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    Concerts in the Common: Grace Givertz

    Location: 

    Brighton Common, 30 Chestnut Hill Ave., Brighton

    Sing and dance outdoors at a wide range of family-friendly performances held during the Brighton Farmer's Market! Performers include local and regional artists playing Children's music, Gypsy Jazz, Celtic, Blues, Rock, Acapella, Indie Folk, African World Music, and more! All events are free, weather permitting, and open to the public.

    July 27: Grace Givertz
    Grace Givertz is a Boston based indie folk singer songwriter. With a large voice packed into a tiny body, Grace pairs her witty and honest lyrics with various instruments to bring a...

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    Concerts in the Common: Choro Brazil Trio

    Location: 

    Brighton Common, 30 Chestnut Hill Ave., Brighton

    Sing and dance outdoors at a wide range of family-friendly performances held during the Brighton Farmer's Market! Performers include local and regional artists playing Children's music, Gypsy Jazz, Celtic, Blues, Rock, Acapella, Indie Folk, African World Music, and more! All events are free, weather permitting, and open to the public.

    July 13: Choro Brazil Trio
    Choro Brazil Trio is dedicated to performing Brazilian choro music, a traditional instrumental music that combines classical and jazz harmony with afro-Brazilian rhythms. The...

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    The Bomb-itty of Errors

    Location: 

    Arborway Gate, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    With four actors, a live DJ, and one of Shakespeare’s funniest comedies, The Bomb-itty of Errors by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, Gregory J. Qaiyum, Jeffrey Qaiyum, and Erik Weiner is a hip-hop-opera that moves the crowd! Directed by Christopher V. Edwards and performed by Actors' Shakespeare Project against the historic brick backdrop of the Hunnewell Building, The Bomb-itty of Errors comes to the Arboretum during our 150th anniversary year. A modern remix of a well-loved classic, the play encapsulates the ethos of our sesquicentennial celebrations as we honor...

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    Concerts in the Common at Brighton Farmer's Market

    Location: 

    Brighton Common, 30 Chestnut Hill Ave., Brighton

    Sing and dance outdoors at a wide range of family-friendly performances held during the Brighton Farmer's Market! Performers include local and regional entertainers performing children's music, klezmer, hip hop, acapella, funk, Afro-Brazilian drumming, taiko, and more. All events are free, weather permitting, and open to the public.

    Concerts take place two Wednesdays a month:
    2nd Wednesdays are part of the Harvard Ed Portal Family Concert Series; last Wednesdays are part of the Brighton Main Streets' Brighton Sounds Concert Series.

    ...

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    2020 May 01

    Pause for Art: Creative Moments from Harvard

    Repeats every weekday until Thu May 28 2020 .
    1:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Online event

    The Office for the Arts offers a daily dose of artistic inspiration for anyone looking to find a moment of beauty, comfort and connection. Alumni, faculty, staff, and visiting artists are sending in short videos showcasing their music, poetry, dance, and more. New videos are posted every weekday around 1:00pm.

    Learn more about Pause for Art: Creative Moments from Harvard.

    Read more about Pause for Art: Creative Moments from Harvard

    Parker Quartet: Spectrum

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet returns to the Harvard Ed Portal February 26 as part of their 2019-2020 season. Join us for an evening of classical music that explores 300 years of the string quartet genre, and its history of inspiring great composers to create their most personal and dynamic works. Covering a wide spectrum of artistic thought and expression, from humor and mysticism to a holy song of thanksgiving, the program will highlight select works from this exciting and unique medium. All are welcome!

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    Tunes at Noon: Club Passim Edition

    Location: 

    Harvard Commons, Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

    Enjoy lunch or a study break in the Smith Campus Center! Stop by Harvard Commons every Wednesday to hear live music from Club Passim, a local folk music organization based in Harvard Square.

    Learn more about Tunes at Noon: Club Passim Edition.

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    Kick-Off the ArtLab: Opening Celebration

    Location: 

    Harvard ArtLab, 140 N. Harvard St., Allston

    Join the Harvard ArtLab, Harvard’s new laboratory for art and research, for an opening celebration on September 21! Allston-based tap dance company Subject: Matter will kick off the celebration with a performance beginning promptly at 10:00am accompanied by a live jazz band. Visitors can have their portrait taken by Boston-based photographer OJ Slaughter and experience the ArtLab’s sound studio and A*, the multi-channel art installation by Harvard Film Study Center Fellow Andy Graydon.

    This event is free and open to the public!

    If you have any questions, please...

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    2019 Cambridge Jazz Festival

    Location: 

    Danehy Park, 99 Sherman St., Cambridge

    Join us for a full day of jazz performances at Danehy Park, featuring: Elan Trotman, Carla Cook, Yoko Miwa, Eguie Castrillo, and The Ron Savage Trio.

    Learn more about the 2019 Cambridge Jazz Festival.

    Read more about 2019 Cambridge Jazz Festival

    Summer Thursdays on the Plaza

    Location: 

    Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Enjoy summer evenings with live music and fun for all ages at Summer Thursdays on the Plaza! 

    Play on the lush green lawn beneath the shade structure, dance through bubbles, get creative with chalk drawings, and play a wide assortment of lawn games. Plus, enjoy live music from the community from 5:30pm–6:30pm.

    Learn more about Summer Thursdays on the Plaza.

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    2019 Summer Concert Series

    Location: 

    Ray Mellone Park, Honan Allston Public Library, 300 North Harvard St., Allston

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal for the 2019 Summer Concert Series featuring a diverse lineup of performers whose family-friendly programs will have you dancing and singing along!

    On June 17, the series kicks off with Afro-Brazilian percussion group Grooversity. Next up on July 15, Bamidele brings West African dancing and drumming to north Allston-Brighton. And on August 12, close out the season with Veronica Robles' and her all-female mariachi trio.

    All events are free, open to the public, and rain or shine (rain location is inside the Honan Library auditorium). No...

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    ARTS FIRST 2019: Jazz on the Plaza

    Location: 

    Science Center Plaza Tent, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Harvard Jazz Bands will take the stage with Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist Yosvany Terry, Senior Lecturer on Music and director of Harvard Jazz Bands, and Mark Olson, director of the Harvard Wind Ensemble and Harvard University Band. Saxophonist and composer Don Braden '85, lauded by the New York Times as “brilliant and assured,” is the guest artist.

    Learn more about ARTS FIRST 2019: Jazz on the Plaza.

    Read more about ARTS FIRST 2019: Jazz on the Plaza

    ARTS FIRST 2019

    Location: 

    Harvard University

    Each ARTS FIRST festival is unique, but every year combines the exuberance of Harvard students, faculty and affiliates who are passionate about the many art forms presented in four rousing days of performances, exhibitions and community.

    Enjoy free, family-friendly performances, dance styles from around the world, public art walks, hands-on artmaking, and much more! We look forward to celebrating the artists of Harvard community with you during ARTS FIRST on May 2–5, 2019.

    Events include:

    • May 2,...
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    Blodgett Quartet in Residence: Parker Quartet

    Location: 

    John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA

    Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Quartet; Beethoven String Quartet in E Minor, Op.59 No.2; Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57 (with Orion Weiss). Free but tickets required, available beginning November 16 at Harvard Box Office. Tickets may be picked up in person or obtained by phone or online. 496-2222. There is a small charge for phone or online orders.

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    Blodgett Quartet in Residence: Parker Quartet

    Location: 

    John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA

    Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Quartet; Beethoven String Quartet in E Minor, Op.59 No.2; Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57 (with Orion Weiss). Free but tickets required, available beginning November 16 at Harvard Box Office. Tickets may be picked up in person or obtained by phone or online. 496-2222. There is a small charge for phone or online orders.

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    A Hundred Moons - A Kathak Dance Performance

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal for a special evening celebrating Diwali, the Indian festival of lights! Diwali is said to be lit by the love that resides within each person. Dancer and Harvard Kennedy School student Neha Bansal will explore this idea with a performance of her original work A Hundred Moons, a dance in the Kathak Indian classical style. Bansal’s work uses traditional Indian symbols to tell the story of the love between two mythological characters, Radha and Krishna.

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    2018 Summer Concert Series: Karen K & the Jitterbugs

    Location: 

    Ray V. Mellone Park, 300 North Harvard St., Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal is proud to present the 2018 Summer Concert Series! All concerts are rain or shine, family-friendly, free, and open... Read more about 2018 Summer Concert Series: Karen K & the Jitterbugs

    2018 Summer Concert Series: Matt Heaton & the Outside Toys

    Location: 

    Ray V. Mellone Park, 300 North Harvard St., Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal is proud to present the 2018 Summer Concert Series! All concerts are rain or shine, family-friendly, free, and open... Read more about 2018 Summer Concert Series: Matt Heaton & the Outside Toys

    2018 Summer Concert Series: SteveSongs

    Location: 

    Ray V. Mellone Park, 300 North Harvard St., Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal is proud to present the 2018 Summer Concert Series! All concerts are rain or shine, family-friendly, free, and open... Read more about 2018 Summer Concert Series: SteveSongs

    Wu Man and the Huayin Shadow Puppet Band Workshop

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal in collaboration with Silkroad, composer Wu Man, and the Huayin Shadow Puppet Band are excited to present a family-friendly afternoon of... Read more about Wu Man and the Huayin Shadow Puppet Band Workshop

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