Arts

Marion Social Club extends scholarship deadline

MARION — The town’s Social Club will extend its scholarship deadline from April 30 to May 22 as a result of coronavirus uncertainties. The organization offers three $1,500 scholarships to Rochester, Marion or Mattapoisett seniors attending Old...

Marion Art Center to unveil new website

MARION — While the Art Center has been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, its Executive Director Jodi Stevens and Marion-based company Design Principles, have been working to revitalize its website, which will launch on April 6. Donations...

Marion Art Week called off for coronavirus concerns

MARION — Faced with event restrictions that limit crowd sizes to ten and uncertainty about how coronavirus prevention measures will last, ArtWeek, a statewide organization that hosts a weeklong art festival in more than 130 communities in 2019, has...

Front Steps Project met families where they were

In the brief period between widespread social distancing and the Governor’s order on March 23 that shut down all nonessential businesses, Mattapoisett photographer Cindy Irving found a way to still interact with others as much as she could, and to...

Sippican Choral Society cancels concert

MARION — Restrictions on public gatherings during the new coronavirus pandemic have forced the Sippican Choral Society to cancel its Spring Concert, which had been planned for April 26. “It’s a decision we did not like, but we cannot see a way...

Marion Art Center cancels play, alters classes because of coronavirus

MARION — The town’s Art Center has postponed its production of “The Fox on the Fairway,” which was set to open on Friday, March 13 to avoid the audience or crew getting coronavirus. The art center will also not register participants for any new...

Photo preview: ‘The Fox on the Fairway’

MARION — The Art Center’s first theater production of the year, Ken Ludwig’s “The Fox on the Fairway,” will open March 13. The work is a tribute from playwright Ken Ludwig (Be My Baby) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox on...

Mattapoisett fishing author preparing for upcoming events

Mattapoisett author Eddie Doherty, who writes under the pen name, “East End” Eddie Doherty will be hosting a table at Bass Pro Shops in Foxborough for their March 15 Spring Fishing Classic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be presenting a Cape Cod...

Mattapoisett art group opens exhibit in Marion

Paintings in different styles and techniques adorned the walls at the opening reception for the Mattapoisett Area Artists’ exhibition at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center in Marion. The group, founded in 2009, is an informal gathering of 8 to...

New April Vacation Classes at the Marion Art Center

MARION — The Art Center has published the date for its March poetry club and new children’s classes for April Vacation. The next meeting of the Art Center’s Open Poetry Club will be on Thursday, March 5 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Marion Art Center...

Mattapoisett Library to celebrate Louisa May Alcott

MATTAPOISETT — The library will celebrate women's history month with a special look at Louisa May Alcott and her book, “Little Women.” The library will host a series of events for children ages 6 to 14 on Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. Registration is...

Do art, sing, watch movies with the Mattapoisett Senior Center

MATTAPOISETT — The Senior Center will host a variety of new events and classes in March, including a painting and fabric class, a sing-along and a movie event. Bernie Klim Jr. will teach a new painting class for beginners to intermediate artists...

Mattapoisett artist gives lecture on career, cause-based pieces

MARION –- Audiences got a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creative process of artist John Magnan at a lecture by the Mattapoisett artist at the Marion Art Center on Feb. 27. From creating realistic book pages out of the growth rings of a tree, to...

Author to speak about Massachusetts as birthplace of suffrage

MATTAPOISETT — Author Barbara Berenson will speak at the library on Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m. in celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the right to vote. She will talk about...

Mattapoisett Cultural Council chooses groups, individuals for grants

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Cultural Council has awarded 21 grants, totaling $10,000, for cultural programs in and around Mattapoisett, the local council’s largest amount ever . Grant recipients include the Mattapoisett Free...

Marion Art Center starts new harp class

MARION — The Art Center will host a new eight-week program for children and adults: Introduction to Music through Playing the Harp. Learn the basics of music reading, including notes and rhythms, using the Harpsicle Harp. Classes will be 45 minutes...

Marvel imagery meets social commentary in art exhibit

MARION — Marvel fans may be delighted to see familiar objects, heroes and images fill the galleries of the town’s Art Center. However, Mattapoisett sculptor John Magnan, who crafted many of the pieces, added a bit of a twist, and a biting social...

Art Center announces play opening, auditions

Artisans mix and match media, subject matter in exhibit

MARION — At the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center this month, fish swim on the walls with wooden stars and clocks, quilts and collages of handwoven fabric. The February exhibit showcases five artisans who work in fabric, wood or ceramics: David...

Pop culture, poetry at the Marion Art Center

MARION — The Marion Art Center will open a Marvel-themed exhibit titled Thor’s Hammer on Feb. 21. The exhibit will combine works by sculptor John Magnan, with art from emerging artists André Olivier and Sarah Swible. Magnan calls the exhibit, “...

Marion community center to showcase artisan work

MARION — The Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center will host an exhibit to showcase artisan work in February. The show features Granger pottery, Dannie Engwert, Deborah Kuhlman-Hussey and Dave Peterson. The exhibit will open on Feb. 3. The opening...

COA to hold Painting with Watercolors

MARION — On Thursday, Feb. 20 at 12:30 p.m., artist Bill Titcomb will be leading a class on painting watercolor florals. Participants will learn to create a floral watercolor greeting card. No experience is necessary and all skill levels are welcome...

3D print a Valentine at the library

MARION — The Elizabeth Taber Library will host a Valentine’s Day crafting session on Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. to allow participants to make 3D printed Valentines. Artists can turn drawings into bookmarks, valentines, keychains and more using the 3D printer.

Students raise funds, spirits at Winter Thaw

It wasn’t the first time that the Friends of Old Rochester Music held a winter performance opportunity for students, but it was the first time it happened at the Knights of Columbus hall. The Knights had offered to let the music nonprofit (which...

Marion Art center to offer new kids, adult classes, Arts in the Park

MARION — The Art Center will host two new drawing classes Instructor Jane Bregoli will lead a 5-week course, Beginning Drawing for Adults, on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. from Feb. 4 to March 3. Students will learn the basics of realistic...

Art Center updates schedule on Children’s Art Lab

MARION — Children’s Art Lab classes have started at the Marion Art Center. Art and Music is scheduled on Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. in the art center’s studio. The program is for children four and under, accompanied by an adult, and...

Marion Art Center puts out 2020 theater schedule

The Marion Art Center Theater Committee has planned five productions this year. Ken Ludwig’s “The Fox on the Fairway” will run March 13 to 15 and 19 to 22. “Native Gardens” by Karen Zacarías will run May 29 to 31 and June 4 to 7. David Lindsay-...

Registration opening soon for art summer camp

Registration for ArtStart, the Marion Art Center’s summer program for young children ages 4 ½ through 9, will open to MAC members by phone or in person beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21. Online registration and the registration session for nonmembers...

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