through site-responsive research and artistic projects she interrogates cultural responses to climate change, speculates about climate futures, and questions the ethics of emergent technologies. Recent projects have explored the unraveling of the Arctic Ocean ecosystem, embedded power structures in Icelandic origin stories and Norse Mythology, mega-fires in California as a case study for the operation of compassion fatigue, and curatorial projects addressing extraction, artificial intelligence, and artificial ecologies.
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Boston Ballet presents: Look Back, Focus Forward
2021-01-28, 2021-01-27, 2021-01-26, 2021-01-25, 2021-01-24, 2021-01-23, 2021-01-22, 2021-01-21 | 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.
Look Back, Focus Forward
January 21 – 31, 2021
Take a virtual voyage of Boston Ballet’s history and artistic achievements, including outstanding international tours, the special relationship with Jiří Kylián’s repertoire, the intimate ballets from Leonid Yakobson, and many more. This reflective collage celebrates our journey together and explores the exciting future ahead as we enter a new year.

Suzuki School's January Solo Recitals
2021-01-23 15:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Join us on Zoom for the virtual Solo Recitals! They will be in two sessions on both Saturday and Sunday — one at 3:15 and another at 4:15. The Zoom link will be given out in our Friday Upbeats, or by sending an email to email@suzukinewton.org. We hope to see you there to support our students and their accomplishments!

New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Freedom Baird
2021-01-21 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join us on Zoom for our winter Artist Talk Series featuring contemporary artists whose work examines climate and the environment.
There were blackberries on a hilltop, a skinny doe and her two fawns, a glossy ibis, and an octopus. There were also teens with a shotgun, bootleg baseball, missiles on a launch pad, and a children’s hospital on fire. These are among the memories, experiences and impressions gathered from more than seventy participants in the Shore Line Recall art project during the summer of 2018 on the Boston Harbor Islands. Interdisciplinary artist Freedom Baird brought a vintage field desk to nine islands and a boat, and placed it in the most vulnerable spot she could reach, at high tide. In those windswept places she talked with visitors, staff, and volunteers, gathering their stories and drawings to preserve and share in a book of the same name — Shore Line Recall: Boston Harbor Islands. She also documented the islands in photographs, a collection of which she curated into the book’s pages. As we continue to transform the planet, one way we can adapt is with a kind of future nostalgia–looking forward to a moment when we will look back and remember places that will someday be long gone.
In this presentation and discussion Baird will share her experience of the Shore Line Recall residency, project, and book.
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Suzuki School's: Every Child Can! Course
2021-01-17 12:30 - 16:30 | Zoom
Every Child Can! (ECC) is an introduction to Dr. Suzuki’s philosophy and its application to Suzuki education. For parents, teachers, prospective teachers, and others, this course provides an inspiring, in-depth look at the Suzuki approach to teaching and learning. The Suzuki School of Newton is having Sachiko Isihara teach this class Jan 10th and Jan. 17th from 12:30 to 4:30. Please send an email to email@suzukinewton.org with the application for the class, which can be found online on our website’s teacher training page. It is $135 to be in the class, $155 after the Jan. 30th deadline.

All Newton Music School: Broadway Bound Online Class
2021-01-16 13:45 - 14:30, 2021-01-16 13:00 - 13:45 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Actors will spend the Semester creating and exploring imaginative characters, learning choreography, and proper singing technique with director, composer, and playwright Kelvyn Koning; an experienced musical theatre educator.
Broadway Bound will allow each actor to sing, dance, deliver lines, and be part of a virtual theatrical ensemble which builds presence and self-confidence.
Creative and engaging instructor Mr. Kelvyn will work with the young actors ideas to compose original music and scenes for each class as they prepare a virtual world premiere production!
Before filming, the student will be provided with a Broadway Bound “Backstage” Box with all the costume pieces and props needed to film their scenes, songs, and choreography with flair!
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Ages 5-7 years
Sept. 12 to Jan. 16 – Saturdays: 1:00 – 1:45 pm
Ages 8-10 years
Sept. 10 to Jan. 7 – Thursday: 5:00 – 5:45 pm
Sept. 12 to Jan. 16 – Saturday: 1:45 – 2:30 pm

SCC presents: Sources of Richard Wagner's "Ring of Nibelung"
2021-01-16 13:00 | Zoom
Join us to learn about Richard Wagner’s sources for his Ring des Nibelungen. Based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the “Nibelungenlied” presented by Erika Reitshamer, Vice President of the Boston Wagner Society. With audio and visual illustrations including segments from Fritz Lang’s silent movies Siegfried and Kriemhilde’s Revenge and excerpts from opera productions.
Saturday, January 16th | 1pm via zoom | $15; $7 for members | register here
