COMMUNITY EVENTS - The Art of the Garden
Bedford's 58th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair on May 14 features a wide selection of heritage perennials from members' gardens, specialty annuals, nursery-grown native plants plus hearty locally-grown annuals, perennials, veggie 6-paks, tomato plants, herbs for cooking or to enhance your garden, and shrubs. There will be more than 50 crafters and community organizations on the Common; a traditional cook-out lunch; an outstanding bake sale; and fun for the family including music by the Yankee Doodle Dixieland Band and a petting zoo featuring Bedford 4-H kids and their animals to round out the fun. Come early for the best plants and stay on the Common to peruse the crafts and enjoy the day. To learn more, click to visit the Fair's web page, or e-mail plantfair@uubedford.org. (Snow date: May 15)
Carol's Collectibles: Each year Helen Horigan and Judith Lennett invite Carol Yee to bring her collection of unusual plants from her nursery in Swanville, Maine, to their home at 29 Conway Street in Roslindale. This year's sale, the 11th, will take place on May 28.
Lilac Sunday will take place at Arnold Arboretum on May 8. A new exhibit in the Hunnewell Building's Lecture Hall will feature The New Botanicals, Lilacs: Images by Vinette Varvaro through June 5. There will be a reception with the artist from 6 until 8 pm on Wednesday, May 4 and Ms. Varvaro will speak about her work at 6:30 on Wednesday, May 18. Varvaro will also be present in the Lecture Hall on Lilac Sunday.
AT EMERSON UMBRELLA IN CONCORD
Emerson Umbrella presents a series of practical workshops for professional success in the visual arts, each led by an experienced professional, here to share their knowledge and expertise.
Designed to promote artistic and professional growth and to deliver skill-building opportunities, the workshops include:
- Publicity - How to promote yourself and your work, presented by Aliza Shapiro on May 9, 6 to 9 pm
- Social media for the arts - How to promote yourself virtually free, presented by Adaleta Maslo-Krkovic on May 16, 6 to 8 pm
- Finding the right gallery, presented by Faith Johnson on May 23 from 6 to 9 pm
- Becoming an on-line seller, presented by Adaleta Maslo-Krkovic on May 30 from 6 to 9 pm
- Taxes for artists, presented by a specialist (to be announced later) on June 7 from 6 to 9 pm
- Documenting your work, presented by Matthew Gamber on June 14, 6 to 9 pm
Click here for additional workshop information.
The opening reception for the Umbrella's second annual outdoor sculpture exhibit, BIG ART 2, and the BIG ART 2 Gallery Show will take place from 6 to 9 pm on Thursday, May 12. BIG ART 2 will be on display on the grounds of the Emerson Umbrella through November 1.
Emerson Umbrella is located at 40 Stow Street in Concord - 978-371-0802
AT THE CONCORD ART ASSOCIATION (CAA)
Demo Days take place on Wednesday mornings from 10:30 to 12:30 (doors open at 10 am). May 11: Cathy Carnett, Watermedia Collage; May 25: Jan Cadman Powell, Knitting and Fiber in Art.
Wednesday evenings feature a drop-in life drawing class from 7 to 9 pm; the class is open to all for a small per-session fee.
Upcoming CAA films May include Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes on Wednesday, May 18 and Chihuly Short Cuts on Wednesday, June 1.
The Concord Art Association is located at 37 Lexington Road in Concord - 978-369-2578.
AT THE LEXINGTON ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY (LACS)
LACS's annual pottery sale will take place on May 6 and 7 from 10 am to 5 pm.
Lexington Arts & Crafts Society is located at 130 Waltham Street, Lexington - 781-861-9696
AT DeCORDOVA MUSEUM & SCULPTURE PARK
Rediscover DeCordova's Sculpture Park with half-off admission through May 28 while the Museum is closed for installation of the summer exhibitions.
Upcoming exhibits:
A birding tour with Mark Lynch and Sheila Carroll will take place in the Sculpture Park on Saturday, May 21 from 7 to 9 am; limit 20 persons, ages 14 and up; free. Rain date: Sunday, May 22. Click to RSVP to Kate Legg.
DeCordova Museum is located on Sandy Pond Road in Lincoln - 781-259-8355
GALLERY EXHIBITS
The opening reception for Gallery Della Piana's exhibit Down to the Sea will take place on Saturday, May 28, from 4 to 6 pm, with informal poetry readings at 5 pm. 152R Main Street Route 1A, Wenham. Click for more information.
MUSIC
The Jay Geils All-Star Jazz & Blues Revue will appear in Emerson Umbrella's auditorium at 8 pm on Saturday, May 21. The concert will feature rock legend Jay Geils from the J. Geils Band and Bluestime; award-winning jazz guitarist Gerry Beaudoin; two-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Fred Lipsius from Blood, Sweat and Tears; and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Doug Bell from the Bellvue Cadillacs. The band is rounded out by Gerard Beaudoin on vibes, Les Harris Jr. on drums, and Jesse Williams on bass. Concert tickets are $25 adult/ $15 student; premium seating and pre-show reception tickets are $75. Click here to purchase tickets online through MKTix
The Handel and Haydn Society presents The Bach Experience on May 12 and 15 in Memorial Church at Harvard University. This comprehensive musical and educational experience welcomes you into Bach's world, and is dedicated to enhancing appreciation of Bach's sacred vocal works. Find concert details and order tickets. http://www.handelandhaydn.org/concerts/2010-2011/bach-experience.
On May 18, New England Conservatory's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (YPO) under the direction of Benjamin Zander will play in the pit of Boston's Opera House for Boston Ballet's Next Generations in a cross-disciplinary partnering opportunity that comes rarely to adult musicians and perhaps never to teens. That same night, NEC's Youth Symphony will perform in Jordan Hall, where the YPO will also appear on June 3. Both concerts are sendoffs for tours of European music capitals. Click to learn more.
FUNDRAISERS
St. Paul's Episcopal Church's fine art fundraising auction will be held on Saturday, May 7. If you have questions, please e-mail Louisa Saladino-Kuhl.
Job Lane House: A quilt raffle (6 tickets for $5) will take place on May 22. For additional information: info@joblanehouse.org.
Paint the Town, a fundraising auction to benefit the Concord Art Association, will take place on Saturday May 21. Call 978-369-2578 to learn more or reserve tickets.
Experience It!, an evening of art immersion and entertainment to support Emerson Umbrella will take place on May 7. There will be both silent and live auctions with Honorary Chair Joyce Kulhawik will preside over a silent and live auction with musical entertainment by the MIT Logarhythms. Click for more information or contact Kathleen Brittan at 978-371-0820.
The Concord Museum's 2011 house tour will take place on June 3 and 4. For additional information visit www.theconcordmuseum.org and click on the events link for June.
THEATRE, FILM & LECTURES
At Merrimack Rep: A Picasso, a cat-and-mouse game full of sly humor, sexual tension and suspense is set in an underground vault in war-torn Paris; through May 15 at 50 East Merrimack Street in Lowell. Click for more information and tickets.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be presented by the Concord Players on May 6 and 7 at 51 Walden in Concord. Former Bedford resident Craig Howard will appear in the role of Andre. Click for more information and tickets.
WORTH THE TRIP
The Peabody Essex Museum's exhibit of Dutch Master paintings remains well worth the drive through June 19.
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