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2024 Watertown Arts Market Features Artists, Music, Authors, Food & More

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The Watertown Arts Market returns to Filippello Park in 2024, with dozens of artists, along with musicians, authors, food, and more at the event, which is free to enter. The Watertown Arts Market will be held on the Grove Street side of Filippello Park (191 Grove St.) on Saturday, Aug. 17, from noon to 5 p.m. (Rain date Sunday, Aug. 18). The annual event began in 2021, and is a place for Watertown’s artists and cultural organizations in Watertown to share their work. 

More than 50 artists, authors, creatives, musicians and music teachers, arts and culture organizations will set up on the Filippello Park basketball courts, including painters, photographers, jewelry makers, fiber artists, printmakers, ceramic makers, and more.

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Weekend Fun: Forest Bathing, Nepali Music, Clothes & Craft Supply Swaps

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Explore the forest in Mount Auburn Cemetery this weekend. Here’s a potential weekend plan for locals this weekend: First, go into your craft or art room if you have one, and grab some of the items that you thought you would use, but never have, or maybe you don’t do that craft anymore. Take them to the library on Saturday afternoon for the craft swap. Head home, have a nap, snack, or get your 10,000 steps in. Then in the evening go to the Armenian Cultural and Education Center for an amazing evening of Nepali music.

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Armenian Museum’s Exhibit Featured in Artscope, Extended Until Aug. 18

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Melkon Hovhannisyan’s “The Walk” is one of the pieces in the exhibit at the Armenian Museum of America through Aug. 18. The Armenian Museum of America provided the following information:

Our latest contemporary exhibition has received excellent coverage from Art New England, Watertown Cable News, Armenian Mirror-Spectator, and beyond. The latest is by Artscope critic Erica DeMatos. “The Armenian Museum of America contextualizes Armenia’s lengthy and turmoiled past and presents a more contemporary view of Armenians today,” writes DeMatos in her 1,000-word review.

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Check Out 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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Weekend Fun: Tour a Historic Mansion, Yoga, Give Blood & More

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Gore PlaceTour the historic mansion at Gore Place on Friday and Saturday. This is a weekend for learning more history of our town. At Gore Place, which is partly in Waltham, partly in Watertown, you can tour the historic home of Christopher and Rebecca Gore. He served as an ambassador, governor of Massachusetts, and US Senator in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. If you prefer to be outside on a summer’s day, tour the trees on the Gore Estate or tour Mount Auburn Cemetery. Feeling crafty?

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Contemporary Armenian Folk Group Performing in Watertown

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The following information is provided by Armadi Tsayn:

Armadi Tsayn, a contemporary folk ensemble focusing on the sounds of Western Armenia and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) music will be performing in Watertown with Oud Master John Berberian. On Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m., Armadi Tsayn, which means “Sounds/Voice of the Roots,” will appear at the Mosesian Center for the Arts. The Oud is a descendant of the guitar and is commonly used throughout cultures in the Caucasus and Middle East. Berberian, who is a virtuoso player of this instrument, was born in the United States to Armenian immigrant parents and recorded for a variety of labels including MGM, RCA, Roulette, Verve and Mainstream Records during the 1960s-70s. 

“At a time where the preservation of Armenian culture is more important than ever, the program would be a celebration of Armenian music from Western Armenia and the diaspora featuring original pieces by John, our group, and other Armenian composers. Additionally, it would serve as a ‘passing of the torch’ from the old generation of musicians to the new generation pushing this music forward from our ancestral lands,” said Alek Surenian, co-founder of Armadi Tsayn.

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Three Mini Comics Featuring Small Saves This Week

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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.”