Newton Free Library presents: Beginner Drawing Studio - Eyes, Noses, & Mouth
2020-09-01 18:30 - 19:15 (America/New_York) | Zoom
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 receive an email with a link to join. At the time of the program simply click on the link and you’ll see the host. For more information email Mare at mparkerotoole.ntn@minlib.net.

Newton Free Library online: Jazz and Blues with Paul Speidel
2020-09-02 16:00 - 17:00 | MA
Join jazz/blues guitarist Paul Speidel as he brings his interpretations of the traditional styles to the virtual stage. Jazz and blues are simultaneously old and new styles of music. Every time a new generation discovers the language, styles, musical forms and rhythms of old, they add their voice to the chorus of those that preceded them. Click here for more info.

Newton Free Library: Poetry Series and Open Mic
2020-09-08 19:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Newton Free Library for readings by Frances Donovan, Wyn Cooper and Rosie Rosenzweig. An open mike follows with a limit of one poem per person (limited slots are available). Info contact: Doug at dougholder@post.harvard.edu. Please register. The Zoom link will be sent the day of the event.

Historic Newton presents: Great Inventions Virtual Walking Tour
2020-09-09 17:00 | ZOOM
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

All Newton Music School: Broadway Bound Online Class
2020-09-10 17:00 - 17:45, 2020-09-12 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-09-12 13:45 - 14:30, 2020-09-17 17:00 - 17:45, 2020-09-19 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-09-19 13:45 - 14:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Actors will spend the Semester creating and exploring imaginative characters, learning choreography, and proper singing technique with director, composer, and playwright Kelvyn Koning; an experienced musical theatre educator.
Broadway Bound will allow each actor to sing, dance, deliver lines, and be part of a virtual theatrical ensemble which builds presence and self-confidence.
Creative and engaging instructor Mr. Kelvyn will work with the young actors ideas to compose original music and scenes for each class as they prepare a virtual world premiere production!
Before filming, the student will be provided with a Broadway Bound “Backstage” Box with all the costume pieces and props needed to film their scenes, songs, and choreography with flair!
Click here for registration.
Ages 5-7 years
Sept. 12 to Jan. 16 – Saturdays: 1:00 – 1:45 pm
Ages 8-10 years
Sept. 10 to Jan. 7 – Thursday: 5:00 – 5:45 pm
Sept. 12 to Jan. 16 – Saturday: 1:45 – 2:30 pm

Pro Arte presents: Summer Salon Series
2020-09-10 19:00 | Facebook Live, United States
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston brings its Salon Series into the summer for the first time. These chamber music concerts will be live every other Thursday on our Facebook page at 7PM starting on July 2nd. Click here for Facebook link and donation page. (Suggested donation $25.)
On Thursday, September 10th, the program will feature:
MOZART String Duo No. 2 in B-flat Major, K. 424
MILHAUD Duo for Two Violins, op. 258

GRAINGER Arrival Platform Humlet for solo viola
OWENS Soliloquy for solo viola

MUSICIANS:
Diane Pettipaw, violin
Anne Black, viola

Newton Nomadic Theater: Waiting for Godot - COVID-19 Edition SOLD OUT
2020-09-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2020-09-12 16:30 - 17:30, 2020-09-13 14:00 - 15:00, 2020-09-13 16:30 - 17:30 | MA
Live theatre returns to Newton! On Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13 the Newton Nomadic Theater will be presenting four performances of Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot – Covid 19 Edition, featuring some of their favorite actors (Noni Lewis and Linda Goetz) and a Newton Nomadic newcomer (Tommy North) directed by Nicole Galland (Colder Than Here, The Revolutionists).
This unconventional production is an abridged, Covid-19 aware, hour-long, outside version of this well-known theater classic. You’d be hard pressed to come up with a more suitable play for these very, very strange times. The production is being presented in a way that exceeds all applicable state and local regulations and guidance on public gatherings during these odd times. The shows will be presented outside on the grounds of Newton’s historic Durant-Kenrick House. The actors will be mic’ed and following all Covid-19 official advisories; in fact that’s part of the show. The audience will be spread safely across the backyard of the Durant-Kenrick House.
If you buy multiple tickets for your Covid-19 group, you will be seated together, with a wide moat between you and the next guests. All guests will be required to wear masks when not seated at their assigned seats.
It’s been a long time coming and these shows are likely to sell out fast, so get your tickets today; click here: Waiting For Godot – Covid 19 Edition.

New Art Center Online: Painting with Color
2020-09-14 09:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Discover the magic of color! This class is designed to develop or strengthen your skills for all aspects of color mixing: value, warm/cool, and opposites/complementary. Students will create their own value and color charts, and use these charts to expand and explore the use of color in their oil or acrylic paintings. Excellent for all levels. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 14 – Nov 30
Details: Mondays, 10 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

New Art Center online: Acrylic and Oil Painting - Intermediate/Advanced
2020-09-14 09:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
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 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 intermediate to advanced artists. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 14 – Nov 30
Details: Mondays, 10 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

New Art Center online: Watercolor Explorations
2020-09-14 12:30 - 15:00 | Zoom
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
This course for experienced watercolor students will focus on composition, values, and wash techniques in rendering landscape, botanicals, and still life. Students may work on suggested projects or those of their choice. Demos and individual critiques included. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 14 – Nov 16
Details: Mondays, 8 Sessions
Times: 12:30PM – 3:00PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

New Art Center online: Post-Modern Assemblage Painting
2020-09-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
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.
Dates: Sep 14 – Nov 30
Details: Mondays, 10 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 4:00PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

Newton Free Library presents: My Captain America - A Granddaughter's Memoir of a Legendary Comic Book Artist
2020-09-14 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
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 of Captain America.
To order your autographed copy of My Captain America, visit Newtonville Books.

New Art Center online: Beginning Drawing
2020-09-15 09:30 - 12:30 | Trio Newton, 243 Walnut Street, Unit 213, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Learn basic drawing essentials! Students will sharpen their observation skills and learn to develop accurate and expressive drawings using a variety of materials. Learning to draw provides students with an excellent foundation for additional drawing, painting, and other art explorations. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Trio Newton

New Art Center online: Contemporary Explorations
2020-09-15 09:30 - 12:30 | MA
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
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.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)

New Art Center online: Painting Beyond Foundations
2020-09-15 09:30 - 12:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
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.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Washington Park

New Art Center online: Ceramics - Intermediate/Advanced
2020-09-15 09:30 - 12:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Students of all levels explore the creative possibilities of ceramics. Demonstrations and hands-on instruction cover wheel throwing, handbuilding, and surface treatment including glazing. Each semester includes one group project or technique and plenty of time to develop your distinctive voice. Tuition includes 25 lbs. of clay, firing and glazing. See website for supply list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Washington Park

New Art Center online: Monotype Printing with a Press
2020-09-15 13:00 - 16:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Build skills in monotype printmaking. Experiment with techniques using an etching press: additive and subtractive printing, chine colle, trace monotype, overprinting, stencils, and direct painting on a plate. Explore ways of creating texture and depth using natural and man-made objects: leaves, grasses, eggshells, mesh, foil, bubble wrap, etc. to make gorgeous prints! Excellent for all levels of experience. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 4:00PM
Venue: Washington Park

New Art Center online: Painting Believable Light - "Glow"
2020-09-15 13:00 - 17:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
What makes a painting “glow?” What is the glowing quality that appears in the work of many master painters? How does an artist make this happen? To communicate a feeling of believable light in a painting, and to make a painting glow, artists must make certain decisions early in the painting process. This class includes a comprehensive exploration of the “glow factor.” Topics will include texture, transparency, color, and discussions about the creative process challenges. For intermediate and advanced painters. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
Venue: Washington Park

Amherst Early Music online: The Curious Case of the Loeillet Recorder Duets
2020-09-19 13:00 - 14:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
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 Opus 1 around 1710 as a set of 12 sonatas for recorder and continuo. Shortly thereafter, those sonatas reappeared as recorder duets, with a new second recorder part quite different from the original continuo line.
We’ll sample both versions, consider what changed to make the duets work better, and tackle the pesky mystery of all of those composers named Loeillet.

Amherst Early Music online: A Cantus Firmus Connection
2020-09-19 15:00 - 16:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
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 (the fast method of composition), and composition (the slow approach to improvisation) by dividing the breves of a slow-moving cantus firmus into various rhythms, and using those rhythms to cast harmonizing melodies over and under the subject to create expressive rhetorical statements and impressive contrapuntal structures.
In this class we will look at two distinct repertoires that actually involve the same musical materials and techniques to create quite different affects: the Recercadas of Diego Ortiz based on La Spagna; and the English In nomine as practiced by William Byrd and his forebears. Ortiz’s compositions are offered as examples for students of improvisation. The In nomine was an exercise in composition. Both genres also served as exercises in performing musicianship, which is how we will be using them.

Amherst Early Music online: A Modal Almanac
2020-09-20 13:00 - 14:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
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 the 13th c. Montpellier Manuscript, Guillaume Dufay, Francesco Landini, and more.

Amherst Early Music online: Performing the Bach Cello Suites
2020-09-20 15:00 - 16:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
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 the context of the beloved Bach cello suites, seeing them for the ground-breaking works they were at the time, examining the sources, and what happens when slurs are unclear at best. We will discuss some of the many editions and talk about Baroque style, and Bach’s amazing understanding of harmony and resonance.
