Entertainment

Meet Santa Claus in Virtual Event Hosted by Gore Place

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Santa Claus will be streaming live from Gore Place this year. Gore Place sent out the following information:

We’re bringing our popular annual Santa Tea experience online this year. Santa will be broadcasting live from the Carriage House right to your home! During this live online event, families will play games, sing songs and hear a story or two from Santa. Sign-up early and get some great recipes for sugar cookies and spiced cocoa. Dates and Times:Saturday, December 19 and Sunday, December 20 at 10 am and 3 pm ET

Details:$20 per household.Event is online via Zoom.Tickets must be purchased by Friday, December 18 at 3 pm.Live captioning will be available at select times. See website for details.

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Watertown Library Co-Hosting James Patterson, Jeff Benedict at Virtual Author Talks

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Bestselling author James Patterson will speak with Hank Phillippi Ryan about his two upcoming books on Dec. 15 and on Dec. 17 Jeff Benedict will discuss his book about the New England Patriots’ Dynasty. The Watertown Library sent out the following announcement:

The holiday season always brings an abundance of new and highly anticipated books by prominent authors. This year, the Watertown Free Public Library (WFPL) is partnering with local booksellers and neighbor libraries to bring a few of those bestselling authors to Watertown – virtually, of course!

Around Town

Learn to Make Paper Figures, 3D Ornaments and More at Hatch This Month

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Hatch Makerspace can help you get ready for the holidays with their workshops in December. Hatch is located at 20 Summer Street, and is part of the Watertown Free Public Library. The following information was provided by Hatch:

Papercraft Characters with Yi BinFriday, December 4, 6 pmCreate your own cast of 3-dimensional characters using paper! You will learn techniques for cutting and folding to bring your imagination to life. This is a great workshop for families.

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Cleanup Time for Small Saves in This Week’s Cartoon

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Cartoon by James DeMarco

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.”

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Watertown Children’s Theater Building on Success of Online Plays

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Children’s Theatre:

Building on the successes of our fall online productions, Watertown Children’s Theatre/Mosesian Center for the Arts will be producing three more online productions this winter for Grades 3-12.  Registration is open now at mosesianarts.org for all winter productions, which begin in early December. For Grades 3-5, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by John Glore is a fun, irreverent look at fairy tales that includes comedy, music and a lot of fun. Based on the beloved book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, this play includes fresh takes on stories like Chicken Little, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, and more. Favorite fairy tales are hilariously remixed with comical music and quick-paced scenes to challenge actors and delight audiences. Orientation begins December 9.

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Small Saves Makes a Sacrifice in This Week’s Cartoon

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Cartoon by James DeMarco

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.”

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Watertown High Drama Presenting Virtual Version of “The Crucible”

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The Watertown High School Dramatic Arts Department has taken the saying, “The show must go on,” to heart, and will be presenting the fall play, The Crucible, in a remote format. The play will be recorded remotely, and will be available for people to watch online on Nov. 20-22 on the Watertown High School website. When the school year began, all the schools in Watertown operated remotely, and performances indoors were not allowed under the Massachusetts COVID-19 regulations. WHS student Ryan Leonard, who is the stage director for The Crucible, said it wasn’t clear whether there would even be a play.

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Small Saves Faces his Former Team This Week

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Cartoon by James DeMarco

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.”