As part of SomerVision2040, City staff is organizing a forum for local artists to let us know their concerns and ideas about how the City can better support our arts and creative economy. Ten years ago our community brought together our biggest and best ideas to write SomerVision2030, the City’s comprehensive plan for 2010-2030, and … Continued
Emergency Meet for Climate Justice Performances Panel Public discussion Open to all
On the evening of June 19, join the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for Juneteenth—the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. In partnership with The Urban Labs, the night includes thoughtful discussion, powerful art and engaging activities featuring artists from Boston’s local creative community. This commemoration story dates … Continued
The 11th Annual DWC Festival will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2019 and is a free, daylong, indoor/outdoor event in Harvard Square and will feature dance performances of all kinds on five stages, introductory dance classes in a wide variety of dance forms and booths hosted by local advocacy non-profits. The Festival is set … Continued
The Cambridge Arts River Festival is an outdoor celebration of arts and community attracting an enthusiastic audience of 150,000. Now in its 40th year, the River Festival has become a venerated Cambridge institution and a highly anticipated annual event. This year’s event will bring the River to the heart of the Central Square Cultural District … Continued
Known as the “mother of modern dance”, Isadora created a series of mourning dances after the deaths of her two children in 1913. Dances by Isadora will perform these evocative dances of wind, sea, darkness and light in Hazel Dell, Mount Auburn Cemetery.
black odyssey melds together Greek mythology, African-American oral history, dance, and music in this visionary new take on Homer’s classic tale. Ulysses Lincoln, a Gulf War veteran lost at sea and presumed dead, fights to find his way back home to his wife and son. The meddlesome Gods, Great Grand Daddy Deus and Great Grand … Continued
Join OrigiNation in our annual event to raise funds for the Youth Empowerment Arts Tour to Jamaica in August 2019. Dancers will travel to Jamaica to: -Participate in community service projects -Teach at various youth programs, foster homes and orphanages -Distribute items such as toiletries to families in need; and -Perform at various venues This … Continued
For twenty years, choreographer Liz Gerring has explored the abstract possibilities of pure movement through intensely physical, deeply intricate choreography. At the ICA, the Liz Gerring Dance Company will begin work on a new performance that explores connections between music, choreography, and the natural world. Gerring and her company will present their early investigations in … Continued
THE DAY is a new music/dance work by cellist Maya Beiser, dancer Wendy Whelan, and choreographer Lucinda Childs, with music by David Lang. A collaboration among legends, THE DAY is a sensory exploration of two journeys—life and the eternal, post-mortal voyage of the soul. This bold work explores universal themes through the shared language of … Continued