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Sunday Afternoon Concert – Tom Smith

Loring Greenough House 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Please join us in our historic parlor for the Sunday Afternoon Concert Series at the Loring Greenough House March 1, 2020 Tom Smith Tom Smith is a fifty year folk veteran, performing old songs and originals to audiences of all ages, large and small. In the words of WUMB host Dave Palmater, “Contrary to what a lot of people think, folk music is still a living tradition. It’s a living tradition that feeds on new songs…

$20

Fusion Belly Dance – education by Caroline Hekate

Integrarte Studio 85 Seaverns Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

FUSION BELLY DANCE Instructed by Caroline Hekate- a visual and performance artist from Cambridge, MA. “Open your HeArt and may energy bloom.” -Uniting the arts and culture through a belly dance vision! Location: INTEGRARTE, 85 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Date: March 5, 12, 19, 26   Thursdays 11:30am- 12:30pm Price: 4-day series package $64 or Drop-in $18 Ages: mature teens (13+) and adults. Open to all levels- modifications offered during class. Visit the website…

$4 – $64

The Croft School: Free Butterfly Art and Science Workshop

Roche Community Center in West Roxbury 1716 CENTRE STREET, Boston

From egg to Butterfly, come discover the process of metamorphosis with The Croft School! We will read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and offer learning centers. You and your child can choose which engaging, hands-on activity to do, or why choose? Do all of the activities! This event is free and open to all, but is best suited for children ages 3-5.

Free

JP Movie Night. “A Video Valentine for JP from Rick Berlin”

Centre for Faith, Art and Justice First Baptist, 633 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain

Rick Berlin: Boston cultural institution, renowned rock musician, artist, author, and JP resident. He is also a filmmaker. In 2007 Rick pointed a camera at his beloved hometown; interviewing friends, shopkeepers, fellow artists, neighbors and community organizers, creating a treasure trove of JP history. Thirteen years later, JP Movie Night presents a fascinating selection of those interviews, along with Rick's recently filmed tribute to Doyle’s (where he was waitstaff for 30 years), and several of…

$6.50 – $8

Sunday Afternoon Concert – Fabiola Mendez

Loring Greenough House 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Please join us in our historic parlor for the Sunday Afternoon Concert Series at the Loring Greenough House March 8, 2020 Fabiola Mendez She was a student at the Humacao Musical Institute, the Antonio Paoli School of Music in Caguas, and the Conservatorio de Artes del Caribe. In 2018, she got her Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music, becoming the first student to graduate with the Puerto Rican cuatro as principal instrument. Fabiola has…

$20

Sunday Afternoon Concert – Strings Theory Trio

Loring Greenough House 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Please join us in our historic parlor for the Sunday Afternoon Concert Series at the Loring Greenough House March 15, 2020 Strings Theory Trio Combining idiomatic flexibility, a deep wellspring of creativity, and world-class virtuosity, violinist Mimi Rabson is one of the Boston area’s most valuable musical resources — and her new recording with her Strings Theory Trio is a uniquely compelling synthesis of classical chamber music and directed improvisation, bringing together some of Rabson's most important…

$20

Sunday Afternoon Concert – Due Celli

Loring Greenough House 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Please join us in our historic parlor for the Sunday Afternoon Concert Series at the Loring Greenough House March 22, 2020 Due Celli Due Celli has been exploring and promoting the cello duo repertoire through performance and education. In the spring of 2011, John Bumstead and Javier Caballero found themselves performing together in the 'band' for the musical The Last Five Years. Written for just six instruments, the score called for a third of them to be…

$20

Tropical Fiesta at the Library!

Jamaica Plain Branch Library 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library in shaking off the end-of-winter blues at our annual Tropical Fiesta! We will cast off Winter and welcome the coming of Spring with delicious food (Coco Verde Vegan) combined with some delicious live music (Jefferey Clayton from the Pan Neubean Steel Band).

Free

Chameleon Up Close: Piano Trios by Schubert, Tower & Clara Schumann

Old South Church 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA

At its best, chamber music is a conversation between friends, and nowhere is that more apparent than within the piano trio genre, grand canvases filled with intimate expression. Join violinist Robyn Bollinger, cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer, and pianist Vivian Choi for a Chameleon Up Close recital exploring these themes. Clara Schumann’s under-appreciated gem – her g minor Piano Trio – embodies the drama of the Romantic era with transparency and grace. Joan Tower’s Big Sky, is…

$44 – $49

Chameleon Arts Ensemble performs Shostakovich, Beethoven, Haas, Part

First Church in Boston 66 Marlborough Street, Boston

Resilience of the human spirit is the central theme for the Chameleon Arts Ensemble’s April program. Pavel Haas completed his third String Quartet in 1938 as Czechoslovakia was being annexed, three years before he was interned at the Terezín camp and later murdered at Auschwitz. His singular musical language carried forward the Czech traditions instilled in him by his teacher Janáček, with influences of Jewish and Moravian folksong, chant, and jazz. While at Terezín, he…

$22 – $49

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