The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum proudly announces the opening of a new exhibit entitled Thinking about Water: Artists Reflect. Timed to coincide with the United Nations’ celebration of World Water Day on March 22, the Waterworks invites you to reflect on our most precious natural resource: water. The artists brought together for this show take a … Continue reading Thinking About Water | Artists Reflect
BETTE ANN LIBBY presents “Shard Stories” a mosaic exhibit, April 6 through May 7.
Gallery 93 at the Brookline Senior Center is honored to present "The Reunion Project". The exhibit is a photographic project created by Lora Brody, featuring current portraits of women paired with photographs of them taken in high school. The exhibit also features responses to questions posed by the photographer regarding their changes in attitudes and … Continue reading The Reunion Project | Gallery 93
Studios Without Walls: Everything you can Imagine is Real at Riverway Park, Brookline For the past 18 years, Studios Without Walls has created collaborative environmental sculpture exhibitions. This spring they present “Everything You Can Imagine Is Real”, hosted by Brookline Division of Parks & Open Spaces at Riverway Park near the Longwood T … Continue reading Everything You Can Imagine Is Real | Studios Without Walls
The Freshman The Coolidge Corner Theatre is proud to welcome back Berklee College of Music Professor Sheldon Mirowitz and the Berklee Silent Film Orchestra for the world premiere of the Berklee Silent Film Orchestra’s (BSFO) new, original score to The Freshman (1925) starring Harold Lloyd. This is the eleventh original Berklee score the Coolidge has commissioned for … Continue reading The Freshman | Sounds of Silents at the Coolidge
Variations and Phantasies OLIVER MESSIAEN – Thème et variations ARNOLD SCHOENBERG – Phantasie SERGEI PROKOFIEV – Sonata for violin and piano in F minor GABRIELA DIAZ – violin YOKO HAGINO – piano The Ludovico Ensemble is a Boston-based chamber ensemble specializing in modern music. Founded in 2002 by percussionist Nicholas Tolle, the group is known for its carefully curated programs focusing primarily … Continue reading Variations and Phantasies | LUDOVICO ENSEMBLE
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite with director Michael Winterbottom for another chapter in their hilarious road trip series.
Independent Film Festival Boston | 2017 When two sisters suspect their father (John Turturro) may be having an affair, it sends them into a tailspin that reveals cracks in the family façade. For the first time, older sister Dana (Jenny Slate), recently engaged and struggling with her own fidelity, finds herself bonding with her … Continue reading Landline | IFFBoston at The Coolidge
Closing Night Film BAND AID, the refreshingly raw, real, and hilarious feature debut from Zoe Lister-Jones, is the story of a couple, Anna (Zoe Lister-Jones) and Ben (Adam Pally), who can't stop fighting. Advised by their therapist to try and work through their grief unconventionally, they are reminded of their shared love of music. In … Continue reading Band Aid | IFFBoston Closing Night at The Coolidge
Bring your lunch and an appetite for poetry. Meet from 12 noon to 1:30, the first Thursday of the month at the Main Library (361 Washington Street, Brookline Village). Each month we will look at half a dozen poems of a well known poet. We will provide copies of the poems and lead a discussion after … Continue reading A Taste of Poetry at Brookline Village Library | Alan Ginsberg
The Dance Department is proud to present Progressions 2017! In this annual spring concert, teachers S. Christien Polos and Mayra Hernandez present dancers from their beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes in original works set to classical to contemporary music. Also on the program is a work created by independent-study student Genevieve Bondaryk and a Senior Dance choreographed and … Continue reading Progressions | Dance at BHS
The Dance Department is proud to present Progressions 2017! In this annual spring concert, teachers S. Christien Polos and Mayra Hernandez present dancers from their beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes in original works set to classical to contemporary music. Also on the program is a work created by independent-study student Genevieve Bondaryk and a Senior Dance choreographed and … Continue reading Progressions | Dance at BHS
Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) is pleased to be presenting the 7th annual Greater Boston City Heart Art Show and Sale featuring over 50 artists who have experienced homelessness. The show takes place on Saturday, May 6th, 2017 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Shops at the Prudential Center, Huntington Arcade, 800 Boylston St, Boston, MA … Continue reading Unbound Visual Arts | City Heart Exhibit
RUMBARROCO Latinas: Music by Women Composers and Arrangers from Latin America La Donna Musicale and RUMBARROCO in collaboration La Donna Musicale This concert presents women composers, arrangers and writers in different historical periods as well as different music styles; Early Music, inter-related with folk, academic, and popular music. The unifying thread: a woman composed, wrote … Continue reading Latinas | La Donna Musicale & Rumbarroco
The Dance Department is proud to present Progressions 2017! In this annual spring concert, teachers S. Christien Polos and Mayra Hernandez present dancers from their beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes in original works set to classical to contemporary music. Also on the program is a work created by independent-study student Genevieve Bondaryk and a Senior Dance choreographed and … Continue reading Progressions | Dance at BHS
Much Ado About Nothing | Boston Theater Co Teen Troupe A performance of an abridged version of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing performed by the Boston Theater Company Teen Troupe. All are welcome! This event is part of the Spring in to Summer with Shakespeare series! All events are free and open to the public, and … Continue reading Much Ado About Nothing | Boston Theater Co Teen Troupe @ Brookline Village Library
The Brookline Commission for the Arts will present the 2017 Local Cultural Council/Massachusetts Cultural Council grantees and their exciting arts and cultural projects. This free event will serve light refreshment.
THE KALAMPAG TRACKING AGENCY May 8, 2017 (Mon) - 8:00pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre Presented in conjunction with Crows and Sparrows, Balagan welcomes Manila-based filmmaker and curator Shireen Seno to present a program of Filipino experimental film and video from the past three decades. The Kalampag Tracking Agency is an ongoing curatorial initiative of Shireen Seno … Continue reading Balagan Films | Shireen Seno (curator), Experimental Films
Obsession Jude Law (The Young Pope, Closer, The Talented Mr Ripley) stars in the stage production of Obsession, broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre in London. Ivo van Hove (NT Live: A View from the Bridge, Hedda Gabler) directs this new stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film. Gino is a drifter, down-at-heel and magnetically … Continue reading Obsession | NT Live at the Coolidge
Changing of the Bard: An evening of poetry with Brookline poets laureate past & present Judith Steinbergh, Jan Schreiber and Zvi A Seslin reading The Poetry of New England.
An evening of original work by Needs Improvment! Needs Improvment, BHS's improvisational theater group, uses humor to engage with the world around us, creating scene work inspired by current events and people in the news. The audience gets to participate, as Needs Improvment solicits ideas and prompts to create work that has never been seen before and will never be … Continue reading Needs Improvment | BHS Improvisational Theatre Group
The third annual ART Off The Wall, an exhibition and fundraiser spring event celebrating art, artists and community! ART Off The Wall features works by artists who support the mission of the BAC. This year, Evelyn Berde and Karen Moss will select all artwork to create a fabulous collection. The two week exhibition culminates in … Continue reading ART Off The Wall | BAC exhibit & fundraiser
Boston Sacred Harp All-Day Singing This event is free and open to the public. No experience necessary to participate. Books will be available for loan or purchase. Come sing with us! Boston-area singers: Please bring a covered dish to share for our potluck meal at Noon. For more information about how to prepare, please see … Continue reading Boston Sacred Harp All-Day Singing | St Paul’s Church
Brookline Cherry Blossom Festival is a collaboration between The Genki Spark and Brookline High School Japanese Program. Brookline Cherry Blossom Festival Tentative Schedule* (Blankets and Lawn Chairs welcome) 12:00 PM- Festival Opening, The Genki Spark (taiko, Boston, MA) 12:30 PM- Odaiko New England (taiko, Woburn, MA) 1:00 PM- Mountain River Taiko (taiko, Western, MA) 1:30 PM- Takahashi Minyo Kai, (dance, … Continue reading Brookline Cherry Blossom Festival/Sakura Matsuri
I Due Foscari “Plácido Domingo is the definitive Francesco of recent times” — Financial Times “To see him again on stage is a joy. From here to eternity” — La Stampa “One can only marvel at his enormous musicality, his ageless vocal quality, his enviable stage presence” — Il corriere musicale Here is Plácido Domingo’s … Continue reading I Due Foscari | Opera at the Coolidge
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ★★★★★ "Imelda Staunton is at her magnificent best. A first-rate revival of an astonishing play." - The Guardian Sonia Friedman Productions present Imelda Staunton (Gypsy, Vera Drake, the Harry Potter films), Conleth Hill (Game Of Thrones, The Producers), Luke Treadaway (A Street Cat Named Bob, The Curious Incident of the Dog … Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | NT Live at the Coolidge
Student directed theatre festival at Brookline High School.
Puppets at Night, Puppet Showplace Theater, Brookline Every other month Puppet Showplace Theater stays open late to showcase the region's finest short-form puppetry acts...for adults! Each piece is performed by a different artist, and the content ranges from hilarious to profound and everything in between. The performers include everyone from veteran professionals to first-time puppeteers, … Continue reading Puppet Showplace Adult Slam: ONE NIGHT ONLY!
BSO announced that four finalists were chosen by their dedicated Music Director Search Committee from a pool of over forty highly-qualified applicants, each to conduct one concert during the 2016-17 season. The finalists are: Patrick Valentino, who conducted October's concert, Lidiya Yankovskaya, who conducted December's concert, Tiffany Chang, who lead the March concert, and Andrew Altenbach who will close the season with this concert on May 21. Andrew … Continue reading Brookline Symphony Orchestra
Spring 2017: Reformation: Musical Traditions in Protestant Europe (marking the 500th anniversary of Luther’s 95 Theses) The religious doctrines of the Protestant Reformation gave rise to the diverse landscape of devotional music in sixteenth-century Europe. Convivium will perform sacred works from several Protestant traditions: Lutheran German, Dutch Reformed, Calvinist, and Anglican, featuring music by Byrd, … Continue reading Convivium Musicum | United Parish
JOE POTTS is a founding member of The Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS), a seminal experimental music collective, which is responsible for over two-dozen releases over the past 40 years. He is a member of the west coast experimental supergroup, Extended Organ, along with Paul McCarthy, Fredrik Nilsen, and Tom Recchion. He is also … Continue reading Joe Potts/Kate Village | Met Waterworks Museum
The 30-year odyssey of the Grateful Dead was the most unlikely success story in rock ’n’ roll history. Famously averse to publicity and seemingly incapable of recording radio-friendly hits, they flouted music-industry convention by giving their live music away to a global network of tape traders and becoming the highest-grossing concert act in America through … Continue reading Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead
Bring your lunch and an appetite for poetry. Each month the group will look at half a dozen poems by a well-known poet. The library will provide copies of the poems and lead a discussion after reading them. No sign-up or preparation is necessary. Taste of Poetry CD Wright This month the poetry of C.D. Wright
Coolidge Corner Arts Festival 2017 Jury Prize Winner Shop the work of over 75 artists whilst enjoying delicious food truck fare, wine, beer, and listening to great music at the Coolidge Corner Arts Festival! The festival will be held on Saturday, June 3 2017 from 11AM to 7PM along Babcock Street in the heart of … Continue reading Coolidge Corner Arts Festival
RenMentality In their season closer, Renaissance Men will explore sacred and secular compositions by those who suffered with mental and behavioral disorders, including works Berlioz, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Lassus, and Mussorgsky. American composer Jay Mobley will premiere a major work for male voices based on written testimonials from those in moments of crisis. A concert in three acts, each … Continue reading Renaissance Men | RenMentality
"Anima Mundi" Music of Bach, Brahns, Bruckner and Lauridsen Coolidge Corner Community Chorus Music is still a human experience, and to that end the Coolidge Corner Community Chorus welcomes all who wish to sing, regardless of experience or training. We sing music from all periods, sacred and secular; we perform masterworks as well as little … Continue reading Coolidge Corner Community Chorus | Concert