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Tag: Massachusetts Cultural Council

  • Wednesday, July 8, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Mount Auburn’s Beautiful Public Lots

    Mount Auburn, since its beginnings in 1831, has set aside modest burial spaces suitable for single grave interments. The first such space was called St. James’ Lot and it is on Cypress Avenue (1831). This Wednesday, July 8 walking tour led by Volunteer Docents Rosemarie Smurzynski and Bill McEvoy will begin at 5:30 in Story Chapel and then continue with a walk on the grounds to St James’ and St. John’s public lots preserved as a country cemetery. Note: this program is two hours. Funding for programs has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. $7 for Friends of Mount Auburn, $12 for nonmembers. Register online at http://mountauburn.org/2015/mount-auburns-beautiful-public-lots/  Image from www.promptguides.com.

  • Saturday, June 6, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Opening Reception: Arboretum Inspiration, Image and Word

    Together, poet Holly Guran and photographer Philip McAlary have witnessed the continuous inspiration of the Arnold Arboretum. Their nature-focused images and words complement each other, melding sight, sound, and mind. Frequent walks in the landscape were the influence and force behind this collaboration uniting McAlary’s vibrant images with Guran’s thoughtful words.

    Holly Guran, author of the chapbooks River Tracks (Poets Corner Press), Mothers’ Trails (Noctiluca Press), and the forthcoming River of Bones (Iris Press), earned a Massachusetts Cultural Council finalist award in 2012.

    Philip L. McAlary studied at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. His photos have appeared on websites including Massachusetts Cultural Council, Wagner Society of Boston, and Carpenter Poets of Eastern Massachusetts. The exhibition will run at the Hunnewell Center of the Arnold Arboretum June 5 – September 3. The free opening reception will take place Saturday, June 6 from 1 – 3.

  • Sunday, July 7, 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Seeds of a Nation

    Celebrate our Nation’s birthday with a botanical tribute at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, on Sunday, July 7, from 10 – 11:30 am.  Meet at the Entrance Gate for a walk with Visitors Services Assistant Jim Gorman, who will visit landscape plants used in the 18th century, many of which have proved the test of time, remaining garden favorites today.  Fee $7 for Mt. Auburn Friends,  $12 for the general public.  For more information call 617-607-1980. Funding has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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  • Thursday, April 15, 7:00 pm – Contaminated Without Consent/ Bhopal Chemical Disaster

    You are invited to a free screening and panel discussion on Thursday, April 15, beginning at 7 pm at the Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main Street in Watertown.  Contaminated Without Consent is a 16 minute video to help inform your community about the hidden risks from chemical contaminates found in our homes, workplaces, the products we buy and even our bodies.  The Bhopal Chemical Disaster: Twenty Years Without Justice reviews the history of the world’s worst chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, and the fight for justice by the citizens of Bhopal.  Produced for the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal and screened widely by human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, this evening’s program is presented by The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, a not for profit group which has spoken to The Garden Club of the Back Bay in the past about cleaning products and contaminated cosmetics.  The program is supported in part by a grant from the Watertown Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.  For more information about Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, call 617-338-8131, or email nschelling@cleanwater.org.

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  • Tuesday, November 10, 6:30pm – 9:00 pm – FRESH

    The Upton 4-H applied for funding from the Upton Cultural Council, a local agency which is itself supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, in order to present a free screening of the movie FRESH on Tuesday, November 10, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Nipmuc Regional High School Auditorium, 90 Pleasant Street, in Upton, Massachusetts.

    FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

    Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur’s 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.

    Please bring non-perishable items and  grocery store gift cards for donation to local food pantries, as part of the MA 4-H Cares About Community Statewide Annual Food Drive.

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  • Saturday, August 8, 5 – 8 pm – Opening Reception and Party for The River Project

    The Gustin Gallery, 231 Horseneck Road, Dartmouth, Massachusetts opens at 11 am on August 8 in conjunction with the opening of the sculpture exhibit at the Slocum’s River Reserve.  “The River Project: Sculpture at Slocum’s River Reserve” will feature six large-scale site-specific sculptures by six regional sculptors through March 13, 2010.  “The Slocum’s River Project: Thoughts and Processes” at the Gustin Gallery will feature drawings, sketchbooks and models by the six artists through November 8, 2009. Formerly known as Island View Farm, Slocum’s River Reserve includes mature woodlands, agricultural fields, and pastures that slope down to the western bank of the Slocum’s River. Two miles of trails cross the Reservation and connect to trail easements over an adjoining sixty acres of private land.

    The Reservation protects more than 3,000 feet of frontage along the Slocum’s River. Adjoining private farmland and pastures produce corn, alfalfa, and horticultural nursery stock and are used to graze livestock. The Trustees of Reservations and Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT) jointly own and manage the property.

    This program is supported in part by a grant from the Dartmouth Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency
    Telephone: 508-679-2115 x11
    E-mail: bioreserve@ttor.org