Entertainment

Watertown Musicians Return to Serenading Visitors of the Watertown Library

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Anaïs MarkwoodThe Watertonics play music and sign on the porch of Thomas Michel’s home, which overlooks the back parking lot of the Watertown Library. On Sunday he was joined by friend and soprano Maria Ferrante. This past Sunday saw the first Watertonics concert since the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic, an event welcomed by many Watertown residents.  

The Watertonics, self described by co-founder Thomas Michel as “Watertown’s leading front porch busking group” is a local music group who have been giving concerts from Michel’s front porch for a few years. 

The Watertonics’ front porch concerts began with Michel and his friend Ted Sharpe simply practicing together on Michel’s porch, which overlooks the back parking lot of the Watertown Free Public Library (WFPL). They noticed many library patrons stopping to listen to the music as they got in and out of their cars and decided to make it more official, naming themselves the Watertonics and establishing a weekly concert schedule of Sunday afternoons. . 

Michel and Sharpe met in graduate school at Duke University and have been playing music together for many years.

Around Town

Applicants Wanted for Watertown’s New Public Arts & Culture Committee

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Watertown Town Hall

The Town of Watertown provided the following announcement:

Town Manager Michael J. Driscoll is seeking eight (8) Watertown citizens interested in servingon the Public Arts and Culture Committee. The Town of Watertown has established a Public Arts Master Plan that was created through the efforts of a steering committee that included a number of representatives of stakeholder organizations in the community that deal with arts and culture, as well as Town departments and the Town’s consultant, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. The Honorable Town Council adopted the Watertown Public Arts Master Plan at its meeting on February 23, 2021. The Watertown Public Arts Master Plan includes a number of implementation strategies, including Implementation Item 1A, a recommendation for the creation of an appointed Public Arts and Culture Committee (PACC) that acts as a permanent, standing advisory body to the Town of Watertown, to make recommendations over two core program areas:

1) Art in Public Places: Permanent, semi-permanent, temporary, and ephemeral artworks and activations that create a vibrant, welcoming, inclusive, and connected public realm. This may include semi-permanent projects as well as temporary artworks and installations funded through a variety of funding sources.

Entertainment

A Victory Dance in this Week’s Small Saves 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

Mosesian Center Welcomes Writers & Musicians for Earfull Series, Group that Melds Hip Hop & Other Genres

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The Mosesian Center for the Arts provided the following announcement:

While the Mosesian Center for the Arts building remains closed for renovation, the arts center continues to produce live, in-person events on the grounds of the Commander’s Mansion at the Arsenal on the Charles. On July 14 and August 4, two Earfull events takes the stage—and both are nearly sold out. Since the early 2000’s, Boston musician and author Jen Trynin, and bookstore connoisseur Tim Huggins, have been hosting the series, bringing together the worlds of writers and musicians. They prove that, given the right environment, Book People will love the experience of live music, and Rock People will realize how cool it is to hear great authors reading their work aloud. On July 28, STL GLD performs with Regie Gibson.

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.