Art & Cultural Events List

Here are our upcoming classes in Topics in Herbalism:

Body Lotion and Lip Balm from Simple All-Natural Ingredients
Learn how to make your own body lotion and lip balm, from simple all-natural ingredients.
Date & Time: This is a one-time class on Tuesday, November 15, from 7 to 8:30 pm.
Price: $20


Returning to Our Roots
Learn how and when to use different roots at home for various purposes. Learn the medicinal value of various homeopathic roots.
Date & Time: This is a one-time class on Thursday, November 17, from 7 to 8:30 pm.
Price: $25


Cold/Flu Natural Remedies
Learn how to use your kitchen to keep yourself healthy. Discover what common household herbs, vegetables, and spices have health and wellness-preserving properties.
Date & Time: This is a one-time class on Tuesday, November 29, from 7 to 8:30 pm.
Price: $20

Here are our upcoming Mindfulness and Holistic Living classes:


Holistic Health in the Childbirthing Year:

Your Fertile Body:
Your Fertile Body will introduce you to the normal fertility cycle, will offer tools and techniques for identifying and tracking days of fertility
Date & Time: This is a one-time class on Sunday, November 20th, from 4 to 6pm.
Price: $25


Holistic Pregnancy:
Holistic Pregnancy will give you an opportunity to learn about common challenges in pregnancy, from physical ailments such as nausea and varicosities, to the emotional ups and downs, especially anxiety
Date & Time: This is a one-time class on Sunday, December 4th, from 4 to 6pm.
Price: $25

Nourished Postpartum:
Nourished Postpartum covers what happens after a baby is born, including the common challenges faced as mothers recover physically.
Date & Time: This is a one-time class on Sunday, December 18th, from 4 to 6pm.
Price: $25




Restorative/Yin Yoga
Expect a meditative yoga class comprised of relaxing, calming poses with long-ish holds, designed to help you unwind from your day.

Date & Time: This is an eight-week series on Wednesdays, January 4 through February 22, from 8 to 9:15 pm.

Price: $15/ session or $96 for the whole series as the price is reduced to $12 per session.

Press-less Prints Series
In this series, you will learn how to make monotype and relief prints without using a printing press.

This series includes the remaining classes:

Woodcuts 2 (November 2 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm)
Linocuts1 (November 9 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm)
Linocuts 2 (November 16 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm)
Artist Books (November 30 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm)

Price: $16 per class



Introductory Figure Drawing

Develop strong fundamental approaches to figure drawing thoroughly based in the rigorous practice of observation.

Date & Time: This is a three-week class on Wednesdays, December 7th to 21st, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Price: $120 (including the model and material fees)

The Cambridge Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Music Director
Cynthia Woods open the 2016-2017 Season with

Masterworks: Crossing the Atlantic
Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium, MIT
48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA


Eight Somerville residents will perform as part of the orchestra. They are: violinists Josh Garstka, Daphne Layton, and Tadhg Pearson, violists Sam Duncan and Kim Etingoff, cellist Allison Reid, oboist Carolyn Hayes, and percussionist Natalie Shelton-May.


For the centerpiece of this concert, Michael Tippett’s powerful oratorio A Child of Our Time, the CSO welcomes back acclaimed soprano Indra Thomas, renowned mezzo-soprano Joanna Porackova, and tenor Ray Bauwens, and welcomes baritone Ron Loyd, plus the New England Conservatory (NEC) Youth Chorale and NEC Concert Choir directed by Jonathan Richter.

Written in response to Nazi oppression in prewar Germany, the oratorio integrates the music of African-American spirituals into Tippett's universal cry for peace and healing.

Rounding out the program, CSO also performs William Walton’s triumphant march Crown Imperial and George Gershwin’s irresistible tone poem An American In Paris.

Tickets are available now at www.cambridgsymphony.org. Ticket prices are $25 (adult general seating) and $15 (students and seniors).
Established in 1975, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community music organization presenting classical music to diverse audiences who value great music in an accessible environment. Our volunteer musicians hail from Cambridge, Somerville, and Greater Boston. As the community orchestra of Cambridge and Somerville, the CSO creates outstanding programming through the combined energy of dozens of dedicated and talented individuals who believe in the importance of classical music and expanding our community’s access to it.

ArtTalks: The Art of Masks
November 17 at 7:00 pm
The Umbrella Community Arts Center, 40 Stow StreetConcord, MA 01742

Masks are one of the most ancient creative forms, from Noh masks in Japan to commedia dell’arte in Italy to traditional Native American masks across the continent, this art form is used to facilitate creative expression. From November 4-19, you’ll be able to see one example of masks in use during The Umbrella’s production of Equus.

At this month’s ArtTalk, the creative team of Equus will be joined by mask makers from around the region in an interactive panel. We’ll be discussing what it means to wear art, how that affects the way it’s made, and how masks are utilized in different venues.

Panelists:

Eric Bornstein, Behind the Mask, MASK/PUPPET DESIGNER
Award-winning Behind the Mask Studio has created masks/puppets for many companies, including Boston Ballet (Nutcracker), Boston Lyric Opera (Madama Butterfly), Boston MFA, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Company One (Shockheaded Peter [2016 IRNE award-winner for Best Puppetry Design]), Underground Railway Theater (Galileo), Fava Opera (Les Sortileges D'enfants [Paris]), Liars & Believers (Le Cabaret Grim, Best Production Design winner, New York Musical Theater Festival 2014), Gamm Theatre, and Bethesda Softworks (Versailles, Paris). Over the last 30 years Eric’s masked characters have been the subject of numerous media features. Local and national media have described Eric as “Boston’s preeminent mask maker”…”a man of many talents” and his masks as “phantasmagoric,” “magnificent,” “Stunning, finely crafted…first-rate,” “eerie/enchanting,” “masterful,” and “gorgeous.”

Charlotte Dore is an actor, puppeteer and voice artist. She is a member of the actors unions SAG/AFTRA & Actors Equity. She has been running Rosalita's Puppets for Over 20 years touring all around New England with puppet shows and children's storytelling using puppets and masks. She worked with Tom Woodruff ( Oscar winner for Aliens) on the Gorilla in the Kevin James movie Zookeeper filmed in Boston as an additional puppeteer. She has recorded over 40 audio books and performed in theatres such as Stoneham and the Lyric and toured Nationally with Underground Railway Theatre.Charlotte uses masks in many of her children's programming and in her interactive work uses physical comedy and mask inspired techniques weather using a mask or just a "costume". She is delighted to be part of a panel discussing mask and its importance in Theatre."

Ian Thal is senior contributor and theater critic for The Arts Fuse. He has collaborated with Eric Bornstein in Teatro delle Maschere, and has also performed with Bread & Puppet Theater, i Sebastiani, and Cosmic Spelunker Theater, and teaches mime and commedia dell'arte at OpenAir Circus, a Somerville-based youth circus. His plays include Arlecchino Am Ravenous, Two Cats Explain The Monstrous Moth Group, The Second Annual Administration Building Takeover and Slumber Party, and Jan Kultura, Substitute Teacher, Meets the Crowd.

Kate Devorak is a Massachusetts-based actress, director, and designer. She graduated with a degree in theater from Drew University in 2013. Favorite past roles include: Cory in PRIVATE EYES (Salem Theatre Company), Player in HAMLET (Salem Theatre Company), Sylvia in ONE TENNIS SHOE (Ghostlight Theatre Company of NE), Portia in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Nashua Theatre Guild), Rosannah DeLuce in BRILLIANT TRACES (Nashua Theatre Guild), and Gunman in MASS, a devised piece (Drew University).

Learn more: http://theumbrellaarts.org/event/arttalk-art-masks

Mandorla Music presents

D U O D U O: Vanessa Morris & Scott Sandvik and James Merenda & Jon Dreyer
Saturday, November 5th, 8pm
Third Life Studio, 33 Union Square, Somerville

Advance tickets, $15, are available here. Join the FB event & help spread the word!

Vanessa Morris was trained as a classical pianist before branching into jazz at the Oberlin Conservatory and, later, New England Conservatory, where she met duo partner, guitarist Scott Sandvik. Their duo project grew out of in depth study of African-American folklore. Their improvisations were based on ear transcriptions of field-recorded a cappella black folk singing that included surge style hymns, spirituals, hollers and blues. Recently the Morris/Sandvik Duo's repertoire has widened to include the music of such composers as Carla Bley, Bert Bacharach and Joao Gilberto.

They'll split the bill with another great duo, longtime collaborators James Merenda on piano and/or alto saxophone and bassist Jon Dreyer. James and Jon have played a couple packed Mandorla shows in a trio setting in the past & I'm thrilled to welcome them as a duo. The two have played for years both in duo and trio "non-standard standards" formats and in the larger ensemble Ticklejuice, which showcases Merenda's adventurous composition.

Artist friends, come apply to be a part of our awesome month-long pop-up "art mall" in the heart of Union Square Somerville just in time for the holidays!


The Somerville Local Arts Mall (SLAM) will feature the work of 23+ local artists. Each artist will be renting their own room ranging in size and price to set up as their "shop." Payments will be taken at a centralized front desk point-of-sale, and staffing will be on a shared rotation.



Our goal is to create a space in vibrant Union Square to connect our fantastic population of creators with our fabulous population of creative consumers. The market will run for one month from November 20th to December 17th, just in time for the holidays!

Deadline for applying is November 4th!

Apply here:

Somerville Local Arts Mall

Porter Square Books

Poetry Reading

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

7:00PM



Three Authors Read From Their New Books Published By Glass Lyre Press (Chicago, 2016)



Gloria Mindock will read from "Whiteness of Bone."

Tim Suermondt will read from "Election Night and the Five Satins."

Pui Ying Wong will read from "An Emigrant's Winter."



Come join us!

Subletting my artist studio space at Joy Street Studios for 2 months.
Most of the installed furniture is easily foldable, which makes the space very flexible. Good for photography, textile work (the original function of the space), and any other art form as long as it causes no damage to existing objects. Painters welcome as long as they leave the walls clean.

BONUS: you will have the opportunity to participate in the Joy Street open studio weekend (Nov 19-20, 2016) to show / sell your art.

Time Period: November 15th, 2016 to January 15th, 2016 (2 months)
Surface Area: about 300 sq ft
Dimensions: 25' 7" x 11' 8"
Lighting: - natural daylight through skylight on ceiling (good for photo studio)
- artificial light is tube lighting throughout
Industrial building, wooden floors, shared bathroom & sink on same floor, free parking available on the studio's lot
Rent: $510 / month

Email for details- studiohabeascorpus@gmail.com

Hello friends,

Please forward this info about my "Make Fleece Hats!" class to anyone you know who might be interested:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/make-fleece-hats-2016-tickets-28507803608

WHEN:
* Thurs Nov 3 6:30 to 9:30 pm
* Thurs Nov 10 6:30 to 9:30 pm
* Thurs Nov 17 6:30 to 9:30 pm

WHERE:
Artisans Asylum
10 Tyler Street
Somerville, MA

COST: $90

Somerville Artists and Creative Workers:



You are a vital part of our region's vibrancy, but are often undercounted - and underserved - because of the fluid nature of your work life. You can help change that!

Go to www.nefa.org/creativescount for more info and links to the survey in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Deadline: November 18, 2016.

Answer questions about your jobs, income, and career priorities
Be entered into a drawing to win a $25 gift card
Count yourself in...and encourage creatives in your networks to do the same
The survey should take 20-30 minutes to complete, because it is designed to capture the complexity of creative work - please take this opportunity to convey how much you count. Help advocates, service providers, and other stakeholders ensure that creative workers are better served by employment analysis, program planning, and advocacy strategies.



Analysis of your responses will be included in a report on the whole creative sector in New England that will be released in spring, 2017.

November 4th is the deadline for the grant program to support Community Curators launching an exhibit at the Somerville Museum. Shows are for the 2017 and 2018 seasons and up to four proposals may be accepted for the $2500 awards.

Proposals can be on any topic but preference is given to exhibits that incorporate a connection to the city of Somerville, past, present or future, and serve to enhance understanding and appreciation of the history, arts and culture of the city. The Museum’s trustees seek exhibits that foster dialogue among local artists, historians and educators and the broader community to enrich understanding and lifelong learning. All submissions are welcome and will be judged on the quality of the proposal. Selected community curators will receive a seed grant of $2,500 and exhibit space at the museum.

Detailed information can be found on the Somerville Museum website at www.somervillemuseum.org.

Community Note: Join Historic Preservation Commission for Tours of Milk Row Cemetery, Prospect Hill Tower



Wondering about the residents of this historic Milk Row Cemetery dating back to 1804? Join the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission on Sunday, November 6, from 2 to 4 p.m., for the final public opening of 2016. Due to its fragile condition, the site is often closed to the public, except by appointment, or during regular openings during the seasonal months. At those times, volunteer docents, often dressed in historic period clothing, will help you learn a little about the buried residents, from as far back as Revolutionary times, and their history within the community, once known as "Beyond the Neck.” The grounds may also be appreciated as a peaceful retreat for reading and contemplation.



Have you ever wondered about the view from the top of the Prospect Hill Tower? Come and see it for yourself! Thanks to recent renovations through the Community Preservation Act, residents can take docent-guided tours to the top on select dates. Remaining dates for 2016 are:



- Thursday, November 4, 4 – 5:30 p.m.

- Saturday, November 12, noon – 2 p.m.

(Inclement weather cancels)



The tower was built in 1903 to honor the troops who camped atop the hill during both the Revolutionary War and Civil War. It was designated as a Local Historic District in 1985 and was just recently re-stabilized through a 2015 Somerville CPA grant.



For more information on either program, contact Brandon Wilson at 617-625-6600 ext. 2532, or BWilson@somervillema.gov.

We wanted to remind you that the Expressive Explorers program runs on Thursdays from 9:30-11:30am, drop in anytime during the program, till December 15th (excluding November 24th) and costs $5 per child participating. This program is open to children ages 18 months to 5 years.

You can RSVP ahead of time here.

This Thursday October 27th, we will be making masks!
Come make any type of mask you want, animal, scary, or just glue some things on and make a silly mask!
We'll have feathers, fabric, markers, paint, and lots more!


We also have an Armory Family Fun Day event taking place on Sunday October 30th from 2 to 5 pm, we will have an info booth and an arts and crafts section that has art activities ranging from Halloween coloring pages to mini-pumpkin decorating.

Knucklebones will also be part of this event and will have a play space.

The price is $5 per person and a maximum of $20 per family

We look forward to seeing you at the Armory!

Thank you,
The Education Programs Department
The Center for Arts at the Armory

John Tagiuri, the owner of the studio building at 226 Pearl St. in Somerville has a small 150 sq. ft. studio for lease for $350/month.



If you are interested please contact John at jtstudio@earthlink.net

This Wednesday October 26th from 6pm-10pm, Join the Somerville Arts Council's Nibble Culinary Entrepreneurs Miguel y Balbina at Aeronaut Brewery as they bring their delicious tacos to the Duck Village Stage.

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A family affair. Pictured Left to Right, Manuel (Miguel y Balbina's Son), Balbina, and Miguel.

For their Aeronaut debut, our husband and wife duo will be preparing two delicious taco fillings: Cochinita Pibil and Longaniza. Served with fresh onion, cilantro, and lime juice, top off your taco with Balbina's delicious homemade salsa for the perfect meal.

Enjoy live music, grownup storytelling, and good cheer while supporting our aspiring culinary entrepreneurs. Hope to see you there!

When: Wednesday, October 26th, 6pm-10pm
Where: Aeronaut Brewery, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
What: Delicious tacos, live music, storytelling, and good cheer
Why: Tacos are delicious, you enjoy all of thee above, and you'd like to assist the growth of our culinary duo.

Journeys in Sound presents

Alex Greffin Klein, violin

Solo recital and workshop project,
based on Franco-American contemporary repertoire


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Friday, October 28, 8pm
$15 at door with a reservation, $17 without one if room is not to capacity
$10 for students with a reservation, $12 without one
Make a reservation: Eventbrite or email journeysinsoundpresents@gmail.com
For more info call or text 617-276-4536
FB Event

PROGRAM:
Elliot CARTER : four lauds
David FELDER : Another Face
Kaija SAARIAHO - Nocturnen
Philippe HUREL : Traits [World Premiered by Alexandra in 2014]
Edith CANAT DE CHIZY : En mille éclats
Watch video!

Born in France to a long lineage of musicians, Paris based Alex Greffin Klein is a consummate violinist, insightful, accomplished, and brilliantly passionate in her playing. She has worked as a member of the award winning quartet the Benaim String Quartet and was a featured soloist of the Ensemble Cairn. She has performed in many cities across the world including Paris, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Antwerpen, Lisbon, Madrid, Moscow, Osaka, Tokyo, Beijing, and Tel Aviv, to name a few. She also has performed here in Boston at Jordan and is very much anticipating her return to the area.

Passionate about Contemporary music, Alex has taken part in masterclasses and devotes an important part of her career to promoting Contemporary music, working closely with composers Pascal Dusapin, Philippe Hurel, Gérard Pesson, Michaël Jarrell, Allain Gaussin, Sofia Goubaïdoulina and Helmut Lachenmann, among others.

alexgreffinklein.com

In the spirit of collaboration & community, please join us for our next Lecture Series on Thursday, October 27th from 7:00 - 9:00pm hosted at BROOKLYN BOULDERS (12 Tyler Street, second floor, next to the yoga room).

Our featured guests are from STARLAB STUDIOS, a full-service multimedia production studio based in Union Square, Somerville, specializing in Audio Recording & Production, Video Production & Editing and other creative services. We are excited to have STARLAB share more information about who they are, their successes/challenges, words of inspiration and then they will participate in a fun creative q & a session!

7pm - arrive, mingle, network
8pm - short presentation from STARLAB Studios
8:30pm - q & a with host & producer of Fallon's Daily Toast

Bring a dish to share if you can. Come on by for the food and filmmaker fellowship. We hope you can make it and please spread the event information to your network! Learn more about Starlab online: http://www.starlabrecordingco.com/

Looking for something fun to do with your little ones this Halloween? Come to the Once Ballroom on Sunday October 30th for fun with the whole family! All at the low price of $5 per person big or small!

Where: ONCE Ballroom 156 Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02145
When: Noon to 5pm October 30th
Why: Because it's Halloween
Family Day at The ONCE Halloween Ballroom is especially designed to be kid friendly and fun for everyone!
- Safe trick or treating through our maze!
- Arts and crafts for kids
- Music by Matt Heaton - Toddler Billy Riot! www.mattheatonmusic.com
- A costume contest with prizes
- And more!

This week on the Duck Village Stage:

7pm - Grown Up StoryTime: Do you have the GUST?
8pm - Union Square Playlist presents Ry Cavanaugh
+ SCATV
+ Food (Venezuelan Arepas) by Las Carolinas

​​The Duck Village Stage is a pop up recording and broadcast venue for performing arts in the Aeronaut Brewing Company's taproom at 14 Tyler Street, Somerville. Duck Village Stage pays homage to the prohibition era Somerville speakeasies in the Duck Village neighborhood which is a stone's throw away on the other side of the railroad tracks. We're highlighting new and innovative new community events and pioneering performances in music, dance and theater, and broadcasting, recording and archiving the performances each and every Wednesday night. Don't stay home! Duck in for a fun time!

7pm - Grown Up StoryTime: Do you have the GUST?

​Join us for Boston's 6th Grown-Up StoryTime!
Advice: Arrive early. We are bound to fill up.
Free, but we ask for a $5 donation to pay the artists: #SupportLocalArtists

We take short short (fact, fiction, and everything in between) stories written by the community, hand them to local performers, and hilarity and/or poignant storytelling ensues. Come enjoy a beer and listen to some great stories!

Check out the video from our first StoryTime thanks to the amazing peeps at Somerville Community Access Television. We love them, you should too!
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The writers for Wednesday are:
Merrilyn Jones Taylor, Chris Junno, Rachel Klein, Alissa Cordeiro, Angelica Recierdo, Colleen Moore, and Evan Moulson. Check out their tales of Burritos + Lettuce + "Bunts" + Sandwiches + Trump...y'all must have been really hungry while writing.

It's rare to hear a world class violinist in an intimate setting at an affordable price. Don't miss hearing this brilliant violinist from Paris this Friday at Third Life Studio in Union Square. Reserve before it sells out!

Journeys in Sound presents
Alexandra Greffin-Klein- Traits - Neo-Classical Solo Violin
Solo recital and workshop project based on Franco-American contemporary repertoire
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Friday, October 28, 2016 @ 8pm
Third Life Studio 33 Union Square, Somerville, MA

Born in France to a long lineage of musicians, Paris based Alex Greffin-Klein is a consummate violinist, insightful, accomplished, and brilliantly passionate in her playing. She has made critically-acclaimed and award winning recordings with the Benaim String Quartet and the Bordeaux Quartet, as well as recordings where she is the featured soloist. She has performed in many cities across the world including Paris, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Antwerpen, Lisbon, Madrid, Moscow, Osaka, Tokyo, Beijing, and Tel Aviv, to name a few. She also has performed here in Boston at Jordan Hall and is very much anticipating her return to the area as she was quite taken with the city.

Passionate about Contemporary music, Alex has taken part in masterclasses and devotes an important part of her career to promoting Contemporary music, working closely with composers Pascal Dusapin, Philippe Hurel, Gérard Pesson, Michaël Jarrell, Allain Gaussin, Sofia Goubaïdoulina and Helmut Lachenmann, among others.

www.alexgreffinklein.com/

The program Alexandra will perform at Third LIfe Studio is as follows:

- Elliot CARTER : four lauds
- David FELDER : Another Face
- Kaija SAARIAHO - Nocturnen
- Philippe HUREL : Traits [World Premiered by Alexandra in 2014]
- Edith CANAT DE CHIZY : En mille éclats

Extracts from the Phillipe Hurel piece Alexandra world premiered early this year and will perform at this event ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJxGWXAiA4

$15 at door with a reservation, $17 without one if room is not to capacity
$10 for students with a reservation, $12 without one
reserve here ... http://alexandragreffinklein.eventbrite.com/

for more info e-mail journeysinsoundpresents@gmail.com or call or text 617-276-4536

The People’s Science, a 501(c)3 educational nonprofit, is hosting a Benefit Art Show & Science Exhibit on November 9 & 10 which we have turned into a truly unique and immersive educational event. For two nights, art and science will converge to interactively tell the story of how human bias shapes our daily life, from the perceptual, to the cognitive, to the social. There will be complimentary beer, wine, cider, and food from a local food truck. All proceeds benefit the non-profit.

You can learn more about the event details here.

I've attached a flyer for your convenience. Tickets are $95, but ask us about student, teacher, and group discounts!

Thank you for your consideration!

We wanted to remind you that our free afterschool program Youth Arts Arise runs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:00 pm, October 4th through December 14th (excluding November 22 and 23).

This week's classes:

Collaborative Drawing Tue. Oct. 25 from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Participants will work together using both traditional and unconventional media to underscore the notion that art is often a collective, not individual, act.


Life Drawing Wed. Oct. 26 from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Participants will learn techniques of still life; they will learn how to look at something carefully and translate what they see into a drawing. They will learn different approaches to line, value, form, and space, as well as discover new artists.


To register, you can either fill in the All LanguagesYAA Form, Fall 2016 or pick one up in person from the office.

Our next Skillshare is Monday, October 24 in the Armory Cafe. We’ll have one great session, led by a local their knowledge, skills, and passion about essential oils.

Learn the basics of essential oils! Discover how oils can be used to minimize stress, maintain focus, support general health and wellness, and more! Also learn about the different grades of essential oils, how to choose quality oils, how to use oils safely, and the basics of blending!

Date & Time: October 24, 7- 8 pm

Note: A $10 is much appreciated

Click here if you're interested in signing up.

Hope to see you at the session!

The Expressive Explorers program at the Armory has started! The program runs on Thursdays 9:30-11:30 till December 15th(excluding November 24th) and cost $5 per child participating. This program is open to children ages 18 months to 5 years.

Next week, Thursday October 27th, we will be making masks!
Come make any type of mask you want, animal, scary, or just glue some things on and make a silly mask!
We'll have feathers, fabric, markers, paint, and lots more!


We look forward to seeing you at the Armory!

Don't miss out on this great class!

Come learn essential skills to create your owl special effects makeup! In the spirit of Halloween, we will be creating a zombie look involving bruises, scars, and rotting skin effects that can be used in many different Halloween looks.

Bite/ face cut: We will construct a bite on arm or neck from scar wax. You will learn how to apply wax to skin, molding it into the desired shape and tooth indents, and painting and adding blood. A cut or scratch may be added to the face.

Veins and decay: We will paint on top of the elements we added with wax. We will contour to create deep shadows under the eyes, emaciated cheeks and tendons to the neck, and will discolor the face with veins and the look of decaying skin.

In the last portion of the class, depending on how much time remains, you can continue to work with and explore the materials and skills we learned. You are encouraged to bring ideas of Halloween makeup you'd like to do and the instructor can demo or talk through how to go about bringing those ideas to life.

About the instructor: Sylvia Sword studies Theater at the University of Vermont where she started her journey into the world of theatrical makeup. She is an actor, teacher, and clown in the Boston area and she pursues makeup as an independent artist.


Click here to find out more information about the class and to sign up.

Artist friends, come apply to be a part of our awesome month-long pop-up "art mall" in the heart of Union Square Somerville just in time for the holidays!


The Somerville Local Arts Mall (SLAM) will feature the work of 23+ local artists. Each artist will be renting their own room ranging in size and price to set up as their "shop." Payments will be taken at a centralized front desk point-of-sale, and staffing will be on a shared rotation.



Our goal is to create a space in vibrant Union Square to connect our fantastic population of creators with our fabulous population of creative consumers. The market will run for one month from November 20th to December 17th, just in time for the holidays!

Deadline for applying is November 4th!

Apply here:

Somerville Local Arts Mall

STEAM Teachers for Winter and Spring 2017



Description: The Umbrella Community Arts Center is seeking talented teachers for our Winter 2017 after-school, school vacation week programs and course catalog. Particular focus for new programming initiatives will bring together the fields of science, technology, engineering, math and the arts to build on our STEAM curriculum for youth ages 4-18 years old. Project or goal orientated proposals that incorporate multiple disciplines and creative and critical thinking are desired. Additional opportunities exist for intergenerational workshops. The Umbrella seeks to provide a curriculum for 21st century learning that offers opportunities to solve problems explore materials and inspire creativity.

In the Winter semester (January – March) youth and family courses are offered after school 2-6pm and on weekends. Course proposals should be focused and concise. In general, classes are long-term explorations of an art form and/or process that give students an opportunity to both learn and develop skills. Classes can be run in 10, 8, or 6 week increments.

Workshops can be from 1-6 hours. They should offer an introduction to a subject or technique or provide an opportunity for a concise project-based lesson.

Priority Subjects 2017 are:

Coding and Programming
Animation and Stop-Motion
Robotics and Engineering
Digital Art and Design
*Note: Other disciplines and project based skills considered. Priority given to teachers who can incorporate the above subjects into a strong comprehensive program infused with the visual arts.



Requirements:

BA/BS or MA/MS in related field, Studio Arts, Arts Education or Teaching.

Demonstrated technical skill in the subject or medium being taught.

Prior Classroom Teaching Experience is highly desirable.



Application Deadline: 10/31/16



How to Apply:

1. Submit your resume
2. Submit a brief cover letter stating your interest and relevant experience
3. (Optional) A course curriculum or sample lesson plan
4. (Optional) 3 professional references will be required at the time of an interview
5. (Optional) An artist’s portfolio or portfolio of student work at the time of an interview
Submit to: Danielle Moriarty, Education Associate, at danielle@theumbrellaarts.org

The application deadline for the open Community Preservation Committee general public seat has been extended to November 4. Please share this news with your networks and help us find some really wonderful candidates for the position! The application details are available at: http://www.somervillema.gov/node/1013291.

Dear Colleagues, There is a Community Meeting scheduled for 6:30pm-8:30pm, on Mon Nov 14th at the Community Baptist Church, 31 College Ave.



The purpose of the meeting is to present two designs for the West Branch library renovation: 1) to renovate and make the building accessible; and 2) to renovate, make the building accessible and add meeting rooms, an auditorium and a maker space.



We could use your help in spreading the word, and if possible, your participation at the meeting to advocate on behalf of the second option, which would provide the community much-needed meeting spaces, both small and large, and a space for residents, including students, to learn, innovate and create high and low tech projects, free of charge. The proposed auditorium would also be available after-hours, by the community for meetings, performances, and private events.



Thanks for your consideration and your support!

Jeb Bishop, Two Ensembles

Friday, October 21, 8pm
Admission: $10
FB Event


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​Duo
Jeb Bishop, trombone, electronics
Jorrit Dijkstra, alto saxophone, electronics
Trio
Forbes Graham, trumpet
Josiah Reibstein, tuba
Jeb Bishop, trombone

Two exciting ensembles! The duo released one of the earliest recordings on the Driff label, 1000 Words, and has performed live in the Southeast and in the Netherlands and Germany; the second set will be a new brass trio. Both sets will feature original music by the musicians in the ensembles, drawing on contemporary jazz and classical music and other traditions, forming frameworks for adventurous improvisation.

Jeb Bishop
Jorrit Dijkstra
Josiah Reibstein
Forbes Graham
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Mandorla Music Series continues with

Jacob William Quartet

Saturday, October 22, 8pm
$15 - tix here
Join the Facebook event page


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​Bassist & composer Jacob William is a stalwart of the region's improvised music world, and his ensembles include a who's who of the area scene. The incredible quartet assembled for this evening features saxophonist Jason Robinson in from western MA and local fixtures pianist Steve Lantner & drummer Luther Gray. Expect a night of compelling original compositions and adventurous improvisations.

mandorlamusic.net

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THIRD LIFE STUDIO, 33 Union Square, Somerville, MA
(Almost at the heart of Union Square, on the segment of
Somerville Ave. coming into Union Square from Porter Square--
next to Union Square Tailoring, three doors away from Somerville
Grooves, across Somerville Ave. from the new East Boston Savings Bank
at the head of Bow Street, and across the intersection from
Citizens Bank--and next to the new Workbar location).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: email srlibana@gmail.com
For detailed directions and parking information:
http://www.thirdlifestudio.com/#!directions/cbkx

thirdlifestudio.com facebook.com/thirdlifestudio.unionsquare

Do you have a Somerville story to tell? Do you have a collection of items the world should see that speaks to our community’s past, present or future? Since 1988 the Somerville Museum has hosted exhibits curated by community members and they’re seeking applicants for their 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Proposals can be on any topic but preference is given to exhibits that incorporate a connection to the city of Somerville, past, present or future, and serve to enhance understanding and appreciation of the history, arts and culture of the city. All submissions are welcome and will be judged on the quality of the proposal. Selected community curators will receive a seed grant of $2,500 and exhibit space at the museum.

An information session is planned for Friday, October 21, 2016 at 6 pm at the Somerville Museum for those interested in learning more about the opportunity. The deadline for applications is November 4, 2016.

Over the years Somerville Museum shows have focused on the city’s past, such as “The Lost Theatres of Somerville” that explored the fourteen cinemas that once defined its Squares and “Lifting the Veil” about the 1834 burning of the Ursuline convent in what is now East Somerville. Others have focused on the community’s diverse people and cultures, such as “Three Paths to Italy,” “Immigrant City” and “From Yucuaiquín to Somerville.” Shows centered on the work of local artists such as the recent photography show “Union Square at Work” by Charan Devereaux have both documented the contemporary city and explored its future.

The Museum’s trustees seek exhibits that foster dialogue among local artists, historians and educators and the broader community to enrich understanding and lifelong learning. Proposals can be on any topic but preference is given to exhibits that incorporate a connection to the city of Somerville, past or present. Creative use of artifacts, engaging exhibit design and innovative programming that engage diverse audiences are all important. Collaboration with other artists, scholars and like-minded local organizations are encouraged but not required. Selected exhibits must be installed by the applicant within two years of receiving the award.

For more information contact Mimi Graney at mimi@relishmgmt.com..

Detailed information can be found on the Somerville Museum website at www.somervillemuseum.org.

Save the date! Our next Skillshare is Monday, October 24 in the Armory Cafe. We’ll have one great session, led by a local their knowledge, skills, and passion about the art of beekeeping.


Learn the basics of essential oils! Discover how oils can be used to minimize stress, maintain focus, support general health and wellness, and more! Also learn about the different grades of essential oils, how to choose quality oils, how to use oils safely, and the basics of blending!

Date & Time: October 24, 7- 8 pm


Note: A $10 is much appreciated

Click here if you're interested in signing up.

We just wanted to remind you that our Expressive Explorers program starts Today! Thursday October 20th from 9:30-11:30 AM, and will continue every Thursday till December 15th (excluding November 24th).


Here are some of our Fall themed crafts we have coming up:

Blow Paint Monsters!
Puffy Ghosts!
Scary Spider Webs!
Leaf Painting, with actual leaves!
Leaf Wreaths!
Painted Pinecone Door Ornaments!
Paper Bag Turkey Puppets!
Leaf Turkeys! and obviously Hand Turkeys!



For more information, please refer to the attached flyer and feel free to contact the Armory with questions ateducation@artsatthearmory.org or call at 617-718-2191.

Thank you,
Joy
Education Programs Assistant
The Center for Arts at the Armory

191 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
617-718-2191
education@artsatthearmory.org

Don't miss out on this great class!

Come learn essential skills to create your owl special effects makeup! In the spirit of Halloween, we will be creating a zombie look involving bruises, scars, and rotting skin effects that can be used in many different Halloween looks.

Bite/ face cut: We will construct a bite on arm or neck from scar wax. You will learn how to apply wax to skin, molding it into the desired shape and tooth indents, and painting and adding blood. A cut or scratch may be added to the face.

Veins and decay: We will paint on top of the elements we added with wax. We will contour to create deep shadows under the eyes, emaciated cheeks and tendons to the neck, and will discolor the face with veins and the look of decaying skin.


In the last portion of the class, depending on how much time remains, you can continue to work with and explore the materials and skills we learned. You are encouraged to bring ideas of Halloween makeup you'd like to do and the instructor can demo or talk through how to go about bringing those ideas to life.

About the instructor: Sylvia Sword studies Theater at the University of Vermont where she started her journey into the world of theatrical makeup. She is an actor, teacher, and clown in the Boston area and she pursues makeup as an independent artist.


Click here to find out more information about the class and to sign up.

Thank you,
Joy
Education Programs Assistant
The Center for Arts at the Armory

191 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
617-718-2191
education@artsatthearmory.org

Community Media Day & Open House | Thursday, October 20th
12-6pm | @ SCATV - 90 Union Square

SCATV joins other community media centers across the country for the newly sanctioned free speech holiday called "Community Media Day." Also, the City of Somerville officially proclaimed October 20, 2016 (and forever onward) Community Media Day, celebrating Free Speech. Thank you Alderman Matthew McLaughlin for leading this effort on our behalf.

What is Community Media Day?

Community Media Day is an annual celebration of voices that brings awareness to the importance of free speech and accessible media for all individuals to have their voices heard.

On this day SCATV will open up our space from 12pm until 6pm, offering many fun-filled activities for the general public to learn more about Somerville’s premiere media center. We’ll have an outdoor pop-up radio booth, free hands-on youth media making projects, Somerville Neighborhood News Info sessions & news desk photo opps, TV studio training, green screen & PSA recordings and more! Please come on by, say hello and share why you support free speech! If you are a local organization or local business, we definitely encourage you to come by and jump on air for promotions and/or make a free PSA to promote your cause!

The Pop-Up Outdoor Boston Free Radio Booth Schedule
**Rain location will be at Cantina La Mexicana):

​12-1pm: Celebrate Free Speech Kickoff with Matt McLaughlin, Alderman, Ward 1, Somerville
1-2pm: Scout Somerville Takeover w/Em & friends
2-3pm: Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism Takeover w/Jason & Chris
3-4pm: Teen Intern Takeover w/Desi & Ben
5-7pm: The Villens Den w/Chris Haskell: During this timeslot there will also be Improper Bostonian's 2016 Comedian of the Year Al Park, Megan Ward of the Old School Game Show, and live music from Ana D'Leon!
What more could you ask for on a Thursday? Come through and support, or at least tune in to bostonfreeradio.com!​ More importantly just come on by SCATV and show your love for Free Speech in Somerville and enjoy a tour and good conversation!

More national efforts: www.communitymediaday.com/​

FESTIVAL@FIRST 9: WICKED BOSTON!

Theatre@First seeks 10-minute plays for a short play festival with the theme of "Boston History," to be presented in Somerville in August 2017. Plays may be new or previously produced, and local playwrights are particularly encouraged to submit. Please see our Festival@First page for more information!
Deadline for Submissions: March 15, 2017


http://www.theatreatfirst.org/shows/one-acts17/one-acts17_call.shtml

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Record Release Party
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
"I Want That Sound!"

with opening act
Soggy Po' Boys at 9 pm,
followed by special
guest vocalist Charles Coe,
plus other surprise guests,
sitting in with RSE
from 10:15 pm on

ONCE Ballroom, Somerville

Friday, November 4, 9:00 pm
[doors open at 8:00 pm]

"Fiery yet booty shaking music,
-- it's a stone cold kill diller"
[OffBeat Magazine: New Orleans]



Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: "I Want That Sound!" record release party. With opening act Soggy Po' Boys followed by special guest Charles Coe, plus others, sitting in with RSE. Friday, November 4, 9:00 pm (doors open at 8:00 pm). Tickets: $15 at door, $10 in advance. ONCE Ballroom, 156 Highland Ave., Somerville 02143. For tickets and information: www.ONCEsomerville.com, 617-285-0167.

Jazz has been declared "dead" innumerable times since saxophonist Ken Field formed the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (RSE) in 1990. The band obviously didn’t get the memo! In fact, it’s ironic that over the years rather than playing a "Second Line" dirge for jazz’s funeral, the horn-heavy sextet – inspired by the New Orleans brass band tradition – has been developing and cultivating a distinct sound critics and audiences alike hail for invigorating an illustrious musical heritage with fresh ideas, wit, and spunk while in the process attracting new and younger audiences to the music. In fact, RSE has been at the forefront of the jazz renaissance The Guardian (UK) newspaper recently touted as a "new golden age."

Over more than a quarter century of touring and performing in settings ranging from clubs and concert halls to festival and parades, RSE has been evolving and refining a unique sound that incorporates post-bop and avant jazz influences without ever losing its allegiance to the groove and the party spirit of NOLA.

I Want That Sound!, RSE’s fourth album (street release date Oct. 28, 2016), celebrates the band’s collective experience by providing a snapshot of where and what it is today – a tight, funky, fun, and heady unit that’s transgenerational in its appeal and whose music resonates with listeners on melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic levels. I Want That Sound! is also the first in the band’s discography to feature all original material, with the opening track "Slippery When Wet" composed by New Orleans drummer Chris Lacinak, who has joined RSE on several occasions during the band's NOLA excursions. The other compositions on the album are all penned by Field: "Discoveries", "Higgins Hollow," "Nature", "I Want That Sound!," "Just Walk Closer," "Roohane", and "John’s Jailhouse Blues."

The personnel heard on the album is Field’s current working band and the RSE line-up that has played continuously together the longest. RSE includes Field on alto sax, along with Tom Hall on tenor sax (Club d’Elf, Your Neighborhood Sax Quartet), Dave Harris on trombone (Debo Band, David Byrne, JCA Orchestra), Jerry Sabatini on trumpet (Sonic Explorers, Makanda Project, Eric Hofbauer Quintet), Blake Newman on bass (David Murray, Duke Robillard, Butch Morris), and Phil Neighbors on drums (The Coots, Funky White Honkies). Further information on Ken Field and RSE can be found at www.KenField.org, www.RevolutionarySnakeEnsemble.org, and www.facebook.com/RevolutionarySnakeEnsemble.

The evening's party time will kick off with a set by the fabulous New Hampshire-based New Orleans-inspired Soggy Po' Boys, guaranteeing to "bring the heat!" (Saucebox Music News). Formed in 2012 during Mardi Gras time New Hampshire style, the band is made up of Eric Klaxton (sax), Zach Lange (trumpet), Nick Mainella (sax). Mike Effenberger (piano), Stu Dias (guitar, vocals), Brett Gallo (drums), and Nicholas Phaneuf (bass). Visit www.SoggyPoBoys.com for more background info.

Highly acclaimed Cambridge poet and jazz vocalist Charles Coe, as well as a few other special guests, will join RSE during their set. Coe’s poetry and prose has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, and his poems have been set to music by composers Julia Carey, Beth Denisch and Robert Moran. Coe, in addition to his work as a writer, has an extensive background as a jazz vocalist and has performed and recorded with numerous musicians throughout New England.

Somerville singer/composer Steve Thomas & REAL INCOGNITO are back at Lily Pad with more groovitational, genre-bending songs to restore your spirits in this sad electoral season, get the jump on Halloween, and celebrate John Funkhouser's recent significant birthday. An afternoon show for hipsters (and aspiring hipsters) of all ages. Join us! Bring a friend and/or the fam.



The Lily Pad

1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge



Sat. afternoon, 3–5 p.m., Oct. 29



$10 or b/o



Check out tunes, website, and Facebook in the links below



REAL INCOGNITO are:

Steve Thomas (vocals, songs), John Funkhouser (elec. keys), Greg Loughman (elec. bass), Mike Connors (drums), Karen Welling (backing vocals).

Visit me on Facebook and at stevethomasjazz.com.
Hear songs from Exfoliate here.
Lily Pad: www.lilypadinman.com/

Cafe Raqs returns to its regular schedule this month, just in time for Halloween! The show is not officially Halloween themed, but that isn't stopping some of our dancers from getting into the spirit! Our line-up features Turkish, fusion, tribal, American cabaret, and theatrical belly dance from both up-and-comers and veteran Boston-area dancers! Come to the show and indulge in the delights of these local artists while you indulge in coffee, wine, tea and other café treats!



Where: Arts at the Armory Cafe

When: October 23rd, 7-9 PM

How much: $5-10 suggested donation (all proceeds go to the dancers)

To RSVP and to find out more: https://www.facebook.com/events/886558588141798/

Parts and Crafts Monthly Make-It!
A box of cool projects every month, shipped directly from our shop to your mailbox. Open it, build it, take it apart, make something!

Support our Kickstarter: Sign up today!

The Monthly Make-It is a monthly kit subscription program. Each kit will contain all the parts you need to complete a number of projects each month -- lightsabers, catapults, motorcars, kaleidoscopes, and more! Each month we'll ship a new box of projects, and each month you’ll be able to open it and build something awesome.

Help us get the word out!

Sign up for a kit, sponsor a workshop, donate $25 to show your support, and tell everyone you know about why you think this is worth supporting! Starting TODAY until November 15, please help us get the word out -- to friends, family, colleagues, media connections, wealthy patrons, social media moguls -- anyone interested in tech, parenting, the arts, education who might be excited about supporting this new initiative.

About Parts and Crafts

Parts and Crafts is a kid makerspace and community workshop in Somerville MA. Through our programs - camp, school alternative, afterschool, and open shop - we try to ensure that all of the kids in our community have access to the tools, resources, and expertise they need to turn their ideas into real things. We've spent the last seven years developing a range of simple, easy-to-build projects, and we're taking some of our favorites and turning them into kits that you can put together at home, at your kitchen table, or in your classroom.

Help keep our programs accessible and affordable

Building off last year’s One Lightsaber Per Child Project, The Monthly Make-It is a way to fund our outreach and accessibility efforts. Our workshop is located in a city literally up the street from some of the biggest names in tech -- Google, Microsoft, MIT -- but where 64% of kids are eligible for free and reduced lunch. Kit sales directly support work with local partner organizations -- the Welcome Project, Public Lab, Somerville Community Corporation, Freedom Connexion, Somerville Public Schools, and others. Above all, they fund sliding scale and scholarships, which are an essential tool for keeping our programs affordable and accessible for families in our wider community.

An open-source library of awesome projects

Our goal is to use these kits to build an open-source library of cool things to make and do. Kits will include real-world components with clear, easy-to-follow instructions. To help you out, we will be documenting the design and manufacturing process for each kit and making the following things available under a Creative Commons ShareAlike License:
How to build it -- both as a document and as an instructional video
How it works -- a brief explanation of concepts behind the projects
Where/how you can get the parts in the kit
How to manufacture any custom pieces
Any other important notes we have on the design
We hope that, by making the kits entirely open-source, educators and youth community leaders will be able to use our kits as a springboard for developing affordable classroom-scale projects at any budget.

Thank you for your support!

We are beyond excited about this project, but we can’t do it without you. The Monthly Make-It will help us keep our workshop open, keep our projects accessible, and help us grow our online resources to better support makers just like you. We hope you'll be a part of it!

www.partsandcrafts.org

Trash Bash 2016: Somerville's Fourth Annual Recycled Art Show
Competition Entry Form

Welcome to Trash Bash 2016! Trash Bash 2016 will take place on Sunday, November 20th from 2-8pm at Aeronaut Brewery! We are thrilled to partner with Aeronaut as we take over their brewery and turn it into an art show for a day. Submit your application today, and join us as we dance, drink, and celebrate sustainability in Somerville. This year's show will support Somerville Local First. All profit will go to support their amazing work in our community! www.somervillelocalfirst.org

The recycled art competition is open to all adults and youth - artists, crafters, recyclers and up cyclers, professional, amateur, creative sorts, bank managers. Submit your application by October 26th, Midnight in order to be considered for participation, as all participating artists will show their work at Aeronaut for the month of November. This year's event WILL sell out, as we are capping artists at 40. Please get your application in soon, to be sure you are entered into the competition.

Register here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6OniMxod3pD_ZtiYXYQXbVvBgUflTpGKj3rM_T2CB7Av55Q/viewform?usp=send_form

Trash Bash is free for the public to visit!

Acceptable artwork will be mixed media and any medium is permissible. Entries must use recycled content - either recycled materials or items that can be recycled and should use no or low VOC paints. Materials may include metals, paper, clothing, rubber, glass, plastic and other materials made of recycled content. Use of non-recyclable fasteners such as glue or tape are permitted.

Prizes!

--Adult First Prize = $200
--Youth First Prize = $500
--Adult and Youth Second and Third Prizes will be gifts from our amazing local business sponsors
--Honorable Mention Awards will be given for Originality, Creativity and Best Use of Recycled Content

Entries will be judged on educational value as well as overall artistic concept and use of materials.

All hung artwork is invited to be shown at Aeronaut Brewery for the month of November. All sculptures will be reviewed and may be shown at Aeronaut for the month of November, pending appropriate space at brewery. Due to the heavy use of the tabletops at Aeronaut (and the fact that they will get toppled over!), artwork displayed on tabletop for Trash Bash will need to be taken home at the end of the night.

Food and beverages will be available for sale. Live music will also be featured as well as workshops. For more information, contact jen@3gracesproductions.com.

Did you miss the grand opening of Somerville's new public Fab Lab, "FabVille," at the Somerville High School? No problem! FabVille will be running several tours of the facility on the Thursdays of October 20th and October 27th from 5:00 to 7:30pm by appointment.

Please email Ben Sommer at bsommer@somervillema.gov to reserve your spot on the tour.



FabVille is a publicly funded and operated Fabrication Laboratory complete with a variety of tools for public use including:

· Shopbot Buddy Standard, 48”

· Plasma cutter, 2’x4’

· Epilog Mini laser cutter, 40w

· Roland vinyl cutter, 24”

· Roland monoFAB SRM-20 desktop milling machine

· Ultimaker + 3D printer

· Formlabs 1 3D printer

· Makerbot Replicator 2X

· Soldering station

Starting in November FabVille will open for Somerville residents after school hours from 3:00 to 8:00pm.



FabVille will also be running FREE programming this fall. Sign up for computational art and tool training classes now!



FabVille is always looking for suggestions on new programming and uses for the space. Don't be shy with suggestions. This is your Fab Lab!

This is Not Your Grandmother's Lye Soap

This will be a two-hour class covering cold process soap making. There will be a short history explanation of soap making, a discussion on what ingredients to include in a soap bar (including essential oils), a thorough explanation of the process (including safely working with the materials) and then a demonstration of actually making soap.

Click here to find out more information and to sign up.


Press-less Prints Series: Gelatin Prints

During this class, you will experiment with printmaking using gelatin as a printmaking surface. You will roll ink onto the gelatin to create areas of solid color, use stencils to block out areas, and use a variety of tools and objects to create different textures in your prints. Towards the end of the class, you can also experiment with cutting away portions of your gelatin or gorging into your gelatin to make a new shape and texture for your printmaking plate.

Click here to find out more information and to sign up.

This week on the Duck Village Stage:


8pm - The Wolff Sisters & The Last Cavalry
9pm - The Third Presidential Debate of Election 2016 #AEROdebate
+ SCATV
+ Venezuelan Arepas by Las Carolinas

​​The Duck Village Stage is a pop up recording and broadcast venue for performing arts in the Aeronaut Brewing Company's taproom at 14 Tyler Street, Somerville. Duck Village Stage pays homage to the prohibition era Somerville speakeasies in the Duck Village neighborhood which is a stone's throw away on the other side of the railroad tracks. We're highlighting new and innovative new community events and pioneering performances in music, dance and theater, and broadcasting, recording and archiving the performances each and every Wednesday night. Don't stay home! Duck in for a fun time!

Community Media Day & Open House | Thursday, October 20th | 12-6pm

SCATV will join other community media centers across the country for the newly sanctioned free speech holiday called "Community Media Day."

It is important to note that the City of Somerville passed a resolution acknowledging and proclaiming October 20th at Community Media Day here in our fine city! Many kudos to Alderman Matthew McLaughlin
for leading this effort!

NOW WHAT IS COMMUNITY MEDIA DAY?

Community Media Day is a new annual celebration of voices that brings awareness to the importance of free speech and accessible media for all individuals to have their voices heard. More about national efforts are online here: http://www.communitymediaday.com/.

On this day SCATV will open up our space from 12pm until 6pm, offering many fun-filled activities for the general public to learn more about Somerville's premiere media center. We'll have an outdoor pop-up radio booth, free hands-on youth media making projects, Somerville Neighborhood News Info sessions & news desk photo opps, TV studio training, green screen & PSA recordings and more! Please come on by, say hello and share why you support free speech!

Our full schedule is attached and found below and also is attached the official proclamation.


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mandorla music presents

Jacob William Quartet

Saturday October 22, 8pm
Third Life Studio
33 Union Square, Somerville
$15 - tix here; join Facebook event page & spread the word!

Bassist & composer Jacob William is a stalwart of the region's improvised music world, and his ensembles include a who's who of the area scene. The incredible quartet assembled for this evening features saxophonist Jason Robinson coming in from western MA and local fixtures pianist Steve Lantner & drummer Luther Gray. Expect a night of compelling original compositions and adventurous improvisations.

"ARENA"
Gary Duehr

October 21-23

Reception: Sunday, Oct 23, 2-5
Featuring Dirty Water Brass Band at 2 pm

StoveFactory Gallery
523 Medford St., Charlestown



The StoveFactory Gallery in Charlestown presents "Arena" photographs by Gary Duehr from October 21-23. The reception is Sunday, Oct. 23 from 2-5 pm. At 2 pm, Dirty Water Brass Band will kick things off with a wicked rendition of "Hail to the Chief."

Featured in the exhibition are a couple dozen hu-u-u-uge photos, up to 4'x 6', portraying fans at political campaigns in all their glory. You can see some "Arena" photos here: http://www.garyduehr.com/AA_Arena.html

The StoveFactory Gallery, at 523 Medford St. in Charlestown, is a 5-min walk from Sullivan Station, and there is a free parking lot next door. Gallery hours are 12-5, Friday – Sunday.

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ARENA

What are the faces of modern American politics?

Come election year, the fans fill hockey rinks and high school gyms. True believers with a dose of fanaticism, they pump the air, they chant "USA USA!," they grab selfies and stomp the floor.

Based on news photos of the crowds at campaign events, these photos use models to recreate the fans' behavior, isolating it under bright studio lights. We can survey their colorful getups, look them in the eye for a trace of craziness, and feel their mixture of exhilaration and earnestness.

Their enthusiasm can be contagious, and a little bit frightening.

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Gary Duehr has been chosen as a Best Emerging Artist in New England by the International Association of Art Critics, and he has received an Artist Grant in photography from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. His work has been featured in museums and galleries including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; MOMA PS 1, New York, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, as well as exhibitions in Tokyo, Venice, London, Dublin and Barcelona. Past awards include grants from the LEF Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. His public artworks include a video artwork for the Canadian subway system; a photo installation funded by the Visible Republic program of New England Foundation for the Arts, and a commission from the MBTA for a permanent photo installation at North Station. Duehr has written about the arts for journals including ArtScope, Art New England, Art on Paper, Communication Arts, Frieze, and Public Culture. Currently he manages Bromfield Gallery in Boston's South End.

My guest on Nov 1, 2016 ( Poet to Poet/Writer to Writer--SCAT TV) at 5PM will be poet Joyce Peseroff see it live at http://scatvsomerville.org

More info here

The armory is happy to present a spooky halloween themed Armory ARTS event!


Bites and Bruises – A Halloween Special

Date and Time: One time event on Sunday October 23 from 12:00-3:00 PM
$30

Come learn essential skills to create your owl special effects makeup! In the spirit of Halloween, we will be creating a zombie look involving bruises, scars, and rotting skin effects that can be used in many different Halloween looks. You can sign up here.

The armory is happy to present a spooky halloween themed Armory ARTS event!


Bites and Bruises – A Halloween Special

Date and Time: One time event on Sunday October 23 from 12:00-3:00 PM
$30

Come learn essential skills to create your owl special effects makeup! In the spirit of Halloween, we will be creating a zombie look involving bruises, scars, and rotting skin effects that can be used in many different Halloween looks. You can sign up here.

Potluck & Lecture with STARLAB STUDIOS


​
In the spirit of collaboration & community, please join us for our next Potluck and Lecture Series on Thursday, October 27th from 7:00 - 9:00pm in the SCATV studios. Our featured guests are from STARLAB STUDIOS, a full-service multimedia production studio based in Union Square, Somerville, specializing in Audio Recording & Production, Video Production & Editing and other creative services.

Bring a dish to share if you can. Come on by for the food and filmmaker fellowship. We hope you can make it and please spread the event information to your network! Learn more about Starlab online here!

More info: http://www.starlabrecordingco.com/

MEMBER SOUGHT FOR

COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

Residents encouraged to apply; Committee to identify funding priorities for ~$2 million per year in open space, affordable housing and historic preservation projects

SOMERVILLE – Do you have a passion for parks, affordable housing, and historic preservation? The City of Somerville wants your help and is now accepting applications for one public position on the Community Preservation Committee, which oversees the selection of projects to be recommended for funding by an estimated $2 million in annual Community Preservation Act (CPA) revenues. Residents are encouraged to apply and applications must be submitted by October 21, 2016.

Somerville voters overwhelmingly approved adoption of the CPA in November 2012. Since then, $9.8 million has been allocated for 31 projects across the four areas that CPA can fund: open space and outdoor recreation, affordable housing, and historic preservation. The Community Preservation Committee, required by the CPA, is tasked with evaluating Somerville’s needs in those three specific areas and making recommendations to the Board of Alderman on how CPA funding should be spent.



The committee consists of nine volunteers, including four members from the general public and a member from each of the following bodies: the Planning Board, the Conservation Commission, the Historical Preservation Commission, the Parks and Open Space Department, and the Housing Authority. The City is currently looking to fill the one general public position, to replace an outgoing member. The successful candidate will complete the outgoing member’s term, which will end on December 31, 2017, and will have the option to continue on for a second three-year term. To ensure the most qualified applicants are selected, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has formed a review committee of City experts and community members to review applications, conduct interviews, and consider public feedback on candidates. From the group of applicants, they will nominate candidates for appointment for the Mayor to review. The Mayor will then submit candidate finalists to the Board of Aldermen for approval.



“We are fortunate as a community to have so many passionate residents willing to share their expertise and time to continually make our city better. Over the last three years, the Community Preservation Committee has leveraged these strengths to guide CPA funds towards the best possible uses,” Mayor Curtatone said. “The new member of the Community Preservation Committee will contribute to the valuable work of ensuring that CPA funds are allocated to uses that best serve the needs and priorities of our community.”



The CPC meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. When the CPC is considering applications for funding, it is possible that additional meetings will be held.



Being an effective committee member will require that you:

· Familiarize yourself with Somerville’s affordable housing, historic preservation, and open space/outdoor recreation policies and needs

· Familiarize yourself with the law (Community Preservation Act, MGL Chapter 44B) that governs the committee

· Attend meetings regularly

· Foster good relations with other city departments, boards, and commissions

· Listen to and be responsive to community feedback

· Use fairness and objectivity when making decisions



The review committee is seeking candidates who:

· Are supportive of all three programmatic areas of the CPA: affordable housing, historic preservation, and open space and outdoor recreation AND

· Have demonstrated a commitment to at least one of these areas.



In addition, the goal of the review committee is to create a balanced committee that includes members who:

· Come from diverse demographic backgrounds

· Represent all geographic areas of the City

· Have financial expertise

· Have project management experience



HOW TO APPLY:

Interested residents should complete the application available on the City’s website at: http://www.somervillema.gov/node/1013291 or outside the SomerStat Office at City Hall, 93 Highland Ave. Completed applications should be sent to employment_opportunities@somervillema.gov by October 21, 2016. All residents are welcome to apply. No nomination is required to submit an application. This is a volunteer position.



Please note that if you choose to apply for the Community Preservation Committee, your name and a portion of your application (a brief summary describing why you are a qualified candidate) will be posted on the city website for public review between October 31st and November 11th. All community members are invited to provide feedback on candidates during this time.



To find out more about serving as a CPC member, please visit the following websites:

http://www.somervillema.gov/cpa

http://www.communitypreservation.org/

The City of Somerville does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, disability or any other protected category. Auxiliary aids and services, written materials in alternative formats, and reasonable modifications in policies and procedures will be provided to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities free of charge, upon request.

If you need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication, written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access this program, please contact the ADA Coordinator no later than seven (7) business days before the scheduled event at the address noted below:



Betsy M. Allen

167 Holland Street, Room 207

ballen@somervillema.gov

(617) 625-6600, Ext. 2323 (Voice)

(617) 808-4851 (TTY)

Dear Friends, We installed our new public art installation in Fort Point Channel's Art Basin yesterday! SOS (Safety Orange Swimmers) is now unveiled in the run up to Fort Point Open Studios which happens next weekend,October 14th-16th! A group of safety orange colored figures float in the Fort Point Channel Basin with inner tubes. The Swimmers relate the Channel to the seas crossed by those in search of shelter, freedom, prosperity and safety and they invoke Boston's long history of welcoming immigrants. Each figure represents nearly 1 million of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' estimated 21.3 million refugees in the world today. We hope you will have a chance to visit the Swimmers during Open Studios or before they leave the area in early December. Here is a map to help you find them: You can find us newly on social media here:Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Also, take a look at our new website and please check back for project updates. If you post pictures to social media when you visit the installation, please tag them with #SOSswimmers, @SOSswimmersFPAC, @Fortpointarts. You can find more information at Boston Magazine. Thanks everyone, and we hope to see you soon! Ann Hirsch and Jeremy Angier P.S. If you no longer want to be on the mailing list, no worries. Please hit "Reply" with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. With special thanks to Friends of Fort Point Channel and the Fort Point Operations Board, Alaina Mahoney of A.M. Design and Fabrication, Bob McClean of Custom Coatings, Uncle Bob and Stanwood of the Romeos, and the Boston Rowing Center. Copyright ©2016 Ann Hirsch and Jeremy Angier | A+J Art+Design. All rights reserved.

  Somerville novelist/performer Randy Ross is bringing his one-man comedy play, "The Chronic Single's Handbook" to Inman Square Nov. 10-13. He is offering 1/2 price tickets ($10) to Somerville residents.   "The Chronic Single's Handbook" is a one-hour show about a never-married hypochondriac who takes a trip around the world hoping to change his luck with love. It's an unflinching look at how men feel about sex, love, marriage, and massage parlors. Adult situations, adult language, and more adult situations, including a visit to a body spa named "The Curious Finger." "The Chronic Single's Handbook" has been featured at indie theater festivals in the U.S., Canada, and Edinburgh, Scotland. • "A lot of fun to watch." Four Stars (Winnipeg Free Press) • "Literary" "Funny" "Raw" (DCMetroTheaterArts) • "Sharply funny…a quality solo show" (FringeReview, Edinburgh) The show is based on his http://ift.tt/2e0XaMm by a publisher specializing in literary fiction. To buy tickets to the show: http://ift.tt/2eeseTV - Select the date you want to go - to get the cheap tickets, enter the discount code: chronic Randy's Web site: http://ift.tt/2e0Zzqg __._,_.___ Posted by: rross78@yahoo.com Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) Have you tried the highest rated email app? With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your inboxes (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never delete an email again with 1000GB of free cloud storage.

Trees: Intimate Portraits
Photographs by Jennifer Weigel

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall
125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA

October 28, 2016 – February 5, 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday, Oct 29, 1-3pm
Walk with the artist: Saturday, Nov 12, 1pm; Raindate, Saturday, Nov 19
Meet at the Hunnewell Building

Scars, burls, peeling bark, lichen, insect and animal markings—come explore the intimate, fascinating, up close world of tree bark as seen through the lens and sensibilities of photographer Jennifer Weigel. This Arboretum exhibition of Weigel’s photographic series illuminates the often overlooked beauty found in the bark of trees and shrubs. As an artist, Weigel is particularly drawn to details in nature and the unique individuality of each tree. Through her images, she portrays each plant’s history within the beauty, as well as the bruises, of its outer surfaces.

Jennifer Weigel has a BFA in Studio Arts from Webster University in St. Louis and has participated in a wide variety and number of solo, group, and small format exhibitions. In April of 2017, the Trees: Intimate Portraits show will travel to the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, DE.

Community Media Day & Open House | Thursday, October 20th | 12-6pm

SCATV will join other community media centers across the country for the newly sanctioned free speech holiday called "Community Media Day." It is important to note that the City of Somerville passed a resolution acknowledging and proclaiming October 20th at Community Media Day here in our fine city! Many kudos to Alderman Matthew McLaughlin for leading this effort!

NOW WHAT IS COMMUNITY MEDIA DAY?
Community Media Day is a new annual celebration of voices that brings awareness to the importance of free speech and accessible media for all individuals to have their voices heard.

On this day SCATV will open up our space from 12pm until 6pm, offering many fun-filled activities for the general public to learn more about Somerville's premiere media center. We'll have an outdoor pop-up radio booth, free hands-on youth media making projects, TV studio training, green screen & PSA recordings and more!

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We are happy to partner with many other local media efforts like Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ) and SCOUT Somerville as well as some of our members to make this a fun-filled day of showcasing just how accessible and creative Somerville's premiere media center can be! We hope to see you stop by so we can give you a tour!

More national efforts: http://www.communitymediaday.com/

  Dear prospective vendors, Union Square Main Streets is pleased to announce our 2016 Holiday Stroll on Saturday, December 10 from 11 AM - 4 PM. Participants will be invited to stroll through the Square to partake in festive offerings from local businesses, as well as fun holiday activities. As part of those festivities, we are soliciting vendors to sell crafts and specialty goods at a variety of Union Square locations. To learn more and apply to be a vendor at the Union Square Holiday Stroll, please fill out this Google doc by Thursday, 11/3 at the latest. Thanks for your interest. Esther __._,_.___ Posted by: mimi@unionsquaremain.org Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) Have you tried the highest rated email app? With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your inboxes (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never delete an email again with 1000GB of free cloud storage.

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Festival del Maíz & Salsa Dance Party
Saturday, Oct. 15, 6-10pm
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave.
Free entry but please come hungry and buy delicious corn-based food!
Facebook event page with many more deets

Somerville Builds a Wall
In addition to music, dance & food, the festival will feature “Somerville Builds a Wall!” in which festival goers will be invited to add photos, drawings and/or write thoughts about Latino identity and contributions to our society. This wall will be a sounding board for Latino voices and a showcase of how Somerville is an inclusive community. We invite you to bring photos, letters or momentos to add to our wall —perhaps photos of family back home or a press clipping of how Latinos enrich our city and our country. Everyone is invited to participate! En Somerville, la diversidad es una fuerza!

Schedule
6:15 -6:25 Welcoming comments/Brief history about Día de La Raza
6:30-6:50 Coro Victoria (Choral group from Guatemala)
7:00-7:20
Xuchipilli Aztec Dance
7:20-7:35 Food Demos
7:40-7:50 Xuchipilli Los Viejitos Dance
8:00-8:45 Metamovements Dance Instruction
8:50-10 Latin Logic (Salsa Band)

Food!
Maize was a sacred plant for the Aztecs and other inhabitants of Mesoamerica. And this is of course un Festival del Maíz! So... come hungry and buy some delicious corn-based food. The menu includes: Pre-Aztec vegetarian Pozole, Venezuelan arepas, Mexican esquites, Peruvian chicha morada and sweet corn tamales. Also, at 7:20pm Estela Calzada will demonstrate how to grind corn using a metate, the traditional Mesoamerican method.

Special Invitation to attend the 10th Annual Artists Under the Dome event at the State House on Wednesday, Nov 2nd. We are the only state in the country to have such an event. I hope you can come and please invite others in your networks to this wonderful event. It is free and open to the public.


Here are more details about the event:

For the 10th time, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts invites Massachusetts artists working in all disciplines (visual arts, literary, performing, crafts, new media, etc.) to the State House on Wednesday, November 2nd, from 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the State House's Great Hall, to thank them for all they contribute to our state's economy and quality of life. Massachusetts is the only state in the country to hold such an event. Although not required, those attending are encouraged to register for this free event.

For more information and to register:
http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/annualevent.html

The 2016 event is brought to you by State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, and the State House's Cultural Caucus. With special thanks to the Epicenter Community.

The morning speaking program will feature remarks by State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, Representative Cory Atkins- House Chair of the Joint Committee of Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development (TACD), Representative Smitty Pignatelli- House Vice Chair of TACD & Co-Chair of the Cultural Caucus, Representative Chris Walsh and with more speakers slated to be announced.

This year, for the first time, MALC will be inaugurating its "Champion of Artists Awards". This will be an annual award given at every Artists Under the Dome event. The two awardees for 2016 are: Senator Daniel Wolf (Senate President Rosenberg will be accepting the award on his behalf) and State Representative Gloria Fox. MALC is thanking both of these legislators for their direct work with MALC and for their dedicated service to supporting the artist community. Both Senator Wolf and Representative Fox are not running for re-election and their spirit and dedication to supporting the Commonwealth's artists of all disciplines will be missed at the State House.

The Massachusetts State Treasury, the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council are the original founders of this event and have been working together since the first Artists Under the Dome Event was held on November 8th in 2007 at the State House. For a full history of the event: http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/history.html

Also this year, MALC will unveil their "Labor Policy" recommendations for the Commonwealth in an afternoon discussion panel moderated by MALC co-founder Kathleen Bitetti and Epicenter Community founder Malia Lazu. These policy recommendations expand on the Coalition's work on its 2014 Governor's Challenge paper and the principles MALC has set forth in its Fair Trade section of the MALC blog.

Share this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/150067225448680/

Writing on the Wall
Poetry Reading with Neil Callender
Sunday, October 16
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Reading, discussion and community reception

Nave Gallery, Teele Square
155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville

Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (CHPC) to create an exhibition centered on social justice, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.

This event is part of the Learn to Talk social justice series hosted by the CHPC in partnership with the Nave Gallery, and is part of the Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community exhibition.

! Announcing a Tiny Grand Opening!
The Friend Smithsonian Museum
A Tiny Museum funded in part by the Somerville Arts Council
A new exhibit venue
Installed in the front yard of 135 Highland Av., Somerville
Reception: Sunday October 16th, 4-6pm, 135 Highland Av. Somerville

Featured October artist: Martha Friend
Special guest: The Honorable Senator Pat Jehlen will cut the ribbon
Special extra feature: a public viewing of The Emerald City just a few feet away!

This week on the Duck Village Stage:
6pm - Poets and Pints
8pm - Michael Hustedde, violin; Amberley Lamphere, viola
10pm - Poetry Lab
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​​The Duck Village Stage is a pop up recording and broadcast venue for performing arts in the Aeronaut Brewing Company's taproom at 14 Tyler Street, Somerville. Duck Village Stage pays homage to the prohibition era Somerville speakeasies in the Duck Village neighborhood which is a stone's throw away on the other side of the railroad tracks. We're highlighting new and innovative new community events and pioneering performances in music, dance and theater, and broadcasting, recording and archiving the performances each and every Wednesday night. Don't stay home! Duck in for a fun time!

6pm - Poets and Pints

​The greater Somerville and Cambridge area is lucky to have such a vibrant poetry community. So, once a month we will gather at the community space at Aeronaut on the Duck Village stage, to celebrate that community with readings by three local poets. This month we feature:

Kim Garcia is the author of The Brighter House, winner of The White Pine Press Poetry Prize 2015, Drone, winner of the 2015 Backwaters Prize, Tales of the Sisters, winner of the 2015 Sow’s Ear Chapbook Contest, and Madonna Magdalene, released by Turning Point Books in 2006. Her poems have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Crazyhorse, Mississippi Review, Nimrodand Subtropics, and her work has been featured on The Writer’s Almanac. Recipient of the 2014 Lynda Hull Memorial Prize, an AWP Intro Writing Award, a Hambidge Fellowship and an Oregon Individual Artist Grant, Garcia teaches creative writing at Boston College.

Daniel Tobin is the author of seven books of poems, Where the World is Made, Double Life, The Narrows, Second Things, Belated Heavens, The Net, and the book-length poem From Nothing. His critical studies include Passage to the Center: Imagination and the Sacred in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney and Awake in America. He is the editor of The Book of Irish American Poetry from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, Poet’s Work, Poet’s Play: Essays on the Practice and the Art (with Pimone Triplett), Light in Hand: The Selected Early Poems of Lola Ridge, and The Collected Early Poems of Lola Ridge. Among his awards are the "The Discovery/The Nation Award," The Robert Penn Warren Award, the Robert Frost Fellowship, the Katherine Bakeless Nason Prize, the Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry, and creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.

JR Mahung is a Belizean-American poet and educator from Chicago’s South Side. He is currently based in Boston where he helps organize the Louder than a Bomb MA youth poetry slam and co-coaches Northeastern University’s slam team. JR is currently working on his second collection of poems titled “Since When He Have Wings”. He has work published or forthcoming in freezeray literary journal, maps for teeth, and moko literary magazine. His mixtape is not for sale but he’ll ask you to buy it anyways.

8pm - Michael Hustedde, violin; Amberley Lamphere, viola

​Program:
John Williams Duo Concertante for Violin and Viola

Matthew Aucoin Poem for Violin and Projected Text

Greg Brown Arabesque and Moiré Idle for Violin and Electronics

(Intermission)

J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (performed on viola)

J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor - Grave and Fuga



10pm - Poetry Lab


Join Porter Square Books at Aeronaut Brewing on the Duck Village Stage for an exploration of poetry. Using a set theme, The Late Night Poetry Lab is an open mic performance of works that push boundaries of poetry and poetic performance. It will meet from 10PM-12AM and feature 8 ten-minute performances.​




Our friends, the crew at Somerville Community Access Television, are totally committed to making amazing music videos at the Duck Village Stage. Be sure to check out last week's Duck Village Stage at 10pm on SCATV channel 3. In the meantime, there's the Duck Village Stage channel on YouTube!

SCATV's Duck Village Stage video of Brennan, recorded on March 30 is a winner in the Alliance for Community Media's 2016 Hometown Media Awards in the Local Performances category!