Entertainment

Revels Free Online Concert Series Begins This Weekend

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Watertown-based Revels kicks off a series of free virtual concerts on Sunday, Feb. 28. See details and how to listen in the Revels’ announcement below:

THIS SUNDAY at 5:00 pm ET! Join us for a special #RevelsConnects: Musical Connections Concert on Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/therevels/live

Revels presents Josée Vachon: Traditions and Songs of Acadia and Quebec, this Sunday, February 28 at 5:00 pm ET on Facebook Live! Explore musical traditions from around the world with the #RevelsConnects: Musical Connections Series of FREE intimate salon-style performances and companion podcasts, produced in collaboration with the Mass Cultural Council. This new series explores musical traditions from around the world with intimate virtual experiences, including 45-minute salon-style performances with a variety of musical tradition bearers.

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This Week’s Virtual Events for Watertown Seniors

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Watertown Senior Center

The following information was provided by the Watertown Senior Center:

Programs for Week of February 15, 2021

Join us via Zoom for the following programs. Call for access info: (617) 972-6490. New participants always welcome in every program! We hope you’ll join us! Monday:   Presidents’ Day~Senior Center Closed~No ProgramsTuesday:     10:00 AM, Reader’s Advisory with WFPL’s Emily Levine12:30 PM, Tai Chi & Meditation with Marie2:00 PM, Line Dancing with Bradley                                     Wednesday: 11:00 AM, Exercise with Joanna2:00 PM, Zoom Tour Part 2 of Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumThursday:        9:00 AM, Pilates with Marina Z.10:30 AM, Talk with Tom: Coffee & Casual Conversation12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Grab-n-Go pickup for those who pre-registered2:00 PM, “Love Songs of Valentine’s Day” with John Clark, American Music ExperienceFriday:            10:00 AM, Exercise with Shannon Lee Jones     12:00 PM, Seated Strength & Balance with Pearl1:00 PM, New! Weight Management with Pearl ~ see the newsletter for details.NEW TIME! 2:45 PM, Mellowtones Chorus with Anne Silverman

COVID-19 Vaccine Update

COVID-19 vaccines are on everyone’s minds right now and there are many questions about how to get a vaccine.

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Revels Hosting Free Online Sea Chantey Concert

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David Coffin will lead the Chantey Sing on the Revels Facebook site. The following announcement was sent out be Watertown-based Revels:

Join us for a rousing Chantey Sing us as we explore the history and traditions of sea chanteys! WHEN: Friday, February 19 at 7:30pm ETWHERE: On Facebook Live – www.facebook.com/therevels/live

Join us Friday, February 19th at 7:30pm ET on Facebook Live when Revels Artist-in-Residence and master chantey man David Coffin leads a rousing chantey sing with special guest, maritime musician, educator, and chantey expert, Celeste Bernardo. Making a cameo appearance will be Revels North Artistic Director Nils Fredland. Through the course of the evening we will explain but mostly SING many different forms of chanteys; capstan/pumping/windlass, halyard, long and short haul chanteys, to name a few.

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This Week’s Senior Center Events, Vaccine Info for Seniors

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Watertown Senior Center

The following information was provided by the Watertown Senior Center:

Programs for Week of February 8, 2021

Join us via Zoom for the following programs. Call for access info: (617) 972-6490. New participants always welcome in every program! We hope you’ll join us! Monday:   10:00 AM, Art Class with Dawn Scaltreto12:30 PM, Chair Yoga with Diane2:00 PM, Zoom Meet & Greet with our new State Representative Steve OwensTuesday:     12:30 PM, Tai Chi & Meditation with Marie2:00 PM, Line Dancing with Bradley                                     Wednesday:LAST DAY TO ORDER VALENTINE GRAB & GO LUNCH (617) 972-64909:30 AM, February Book Club: The Dutch House by Anne PatchettUpcoming selection for March: Glass Hotel by Emily St. John11:00 AM, Exercise with Joanna2:00 PM, LGBTQI Roundtable: Celebrating Love!4:00 PM, Council on Aging Board MeetingThursday:        9:00 AM, Pilates with Marina Z.10:30 AM, Talk with Tom: Coffee & Casual Conversation2:00 PM, Zoom with us for a tour of the Peabody Essex Museum!Friday:            10:00 AM, Exercise with Shannon Lee Jones     12:00 PM, Seated Strength & Balance with Pearl1:00 PM, New! Weight Management with Pearl ~see the newsletter for details.NEW TIME!

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Zoom Knitting, Pet Lovers Group Part of This Week’s Senior Center Virtual Programs

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Watertown Senior Center

The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Senior Center:

Programs for Week of January 25, 2021

Join us via Zoom for the following programs. Call for access info: (617) 972-6490. New participants always welcome in every program! We hope you’ll join us

Monday:   10:00 AM, Art Class with Dawn Scaltreto12:30 PM, Chair Yoga with Diane2:00 PM, New! Zoom Knitting

Tuesday:     12:30 PM, Tai Chi & Meditation with Marie2:00 PM, Line Dancing with Bradley

Wednesday: 10:00 AM, New! Pet Lovers Group 11:00 AM, Exercise with Joanna2:00 PM, Death Café with Richard Davis

Thursday:        9:00 AM, Pilates with Marina Z.10:30 AM, Talk with Tom: Coffee & Casual Conversation2:00 PM, Zoom Film Review with Debi Block

Friday:            10:00 AM, Exercise with Shannon Lee Jones     12:00 PM, Seated Strength & Balance with Pearl1:30 PM, Mellowtones Chorus with Anne Silverman

Senior Shuttle Bus Update

The Watertown Senior Shuttle Bus is back on the road for grocery shopping! Due to COVID-19, the bus is limited to 4 riders plus the driver.

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Discussion of Historic Shick House Just One Virtual Senior Center Event

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The Shick House is on property owned by the Mount Auburn Cemetery and likely to be sold to Buckingham Browne & Nichols School. The history of the Shick House will be presented during one of this week’s virtual Senior Center events. The house is located on Grove Street in East Watertown, and may be torn down. The property on which it is located was sold to Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, and the school plans to build playing fields on the site. The house will be torn down unless it is moved to another site.

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Seinfeld Trivia; Genealogy & One Book, One Watertown at the Library This Month

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The Watertown Free Public Library. The Watertown Library sent out the following information:

WFPL is pleased to announce Matt Haig’s novel, The Humans as our selection for One Book, One Watertown 2021! This year, we faced the task of selecting a title during this time of great uncertainty, isolation, and hardship in our community, our country and around the world.  Despite the challenges we all face, we have also observed wonderful demonstrations of bravery, selflessness, and kindness.  We wanted to find a book to help us celebrate the good we see around us.  

Matt Haig’s book is a laugh-out-loud, heart-filled exploration of what it truly means to be human.

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Virtual Events for Seniors: Movies, Book Club, Pets & Knitting Group

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Watertown Senior Center

The Senior Center may be closed due to COVID-19, but there are still plenty of activities to join by computer via Zoom. The Watertown Senior Center sent out the following schedule of virtual events for the month of January:

Zoom with Debi Block with Interactive Film/Theatre Program

Tuesday, January 5, at 10 amSome Like It Hot – Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe starin director Billy Wilder’s 1949 groundbreaking comedy. Two male musicians crossdress and join an allwomen band to escape Spats Columbo and his mob. One of the greatest comedies of all times defying the rules of the Hollywood Hayes Code! History of Music with John Clark: The Great Ladies of Song

Wednesday, Jan 6th at 2:00 pmAll of these lovely ladies began their careers singing for swing bands in the thirties and forties and then went on to even greater stardom on their own.