It’s the last weekend in April, and the earlier showers have brought out plenty of flowers already. I don’t have any Friday events, so simply hit the local streets to smell the flowers, view the YardArt and stretch your legs. All day Saturday there is a pottery sale at Indigo Fire Pottery Studio. They have a special discount on Intelligentsia coffee if you buy a vessel to put it in. Saturday evening you can join in the celebration of a new opening at the Armenian Museum of America. Check out this enticing example of the art of artist Varujan Boghosian in this combination portrait and landscape. Sunday afternoon, if the weather looks enticing, enjoy the brilliantly flowering trees at Mount Auburn Cemetery while you learn about the Shakespeare quotes on the gravestones and monuments. One is for the brother of John Wilkes Booth. Also that afternoon is a creative movement workshop with Tiffany Sankary, that looks like it might be good for my stiff upper body. View art, buy art, hear about the ancient art of poetry, and move as art. May the art be with you!
THE ART & LEGACY OF VARUJAN BOGHOSIAN: EXHIBIT OPENING
Saturday, April 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Armenian Museum of America, 65 Main St.
Head to the Armenian Museum of America for the opening exhibition to celebrate the life and legacy of Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020), an American artist renowned for his unique approach to mixed media, collage, and assemblage. The exhibition will highlight his exploration of memory, history, culture, and personal identity. Boghosian’s work often combined historical references, personal symbolism, and a keen sense of narrative, inviting viewers to interpret each piece as a multifaceted story.
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THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY: SHAKESPEARE & MOUNT AUBURN WALKING TOUR
Sunday, April 27, 1-2:30 p.m.
Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.
Many monuments at Mount Auburn are adorned with quotations from the great English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare, and several theatre actors are among our distinguished residents. Join Volunteer Docent Susan Zawalich to honor the 461th birthday of The Bard of Avon (actual birthday is April 23) as you visit the gravesites of Edwin Booth, Charlotte Cushman and others, searching out some of the incised quotations, and reciting some of the memorable words of Shakespeare in our beautiful spring setting. “The readiness is all.”
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SPRING POTTERY SALE A at INDIGO FIRE POTTERY STUDIO
Saturday, April 26, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Indigo Fire, 79R Grove St.
Go check out the amazing artists at the Indigo Fire Spring Sale, featuring pottery of all types, from beautiful functional plates, bowls, vases and mugs to artistic pieces to decorate your home, and some that clearly do both! There will be ceramics made by over 40 local artists and an espresso bar popup hosted by Intelligentsia. Buy a vessel at the sale to receive a personal cup discount.
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MOVEMENT AND CREATIVITY WORKSHOP with Tiffany Sankary
Sunday, April 27, 12:30-3:30 p.m. or online Zoom
17 Spring St.
Join Tiffany Sankary for an afternoon workshop designed to support you to move, create and integrate — physically, emotionally and creatively. Experience calm, alert uprightness, balance of stability & fluidity, ease in breathing & moving, less tension, pain & anxiety, deepened connection to yourself, the present moment & the world around you, expanded possibilities for moving, sensing, feeling, thinking & creating, and opening to your creative expression /potential. The workshop includes practices from: Jeremy Krauss Approach, The Feldenkrais Method®, Organic Intelligence®, Authentic Movement and creative process. $150 or free for members.
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