Entertainment

Watertown Cable’s Drawing With Fred Has Tribute to the Troops

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This weekend, the Watertown Channel will broadcast two special episodes of the award winning series, Drawing With Fred, and will continue during the month of May. Both include Popeye theatrical cartoons featuring a military theme in a salute to our service people past and present. Beetle Bailey’s military antics are included in each episode. Drawing With Fred, Fred Remembers Our Service People will air on Saturday evening’s beginning at 7:30 p.m. starting April 30, 2016. It is presented by Watertown resident Fred Grandinetti

Business

Chamber Hosting Chronicle Reporter, Author at the Commander’s Mansion

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The Watertown Belmont Chamber of Commerce hosts Chronicle reporter and author Ted Reinstein at a special event at The Commander’s Mansion. The event is open to the public. The Chamber sent out the following information:

Join your fellow chamber members, meet and network with over 30 new Business members at a special night of Networking, Wine and Beer tasting, and food under the tent at The Commander’s Mansion in Watertown. Thursday May 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m. highlighted by:

Channel 5’s Chronicle Reporter Ted Reinstein who will be giving a Rousing and Bawdy Book signing and stories re: his newly released book: “Wicked Pissed: New England’s Most Famous Feuds”

Ted Reinstein is a native New Englander who brings to life many of the long-lasting feuds that have shaped New England demonstrating what it truly means to be Wicked Pissed. There will be:

Free raffle
Ted’s Book Signing & Stories
Wine, beer & plenty of food

Don’t miss this special night of networking, bring a friend, meet old members and new members.

Entertainment

‘Patriots Day’ to Film in Watertown, Studio Donating to Town to Hire a Cop

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The film about the Boston Marathon Bombings, and the events that followed in Watertown, will film a portion of the film at the old Police Station and a donation from the filmmakers will allow the town to hire an additional police officer. 

Watertown Town Manager Michael Driscoll revealed the news during his presentation of the Fiscal 2017 budget to the Town Council, Tuesday night. “The submitted Fiscal Year 2017 budget includes funding of one additional police officer above Fiscal Year 2016 level as a result of CBS Films providing $60,000 to the Town, primarily related to the filming of scenes of the ‘Patriots Day’ movie at the former Police Station,” Driscoll said. The police officer will bring the total uniformed officers in town up to 67, Driscoll said, including 49 patrol officers. The department also has nine dispatchers, four civilian employees and crossing guards at spots around town. In future years, the additional officer town officials will have to find room in the town’s operating budget to pay for the officer added through CBS Films’ donation, Driscoll said.

Entertainment

Watertown Children’s Theatre Presents ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ in May

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Watertown Children’s Theatre presents Little Shop of Horrors, Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken, WCT announced. A cast of eighth-12th graders, including Watertown’s own Amelia Allison, Shay Donovan, Alexander Feltner Harrison, Audrey Lin, Zoe Papastoitsis, Kira Peterson, Zack Rocklin-Waltch, and Julian Schepis, presents this thrilling musical in an intimate black box setting. Performances are May 6 and 7, 7 p.m., May 8, 1 p.m., May 12 and 13, 7 p.m., May 14, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., and May 15, 1 p.m., in the Black Box Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown. A Watertown Children’s Theatre Black Box Series production. Tickets are $15 each, general admission, and can be purchased at www.watertownchildrenstheatre.org or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006. Parental discretion is advised due to violence and adult content.

Entertainment

ArsenalArts Hosts Series that Combines Literature and Music

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The Arsenal Center for the Arts is proud to present the revival of Earfull – a literature and music series of “Writers Reading and Songwriters Singing” at Branch Line in Watertown’s Arsenal on the Charles complex this May, ArsenalArts announced. The “Earfull Revival Kickoff” happening Tuesday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m. will be the first of three events in the renewed series and features Authors Jim Shepard and Jennifer Haigh along with Musicians Howie Day and Air Traffic Controller. The series continues Tuesday, May 24 with “Earfull Election Night” featuring Authors Charlie Pierce and Seth Mnookin and Musicians Will Dailey and Michael Tarbox. And finally, Tuesday, May 31 Earfull Welcomes Atul Gawande & Friends with none other than Atul Gawande, Michael Hoover and Musicians Darlingside and Saraswathi Jones. The brainchild of Boston Musician and Author Jen Trynin and bookstore connoisseur Tim Huggins, Earfull first launched in the Fall of 2001 with the concept that, given a conducive environment, book people will appreciate being exposed to live music, and rock people will realize how cool it is to hear great authors reading their work aloud! EARFULL aimed to provide that environment, combining prominent author readings with established singer-songwriters in the hopes of broadening the appreciation of and audiences for both.

Boston Marathon Bombing

Watertown Scenes in ‘Patriots Day’ to be Shot in MetroWest Suburb

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Filmmakers will recreate the Watertown Shootout and the scene around the boat where Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was captured will be shot in Framingham. The shooting of “Patriots Day” has hit top gear, and WBZ-TV Channel 4 reports that the town in the MetroWest will be the stand-in for Watertown. Originally, filmmakers wanted to used the same streets where Watertown Police battled the Boston Marathon Bombers as the scene for their film, but the idea had some strong opposition in town and Town officials decided to pass on the opportunity. David Henneberry, the owner of the boat, told the Boston Herald he had no interest in participating in the film. Forced to look for a new spot, they chose Framingham.

Entertainment

Blue Heron Brings 14th Century Music to a Watertown Church

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Blue Heron presents Songs About Hope at the Church of the Good Shepherd on April 29. 
The group, which featues three singers and three players presents Esperance & Amors in 14th-century songs by Machaut, Senleches and others. Proceeds from this concert will benefit Watertown Family Network and the Church of the Good Shepherd. The concert will be held on Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. in Watertown. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

The vocal ensemble Blue Heron has been acclaimed by The Boston Globe as “one of the Boston music community’s indispensables” and hailed by Alex Ross in The New Yorker for the “expressive intensity” of its interpretations. Combining a commitment to vivid live performance with the study of original source materials and historical performance practices, Blue Heron ranges over a wide repertoire, according to Blue Heron’s website.

Arsenal Project

Kids Can Paint Their Own Flower Pot to Celebrate Earth Day at the Arsenal Project

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The Arsenal Project will host a special children’s event to celebrate Earth Day. 

Join the Arsenal Project for a collaboration with Indigo Fire Studio in a fun-filled FREE event for kids. Kids will paint a flower pot to plant seeds and celebrate Earth Day! Step by step instruction will be provided by Indigo Fire Studio. Recommended for children ages 7+

The event will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 1-3 p.m.

Registration Required, space is limited. RSVP to Emily at emandeville@wilderco.com or call 617.923.9944

The activity will be at the Innovation Space across from Dunkin Donuts in the Arsenal Project (Formerly the Arsenal Mall) 485 Arsenal St., in Watertown.