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SUMMARY:Fresh Ink: Contemporary Explorations in Printmaking
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Sunday\, November 19\, 4-6pm with remarks by the juror and prize winners starting at 4:45pm.  Refreshments will be served. \nThe Umbrella Arts Center is pleased to present Fresh Ink: Contemporary Explorations in Printmaking juried by Carolyn Muskat. The exhibition includes printmakers from all across New England who use a variety of techniques in unexpected ways that push the boundaries of printmaking and speak to contemporary audiences. \nPrizes will be awarded. \nBest in show: $1\,000 \nJuror’s choice: 5 awards at $100 each. \nJuror: Carolyn Muskat is a Master Printmaker\, who owns and operates Muskat Studios\, a professional printmaking studio in Somerville\, MA\, where she creates her own work and collaborates with artists to produce original fine art prints. \nArtwork credit: Bob Tomolillo\, 48×36 \,Go Figure\, 2022
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/fresh-ink-contemporary-explorations-in-printmaking/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, 40 Stow Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Umbrella Arts Center":MAILTO:stewart@theumbrellaarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231126T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231224T170000
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SUMMARY:Holiday Market Place
DESCRIPTION:Holiday Marketplace 2023 \nWe’ve been making and crafting all year to prepare for our annual Holiday Marketplace! This arts and craft sale is the culmination of a year of work by the talented artisan members of LexArt.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShop local for unique\, one-of-a-kind handmade holiday gifts including \n\n\nhandmade silver jewelry \n\n\nfinely crafted wooden toys \n\n\nwoven items including clothing and housewares  \n\n\nfunctional and decorative ceramic items \n\n\nindulgent knit items \n\n\npolymer and clay jewelry \n\n\ndecorative art elements for your home \n\n\nframed art photography \n\n\noil and watercolor gallery paintings \n\n\nhandmade ornaments \n\n\nand so much more! \n\n\nOpen Tue-Fri 11-5\, Sat-Sun 10-5. Closed Mondays.  \nLast minute late-night shopping until 8 pm on December 21 and 22. 
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/holiday-market-place/
LOCATION:LexArt\, 130 Waltham Street\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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ORGANIZER;CN="LexArt":MAILTO:info@lexart.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231201T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231201T180000
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SUMMARY:The Umbrella Winter Market
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, December 1\, 2023 – 1:00pm – 6:00pm \nSaturday\, December 2\, 2023 – 10:00am – 5:00pm \nSunday\, December 3\, 2023 – 10:00am – 4:00pm \nThe Umbrella’s Winter Market is an annual three-day show and sale of artist\, artisan\, and hand-crafted work on all three floors of our beautifully renovated space in Concord\, MA. It features dozens of Umbrella Studio Artists\, regional Guest Artists\, an annual “Off-the-Wall” show with small works under $300\, Ceramics Program holiday sale\, Arts Education Free Drop-In Family Day info table\, prizes drawing\, and more. \nPlus\, view the “Fresh Ink: Contemporary Explorations in Printmaking” Gallery Exhibition\, live music on Saturday and Sunday afternoons\, and refreshments in the cafe.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/the-umbrella-winter-market/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, 40 Stow Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Umbrella Arts Center":MAILTO:stewart@theumbrellaarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231203T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231203T200000
DTSTAMP:20260517T121236
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SUMMARY:Candlelight Vespers – Christmas Reflection
DESCRIPTION:There is faint music in the night\,\nAnd pale wings fanned by silver flight;\nA frosty hill with tender glow\nOf countless stars that shine on snow. – Nancy Buckley \nAt this time of the year we often find ourselves thinking of all our lists of “presents to buy\, things to be done and places to go.” The hustle and bustle of the season can be both daunting and overwhelming. On that note we invite into the peace and tranquility of The Shirley Meeting House on Sunday\, December 3rd for our 20th Annual Candlelight Vespers Concert. The program will feature music\, stories and poems that will give you a moment to pause and reflect on the true meaning of this season and the peace it offers to each of us. \nThe doors will open at 6:00 pm and you are invited in to sit back and enjoy tradition carols performed on our own Stevens Tracker Organ by Lois Toeppner. The Vespers program begins at 6:30 pm. After a few years without a full chorus 2023 will bring back The Meeting House Chorale under the direction of Bernard Crane and accompanied by pianist Elenye German. You will also be a part of the program as we invite you to lift your voice in the singing of some traditional carols. Following the program you are all invited to the Center Town Hall for warm cider\, dessert and time with good friends and family. We look forward to seeing you.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/candlelight-vespers-christmas-reflection/
LOCATION:The Shirley Meeting House\, 41 Brown Road\, Shirley\, MA\, 01464\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231209T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231209T140000
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SUMMARY:Inspired by Movement\, Rhythm\, Heritage\, and Community
DESCRIPTION:Please join ArtsArlington on Saturday\, December 9\, 11am to 2pm for a celebration of art and community at Arlington’s Robbins Memorial Town Hall featuring \n* a tour of the Town Hall exhibition with artists Maria Fonseca\, Larry Terry\, and TJ Reynolds\n* a special one day exhibition of 20 beautiful quilts by members of Sisters In Stitches Joined by the Cloth — an African American quilting guild that meets monthly in Arlington\n* music — jazz\, soul\, and R&B by saxophonist Larry Terry and Friends\n* hands-on creative activities\n* refreshments \nMeet the artists! \nThe work of three accomplished Arlington artists will be on view at Arlington Town Hall through December 31\, 2023. Their sources of inspiration are diverse. Maria Fonseca captures the dynamism and grace of Afro Cuban dancers encountered during travels to Cuba with her dramatic photographs. Larry Terry\, also a talented saxophone player\, engages in drawing as a meditative practice\, capturing the rhythm\, texture and color of music in abstract oil pastels. TJ Reynolds paints portraits of friends\, family\, and local and legendary leaders to create powerful tributes to character\, beauty\, and achievement. \nThis event is free and open to all; please invite your friends\, family and neighbors. Robbins Memorial Town Hall is located at 730 Mass Avenue in Arlington Center. \nPresented by the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture\, the Arlington Division of Equity and Inclusion\, and the Black Joy Project. Supported by a Public Art for Spatial Justice Grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts.
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/inspired-by-movement-rhythm-heritage-and-community/
LOCATION:Robbins Memorial Town Hall\, 730 Massachusetts Avenue\, Arlington\, MA\, 02476\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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ORGANIZER;CN="Arlington Commission for Arts &amp%3B Culture":MAILTO:info@artsarlington.org
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SUMMARY:250th Anniversary Lexington Tea Burning Reenactment
DESCRIPTION:On December 13\, 1773\, three days before the Boston Tea Party\, the Lexington Town Meeting concluded a multi-day debate with a resolution to stop purchasing or drinking imported British tea. The crowd spilled out onto the common behind the meeting house and made a bonfire\, throwing the entire town’s supply of tea into it.\n\n250 years later\, join us for a day of fun\, interactive activities to learn more about why tea was so important to the Revolution. Meet with the Lexington residents of 1773 to hear their side of the story\, find out where tea comes from\, and end the day by gathering around the fire and burning the tea!\n\nSchedule of events:\n9:30 AM – 4:00 PM: Pop-up exhibit on historic hot drinks upstairs at Buckman Tavern\n12:00 – 3:00 PM: Drop-in activities upstairs at Buckman Tavern\n12:30 PM: The Lexington Minute Men practice military drill to ready themselves for the coming conflict\n1:00 PM: The 18th century townspeople of Lexington (led by local Boy Scouts) begin to build a fire to destroy the detested tea\n1:40 PM: William Diamond Jr. Fife and Drum Corps rallies the crowd with patriotic music\n1:30 PM: THE BURNING OF THE TEA\n2:00 PM: Program conclusion with music from William Diamond Jr. Fife and Drum Corps\, Lexington Historical Society Colonial Singers\, and a musket salute from the Lexington Minute Men\n\nTea generously provided b Mark T. Wendell Tea Company\n\n\nImage courtesy of the Lexington Historical Society
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/250th-anniversary-lexington-tea-burning-reenactment/
LOCATION:Buckman Tavern\, 1 Bedford Street\, Lexington\, 02420
CATEGORIES:Living History
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lexington Historical Society":MAILTO:programs@lexingtonhistory.org
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SUMMARY:Deck the Halls: Female Abolitionists and Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, December 11\, 7 pm\nFollen Church Sanctuary\, 755 Massachusetts Avenue\nKen Turino\, Historic New England\nRegister \nNew England’s female abolitionists in the first half of the nineteenth century played a large role in the development of modern American Christmas traditions. These abolitionists\, led by Maria Chapman\, hosted anti-slavery society Christmas Fairs – one of the earliest traditions associated with Christmas. It was at these fairs that most Americans in the first half of the nineteenth century encountered a Christmas tree. These fairs had a wide-ranging influence on our current customs\, including the use of greenery in decorating and gift giving in America. Women\, including Lexington sisters Julia and Ellen Robbins\, promoted abolitionism while creating goods for sale as well as organizing the fairs. This helped move women out of the designated domestic sphere of the home (not without controversy) into the economy. All of this would forever change the role of women in society and how we celebrate Christmas. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Lexington Lyceum Advocates and LexSeeHer. \nQuestions? Email events@lexlyceum.org
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/deck-the-halls-female-abolitionists-and-christmas/
LOCATION:Follen Church Sanctuary\, 755 Massachusetts Avenue\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="LexSeeHer":MAILTO:lexmonument@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231215T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231215T213000
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SUMMARY:A Holiday Pops Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Umbrella Stage Company in partnership with Firebird Pops Orchestra is thrilled to announce the return of our Holiday Pops concert! \n— Friday\, December 15 at 7:30pm \n— Saturday\, December 16 at 3:00pm \n— Sunday\, December 17 at 3:00pm \nTogether with the Firebird Vox choir\, the orchestra will sweep you away with magical scores from favorite seasonal blockbusters like Home Alone\, favorites including The Eighth Candle and Sleigh Ride\, a special version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas\, and more! \nFun for the whole family–enjoy seasonal favorites at concessions\, fun activities for the kids during intermission\, and the chance to sing along together in celebration. \nIt’s sure to be a magical event! \nABOUT FIREBIRD POPS \nThe online musical sensation Firebird Pops was born “out of the ashes” of the COVID-19 shutdown\, its inaugural virtual performances taking grateful audiences by storm. Under the baton of founder and music director\, Brendan Kenney\, almost 60 musicians performed Harry Potter Symphonic Suite\, a medley of the score from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone\, garnering praise from MuggleNet.com\, Nerdist\, and New England’s Channel 7 News. Since then\, the orchestra has continued to grow in size and notoriety with its innovative digital performances from Phantom of the Opera\, the launch of the Firebird Vox choir\, and fresh seasonal concerts for the Halloween and Winter Holidays. Formally granted nonprofit status in 2022\, the Firebird Pops organization has been expanding its in-person repertoire\, and The Umbrella has been proud to partner and introduce them to live audiences in our state-of-the-art Main Stage Theater144!
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/a-holiday-pops-concert/
LOCATION:The Umbrella Arts Center\, 40 Stow Street\, Concord\, MA\, 01742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Umbrella Arts Center":MAILTO:stewart@theumbrellaarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231221T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231221T190000
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SUMMARY:Winter Solstice Lantern Walk
DESCRIPTION:North County Land Trust’s annual Winter Solstice Lantern Walk is back for another year and is set to be brighter than ever! \nEnjoy a glowing\, ethereal stroll through winding\, wooded trails with family and friends over cups of hot cocoa. Embrace the longest night of the year with a warm bonfire along the path and take in solstice legends of years past. This tranquil\, dreamlike evening is the perfect way to celebrate the holidays with the ones you love. \nAttendance is free\, warm drinks and goodies will be for sale. All donations and sales go to North County Land Trust and their work to protect the environment in north central Massachusetts. \nIn the event of inclement weather\, the event will be postponed until Friday\, December 22
URL:https://freedomsway.org/staging/6553/event/winter-solstice-lantern-walk/
LOCATION:Doyle Community Park\, 464 Abbott Avenue\, Leominster\, MA\, 01453\, United States
CATEGORIES:Walks & Hikes
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ORGANIZER;CN="North County Land Trust":MAILTO:info@northcountylandtrust.org
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