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REVIEW: SAATh Festival 2024 Brings South Asian Theater to Watertown

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Powerful and complex: Dipanwitha Bhattacharya and Jaideep Banerjee of ENAD Theatre in the Bangla play ‘An (Extra)Ordinary Incident’. Photo by Beena Sarwar. By Beena Sarwar

I went to see “Madho” last night with my mother at the Third South Asia Theatre festival, SAATh 2024, in the Boston area. A musical play set in Lahore, it is written and directed by Sarbpreet Singh, an engineer by profession whose passion is music and storytelling. Based on the timeless tale of the Sufi poet Shah Hussain and the Brahmin youth Madho Laal, who became known as one entity, the story also highlights the syncretic culture of this region.

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Weekend Fun: Faire on the Square, New Art Exhibit, South Asian Theater, Meet John Hancock

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Faire on the Square attendees check out one of the dozens of exhibitors on the field at Salonstall Park. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

Quickly, before the library parking lot is shut on Saturday, take your kiddos to the sing-along on Friday morning. The adults in the family could go see the beautiful art exhibit of photo-realistic paintings at the Armenian Museum of America. I love the photo they show on the website.  Saturday afternoon, many in Watertown will be heading to the Faire on the Square. It’s time to grab some free candy or swag at the booths, hang out to hear some music, and hit the rides.

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Art Classes for Adults Available at the Mosesian Center for the Arts

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

Mosesian Center for the Arts offers a variety of visual art classes for adults. Classes are still open for registration. For more information, please see our Fall Catalog: https://view.publitas.com/mosesian-center-for-the-arts/education-catalog-fall-2024/page/14-15

Here are some of our classes starting very soon! Beginning and Intermediate Painting with Acrylic

Paint with acrylics in this class for all levels of painters. Beginners embark on exercises exploring color, value, and composition.

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Weekend Fun: Field Hockey, Films, Make Chinese Lanterns & Chinese Wrestling Demo

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This Friday evening, you are either going to be very busy or you have to make some difficult choices. Because it’s early, if you aren’t working late, you can catch the Watertown field hockey game at Victory Field. All Watertownians should know that we are known statewide as having an outstanding field hockey team. Then there are two film choices, Beetlejuice and a pajama party, or the International Indian Film festival of Boston. You could don your sari for the Indian film festival or your dino pjs at the Majestic 7.

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Mosesian Arts Members Exhibit Features Range of Works from the Natural World to Abstraction

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Claudia Ravaschiere’s “Journey of a Thousand Trees” is part of the Mosesian Center for the Arts’ Members Exhibition. The following announcement was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:

The Mosesian Center for the Arts is excited to showcase a diverse body of art works from our current members. The upcoming exhibition gives our artist members the opportunity to demonstrate many and various ways to create work. In addition, artists explore a wide selection of themes. Several of the artists have turned to nature for inspiration and reflection.

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Actors’ Shakespeare Project Begins Partnership With Watertown’s Mosesian Center

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Chloe McFarlane and Paula Plum as Juliet and the Nurse in Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production of “Romeo and Juliet.” Photo by Maggie Hall Photography. The Mosesian Center for the Arts will once again have a resident company when the Actors’ Shakespeare Project moves in this fall. The theater company’s inaugural event at the MCA will be Refresh, a celebration of ASP and a preview of the season, which includes plays by three giants of stage and literature: Jane Austen, August Wilson, and William Shakespeare. See more information and get tickets here.

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Weekend Fun: International Music, Kung Fu, Recreational Baseball, Art Exhibit & More

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Olespana in Coolidge Square. I suggest starting this weekend with a peaceful stroll through the art exhibit at the Mosesian Center that ends this Friday. It is showing the art of their teachers as well as their students, and there are some beautiful pieces on exhibit. Then, Saturday, take any 4-10 year olds to the library to see a martial arts display to motivate them to get out explore the physical arts. In the afternoon, you and your honey (or your friend) can learn how to connect in healthier ways in the Art of Receiving and Giving workshop.

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Mosesian Center Has Comedy, Kids Arts Classes, Seeks Artists

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

As the summer and our 2023-24 season of programming near their ends, we have one more performance from MCA Improv to keep you laughing! It’s also time to sign up for fall classes! And don’t miss the call for art for another exhibition—this one based on arts and science! Come see, learn, and experience it all at Mosesian Arts! MCA IMPROV | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 | 7:00 PM

Don’t miss MCA’s adult improv class in a showcase performance of games and scenes! Our battle-worn improvisers are takin’ their fight to the streets in a show called Sad Max: Furry Road.$10 General Admission ticket proceeds support MCA’s improv program and other arts education programming. If you can’t provide the suggested amount, please reach out to tickets@mosesianarts.org.