Sunday 10 am–4 pm. Free First Sunday at the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., Clinton. Enjoy free admission to the museum on the first Sunday of each month, courtesy of the Nypro Foundation. Visit museumofrussianicons.org.
Pass through liminal spaces of ruin and beauty alike with photographer Rania Matar’s stunning portfolio SHE in the exhibit Oceans at My Door at the Fitchburg Art Museum through Aug. 3 Matar is a Lebanese-American photographer internationally renowned for her explorations of cross-cultural identity and femininity. The arresting, intimate portraits in SHE evoke the transitional states of Becoming, […]
Exhibitors of the Paper Town exhibit at Fitchburg Art Museum will have a conversation about their works April 2, 2-4 pm at the museum. Meet exhibiting artists Erik Demaine, Tory Fair, Hong Hong, Fred Liang, Michelle Samour, Wendy Wahl, and Heidi Whitman as they discuss their work in the Paper Town exhibition. Participants are welcome to ask […]
Learn and celebrate Fitchburg poets at the Poets of the Past event at the Mill St. Stage, Fitchburg on April 6. The Fitchburg Historical Society, Stratton Players, Bonfire Bookshop and InTown Fitchburg are celebrating Poetry Month. With a night of featured readers who will each share a tribute to Fitchburg poet Caroline Atherton Mason followed […]
Interested in local history? Genealogist and author Jan Drake will read from letters sent home from the Civil War, followed by a reception on April 6 at the Gardner Museum. Drake is a retired librarian and hobby genealogist. Her great grandfather’s cousin George W. Harwood from North Brookfield enlisted in the MA 36th Regiment of […]
Retired corporate accountant Bob Ainsworth, the author of Duped, a fictional account of the still unsolved 1990 art heist at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, will review the actual details of the theft, the suspects, and the motives behind the world’s most valued art theft. He will also tell of his own brush with the […]
Join Groton Hills Music Centre for our inaugural solo organ concert, celebrating the new Hauptwerk virtual pipe organ built by Meta Organworks of Upstate New York and installed in The Concert Hall. Acclaimed organist Randy Steere will showcase 4 of the 12 world class organs, including instruments from Doesburg, Netherlands; Goerlitz, Germany; Caen, France; and […]
The photo exhibit In the Eye of the Beholder at Fitchburg Art Museum through Sept. 10 delves into the museum’s permanent collection to explore how photographers have used the “gendered gaze” across the early 20th and 21st centuries. This exhibition highlights some of the museum’s iconic favorites and recent acquisitions—including work from Gertrude Kasebier, Cindy […]
This needle felting workshop on April 22 is in a creative, joyful environment. In this short workshop you will learn the basics of needle felting two dimensional art. Creative Connections artisan Lyn Slade has 20+ years of needle felting teaching experience and is considered one of the area’s leading experts. She will walk you through […]
Beethoven and Schubert will be performed by Josefina Urraca, piano, Guillermo Laporta, flute, April 23 at the Ashburnham Community Church. Performers will be playing some of the following works: Piano sonata No. 17 in d, Op. 31, No. 2 (1801-02) Piano sonata No. 14 in c#, Op. 27, No. 2 (1801) Beethoven Sonata quasi una […]
Art in Bloom returns this Spring to celebrate its 25th anniversary! Visit the Fitchburg Art Museum and enjoy floral arrangements crafted by local florists and garden club members inspired by the works of art on view. Are you interested in creating a floral arrangement this year? Click here Interpreter Guidelines 2023 or email events@fitchburgartmuseum.org for more information. […]
Hidden Treasures, a specialized art appreciation program for individuals with early to middle stage Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia and their caregivers, has been developed by the Fitchburg Art Museum in collaboration with Life Care Centers of America, The Highlands, Hidden Treasures is an adapted art education program designed to promote failure-free learning and […]
