Newton Cultural Alliance

Pro Arte's Salon Series - Salon 4
2022-03-13 15:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Theater Ink presents Much Ado About Nothing
2022-03-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-03-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-03-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Theater Ink proudly presents
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
March 17,18,19, at 7:30PM
Newton South High School
Lab Theatre

Historic Newton Presents At Home Dinners
2022-03-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-03-26 18:30 - 20:30 | MA
Enjoy an intimate gathering of neighbors at a historic Newton home for dinner and some history. Proceeds will support Historic Newton. Owners of some of Newton’s historic houses are inviting you into their homes for home-cooked dinners for groups of 10-12 guests. At each home, enjoy an intimate gathering of Newton neighbors while a local expert takes you on a journey through the history of the house where you’re dining and its neighborhood. Another dinner is offered on March 26.
Tickets, are $150 per person or $250 per person for a sponsor ticket. Purchase tickets here.

Cappella Clausura presents: Her Story
2022-03-19 20:00, 2022-03-20 16:00 - 17:00 | MA
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 each concert will become available one month ahead of the opening performance.
Her Story:
Celebrate Women’s History Month with music by women! A cappella quartets by Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Florence Price, Joan Tower, Gabriela Frank.
March 19th @ 8 PM: Eliot Church in Newton
March 20th @ 4 PM: Emmanuel Church in Boston

New Art Center presents Holi: Festival of Color
2022-03-20 11:00 - 13:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Join the New Art Center for a festival of color to welcome Spring! Enjoy the start of Spring with art, decorations, and dance performances.

About this event

Join the New Art Center for a festival of color to welcome Spring! Holi will start at 11 AM with artmaking including Madhubani flower pots, Rangoli sand art, and salad spinner splatter paintings. After getting creative with color, join Krithika Rajkumar for a dance demonstration and workshop where you can learn traditional Bharatanatyam dance. The conclusion of the event includes outdoor color play where you become the canvas for artmaking! You have the opportunity to participate in the very fun (and messy) tradition of throwing organic color powder at each other. Please wear white clothes you do not mind getting stained, protective eyewear or sunglasses, and bring towels for clean up afterward. There is no readmittance to the New Art Center building after color play.
Art activities are geared toward ages 4 and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Drop-ins are also welcome.

We would like to extend our thanks to Janhavi Wadhwani and Rakashi Chand for assisting in planning this event, coordinating with New Art to create an authentic experience, and connecting us with many members of our community.
A special thank you to our sponsors:
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Newton Cultural Council, and the Village Bank

Full Schedule of Activities:
11:00 am – Doors Open
11:00 – 1:00 pm – Artmaking activities in ELVAS classroom

Madhubani Flower Pots
Rangoli Sand Art / Coloring Pages
Splatter Paintings

1:00 – 1:20 pm – dance performance and workshop with Krithika Rajkumar
1:30 pm – Outdoor color play in parking lot*
* Outdoor color play will be with organic powder. Participants are encouraged to wear white clothes that may stain, bring towels, and wear sunglasses or other protective eyewear. There will not be re-entry to the New Art building after color play.

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.
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Newton Free Library presents Souvenirs of Italy: 19th Century Sculpture in the Library's Permanent Collection of Art
2022-03-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The 19th-century grand tour of Italy is present at the library in three marbles by Zocchi, Adams, and Benzoni – unfamiliar names that will come to life with a discussion of sculptures of Michelangelo as a boy, a south Italian shepherd boy, and Diana, presented by Amy Golahny.
This is the final session of this two-part series about the library’s permanent collection of art. All are welcome, including those who did not attend Part I.
Amy Golahny, Ph.D. Columbia University, is Richmond Professor Emerita of Lycoming College, Williamsport PA. She has lectured internationally, authored and edited books and articles on Rembrandt and other topics, and served as president of the Historians of Netherlandish Art.

New Art Center presents Art As Salve
2022-03-23 08:00 - 17:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Rooted in the concept of Healing Justice, Art as Salve showcases responses and interventions to generational trauma and violence with the hope of impactful change to mend our bodies, hearts and minds. The exhibit, Art as Salve, asks the question – how might art function as a holistic intervention for survivors of oppression and violence? What would happen if art was used as a symbol for healing? Visit the New Art Corridor to see these introspective works and share in this healing process with New Art Center, the artists, and the community around us.
This exhibition is a part of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Curatorial Program. As a community arts education space, the New Art Center believes that art creates change. With a 44+ year history of building community through art, we recognize it is crucial to use our platform to fight systemic racism and social injustices.
The BIPOC Curatorial Program enables curators who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color to develop and share exhibitions that spark dialogue, share personal vision, and personal experiences through curation. We hope this opportunity will create much needed dialogue to counter systemic racism.
https://newartcenter.org/class/art-as-salve-a-close-looking-tour/

Newton Art Association presents: Learning to Look / Looking to Learn – Critique and the Creative Process
2022-03-24 19:30 - 21:00 | MA
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 to look and looking to learn.”
Ellen Schön is Adjunct Faculty in Fine Arts and former Ceramics Studio Supervisor Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA since 2002. She received a BA from Marlboro College (Ceramics and Perceptual Psychology) and MFA in Ceramics from Boston University’s Program in Artisanry.
Schön has organized and co-curated interdisciplinary group exhibitions in non-profit venues in Boston and internationally. She has fostered international artist collaboration and exchange through participation in artist symposia and residencies in eight countries.
Schön was a recipient of The Artist Foundation Fellowship from MA Council on Art and Humanities and past Artist Fellow at the St. Botolph Club in Boston. She is a member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery. Schön has exhibited widely in the US. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA.
The zoom link will be found here.

Newton Theatre Company presents: Our Tears Are the Same Color: Parallel Narratives of Palestinian and Israeli Women
2022-03-25 20:00 - 21:30, 2022-03-26 20:00 - 21:30, 2022-03-27 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-04-01 20:00 - 21:30, 2022-04-02 20:00 - 21:30, 2022-04-03 16:00 - 17:30 | St John’s Episcopal Church, Newton, MA, 297 Lowell Avenue, Newtonville, MA, 02460
Our newest production came about because of a unique partnership between Newton Theatre Company and the Parents Circle-Families Forum.
Our Tears Are the Same Color:
Parallel Narratives of Bereaved
Palestinian and Israeli Women
March 25 – April 3, 2022
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Presented in partnership with the Parents Circle-Families Forum
Four women, two Palestinian and two Israeli, share stories from their childhoods, memories of their families, and the moments they learned of their loved ones’ deaths. Their stories, woven together, call for deeper understanding of shared pain and suffering as a way forward. Two Newton Theatre Company performers act as storytellers, sharing these deeply personal accounts of the precariousness of life during the ongoing conflict.

New Philharmonia Orchestra presents: Classics III
2022-03-27 15:00 | MA
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.

Newton Art Association presents The Art of Healing at the Allen Center
2022-03-28 08:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
A Collaborative Exhibit with Newton Cultural Alliance at The Allen Center beginning March 28, 2022.
Opening reception: April 3, 2022, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Masks and proof of vaccination are required for admission.
Show closes: May 1, 2022 – A Closing Reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Newton Free Library presents: Mario Lanza at 101: A Tribute to the great American Tenor
2022-03-29 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
Join Erika Reitshamer for a lecture that examines the extraordinary rise, fall – and posthumous rehabilitation – of the most controversial tenor of the 20th century – Mario Lanza. The name Mario Lanza did not belong in the hallowed halls of great opera singers. He owed his popularity to second-rate Hollywood movies and sang classical arias and pop songs to the masses that adored him. He also inspired the biggest names in opera to turn to the craft with his film The Great Caruso. It is time to reassess Mario Lanza at the centennial of his birth!
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Historic Newton presents: George Wein: Newton's Jazz Master
2022-03-31 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
George Wein: Newton’s Jazz Master
Date:
03/31/2022 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Virtual Meeting
Newton, Massachusetts 02459
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Explore the life and achievements of Newton native George Wein (1925-2021), founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, pianist, bandleader, educator, nightclub proprietor and producer of concerts and festivals worldwide, in this talk by jazz critic Bob Blumenthal. Named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment of the Arts in 2005, Wein is best known for pioneering the contemporary music festival. In a career that spanned three quarters of a century, he presented every major figure in the jazz world and worked tirelessly to expand the music’s national and international audience. Part of the Newton History Series presented by Historic Newton and the Newton Free Library. Register here.

Zamir Chorale of Boston presents: A Choral Rainbow Part 3
2022-04-04 19:30 - 21:00 | MA
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 | MA
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.

The Newton Free Library Presents: How Art Reflects Adversity
2022-04-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Michael 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 by a grant from the Newton local cultural council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Historic Newton presents Exploring 'Defective Delinquency' Laws
2022-04-12 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
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 Bridgewater State Prison. At our Zoom program, students from Gann Academy share what they learned about the law and the personal stories of many of those imprisoned under this law. They will also discuss a museum exhibit and website that they designed to teach about this little-known but vitally important chapter of American history. Register here.

New Art Center presents Artist Talk: Marlon Forrester
2022-04-14 18:00 - 19:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Dates: 4/14
Details: Thursday, 1 Session
Times: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The rise of NFTs has radically changed how we see the future of art. Painting, drawing, and sculpture must find ways to push into a space in which both spectacle and society embrace a new digital currency. Join Marlon Forrester for a conversation based on his reflections on stepping through the looking glass of traditional artmaking into a new reality of NFTs and the Metaverse, reflections on his process and sale of his 1st NFT.
About the artist:
Marlon Forrester, born 1976 in Guyana, South America, is an artist and educator raised in Boston, MA. He is a recipient of the 2021 James and Audrey Foster Prize and his work is in the collection of the ICA/Boston. Forrester is a graduate of School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, B.A 2008 and Yale School of Art, M.F.A. 2010. He is a resident artist at African American Masters Artist Residency Program (AAMARP) adjunct to the Department of African-American Studies in association with Northeastern University. He worked previously as a painting lecturer at SMFA (2017-2019) and has shown both internationally and nationally. His current body of work explores how through media, Pop Culture, and advertisement the black male body is commodified through the sport of basketball. Utilizing his concept of “disequilibrium” he works to deconstruct the rites and rituals found within the game and life through his drawings, paintings, performance and large-scale installation.
