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SUMMARY:SSC Youth Orchestra Fall Concert
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, November 22\, 3 pm \nDuxbury Performing Arts Center\, 73 Alden Street\, Duxbury \nTickets are $15 for adults\, ages 18 and under attend for free \nLearn more at sscmusic.org/sscyo/ \n  \nSouth Shore Conservatory (SSC) presents its SSC Youth Orchestra’s annual fall concert on Sunday\, November 22\, 3 pm at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center at 73 Alden Street\, Duxbury.  This performance showcases the exceptional musical talents of young musicians from across the South Shore.or \nAbout South Shore Conservatory \nSouth Shore Conservatory (SSC) is a community school for the arts on Boston’s South Shore\, welcoming individuals of all ages and abilities. With campuses in Hingham and Duxbury\, SSC’s programs provide creative opportunities for lifelong learning through outstanding faculty and nationally recognized offerings in music instruction\, ensembles\, dance\, early childhood education\, creative arts therapy\, performance\, and community and school partnerships.  Learn more at sscmusic.org.
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SUMMARY:Inking History: Charles Schulz’s Peanuts & American Revolution at American Ancestors
DESCRIPTION:November 20\, 4 to 5:15 pm \nOnline webinar. Live broadcast will be recorded; registrants will receive a link to the video post-event \nAdmission: Free\, register at hubs.americanancestors.org/inking-history-charles-schulzs-peanuts-and-the-american-revolution \n\nThe World-Famous World War I Flying Ace\, Joe Cool\, and the world’s most recognized beagle\, Snoopy\, added another persona in the late 1990s: The Revolutionary War Patriot. Join Benjamin L. Clark\, curator of the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa\, California\, when he sheds light on and tells stories about cartoonist Charles Schulz’s love of history and his process for creating the iconic comic strip\, “Peanuts.” \n\nBenjamin L. Clark has served as the curator of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center since 2018. He has worked in museums since 2003 and currently leads the team that preserves and interprets Schulz’s legacy at the museum and around the globe. Benjamin is the co-author of the Eisner Award-winning book “Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects.” His work has been featured in The Washington Post\, CBS Sunday Morning\, and NPR’s Morning Edition. \n\nCurt DiCamillo is American Ancestors’ Curator of Fine Art. As part of the Education team\, he curates American Ancestors’ large art collection\, lectures around the world\, and hosts the celebrated American Ancestors Art & Architecture webinar series.
URL:https://mcgrathpr.com/event/inking-history-charles-schulzs-peanuts-american-revolution-at-american-ancestors/
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SUMMARY:SSC Presents: New York Voices Farewell Tour
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, November 15\, 3 pm\nScituate Center for the Performing Arts\, 606 Chief Justice Cushing Hwy\, Scituate \nTickets $33 to $60 at: https://ci.ovationtix.com/37102/production/1286247?performanceId=11853577 \nThis special South Shore Conservatory Premier Concert Series performance delivers the last chance to experience New York Voices live\, as the internationally-celebrated vocal jazz ensemble brings its farewell tour to Scituate Center for the Performing Arts. Known for dazzling close harmony\, swing\, and sophisticated jazz-pop arrangements\, New York Voices has set the standard for vocal ensemble artistry for decades. This special concert is both a celebration and a farewell — a rare opportunity to hear their signature sound\, impeccable musicianship\, and warm stage presence one final time on the South Shore. \nAbout South Shore Conservatory \nSouth Shore Conservatory (SSC) is a community school for the arts on Boston’s South Shore\, welcoming individuals of all ages and abilities. With campuses in Hingham and Duxbury\, SSC’s programs provide creative opportunities for lifelong learning through outstanding faculty and nationally recognized offerings in music instruction\, ensembles\, dance\, early childhood education\, creative arts therapy\, performance\, and community and school partnerships.  Learn more at sscmusic.org. \n 
URL:https://mcgrathpr.com/event/ssc-presents-new-york-voices-farewell-tour/
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SUMMARY:Music of Latin America with Tutti Music Collective
DESCRIPTION: Tutti Music Collective (TMC) presents its fall concert “Music of Latin America\,” exploring Latin music genres spanning the Caribbean Islands to the Andean Mountains\, on Saturday\, November 14\, 3 to 6 pm\, Boynton Yards\, 101 South Street\, Somerville. The concert features Tutti Music Collective’s chorus in collaboration with four local bands\, including a Merengue band\, a tango quartet\, the TMC Latin Band\, and the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble\, performing Latin jazz and other Latin music genres. \n\n\n\n\n\n“Music of Latin America” blends choral and instrumental repertoire in a celebration of the music of Latin America. From bossa to bachata\, from ranchera to rumba\, Tejano to tango\, Latin music spans a wide variety of genres and cultural experiences\, with roots in West and Central Africa\, Spain\, Portugal and the Indigenous communities of Central and South America and the Caribbean islands. It is a long and storied history\, sometimes painful\, sometimes beautiful and always worth exploring. Audiences are invited to share in the joy and heartbreak of this music\, and to join in a participating in or witnessing a dance party to close the afternoon – a festive\, all-ages celebration for the whole family. \n“I’m looking forward to working on our Latin American concert with the Tutti Music Collective\,” shared Javier Márquez\, composer\, TMC choir and Board member. “This versatile ensemble has brought life to many wonderful concerts before\, and I have no doubt our musicians will mesmerize with their performance and honor the rich Latinx musical heritage with this program.”  \n\n\n\nTMC Chorus\, directed by Elijah Langille\, courtesy image\n\nTutti Music Collective is committed to showcasing the music of local minority\, LGBTQIA+\, and living composers. It believes that concert music should reflect the diversity of the world in which we live. The Collective strives to create spaces where all musicians’ voices are heard and celebrated. Through its performances\, it aspires to engage audiences while championing inclusivity and equity in the arts.  Learn more at thetuttimusiccollective.org. \nTutti Music Collective is committed to showcasing the music of local minority\, LGBTQIA+\, and living composers. It believes that concert music should reflect the diversity of the world in which we live. The Collective strives to create spaces where all musicians’ voices are heard and celebrated. Through its performances\, it aspires to engage audiences while championing inclusivity and equity in the arts.  Learn more at thetuttimusiccollective.com. \nTickets to “Music of Latin America” are $12.50 to $50\, available at Eventbrite.com. The concert is open to all ages\, doors open at 2:30 pm. Boynton Yards offers an accessible wheelchair-accessible entrance\, seating and restrooms. Enter at the main doors below the “101 South Street” entrance and follow the signs to the first-floor conference and performance space.  Free parking is available in the lot at 0 Windsor Street\, across from building at 808 Windsor Street in Somerville. \nFor more information about Tutti Music Collective\, visit thetuttimusiccollective.com. For more information about the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble\, visit revolutionarysnakeensemble.org.
URL:https://mcgrathpr.com/event/journey-through-latin-music-with-tutti-music-collective/
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Calligraphy Workshop: Holiday Cards at American Ancestors
DESCRIPTION:November 14\, 1 to 3 pm\nAmerican Ancestors\, 97 Newbury Street\, Boston\nFee: $25\, including materials\, available at my.americanancestors.org/3821/4015 \nGet ready for the upcoming holiday season by creating a beautifully hand-lettered card for a friend or loved one! This two-hour workshop is perfect for beginners and anyone wanting to explore the timeless art of calligraphy. Esther N\, founder of Maker’s Favourite Designs\, will teach you a brief history of calligraphy\, basic strokes and techniques\, letter formation\, and how to bring letters together into beautiful words using a brush pen. \nJoin us on the second floor of American Ancestors at the Brue Family Learning Center and receive hands-on practice with guided instruction\, plenty of encouragement\, and all the tools you need. By the end\, you’ll have a beautiful holiday card or note to give to someone special. \nThe ticket price includes all necessary tools needed for the workshop\, including soft and hard tip Fudenosuke Brush Pens and cardstock. \nEsther of Maker’s Favourite Designs has honed her skills in calligraphy\, engraving\, and hand lettering over nearly a decade\, bringing meticulous precision and passion to her work. Whether lettering name cards\, engraving glassware and bottles at on-site events\, addressing envelopes\, or designing artistic pieces that explore the breadth of calligraphic styles\, Esther pours her heart into her creations to ensure the highest quality and care goes into each piece.\nShe is trained in traditional pointed-pen and broad-edge calligraphy scripts\, but is also proficient in modern brush lettering. She has collaborated with individuals\, small businesses\, and multinational corporations on projects big and small. She continues to expand her skill set by engaging with the calligraphy community\, undertaking individual and group study of new techniques\, and has even begun teaching beginners’ lettering lessons of her own to invite others along on her artistic journey. In everything she does\, Esther’s love of the written word shines through.
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SUMMARY:Boston Playwrights' Theatre's Fall Rep Festival
DESCRIPTION:Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT)\, Boston University’s award-winning professional theatre dedicated to new work\, presents its “Fall Rep Festival\,” featuring two new plays running in repertory November 5 through 22 at 949 Commonwealth Avenue\, Boston: Yide Cai’s “White Phoenix\,” directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky\, and Rachel Beth Greene’s “Jessica of Venice\,” directed by Josh Glenn-Kayden. The pairing brings together two distinct worlds: a Chinese family torn apart across an ocean\, and an Orthodox Jewish community set in the present day. Performed on the same stage\, the two plays ask a shared question: what is the cost of crossing the distance between two worlds? \n\n\n\n\n\nTold by just two actors\, “White Phoenix” is a sweeping family drama that unfolds across decades and continents. The play follows a Chinese orphan who vows to find the sister he lost\, tracing his path to adulthood in China alongside a dangerous entanglement with the daughter of a powerful political family. Meanwhile\, his sister comes of age an ocean away\, adopted into a prominent American senatorial family and drawn into a secret romance of her own. As their two stories finally converge\, the siblings’ long-awaited reunion becomes a mirror for the fraught\, complicated relationship between their two countries. \nCai\, whose writing draws on classical Chinese drama\, particularly “The Peony Pavilion\,” built the epic for a cast of two on purpose. “The audience will serve as witness to the effort of two actors embodying four distinct\, almost opposite characters\,” he says. “It’s this magic of making something out of nothing. That’s what’s always special about theater: the imagination. Even though the two siblings spend the entire play trying to find each other\, the two actors playing them are together on stage the whole time.” \n\n\nCai is writing against the habit of treating nations as people. “We tend to assume the country or the government and the people who live in it are the same thing\,” he explains. “Instead of symbols\, my characters are the opposite: prisoners and victims of the countries they belong to. There is China everywhere in America\, like TikTok\, bubble tea and rare earth minerals\, and America everywhere in China\, like Starbucks and Hollywood movies. But neither side really wants to talk about it with clarity.” \n\n\nSet in the present day but steeped in Early Modern echoes\, “Jessica of Venice” follows a group of Orthodox Jewish schoolgirls who discover a banned copy of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and become fascinated by its rebellious runaway daughter. For one restless teen caught between her tight-knit community and a budding crush outside it\, the discovery starts to blur the line between the story on the page and the life she’s beginning to imagine for herself. \nGreene\, a self-described Shakespeare buff\, grew up in the observant Jewish world she depicts. “Jessica is so often portrayed as selfish and coldhearted towards her father\,” she says. “But rarely is she considered within her context: as a curious\, sheltered young girl with big dreams. I too was raised in the observant Jewish world and understand how it feels to struggle with the practices of traditional religious life as an ambitious\, inquisitive teenager.” She links the play’s close reading of Shakespeare to Torah study\, where students read “between the lines” of texts centered on male protagonists to expand their understanding of the world. \n\n\n\n\n\nGreene writes with outsiders in mind. “I am acutely aware that most audience members will have never set foot in a Orthodox Jewish community\,” she notes. “Audiences should expect not to know every single word spoken onstage. But if I’ve done my job right\, that will not stand in the way of them understanding the story – in fact\, it might even help.” She adds that the play has no villain: “I believe these characters all act from a place of good\, if often mismatched\, intentions.” \nStaged side by side\, the two plays speak to each other. “A theme we have discovered that runs between our stories is the idea of characters who inhabit two separate worlds\, and the yearning to reach through the space between them\,” says Greene. For Cai\, the pairing points to a shared warning: “Heaven is in the making\, in the everyday life we already have\, with the people already around us. The moment we idolize or covet an elsewhere\, or an ‘other\,’ we create our own downfall.” \nBoth playwrights resist an easy verdict on what separation costs. “Before we ask whether the cost was worth it\, we need to acknowledge and honor the cost\, and the suffering of the people who bore it\,” says Cai. Greene leaves the question with the audience: “These conflicts are too intricate and fraught for a ‘right answer.’ I hope the audience leaves the theater pondering this very question.” \n“On the one hand\, it is devastating watching characters in these plays be willing to sacrifice almost anything to escape from the communities that made them\,” said BPT Artistic Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian. “But on the other\, there is something inspiring about characters who dream of a better world\, and believe\, against all odds\, that there is a place somewhere that will offer them the opportunity to feel fully themselves. It’s an inherently optimistic – and very American – kind of dramatic action.” \nThe creative teams include Stage Managers Jess Brennan* (“White Phoenix”) and Erin Lerch* (“Jessica of Venice”). *Appearing through an Agreement between Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association\, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. \n\n\nFall Rep Festival Details \n“White Phoenix” by Yide Cai\, directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky\, featuring Philip Zeng* as Li CunYi and Gabriel Bradford\, with Serena Zhu as Li CunXin and Zhao YanYan. \n*Appearing through an Agreement between Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association\, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. \nPerformances:  Select dates from Nov. 5 through 22 \n\n\nThursday\, November 5 at 7:00 pm \nFriday\, November 6 at 8:00 pm \nSaturday\, November 7 at 8:00 pm \nSaturday\, November 14 at 2:00 pm** \n\n\nSunday\, November 15 at 7:00 pm** \nThursday\, November 19 at 7:00 pm \nSaturday\, November 21 at 8:00 pm** \nSunday\, November 22 at 2:00 pm** \n\n\nPay-What-You-Want Previews: Thurs.\, Nov. 5\, 7 pm\, and Fri.\, Nov. 6\, 8 pm \nPost-show Conversation: Thursday\, November 19\, after the 7 pm performance \nContent transparency: “White Phoenix” contains an extended depiction of a consensual romantic relationship between adopted siblings. No violence is depicted onstage\, but the play contains descriptions of war\, political violence\, and international child trafficking. Details\, including spoilers: bostonplaywrights.org/ct/phoenix \n\n\n\n“Jessica of Venice” by Rachel Beth Greene\, directed by Josh Glenn-Kayden\, featuring Lindsey Wildstein as Shaina; Margo Segal as Aliza and Brooke; Ella Blumenthal as Hannah and Kaiden; Gavin Mariani as Logan; Dave Rabinow* as Shlomo; Jessica Golden as Rivka; and Luke Avilez Meisel as Rabbi Farkas and Mr. Burski. \n*Appearing through an Agreement between Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association\, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. \nPerformances: Select dates from Nov. 12 through 22 \n\n\nThursday\, November 12 at 7:00 pm \nFriday\, November 13 at 8:00 pm \nSaturday\, November 14 at 8:00 pm** \nSunday\, November 15 at 2:00 pm** \n\n\nWednesday\, November 18 at 7:00 pm \nFriday\, November 20 at 8:00 pm \nSaturday\, November 21 at 2:00 pm** \nSunday\, November 22 at 7:00 pm** \n\n\nPay-What-You-Want Previews: Thursday\, November 12\, 7 pm\, and Friday\, November 13\, 8 pm \nOpening/Press Night: Saturday\, November 14\, 8 pm\, followed by the Fall Rep Opening Reception \nPost-show Conversation: Saturday\, November 21\, after the 2 pm performance \nContent transparency: “Jessica of Venice” includes depictions of religious oppression\, antisemitism and misogyny. No violence is depicted onstage\, but the play does contain descriptions of graphic content including a sexual assault. Details\, including spoilers: bostonplaywrights.org/ct/jessica \n\n\n\nThe Fall Rep Pass** allows audiences to experience both plays on the same day on four dates: Saturday\, November 14 (“White Phoenix” at 2 pm\, “Jessica of Venice” at 8 pm\, followed by the Fall Rep Opening Reception); Sunday\, November 15 (“Jessica of Venice” at 2 pm\, “White Phoenix” at 7 pm); Saturday\, November 21 (“Jessica of Venice” at 2 pm\, “White Phoenix” at 8 pm); and Sunday\, November 22 (“White Phoenix” at 2 pm\, “Jessica of Venice” at 7 pm). The Fall Rep Pass\, $50 for both plays\, is available at bostonplaywrights.org. \nTickets are available exclusively at bostonplaywrights.org. Single tickets: $40 adults; $25 BU faculty/staff\, veterans and seniors (62+); $15 students with valid ID; free student rush for all students with valid ID\, available day-of-performance at the Box Office. Each production also offers Pay-What-You-Want previews\, where audiences select the amount they pay\, including $0. For group rates\, contact Matt Hecker at mattheck@bu.edu. \nBoston Playwrights’ Theatre is the only authorized seller of tickets for its productions. To ensure fair pricing and guaranteed entry\, tickets should be purchased exclusively through bostonplaywrights.org or the BPT box office. Tickets purchased through third-party sellers or unauthorized websites may be invalid\, overpriced\, or fraudulent. \nFor tickets\, the complete performance schedule\, and more information about the Fall Rep Festival\, visit bostonplaywrights.org\, and follow Boston Playwrights’ Theatre on Facebook and Instagram. \nAbout Boston Playwrights’ Theatre \n\nBoston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) is an award-winning professional theatre dedicated to new work for the stage\, founded in 1981 by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. Part of the Boston University Office for the Arts and led by Artistic Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian\, BPT produces a full season of new plays each year\, developmental readings of works in progress\, and the iconic Boston Theater Marathon\, an annual all-day “marathon” of new ten-minute plays by New England playwrights. BPT alumni have seen their work produced on Broadway\, on Netflix\, and at regional theatres across the country and around the world; they include Melinda Lopez\, Ronán Noone\, Molly Smith Metzler\, Alexis Scheer\, Eliana Pipes and Karen Zacarías. For more information\, visit bostonplaywrights.org\, and follow Boston Playwrights’ Theatre on Facebook and Instagram.
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