Pro Arte’s Salon Series – Salon 3
Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United StatesPro 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…
Newton Free Library presents: The Navigation Case
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesJoin author John Happ as he recounts the discovery of an aged and glossy leather briefcase in his family house. Learn how the contents of that case revealed the true-life saga of his father’s participation in fascinating but deadly cadet training and violent air missions in New Guinea! Happ’s book, The Navigation Case, reveals the drama…
Zamir Chorale of Boston presents: A Choral Rainbow – Part 2
Join Zamir Chorale of Boston for part 2 of the online series A Choral Rainbow, featuring recorded choral performances and conversations with the conductors of diverse and under-represented communities. 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…
Newton Art Association presents: Legal Issues for Artists
ZoomWhat 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…
The Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: The Pact
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesSCREENING: 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…
Newton Free Library presents: Racism Not Race with Joseph L. Graves and Alan H. Goodman
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesAuthors Joseph L. Graves Jr. and Alan H. Goodman will discuss their book Racism, Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions. The science on race is clear. Common categories like “Black,” “White,” and “Asian” do not represent genetic differences among groups. But if race is a pernicious fiction according to natural science, it is all too…
Newton Art Association presents: Human Being / Being Human: Experience. Reflection. Engagement.
Piano Craft Gallery 793 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, United StatesThe Newton Art Association in association with the Piano Craft Gallery in Boston and the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry presents Human Being / Being Human: Experience. Reflection. Engagement. The NAA's first open juried show includes 33 artists—including 18 NAA members—and 45 artworks. The exhibit opens Friday, Feb. 4, and runs through Feb. 27 at the…
Newton Free Library presents: How to Make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald Walker
Join the Newton Free Library for an evening with Jerald Walker. He will read excerpts from and discuss his new book titled How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, which was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in nonfiction and winner of the 2020 Massachusetts Book Award in nonfiction. A Q and…
Newton Free Library presents: Jellyfish: How to Pastel Paint with Greg Maichack
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesJoin 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…
New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Stephanie Osser
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesDates: 3/4 Details: Friday, 1 Session Times: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Stephanie Osser Illustrator- Boston, Massachusetts. At a time when the world’s news is filled with hardships, fearful concerns, negativity, and divisiveness, I have committed my art to the uplifting of the human spirit and as an emanation of optimism. It is my hope that each work…