Arts

Dance Performance Kicks Off Free Online Music Series Hosted by Watertown-Based Revels

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Dave JamrogNeena Gulati and the Triveni School of Dance will perform Jan. 30 in the first performance of #RevelsConnect Season 2. The following announcement was provided by Revels:

Watertown-based Revels is thrilled to present Season 2 of #RevelsConnects: Musical Connections! This free series explores musical traditions from around the world with intimate virtual experiences including 45-minute salon–style performances with a variety of respected cultural tradition-bearers. Each performance is hosted on Facebook Live and followed the next Wednesday by a companion podcast produced in collaboration with the Mass Cultural Council and hosted by the MCC’s Folk Arts & Heritage Program Manager, Maggie Holtzberg. 

Opening Event: January 30th with Neena Gulati and the Triveni School of Dance!

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New Committee, Staff to Create Public Arts & Culture Goals, Priorities for Watertown

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Charlie BreitroseThe mural on Melendy Avenue is an example of public art in Watertown. The following information was provided by the City of Watertown:

As cities and towns around the country reimagine and reinvest in their public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, Watertown is rolling out a public arts and culture program to cultivate a more vibrant, welcoming, inclusive, and connected public realm. Overseeing this effort will be a new addition to the city staff, Public Arts and Culture Planner Liz Helfer, who started in City Hall just after Thanksgiving. Helfer, who previously ran Hatch Makerspace at the Watertown Free Public Library, is a practicing artist experienced in arts administration. She will work in City Community Development and Planning office with the newly-formed Public Arts and Culture Committee that will make recommendations around art in public places, while overseeing fundraising, community partnerships, outreach and more.

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Watertown Democrats Hosting Candidate for Governor, Possible AG Hopeful During Virtual Meeting

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Democratic Town Committee:

The Watertown Democratic Town Committee will be meeting this Thursday, January 27th at 7:30 over Zoom. We will hear from guest speakers, State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz who is running for Governor and Quinton Palfrey who is exploring a run for Attorney General. To get the Zoom link email the chair of the committee, Will Pennington at watertowndems@gmail.com

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COMICS: Final Here’s Trouble Cartoon, Small Saves Studies Up on Hockey

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal–then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

DeMarco recently added “Here’s Trouble” to his cartooning lineup, inspired by drawings he did in the 1980s when he was in high school.

Arsenal Yards

Fire Side Events at Arsenal Yards Start This Week

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The following information was provided by Arsenal Yards:

Winters in Watertown just got warmer! Arsenal Yards invites residents and visitors alike to get toasty by the fire and enjoy a variety of entertainment in the vibrant new neighborhood. Hosted this season in a new location on the City Works patio, guests and residents of Arsenal Yards are invited to sit around the fire pit and enjoy bites, bevvies and de-lightful weekly events all winter long! “As New Englanders continue to embrace outdoor activities and winter weather, we could not be more thrilled to bring back our popular Fire Side program this year!” said Jessica Reed, Marketing Director at Arsenal Yards. “Our second-annual Fire Side series gives our residents at Blvd & Bond, AY guests and the entire Greater Boston community the chance to warm up by the fire and enjoy delicious food and drink from City Works and spirited winter fun, right on the City Works patio, and also experience all the shopping, restaurants and entertainment Arsenal Yards has to offer.”

Fire Side will be every Tuesday beginning January 18th through March 1st from 5:30–7:30pm – perfect timing for after-work drinks, apps and laughs with friends, or a light dinner with the family.

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COMICS: Hockey Related Adventures for Small Saves & Here’s Trouble

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal–then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

DeMarco recently added “Here’s Trouble” to his cartooning lineup, inspired by drawings he did in the 1980s when he was in high school.

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Watertown Library Announces One Book, One Watertown Title for 2022

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The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Free Public Library:

WFPL invites you to participate in One Book, One Watertown 2022! This year’s book selection challenges us to question how we engage with the natural world around us. Braiding Sweetgrass, by botanist and Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Robin Wall Kimmerer, is a “hymn of love to the world” that gifts insight about scientific knowledge, Indigenous wisdom, and the teachings of plants. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise.” Kimmerer shows how other living beings — asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass — offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. 

This year, we encourage readers to go slowly and savor this beautiful book — either all at once, or in bits and pieces.

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Mosesian Center Winter Dates Includes Watertown Children’s Theatre, Jazz & Art Exhibitions

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The following announcement was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:

Recently reopened after a major renovation of the lobby and gallery spaces, the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown has announced a winter season of performances, exhibitions, and classes for diverse art enthusiasts and creators of every age and type. “After waiting over eighteen months to reopen,” said Executive Director Darren Farrington, “we’re thrilled offer so much to do, see, learn, and create at Mosesian Arts this winter. While COVID has delayed the start of some January programming, we’re taking precautions seriously and we’re hopeful that audiences and students will see us as a safe and welcoming destination for the arts.”

Performances

The Dark House, a world premiere play by Rachel Maddox, explores technology, influencers, and popularity gone wrong in a contemporary thriller that reflects on the power of social media and how much control it has in our lives. The play features actors in grades 6 through 8 in the Watertown Children’s Theatre program. January 28-30. Clue: On Stage is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery based on the iconic movie and classic board game.