Pro Arte's Ensemble Series - Ensemble 3
2022-05-01 15:00 (America/New_York) | MA
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 Free Library presents Discovering Italian Renaissance Sculpture in the Newton Free Library's Art Collection: Michelangelo and Friends
2022-05-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Michelangelo’s sculptures Moses and Lorenzo de’Medici belong to the library in replicas. Join Amy Golahny for the first in this two-part series on the library’s permanent collection of art. The discussion will place these pieces in their original context, and demonstrate Michelangelo’s powerful influence on younger sculptors in Florence such as Giambologna and his Mercury.
Amy Golahny, PhD 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.

Newton Free Library presents Journey to Greenland with Erica Ferencik
2022-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join author, Erica Ferencik, for a program that will focus on her journey to Greenland to do the research for her latest book, Girl in Ice. Details will follow.

Newton Piano Summit 2022
2022-05-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
The Newton Piano Summit 2022 season will feature Classical, Latin, and Jazz. A vaccination card is required to attend.
May 7th, 1 pm. Andrus Madsen and April Sun performing the Goldberg Variations.
“The Goldberg Variations are among the most meaningful works J. S. Bach wrote for keyboard.” Josef Rheinberger, 1883
Newton’s own Andrus Madsen is well-known internationally in early music circles and performs on the organ, harpsichord clavichord and fortepiano. He is the founding director of Newton Baroque. Originally from Provo, Utah, Andrus received a Bachelor’s degree in organ performance from Brigham Young University and went on to the Eastman School of Music, where he completed a Master’s degree in Musicology, and a Masters and Doctorate in harpsichord performance. Madsen is known for his eloquent Baroque style improvisations. His recording of keyboard music by Pachelbel has received critical acclaim. “Superb recordings of superb instruments by a musician who deserves to be better known.” (Michael Barone of pipedreams).
​Boston-based pianist ​​​​April Sun co-founded the Meadowlark Piano Trio, frequently collaborates with the Phoenix and the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestras, and has performed at Calderwood Hall (Boston), Bing Concert Hall (Stanford), Spectrum (NYC), Pepsico Hall (Fort Worth), and the American Exchange Center at Jiaotong University (China). She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts and teaches at the Brookline Music School. She serves as a collaborative pianist at New England Conservatory and Boston University.

Suzuki School of Newton presents Young People's Multicultural Festival
2022-05-07 14:00 - 18:00 | Suzuki School of Newton, 1615 Beacon St, Waban, MA, 02468, United States
Please join us on Saturday, May 7th from 2-6 pm in a celebration of music, dance, and visual arts in a truly Multicultural Festival for the whole family.
Featuring:
2 pm-Brazilian drumming from Grooversity
3 pm- Africano Waltham Dance troupe
4 pm- Pumawari Tusuy Peruvian Dance
5 pm- Suzuki School Of Newton faculty in non-classical styles!
This free event will be held in Waban at the historic home of the Suzuki School of Newton. 1615 Beacon Street, Waban MA 02468.

Concert by Duo Amie to benefit Shelter Music Boston
2022-05-07 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Please join us Saturday May 7th, 2022 at 3 pm, at the beautiful Allen House in Newton, MA for a benefit concert in support of Shelter Music Boston! The musical program, Shall We Dance?, is a celebration of dance music and will be performed by the popular Boston-based piano-cello ensemble, Duo Amie (Julie Reimann, cello, Ellyses Kuan, piano), with guest appearance by Shelter Music Boston Artistic Director and renowned violinist, Adrian Anantawan. Incorporating folk dances, waltzes, and Latin American dances, the program will include Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango, Elizondo’s Danzas Latinoamericanas, Saint-Saen’s Danse Macabre, Kapustin’s Nearly Waltz, Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances, and more! An ice cream reception sponsored by Rancatore’s Ice Cream will follow the performance. 100% of concert proceeds will benefit Shelter Music Boston, a nonprofit organization promoting community, creative interaction, respect, and the therapeutic benefit of music by performing chamber music concerts of the highest quality in homeless shelters and other sheltering environments.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Stephanie Stigliano | Artists Books
2022-05-12 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
Demo with Stephanie Stigliano | Artists Books
Two-hour workshop in folded paper magic!
All you need are index cards, a ruler, scissors, a glue stick, and a pencil.
Join Stephanie Stigliano on May 12, 2022, as she shows you how to make easy sample structures on paper. These three-dimensional forms fold flat for storage. You can adapt them for cards, books, or ornaments. She will also show you examples of how she uses similar forms in her artwork. Stigliano has been teaching book arts and printmaking since 1988.
http://stephaniemahanstigliano.com
ZOOM LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86558598443?pwd=[REDACTED]

Historic Newton presents 2022 Newton House Tours
2022-05-14, 2022-05-15 | MA
See how design professionals have brought their singular vision into their own Newton homes in this exclusive video tour.

About this event

Our 2022 House Tour showcases four Newton homes owned by design professionals. In our exclusive videos, the owners show and explain highlights of their architecture, renovations, furnishings, and decor. Take an inside look at creative, original ways to make the most of Newton’s architectural treasures, including Greek Revival, Colonial, and modern homes. Tickets include tour videos and access to a Zoom panel discussion with the designers at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 15. All ticket proceeds benefit Historic Newton. Tickets are not refundable. Special thanks to the tour’s lead sponsor, The Village Bank.

The Scandinavian Center presents Syttende Mai Celebration
2022-05-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
SYTTENDE MAI CELEBRATION

Norumbega Lodge #3-506, Sons of Norway presents a family picnic on the front lawn of the SCC in honor of Norway’s national independence day, Syttende Mai (officially observed on May 17). Sons of Norway invites you to join them for a parade and picnic to commemorate this festive occasion.
Join in the procession with flags and singing, feast on Scandinavian foods, have kids’ games and competitions, and a “tale for dagen” (speech of the day). Bring your family and friends – all ages are welcome! Gratulerer med dagen!
more details to follow

Newton Piano Summit 2022
2022-05-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
May 14th, 1 pm. Harold Charon, Explorations in Latin Music.
One of the things we try to do with the Summit is feature talent before they get Grammys, world attention, and command fees well above our current budgets, and yes this has happened! We poll past summit artists regularly to see who’s the new hot talent on the scene and this time Harold Charon’s name kept coming up.
Harold Charon is the youngest headliner we have featured on the Summit, only slightly younger than Jimin Park a few years ago. Originally from Havana, he began piano lessons at 5 years old. Exuding musicianship decades beyond his years, he went on a Canadian tour which included the Halifax Jazz Festival and received training from Fred Hersh, Taylor Eigsty, Billy Childs and the late great jazz master Chick Corea.
Crossing genres, Harold has worked with a variety of artists including Leo Vera, La Cruzada, and Los Clasicos. In 2016 he joined Janio Abreu and Aire D’ Concierto, where he worked as a pianist and composer for Ruy Lopez-Nussa y La Academia. Currently, he is finishing his studies at Berklee, majoring in jazz composition and performance. His music features influences from Latin, Salsa, Jazz and Timba. Timba is a Cuban genre of music based on Cuban son with salsa, American funk/R&B, and the strong influence of Afro-Cuban folkloric music. Chucho Valdez, bandleader of Irakere is considered one of the founders of the style. He’s bringing some amazing talent with him including Trumpeter Richard Stanmeyer who also studies at Berklee on a grant from the college’s Presidential Scholarship Committee. His teachers include Tia Fuller, Marquis Hill, Jason Palmer, Charlie Lewis, and Jeff Stout among others. He performs regularly around town at Wally’s Jazz Café, the House of Blues, the Middle East, PAX East, and The Lilypad. Cristián Tamblay is a Chilean drummer who performs and records with a wide variety of global artists. Ernan D. Ramos Ortiz “Ed Rox” – Congas and Cajon – is a multi-instrumentalist, rapper, composer, and producer who is strongly influenced by the rich musical culture of Puerto Rico and his upbringing in a family of musicians. “For me, music is the only way that your soul can speak itself.” Michael Doughty is a bassist from North Andover, MA. and recently was the bassist for Berklee’s Signature Series concert featuring Afro-Cuban artist, Daymé Arocena.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Stephanie Stigliano | Artists Books
2022-05-14 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
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/

New Rep presents Valerie Stephens
2022-05-14 19:00 - 21:00 | The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Mosesian The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts info@mosesianarts.org 617-923-0100 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA, 02472
Valerie Stephens NINA SIMONE & Hip Hop
SATURDAY, MAY 14TH AT 7PM
THE MAIN STAGE THEATER AT THE MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Valerie Stephens is a performing artist/ arts educator with a passion for history. For one night only, Valerie is bringing her newest NINA Tribute production “NINA SIMONE & Hip Hop” to New Repertory Theatre audiences!

Valerie Stephens is a multi-talented performing artist known for work in music, theater, storytelling and production. Valerie is also known for her commitment to Nina Simone’s Legacy having created a series celebratory concerts. The most recent is Nina Simone & Hip Hop. For her artistic work and community commitment Valerie has received a Brother Thomas Fellowship with an unrestricted award of $15,000. She has also received a Bridge Award in Arts, a Boston City Council Resolution for her community arts programming and performances, and a Get Konnected! Boston Legends & Pioneers Award, a NAACP Image Award, an Urban Music Award in Blues and Citations of Appreciation from Boston, New Bedford and Springfield.

Cappella Clausura presents: Psalms and Requiems
2022-05-14 20:00, 2022-05-15 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.
Psalms and Requiems:
Lili Boulanger’s outstanding Psalm 130 with string orchestra and harp, plus works by Florence Price, Elena Ruehr, and Amelia LeClair.
May 14th @ 8 PM: Eliot Church in Newton
May 15th @ 4 PM: Emmanuel Church in Boston

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.

New Rep presents Sunday Celebration
2022-05-15 16:00 | The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Mosesian The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts info@mosesianarts.org 617-923-0100 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA, 02472
New Repertory Theatre presents its first Sunday Celebration featuring Valerie Stephens and Alexandria Danielle King on Sunday, May 15th at 4pm at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown.
This spicy, rhythmic celebration will feature the words of Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and a little Peggy Lee thrown in!
Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased through this link: Sunday Celebration One | New Rep

Theatre Ink Proudly presents Mamma Mia!
2022-05-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-05-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-05-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-05-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Mamma Mia!
May 19-21,2022 at 7:30PM
May 22 at 2:00 PM
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY Bjorn UlvaeusBjorn Ulvaeus
and Benny Andersson
BOOK BY Catherine Johnson Catherine Johnson
ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia! A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!

All Newton Music School presents Music in May
2022-05-21 09:00 - 17:00 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Each May, our students are given an opportunity to perform in front of their families, friends, and community members at our annual music festival. For over 30 years, ANMS has held Music in May, an event that brings our community together to participate in classical music performances, musical theater shows, outdoor rock band concerts, and more. Let’s celebrate a year of learning and experience the joy of live music!
Q: What is Music in May?
A: Music in May is our annual all-day recital and performance festival. Students perform with their studio, class, chamber group, or rock band.
Q: What can we do at Music in May?
A: Music in May is full of fun events and performances:
-Watch your friends and neighbors perform pieces, musicals, and their favorite songs!
-Enjoy pizza, popcorn, and sweet treats at our food stand.
-Enter to win great prizes in our basket raffle.
-Shop for your favorite All Newton merchandise at our ANMS Music Marketplace.
-Participate in our 110 Year Anniversary Time Capsule – Write a message that will be sealed in our Donor’s Garden, a wonderful way to commemorate all of the hard work and creativity that kept the music going during extraordinary times.

Newton Open Studios
2022-05-21 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-22 11:00 - 17:00 | MA
Newton Open Studios 2022!
May 21 & 22
Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 5pm, indoor and outdoor locations

The Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: SCREENING: OUT STEALING HORSES (2019)
2022-05-21 13:00 - 15:30 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
SCREENING: OUT STEALING HORSES (2019)

November 1999: 67-year-old Trond (Stellan Skarsgård), lives in self-imposed isolation and looks forward to welcoming in the new millennium alone. As winter arrives he meets one of his few neighbors, Lars (Bjørn Floberg), and realizes he knew him back in the summer of 1948. 1948 – the year Trond turned 15. The summer Trond grew up. OUT STEALING HORSES is based on the bestselling novel by Norwegian author Per Petterson, which received several important international awards and was included in The New York Times ’10 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction)’. Petterson’s novels have been translated into more than 50 languages.
Saturday, May 21, 2022 | 1:00 pm | $5; $3 for SCC and Library Members | tickets
In Norwegian with English subtitles | 123 minutes

Newton Piano Summit 2022
2022-05-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
May 21st, 1 pm. The Helen Sung Trio presents PUSH – Celebrating Women in Jazz
Simply put, Helen Sung is the most innovative, jaw-dropping new artist on the planet we have heard in years. She melds influences from jazz, classical, and Latin into astounding expeditions into new territories. Her latest album Quartet+ is breathtaking with incredibly tasteful, surprising, and dramatic new workings of some jazz standards, and inspiring original material. Currently residing in New York and touring major venues internationally, we are incredibly fortunate to have her make a stop in Newton on May 21st.
Helen is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston, Texas, and graduate of its High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), she went on to become part of the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute (now the Herbie Hancock Institute) at the New England Conservatory of Music. Her recent releases Sung With Words (Stricker Street), a collaborative project with renowned poet Dana Gioia, and Anthem For A New Day (Concord Jazz) topped the jazz charts. Quartet+ (Sunnyside Records), her latest release, followed suit, garnering a 4.5-star DownBeat review and inclusion in its “Best of 2021 Albums” list and a JazzTimes cover story (January 2022 issue). Helen and her band have at performed at Newport, Monterey, Disney Hall, SFJAZZ, and Carnegie Hall. Internationally, her “NuGenerations” Project toured southern Africa as a U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassador, and recent engagements include debuts at the London Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, Blue Note Beijing, and the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. She has performed with such luminaries as the late Clark Terry, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis (who named her as one of his “Who’s Got Next: Jazz Musicians to Watch!”), MacArthur Fellow Regina Carter, and Grammy-winning artists including Terri Lyne Carrington, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and the Mingus Big Band. Helen is a Steinway Artist and has served on the jazz faculties at Berklee College of Music, the Juilliard School, and Columbia University.
Her trio includes David Wong, bass and Kendrick Scott, drums
david wongDavid Wong was born and raised in New York City and is a graduate of the LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts. In 2004, he graduated from the Juilliard School in classical music. He has studied classical bass with Orin O’Brien of the New York Philharmonic, and jazz bass with legends Ron Carter, Ben Wolfe, and John Clayton. From 2003 to 2004, as part of the Eric Reed Trio, he performed in Europse and the United States, and with Jazz at Lincoln Center. He is currently a member of Roy Haynes’ Fountain of Youth band as well as bassist with the Heath Brothers quartet, led by jazz legends Jimmy and Albert “Tootie” Heath. David has also beeen performing with singer Sachal Vasandani, and pianists Jeb Patton. and Dan Nimmer, among others.

Since graduating from Berklee in 2002, Kendrick Scott has performed with a variety of name artists including the Jazz Crusaders, guitarist Pat Metheny, saxophonists Joe Lovano and Kenny Garrett, vocalists Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Gretchen Parlato and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, to name a few. Scott’s debut recording with his group Oracle recorded The Source in 2006, including pianists Aaron Parks and Robert Glasper, guitarist Lionel Loueke, vocalist Gretchen Parlato, and others. Scott also performed with the Terence Blanchard Quintet on the album A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (2007), which was nominated for two Grammy Awards for 2008. Kendrick was a member of the band that accompanied Terence Blanchard to the Monterey Jazz Festival’s 50th anniversary in 2007, and Scott embarked on the 22-state tour, starting in January, 2008 with the 50th Anniversary MJF All-Star Band. It featured the leaders of the past, present and future with Terence Blanchard on trumpet, James Moody on saxophone, Benny Green on piano, Derrick Hodge on bass, and jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon. Scott also currently plays with the Charles Lloyd Quartet, featuring alongside Reuben Rogers on bass, and Gerald Clayton on piano.

New Rep presents New Voices Theatre Festival
2022-05-21 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-22 15:00 - 16:00 | The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Mosesian The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts info@mosesianarts.org 617-923-0100 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA, 02472
New Rep’s first New Voices Theatre Festival will feature three twenty-minute plays directed by Jaime Carrillo, Inés De La Cruz, and Naomi Ibasitas. Each two-person cast will bring these stories to life in the intimate Black Box Theater at the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
Play summaries:
AURORA by Ramón Esquivel
The play takes place on an Autumn Night on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle in 2010. Kai has come here to end their life, and Halen tries to stop the attempt. We learn that Halen committed suicide in the same spot two years earlier, and has reappeared to support Kai in this time of crisis. This play employs magical realism in an ultimately uplifting story about depression, grief, metaphysics, and the transcendent nature of love.
ORGANIC by Jenna Jane
In a future where everyone is enhancing their bodies with the latest tech, 81-year-old Donna Goldman is an anomaly – she’s 100 percent organic. But now, there’s a problem: She’s dying. And a bionic body part is the only cure. Will cyborg Dr. Flores persuade her to abandon her sense of self to survive? This sci-fi drama explores the relationship between the body and the self.
BY ANY OTHER NAME by Erin Lerch
The play takes place in the age of space travel. In the aftermath of the disaster that destroyed her home, sole survivor Amaranth must decide who and how she needs to be in order to survive beneath the weight of others’ expectations.
Tickets are $25 for Adults, and $10 for students and can be purchased at Calendar | New Rep

The Scandi Cultural Center presents THE FANTASTIC ART OF PAPER CUTTING
2022-05-22 13:00 - 15:00 | MA
THE FANTASTIC ART OF PAPER CUTTING

Learn to create wonderful paper-cut beings with Danish artist, Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen, via Zoom.
Join celebrated Danish paper cutting artist Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen who has had several paper cut workshops in Denmark, Japan, and the US. The paper-cut universe of Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen is inhabited by beings who have previously been confined inside the paper. At that time the beings were weighed down by their own and ambient limitations.
In this online workshop, the participants can experience the very best of cutting paper – namely the moment when the paper is unfolded and the magic occurs – that is when the happy paper cut being emerges. Participants will also be exploring the paper cut artwork of renowned storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, and hear about Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen’s own journey to becoming a paper cutting artist.
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 | 1pm EST | $30; $25 for SCC Members | Register here
Students should supply their own materials so they can cut along with Torben:

A sharp pair of scissors.
Paper that is approximately the same thickness as printer paper.
Approximately 5 pieces of paper that are approximately 4 x 4 inches.
Approximately 5 pieces of paper that are approximately 1 x 2 inches.
Color according to students’ own wishes.

Skill Level: Beginner level and beyond
Meet your instructor, Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen
Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen started as a paper cut artist in 2004. Since then he has exhibited over 110 places in the U.S., Japan, and Denmark and has held numerous workshops in the same countries. He is 57 years old and lives in Odense in Denmark. Odense is where world-famous fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen was born. Andersen was also a very skilled paper cut artist several hundred years ago. Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen seeks with his paper cuts to maintain and renew this old paper cut tradition.
Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen lives in Odense, Denmark, which is the town where the world-famous fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen was born. Besides writing fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen was also a very skilled paper cut artist. Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen humbly tries with his paper cuts to keep the paper-cutting tradition alive today, which Hans Christian Andersen was an exponent of almost 200 years ago.
See more about Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen:
www.facebook.com/JarlstroemPaperArt
www.JarlstroemPaperArt.dk
Twitter: @JarlstroemPaper
Instagram: @JarlstroemPaperArt
E-shop: www.etsy.com/shop/JarlstroemPaperArt

New Philharmonia Orchestra presents: Classics IV
2022-05-22 15:00 | MA
The New Philharmonia Orchestra wraps up its exciting 27th season filled with celebratory spirit, incredible music, and exciting guest performances. Join them for their Classics IV program featuring works by Jose Elizondo and Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $10-$50. For more information visit newphil.org.
