Arnold Arboretum

In the Groves: A Summer Solstice Journey

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Diane Edgecomb, Storyteller, and Margot Chamberlain, Celtic Harpist

2 Sessions (select one): Friday, June 21, or Saturday, June 22, 6:30–8:30pm
Location: Hunnewell Building and Arboretum Landscape, Arnold Arboretum

Join us for an enchanting evening of Tree Myths, Songs and Summer Solstice Legends. Diane and Margot spin tales of the human connection with trees and the deep meaning we have assigned to them through the ages. This unique performance, designed specifically for the Arnold Arboretum, travels through the Arboretum with story and music. Each story is told under a different tree or among a unique collection of Arboretum plants. The program begins under a grand Cedar of Lebanon, moves into the rosaceous collection, to the oaks of Bussey Hill, then onward to Hemlock Hill, culminating with the haunting Czech legend “The Wild Woman of the Birch Grove” told amid the birches at sunset.

Banned in Boston

Banned in Boston

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Banned in Boston, the annual comedy and music revue hosted by WGBH's Margery Eagan and Jim Braude, is Rehearsal for Life’s signature fundraising event. For one-night-only, local Boston celebrities, media personalities, politicians, and business, arts and community leaders rally together to put on a show of hilarity, musical satire and skits.  

The show supports Rehearsal for Life’s Urban Improv program using theater as a vehicle for social change. Since 1992, the interactive program has engaged over 75,000 young people at more than 125 schools and community groups.  

Urban Improv’s structured improvisational theater workshops are designed to strengthen social and emotional (SEL) skills and help students deal creatively with real-life challenges through dialogue and performance.

Jazz

Duke Ellington’s Sacred Jazz

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Excerpts from Duke Ellington’s Sacred Jazz presented with a combined adult choir and soloists from People’s Baptist Church, teens from Boston City Singers, Paul White jazz trio, a narrator, and a tap dancer, at Bethel A.M.E. Church, Jamaica Plain and People’s Baptist Church in Roxbury. Presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston Neighborhood Arts series.

Christmas

Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Holidays with Haydn!

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Enjoy 18th century parlor music in our 18th century parlor! In celebration of the holiday season, the Loring Greenough House is hosting a special chamber music concert featuring students from the world-renown Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Alumni from Walnut Hill are currently members of major symphony orchestras around the globe. The works of Haydn will be featured (with a little Mozart, too!) A festive reception with light refreshments will follow. Don't miss this chance to see and hear the classical music stars of tomorrow! --

Tickets: $15 general admission and $10 for LGH members* plus a small processing fee.

Music

Bon Appétit! – Julia Child Opera!

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Who ever knew cooking could be so funny? Join us for a food-inspired evening with Boston-based performers Vanessa Schukis and Jamaica Plain's Pianist Scott Nicholas, as they present Lee Hoiby’s comic one-act opera, Bon Appétit!, based on the culinary icon Julia Child. Schukis is a recognized actress and a character mezzo who will keep you laughing with her fast-paced rendering of Julia Child in the kitchen. Nicholas, based in Boston, is an accomplished pianist with a repertoire spanning classical and musical theater. Delightful gastronomical songs will round out the evening.

Music

EWKB and Friends Present: Rosh Hashanah Klezmer Dance Party!

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7:30 - 8:00 PM. Dance lesson with Abigale Reisman

8:00 - 9:30 PM. DANCE PARTY

Have you ever been to a Jewish wedding and seen the bride and groom thrown up into the air on chairs while all their friends and family spin in circles around them? We have, and it's basically the most fun thing ever, and we want to share it with all of you. Join musicians from Ezekiel's Wheels Klezmer Band and a who's-who of Boston area klezmer musicians to dance out the old year in style at one of Boston's favorite party destinations.

Art

Palaver Strings & Strange News: Trapped

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Palaver Strings and Strange News present “Trapped,” a collaborative music-theater performance. “Trapped” will feature scenes from Kafka's Metamorphosis, Poe's The Telltale Heart, Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, and Marlowe's Dr. Faustus. Each selection will be paired with complementary musical excerpts composed and arranged by Palaver alum Alexander Goodin. The two ensembles collaborate fully to close the show on Frederic Rzewski's Coming Together. We will explore what it means to be trapped, literally and metaphorically, physically and psychologically.

Art

Palaver Strings & Strange News: Trapped

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Palaver Strings and Strange News present “Trapped,” a collaborative music-theater performance. “Trapped” will feature scenes from Kafka's Metamorphosis, Poe's The Telltale Heart, Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, and Marlowe's Dr. Faustus. Each selection will be paired with complementary musical excerpts composed and arranged by Palaver alum Alexander Goodin. The two ensembles collaborate fully to close the show on Frederic Rzewski's Coming Together. We will explore what it means to be trapped, literally and metaphorically, physically and psychologically.

Music

The Big Trouble: EP Release Party

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The Big Trouble are celebrating the release of their debut EP with a free album release party in Jamaica Plain! 5:30 p.m doors // 6:00 p.m. music

6pm - Ben Pitt (marimba + singing set)
7pm - Madeleine McQueen (singing set)
7:30pm - The Big Trouble EP Release + videos
8pm - Done! Listening Party! Our singer Madeleine performs a solo set; Boston percussionist Ben Pitt performs music for marimba + vox. We play The Big Trouble's EP over the loudspeakers at the venue, listening party style (AKA, while you eat and drink and hang with friends).

Handel and Haydn Society

Every Voice: A Concert Celebrating Our Community, Highlighting Voices of Women, People of Color, and Youth

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The Handel and Haydn Society will return to the First Church in Roxbury for the Every Voice free community concert in partnership with the Unitarian Universalist
Urban Ministry. The concert celebrating the community, led by JP Resident Reginald Mobley, will highlight voices of women, people of color, and youth, and will include performances by the H+H Chorus, H+H’s Vocal Arts Program Concert Choir, of works by Amy Beach, Isabella Leonarda, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-
Georges, JC Bach, and American gospel, spirituals, and anthems. The program will also feature select readings. The concert takes place Sunday, November 5 at 3pm at the First Church in Roxbury, located at 10
Putnam Street, Boston. Tickets are free with registration by calling 617-266-3605, visiting
handelandhaydn.org, or in person at 9 Harcourt Street in Boston (M-F 10am-6pm).