Entertainment

New Rep Theatre Presents New Dance/Theater Work & Funk Band

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RootsUprisingRootsUprising will perform “Reconsidering” at the New Rep Theatre. New Repertory Theatre (New Rep) is proud to present Reconsidering, a new dance/theater work, on Friday, September 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday October 1 at 3:00 p.m., in the Black Box Theater at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. Reconsidering, presented in partnership with RootsUprising and Theater for the People, is an embodied discussion of the intersectional experience of women of color through both their spatial and temporal circumstances. The evening of sharing includes six dancing texts from RootsUprising’s repertoire, including the premier of three new works, Entangled Gaze, So Noted and Rooted We Are. 

RootsUprising’s Artistic Director Nailah Randall-Bellinger describes her work as “text in motion.” She says: “Reconsidering is the process of dismantling fed beliefs, truths and distorted images of who we really are as women of color in an oppressive social construct.”

Founded in 1998, RootsUprising is an intergenerational motion art collective, composed of = dancers and wordsmiths, with its core ensemble comprised of six women of color.

Arts

Folk Song Society of Greater Boston Presenting Concert in Watertown

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Windborne will be performing in Watertown on Sept. 17. The following announcement was provided by the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston:

The Folk Song Society of Greater Boston is thrilled to present the highly-acclaimed vocal group, Windborne, in a live concert in Watertown on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.

The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. at the First Parish of Watertown,  35 Church Street, Watertown, MA. There will be a $20 cash general admission, and all children 17 and under are free.

Art Exhibit

Watertown Gallery Invites People to GAZE at Works of More Than 20 Artists

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Storefront Art Projects announced its latest exhibit — GAZE curated by Jerry Russo. The Watertown gallery sent out the following information:

During the pandemic, photographer and Gaze curator, Jerry Russo  Zoom interviewed over 240 photographers, painters, sculptors, writers, poets, gallery owners, film and video creators, art therapists, and tattoo artists from all over the world. He asked what it was like for them living and working in the time of Covid. In GAZE, Jerry presents a multimedia survey of artwork by 22 artists.  

He says, “The directed gaze is as unsettling as it is tempting when we see into the eyes of strangers. A gaze can invite, insinuate, and reveal, and it can also contemplate, challenge and conceal.

Entertainment

Watertown Actor Appearing in Play at Boston Center for the Arts

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Janis Hudson will appear in “The Good Deli” at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza. The following information was provided by Moonbox Productions:

Watertown actor, Janis Greim Hudson, will star in Moonbox Productions upcoming production of the original play The Good Deli, written by local playwright, Kevin Cirone. The play opens at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre on September 15th and runs through October 2nd. Tickets are $35 and are available at www.bostontheatrescene.com or by calling 617-933-8600. Pay-What-You-Can tickets are available at the Box Office (Box Office fees may apply). Directed by Allison Olivia Choat, The Good Deli centers on Julia, an up-and-coming Boston comedian whose career is building even as her life is falling apart.

Art Classes

Mosesian Center Offering Range of Art Classes This Fall

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Alexa SteeleStudents in the Mosesian Arts Summer Stages & Studios program create trees and animals during “Wonders of the Natural World” week in July 2022. The Mosesian Center for the Arts released its schedule of art classes being offered in the fall of 2022. See the information below:

Visual and Performing Arts Classes

Registration has opened for fall classes for youth and adults in visual and performing arts at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. Offsite arts education programming also continues into the fall, and onsite studio space is newly available for weekly use by local artists. The arts center’s largest educational offering in over two years includes thirty performing and visual arts classes for children, teens, and adults.

Armenian Museum of America

Quartet Playing Online Concert Hosted by the Armenian Museum

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Armenian Museum of AmericaThe Komitas Quartet will be performing in an online concert hosted by the Armenian Museum of America. The following information was provided by the Armenian Museum of America:

The Armenian Museum of America recently announced its 11th Online Concert featuring an exclusive performance by the Komitas Quartet of Yerevan. The concert will be shown online on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 1 p.m.

Founded in 1924, the Komitas Quartet is the oldest-established string quartet still performing today. The group is named after Komitas, who had a formidable impact on Armenian music at the turn of the 20th century.

Arts

Folk Duo Performing That Began Composing Over Email Playing Free Watertown Summer Concert

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90-Mile Portage90-Mile Portage, made up of pianist/composer Ben Cosgrove (right) and singer/songwriter Jamie Kallestad, will perform on Aug. 10 in Watertown’s free Saltonstall Park Concert. A local duo known as 90-Mile Portage will perform folk and Americana tunes during this week’s Saltonstall Summer Concert. Pianist/composer Ben Cosgrove and singer/songwriter Jamie Kallestad will perform at the free concert on Wednesday Aug. 10 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the stage near Watertown City Hall (149 Main St.).

Arts

Watertown High Grad’s Play Going on Stage Near the Charles

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“Marion: the Heart of Paris,” written by Watertown High grad Lara Cordeiro, will be performed on Aug. 11 at the Herter Park Amphitheater. Watertown High School grad Lara Cordeiro will see a play she wrote during her junior year at WHS hit the stage this week. Marion: the Heart of Paris will be performed at the Herter Amphitheater (1175 Soldiers Field Road in Brighton) on Thursday, Aug. 11, at 8 p.m.

“Marion: the Heart of Paris, is a tragedy set in Revolutionary France,” Cordeiro said.