Matt & Shannon Heaton Virtual Guided Session with Conor Hearn
Virtual MAMatt and Shannon Heaton present this month's first Virtual Guided Session. Shannon will lead this session with guest guitarist Conor Hearn. Tune learners, second instrument players, or anyone who enjoys traditional Irish music are welcome for moderately paced Irish tunes and upbeat chat, and connection with other trad music lovers from around the world. Resources/tunes …
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Abbott Street String Band at The Porch
The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint 175 River's Edge Drive, Medford, MAThe Abbott Street String Band returns to The Porch with a little bit of bluegrass, and a little bit of Dixieland! This group of local old-time players formed at an Abbott Street residence during the pandemic. They feature acoustic instruments such as banjos, fiddles and guitars, and groove on the melodies of traditional fiddle tunes, dances …
Piano Extravaganza: Four Pianists, Two Pianos
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe Tufts University Department of Music presents a fun and eclectic program that explores the different sound worlds and possibilities of two pianos with four pianists. The program includes works by Mozart, Schumann, Ravel, Lavignac, Bolcom, Crumb and Stothart performed by Alice Chenyang Xu, Miles Fellenberg, Vivian Weilerstein and Seth Knopp. Note: Due to university COVID …
Red Rainbow
Balch Arena Theatre, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe Tufts University Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents the third of six performances of "Red Rainbow," written by Azure D. Osborne-Lee and directed by Lily Mengesha. In the play, COVID-19 has hit New York City and everyone is in quarantine. Nathaniel drags his best friend Ixchel out of bed to go on …
Erin Og at The Ford
The Ford Tavern 61 Locust St., Medford, MAErin Og, led by founding member Bobby Mullis of Medford, provides an evening of Celtic music at The Ford Tavern. Backing Mullis (vocals, tin whistle) are Stephen Gill (vocals, guitar) and Stuart Peak (mandolin, banjo, guitar).
Feverslip, Gold Star Blvd. at The Porch
The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint 175 River's Edge Drive, Medford, MAFeverslip, an energetic group of young musicians from southern Maine, makes its first appearance at The Porch, joined by special guest Gold Star Blvd. Feverslip boasts a well-defined musical precept — keep rock music alive — and they do that with their own brand of modern roots-rock blues. Sam Vlasich handles lead vocals, with Jordon …
The People’s Jam at The Porch
The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint 175 River's Edge Drive, Medford, MAThe closing of Johnny D's Uptown in Somerville left a big hole that needed filled: a place for blues musicians to jam on Sundays and support one another. That is the spirit The Porch fosters with its People's Jam. Bass amp and two guitar amps provided, along with DIs, vocal mics and horn mics. Just …
Read by the River
Joyce Cummings Center, Tufts University 177 College Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesTufts Hillel is hosting its annual literacy carnival, Read by the River, this year at a new location: Joyce Cummings Center. All local K-5 elementary school students and their families are invited to attend this special event that celebrates the love of books and reading. Like past years, a New England Patriots player will read a …
Culturally Curious: Impressionist Painting
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library continues its monthly eight-part Zoom series on art appreciation with Jane Oneail, the founder of Culturally Curious, an arts education consulting firm specializing in art appreciation programs. Today's session is "Parisian Cafes and Impressionist Painting." Jane Oneail holds a master’s in art history from Boston University and a master’s in education from …
Exhibition Opening: Transcending Mt. Olympus
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library opens its art exhibition for March-April, featuring paintings by Medford resident Elaina Bates-Egan. Her paintings are rooted in abstract expressionism and explore color, texture and movement while paying homage to the natural world. The series on view, “Transcending Mt. Olympus,” uses the lens of ancient Greek mythology to explore the complexities …