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UNQUIET Exhibition
UNQUIET Exhibition
UNQUIET Exhibition February 6 NCA Individual Creative Member and photographer Howard E. Fineman, along with many other Newton artists, exhibits work at the UNQUIET exhibition. This show is a Newton Open Studios curated exhibit at Galatea Fine Arts running through February 27 with an opening reception on February 4. Sneak Peek Video
New Art Center Presents: Friday Figure Draw
New Art Center Presents: Friday Figure Draw
Details: Friday, 1 Session Times: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Enjoy a life drawing open studio with a live model, beginning with quick poses, and ending with an hour pose. The evening will be relaxed but professional, with music, a great model, and the opportunity to purchase wine or beer. No photography allowed. No instruction. For artists…
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New Art Center presents:Lunar New Year Celebration
New Art Center presents:Lunar New Year Celebration
Join the New Art Center and our friends from the Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture (CCCC) for a special Lunar New Year Celebration! This Cultural Community Day celebrates the Asian Lunar New Year with art, decorations, and traditional martial arts demonstrations. Bring the whole family for a day of fun in your community. Starting at…
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with YoAhn Han
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with YoAhn Han
Paper cutting (YUPO) with a concept of “Negative and Positive” space and paper collages with diaphanous patterns YoAhn Han is a Korean painter based in Boston whose work is a visual dialogue between suppression and desire, a duality which speaks to both his experience of cerebral arteriovenous malformation and to his bifurcated cultural identity. He…
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Newton Free Library presents: Prince of Pirates & the Witch of Wellfleet
Newton Free Library presents: Prince of Pirates & the Witch of Wellfleet
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 1700’s. Playing fifteen characters, Rona offers an engaging, powerful look…
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Newton Free Library presents: Celebrating Voices of Color – Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Newton Free Library presents: Celebrating Voices of Color – Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Join us for virtual readings in this year's poetry series. This month we will feature the voices of black and brown poets. An open mike follows with a limit of one poem per person, limited slots are available. Sign ups for the open mic will happen during the actual session. The series is facilitated by Doug Holder…
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Historic Newton presents: Half American – The Epic Story of Black Americans Fighting WWII
Historic Newton presents: Half American – The Epic Story of Black Americans Fighting WWII
For Black Americans World War II was about not only America’s standing in the world but also about how much actual freedom would exist in the United States. Black troops fought bravely in combat and they formed the backbone of the U.S. military’s supply effort, all while fighting in a segregated military. Black veterans returned…
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New Art Center Presents: Friday Figure Draw
New Art Center Presents: Friday Figure Draw
Details: Friday, 1 Session Times: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Enjoy a life drawing open studio with a live model, beginning with quick poses, and ending with an hour pose. The evening will be relaxed but professional, with music, a great model, and the opportunity to purchase wine or beer. No photography allowed. No instruction. For artists…
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Pro Arte’s Salon Series – Salon 3
Pro Arte’s Salon Series – Salon 3
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. For Salon 3, one of Pro Arte's…
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Newton Free Library presents: The Navigation Case
Newton Free Library presents: The Navigation Case
Join 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…
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Zamir Chorale of Boston presents: A Choral Rainbow – Part 2
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…
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Newton Art Association presents: Legal Issues for Artists
Newton Art Association presents: Legal Issues for Artists
What 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…
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The Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: The Pact
The Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: The Pact
SCREENING: 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…
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Newton Free Library presents: Racism Not Race with Joseph L. Graves and Alan H. Goodman
Newton Free Library presents: Racism Not Race with Joseph L. Graves and Alan H. Goodman
Authors 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…
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Newton Art Association presents: Human Being / Being Human: Experience. Reflection. Engagement.
Newton Art Association presents: Human Being / Being Human: Experience. Reflection. Engagement.
The 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…
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Newton Free Library presents: How to Make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald Walker
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…
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Newton Free Library presents: Jellyfish: How to Pastel Paint with Greg Maichack
Newton Free Library presents: Jellyfish: How to Pastel Paint with Greg Maichack
Join 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…
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New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Stephanie Osser
New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Stephanie Osser
Dates: 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…
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Suzuki School presents: Scholarship Benefit Concert
Suzuki School presents: Scholarship Benefit Concert
Our 2022 Scholarship Benefit Concert will feature Suzuki School of Newton students, faculty, and guest performers featuring works by Florence Price, Nat Penn, Ben Peterson, and more. This concert will be held on March 6, 2022, at 4:00 pm at Newton Presbyterian Church. Tickets benefit our need-based scholarship fund that ensures students are able to…