Arts

Arts in the Park registration opens in February

The registration and jury process for Arts in the Park 2022 at the Marion Art Center will begin in February. Arts in the Park is the Marion Art Center’s signature outdoor artisan market and occurs annually in July. This year ‘s event is scheduled...

ArtStart 22 registration opens Jan. 28

MARION _ Registration for ArtStart 2022 at the Marion Art Center opens to center members only on Friday, Jan. 28 at marionartcenter.org/artstart. Non-member registration will open on Friday, Feb. 18. Center members have access to early registration...

Rehearsals to begin for Mozart concert

MATTAPOISETT _ Rehearsals will begin for the Sippican Choral Society’s springtime “Mostly Mozart” concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 26 Hammond St. Everyone is invited to participate, with proof of vaccination. “We...

Do these items speak to you? Personal responses sought for exhibit

MARION _ Sippican Historical Society executive director and archivist Leslie Thayer Piper hopes items selected for the winter exhibit will make people sing. Or dance. Or write a poem. Or otherwise elicit a creative response. “We Gather Together,’’...

Marion Art Center Winter Show opening to be held virtually

The Marion Art Center’s Winter Members’ Show will kick off with a virtual reception from 5 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14, on Zoom. The event was initially planned to be in-person but has been moved online due to the recent surge in covid cases. The...

Young rockers draw inspiration from their Retro Roots

They say it’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll, so it doesn’t hurt to get an early start. For local rock band Retro Roots, the focus is on the journey, not the destination. The trio of young musicians features three former and...

Marion Art Center to offer Japanese mending workshop in February

MARION — The Marion Art Center will offer a new one-day workshop, Visible Mending with Sashiko with Instructor Crickett Warner, on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join the renewed trend of repairing your clothing with beautiful traditional...

Marion Art Center to hold January auditions for upcoming comedy

MARION — The Marion Art Center will hold open auditions next month for all roles in the upcoming production of The Puzzle with the Piazza, written by Mark Dunn and directed by Pippa Asker. Auditions are scheduled on Saturday, January 8 from 10am-...

Marion Art Center Small Works Show, Holiday Shop to end Friday

MARION — Friday, Dec. 17, is the last day to finish your holiday shopping at the Marion Art Center with a collection of small works and holiday gifts made by local artisans. Everything in the annual Small Works show is under 14 inches long and...

The Marion Art Center has lots to keep you busy in the new year

MARION — From art shows to weaving classes, the Marion Art Center has lots of creative ways to start 2022. Call for Entries & Holiday Schedule The Marion Art Center will close for the season at 2:00pm on Saturday, December 18...

Mattapoisett Library to host local artist exhibition

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Free Public Library will host an exhibition of works by local artist John Middleton titled “Found Objects Transformed” starting Dec. 15 and continuing for a month. Middleton began collecting lost and discarded objects...

OR drama club brings back in-person theater with classic comedy

It’s opening night! The Old Rochester High School Drama Club made a triumphant return to in-person theater on Friday, Dec. 3, presenting the award-winning comedy “You Can’t Take it With You” in the OR auditorium to a crowd of happy theater-goers. It...

Jim Robitaille Trio to bring live music back to Marion Art Center

Live music returns to The Marion Art Center in the Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater on Friday, Dec. 10 with The Jim Robitaille Trio “Space Cycles’’ album release concert at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 for center members and $20 for nonmembers. The Jim...

Rochester Historical Society hosts holiday concert

The Rochester Historical Society is hosting a holiday concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 featuring music played on the society’s rare Vocalion organ. Refreshments will be available after the concert. The only admission fee is an unwrapped item for a...

‘New England Nutcracker’ to feature Tri-Town performers

New Bedford Ballet will perform its annual production of A New England Nutcracker Dec. 4 - 12 at the NBB Community Theatre, located at 2459 Purchase Street in New Bedford. The localized take on the classic ballet will feature multiple Tri-Town...

Advanced Watercolor classes to be held at Marion Art Center

MARION _ A course on Advanced Watercolor continues with a four-week session at the Marion Art Center Studio, 80 Pleasant St., 10 a.m. to noon Fridays Nov. 12 to Dec. 10. There is no class Nov. 26. Jay Ryan is the instructor. A drop-in option at $30...

Enjoying the sound of silents: Live music accompanies old films

They played silent films at Mattapoisett Museum Friday, Nov. 5, but the room was hardly quiet. Musicians Jeff Angeley, his son Silas Angeley and daughter Penelope Angeley performed on a variety of instruments, including bass, harmonica and saxophone...

Oedipus at the art center

MARION — Autumn Stages, the Marion Art Center’s young acting troupe, will perform “Oedipus Rex” (also known as “Oedipus the King”) at the Robert O. Broomhead Bandstand at Island Wharf*, Marion on Saturday, Oct.30 at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are a suggested...

Submit pieces to the Marion Art Center “Small Works” show

MARION — The Marion Art Center is looking for entries to its “Small Works” show, to run later this year. To apply to the Small Works show, use the form at marionartcenter.org/apply-for-exhibition to submit images. Be sure to include “Small Works” in...

‘Steel Magnolias’ marks art center’s return to indoor theatre

MARION — The Marion Art Center made its return to indoor theatre with “Steel Magnolias” this weekend. And for the intimacy of a story about female friendship told through the lens of a beauty salon, a small indoor theatre does just the trick. The...

Local landscapes celebrated in art center exhibit

MARION — Talking a walk through land trust properties in Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester and Wareham is serene. But if you can’t make it to a trail yourself, the Marion Art Center has the next best thing. The art center held a reception for its...

Nature-inspired exhibit to open at Marion Art Center

MARION — The Marion Art Center, in collaboration with the Sippican Lands Trust, will host a new exhibit “Along the Trails,” including works inspired by the natural landscape. The exhibition runs Thursday, Oct.14 through Friday, Nov. 12, with an...

See ‘Steel Magnolias’ starting Oct. 15

MARION — The Marion Art Center Theater will show Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” directed by Jennifer Palmer, opening on Friday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The cast includes Kate Fishman, Zara Lemieux, Brianna Rosario, Margo Ruggiero, Susan Sullivan,...

Brew Fish unveils community art mural

MARION — Brew Fish Bar and Eatery has a new fishy friend. A fish-shaped mural, comprising wooden blocks painted by community members, was unveiled on Sept. 29 in the restaurant’s beer garden. The mural was crafted alongside the Marion Art Center,...

MAC adopts new covid rules for first indoor play since 2020

The Marion Art Center will reopen for its first indoor staged event since 2020, with the production of Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” directed by Jennifer Palmer. The cast includes Kate Fishman, Zara Lemieux, Brianna Rosario, Margo Ruggiero,...

Elizabeth Taber Library, Tri-Town Against Racism to host popup gallery

MARION — The Elizabeth Taber Library and local grassroots organization Tri-Town Against Racism are taking submissions for a popup art gallery and ‘zine. Artists can create a work of art using any medium that “represents you and your experiences.”...

Marion Art Center Autumn Stages accepting participants

MARION — The Marion Art Center’s youth theatre program continues with Autumn Stages, beginning Sept. 16. The program, led by Jacob Sherburne, consists of young adults ages 12 to 18. The company meets for three hours on Thursdays (5:30 to 8 p.m.) and...

New kids program coming to Marion Art Center

MARION — The Marion Art Center has added a new art program for kids: “Art + Play,” taught by Aylin Cetik. The program is a one hour class meeting Wednesday mornings at 9:30 a.m., where children ages three to five will explore various art materials,...

Marion artists to be featured in MAC exhibit

MARION — A new exhibit featuring pastels, watercolors, and oils by Marion residents Sarah Brown and Judy Carver is coming to the Marion Art Center. Brown has been painting the landscape and seascape of the South Coast and Cape for years, first in...

Art center, Lands Trust call for art entries

MARION — The Marion Art Center wants your nature art. The Marion Art Center, in collaboration with the Sippican Lands Trust, is in search of area artists to submit works of art for our upcoming fall exhibition entitled “Along the Trails,” which will...

A fortune of fall classes at the Marion Art Center

MARION — Several programs will return to the Marion Art Center this fall, including a few new classes. Children’s Art Lab Children’s Art Lab returns to the MAC with Art in the Afternoon on Fridays after school with the first...

Marion Concert Band closes out season with a ‘Boston Pops’ concert

On Friday, Aug. 27, the Marion Concert Band will close its 2021 season with a concert in the style of the Boston Pops Orchestra. The concert, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will begin at 7 p.m. at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand, Island Wharf...

A house through generations: “Cedar Beach” open through Aug. 29

MARION — “I don’t believe that Cape Cod has a monopoly on sunshine. There’s plenty in Iowa,” the newlywed character Sharon says to her husband at his family’s vacation house. Family drama is in no shortage throughout the Marion Art Center’s third...

The pandemic shut down his musical community events, the rest is history

MATTAPOISETT — It was a temperate July evening as villagers filled the pews of the Mattapoisett Museum and began to talk quietly amongst themselves, almost as churchgoers before an evening sermon. The seats were nearly full by the time the show...

Upcoming events at the Mattapoisett Museum

The Mattapoisett Museum and Southcoast Lessons will be hosting its 3rd Open Mic Night on August 20 at 6 p.m. All ages and all genres welcome. You can sing a song, play a tune, do a dance, crack a joke, tell a story, or take the stage for any number...

Midsummer Stages caps inaugural year with weekend performances

MARION — “Though she be but little, she is fierce!” Midsummer Stages, a youth theater program run by Jacob Sherburne and facilitated by the Marion Art Center, finished its inaugural year with a performance of one of Shakespeare’s funniest comedies...

Dance returns to the art center this fall

MARION — Back in the groove. The Marion Art Center’s MAC Dance Academy will return this fall. MAC Dance Academy is a classically taught dance studio aiming to foster “individuality and fun” for all dancers. Teah Keogh (“Miss Teah”) will instruct...

Take adult watercolor classes at the art center

MARION — Watercolor class for adults resume at the Marion Art Center starting in September. Instructor Patricia White returns to teach the eight week Beginner/Continuing watercolor course starting on Thursday, Sept. 16 and ending on Thursday, Nov. 4...

Marion Concert Band to rededicate Broomhead band stand at concert

MARION — On Friday, August 20, the Marion Concert Band will hold a concert and re-dedication ceremony for the Robert O. Broomhead Bandstand at Island Wharf in Marion. Several years ago, the bandstand was refurbished and during the construction, the...

Propelling local film: A Rochester airstrip and the son who documented it

ROCHESTER — Sometimes, the story is right in front of you all along. Rochester filmmaker Gary Lawrence’s documentary “Backyard Pilots” premiered in June and began broadcasting regularly on ORCTV in Late July. The documentary follows Lawrence’s...

Marion Concert Band to host Latin-American music “festival”

MARION — The Marion Concert Band will present a Latin-American “Festival” of music at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand in Marion on Friday, August 13 at 7 p.m. The program includes music from Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Cuba and the Caribbean, as well as...

Marion Art Center’s Summer Art Auction Days comes to a close

MARION — Going, going, gone! The Marion Art Center wrapped up its Summer Art Auction Days on Saturday, July 31 which featured almost 375 pieces of art donated by MAC members. Though a final count hadn’t yet been reached when buyers arrived to pick...

Marion Art Center has events to keep you busy in August

Summer Members’ Show at the MAC The Marion Art Center’s Summer Members’ Show starts this week, running August 6 through September 3, with an opening reception on Friday, August 6 from 5-7 p.m. Visit the MAC to view works by a...

Art auction draws virtual crowd of bidders, in-person browsers

MARION — The Marion Art Center’s Summer Art Auction Days have begun, and patrons are lining up — virtually, at least — to bid on artwork. The auction began on July 28 at 4 p.m., and runs through July 31 at 5 p.m. Within an hour of its opening, 129...