On Monday, June 13, 2022 at 10:00am the Washington History Club will host a discussion on “Washington Gardens and Gardeners, Past and Present”. Throughout history, gardening was either for sustenance or for pleasure. Many Swedish, Irish and Italian immigrants tended the gardens of the Washington’s great estates. There were also florists, nurseries, and landscaping companies...
Whoooo’s awesome? Owls! In this family program on June 23, 1:30-3pm, museum Educator Cynthia Ocel will guide you through the fascinating world of these avian superstars. Discover how they find food, mates, and a safe place to hang out. Learn about their feathers, talons, eyes and ears. This fun exploration will include video; examination of...
Come to a Membership Month event for the whole family! Bring chairs or a blanket and enjoy some family time at a members-only concert with renowned children’s music performer Wayne Potash. He is a high-energy, fun and interactive performer. This will be a real treat for our youngest members and their caregivers! Come early to...
Celebrating all things Appalachian, this family-friendly festival features live heritage demonstrations, Appalachian crafts, jammin’ sessions that feature old-time mountain music and bluegrass, kids’ activities, food, textiles & more! Artisans inside Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center will exhibit Macon County’s rich heritage by teaching us about pottery, textiles, painting, Cherokee culture, and local history. By...
Come visit us Nov 12th for our Fall Shopping Event! We will have lots of great local Crafters & Vendors to shop from. Fall Shopping Event Nov 12th 10a-3p Chelmsford/Lowell Elks 300 Littleton Rd Chelmsford MA 01824 *30+ Vendors *Free Admission *Raffle Tables (Bring a non perishable item to be donated to a Local Charity...
Erik Bergrin: The 8 Dissolutions is a fiber-sculpture installation by New York City-based artist and costume maker Erik Bergrin. A student of Buddhist philosophy, Bergrin explores the transience of the human body and the eternity of the mind in this new collection of work. Museum Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11:00AM to 5:00PM.
The exhibition, A Cache of Kinetic Art: Timeless Movements, explores broad themes of the human experience and how time manifests in nature through 35 works of kinetic art. Created by 26 artists, these art objects are expressions of measuring, marking, embracing, and resisting time. This is the fourth and final installment of A Cache of...
April is a month of excitement in the birding world: birds are starting to nest, establish their territories, and migrate. Come join us for this four-part course with Seth Benz, director of the Schoodic Institute Bird Ecology Program. The course combines classroom presentations with a field excursion each week. While each week is designed to...
The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, at 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT will open its 2022 Season on April 6, 2022, at 12 p.m. with an exciting calendar of events including lectures, book signings, art exhibits and community programs that will inspire, educate, and entertain people of all ages. In the months of April and May, all...
Wickford Art Association is launching its National 2022 Botanical Inspirations exhibit with Jurist: Lorraine Bromley, an accomplished watercolorist who resides in Rhode Island. Specializing in painting, design and photography, her work is directly inspired by experiences in the natural world—visual and emotional connections. Her botanicals have been a constant subject matter during her 3-month stays...
In this free, virtual lecture presented by Hamptons Observatory, best-selling author of Extraterrestrial and Prof. Of Science (Harvard), Dr. Avi Loeb, will discuss the Galileo Project: a multidisciplinary search for extraterrestrial life and the study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). This event will be introduced by acclaimed, award-winning science author, Dava Sobel. The books of...
From realism to abstract art, the idea of motion has been translated by artists for centuries. Using color and composition, artists shape a visual story of motion that renders a static scene into one of suspense, where the viewer is left feeling as though something is on the precipice of occurring. Motion Considered explores representations...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
Morris Museum audiences developed a special relationship with the famed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra when they began performing with small chamber groups in the Museum’s outdoor Lot of Strings Music Festival in 2020 and again in 2021. Now the relationship culminates in an evening featuring a full chamber orchestra and guest soloist, Nobuyuki Tsuji! Hear the...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
Painter Gary Hoyle and poet Gary Rainford—next door neighbors on Swan’s Island, longtime friends and recent collaborators—will explore their multimedia project in a free online event with the Wendell Gilley Museum. Ink Floating, Hoyle and Rainford’s collaboration, includes five paintings and five prose poems. Join us on April 29 at 7:00pm to learn about the...
Travel back in time to an 18th-century Quaker Meeting House, an early 19th-century farming community or a mid-19th-century Methodist Camp Meeting, all within Morris County, during this year’s “Pathways of History Tour.” This free, two-day event on Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1, will feature 27 museums and sites representing the themes of New...
Together with puppeteer Sam Jay Gold, learn about the characters, stories, and techniques found in the living tradition of Indonesian Wayang Kulit. Then make your own shadow puppet! All the materials are provided in this opportunity to learn, experiment, and create your own puppet inspired by a centuries-old form of shadow puppetry and storytelling. Each...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
Four young lovers flee the restraints of home for the refuge of the woods, only to find themselves in a world of increasingly magical turmoil. The fairy king and queen are feuding, a band of wannabe actors are rehearsing for their unlikely shot at the big stage, and chief mischief maker Puck is doing all...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
All Vows is a puppet memory play by puppeteer, theatre artist, and writer, Sam Jay Gold, where history and imagination collide in a heartwarming tale. The play is centered on the possibly true life of his grandfather, Poppy, a Russian Jewish refugee raised in China. Poppy is portrayed through five hand-carved, wooden puppets, each modeled...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
May 7 through September 4, 2022 Created in collaboration with Chesterwood to honor the Lincoln Memorial’s centennial in May 2022, this exhibition will highlight the work of illustrators and artists who have incorporated the Lincoln Memorial into their art as a symbolic element – an instantly-recognizable icon upon which to build meaning. Approximately fifty historical...
“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...
Fresh off his stunning performances on America’s Got Talent, ’Psychic’ Comedian Peter Antoniou brings his unique skills to peer inside your head, fondle your frontal lobe and tickle your funny bone to The Greenwich Odeum. He’s performed across the world, from London’s West End, to Las Vegas, becoming an international sensation. He’s presented his shows...
An incredible array of never-before-seen bodices, vests, jackets, shirtwaists, and accompanying accessories from within MCHS’s collection will be on display at Acorn Hall beginning Mother’s Day, May 8, 1 – 4 p.m., through early 2023. Spring/Summer styles on display through early August; Fall/Winter fashions begin September. Opening day will feature an ongoing exhibit presentation by...
Duckling Day is Boston's most adorable Mother's Day event - come celebrate springtime in Boston's iconic parks! This family event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit Friends of the Public Garden. A beloved tradition for over 30 years, the event celebrates the children’s classic book Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. Every year, hundreds...
On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 6:30pm the Gunn Historical Museum in Washington, CT will present the Zoom guest lecture “Lake Waramaug and the Generations of People Who Made It Their Own” with Christine Adams. The Lake Waramaug Association and the Lake Waramaug Task Force are sponsors of the lecture. Registration is required to receive...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
Emmy and SAG-nominated actor, comedian, and author Kevin Nealon is best known for his nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and has received critical acclaim for his role in the Showtime series Weeds. Kevin most recently starred on the CBS-TV comedy series Man With A Plan, produces and hosts digital...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
The longstanding Downtown Burbank Arts Festival is coming up on May 14th & 15th from 11am-7pm each day. Shop over 175 handmade artisan booths curated by Jackalope Arts at this free and family friendly event. Watch as chalk artists create masterpieces inspired by their favorite films, and vote for your favorite! Located on San Fernando...
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...
This family-friendly production features live dance and music in a vibrant and entertaining production full of color, rhythm, and emotions. Explanations and interactive exercises are intermixed with high-energy performance pieces, as well as plenty of audience participation. Audience members of all ages learn about the history and geography of Southern Spain and are taught how...
The South Coast Community Chorale (SCCC) is excited to present their Spring Concerts. The concerts will take place on Saturday, May 14th, 7:00pm at St. Thomas More, 386 Luther Ave, Somerset, MA and Sunday, May 15th, 7:00pm at Good Shepherd Parish, 1598 South Main St, Fall River, MA. The Sunday concert will provide a sensory...
The Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras presents their Afternoon of Spring Concerts on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at the Dolan Performing Arts Center, 130 High Street, in Ipswich, MA. There will be two performances; a concert at 2:00 pm and a second concert at 4:30 pm. The concerts are free to the general public; no tickets...
Mini-Global Mashup: Ireland Meets Morocco presents Irish piper Cillian Vallely & Gnawa master Samir LanGus.
A world premiere percussion event featuring award-winning virtuoso, Britton-René Collins. Collins has been commissioned to compose a new work on the theme of time which she will perform in a program of other solo percussion works. Britton-René is a winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and was awarded the Ambassador Prize...
The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County holds its second Golf Outing on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at one of New Jersey's finest golf courses, White Beeches Golf and Country Club. CDC guidelines will be followed throughout the outing. Funds raised from the golf outing will support grant awards to nonprofit agencies...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
As popular historical dramas such as Bridgerton and Dickinson have recently piqued public interest in period costumes, and Eco-fashion is currently a hot topic of discussion among consumers and professionals in the fashion industry, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will explore the recycling philosophy of the 19th century with a new costume exhibition titled, Making It...
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
The Beaufort Music Festival (BMF) is a community-supported, volunteer-run event put on by Beaufort Arts and Music, Incorporated, a 501c3 non-profit organization. Two of the main goals of the Festival are to present a diverse music line-up and to introduce attendees to fresh musical acts. In addition, the BMF strives to be a family-inclusive event...
Shades of Pink Foundation’s 17th Annual “A Wild Time at the Detroit Zoo" is on Saturday, May 21, 2022. You will stroll among the animals and zoo exhibits with family and friends. There is a Big Top, live entertainment and a scavenger hunt. Funds raised assist SOPF clients meet everyday expenses, including housing, transportation, utilities,...
Free, public event to promote a love of reading as families meet and greet world-class creators of books for children of all ages. Read-alouds, book signings, crafts and other activities throughout the day.
Join us as we explore the endless possibilities of solar energy! We’ll try out some simple experiments to see the sun’s energy in action, go on a sun scavenger hunt, and explore how solar panels help us turn the sun’s energy into electricity. Activities and locations may change depending on the weather. At 11:00am, join...
For the Culture, By the Culture brings together prior ATA featured artists in a group retrospective that spans 30 years and features established local and national Black artists. ATA is a non-profit arts organization located in Morris County, New Jersey, that showcases fine art by established and emerging African American artists. For the Culture, By...
On Wed., May 25, 2022, 12 p.m., the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum located at 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT, will open a new permanent exhibit curated by Museum Consultant Stacey Danielson titled, A Century of Dolls, showcasing the Museum’s antique and vintage doll and toy furniture collections.
A new exhibition opening at the Rose Art Musem at Brandeis University on Feb. 10 explores the photographs of painter Barkley Hendricks, who is world-renowned for his portraits of black people.
