Announcing free Virtual Concert: Afternoon Serenade with Precious Perez - Aug 13

Join Us For a Free Virtual Concert: Afternoon Serenade with Precious Perez When: Friday, August 20, 1:00 PM Where: Join on Zoom or by phone   Precious Perez is a classically trained pop/R&B and Latin vocalist/songwriter currently pursuing a double major in music education and vocal performance at Berklee College of Music. Her goal is to make a difference through doing what she loves and showing the world that blind people are as capable as everyone else. She hopes to inspire future generations to pursue their dreams and be successful in the same way that she has, because she knows that anything is possible, and giving up is never an option. As an activist and music educator, she will be able to make a difference by using her reach as a Puerto Rican Spanish speaker to crush stereotypes by sharing her experiences across cultures and doing what has not been done while advocating for all of the communities she represents. She is confident that she can lead, she can achieve, and she can be the one who alters the way people see.   Join us as Precious shares her talent and her message! Below is the information to join via Zoom on by phone.   Time: Aug 20, 2021 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)   Join Zoom Meeting Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86953965465?pwd=OU90ZmhGc21yNE04V3lNV3NNd1dwdz09   Meeting ID: 869 5396 5465 Passcode: 268762 One tap mobile +13017158592,,86953965465# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,86953965465# US (Chicago) 877 853 5247 US Toll-free Meeting ID: 869 5396 5465

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Ellis Paul Virtual Festival starts Sunday, May 23, 2021

A fabulous lineup - don't miss it

Ellis Paul Traveling Medicine Show Virtual Festival View this email in your browser Ellis Paul Traveling Medicine Show Festival Starts Sunday May 23 Fabulous performers putting on a virtual festival including many Circle of Friends favorites. See the image above for the lineup.  Purchase a ticket and you can re-watch until June 21st! https://www.tribalmischief.com/traveling-medicine-show-festival The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse is a non-profit organization affiliated with Franklin's First Universalist Society.  Please visit http://www.circlefolk.org/  for more information.

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse · First Universalist Society · 262 Chestnut St · Franklin, MA 02038 · USA

Franklin Music Dept Presents - All Town Showcase Concert - Mar 31

All Town Showcase Concert

Featuring performances from the Band, Choir, and Orchestra of the Annie Sullivan, Horace Mann, Remington, and High School  performing groups.

WEDNESDAY  

March 31, 2021 

7:00 PM Livestream 

Join us at 7:00 P.M. for a livestream performance.  Following the livestream, the recording of the concert  will be published on our virtual performance website. 

To view our livestream concert, go to the link below and  you will then find the link to the livestream there. https://givebutter.com/dgYAGV

• Download a copy of the flyer  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hf-7yovOdQghlaAB7lyCaLz1AJyI-Vvy/view?usp=sharing

 FPS All Town Concert

Franklin Music Department Presents - All Town Showcase Concert - Mar 31

Franklin Music Department Presents - All Town Showcase Concert - Mar 31

All Town Showcase Concert

Featuring performances from the Band, Choir, and Orchestra of the Annie Sullivan, Horace Mann, Remington, and High School  performing groups.

WEDNESDAY  

March 31, 2021 

7 P.M. Livestream 

Join us at 7:00 P.M. for a livestream performance.  Following the livestream, the recording of the concert  will be published on our virtual performance website. 

To view our livestream concert, go to the link below and  you will then find the link to the livestream there. https://givebutter.com/dgYAGV

• Download a copy of the flyer  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hf-7yovOdQghlaAB7lyCaLz1AJyI-Vvy/view?usp=sharing

Franklin Music Department Presents - All Town Showcase Concert - Mar 31

LiveARTS: Two Pianos, Four Hands, all Rachmaninov! - Mar 21

LiveARTS presents Duo Pianists Cynthia Raim and David Allen Wehr on Sunday, March 21st at 3:00pm via zoom!

LiveARTS presents  Duo Pianists CYNTHIA RAIM & DAVID ALLEN WEHR An all-Rachmaninov re-stream on Zoom in collaboration with the  Philadelphia Chamber Music Society!   Sunday, March 21   at   3:00 PM   Pianist CYNTHIA RAIM is acclaimed for her concerto, recital, and chamber music performances throughout the United States and abroad and has recorded for Gall, Pantheon, and Connoisseur Society, including solo albums of Ravel, Schumann, Brahms, and Schubert and two-piano recordings of Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and Dvořák with David Allen Wehr. She is a native of Detroit, where she studied with Mischa Kottler, Ms. Raim studied with Rudolf Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she earned bachelors and masters degrees.   DAVID ALLEN WEHR's performance career has taken him on tour to over 30 countries in Europe, North and South America, and the Far East, including performances in the world musical capitals of New York, London, Paris, Vienna, Washington, Madrid, and Buenos Aires. Wehr has been soloist with the London Symphony, National Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, Houston Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, and all the major Spanish and Latin American orchestras. PROGRAM All Rachmaninov program! Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5 Fantaisie tableaux Rachmaninov: Duets, Op. 11 [Sel.] Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 LiveARTS and PCMS favorite Cynthia Raim is joined by her longtime piano partner, David Allen Wehr, for a rarely-heard, two-piano, four-hands, all-Rachmaninov program. Lauding the duo's recording of the Suites for Two Pianos, a Pianoforte critic raved: "Here are two fine artists who sound as if they might have stepped right out of a Russian academy. They allow the composer's melodies and phrases a natural shape without ever imposing technique on them, with a great feeling of contrast, light and shade." Join us for the fourth concert of our current season,  a donation-based concert! To take advantage of this opportunity, go to our website, liveartsma.org, and order a free ticket. The Zoom link will be emailed to you 24 hours before the concert. Tickets are free, but donations are always welcome! Watch your email for more information. The all-Beethoven program featuring Nicholas Kitchen, Yeesun Kim, and Ann Sears will return for the start of next season, in person! (Restrictions permitting) This concert is a special re-stream of a concert that was originally streamed on December 4, 2020, by Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. LiveARTS is very grateful to PCMS for generously granting permission to re-stream this extraordinary event! You can download Zoom using this link:  Download Zoom

Our mailing address is: LiveARTS P.O. Box 678 Franklin, MA 02038

Franklin's Event Outlook: Mar 19 - Mar 25, 2021

Good choices for Sunday afternoon: virtual grandparenting or a choice of concerts "Broadway in Franklin' or  "Two Pianos, Four Hands, all Rachmaninov!"

 

Friday, March 19
5:00pm -  The History of the Cocktail Led by Jackson Cannon

Sunday, March 21
1:00pm -  Historical Museum (open and free admission)
3:00pm -  Virtual Grandparenting: Story Time with Big Joe

3:00pm - "Broadway in Franklin" - live streaming from THE BLACK BOX 

3:00pm - LiveARTS: Two Pianos, Four Hands, all Rachmaninov!

Tuesday, March 23
9:00am -  wfpr.fm: Pamela Hines – Jazz Journey
12:00pm -  wfpr.fm: Pamela Hines – Jazz Journey
6:00pm -  wfpr.fm: Pamela Hines – Jazz Journey
 

Wednesday, March 24
10:00am -  wfpr.fm: "The Wonderful World of Wine" – Mark/ Kim
1:00pm -  wfpr.fm: "The Wonderful World of Wine" – Mark/Kim
7:00pm -  Community Conversation: Police Reform
7:00pm -  wfpr.fm: "The Wonderful World of Wine" – Mark/Kim
7:30pm -  Let’s Laugh Today is Free on ZOOM!
 

Thursday, March 25
10:00am -  wfpr.fm: "Frank’s Music" – Frank Falvey
11:00am -  wfpr.fm: "Talkin’ the Blues" – Jim/Todd
1:00pm -  wfpr.fm: "Frank’s Music" – Frank Falvey
2:00pm -  wfpr.fm: "Talkin’ the Blues" – Jim/Todd
7:00pm -  wfpr.fm: "Frank’s Music" – Frank Falvey
7:00pm -  FHS: 1 Act - "Neverland"
7:45pm -  FHS: 1 Act - "Frankenstein"
8:00pm -  wfpr.fm: "Talkin' the Blues!" - Jim/Todd
 

 

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The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar

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

 

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Franklin Performing Arts Company Update

These early spring days, although still cold and snowy, give me hope for change and optimism for the future of the performing arts.  I believe the arts world will come charging back with renewed creativity and enthusiasm, focus and commitment.   Thank you for the kind support you have given to the Franklin Performing Arts Company!  It is only with your help and generosity that we have been able to make it through this extraordinarily challenging time.

Although we endured frightening circumstances in 2020 with THE BLACK BOX closed and our artistic endeavors forced online, I believe at FPAC we proved ourselves resourceful, creative, and resilient.  The Franklin Performing Arts Company produced online content throughout the quarantine with nightly performances from home and a Virtual Benefit in June featuring FPAC favorites, as well as Broadway guests who care deeply about the survival of our theater and company.

As soon as allowed in July, we put up a stage in the parking lot of THE BLACK BOX and began outdoor concerts that ran throughout the summer.  Our safety measures and protocols in place, we worked to instill confidence in a tentative public and provided a safe place for artists to do what they love - perform.  We ran some events at break even, but importantly provided a venue for many local, Boston, and New York based artists who had not made music or set foot on a stage since March.

During the summer, FPAC introduced an online ticketing platform and established an invaluable relationship with Franklin TV, allowing us to film performances, livestream, and broadcast to virtual audiences.  As the weather began to change in the fall, Dean Bank sponsored a tent under which we continued to stage shows through the end of October.  I am proud of the extensive programming we presented throughout 2020 including cabarets and concerts of all kinds, a newly conceived Gala, and a COVID-safe book musical.  Thank you for being a part of this and remaining in our corner.

Now it is time to see our way forward!  We will continue to livestream entertainment until we can welcome an audience back into THE BLACK BOX, and in early April we will install a tent in the parking lot of THE BLACK BOX to host events outdoors through June.  We have a lot of work ahead of us to secure the future of our venue, but we are working on all opportunities to strengthen our organization and move on.  

Thank you for being a special friend of FPAC.  Your commitment to the arts is critically important at this time and your generous support is appreciated by the entire FPAC community.  I hope to see you soon at THE BLACK BOX or outside in our parking lot theater.  Wishing you health and well being as we inch toward Spring and on to Normal!

Best,

Raye Lynn Mercer, Executive/Artistic Director
Frankin Performing Arts Company 

 

Franklin Performing Arts Company Update

Mustard's Retreat - Virtual concert - benefits Franklin Food Pantry

Join us for another online concert

Mustard's Retreat online concert Tues, Mar 16 View this email in your browser Mustard's Retreat March 16 - 7 PM donations You may have seen Mustard's Retreat at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, the New Bedford Folk Fest, or Falcon Ridge. They always put on a fabulous show. Donations for this virtual show on Facebook or YouTube will benefit the Franklin Food Pantry Mustard's Retreat has been delighting audiences by telling stories for 40 years- they are witty, insightful, fun, and profound, as well as accomplished songwriters and musicians.  They've traveled more than a million miles and performed more than 6,000 shows, from pig roasts and pool parties to Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Barns at Wolftrap and the Kennedy's Center's Millennium Stage. The show ill be streaming at Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEL_S34548_opJYOEW-5HTA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mustardsretreat/live/ The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse is a non-profit organization affiliated with Franklin's First Universalist Society.  Please visit http://www.circlefolk.org/  for more information.

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse · First Universalist Society · 262 Chestnut St · Franklin, MA 02038 · USA

Library of Congress Announces Spring Concert Programming

Library Announces Spring Concert Programming for 2020-2021 Season

The Library of Congress will continue its critically acclaimed season of Concerts from the Library of Congress with an offering of virtual concerts, interviews and conversations with artists and composers, lectures, curator talks and educational programs. The spring series kicks off on March 12 with a performance from the young musicians of the New World Symphony, followed by performances from Scottish pianist Steven Osborne on March 19 and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam on March 26.

All events will be made available at 8 p.m. ET on the scheduled premiere date 

• on loc.gov/concerts 
• the Library's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/loc) 
• and the Performing Arts at the Library of Congress Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongressperformingarts/videos/)

All events of the season are free, and tickets are not required.

For more information

https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-008/library-announces-spring-concert-programming-for-2020-2021-season/2021-02-19/

Shared from the Library of Congress page https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-008/library-announces-spring-concert-programming-for-2020-2021-season/2021-02-19/

Franklin's Event Outlook: Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2021

Be safe in this slow moving snow storm. You can be inside to enjoy a virtual concert tonight and then get rid of some bottles/cans Saturday morning. A small choice of this to do during these pandemic days. The storywalk at DelCarte should be nice in the snow. You might need to blaze the trail - be careful!

Friday, February 19
February StoryWalk at DelCarte Reservation
3:00pm - FPL: Girls who code (Grades 3-5)
4:00pm - FPL: Girls Who Code! (Grades 6-12)
8:00pm - The Accidentals - virtual concert

Saturday, February 20
February StoryWalk at DelCarte Reservation
10:00am - Scout Troop 126 - Bottle/can drive

Sunday, February 21
February StoryWalk at DelCarte Reservation
1:00pm - Historical Museum (open and free admission)

Monday, February 22
February StoryWalk at DelCarte Reservation

Tuesday, February 23
February StoryWalk at DelCarte Reservation
7:00pm - Franklin Public Library Book Club

Wednesday, February 24
February StoryWalk at DelCarte Reservation
7:00pm - Medway Marches presents "Allies in Action"
7:30pm - Let’s Laugh Today is Free on ZOOM!

Thursday, February 25
February StoryWalk at DelCarte Reservation

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The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar

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

 

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Circle of Friends Coffeehouse: Virtual Concert features "The Accidentals" - Fri, Feb 19

The Accidentals Friday at 8:00PM

The Accidentals virtual concert this Friday View this email in your browser The Accidentals February 19 - 8 PM - Suggested donation $20 We are co-hosting this virtual event with the Me&Thee Coffeehouse in Marblehead. The Accidentals will make their Me&Thee debut on its virtual stage on Friday, February 19 at 8:00 pm. This Michigan based group features an eclectic mix of indie folk, pop, bluegrass, rock, and classical music. Their music has garnered recognition from fans and music critics alike. The Accidentals engage their audiences with their music and authentic stage presence. The me&thee is co-presenting this show with the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse in Franklin, MA and their portion of the proceeds will go to the Franklin Food Pantry. This virtual show will take place on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN23lfKBL5g&feature=youtu.be) or on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/meandtheecoffeehouse Texas Lifestyle Magazine chose The Accidentals as the "band to see" at Austin City Limits, SXSW, calling them "defiant, young – powerful, and undaunted." Female-fronted, multi-instrumentalist power trio, The Accidentals, (Sav Buist, Katie Larson, and Michael Dause) kicked off 2018 with the release of their debut album, Odyssey, with Sony Masterworks. They followed the album release with two-hundred days of touring nationally including seventeen festivals In 2019 they released a self-titled LIVE album. https://www.theaccidentalsmusic.com/ The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse is a non-profit organization affiliated with Franklin's First Universalist Society. Concerts are presented in a smoke free and alcohol free environment at the Society's handicapped accessible Meetinghouse, 262 Chestnut St. in Franklin, and begin at 8:00 PM; doors open at 7:30 PM. Beverages and gourmet desserts will be available.  Please visit http://www.circlefolk.org/ to purchase tickets or for more information.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN23lfKBL5g&feature=youtu.be

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse · First Universalist Society · 262 Chestnut St · Franklin, MA 02038 · USA