Entertainment

Eliza Dushku Talks About Taking Back Power After #MeToo, Her New Movie in Time Magazine

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Eliza Dushku was interviewed by Time magazine about her #MeToo experiences, and her latest project, the biopic Mapplethorpe. Watertown’s Eliza Dushku spoke to Time magazine about how she is responding to her #MeToo experience on the set of Bull, the movie she and her brother Nate produced — Mapplethorpe, and her sobriety. In the piece, which came out online Tuesday, Dushku also talks about her pursuit of a college degree at Lesley University, which is why the interview took place near Harvard Square. In December, she was the subject of headlines when the New York Times revealed that CBS had paid her a multimillion dollar settlement after she complained about being sexually harassed on the set of the show Bull by the show’s star, Michael Weatherly. She spoke out about it in the Boston Globe.

Entertainment

Irish Dancers Performing in Watertown at St. Patty’s Celebration

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The Watertown Mall provided the following announcement:

The Sullivan School of Irish Dance is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at the Watertown Mall! They will perform on Saturday, March 16 starting at 2:00 pm and running for 30 minutes. Founded over 30 years ago by Clare Sullivan, a four-time New England Champion Irish dancer, the school teaches students as young as 4 years old the art & athleticism of Irish Dance. In addition to performing at local venues, they have performed at Fenway Park & Patriot Place.

Entertainment

Auditions for the Christmas Revels Chorus Coming Soon

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Auditions for the Christmas Revels chorus will take place in Watertown this April. The holidays are several months away, but auditions for The Christmas Revels will take place soon in Watertown. Revels provided the following information:

Audition for The Christmas Revels! Announcing Volunteer Chorus Auditions for the 2019 Christmas Revels: An American Celebration of the Winter Solstice

Directed by Patrick Swanson; Megan Henderson, music director

WHEN: Sunday, April 7 &  Monday, April 8, 2019 (4-6 p.m. children) (7-9:30 p.m. adults)

WHERE: Belmont-Watertown UMC (formerly Grace Vision Church), 80 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA

Revels seeks a diverse and talented volunteer chorus of adults and children (ages 7-12) to join our family for 18 performances of The Christmas Revels at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, December 13-29, 2019.

Entertainment

UPDATED: Catch the Watertown High Musical, “Urinetown,” This Weekend

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Watertown High School will present the musical “Urinetown” three times this weekend. (The time of the Sunday production of Urinetown has been updated.)

Watertown High School will present three productions of the musical, Urinetown, this weekend. The WHS spring musical will be performed at the Watertown High School on Friday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 p.m.

Musical Theatre International had the following description of the show:

Urinetown, is in fact, a satire of almost every musical you can think of. More than this it parodies the traditions of musicals as a whole in terms of style, structure and story. It also jabs at the legal system, capitalism, corrupt corporation, waste in terms of the environment and our sense of entitlement (amongst other things).

Arts

Four Artists Featured in Watertown Exhibit of Works Inspired by Text

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The following information was provided by Room 83 Spring:

Room 83 Spring is pleased to present Tell It Slant with David Curcio, Monique Johannet, Adrienne Sloane, and Antoinette Winters. Text is the catalyst in common, distilled through individual approaches in drawing, fiber, sculpture, and painting, Curcio, Johannet, Sloane, and Winters mine a history of text-based inspiration from illuminated manuscripts and folk samplers to pop culture posters, protest signs and advertising and share a kinship with contemporary artists Ed Ruscha, Barbara Krueger, Mel Bochner, and Corita Kent. The show runs until April 20, 2019, at Room 83 Spring, located at 83 Spring St. in Watertown. The gallery is open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment.

Charity

Trio Performing in Watertown for Tremedal Concerts

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Kallet, Epstein and Cicone will perform on March 9 in Watertown. The trio of Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone will perform in Watertown in the latest Tremedal Concert. The concert will be at the First Parish Church, 35 Church St. in Watertown on Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. Tickets have sold out. Organizers of the concert describe the group as:

Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone have had the pleasure of performing together in concerts, coffeehouses, and festivals throughout New England since 1981.

Entertainment

Eliza & Nate Dushku Will Host Q&As at 2 Showings of their New Film “Mapplethorpe”

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Matt Smith plays Robert Mapplethorpe in the movie produced by Watertown’s Eliza and Nate Dushku. Watertown’s own Eliza and Nate Dushku will be on hand to answer questions after a showing of Mapplethrope, the movie which the siblings produced. There will be two showings of the movie about one of the significant artists of the 1970s and 1980s at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge. The shows — at 7:05 p.m. on both Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9 — will be followed by a Q&A with the Dushkus. Find out more about Mapplethorpe and get tickets by clicking here.