While all this work is going on building us a new improved Mt. Auburn St., let’s remember to support the shops and restaurants in Coolidge Square. I have heard from a few businesses that their clientele is down significantly, so let’s help them out! I highly recommend the brunch at Red Lentil. Take a look at their version of French toast! Uncommon Ground and the Deluxe Town Diner are also perfect destinations for a weekend breakfast out on the town. This weekend let’s show them some love.
The Actors Shakespeare Project’s season has started at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, so it’s time to experience their take on Macbeth, set in the Cold War era. On Saturday afternoon, those painters among you can go watch an art demo of acrylic floral paintings at the Till Wave Gallery. While you’re at it, you can see their current art exhibit, Open Your Mind. Monday is Indigenous Peoples Day, and Watertown is celebrating our indigenous roots and community in the afternoon at the Hosmer School. It looks like a lot of interesting demonstrations, craft making, and there’s even a Wampanoag food truck!
WEEKEND BRUNCH at RED LENTIL RESTAURANT
Saturday, Oct. 11 and Sunday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Red Lentil Restaurant, 600 Mt. Auburn St.
The brunch options at Red Lentil take the usual breakfast suspects and truly jazz them up. The restaurant serves vegetarian and vegan options. If you aren’t vegetarian, you won’t miss the meat when eating their avocado toast with za’Atar spices, mediterranean omelet, eggs Florentine, French toast with nuts and bananas, and a couple of incredible quesadillas, artichoke heart and sweet potato versions. They also serve wonderful smoothies and juices.
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MACBETH Presented by the ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
Friday, Oct. 10 & Saturday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m., and a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday
Mosesian Center for the Arts, Arsenal St.
Daggers in men’s smiles. Scorpions in king’s minds. Serpents under flowers. Scotland is infested with paranoia and conspiracy in this high-octane rendition from ASP Artistic Director Christopher V. Edwards.
Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the Macbeths will stop at nothing to grasp their rightful throne — be it assassinating rivals, harnessing psychological warfare, even fracturing reality itself. With classic ASP verve and artistry, this new spin on one of the greatest pieces of literature ever written blurs the lines between free will and control, as the despotic tyrants slowly learn who is really pulling the strings. Tickets range from $32 (students under age 25) to $91.
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HOLLY COBLE ART DEMO
Saturday, Oct. 11, 2-4 p.m.
TILL/Wave Art Gallery, 264 Arlington St.
Mark your calendar for the return of Watertown Art Association Artist Demos at TILL Wave Gallery! Join to watch and learn techniquest from the artist, Holly Coblel, who will be creating dynamic florals in acrylic. You’ll love her colorful, whimsical style. The demo is at TILL/Wave Gallery, right behind CVS. You’ll also have a chance to see the “Open Your Mind” exhibit in the gallery.
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WATERTOWN CELEBRATES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
Monday, Oct. 12, 12-3:30 p.m.
Hosmer Elementary School, 1 Concord Road
There will be an afternoon celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day at the Hosmer School on Monday. There will be numerous performers, including Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers; Teddy Hendricks, Mashpee Wampanoag & Nipmuc, storyteller; and Maria Hendricks, Assonet & Mashpee Wampanoag, MC.
Artisans Darius Coombs and Eleanor Coombs, Mashpee Wampanoag, will be demonstrating how to create wampum and corn husk dolls. Participants will be able to make their own corn husk dolls. Gianni Hendrix, Mashpee Wampanoag & Nipmuc, will provide face painting. There will also be a food truck called Wampwheels selling indigenous food. A special feature at 2:30 will be a preview of “Pigsgusset and Watertown: What You Didn’t Know About the Original Peoples and the Founding of Watertown,” a Storymap.
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This isn’t in Watertown, but it’s hard for me not to mention the HONK! Festival being this weekend in Somerville and Cambridge. I will be playing with the Good Trouble Brass Band, and there are 31 bands playing. Check it out! Eat brunch here, then go hear some music!