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Grecian Festival Returns to Watertown This Weekend

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Watertown’s Taxiarchae-Archangels Greek Orthodox Church will host the annual Grecian Festival this weekend with three days of music, dancing, food and more. See details from the organizers, below. The 2026 Grecian Festival will be held June 12-14 at the church located at 25 Bigelow Ave. in East Watertown. The event is rain or shine.

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WEEKEND FUN: Cinderella, Comedy Watch Party, Run Club, Children’s Author, Bourbon Day

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If you need a break from the World Cup (or do not follow soccer), Watertown has plenty of events to choose from this weekend. All weekend, Watertown Children’s Theatre will present Cinderella. Fans of comedy can join the watch party for the finale of Taskmaster UK. This weekend looks hot, but the Watertown Running Club has a pair of runs before the mercury rises. On Sunday, the Watertown Library hosts children’s author Melissa Stewart.

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See the Latest Small Saves Cartoon

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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.”

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Works Created by Artists of Color Featured at Watertown Gallery

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Storefront Art Projects presents “How We See It,” with Jules Cleophat & Carlos Paronis, Curated by Archy LaSalle, June 6-July 11. A reception will be held Saturday June 6, 1-4 p.m. See more details in the announcement from the gallery, below. Asking the question Where Are All The Black People At, photographer and professor Archy LaSalle has created a collective of students and colleagues to address the glaring lack of representation by people of color in galleries, museums and art collections. It’s all about visibility. To the question WHERE ARE ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE AT ?  The answer is: IN PLAIN SIGHT.

Around Town

New Public Art Opens in Area of Watertown Facing Years of Road Construction

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“Transitions” by MASARY Studios, one of the new art installations in Coolidge Square. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

Coolidge Square, the heart of East Watertown, will be a construction zone for the next few years, but the area has a pair of new public art pieces to bring a little joy to the area that will endure the chaos of road and sidewalk replacement. https://youtu.be/Yud2pRsSWrU

The project, called “Open for Business,” includes “Transitional,” which incorporates materials you might find in construction — sheets of aluminum and the white and yellow reflective tags used on roads — to create a piece that changes as you look at it from different angles. The piece was created by MASARY Studios, which also produced the Solstice light show at Mount Auburn Cemetery. “Transitional” is on the wall on the side of Coolidge Hardware, on Kimball Road at the corner of Mt.

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Boston Dance Theater Presenting First Performance at Mosesian Center for the Arts

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The Boston Dance Theater, which recently moved to the Mosesian Center for the Arts, will host its first production in its new home on June 20 and 21. See more information in the announcement from the Mosesian Center from the Arts, below. Fresh off a captivating performance at our Spring Soirée, we’re excited to present Boston Dance Theater for Crosscurrents, June 20–21, their debut production in the Charles Mosesian Theater. With pieces by internationally recognized choreographers, new works for their Trainee Program, and performances by local guest artists, Boston Dance Theater offers a layered and immersive audience experience. The program features works with music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Maurice Ravel.

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Come Join the Very First Creative Chats Conference

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Matt Hanna has hosted Creative Chats since 2025 to talk about creativity with a variety of guests from Watertown. On Thursday, June 4, from 12-4 p.m. Hanna will host the first Creative Chats Conference at the Mosesian Center for the Arts. See more information in the announcement below. Since January 2025, we’ve had over a dozen Creative Chats gatherings to get creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and engage in the conversation themselves. Now it’s time to end the second season with something a little bigger!

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COMIC: Small Saves Looks for a Little Help From His Friends

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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.”