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SUMMARY:Twice the Speed of Bliss
DESCRIPTION:Paintings and Drawings by Kat O’Connor\nJanuary 13 – March 23\, 2025\nOpening Reception February 13\, 6PM \nOn view in The Umbrella Arts Center Allie Kussin Gallery are recent paintings and drawings by Kat O’Connor\, a full-time artist and art instructor living outside of Boston\, Massachusetts. \nHer work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the United States. She is a Copley Master with the Copley Society of Artists and was honored with a Co/So Fellowship and Residency at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Massachusetts in 2023\, and was a 2021 Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Resident. She was awarded a Mass Cultural Council Fellowship for her drawings and two ArtsWorcester Material Needs Grants. She has lead painting classes in Texas\, New Mexico\, Italy\, Greece\, and throughout New England. O’Connor works in watercolor\, acrylic\, oil\, and drawing media. \nHer work can be viewed at katopaints.com and @katopaints.
URL:https://revolutionaryvalley.org/event/twice-the-speed-of-bliss/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, 40 Stow Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibits
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250228
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SUMMARY:Ways of My Ancestors – Imagery: Lighting the Path to Awareness
DESCRIPTION:“Ways of My Ancestors – Imagery: Lighting the Path to Awareness” features photographic work by Scott Strong Hawk Foster that celebrates the rich\, diverse\, and resilient cultures of the Native Peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America. \nFoster is a Native American photographer and an enrolled member of Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band with proud Mohegan and Cherokee lineage. His work has been exhibited at the Danforth Museum\, Worcester Art Museum\, Boston City Hall\, and other venues. \nOn view through March 23 in The Umbrella’s Wedge Gallery\, this exhibition reflects Foster’s travels within his home state of Massachusetts and throughout the ancestral homelands of the Native American Peoples of New England. While attending powwows\, cultural events\, workshops\, and Indigenous practices that span millennia\, his passion has become highlighting cultures and history of the Indigenous peoples that are still here and living amongst us.\nBoth the opening reception March 5\, 6PM and Artist Talk\, March 9\, 1-2PM are free and open to the public. \nThe exhibition runs concurrently with The Umbrella Stage Company’s Where We Belong by Mohegan playwright Madeline Sayet in The Umbrella’s Black Box theater. Both are presented as part of The Umbrella’s programs recognizing the American semiquincentennial. \nThe Umbrella is ADA accessible\, a proud partner in the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s EBT Card-to-Culture program\, and provides free parking and free admission to its visual arts galleries. \nSee https://TheUmbrellaArts.org/Foster
URL:https://revolutionaryvalley.org/event/ways-of-my-ancestors-imagery-lighting-the-path-to-awareness/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, 40 Stow Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Exhibits,Free Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T193000
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SUMMARY:Where We Belong
DESCRIPTION:The Umbrella Stage Company presents the New England premiere of Mohegan theatre-maker Madeline Sayet’s ground-breaking one-woman show\, Where We Belong. \nWith great humor\, insight and imaginative storytelling\, the autobiographical play weaves together indigenous history\, Shakespeare\, colonialism\, cultural legacy\, the power of language and legend. It recounts Sayet’s 2015 journey to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare\, in the shadow of the Brexit vote. Moving between nations that have failed to reckon with their ongoing roles in colonialism\, she grapples with what it means to remain or leave her own home at Mohegan\, but finds comfort following in the footsteps of her ancestors who traveled to England in the 1700s to help her people. \nPerformed for the first time by an artist other than Sayet herself\, the show has been completely restaged by fellow director and playwright Tara Moses. Its staging in Concord during the semiquincentennial of the “shot heard round the world” raises timely questions of whose stories about history are told\, how\, by whom\, and in what language. \nThe show runs Feb. 28-Mar. 23\, including a special Student Group Matinee Wed. Mar. 12 at 4PM\, and select performances will feature engagement opportunities including optional pre-show catered dinners on Thursdays\, childcare through The Umbrella’s Kid-Care program for parents interested in attending the March 9 matinee\, and others. \nThe Umbrella is ADA accessible\, a proud partner in the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s EBT Card-to-Culture program\, and provides free parking and free admission to its visual arts galleries. See https://TheUmbrellaArts.org/WWB for more information. \nStudent: $20\nSenior: $45\nAdult: $48
URL:https://revolutionaryvalley.org/event/where-we-belong/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, 40 Stow Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Concord 250
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SUMMARY:Merrimack Repertory Theatre Presents: The Reduced Shakespeare Company
DESCRIPTION:FARCICAL ROMP \n“A raucous Shakesperience!” \nNothing is rotten in the state of Denmark as young Hamlet leaps into action to save the nunnery with Ophelia and Yorick the jester. What could go wrong? A fast\, funny\, and physical extravaganza filled with scary ghosts\, wee Scots\, singing nuns\, and a mysterious vassal in the castle. The Reduced Shakespeare Company returns to MRT to take an irreverent dive into the greatest play ever written. \nTo view showtimes and purchase tickets\, please click the link below. \nNo showings Monday & Tuesdays (March 17th\, 18th\, 24th\, & 25th)
URL:https://revolutionaryvalley.org/event/the-reduced-shakespeare-company-by-reed-martin-austin-tichenor/
LOCATION:Merrimack Repertory Theatre\, Merrimack Repertory Theatre\, 50 E Merrimack St\, Lowell\, MA\, 01852\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Performances
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250322
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SUMMARY:Quilts 250
DESCRIPTION:QUILTS 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy\nMarch 22& 23\,10AM-4PM\nCost: Free \nQuilts 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy is a free\, public quilt show organized in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary events of April 19\, 1775 along Battle Road in Lincoln\, Concord\, Lexington\, and Arlington\, Massachusetts. Showcasing the creative energy of quilters near and far\, Quilts 250 will have 200+ quilts that visually express through fabric and thread themes related to our country’s founding and evolution and the dynamic range of quilting arts in the last 250 years. \nQuilts on Display: \nAntique\nTraditional\nContemporary\nThe Spirit of 1775\nQuilts of Protest\nComfort Quilts\nComfort quilt programs provide free quilts\, teddy bears\, pillows\, pillowcases\, and bibs to hospitals\, shelters\, veterans’ nursing homes\, medically-supervised summer camps for children with serious illnesses\, disaster-recovery sites\, and other care centers. On display are some of the quilts made by members of Quilters’ Connection\, Rising Star Quilters\, and Concord Piecemakers for this purpose. These guilds together make and donate thousands of items each year\, as do other local quilting guilds. \nQuilts in Bloom\nFeaturing quilts paired with floral arrangements by the Concord Garden Club \nChildren’s Activities\nThere will be an activity center with hands-on activities \nBoutique\nThere will be items for sale made by members of the organizing guilds. \nThe show is sponsored by Concord 250 Celebrations Committee and is organized by the Concord Piecemakers\, Quilters’ Connection\, and Rising Star Quilters Guild. \nPlease tell all your friends and family to attend this spectacular show! \nFor more information visit here. \nMarch 22 @ 5:00 PM\nQuilts 250 Keynote Speakers Gerald Roy and Jennifer Swope: “American Quilts: The Art and Story of a Nation”\nTickets: $10\nGerald Roy of the Pilgrim/Roy Collection and Jennifer Swope\, David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textiles at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, will discuss the history of quilting in America. \nA beloved art form that has touched many lives since the founding of our nation\, quilts continue to reflect the diversity\, resourcefulness\, and vision of their makers. \nThe talk will be illustrated with a selection of quilts from Gerald Roy’s collection. \nGet your tickets for the Speaker event here
URL:https://revolutionaryvalley.org/event/quilts-250/
LOCATION:Concord Academy\, 132 Main Street\, Concord\, 01742\, United States
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SUMMARY:South Acton Walking Tour with Tour Guide Amy Cole
DESCRIPTION:Faulkner House\, 5 High Street\, Acton starting at 1 PM (Arrival time is 12:55 PM) \nJoin tour guide Amy Cole to visit the Iron Work Farm sites and walk South Acton’s historic Mill Corner. You will learn about Acton’s earliest colonial settlement. Important Details: Registration is required. Details on parking and where to meet will be sent via email closer to the walk date. Register at tinyurl.com/Acton250-March22 \nTour leader Amy Cole is an accomplished professional tour leader. She grew up near Acton Center and knows the town well. She has a wide- ranging interest in Acton’s unique history. This tour is sponsored by the Acton 250 Committee and the Iron Work Farm.
URL:https://revolutionaryvalley.org/event/south-acton-walking-tour-with-tour-guide-amy-cole/
LOCATION:Faulkner House\, 5 High Street\, Acton\, MA\, 01720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Featured,Free Events,Historical,Lecture,MA250,Outdoors
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SUMMARY:Springtime Spray and Splatter
DESCRIPTION:Spring is coming! We’ve “sprung forward”\, making the days longer\, and colorful flowers are beginning to bloom. Some cultures even celebrate spring as a new beginning. Join us as we spray and splatter some bright spring colors to make a masterpiece to welcome in the season! Inclement weather may result in changes to the program\, or cancellation.
URL:https://revolutionaryvalley.org/event/springtime-spray-and-splatter/
LOCATION:Discovery Museum\, Discovery Museum\, 177 Main St\, Acton\, MA\, 01720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids & Family
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T200000
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SUMMARY:Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Bellydancing
DESCRIPTION:Live music and dancing featuring the Athenian Corner Ensemble
URL:https://revolutionaryvalley.org/event/live-greek-middle-eastern-music-and-bellydancing/2025-03-22/
LOCATION:Athenian Corner Restaurant\, 207 Market Street\, Lowell\, 01852\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Culinary Tourism
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