Norfolk County Sheriff: Find Your Voice- leadership through the arts

Are you the teen or the parent of a teen with a passion for performance and an interest in leadership? The Norfolk County Sheriff's Office has partnered with the South Shore Children's Chorus for the second year in a row for the "Find Your Voice" leadership program! This program gives teens the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and learn important lessons about identity and self-expression through the performing arts!  Registration is open now! Learn more at https://www.sscchorus.org/findyourvoice Norfolk County Sheriff: Find Your Voice- leadership through the arts

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Check out THE BLACK BOX schedule of performances & events for April 2024

Check out the concerts and events happening at THE BLACK BOX this April! 

Check out THE BLACK BOX schedule of performances & events for April 2024

Tickets and more info available at THEBLACKBOXonline.com or by calling the box office at 508-528-3370!

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Franklin's Event Outlook: March 15, 2023 to March 21, 2024

Friday, March 15

1:00pm Book Sale (Franklin Public Library)

7:30pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)

Saturday, March 16

9:00am Book Sale (Franklin Public Library)

10:00am mobile Children's Museum of Franklin (ticketed event) (Annie Sullivan Middle School)

10:00am Winter Farmers Market (Fairmount Fruit Farm)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

Rise Up (Franklin United Methodist)

11:00am Beyond the Palmer Method – Learn about calligraphy (Franklin Historical Museum)

1:00pm Bag Sale (books by the bag) (Franklin Public Library)

2:00pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)

3:00pm Irish in America Concert (Franklin Public Library)

6:00pm `Cinema 80’ Feature Films "The Lodger" (Franklin Historical Museum)

7:30pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)

Sunday, March 17 - St. Patrick's Day

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

2:00pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)

Monday, March 18

9:00am Fallen Hero: Elton E Ekstrom (Franklin Veterans Walkway, Town Common)

Tuesday, March 19

7:00pm Trivia Night (Raillery Public House)

7:30pm Voice of Franklin, part of Toastmasters International (Franklin TV Studio)

Wednesday, March 20

5:30pm Femita Ayanbeku (Dean College)

Thursday, March 21

8:30am Town Council Office Hours (Franklin Senior Center)

6:30pm Bringing the stars Indoors (Franklin Public Library)

7:00pm Community Coffee Conversations: One Franklin (Birchwood Bakery)

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Why have multiple calendars?

There is a Cultural events calendar upon which other community events are layered to create the Community calendar.

Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

The Cultural calendar displays only the cultural events      https://www.franklinculture.org/things-do/pages/calendar

Find the full Community event calendar  https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Library calendar of events ->    calendar link

The Senior Center calendar of events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month/39/2023-12

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found  https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26 

Franklin's Event Outlook: March  15, 2023 to March  21, 2024

Franklin Cultural District: Tarzan, Cinema 80, Library book sale, Winter Farmers Market & more as #arthappenshere

Wednesday, March 13

1:00pm Senior Scribblers (Franklin Senior Center)

7:00pm Friends of Franklin Library Meeting (Franklin Public Library)

Friday, March 15

1:00pm Book Sale (Franklin Public Library)

7:30pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)

Saturday, March 16

9:00am Book Sale (Franklin Public Library)

10:00am Children's Museum of Franklin pop up (ticketed event) (Annie Sullivan Middle School)

10:00am Winter Farmers Market (Fairmount Fruit Farm)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

1:00pm Bag Sale (books by the bag) (Franklin Public Library)

2:00pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)

3:00pm Irish in America Concert (Franklin Public Library)

6:00pm `Cinema 80’ Feature Films "The Lodger" (Franklin Historical Museum)

7:30pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)

Sunday, March 17 - St. Patrick's Day

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

2:00pm Tarzan (ticketed event) (THE BLACK BOX)

Monday, March 18

9:00am Fallen Hero: Elton E Ekstrom (Franklin Veterans Walkway, Town Common)

Tuesday, March 19

7:00pm Trivia Night (Raillery Public House)

7:30pm Voice of Franklin, part of Toastmasters International (Franklin TV Studio)

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Find the full Community event calendar   https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:   https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Library calendar of events ->    calendar link

The Senior Center calendar of events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month/39/2023-12

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found  https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26 

Franklin Cultural District: Arts are happening here!

BFCCPS performs A Pirate's Life for Me! - Mar 1 & 2

Please join us for this weekend's performances of the BFCCPS Musical: A Pirate's Life for Me!

SHOW DATES

• Show #1: Friday, March 1 @7pm
• Show #2: Saturday, March 2 @2pm
• Show #3: Saturday, March 2 @7pm

TICKET PRICING

• Adult Ticket - $17
• Senior/Student Ticket - $13
• Staff/Faculty Ticket - $10

TICKET BUNDLES

• Adult Tickets for all three shows - $45
• Senior/Student Tickets for all three shows - $30
• Family Matinee- 2 adult tickets, 2 senior/student tickets for Saturday, March 2nd at 2pm - $55

Tickets available -> https://www.bfccps.org/apps/s/?s=10763

BFCCPS performs A Pirate's Life for Me! Mar 1 & 2

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Don't miss your chance to see Flowers for Algernon at FHS

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE...BUT THEY'RE GOING FAST! Skip to the front of the line by visiting our production website. Flowers for Algernon Presented By Franklin High School Theatre Company Mar 1, 2024, 7:00 PM Mar 8, 2024, 7:00 PM BUY TICKETS Franklin High School 218 Oak Street Franklin, MA 02038 Visit here for more information. TICKETING BY

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The 7th Annual Black Excellence Showcase at Dean College - Saturday at 7, Sunday at 1:30

The 7th Annual Black Excellence Showcase is a night of art, celebration, joy that highlights BIPOC students of Dean College. It is a collaboration between My Black Speaks and Black Student Union. Students showcase poetry, singing, acting, spoken word, dance, and more.

Doors open 6:30 PM on Saturday, February 24 and 1:30 PM on Sunday, February 25. There will be a pre-show cocktail hour for guests 21+, and after show reception for the Saturday performance. 

With this year's theme of Black Love, we are excited to embody and showcase love through different lenses! Please join us as we celebrate our talented students!

Tickets available online -> https://www.dean.edu/events/details/black-excellence-showcase-2/2024-02-24/

The 7th Annual Black Excellence Showcase at Dean College - Saturday at 7, Sunday at 1:30

"SHE LOVES ME" scheduled for performance by Dean Feb 28 through March 3

SHE LOVES ME

Book by Joe Masteroff.   Music by Jerry Bock.   Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

An intimate and touching show perfect for the Dean College Main Stage! SHE LOVES ME was nominated for five Tony Awards in 1964. The 1993 Broadway revival won the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical and the 1994 Critics Circle Award for Best Musical.

Considered by many to be the most charming musical ever written, SHE LOVES ME is a warm romantic comedy with an endearing innocence and a touch of old-world elegance. The Mikos Lazlos play Parfuemerie, on which it is based, has inspired many adaptations, including the beloved film You've Got Mail starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.

The New York Times wrote, "This musical is remarkably generous to all its performers: a half-dozen supporting characters are given show stoppers, too." A heart-warming show that is marvelous for February in Franklin.

Please note: Dean College welcomes children and families to all of our performances. However, infants and children under 2 years of age are not allowed in the theatre, and children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. All patrons must have their own ticketed seats; lap sitting is not permitted. Only ADA-certified service animals are allowed in the theatre.

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"SHE LOVES ME" scheduled for performance by Dean

Heard the buzz about Franklin High School Theatre Company's production of Flowers for Algernon?

It's not to be missed! Get your tickets online to guarantee your seat today. Flowers for Algernon Presented By Franklin High School Theatre Company Mar 1, 2024, 7:00 PM Mar 8, 2024, 7:00 PM BUY TICKETS Franklin High School 218 Oak Street Franklin, MA 02038 Visit here for more information. TICKETING BY

On The Stage · 254 West 54th Street, 13th Floor · New York, NY 10019 · USA

Tarzan, the Broadway musical, scheduled by FPAC for March 8-17

Further casting has been announced for the Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC)’s reimagined production of Tarzan the Broadway musical starring Broadway’s original Tarzan Josh Strickland March 8-17 at THE BLACK BOX in Franklin, MA. Ruby Lewis (Paramour) will star as Jane alongside Tyrick Wiltez Jones (Hairspray, Finian’s Rainbow, Bat Out of Hell) as Terk. Maria Sylvia Norris and P.T. Mahoney will appear as Kala and Kerchak, with Nick Paone as Clayton and Liam Kerrigan as Young Tarzan. Katie Gray and Andrew Scott Holmes will be featured vocalists with the show’s band. 

Josh Strickland

The ensemble, comprised of NYC and Boston/Providence talent as well as collegiate actors from programs like Dean College, includes Casey Harkness Andrade, April Ball, Gia Chessa, Heather Dorler, Takaaki Matsumoto, Emiliano Morales, DJ Ormond, Julia Ormond, Myranda Rose Silva, Kellie Stamp, Johanna Stipetic, Lindsay Tomas, and Isis Wilson. The cast will be joined by Student Apprentice Performers from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts Elena Baker, Helena Cornwell, Devin Curley, Finley Doherty, Emmett Eastman, John Fitzhenry, Anya Fox, Macie Hoben, Matthew Packard, Ashley Pepin, Mason Sanford, Kate Settle, Angelina Willey, Owen Charles, Grayson Kerrigan, and Colette Lelievre. 

FPAC’s flexible theater space, THE BLACK BOX, will be transformed into a multi-stage rock concert centering the iconic Phil Collins music, while telling the classic story by blending Broadway and concert experience. Conceptualized and directed by Raye Lynn Mercer and Ali Funkhouser, the show will feature choreography by Broadway’s Clay Rice-Thomson (Moulin Rouge!, KING KONG, Newsies, Matilda) and music direction by Hallie Wetzell. Based on Disney's epic animated musical adventure and Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes, Tarzan features heart-pumping music by rock legend, Phil Collins, and a book by Tony Award-winning playwright, David Henry Hwang. High-flying excitement and hits, like the Academy Award winning "You'll Be in My Heart," as well as "Son of Man," and "Two Worlds," make Tarzan an unforgettable theatrical experience.

In 2006, Josh Strickland created the leading role of Tarzan in Disney’s musical Tarzan on Broadway. In 2009, he made his starring Las Vegas debut in Peepshow at Planet Hollywood Casino & Resort while concurrently co-starring in the hit E! reality show Holly's World. Strickland debuted his first single "Report to the Floor," which skyrocketed to the top-five on the iTunes Dance Charts the first week of its release, followed by “Last Dance.” Ruby Lewis starred as Indigo in Cirque du Soleil’s premiere Broadway show, Paramour. She specializes in biographical roles, having played Betty Hutton & Peggy Lee in Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole at the Geffen Playhouse (Ovation Nomination) and Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn! The New Musical (Best Broadway Performer Las Vegas) at the Paris Theatre in Las Vegas, backed by the Marilyn Monroe Estate. Tyrick Wiltez Jones led the U.S. Tour and Off-Broadway productions of Bat Out of Hell as Jagwire. His Broadway credits include Howard in Finian’s Rainbow and Hairspray as well as the Broadway National Tours of Miss Saigon, Seussical, Fosse, and Show Boat. 

FPAC is an Actors’ Equity Small Professional Theater company based at THE BLACK BOX in downtown Franklin, MA. Each season, FPAC produces musicals, plays, ballets, and more featuring Broadway stars, professional actors, local performers, and emerging artists. Tickets for Tarzan are available at FPAConline.com or by calling the box office at 508-528-3370. 

Franklin Public Schools Announce Upcoming Musical Performances, Highlights Music Program

Franklin Public Schools Superintendent Lucas Giguere, 355 East Central St. Franklin, MA 02038 Franklin Public Schools Announce Upcoming Musical Performances, Highlights Music Program FHS orchestra students. (Photo courtesy Franklin Public Schools) FRANKLIN — Superintendent Lucas Giguere and K-12 Music Director Diane Plouffe are pleased to share information about the Franklin Public Schools Performing Arts program and upcoming musical performances. The FHS music program provides a variety of musical and theatrical opportunities to all students in grades K-12. Students gain a strong foundation through singing and playing recorders and ukuleles beginning in fourth and fifth grade. Beginning in the sixth grade, all students are offered the opportunity to learn to play a band or orchestra instrument, or sing in the chorus. Students participating in a school ensemble have three performance cycles per year: December, March and May/June. Students are currently preparing for the upcoming Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) State Music Festival.   "The MICCA Concert Festival encourages the improvement of an ensemble's musical standards by providing musical adjudication by highly qualified judges," said Plouffe. "Attendance at a festival also affords organizations an opportunity to hear performances by other groups and experience the presentation of a wide variety of musical literature." Prior to the festival, on Tuesday, March 12, 200 students will perform in the upcoming All Town Chorus and Orchestra concert. On the following Wednesday, March 13, the All Town Band concert will take place, featuring over 250 students. Both concerts begin at 6 p.m. at the FHS Auditorium. Admission for both shows is $5 at the door and all proceeds will go to Franklin Music Boosters. FHS students also recently auditioned for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA). There were 17 FHS students in the music program who were accepted into the Central District Honor Ensembles and 21 middle school students accepted into the Junior Festival. Music students attend one state festival per year, consistently earning silver and gold medals. Additionally, students who are looking for more performance opportunities may elect to perform in chamber music recitals, jazz band concerts, community service performances, musical theatre performances or audition for honor ensembles such as the Central District and All State Music Festivals. In addition to in-school classes, the tuition based Lifelong Music Academy is an after school music program offering private lessons and jazz band at each middle school and the "Footlighters," which is a middle school musical theater club. FHS has a full schedule of performance and non-performance musical opportunities for students throughout the year. Non-performance classes include: Music Production I, II, III, Podcasting, Music Theory I, AP Music Theory, Guitar, Piano, History of Rock and Rock Band. All students who elect to participate in the wind ensemble, concert band, orchestra or chorus perform in three main concert cycles; one in December, March and May.  "Our schools' music program is a journey of exploration and expression for our students." Plouffe said. "Through engaging lessons, ensemble rehearsals, and community performances, we are fostering a love for music and nurturing the next generation of musicians."  FHS students performing in a jazz combo at a recent concert. (Photo courtesy Franklin Public Schools) A message from Franklin Public Schools John Guilfoil Public Relations, P.O. Box 22, Georgetown, MA 01833, United States, (617) 993-0003