Exhibit runs until Dec 18 with Sept. 1, 1 pm. Opening of Gardner Theatre Guild exhibition at The Gardner Museum, 26 Pearl St., Gardner. From 1939 until the early 1960s, local residents produced top-notch “Broadway Shows” at the Miller's Opera House, The Little Theater, and Pearson Auditorium and supported several organizations with funds raised by […]
Thursday, Sept. 8, 6 pm. Tinseltown Inventor: Hedy Lamarr at The Gardner Museum, 26 Pearl St., Gardner. Artistic director and performer Judith Kalaora will be back at the museum with a portrayal of Austrian refugee Hedy Lamarr who became “the most beautiful woman in the world” and was not only an actress, and film producer, […]
The International Sculpture Symposium Returns to the Andres Institute of Art, September 10 to October 2. The Symposium begins with a Public Opening on Sept. 11. After a two-year hiatus the Symposium will return in 2022 with the theme of: “Catch ’22”. We invite you to attend over the symposium period to meet the artists […]
The International Sculpture Symposium Returns to the Andres Institute of Art, September 10 to October 2. The Symposium begins with a Public Opening on Sept. 11. After a two-year hiatus the Symposium will return in 2022 with the theme of: “Catch ’22”. We invite you to attend over the symposium period to meet the artists […]
The New England Triennial 2022 recognizes the vitality of contemporary art across the Northeast amid the recent years of upheaval and transformation. Spanning two museum venues—deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum through Sept. 11, and Fruitlands Museum through Oct. 2—this year’s iteration features artwork by twenty-five artists from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and […]
A Taste of Art, Sept. 15, 7 pm Award-winning local artist Kathryn Swantee, will explain and demonstrate watercolor uses, techniques and skills, and give an overview of color theory and composition, at the Gardner Museum in Gardner. Ms. Swantee is a children’s book illustrator, teacher, and graduate of The School of the Worcester Art Museum, […]
The first feature film by the director of Battleship Potemkin, STRIKE is a visual tour-de-force that employs dynamic editing and experimental camerawork to dramatize the saga of a bitterly fought factory strike in 1903. Often compared to Citizen Kane in terms of audacious directorial debuts, STRIKE embodies the revolutionary spirit of the Soviet people of […]
Annual Smithsonian Day Sept. 17 at the Gardner Museum – free admission - no reservation needed Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry on this Museum Day. During regular opening hours 1-4 pm; event hosted by Smithsonian Magazine
Old Sturbridge Village Historian Tom Kelleher talks about the role of taverns in the public life of the community. From typical food and drink to the common topics discussed and kind of songs sung by the fireside, this talk will look at what it was like inside those "public houses" that dotted the highways and […]
The International Sculpture Symposium Returns to the Andres Institute of Art, September 10 to October 2. The Symposium begins with a Public Opening on Sept. 11. After a two-year hiatus the Symposium will return in 2022 with the theme of: “Catch ’22”. We invite you to attend over the symposium period to meet the artists […]
The New England Triennial 2022 recognizes the vitality of contemporary art across the Northeast amid the recent years of upheaval and transformation. Spanning two museum venues—deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum through Sept. 11, and Fruitlands Museum through Oct. 2—this year’s iteration features artwork by twenty-five artists from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and […]
Kara Fossey, Executive Director of the Fort Devens Museum and the Groton History Center will present an illustrated program about the various roles American Women played during World War II: military, civilian, and volunteer. WWII has been known as a time of liberation for women, and on the heels of the 100th anniversary of the […]
