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Author Atul Gawande to be Honored by Mosesian Center for the Arts

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The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts is thrilled to announce that for his outstanding contributions to the Medical and Literary fields, Dr. Atul Gawande has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Charles Mosesian Award for the Arts to be presented at the Mosesian Gala 2017 on Tuesday, June 27. The Mosesian Center for the Arts community wishes to recognize Dr. Gawande for his remarkable, breakthrough writing that has changed the way many of us look at our lives and the end of our lives – his latest book Being Mortal is a New York Times Bestseller. Aside from being a remarkable human being, world renowned surgeon, and music lover, Atul is a supporter of the arts and literary contributor to numerous publications. The evening’s celebration will include a private VIP per-reception on the Branch Line Patio, an interview style discussion with Atul and athenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush, fine food and drinks from some of our favorite local establishments, and music by Awaaz Do featuring Saraswathi Jones. It promises to be a wonderful evening of inspiring ideas and great music celebrating Atul Gawande and the arts.

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Four Artists Featured in Latest Show at Watertown’s Room 83 Spring

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Room 83 Spring’s latest show, Referent, features the artwork of John Franklin, Matthew King, Andrew Mowbray, and Kate Russo. What agency does geometric abstraction have in the 21st century? Defying easy artistic categorization, John Franklin, Matthew King, Andrew Mowbray, and Kate Russo employ the modernist idiom in a retooled mind-tangle of pop culture and social relevance. Relational and humanist, the hard edge is rendered expressive, softened by the human hand and choice of materials. Flatness becomes dimensionally resonant, confounded by stitching, cutting, and ritualized practice.

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Revels Teams with Perkins School for Free Celebration of Spring Concert

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Revels will once again perform with Perkins School for the Blind for the Celebration of Spring Concert. The concert will be held Thursday, May 25, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. at Perkins School for the Blind’s Dwight Hall – 175 North Beacon St., Watertown. Admission is FREE. Revels sent out the following announcement:

Join us as Revels partners with Perkins School for an inspiring, music-filled Celebration of Spring. Enjoy traditional English songs, songs from the Islands, and from Early America performed by the talented Perkins School Secondary Program Chorus (Arnie Harris, director), aRevels chorus of adults and children, musician/song leader David Coffin, a youngrapper sword dance team, plus a great band of Revels musicians.  Last but not least, expect a wild visit from the ancient and venerable Padstow ‘Obby ‘Oss, all the way from Cornwall, England!

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Watertown Resident Cast in Play Festival at Curry College

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Curry College is pleased to announce that Watertown resident Nicholas Anastasi was cast in the Spring 2017 New Plays Festival. Nicholas, a junior and son of Cheryl and Peter Anastasi, played the role of Larry in “Houston, We Have a Problem.” Last year, he appeared in “Into the Woods” and “The Laramie Project.” Nicholas also serves as the Publicity Manager and Stage Manager for Curry Theatre, and participated in the sixth annual Boston One Minute Play Festival. The seventh annual New Plays Festival showcased five new student-written one act plays directed by Gail Phaneuf and Marcy Holbrook. For more information on the Curry Theatre program, visit curry.edu/theatre. About Curry College

Founded in 1879, Curry College is a private, four-year, liberal arts-based institution located on 131 acres in Milton, Mass.

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Mosesian Arts Earfull Series Includes Authors and Songwriters

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The Mosesian Center for the Arts is proud to announce the Earfull Spring 2017 Series – three evening events of literature and music with “Writers Reading and Songwriters Singing.”

Earfull events will take place May 23, June 6, and June 20 on our neighboring patio at Branch Line, 321 Arsenal Street in Watertown, and feature world renowned authors and musicians reading and performing some of their latest works. Tuesday, May 23 the Spring Series kicks off with:

Authors Jessica Shattuck and Andre Dubus III & Musicians Damon & Naomi and Patty Larkin

Tuesday, June 6 the series continues with:

Authors David Anthony Durham and Jayne Anne Phillips & Musicians Jen Trynin and Aaron Perrino

Tuesday, June 20 the final event of the Spring features:

Authors Annie Hartnett and Anita Shreve & Musicians Lyle Brewer and Dennis Brennan

The brainchild of Boston Musician and Author Jen Trynin and bookstore connoisseur Tim Huggins, Earfull first launched in the Fall of 2001 with the concept that, given a conducive environment, book people will appreciate being exposed to live music, and rock people will realize how cool it is to hear great authors reading their work aloud! EARFULL aimed to provide that environment, combining prominent author readings with established singer-songwriters in the hopes of broadening the appreciation of and audiences for both. After a brief hiatus from multiple sold-out seasons of the series, the Mosesian Center for the Arts brought the beloved programming back for a second season to a whole new audience. Tickets are on-sale now and are just $25 at MosesianArts.org.

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Watertown Resident Part of Creating Interactive Sound Sculpture in Boston

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The New England Foundation for the Arts’ Creative City program announces Sound Sculpture, an interactive, physical, light and sound installation by Ryan Edwards, a Watertown resident, and Andrew Hlynsky, the artists announced. It will be on view for two nights only: April 28 and 29, 2017 from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at The Innovation & Design Building, located at 21 Drydock Avenue, Suite 110E, in Boston. The events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit https://www.soundsculpture.space/. There will also be special family programming on Saturday, April 29 from noon to 2 p.m.

Sound/Sculpture is a multi-media installation that meets at the intersection of sculpture, sound composition, and dance.

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Mosesian Arts Center’s ‘Reclaimed’ Exhibit Features Trash Transformed into Art

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The Mosesian Center for the Arts announces “Reclaimed” art exhibition on view April 20 through July 7, 2017. Trash transformed. Urban waste and the imagination of artists intersect to create a large-scale exhibition that will leave viewers awe struck and inspired. This juried group exhibition promotes recycling and resource conservation by encouraging the reuse of a variety of materials in new, different, and creative forms. Featuring work by Lisa Barthelson, Peter Bradley Cohen, Thomas Deininger and over forty artists who work with reclaimed – recycled and repurposed – materials. “This ambitious exhibition is part of a series here at the Mosesian Center for the Arts designed to encourage visitors to engage with art, and the artists who create it, in unique and meaningful ways.” says Director of Exhibitions Kimberly Thompson Panay. Exhibiting artist Lisa Barthelson explains that “the concept for the ‘family debris’ series began to form in my mind, as I cleaned out, and purged boxes and bags of my children’s old toys and clothes.

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Watertown Man Singing with Handel + Haydn Society in 2 Local Concerts

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Watertown resident Patrick Waters will sing tenor in the upcoming Handel and Haydn Society program, Monteverdi’s Vespers, in Boston and Cambridge. The program features the work of Claudio Monteverdi and is led by conductor Harry Christophers and featuring Jeremy Budd (tenor) and Mark Dobell (tenor). The H+H orchestra and chorus will be joined by special guests, The Handel and Haydn Young Women’s Chamber Choir, conducted by Alyson Greer. “Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610,” shares conductor Harry Christophers, “is quite simply one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written and without doubt the most varied and inspired before Handel and Bach began composing their oratorios and passions. Its variety alone makes it unique – thrilling psalm settings with virtuosic writing for both multi-part choir and instrumentalists to exotic and sensual settings of texts.