Entertainment

Gore Place Hosting Irish Music Concerts, Frightful Fridays & Holiday Photo Sessions

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The following information was provided by Gore Place:

On Wednesday, October 26 at 7:30 pm, Gore Place, the historic estate in Waltham and Watertown, will present a concert by the New England Irish Harp Orchestra. The Irish harp is the original instrument of Irish traditional music and has a beautiful, etheric quality. Led by Regina Delaney, this wonderful group of harpers, fiddlers, flutists, and singers will present a program of traditional Irish tunes and songs. This concert will take place in the spacious event tent at Gore Place. Tickets are $21. To order, visit goreplace.org. The concert will take place under the spacious Century Tent at Gore Place, so dress for the weather.

Entertainment

Watertown Artists Teaching Watercolor Classes

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“Florida Flower,” a watercolor by Watertown’s Audrey Childs. Watertown’s Audrey Childs will host a series of classes on a variety of methods used in watercolor painting. She sent out the following information:

Students will learn how to use and control their paints effectively. Methods will include using a dry brush and what effects a paper towel and a porous sponge can create.  The class is designed to help the student gain confidence with the medium.  Beginners will Learn the fundamental techniques of watercolor. Intermediate students will have new challenges with an emphasis on exploring techniques.

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Photographer’s Images from Afghanistan in 1976 to be Displayed at Watertown Library

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“Father & Daughter, Afghanistan, 1976.” by Joseph Flack Weiler, is one of the images that will be on display at the Watertown Library. “Faces of Afghanistan, 1976,” which showcases the photography of Watertown resident Joseph Flack Weiler, will be on show at the Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main St., from Oct. 2 to 30, 2022. Weiler sent out the following information about the exhibit:

I used 35mm Nikon-F cameras with Kodak Tri-X film.

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Mosesian Arts Hosting Comedy, Music & Plays During Fall Season

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

The Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown has announced a fall season of performances, exhibitions, and arts education programs. From theater, comedy, dance, and music to new exhibitions and arts education, from returning favorites to new partnerships, there’s plenty of variety in this season’s programming. Performances

The Ivy League of Comedy brings Jon Fisch, Karen Bergreen, and Shaun Eli to Mosesian Arts on October 7. A native of Boston, Jon Fisch was chosen as a Comedy Central Fresh Face of Comedy early in his career and was named one of Backstage Magazine’s 10 Standout Stand-ups. Karen Bergreen is a comic and novelist who has appeared on Comedy Central, the Oxygen network, Nick Mom, The View, and The Joy Behar Show. Host and master storyteller Shaun Eli proves that there’s hilarity in the ordinary if you approach life with a comedic warp.

Around Town

Grants Available from Watertown Cultural Council

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The following announcement came from the Watertown Cultural Council:

Have a great idea for a public project in the arts, humanities or sciences but need some advice in turning your idea into a winning proposal? The Watertown Cultural Council (WCC) will hold a public meeting on Zoom, Monday Oct. 3, 2022 at 7 p.m. for anyone interested in applying for a WCC grant. We will answer your questions about writing the proposal and/or uploading the proposal onto the the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) web site:

Application Process

Join our Zoom meeting: Oct. 3 meeting at 7 p.m. Just log on:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82098336596?pwd=OENIdUhvSWo3UERHcUtkYWJpY2J2Zz09

Meeting ID: 820 9833 6596

Passcode: 045902

Completed online applications for 2023 WCC-funded projects or performances are due by 11:59 pm on October 17.

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Watertown’s Tremedal Concert Series Holding Farewell Concert

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Kallet, Epstein & Cicone will perform in the Farewell Concert for the Tremedal Concert Series. After more than three decades the Watertown-based Tremedal Concert Series will hold one final, farewell concert. For 32 years the Watertown/El Salvador sister city project presented folk concerts at FirstParish Unitarian Church of Watertown. “All proceeds benefited our El Salvadoran sister city Nueva Esperanza (New Hope). Funds supported many villager projects including truck repairs; doors, windows and rain barrels for new homes; and maintaining adequate medical supplies,” Tremedal’s announcement said.

Arts

Quilters’ Connection Invites Public to The Grand Show & Tell

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Quilters’ Connection will host The Grand Show and Tell on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m.

The event will be t St. James Armenian Church, 465 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown. The group provided the following information:

Once a year the members of Quilters’ Connection share with each other any and all work they have created during the previous year.

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.