This Friday, the most happening day of the weekend, you can start the morning with a Creative Chat at the Mosesian, for anyone involved in the arts, and end the day with a classical voice and piano benefit concert at First Parish Church or at a Tantra Speed Date event. Once you have found your date, take them to the Solstice events at Mount Auburn Cemetery on Saturday. All day there will be organized walks, craft workshops, a wide variety of music performances, a sound meditation, and a poetry reading. Some activities are free and some are paid, so be sure to take a careful look at the whole schedule and register as needed. The Greek Festival will be on all weekend. Sunday there is a children’s author’s talk and reading at the library. Your little one will be excited to meet Grace Lin and to start collecting signed books. It must be an intriguing book with that cool book cover.
SUMMER SOLSTICE at MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY
Saturday, June 21, see website for schedule of events
580 Mount Auburn St.
Replenish your mind, body, and soul at Summer SOLSTICE. With offerings of free and paid activities including a sound meditation, yoga, horticulture tours, a community nature mandala, a flower crown making workshop, a poetry reading, and music in found spaces, Summer SOLSTICE will be a restorative and healing experience for people of all ages.
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CREATIVE CHATS with Arto Vaun
Friday, June 20, 8:30 a.m.
Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.
This event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation in small groups. Go to get inspired, to reflect, and connect. All people interested in creativity are welcome. There will be coffee and light bites to perk up those non-morning types too.
The conversation will be with Arto Vaun, musician, poet, and Executive Director of the Project Save Photograph Archive. You’ll chat around a question that Arto has been spending time pondering on within the topic of creativity and the creative life. This event is free and open to the public.
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WATERTOWN GREEK FESTIVAL at the Taxiarchae Archangels Greek Church
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, June 20, 21 & 22, 12 p.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 12 p.m.-8 Sunday
25 Bigelow Ave.
Enjoy some authentic dishes, dance to Greek music, shop for souvenirs, and tour the Taxiarchae Archangels Greek Church this weekend.
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CANTANDO SUEÑOS, A VOICE AND PIANO RECITAL IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA
Sunday, June 22, 3 p.m.
35 Church St.
Head to First Parish on Saturday to attend a voice and piano recital with David Ravera Bozon, tenor, and Hector Varga Bonilla, pianist. The music will feature Italian and Neapolitan art songs, arias from Verdi’s Rigoletto, solo piano works, as well as Spanish language pieces from Zarzuela and beloved Colombian songs, from classical gems to popular favorites. The concert is a benefit for the New England Association for Colombian Children. All proceeds go to health, education and nutrition programs for Colombian children. Ticket price is $35.
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MEET THE AUTHOR, GRACE LIN!
Sunday, June 22, 1-2:30 p.m.
Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main St.
Meet Grace Lin, a Taiwanese-American children’s writer and illustrator. She is a Newbery, Geisel, and Caldecott honoree, known for contributing to and advocating for Asian American representation and diversity in children’s literature. Her new book is The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon. Check out her other books, including Chinese Menu, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Ling & Ting, and Dim Sum for Everyone. Books will be available for purchase from Porter Square Books. For kids ages 5-11. No registration needed.
TANTRA SPEED DATING
Friday, June 20, 6:45-9:45 p.m.
Watertown Center for Healing Arts, Exhale Studio
22 Mt. Auburn St.
At Tantra Speed Date®, they do speed dating a little differently. Their trained facilitators use cutting-edge relational techniques to bring you and your dates into a mindful state of presence. When you’re in this state, any feelings of nervousness or self-consciousness will melt away, so you can simply relax, have fun, and put your best foot forward. With interactive guided exercises that ‘spark’ for you, no awkward small talk is needed. In fact, if the sparks don’t fly for you, then your next ticket is free. This event is for ages 40+, and tickets are $59-96 (women cost more).
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