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New Art Center Remote Class: Acrylic and Oil Painting – Intermediate/Advanced
New Art Center Remote Class: Acrylic and Oil Painting – Intermediate/Advanced
Explore the emotive, expressive and representative qualities of paint in an exciting studio environment. Focus on the painting process, how marks and color can be generated from spontaneous reactions to a subject, and learn to explore and exploit the accidental freshness of material. Use oil, acrylic or other water based paints in this course for…
New Art Center Remote Class: Post-Modern Assemblage Painting
New Art Center Remote Class: Post-Modern Assemblage Painting
Paint, block print, or push the envelope with a postmodern approach to assemblage. Grow your practice through thoughtful critiques with attention to individual strengths. Combine your favorite forms in this creative and invigorating atmosphere. Intermediate level. See website for materials list and more info. Class runs from 3/30 to 6/1 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM. No…
SCC: Duo Xuberg – Souvenirs and Fantasy POSTPONED
SCC: Duo Xuberg – Souvenirs and Fantasy POSTPONED
Pianists Alice Chenyang Xu and Miles Fellenberg present a duet program, including Samuel Barber's delightful "Souvenirs" suite and Schubert's beloved Fantasia in F minor. Scandinavian Cultural Center is delighted to introduce to you this wonderful piano duo who, are both currently completing their doctorates in music at New England Conservatory. Part of Music Mondays at…
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Newton Open Studios – Artists Online
Newton Open Studios is now online! Browse the NOS website for paintings, jewelry, ceramics, sculptures, wearable art, photography and more--all at your fingertips. Works in this photo include Shepherd's Run Jewelry, Marian Dioguardi, Michele Hoben, and John J. Murray. Click here!
New Art Center Remote Class: Painting Beyond Foundations
New Art Center Remote Class: Painting Beyond Foundations
Intermediate and advanced students explore and develop personal themes while pushing their skills to the limit. Demos, group exercises, color theory, advanced painting techniques with regular critique and conversation support and extend creativity and competency. See website for materials list and more info. Class runs from 3/31 to 5/19, from 9:30AM to 12:30PM. No class…
New Art Center Remote Class: Contemporary Explorations
New Art Center Remote Class: Contemporary Explorations
This course for advanced painters offers the chance to develop individual work within a group context. Individual painting and drawing development is facilitated through one-on-one discussions with the instructor and group critiques. No oil paint or oil paint products are allowed for this class. See website for materials list and more info. Class runs from…
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Zamir Chorale: Weekly Musical Message
Zamir is pleased to share a weekly musical message of inspiration. This week's message features "Psalm 90" by Charles Ives, the final verses performed by Zamir on June 14, 2017. Watch now and be inspired by this delightful synthesis of words and music.
New Art Center Remote Class: Painting Foundations
New Art Center Remote Class: Painting Foundations
Set your inner artist free in a studio painting class! Working from observation, beginners will complete exercises in value, color, and chroma. Advanced beginners begin to generate their own projects while absorbing instruction, critique, and healthy doses of encouragement. All will explore new techniques and painting concepts. This class provides a solid, comprehensive foundation in…
New Art Center Remote Class: Drawn to Paint
New Art Center Remote Class: Drawn to Paint
Learning to draw and learning to paint are treated as inseparable in this class. Much of what people think of as painting difficulties are really drawing issues. Half of each class will be spent drawing, practicing specific skills which will help you see. The other half will be painting from observation (still life and figure…
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Cappella Clausura: Encore Performance of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Cantatas
Enjoy Cappella Clausura's beautiful performances of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s cantatas. Fanny wrote her extraordinary and timely “Cholera” cantata in 1831 to commemorate that year's epidemic in Berlin, so Cappella Clausura is particularly pleased to be able to share it with you now. More info about Cappella Clausura at clausura.org. View this performance here.
New Art Center Remote Class: Beginning Drawing
New Art Center Remote Class: Beginning Drawing
Sharpen your observation skills and learn to develop accurate and expressive drawings using a variety of materials. This is a professional yet fun introduction to drawing! Learning to draw provides students with an excellent foundation for additional drawing, painting, and other art explorations. See website for materials list and more info. Class runs from 4/2…
New Art Center Remote Class: Painting – Oil & Acrylic
New Art Center Remote Class: Painting – Oil & Acrylic
Enjoy painting at your own level and at your own pace in this supportive class environment, with one-on-one teacher/student interaction. Unlock your hidden talents or expand the talents you have already nurtured. Learn to express yourself by working from a picture of your choice or a still-life set up, exploring all the steps of the…
New Art Center Remote Class: Drawn to Paint
New Art Center Remote Class: Drawn to Paint
This class is for beginners and more advanced students who wish to get grounded again in the basics. Learning to draw and learning to paint are treated as inseparable in this class. Half of each class will be spent drawing, practicing specific skills which will help you see more precisely. The other half will be…
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Newton Baroque: Encore Performance on Facebook
Newton Baroque presents its January 12, 2019, performance of Johann Jakob Walther 'Hortulus Chelicus' Sonata 24, Prelude via Facebook. This program features Susanna Ogata, violin; Sarah Freiberg Ellison, cello; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo; and Andrus Madsen, harpsichord. Listen to this delightful performance now here. More about Newton Baroque at newtonbaroque.org.
First Church Chestnut Hill: Organ Music Online
First Church in Chestnut Hill is pleased to share this soothing organ music – 'Meditation #3 Twilight' by Pamela Marshall. Go here to listen right now. Scroll down the page, push the blue button, and enjoy! More info about First Church Chestnut Hill at firstchurchchestnuthill.org.
WSYMCA: Poetry Night CANCELED
WSYMCA: Poetry Night CANCELED
Join the West Suburban YMCA for Poetry Night. This monthly event features readings by two local poets, then guests are invited to participate in the open mic portion of the evening to share their own written work. FREE and open to the public. Poetry Night occurs on the first Friday of every month. More info…
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First Church Chestnut Hill: Organ Music Online
First Church in Chestnut Hill is pleased to share this soothing organ music – 'Meditation #3 Twilight' by Pamela Marshall. Go here to listen right now. Scroll down the page, push the blue button, and enjoy! More info about First Church Chestnut Hill at firstchurchchestnuthill.org.
Suzuki School of Newton: Solo Recitals @ 3:00 & 4:30 PM CANCELED
Suzuki School of Newton: Solo Recitals @ 3:00 & 4:30 PM CANCELED
Violin, viola, cello, piano, flute, guitar, and harp students from the Suzuki School of Newton will present their polished pieces in two solo recitals: one beginning at 3:00pm, and a second beginning at 4:30pm. The recitals are free and open to the public.
Violin Duo Miolina presents “Maple & Spruce, Birch & Pine” POSTPONED
Violin Duo Miolina presents “Maple & Spruce, Birch & Pine” POSTPONED
Described as displaying “brilliance of sound, technical mastery, and stunning expressivity” by I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, violin duo Miolina (Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold) is excited to make their Boston debut. In a program of premieres for violin duo, the concert features new works written for Miolina by Finnish composer Tomi Räisänen, Swedish composer and sound artist…
Cappella Clausura: ReSound in the Convent CANCELED
Cappella Clausura: ReSound in the Convent CANCELED
Immerse yourself in moving constellations of singers, featuring music by virtually every baroque nun we have championed from the Northern Italian baroque, such as Chiara Cozzolani, Raffaella Aleotti, Bianca Maria Media, Sulpitia Cesis, plus new music by Patricia Van Ness and Suzanne Sheppard. With Dan Stepner and Julie Levin, violins; Laura Jeppesen, gamba; and Catherine…
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Newton Nomadic Theater: Poems on a Sunday Night
Newton Nomadic Theater: Poems on a Sunday Night
On Sunday night, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., the Newton Nomadic Theater will host “Poems on a Sunday Night” streamed live to their Facebook page. Send your favorite poem to JerReilly@yahoo.com no later than Friday evening. They'll recruit actors to read them – a different actor for each one, and we’ll give you an on-the-air shout…
Newton Open Studios CANCELED
Newton Open Studios CANCELED
Newton Open Studios is one of the largest and longest-running open studio events in the region, with scores of pop-up exhibit/sales locations all across Newton every spring. FREE and open to the public. More info at newtonopenstudios.org.
Suzuki School of Newton: Solo Recitals @ 3:15 & 4:45 PM CANCELED
Suzuki School of Newton: Solo Recitals @ 3:15 & 4:45 PM CANCELED
Violin, viola, cello, piano, flute, guitar, and harp students from the Suzuki School of Newton will present their polished pieces in two solo recitals: one beginning at 3:15pm, and a second beginning at 4:45pm. The recitals are free and open to the public.
1 event,
Cappella Clausura: Encore Performance of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Cantatas
Enjoy Cappella Clausura's beautiful performances of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s cantatas. Fanny wrote her extraordinary and timely “Cholera” cantata in 1831 to commemorate that year's epidemic in Berlin, so Cappella Clausura is particularly pleased to be able to share it with you now. More info about Cappella Clausura at clausura.org. View this performance here.
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Newton Open Studios – Artists Online
Newton Open Studios is now online! Browse the NOS website for paintings, jewelry, ceramics, sculptures, wearable art, photography and more--all at your fingertips. Works in this photo include Shepherd's Run Jewelry, Marian Dioguardi, Michele Hoben, and John J. Murray. Click here!
2 events,
Zamir Chorale: Weekly Musical Message
Zamir is pleased to share a weekly musical message of inspiration. This week's message features "Psalm 90" by Charles Ives, the final verses performed by Zamir on June 14, 2017. Watch now and be inspired by this delightful synthesis of words and music.
Matt Heaton and the Outside Toys presents “Mornings With Matt”
Matt Heaton and the Outside Toys presents “Mornings With Matt”
Children's musician Matt Heaton, a favorite at the Newton Free Library, is broadcasting daily online singlaongs, 10-11am, Monday through Friday, through Facebook Live. Click here to visit his Facebook page.
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Newton Baroque: Encore Performance on Facebook
Newton Baroque presents its January 12, 2019, performance of Johann Jakob Walther 'Hortulus Chelicus' Sonata 24, Prelude via Facebook. This program features Susanna Ogata, violin; Sarah Freiberg Ellison, cello; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo; and Andrus Madsen, harpsichord. Listen to this delightful performance now here. More about Newton Baroque at newtonbaroque.org.
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Newton Baroque: Encore Performance on Facebook
Newton Baroque presents its January 12, 2019, performance of Johann Jakob Walther 'Hortulus Chelicus' Sonata 24, Prelude via Facebook. This program features Susanna Ogata, violin; Sarah Freiberg Ellison, cello; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo; and Andrus Madsen, harpsichord. Listen to this delightful performance now here. More about Newton Baroque at newtonbaroque.org.
Newton Nomadic Theater: Love Letters featuring Paula Plum and Richard Snee
Newton Nomadic Theater: Love Letters featuring Paula Plum and Richard Snee
Newton Nomadic Theater will host a free live streamed production of Love Letters featuring Paula Plum and Richard Snee on Saturday, April 11, 7:30 p.m. on the Newton Nomadic Theater's Facebook page. More info about Newton Nomadic Theater at https://sites.google.com/site/newtonnomadictheater/.
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Amerherst Early Music: Online Sessions
Amerherst Early Music: Online Sessions
Join Amherst Early Music this Saturday, April 11, and Sunday, April 12, for four online-class sessions at 1:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. Classes include Baroque Style and Ornamentation from the Beginning and Renaissance Wind Pedagogy: A New Old Oral Tradition. More info at amherstearlymusic.org.
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Newton Free Library: Virtual Storytime
Newton Free Library: Virtual Storytime
Newton Free Library presents Virtual Storytime on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Join Newton Free Library virtually for storytime on Zoom! Watch and enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes. Geared towards kids up through age 4. More info at newtonfreelibrary.net.
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Newton Nomadic Theater presents: Lunatic Talent Jamboree
Newton Nomadic Theater presents: Lunatic Talent Jamboree
A banjo-playing wolf put a bug in our brains and out came the Lunatic Talent Jamboree This Saturday, April 18, 7:30 PM we'll be producing an hour long, on-line, live gonzo variety show streamed to Facebook Live. We've got some fabulous talent lined up, some total lunacy planned and we're going to put it all…
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Highland Glee Club Spring Concert POSTPONED
Highland Glee Club Spring Concert POSTPONED
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2020 Venue: War Memorial Auditorium, Address: Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA Time: 3:00 p.m. Cost: $20 for adults, kids 18 and under free. $15 for active military and veterans. 50% off with student ID or Greater Boston Choral Consortium membership. Group rate of $15 per ticket for 10 or more tickets. Purchase…
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New Art Center remote class: Intro to Pastel Techniques
New Art Center remote class: Intro to Pastel Techniques
Soft pastels are fun to use, colorful and expressive. Learn the foundations through a series of guided exercises, demonstrations and instructional handouts. Explore mark making, layering and blending with a focus on value, color and composition in a creative and supportive environment. This class is especially designed for a beginner or those wanting to try…
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New Art Center remote class: Photoshop, Gr 6-10
New Art Center remote class: Photoshop, Gr 6-10
We will use both our own photos as well as found images, and learn to finely edit digital images. Students will learn to swap backgrounds, make memes, manipulate faces, enhance digital images, make a mini planet and maybe even make a photo with more than one of them in it. Requirements: any version of Adobe…
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Virtual Trivia Night at the Newton Free Library
Virtual Trivia Night at the Newton Free Library
Come join the fun and test your mastery of useful (and useless) information! Library staff will challenge players with questions from a variety of categories on Zoom. No restrictions on team size. One registration per team. Max of 2 zoom locations per team. The Zoom link will be sent out the day before the event. Click here…
Newton Free Library: Virtual Storytime
Newton Free Library: Virtual Storytime
Newton Free Library presents Virtual Storytime on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Join Newton Free Library virtually for storytime on Zoom! Watch and enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes. Geared towards kids up through age 4. More info at newtonfreelibrary.net.
Newton Theater Company Radio Hour: Sorry, Wrong Number
Newton Theater Company Radio Hour: Sorry, Wrong Number
Newton Theatre Company is proud to introduce our Radio Hour series, which will feature a variety of one-act plays performed live over Zoom. We'll also teach you how to make a themed cocktail before each production that you can enjoy during the show-- what better way to spend an evening inside? Our first Radio Hour…
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Rockport Music – Midday Music Series
Rockport Music – Midday Music Series
Beginning Tuesday, March 24 around noon, Rockport Music will present its Midday Music Series, posting a new video each Tuesday and Friday around noon of some of their favorite highlights from performances at the Shalin Liu Performance Center. Connect with them here.
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Zamir Chorale: Weekly Musical Message
Zamir is pleased to share a weekly musical message of inspiration. This week's message Boker Shel Zahav! Composer: Nurit Hirsch Arranger: Aryeh Levanon Conductor: Joshua Jacobson Virtual Choir created by: Ariel Wyner Performed by the Zamir Chorale of Boston Watch now and be inspired by this delightful synthesis of words and music.
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New Art Center remote class: Intro to Pastel Techniques
New Art Center remote class: Intro to Pastel Techniques
Soft pastels are fun to use, colorful and expressive. Learn the foundations through a series of guided exercises, demonstrations and instructional handouts. Explore mark making, layering and blending with a focus on value, color and composition in a creative and supportive environment. This class is especially designed for a beginner or those wanting to try…
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Historic Newton – Online Newton Artist Exhibit
Rediscover Newton artists from the 1850s - 1950s! This virtual Historic Newton exhibit includes paintings and sculptures by artists who were either born in Newton or spent a significant part of their lives here. Enjoy now here.
New Art Center remote class: Painterly Portraits Workshop
New Art Center remote class: Painterly Portraits Workshop
Learn the foundations of portraiture and be on your way to create a better likeness and expression of your subject. Students will learn about facial structure and anatomy while giving full expression to the human face. Students will work from photos, and should have some previous painting experience. See website for materials list and more…
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Newton Free Library: Virtual Storytime
Newton Free Library: Virtual Storytime
Newton Free Library presents Virtual Storytime on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Join Newton Free Library virtually for storytime on Zoom! Watch and enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes. Geared towards kids up through age 4. More info at newtonfreelibrary.net.
New Art Center remote class: Exploring the Beauty of Letterforms
New Art Center remote class: Exploring the Beauty of Letterforms
Drawing – Learn to take a closer look at what we often take for granted: the letterforms all around us—shop signs, packaging labels, subway posters, newspaper/magazine headlines and ads, even the numerals on clocks. Each typeface has its unique DNA that expresses the history of typography. In this workshop you’ll design your own sign, create…
Virtual Trivia Night at the Newton Free Library
Virtual Trivia Night at the Newton Free Library
Come join the fun and test your mastery of useful (and useless) information! Library staff will challenge players with questions from a variety of categories on Zoom. No restrictions on team size. One registration per team. Max of 2 zoom locations per team. The Zoom link will be sent out the day before the event. Click here…
2 events,
Newton Open Studios – Artists Online
Newton Open Studios is now online! Browse the NOS website for paintings, jewelry, ceramics, sculptures, wearable art, photography and more--all at your fingertips. Works in this photo include Shepherd's Run Jewelry, Marian Dioguardi, Michele Hoben, and John J. Murray. Click here!
SMÅ ART – Small Works Exhibition Fundraiser
When we first started envisioning SMÅ ART, our small works event, it was to be a night meant to be in our beautiful Nordic Hall, bustling with artists and friends. We'd enjoy some wine and treats together and look at an explosion of 8x8 art pieces from artists from across the country. The night would…
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First Church in Chestnut Hill: Sunday Morning Worship on YouTube
First Church Chestnut Hill invites you to join them on Sunday mornings...or anytime! Watch Rev. Mark Caggiano's lively sermons and listen to the wonderful First Church quartet led by talented music director, pianist, and organist Kathryn Rosenbach. Tune in to the new First Church YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC65WyBTddc4HOBa6MkZm3Sg
Amherst Early Music: Online Sessions
Amherst Early Music: Online Sessions
Amherst Early Music is pleased to offer four online-class sessions this Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, at either 1:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. Register for any number of sessions; classes are $25/session. Learn more about the sessions and register here. More info at amherstearlymusic.org. SCHEDULE: Saturday, May 2, 2020 1:00 p.m. Contemporary Solo Recorder Rep. with Sarah…
Newton Free Library: Livestream Concert with David McGrory
Newton Free Library: Livestream Concert with David McGrory
Newton Free Library presents a Livestream Concert with David McGrory on Sunday, May 3, at 2:00 p.m. Join pianist, David McGrory, for an hour of classical music brimming with joy. He will perform works by Debussy, Beethoven, and Chopin. Mr. McGrory has received wide acclaim for his performances throughout the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United…
NewTV presents: Classic Movie Sundays
NewTV presents: Classic Movie Sundays
NewTV’s Education Channel is featuring Classic Movie Sundays in May! This Sunday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m. enjoy The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). Barbara Stanwyck stars in this film noir drama about a woman torn between her husband and her childhood love. On Sunday at 7:00 p.m., tune into Comcast 99, RCN 3 (629…
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Newton Open Studios – Artists Online
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Rockport Music – Midday Music Series
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