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This Friday morning, or for lunch, stop by 66 Galen St., the large new building on Galen St by the river, and try out their wares. I’ve read that their coffee is good, their chairs comfortable, and their sandwiches are reasonably priced. Friday evening there is a free dance recital by the trainees at the Boston Dance Theater. Do you love modern dance as I do? Saturday morning check out the pottery sale at Indigo Fire.
Young artists from the Watertown Public Schools will have their works shown at City Hall in the last half of April. A reception is planned on the first evening of the exhibit. See more information in the announcement form the Watertown Public Schools, below. Come view all the excellent artwork from our K-12 students at the Watertown Public Schools Art Show! The art will be on display from April 15-30th at Watertown City Hall.
The upcoming performance by Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble includes Sue-Ellen Hershman Tcherepnin on flute and the artistic director is Hubert Ho, both from Watertown. See more information about the concert in the announcement provided the group. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble continues its 51st season with a concert in Waltham, MA, with music focused on mind, body, and environment, as the ensemble continues to explore a new era of passionately bringing cutting-edge music of living composers to a diverse public. The concert is centered around Luke Blackburn’s Menagerie of Spectacular Creatures: Insecta, a nearly 30-minute multi-movement collection. Blackburn engages in a practice of “docu-composition”, loosely following the model Camille Saint-Saens provides in Le carnaval des animaux, for insects!
Let’s all start this weekend by going to the MusicFest on Friday evening. It’s the 13th annual gathering of Watertown musicians, both professional, adult and child performances. If you are not in a musical frame of mind, check out “The Mushroom Cure” at the Mosesian Center for the Arts. On Friday and Saturday evenings, this one-man show performed by Adam Strauss is about Michael Pollen’s exploration of psychedelics. It is going to be filmed live to be part of a future feature film.
From April 4-25, Watertown art gallery Storefront Art Projects is hosting Yard Art 2026, and attendees of the opening reception enjoyed art as well as a musical performance. The gallery hosted a reception on April 4, which included a performance from the Brass Band from New England Conservatory. Gallery director Ellen Wineberg said the musical accompaniment was an unplanned addition to the reception. “Paul Cary Goldberg who is in the show and lives in Gloucester was in his early morning Caffe Sicilia when the whole band walked in,” Wineberg said. “They had been scheduled to give a concert in Rockport, but there was a roof leak at the venue and it was cancelled.
The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Business Coalition:
The Watertown Business Coalition (WBC), in partnership with the Watertown Cultural District, the City of Watertown, and the Watertown Arts Market, is proud to announce Art Pop-Ups on Merchants Row, a vibrant series of three intimate outdoor markets designed to showcase the city’s creative economy. The series serves as a high-visibility platform for local creators and a “teaser” leading up to the city’s premier summer event: the Watertown Arts Market on Saturday, August 8, 2026. The Series at a Glance
Located off of Main Street in the heart of Watertown Square, each pop-up is designed to be an intimate experience, featuring just nine visual artists and two acoustic performers. This curated approach ensures prime visibility for every participant and a boutique shopping experience for attendees. Event Dates (3:00 PM – 7:00 PM):
Saturday, July 11
Saturday, July 25
Saturday, August 1
Call for Artists & Performers
The Art Pop Ups team is seeking a diverse array of Watertown-based artists across all mediums to display and sell their work.
James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal – then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”
My weekend suggestions for this first week of April includes two exhibits to go see. The one at the Mosesian, Art and Healing is a mixed media show that will be there until May 1. Check out the mostly cardboard piece in the photo below. The library has a new exhibit of fiber art called Farm to Form, which is a collaboration between Gore Place and fibre artists. Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of America at the Mount Auburn Cemetery with a literary historian who will talk about how authors in the 1800s turned the American Revolution into our national legend.
The following announcement was provided by Project Save:
A new documentary photography exhibition by Arlington-based photographer Winslow Martin, “My Armenia (1999–2008),” traces a deeply personal journey through post-Soviet Armenia and the historic moments he witnessed along the way. Opening April 16 through May 30, the exhibition inaugurates Project Save Photograph Archive’s newly expanded gallery space in Watertown. Project Save is the world’s largest photo archive dedicated to preserving the regional, national and global Armenian experience. Its expansion doubles the group’s space and creates a venue dedicated to exhibitions, public programs, and community engagement opportunities. ABOUT “MY ARMENIA” EXHIBITION
Curated by fellow photo documentarian Nubar Alexanian, the exhibition traces Martin’s unexpectedly life-changing journeys to Armenia that began when he accompanied St.
