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Mosesian Center for the Arts Invites Public to ‘Ink & Drink’

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The Mosesian Center for the Arts invites you to Ink & Drink, an Opening Reception for: Big Print/Little Print – an Exhibition of Epic Proportions & Uniform T-shirt Show and Pop-Up Shop on March 23 from 5:30-8 p.m.

Big Print/Little Print is a diverse look at all forms of hand printing – from BIG to small, esoteric to accessible – featuring monoprint, letterpress, woodcut, linocut, etching and more. Uniform explores the rise of the t-shirt as a modern day uniform for young and old alike. Exhibiting artists will be on hand to answer questions about their art and technique. The evening celebration of these two complimentary exhibitions culminates with free munchies and a cash bar reception in our newly redesigned MBar café. Attendees are also invited to try their hand at screen printing.

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3 Artists Featured in Latest Exhibit at Room 83 Spring, ‘Life: from life’

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The latest exhibition at the Room 83 Spring gallery features the work of three artists. Life: from life runs from March 9 to April 22, and there will be a reception on Saturday, March 11, from 3-5 p.m. Gallery Hours: Thursdays 3-5 p.m., Saturdays 1-4 p.m. or by appointment. The gallery sent out the following information:

Room 83 Spring is pleased to present Life: from life, a show exploring the intimacies of proximity and place in contemporary portraiture and interiors. In paintings by Laura Chasman and Nancy Gruskin, and sculpture by Leslie Sills, the domestic domain is celebrated as a deeply personal cache, tender, trend-free, timeless. From Alice Neel to Alex Katz, Fairfield Porter to David Park, Marisol to Mapplethorpe – Chasman, Gruskin, and Sills extend a lineage attesting to the visual richness of familial inspiration. Friends and family could be a loaded subject.

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Watertown Young Adult Author to Read from Her Latest Book

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Watertown young adult author Liza Ketchum will read from her latest book, Life Fantastic, at a local book store in March. 

Ketchum will from her book on  Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge, MA 02140 For more information go to http://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/liza-ketchum-life-fantastic

According to the publisher, Adams Media book division of Simon & Schuster, Life Fantastic is set in 1913 and Teresa LeClair, the daughter of former vaudevillians, longs to escape Vermont to star on Broadway. She hops a train to New York, but when her little brother stows away with her, her dreams come second to caring for him. Luckily, they’re taken in by big-hearted Maeve, who encourages Teresa in the singing contests she enters. Also competing is a gifted dancer, Pietro, and Teresa quickly comes to care for him. Pietro is black, and Teresa’s struggle can’t compare to the barriers he faces, on and off the stage.

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Hear the Songs from ‘Hamilton’ Sung Live at the Mosesian Arts Center

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Back by popular demand, The Mosesian Center for the Arts is proud to present another edition of Hamiltunes Boston March 3 and 4! This sing-along, cult phenomenon, based on the hit Broadway Musical Hamilton, returns to the Mosesian Center’s MainStage Theater for an 18+ event (March 3) and a 12+ event (March 4). Hamiltunes features a guided journey through the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton via the soundtrack to the smash hit musical. Those wishing to attend can register at MosesianArts.org to reserve a seat in the audience or sign up to show off their onstage talents with a vocal performance. Beer, Wine, Drinks, and Snacks will be available for purchase at the Center’s newly opened Mbar for those patrons 21 years of age and older.

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Revels Performing Spring Sing in Watertown This March

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Revels Spring Sing: A Family Celebration of the Vernal Equinox

Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 2-4 p.m., Grace Vision Church, 80 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA

Wave goodbye to winter surrounded by budding forsythia and sprigs of green at Revels’ annual Spring Sing, a family celebration of the vernal equinox. Revels music director Megan Henderson leads the festivities which include lots of communal singing, a seriously funny mummers play (written by Revels artistic director Patrick Swanson), delicious refreshments, a little dancing, plus a visit from that ancient harbinger of spring, the Padstow ‘Obby ‘Oss, all the way from Cornwall, England! Joining in on the fun will be musician and song leader extraordinaire David Coffin, vocalists Louise Grasmere and Jamie Jaffe, The Revels Youth Alumni Chorus, and keyboardist Linda Brown-San Martin. Help us “wake up the earth” with music, dance and song!

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Watertown Singer-Songwriter Debuting her New Album This Week

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After a break of about a decade away from music, a career change and two children, Watertown’s Lisa Bastoni has recorded an album and the singer-songwriter will celebrate with a performance on Wednesday, Jan. 25 in Somerville. During her break from music Bastoni had a “job in a cubicle,” went to graduate school, became an art teacher and for the past few years has been raising two young children. While she was on a hiatus from music, Bastoni said she found inspiration. “I played just a handful of concerts in all that time, and thought I was done with music for good,” Bastoni said.

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Watertown Cultural Council Awards Grants to 20 Local Groups

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The Watertown Cultural Council is pleased to announce its grant recipients for fiscal year 2017, awarding over $9,200 in grants to 20 organizations to support music, art, and science programs serving Watertown audiences from families, preschoolers and K-12 students to adults and seniors. FY2017 Grant Recipients:

Arsenal Center for the Arts, Black Box Series, workshop, performance, and post-performance Q&A session for Watertown students
Belmont World Film Festival
Carole Smith Berney, The Birds and Bees: How We Love Them, Why We Need Them at WFPL, Charles River, and local gardens
Cunniff Kids News, Watertown Splash, and Raider Times, student reporters to attend local theater performance, conduct interviews, and write reviews
Delvena Theatre Company, Murder a La Carte at the Watertown Senior Center
Flat Earth Theatre, Silent Sky at the Arsenal Center for the Arts
Friends of Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Meet the Instruments concert with Mary Bichner & the Planetary Quartet
The Genocide Education Project, educational guides for Watertown High School
Gore Place, The Art of Puppetry performance and workshops
Lowell Elementary School, Family Math and Technology Night
Mark Chester, The Faces of America: Teaching Tolerance
New Repertory Theatre, sold-out run of Fiddler on the Roof
Palaver Strings, interactive workshop and performance for WMS and WHS students whose special needs fall under the autism spectrum
Powers Music School, A Musical Story Program at the WFPL
Revels RiverSing
St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School field trip to Wheelock Family Theatre
Watertown Art Association, Elemental Forces: Water, Earth, Air and Fire
Watertown Family Network, intergenerational presentation of Seuss on the Loose
Watertown Middle School, Museum of Science traveling physics program to visit 8th grade
Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee, Public Art and Culture Kit: An Idea Book for Watertown and Developers

“This year’s WCC grant recipients highlight the range of interests and experiences within our community,” says Jonathan Hecht, State Representative for Watertown and Cambridge. “In what has become an increasingly divisive political climate, I’m pleased and proud to share this news of community efforts spanning music, theater, science, and history designed to inform, entertain, inspire, and draw people together.

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Watertown Church Hosting Holiday Art Show & Sale

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Looking for unique, one-of- a-kind gift items this holiday season? Saturday, December 3, 2016, members and friends of the First Parish of Watertown announced they will host their annual Holiday Art Show & Sale. The hours are 11 am to 4 pm at the First Parish church, 35 Church Street in Watertown Square. More than 18 artists and crafters, along with the church’s youth group, will showcase a wide array of fine arts and crafts. Included will be paintings, photography, pottery, candles, jewelry, woven items and more.