THIS WEEKEND!

Please join the Studio Artists from The Umbrella Arts Center for the return of our annual Open Studios, April 29 and 30

Tour the studios and classrooms of our recently renovated arts center, learn about our artists' processes, and enjoy the vibrant Main Gallery exhibition, Emergence, a mixed media exhibition of new work by The Umbrella Studio Artists. 

Also visit our Ceramics Studio Sale in Room 224 and enjoy live music by Them City Ducks  on Saturday from 2-4PM. 

View the complete listing of participating artists and the Open Studios Map.

Please note: With a recent rise in COVID-19 cases locally and statewide, the Concord Health Division strongly encourages all individuals to wear a mask when gathering with others.


Head Over Heels @ The Umbrella

Click above to watch the new trailer and get a glimpse of the show critics are calling "a wild and wacky good time...rich with vocal talent...energetic and lively. This show is mental in the best way!" – Michele Markarian, Theater Mirror 

Audiences shared...

"This was a great show in every way; the costumes, fabulous, the dancing, fantastic, the music, phenomenal, the acting, superb. A must see!" - M.M.B.

"As a lifelong Go-Go's fan, I saw the Broadway show in NYC at the Hudson Theater and loved it. This production was beyond the Broadway show in every way...THANK YOU for this stellar performance!"

Our thanks to Ryan Malyar for putting together the sizzling new musical trailer! 

There are just two weekends left...


EARTH DAY & EARTH MONTH NEWS

The Arts & Environment Program offers its heartfelt thanks to everyone in the community who came out to make both our Earth Month artists reception and Musketaquid Earth Day celebration  such a wonderful success!

We were thrilled to have one of our largest, most diverse collection of artists represented in this year's community art exhibition, themed Stories from the Earth!

And, we reconnected with several hundred friends old and new for our return to The Old Manse and Old North Bridge in Minute Man National Historical Park. Following a morning River Ceremony rich with song, puppetry, and the traditional Earth Float launch, we enjoyed a stunningly beautiful afternoon with dance, theater, storytelling, landscape tours, craft activities, picnicking and much more with our new partners at The Trustees. See some highlights on our website! 


Photos: Earth Day procession by Ron Mann (top); Artists Reception by Stewart Ikeda (bottom)



NEW WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED

The Arts Education Program announces several exciting Spring workshops for adults working in glass and ceramics.

May 14 & 15, a two-day master workshop, Expanding Surfaces: Freshly Thrown and Altered Pots, with Ben Eberle emphasizes “getting comfortable with being uncomfortable,” creating distinctive impressed textures and shapes.

Our glass art workshop series begins May 16 with Michel L'Huillier's Fused Glass Sushi Set. Learn how to use glass powders, frits, confetti, stringers, and copper sheets to create your own sushi set.



ON SALE MAY 5 

Tickets to the June 10 Umbrella Concert Series Signature Event featuring Lake Street Dive will go on sale at 10AM on May 5. They're sure to sell quickly, so be sure to check in then! Meanwhile, read about this Boston-bred, Billboard Chart-topping sensation and see some of their NPR Live sessions on our website!


FROM CSC's STAGE2: MAY 7 & 14

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most fanciful and enchanting comedies, telling the tale of four bewitched lovers as they reckon with jealousy, desperation, and the complications of true love. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s Stage2 takes up residence at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester to present a 90-minute production of this classic comedy.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream will perform 3 open/public community performances: May 7, 2022, at 2 and 7 PM, and May 14, 2022, at 7 PM. 


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