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YardArt Bike Tour Visits Several Locations Around Watertown

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YardArtThe bike tour of YardArt visits a Watertown home with a display. On Sunday, March 27, a group of Watertown residents hopped on their bicycles and took a tour of the homes in town participating in YardArt 2022. “The bike ride on Sunday was a huge success. There were more than 25 cyclists ranging in age from 6-73,” YardArt organizers said. YardArtThe tour of YardArt 2022 started at the Deluxe Town Diner. The tour visited several sites that put in art installations for the second annual spring celebration of art.

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Mosesian Center Hosting Bollywood Band, The Who’s “Tommy,” and Art Classes this Spring

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The following information was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:

The Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown has announced a spring season of arts education programs, performances, and exhibitions for diverse art enthusiasts and creators of every age and type. “We’re thrilled to see more people returning to live events and classes,” said Executive Director Darren Farrington. “We offer so much to do, see, learn, and create at Mosesian Arts this spring, and we hope people will take advantage of the easy access to the arts at the Arsenal.”

Arts Education

Spring classes in visual and performing arts begin on April 5. Mosesian Arts offers adult courses in drawing, painting, mindful arts, and a popular class in developing your sketchbook. Youth classes include comics, soft sculpture, bookmaking, exploring art, and developing creativity!

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Small Saves Cartoon: First Impressions of a New Player

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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.”

Around Town

Take a Bike Tour of Watertown’s YardArt This Weekend

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Get ready for the YardArt Watertown Bike Tour on Sunday, March 27! Organizers sent out the following details:

The ride leaves at 1 p.m. from the Wells Avenue municipal parking lot (behind the CVS in Coolidge Square). View a Google map of the tour: https://bit.ly/3N2ojKe. Printable street-by-street directions: https://bit.ly/3CU9CVi. Rain date is April 3.

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New Rep is Back With Storytelling Festival in April

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The following information was provided by New Repertory Theatre:

New Rep announces a festival celebrating storytelling, in its various forms, that will take place in both the Black Box and Main Stage Theaters at the Mosesian Center for the Arts on the afternoon of Saturday, April 23rd. Featured musical artists for We Celebrate: Storytelling through Song, Music, and Sound include Geraldine Barney, a singer, songwriter and visual artist from the eastern part of the Navajo Nation, Northwest New Mexico, whose music was a central part of Listen to Sipu in 2021. She will be joined by jazz, gospel, and R&B local favorite Athene Wilson. They plan to unleash a performance indicative of their rich personal narratives that is not to be missed. Purchase your ticket for the 4:30 p.m. performance of We Celebrate: Storytelling through Song, Music, and Sound for $20, or pair it with a ticket to either the 2 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. performance of Solo Moments and save $5 OFF each ticket giving you two different shows for only $30. More artists to be announced soon!

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Watertown Movie Theater Hosting International Film Festival Screenings

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The Majestic 7 cinema in Watertown. Watertown’s Majestic 7 will hold two screenings during Belmont World Film 2022, including the closing night show. This year’s festival will have eight films, with three available in-person and online, four only online only, and one only in-person. Other in-person films will be hosted by the West Newton Cinema. The Majestic 7, located in Arsenal Yards, will host the opening movie, A Change of Heart, on March 27 (which is also available online), and the closing night film on May 16, Silent Land, which is only in-person.

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Sheepshearing Festival Returns to Gore Place, Tickets Now Available

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Gore PlaceAfter a two-year hiatus, the Sheepshearing Festival returns in-person at Gore Place on April 23. The following information came from Gore Place:

Forced to move online by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place will return in-person on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Since 1987, this annual event has entertained guests with music, 100 craft and fiber artists, demonstrations of traditional shearing and herding dogs, and historic re-enactors, on the beautiful grounds of this historic, 50-acre estate. According to Executive Director and festival organizer Susan Robertson, “We’re proud that the Sheepshearing Festival has become a New England spring tradition for so many. People often tell us that spring doesn’t begin until the Sheepshearing Festival.

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See What Small Saves Dreams About 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.”