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Armenian Museum Showcasing Pieces From Its Collection in New Exhibit

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Kevork Mourad, The Age of the Word (2002, Acrylic on canvas). (Courtesy of Armenian Museum of America)

The Armenian Museum of America will be hosting Gandzaran, an exhibit of notable selections from the Watertown-based museum’s collection. An opening reception will be held on March 22. The following information was provided by the Armenian Museum of America:

Armenian fine art historically focused on illuminations, miniatures, and other pious objects, the most significant of which were secured and hidden in the gandzaran (գանձարան), or treasury, of a monastery. Drawing from the Museum’s vaults — our own gandzaran — this exhibit (click here) showcases the development of Armenian art in the 20th and 21st centuries, from its origins in religious motifs to the Soviet period and its continuous reinterpretation among contemporary artists around the world.

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Mosesian Center Hosting Visual and Performing Arts Classes, Seeks Pieces for Exhibit

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The following information was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:

Registration has opened for spring classes for youth and adults in visual and performing arts at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, and registration continues for summer youth programs. A call for art for a spring exhibition is also open. Visual and Performing Arts Classes

Mosesian Arts offers over thirty performing and visual arts classes for children, teens, and adults. Visual arts classes include painting, drawing, printmaking, and mixed media for adults, and fiber arts, comics, and introductory classes for young artists. Classes in the performing arts include acting, voice, improv, and technical theater. The low-cost Visual Narratives program has also begun a new session in the Aging Creatively Initiative for adults age 55 and older, funded in part by the Marshall Home Fund.

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Watertown Porchfest is Coming, Performers and Hosts Wanted

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Watertown will hold the first Porchfest on Saturday, May 18, and organizers seek both porches to host performances and bands to perform. The event will be on May 18, from 12-5 p.m. (rain date is Sunday, May 19). Registration has opened, and will continue through April 28. What is Porchfest? Porchfest is an afternoon of free music (and other performances) performed outside of people’s homes – on porches, patios, driveways, and lawns.

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Edible Watertown Artwork Auction and Closing Reception

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The artwork and writings in Edible Watertown 2023-24 is on display at the Mosesian Center for the Arts and will be auctioned off on March 7. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

The City of Watertown’s Edible Watertown exhibit for 2023-24 will soon be closing, and the artwork will be auctioned off to benefit the program. The City sent out the following information:

Edible Watertown: Edible Plants 2023-24 Auction and Closing Reception

Thursday, March 7, 7-9 p.m.

Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02472

Enjoy readings and musing by the artists, refreshments from local eateries, a cash bar, and bidding on original artwork! Proceeds from the auction benefit future Edible Watertown projects. No tickets necessary.

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Watertown Poets Reading from New Collections at Upcoming Event

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A pair of poets from Watertown will be reading from their new collections during an event in Cambridge. Watertown’s DeWitt Henry, who co-founded the literary magazine Ploughshares, will be reading from his new collection, Trim Reckonings: Poems. See more about the collection here: https://pierianspringspress.com/trim-reckonings/

Fellow Watertown resident Andrea Cohen will read from her eighth collection of poems, The Sorrow Apartments. Read more about Cohen and her works at https://www.andreacohen.org/

The reading/signing event is Sunday, March 3 at the Plough and Stars, 912 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. No cover charge.

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Concert Featuring Pianist Guy Urban Will Benefit Helen Robinson Wright Fund

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The following announcement was provided by the Helen Robinson Wright Fund:

A concert featuring Guy Urban will benefit the The Helen Robinson Wright Fund at First Parish of Watertown. The concert will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. at First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church St., Watertown. Urban will perform some of his favorite piano pieces and share with the audience why these are favorites of his. The Helen Robinson Wright Fund, named for a Watertown native, assists Watertown neighbors with short-term financial help for housing, food, and utility bills.  

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Watertown Resident Designing Costumes for The Huntington’s Upcoming New Play

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Watertown’s Zoe Sundra is the costume designer for The Huntington’s upcoming play “John Proctor is the Villain” at the Calderwood Pavilion. (Courtesy of The Huntington)

The Huntington announced that Watertown resident Zoë Sundra is Costume Designer for company’s upcoming production of Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain 

The new play, running at the Calderwood Pavilion from Feb. 8 through March 10, centers young people coming of age as they examine The Crucible in their high school English class through a fresh lens. The piece comes from a young, rising voice in American Theatre, Kimberly Belflower, and is set in a small town in Georgia. This production also features several Boston-based artists including Victoria Omoregie (most recently was featured in Fat Ham this past fall) and Jules Talbot. 

About Zoë Sundra 

The Huntington: assisted on designs for Fat Ham, The Art of Burning, Witch. Regional: Chicken and Biscuits (Front Porch Arts Collective); But Not Buddy, The Addams Family (Wheelock Family Theatre at BU); Bombitty of Errors, Bright Half Life (Actors’ Shakespeare Project). Zoë is also a fiber artist and creates work under the name She Said Embroidery.

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February at the Library: Winter Concert, Photography, See Packing Party & More

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Watertown LibraryThe Watertown Free Public Library. The Watertown Free Public Library has many programs coming up in February. See details from the newsletter provided by the WFPL. Watertown artist and fine art photographer Archy LaSalle is the founder of WHERE ARE ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE AT, a grassroots organization whose mission is to bring attention to and help art institutions rectify past injustices of under-representing Black and Brown artists in their permanent collections. On Wednesday, 2/28, he’ll join us for an invigorating presentation about cultural institutions and representation at WFPL!