You can start this weekend early, with a Friday morning Creative Chat at the Mosesian with the artist Cat Bennett. She is a lifelong professional artist who has written a couple of books about how to make art creation a practice in your life. An important Earth Day event on Saturday is the DPW recycling day. It’s time to get rid of your very old tax files or equally old textiles and styrofoam you’ve been collecting. If you arrive before it runs out, there’ll be giving away Black Earth compost. Also, our town tree warden is gifting baby oak trees! A Midsummer Night’s Dream is continuing this weekend if you missed it last week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday afternoon, make your kids happy at the Easter egg hunt at Grace Chapel. To complete the weekend with a special treat of a meal, discover the Joyful Garden for a brunch of delicious dim sum.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Produced by Actor’s Shakespeare Project
Friday, April 18, 7 p.m., Saturday, April 19, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m., Sunday, April 20, 2 p.m.
Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.
Join the Bard’s most colorful cast of characters as they flit, frolic, and stumble their way through the trees, aided by moonlight and magic. Elliot Norton Award-winning director Maurice Emmanuel Parent’s invigorating new take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream will explore the beauty and romance, but also the sinister underbelly, of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. Whether you seek to guffaw at the mechanicals, tangle with the love quadrangle, or conjure in the fairy court, this production will enchant long-time Shakespeare lovers and newcomers alike. $20-$64 depending on seat choice
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CREATIVE CHATS
Friday, April 18 8:30 a.m.
Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.
The event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation themselves in small groups. Come to get inspired, to reflect, and connect. All people interested in creativity are welcome. There will be coffee and light bites to perk up those non-morning types too. Featured Conversation with Cat Bennett which starts at 8:45. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested.
Cat Bennett’s career spans making animated spots for children’s television, illustrations for many publishing clients, and now art for exhibition as well as teaching art to adults.
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EARTH DAY RECYCLING EVENT
Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Jewish Community Day School Parking Lot, 57 Stanley Ave.
This recycling event includes paper shredding, $25 mattress recycling, free dehumidifier turn in, styrofoam collection, a clothing drive, finished compost/soil give away, and baby oak trees giveaway. There are a lot of details on their website about what is accepted and what is not.
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EASTER EGG HUNT
Saturday, April 19, 2-4 p.m.
Grace Chapel, 525 Main St.
Kids of all ages are invited to hunt for eggs, jump in a bounce house, get their faces painted, and make spring crafts. Capture some cute photos at our photo booth area, and meet and mingle with other families in the community while your kids are entertained. This fun family event is free and open to the public, but don’t forget to register.
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DIM SUM at the JOYFUL GARDEN
Open 7 days a week, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Watertown Mall
Joyful Garden is a Chinese restaurant that serves fresh-steamed handmade dim sum, authentic Chinese cuisine, fresh seafood, and chef specialties. Dim sum are small plates of tasty delights. From their relaxing atmosphere to full-bar service, they welcome you to come and enjoy. Traditional & contemporary dim sum served daily until 3 p.m.
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