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Newton Free Library presents: Beginner Drawing Studio – Eyes, Noses, & Mouth
Newton Free Library presents: Beginner Drawing Studio – Eyes, Noses, & Mouth
Join the Newton Free Library for a Zoom drawing class. Explore the main features of the face. We'll cover tips and techniques to make your portraits pop; how to make eyes shine, noses pop, and lips smile. All you need is paper, a pencil, and a mirror. On the day of the event you will…
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Historic Newton presents: Great Inventions Virtual Walking Tour
Historic Newton presents: Great Inventions Virtual Walking Tour
Find out who invented the microwave oven, the flat-bottomed paper bag, a bread machine, and many more items both useful and fanciful at our tour focusing on the lives of clever individuals whose final resting place is at Newton Cemetery. Suggested donation: $5.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members. http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/historic/support/donate.asp
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Newton Free Library presents: My Captain America – A Granddaughter’s Memoir of a Legendary Comic Book Artist
Newton Free Library presents: My Captain America – A Granddaughter’s Memoir of a Legendary Comic Book Artist
On Monday, September 14th, join Megan Margulies, author of the coming-of-age memoir, My Captain America: A Granddaughter's Memoir of a Legendary Comic Book Artist, for an engaging conversation facilitated by national bestselling author, Tova Mirvis. Marguiles' new coming of age memoir paints an intimate portrait of the relationship she had with her beloved grandfather Joe Simon, cartoonist and co-creator…
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Amherst Early Music online: The Curious Case of the Loeillet Recorder Duets
Amherst Early Music online: The Curious Case of the Loeillet Recorder Duets
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions - classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information. The Curious Case of the Loeillet Recorder Duets: What Makes a Duet Good? with Gwyn Roberts Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant published his…
Amherst Early Music online: A Cantus Firmus Connection
Amherst Early Music online: A Cantus Firmus Connection
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions - classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information. A Cantus Firmus Connection for Viols and Friends of Viols with John Mark Rozendaal In the 16th century, viol-playing musicians cultivated improvisation…
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Amherst Early Music online: A Modal Almanac
Amherst Early Music online: A Modal Almanac
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions - classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information A Modal Almanac with Shira Kammen Medieval and Traditional British Isles music pertaining to different seasons of the year, including compositions from…
Amherst Early Music online: Performing the Bach Cello Suites
Amherst Early Music online: Performing the Bach Cello Suites
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions - classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information. Performing the Bach Cello Suites: An Exploration of Sources, Slurs and Style with Sarah Freiberg In this class we will delve into…
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Newton Free Library presents: Don’t Take the Bait – Helping You Identify Misinformation
Newton Free Library presents: Don’t Take the Bait – Helping You Identify Misinformation
Join the Newton Free Library for this online discussion on Tuesday, September 22nd. Misinformation is everywhere these days. In this class we will offer strategies to help you sift through what is exaggerated, misleading or completely false to find more accurate online information and become better digital consumers. Click here to register.
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[RESCHEDULED] Historic Newton presents: Bayman in the Bay State – Viking Myths
[RESCHEDULED] Historic Newton presents: Bayman in the Bay State – Viking Myths
On September 17th, explore the origins of the myths surrounding the Vikings and Leif Erikson’s alleged exploration and settlement of Massachusetts. Learn about how negligent scholarship and forged maps and transcriptions have led to a statue of Erikson on Boston's Commonwealth Avenue. Several other monuments to the Vikings remain in our state today after their…
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Amherst Early Music online: Tantalizing Telemann Technicalities
Amherst Early Music online: Tantalizing Telemann Technicalities
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions - classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information. Tantalizing Telemann Technicalities with Sarah Cantor We will use the Telemann F Major duet as technical inspiration for this class. The high…
Boston Ballet School: Classical Ballet Program Virtual Placement Class
Boston Ballet School: Classical Ballet Program Virtual Placement Class
Boston Ballet School's Classical Ballet Program Virtual Placement Classes Virtual placement classes will take place at various times throughout the 2020/2021 school year. Pre-registration is required and there is a $30 placement fee. During the class, students should have access to a barre (a tall, sturdy chair will work just fine as long as it’s…
Amherst Early Music online: What Makes J.S. Bach ‘BACH?’
Amherst Early Music online: What Makes J.S. Bach ‘BACH?’
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions - classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information. What makes J.S. Bach ‘BACH?’ with Geoff Williams An exploration of one of the pillars of western music and why his sacred…
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New Art Center online: “Sculpting” Your Watercolors
New Art Center online: “Sculpting” Your Watercolors
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings. Explore a unique method of developing a watercolor painting by using contact paper to create a template. Starting with a loose and playful watercolor wash, we will use misting and tilting…
Amherst Early Music online: Monica Madness – New Renaissance Lute Duets
Amherst Early Music online: Monica Madness – New Renaissance Lute Duets
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions – classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information. Monica Madness: New Renaissance Lute Duets with Douglas Freundlich We’ll focus on the Renaissance hit tune La Monica (aka Une Jeune Fillette), featuring polyphonic settings…
Amherst Early Music online: Polyphonic Songs
Amherst Early Music online: Polyphonic Songs
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions – classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information. Polyphonic Songs from ca. 1500 with Rotem and Adam Gilbert Rotem and Adam Gilbert invite you to a session of polyphonic music with some of their favorite Ottaviano Petrucci…
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