Watertown News (https://www.watertownmanews.com/category/entertainment/)
Simone Zupka
A young dancer from Watertown is taking the stage with the Boston Ballet in this year’s production of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker.” See more details in the announcement from the Boston Ballet, below. Simone Zupka, of Watertown, is performing in Boston Ballet’s production of Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker in the role of Reindeer. Zupka has been a student at Boston Ballet School for 4 years. The Nutcracker runs Nov.
This is a packed Watertown weekend with winter and holiday events. On Saturday afternoon there will be an art sale at the Mosesian Center for the Arts with a wide variety of arts including ceramics, paintings, ornaments and jewelry. It’s great for shopping locally and supporting our artists. Saturday evening at Gore Place there will be a dramatic reading by Johnny Kinsman of A Christmas Carol including musical accompaniment by Justin Ouellet and Ann Moss, both local musicians. On Sunday there is a hands-on intergenerational Lego building activity at the Jewish Community Day School, it’s a challenge to build the world’s tallest Chanukiah! Later Sunday afternoon at the library, you can go relax after all the holiday activities with a winter concert given by the Vivace Music School Faculty. No need to leave Watertown this weekend to find some holiday cheer!
Watertown Families Together and Brigham House will host Breakfast with Santa, and families with young children are invited. See the announcement from the organizers, below. Families with young children are invited to the Annual Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 14th at 10 a.m. at Brigham House Assisted Living Residence, 341 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown.
The following announcement was provided by Storefront Art Projects:
Storefront Art Projects presents: Draw a Line, featuring Lesley Cohen, Sand T Kalloch, Christine Kyle from Dec. 6-27, 2025. A reception Saturday, Dec. 6, 1-4 p.m.
Lines in many shades of gray that form evocative shapes, lines that seem to be a mile long, and lines of perspective incised in wonky clay boxes meet up in Draw a Line this December at Storefront Art Projects.
Lesley Cohen uses charcoal and pastel to makelayered marks that join together to form a fragmented whole.
Sand T Kalloch’s abstract series “A Mile Long” uses wax pastels, graphite, conte and ink to ruminate on the concept of speed, distance and time. Christine Kyle’s quirky 2-D lines on 3-D wall sculptures challenge assumptions about the drawn line and the sculptural edge.
The Winter Concert Series returns to the Watertown Library with a variety of artists playing classical, Latin American, and other music played by cellists, guitarists, and groups of musicians. See details in the announcement from the Watertown Library, below. The Watertown Free Public Library (WFPL) is thrilled to announce our 2025-2026 Winter Concert Series! You’re invited to join us December through March, one Sunday afternoon per month. As in previous years, our concert series features talented, local artists.
Watertown’s St. Patrick’s Church’s Winterfest features visits with Santa, trivia, and breakfast after Mass. See more details from St. Pat’s, below. WINTERFESTDecember 5th , 6th and 7th
Bring your family and friends as we celebrate the coming of Christmas.
Jack Blackmon in PATH. (Photo by Julie Lemberger)
Irish dance star Seán Curran, whose career began with classes as a child living in Watertown, returns to the area for a dance concert Dec 6 and 7. This will be the first time his with his internationally acclaimed company has performed in the region since 2007. See more details in the announcement from Seán Curran Company, below
Representing two generations of dance innovators and collaborators with roots in the Boston area, the New York City-based Seán Curran Company (which last performed in Boston in 2007) and Decent Dance in Worcester, Mass., come together for THROUGH LINES, a dynamic evening-length performance that marks the creative threads linking artists across time and geography. Presented by The Dance Complex in Cambridge’s Central Square on December 6 and 7, THROUGH LINES combines four distinctive yet connected choreographic voices in one evening: Seán Curran (above), Tony Guglietti and Kristin Wagner (below) and Brian Feigenbaum.
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.”
A message from James DeMarco:
I am thrilled to say that the Small Saves Storybook video, The Forgotten Goalie, is here! Beautifully read by K. McAdams, Small Saves, the little youth hockey goalie, is fascinated and inspired by a photograph hanging in the hockey rink of a goaltender from long ago.
The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:
Please join us for The Merry Mingle on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 from 4-8 p.m. at the Commander’s Mansion! Enjoy festive outdoor activities including a toy chest drive with Watertown Veterans’ Services benefiting the Whooley Foundation, meet-and-greets with holiday characters, train rides, artificial snowball fight with Watertown Recreation, and the Christmas tree lighting at 7:30 p.m., and more! Guests can also visit the reception tent for games and musical performances, including the WPS All City Chorus and Orchestra. Inside the mansion, guests can create River of Light lantern-making with the Public Arts and Culture Committee, listen to seasonal storytime with the Watertown Free Public Library, and visit Winter Holidays Around the World vignettes on the second floor.
