Eliza Dushku

Distributor Purchases Rights to Movie Featuring Watertown’s Eliza Dushku

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One of Watertown’s Eliza Dushku’s most recent projects got a big boost when the distribution rights for the move were purchased. FilmBuff purchased the rights to “Jane Wants a Boyfriend,” a dramedy about a young woman on the autism spectrum and her older sister – played by Dushku – who tries to find her a beau, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film debuted over the summer at film festivals in Connecticut and New York City. Louisa Krause stars as Jane, William Sullivan directed the movie, which was written by Jarret Kerr. (See the trailer below). According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jane Wants a Boyfriend will open in select theaters and all major On Demand platforms, including Amazon Instant Video, Google Play and iTunes, in March 2016.

Entertainment

Folk Duo Hungrytown Playing at Watertown Library’s Winter Concert Series

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Hungrytown will perform their roots music at the Watertown Free Public Library as part of the Winter Concert Series. 

Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson – the married couple that makes up the folk duo – have an album that appeared in the Top 10 of the American Folk DJ charts in June and July, and they recently completed a six-week tour of Europe. While on tour they performed for BBC Radio Wiltshire. They met in New York City, but moved to Vermont in 2003. Hall sings and writes the lyrics and multi-instrumentalist Hall produces the music and comes up with the vocal harmonies. Both played music before forming Hungrytown – she sang jazz and he was a drummer in garage bands. They did not discover their love of folk music until a close friend – who died young due to a tragic misdiagnosis – passed them her collection of 1960s folk albums and her guitar.

Around Town

Tree Lighting Ceremony to be Held in Watertown Square

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The annual Watertown Tree Lighting Ceremony will be hosted by the Watertown-Belmont Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Watertown on Dec. 4. The public is invited to the free event on the Watertown Square Delta on Friday, Dec. 4. Santa Claus will arrive at 5:15 p.m. riding a Watertown Fire truck.

Armenians

Historical Society Hosts Film ‘The Legacy of a Lost Armenian Community’

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A film about the a small town in Turkey, from ancient times through the Armenian Genocide, will be presented by the Historical Society of Watertown at the Watertown Free Public Library. Memories of Marash: The Legacy of a Lost Armenian Community, a documentary film by Roger Hagopian, will be shown on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015 at 2 p.m. It will be hosted by the Historical Society of Watertown at the Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room in the Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main Street, Watertown. The Historical Society sent out the following announcement:

This 68-minute documentary film presentation on the 100th year commemoration of the Armenian Genocide was originally created in 2002. Producer Roger Hagopian remastered the film in 2015 to widescreen format with high resolution photography, hundreds of new high resolution images and animated maps.

Entertainment

Free Children’s Art Activities Coming up at the Arsenal Project

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The Arsenal Project will host free art activities for children this weekend. 

The mall will present two free family-friendly art activities on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15,

 

The Arsenal Project will join with two Watertown arts organizations – Watertown Arts Association & Arsenal Center for the Arts – for an art filled weekend. Both event offer hands-on arts activities for kids of all ages & abilities. Make a mixed-media project to take home!

Around Town

Watertown Theater Group Has Educated About Addiction for 31 Years

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A foursome of actors kept a Watertown High School auditorium packed with students mesmerized during a recent performance as part of the Erase the Stigma Week. 

The actors came from the Improbable Players, a theater company made up of former substance abusers. The group was created by Watertown resident Lynn Bratley 31 years ago this October after she had gotten into recovery from alcohol addiction. The group has traveled around New England, educating students of all ages about substance abuse prevention. A satellite group of former members from the Boston area started another chapter in New York City, which tours around New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Bratley said. Bratley, the founder, artistic director and executive director of Improbable Players, wrote and performed with the group for the first 10 years, or so.

Entertainment

Final Watertown Farmers Market Includes a Halloween Party

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The end of October means the end of the season for the Watertown Farmers Market, but it will go out with a bash. “Parting is such sweet sorrow; let’s party instead!” organizers of the Farmers Market said. On Thursday, Oct, 29 from 2-6 p.m., the final Watertown Farmers Market will also be  a Neighborhood Halloween Party at the Arsenal on the Charles, 3 Kingsbury Ave. (off Arsenal Street) under the smokestack.

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Enjoy a Free Veterans Day Concert by the Hal McIntyre Orchestra

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Watertown will hold a “Salute to All Veterans” on Veterans Day with a free concert featuring the world famous Hal McIntyre Orchestra. The orchestra is conducted by Watertown’s own Don Pentelton and stars Steve Marvin. The concert will include a Tribute to Frank Sinatra’s 1ooth birthday. The concert will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 at Watertown Middle School, 68 Waverly Ave, Watertown, from 7-9:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, please call the Watertown Veterans Office at 617-972-6416 or email at mcomeiro@watertown-ma.gov