Entertainment

Revels Set Sail for Boston Harbor Cruise and Sing in First In-Person Event

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Revels will set sail on Boston Harbor for a Cruise and Sing. Watertown-based Revels provided the following announcement:

Revels remerges: Join us for a fun night at sea as we sing together in-person for the first time in over a year! Join Revels on August 10th for a Boston Harbor Cruise and Sing with musician and chantey-man David Coffin! Revels is happy to announce the return of one of its most popular summer events, a two-hour sunset Boston Harbor Cruise and Sing! Join us on the spacious Provincetown II for the return of our popular Boston Harbor Cruise and Sings with musician, Harbor historian, and New England’s best-known chantey-man David Coffin leading the fun along with Revels longtime music director George Emlen. We’ll sing sea chanteys and more at the top of our lungs, sip our favorite (adult or children’s) beverage, and enjoy spectacular views of the harbor. There’ll be plenty of time to socialize between sets and David’s historic/hysterical harbor narration is always a treat as well!

Entertainment

July 7 Watertown Summer Concert Postponed

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The Town of Watertown announced the postponement of Wednesday’s Summer Concert featuring Tony Soul Project due to expected storms in the area. The Town sent out the following message. “Hello Concertgoers, due to the extreme heat and the possibility of storms predicated for this afternoon, the Wednesday, July 7, 2021 concert at Saltonstall Park has been postponed. The Tony Soul Project will perform on another evening this summer! Stay tuned, and stay cool and safe!”

Entertainment

Watertown Lit Squad Seeking Writers, Poets & Others for Watertown Arts Market

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The following announcement was provided by the Lit Squad:

An invitation to Watertown writers and poets to participate in the first annual Watertown Arts Market (www.watertownartsmarket.com). Calling all writers! Help celebrate poetry and prose in your preferred language as part of the first annual Watertown Arts Market on Saturday 21 August 2021 in Arsenal Park, noon to 5 p.m.

Here’s a chance for writers who are Watertown residents to market their work or simply share it with others, by open mike or otherwise. Writers of any age are welcome to participate by making creative contributions of their own, celebrating the work of others, or just talking with like-minded people. Such people (our Lit Squad) are dedicating tents and a table at the Arts Market to serve as a free venue and showcase for Watertown’s writers known and (hitherto) unknown.

Entertainment

Dance Music and a Free Dance Lesson at This Week’s Watertown Summer Concert

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Tony Soul Project will perform on July 7 at Watertown’s Saltonstall Park. Get ready to dance at this Wednesday’s Watertown summer concert featuring the Tony Soul Project. The Worcester-based band calls itself a hard driving dance band that plays songs “from the Delta to Soul to Rock & Roll.” The concert will be at Saltonstall Park (next to Town Hall, 149 Main St.) on July 7 beginning at 6:30 p.m. People wanting to learn a few steps before the concert can join in a free lesson at 6 p.m. to learn The Hustle from instructors from Ballroom in Boston. Tony Soul Project’s sets include a variety of favorites.

Cartoon

Small Saves Makes Room for His Hockey Silverware in This Week’s Cartoon

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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.”

Entertainment

Celebrate Classic Cartoon Character’s 90th Birthday with Watertown Cable Special

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Wimpy is celebrating a big birthday this year. This image is from “Egypt Us” (1960), one of the cartoons aired on the Watertown Cable special. “Drawing With Fred” host Fred Grandinetti provided the following piece:

The Watertown Cable Access Channel will be celebrating a milestone birthday of a comic strip character considered to be one of the greatest ever conceived; J. Wellington Wimpy! 

Wimpy is known for obtaining food by his wits. This is a cunning feat he has been performing in the Popeye comic strip since 1931. His catch phrase, “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today” is known all over the world. He has also referred many boxing matches and often resorted to dishonest tricks for his own advantage. 

The moocher was created by cartoonist E.C. Segar.

Entertainment

This Week’s Watertown Summer Concert Features 50s & 60s Rock, R&B, Garage Rock Music

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The second Saltonstall Park Concert will be held on Wednesday, June 30, featuring the Band From U.N.C.L.E.

On their website the group says it is “on a secret mission to bring 50s-60s rock & roll, garage rock and girl group/soul music to the masses.” Gretchen Bostrom provides lead vocals, with Silvertone Steve Coveney on guitar and singing backup, Brian “Double-O” Cutler on drums and backup vocals, and “Wando” Mannell playing bass and singing backup. See more information and listen to some of the Band From U.N.C.L.E.’s music by clicking here. The concert is the first post-pandemic performance for The Band From U.N.C.L.E.

The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. at Saltonstall Park, on Main Street next to Town Hall. https://www.watertownmanews.com/2021/06/09/2021-watertown-summer-concert-series-features-12-dates-variety-of-music/

Entertainment

Watertown Faire on the Square Officially Given the “Go” for Fall 2021

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Watertown’s annual Faire on the Square is back in 2021, with the annual outdoor festival scheduled to take place at Saltonstall Park on Sept. 25, 2021. The Faire was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dan McCarthy, chairman of the Faire Planning Committee, said it will be back this year. “I am happy to announce that Faire on the Square 2021 is officially a ‘GO,'” McCarthy said.