Newton Cultural Alliance

New Rep presents Sunday Celebration
2022-05-15 16:00 (America/New_York) | 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

Historic Newton presents 2022 Newton House Tours
2022-05-15, 2022-05-14 | 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.

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.

Cappella Clausura presents: Psalms and Requiems
2022-05-14 20:00 | 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

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.

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.
Demo with Stephanie Stigliano | Artists Books

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.

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 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]

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Pro Arte's Ensemble Series - Ensemble 3
2022-05-01 15:00 | 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.

Amherst Early Music Classes
2022-05-01 13:00 - 16:30, 2022-04-30 13:00 - 16:30 | MA
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

https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/news/april-class-schedule-one-may

Music for Food presents Fantastic Duos
2022-04-30 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Fantastic Duos for the Newton Food Pantry – Pianist Solon Gordon and violinist Lily Tsai play Brahms and Schubert.

About this event

A wonderful concert of violin-piano duos—including Schubert’s transcendent Fantasy in C major and Brahms’ loving A major sonata—performed by Solon Gordon and Lily Tsai, to benefit the Newton Food Pantry and Newton Community Freedge.

*Masks and proof of vaccination are required for attendance.
To donate to the concert, please visit our donate page.

New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Rébecca Bourgault
2022-04-29 18:00 - 19:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Details: Friday, 1 Session
Times: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Rébecca Bourgault is a visual artist, art educator, community artist, and scholar. An assistant professor of Art Education at Boston University, Bourgault grew up in rural Québec surrounded by artists and artisans. Humorously self-identified as a late bloomer, Bourgault traveled around the world in her youth, studying visual arts, and completing an MFA later, in her thirties. She exhibited and taught sculpture and drawing at art colleges in Canada, before moving to New York City for doctoral studies in Art Education at Columbia University. Bourgault’s artistic and scholarly research has been presented in the US and internationally. She published in edited volumes such as the Wiley Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Art and Design (2019) and Art as an agent of Social Change (2020). Recent articles appeared in the International Journal of Education & the Arts, the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, and the International Journal of Lifelong Learning in Art Education.
Her research interests include community arts as it overlaps with social justice issues, socially engaged art practices, quiet activism, and arts-based research pedagogies. Bourgault maintains a multimodal artistic practice that blends visual, aural and written art forms.

Newton Free Library presents Women in World Jazz: Women Activists for Peace and Social Justice
2022-04-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Women in World Jazz (WIWJ) for a virtual concert that will feature composers who use their music to promote social justice and peace. Learn about women who left their impact on history including Joan Baez and Nina Simone, as well as contemporary composers and activists such as Beyoncé, Annie Lenox, and Angélique Kidjo. The event will feature live presentations and pre-recorded performances/virtual collaborations.

WIWJ’s international ensemble of all-female performers presents a variety of educational programs for the whole family that showcase music from around the world.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton local cultural council, a local agency that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Highland Glee Club presents Spring Concert
2022-04-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Newton City Hall Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The Highland Glee Club is presenting our annual spring concert. The theme is All’s Fair: Songs of Love and War for Men’s Voices. Music of Elgar, Schubert, Mendelssohn and others.

Newton Free Library presents Climate Change Solutions with Congressman Jake Auchincloss & Newton's Youth Leaders
2022-04-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Congressman Jake Auchincloss for an update on climate change legislation and what his priorities are in that regard. Newton’s youth leaders will also share their concerns about climate change, what we can do locally, and provide more information on what is being done on the national level.
This program is part of the Green Newton series. Visit their website here.

Newton Free Library presents Prince of Pirates & the Witch of Wellfleet
2022-04-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Prince of Pirates & the Witch of Wellfleet (for ages 16+)

Join storyteller Rona Leventhal for an enthralling, pre-recorded rendition of her one-woman show, The Prince of Pirates and the Witch of Wellfleet. Rona will present her version of a classic Cape Cod tale that is a mixture of history and legend, set in the early 1700s. Playing fifteen characters, Rona offers an engaging, powerful look at life in Puritan New England through the lens of the story. The show addresses the history of the era, universal themes, “gang mentality” of the masses, hypocrisy, and resilience. A Q and A will follow.
This program is for ages 16+ only.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton local cultural council, a local agency that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Betsy Silverman | Collage
2022-04-14 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
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.

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.

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.

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.
Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.
Image: Greenscape by Anonymous

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.

Amherst Early Music Classes
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
