Puppets at Night for ages 8 and up What happens when you tell a lie? Find out in this absurdist comedy adventure from the zany and twisted minds of TOYBOX Theatre and Cripps Puppets. "Billy the Liar" follows the adventures of Billy and his friend Suzy, as Billy tells more and more lies and gets … Continue reading Billy the Liar | Puppets at Night
The Rt 9 footbridge in Brookline will get a temporary street art/graffiti treatment To give the Route 9 overpass in Brookline Village a splendid sendoff, please join local artist Percy Fortini-Wright on Wednesday, June 24 who will tackle the task of turning the eastbound side of the bridge into a temporary work of art. All … Continue reading Fortini-Wright street art for Brookline Rt 9 Bridge
Judy Blume | In the Unlikely Event, in conversation with Tom Ashbrook Brookline Booksmith is thrilled to bring Judy Blume to the Coolidge Corner Theater for her first adult novel in over 15 years, In the Unlikely Event. When Judy Blume was a teenager a series of passenger airplanes crashed in Elizabeth, New Jersey within … Continue reading Judy Blume in conversation with Tom Ashbrook
Brookline's first poet laureate, Judith Steinbergh, will be joined by the newly inaugurated second laureate, Jan Schreiber, and national poetry slam champion, Regie Gibson, for an evening of poetry and performance. Here's what's been said: "I was struck by the power and inherent music of Steinbergh's poems" - Lucille Clifton "Regie, you sing and chant … Continue reading Changing of the Bard Poetry Event
Non-Event and the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum present GLENN JONES (guitar, banjo) assisted by MATT AZEVEDO JESSE COLLINS (reeds, trumpet, electronics) GLENN JONES is a Boston-based composer of original compositions for solo acoustic guitar and banjo, and one of the leading exponents of the so-called American Primitive school, a term originally used to describe the music … Continue reading Glenn Jones/Jesse Collins | Waterworks Museum
A reception for the Up the Ladder to the Open Door Gallery exhibit at The Open Door Gallery, 89 South St, Boston will be held on Thurs, June 25 from 4-7pm. The exhibit is presented by Gateway Arts of Brookline. see a review by John Stapleton of Art Scope magazine HERE
The Brookline Arts Center is pleased to host a reception for Barney Berliner's paintings and sculptures on Friday June 26 from 6:00-8:00pm. A graduate of renowned institutions such as Cooper Union in New York, MIT and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Berliner, along with his wife Mim, founded the Brookline Arts Center in … Continue reading Reception for Barney Berliner | Brookline Arts Center
Teen Stock, the Brookline Teen Center's first ever music festival with live performances on 2 stages from teen acts and the extended teen center family, including: Axl Rod Ben Fox Chase Murphy Chy Risza Cliff Camo Danny Diamond$ Double-V Eli Sink eniGGma Foliag3 New Mother Earth $ean Wire Shea Rose Ziggy Magee Teen Stock will … Continue reading Teen Stock Music Festival
Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension! James Stewart and Kim Novak star in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece: an incisive, unsettling study of romantic obsession and manipulation. Scottie (Stewart), a retired detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of Madeleine … Continue reading Vertigo | Big Screen Classic at The Coolidge
Bolshoi Ballet: Spartacus In ancient Rome, Spartacus, a Thracian king, is turned captive by Crassus with his wife Phrygia. Forced to fight as a gladiator and kill one of his friends, Spartacus plots an unprecedented upheaval. Music Aram Kachaturian Choreography Yuri Grigorovich Cast: Mikhail Lobukhin, Vlad Lantratov, Svetlana Zakharova, Anna Nikulina Recorded live on October … Continue reading Dance at The Coolidge | Bolshoi Ballet: Spartacus
Arts Installations and displays are being hosted at various locations around town. Check http://www.brooklineclimateweek.org/ for complete calendar. Click here for a preview of the arts installations and then go and see them in person... Brookline Climate Week Art Installations 2016
