Category: Art & Theater

Celebrating local artistry

Manchester Arts & Crafts Fair returns for a second year

Back for its second year is the Manchester Arts & Crafts fair at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday, Aug. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with vendors, food trucks, children’s programming and more.

“This year’s arts and craft fair has three times more vendors as we did last year … featuring all kinds of fine art, painting, drawing, pottery, fabric art, woodworking, crocheting, all sorts of wonderful stuff,” said Kathy Daneman, organizer of the fair.

Among the 60 vendors is Melissa Goodman, an oil painter and illustrator. Growing up, Goodman enjoyed art in school. She went to university with the intention of studying science but quickly realized that something was missing.

“I couldn’t not be doing art,” She said. “Life just felt so much less colorful because art wasn’t involved in it. I would get jealous when I’d see kids walking on campus with their art portfolios and so I ended up taking a few art classes and realized this was what I really needed to do.”

While studying and exploring art, she developed preferences for some media over others. Now one of her media of choice is oil painting, which she originally hated.

This changed after she took a workshop taught by still life painter Jeff Legg years later.

“I took it and I ended up being like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is so much better. This is everything,’” Goodman said. “I had taken oil painting classes before and just disliked it so much, but when I took it from him it was like something clicked.”

During her time in college, she also discovered that she loved working with ink and became fascinated with still lifes.

“I really loved the idea of making objects that to most people feel really ordinary feel so extraordinary. I feel that’s what life is; a lot of ordinary moments, but to us those moments feel so extraordinary,” Goodman said. “The world is such a beautiful place and I’ll see something beautiful and I’ll just know … what I need to paint, even if it’s completely unrelated. Everything around me is inspirational.”

Fiber artist Emily Reilly will have a booth at the arts and crafts fair. A graduate student at the University of New Hampshire, she found that crocheting is a great way to cope with stress.

“About a year [or] year and a half ago I kept seeing all these videos pop up [of] these girls making the cutest crochet tops and I was like, ‘I would love to do that,” Reilly said. “I fell in love with it and I found that it was just a good outlet for me. I really like doing it when I’m stressed and it’s just really satisfying to see the finished project.”

The Manchester Arts & Crafts fair will be the first Reilly has participated in. People encouraged her to sell her work and despite being hesitant she applied for a spot, where she hopes to inspire others to pick up a craft one day. She says she couldn’t have done this without the help of her sister.

“My twin sister, Hannah, has been a huge help,” Reilly said. “I’ve been doing the crocheting but she has handled everything else.”

According to Daneman, other new additions to this year’s event include face painting, the Manchester City Library Bookmobile and a children’s art wall with Unchartered Tutoring.

“We really wanted to make sure that it was something that everybody could enjoy,” Daneman said. “It’s fun to get together in the summer and see our neighbors and celebrate the art they make and the thoughts they’re expressing through their work.”

Manchester Arts & Crafts Fair
When: Saturday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Veterans Memorial Park, 773 Elm St., Manchester
Cost: Free

The Art Roundup 23/08/03

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• Saturday of art: Goffstown Main Street’s 15th Annual Uncommon Art on the Common runs this Saturday, Aug. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with works of more than 45 area artists and artisans displayed in booths along Main Street, according to a press release. Meet the artists — painters, illustrators, photographers, woodworkers, jewelry artisans, metal workers, authors, crafters, potters and more — and purchase their works. The day will also feature the Uncommon Bling project, when visitors can collect beads and handcrafted items from participating booths to create a necklace (the necklace is available at the Goffstown Main Street booth), the release said. A raffle will feature items donated by local artists and businesses, and a craft tent for kids will offer an activity to make, the release said. Goffstown High School will have a tent featuring work by high school students. See goffstownuncommonarts.org.

• Opening weekend: Cue Zero Theatre Company’s (cztheatre.com) Join/Empathy, a project from the Cue Zero Laboratory Series, hits the stage on Friday, Aug. 4, and Saturday, Aug. 5, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. at the Arts Academy of New Hampshire (19 Keewaydin Drive, No. 4, in Salem). Tickets cost $15 per person. Join explores how and why people fall into cults, according to a press release. Empathy was created by a small group of performers looking at what “empathy” means in daily life and is set in a restaurant, the release said.

And catch the first presentation of the Nashua Theatre Guild’s I Hate Shakespeare at Temple Beth Abraham (4 Raymond St. in Nashua) on Sunday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. (a second show is Sunday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m.). The play, by Steph DeFerie, will include the classic stories of Hamlet, Macbeth and more with “talking cows, zombies and other characters [who] will give you a fast-paced intro to the riotous charm of the man himself,” according to an email from the Guild. Tickets to these performances (which will be held outdoors under a tent) cost $5 for adults and children 6 and older (children 5 and under get in free). Cash-only concessions will be available (no outside food or drink), the release said. See nashuatheatreguild.org.

Windham Community Bands
Enjoy some music and get some ice cream at the Windham Community Bands’ ice cream social on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. at Searles School Chapel in Windham. Bring your own chairs and picnic blankets and enjoy ice cream at intermission, according to a press release, which listed the Windham Concert Band’s musical plans as including parts of Phantom of the Opera, the theme from Spider-Man, highlights from The Little Mermaid, music from Neil Diamond and more.

On Sunday, Aug. 27, at 1:30 p.m. the Windham Concert Band will perform at LaBelle Winery in Derry (14 Route 111, Derry). The afternoon will include free appetizers and a cash bar; tickets cost $20 per person, according to the press release. Call 425-3284 or email [email protected].

• Show for those in the know: Catch Namaslay: A New Puppet Musical by Playdoh (Zah Kolo) and performances by The Lowliest One and Birdorgan on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), according to an email from the show’s organizer. The shows take place in a private Manchester residence and are “suitable for adults and teens who are into social justice and DIY,” the email said. There is a requested donation of $15. Contact deixhrist@gmail for the address. See playdohpuppetproductions.com, thelowliestone.com and birdorgan.bandcamp.com to learn more about the acts.

• Theater kids: The Palace Youth Theatre will hold auditions for the fall 2023 semester of Palace Teen Company and the Palace Teen Apprentice Company on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 5 p.m. (arrive 15 to 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork), according to a press release. The companies are for performers ages 12 to 18 who want a more intensive theater experience and not all who audition will be accepted, the release said. Bring a headshot and resume; prepare 16 to 32 bars of a song of your choice, and wear or bring clothes you can move in when taught a dance combination, the release said. Auditions will be held at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester). Sign up by emailing the name and age of the student to [email protected].

Lots of singing and dancing on stage

Peacock Players present Legally Blonde The Musical Jr.

The 2001 Reese Witherspoon classic comedy film Legally Blonde was reimagined into a musical stage play in 2007. Nashua-based theater company Peacock Players will be among the latest to present the youth production of this show, Legally Blonde The Musical Jr., at The Janice B. Streeter Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua) from Friday, Aug. 4, through Sunday, Aug. 6.

“It’s a show about a young woman who thinks her whole life revolves around [a] man,” said Elle Millar, the show’s director. “She finds out that her whole life is actually worth so much more than that.”

Millar has been the executive director at Peacock Players for about a year. Originally from Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, Millar was involved in theater growing up and went on to study opera performance in college. She soon realized being an opera performer wasn’t the lifestyle she saw for herself, and decided instead to be an English teacher.

“Over Covid, like a lot of people, I was doing a lot of soul-searching,” she said. “I really enjoyed what I did but I didn’t feel like I was fulfilling every part of myself. I was the drama director at the middle school but I just felt like, ‘This isn’t the best way to do the things that I love to do.’”

Over the pandemic, Millar was planning to open an arts education nonprofit when the executive director position at Peacock Players opened up.

“I had heard from some of our teens that this was the show that got canceled right before Covid,” she said. “I also love the show personally … [and] it’s always been a dream of mine to direct [it] so it’s really exciting to get to do it here and in this way.”

Making her Peacock Players debut is Gianna Stewart-Markert. The starring role of Elle Woods is quite different from characters she is used to playing, like Carrie in Carrie: The Musical and the role of Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago that she will play this fall.

“Elle Woods is definitely very bubbly and determined,” Stewart-Markert said of her character.

So when her Harvard-attending boyfriend breaks up with her, she uses that determination to get into the law school herself. She is then assigned to defend famous fitness guru Brooke Wydham, who is accused of murdering her husband.

“She’s this fitness queen [who] makes millions of dollars with her fitness DVDs,” said Lily Azevedo, who plays Wyndam. “She’s kind of a girl boss. … She is definitely strong, independent and an entrepreneur because she’s making those millions.”

As this was a show involving a lot of dancing, Azevedo went into auditions with an open mind, knowing that even if she ended up only being in the ensemble that she would still get the chance to dance.

“There’s one dance called ‘Whipped Into Shape’ and it’s gotten me whipped into shape,” she said. “[There’s] a lot of jumping and a lot of singing and high notes and belting but it’s like a love-hate relationship. I really enjoy it but it’s also really difficult, but the more we work on it, the turnout will be fabulous.”

According to Millar, strong vocalists are a must for this show. About twice as many kids as the show requires auditioned, and while this called for tough, heartbreaking decisions, it meant the cast would consist of solid, committed members, she said.

“This is a show you don’t attempt unless you think you have the voices to pull it off,” Millar said. “You need a lot of strong singers in a very specific pop, belty style, so this would not be a show I would [have] picked before I got to know the kids, but we had the people we needed.”

Peacock Players present Legally Blonde The Musical Jr.
When: Friday, Aug. 4, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 5, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m.
Where: The Janice B Streeter Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua)
Cost: Tickets range from $12 to $18; call the box office at 886-7000 or visit peacockplayers.org

The Art Roundup 23/07/27

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• So you will listen to every word they have to say: The Kids Coop Theatre (kids-coop-theatre.org) will present The Wedding Singer at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway in Derry) on Friday, July 28, and Saturday, July 29, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, July 30, at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $15. Based on the 1998 Adam Sandler comedy, The Wedding Singer is set in 1985 and features music from the period, according to the website, which advises that the play contains adult language and themes and suggests parental discretion for audience members 14 and under.

• Marking history: There will be a Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire marker unveiling event on Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway in Derry) to celebrate William Hobdy, a ragtime musician and the first known Black business owner in Derry, according to the organization’s newsletter. This all-ages event will begin at 1 p.m. with a pop-up museum and activities exploring Hobdy’s era with music, games and history, the newsletter said. The afternoon will culminate with a walk to the Derry Rail Trail to unveil the new marker at 1:45 p.m. and participants can have some ice cream, according to blackheritagetrailnh.org/derry-historic-marker-unveiling. After the event, Rockingham Brewing Co. will offer pre-Prohibition-style lager for purchase as well as pretzels from Hop Knot in Manchester, the website said.

I Hate Shakespeare!
The Nashua Theatre Guild will present I Hate Shakespeare! at Temple Beth Abraham (4 Raymond St. in Nashua) on Sundays, Aug. 6 and Aug. 13, at 2 p.m. The play, by Steph DeFerie, will include the classic stories of Hamlet, Macbeth and more with “talking cows, zombies and other characters [who] will give you a fast-paced intro to the riotous charm of the man himself,” according to an email from the Guild. Tickets to these performances (which will be held outdoors under a tent) cost $5 for adults and children 6 and older (children 5 and under get in free). Cash-only concessions will be available (no outside food or drink), the release said. See nashuatheatreguild.org.

• A day of dance: Saint Anselm College (Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive in Manchester; tickets.anselm.edu) will offer a Summer Dance Intensive on Sunday, Aug. 13, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with Aaron Tolson as the camp director. The day will cost $150 and is open to all ages, according to a Dana Center email. Eight classes will focus on tap, ballet, contemporary dance, hip hop and yoga. See the website to register.

• Book events at Gibson’s: Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St. in Concord; 224-0562, gibsonsbookstore.com) has several upcoming events.

Author Melissa Moore will be at the bookstore to discuss her book Land of Low Hills, a history of Loudon, on Thursday, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m.

RSVP on the bookstore’s Facebook page for the Sunday, Aug. 20, 4:30 p.m. event with Katee Robert for Cruel Seduction, the fifth book in her Dark Olympus series, according to a press release.

Astronomer and physicist Marcelo Gleiser will discuss his book The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity’s Future on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 6:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 6:30 p.m., New Hampshire author Melanie Brooks will discuss her book A Hard Silence: One Daughter Remaps Family, Grief and Faith when HIV/AIDS Changes It All.

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
See the Majestic Theatre’s teen touring musical Goldilocks and the 3 Bears at the Majestic Studio Theatre (880 Page St. in Manchester; majestictheatre.net, 669-7469) on Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. Ticket cost $5 and will be available for purchase in advance and at the door. Bring two new or gently used children’s books and admission is free, according to a press release.

• Book event at the Epsom Library: Author Michael Tougias will discuss his book The Finest Hours (the basis for a 2016 movie starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck) and his new book Extreme Survival: Lessons From Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds at the Epsom Public Library (1606 Dover Road in Epsom; epsomlibrary.com) on Saturday, Aug. 5, at 10 a.m.

• Be one of the favorite things: The Community Players of Concord are holding auditions in August for their upcoming production of The Sound of Music. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will hit the Concord City Auditorium Stage Friday, Nov. 17, through Sunday, Nov. 19. Auditions for adults will take place on Sunday, Aug. 13, and Monday, Aug. 14; for youth (age 15 and under) auditions will be Sunday, Aug. 20, and Monday, Aug. 21. See communityplayersofconcord.org/auditions for audition times and other information.

• Music and color: Artist Brandy M. Patterson will discuss her art and synesthesia — a condition where she sees color when she hears music — at a 4th Phriday at the Phone Museum event “Painting What She Hears” on Friday, July 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the New Hampshire Phone Museum (One Depot St. in Warner; nhtelephonemuseum.org, 456-2234). Register online or by phone. The cost is $5, according to the website.

Ella Walker meets Betty Woodman
“Distant Conversations: Ella Walker and Betty Woodman” is open now at the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 669-6144) and is slated to be the first in a series of “Distant Conversations” exhibits. The exhibits will explore “intergenerational dialogues and artistic conversations between practitioners who have not necessarily met in real life but whose work similarly resonates despite their differences,” according to the Currier’s website. The exhibit will be on display through Sunday, Oct. 22. The Currier is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (as well as from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays as part of Art After Work, when admission is free) and admission costs $20 for adults, $15 for 65+, $15 for students, $5 for ages 13 to 17 and children 12 and under get in free.

• Baskets: The League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery (279 Daniel Webster Hwy. in Meredith; 279-7920, meredith.nhcrafts.org) will hold a basket-making class with Ray Lagasse on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tools and materials will be supplied; no prior experience is needed. Register in advance; the cost is $125 to $155, depending on the style of basket. Additional classes will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 14, according to a press release.

• Save the date for the symphony: Ticket subscriptions for the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-2024 mainstage season are now on sale, with subscription prices at $160 for adults, $145 for 60+ and $92 for students, according to a press release. The season will start on Sunday, Nov. 5, with a premiere of the commissioned piece “At This Point” at the Music Hall in Portsmouth at 3 p.m. Additional shows include Holiday Family Pops! and New Year’s Eve Champagne Pops and concerts in March and June, the release said. See portsmouthsymphony.org.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“Shakespeare on the Green” presented by Theatre Kapow (tkapow.com) on Founder’s Green outside the Dana Center (Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive in Manchester; tickets.anselm.edu) wraps up its two-week presentation with A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Thursday, July 27, through Saturday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. Find the Dana Center on Facebook to check on any weather-related schedule or location changes. Tickets cost $25 for general seating; ages 12 and under get in free. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, coolers and snacks, according to the website.

Erasing stigma

Currier Museum of Art opens the conversation on substance use disorder with Art of Hope

By Mya Blanchard
[email protected]

In January 2018, Currier Museum of Art in Manchester started Art of Hope, a support group for people with loved ones who have, or had, substance use disorder.

“This was really our response to what we can do in light of the opioid epidemic here in Manchester and our whole local area,” said Corie Lyford, who organizes the program. “[It] is intended as a wellness and respite program for people who … have family and loved ones [with] substance use disorder.”

Art of Hope is held on select Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. when the museum is closed, to offer a level of privacy, and is free and open to the public. Doors open 45 minutes before the program begins for people to spend time in the galleries and for a late dinner.

After an introduction to the night’s theme, which include topics like love, hope, grief and self-care, the evening begins with time in the galleries to enjoy art and engage in conversation centering around the theme. The group, which tends to average between 12 and 20 people in size, then gathers in one of the studio spaces for the peer support group led by parent mentors.

“[The parent mentors] might immediately talk about personal experiences they’ve had, they might talk about helpful resources that they’ve found for the group, or they might start by opening it up and just asking the group, ‘What do you think about that?’ [or] ‘What do you all have to say about this topic?’” Lyford said. “It’s really led by the participants. Everyone is encouraged to share, although no one has to.”

One parent mentor who has found it helpful and rewarding to share her experience is Patricia Perkins, whose son is now seven years opiate-free and recently married after a five-year battle with substance use disorder. His struggle began after losing both his father and grandfather within seven months of each other when he was 17.

“I have a son who’s a productive part of society and no longer looks to substances to temporarily solve his problems, but it was years of waiting by the phone [for someone] to say he didn’t make it, or trying to put all your things away so he doesn’t take anything,” Perkins said. “Living in a prison in your own house is really what it’s like. I look at him [now] and think, ‘He’s my miracle kid.’ I’m just such a lucky mom to have made it so far.”

According to Perkins, it is these conversations that work toward breaking down the stigma that surrounds substance use disorder.

“If people don’t talk about it, that stigma just continues to grow,” she said.

The night ends with an art project designed, demonstrated and led by Lyford, which can involve painting, drawing, sculpting or printmaking. While everyone is working on the same thing, creative expression is always emphasized.

“I think that the shared life experience and the knowledge that people are so willing and so brave to share within the [topic] of substance use disorder always amazes me,” Lyford said. “There are other support groups out there, but I think this support group is special in that they’re enjoying the calm and the beauty and the peace of the museum, and they’re learning how to incorporate the power of the arts into their lives at the same time.”

Art of Hope
When: Select Mondays, 6 to 8 p.m.; upcoming dates are July 31 and Aug. 21
Where: Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester)
Visit: currier.org

The Art Roundup 23/07/20

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• Celebrating water: The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (18 Highlawn Road in Warner; indianmuseum.org, 456-2600) will display the exhibit “Nebizum: Water Is Life” starting Saturday, July 22, when Vera Longtoe Sheehan will discuss the exhibit at 1 p.m.The exhibit is on display through Tuesday, Oct. 31, during which time the museum is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. Admission costs $11 — $10 for seniors, students and veterans; $8 for ages 6 to 12, and free for kids under 6 and Native Americans, with a household price of $35 (for two adults and up to three kids), according to the website.

Big Fish
RGC Theatre will present the musical Big Fish at the Hatbox Theatre (Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road in Concord; hatboxnh.com, 715-2315) starting Friday, July 21, and running through Sunday, July 30. Shows are Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25, $22 for seniors and students.

• The Second Coming: The Majestic Studio Theatre (880 Page St. in Manchester; majestictheatre.net, 669-7469) will present Nunsense II: The Second Coming on Friday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 12, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for 65+ and 17 and under. The musical returns to the Little Sisters of Hoboken for a sequel to Nunsense, according to a press release. The production is directed by Carole Neveux with musical direction by A. Robert Dionne and is choreographed by Bruce Williams, the release said.

• Uncommon Art: Get ready for Goffstown Main Street’s 15th Annual Uncommon Art on the Common on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This art festival will feature the works of more than 45 area artists and artisans displayed in booths along Main Street, according to a press release. The event will include the return of Uncommon Bling (gather beads and handcrafted items at participating booths to be strung on a necklace), an art raffle, a kids’ craft tent and more, the release said. See goffstownuncommonarts.org.

History in stone
The Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road in Canterbury; shakers.org) will hold a two-day Stone Wall Workshop on Saturday, July 22, and Sunday, July 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Learn the history of stone walls in New England and help restore some of the village’s stone walls with master stone artisan and mason Kevin Fife, according to a press release. The workshop costs $250 per person and includes materials and a gourmet lunch. The workshop will also be held Aug. 26 and Aug. 27 and Oct. 21 and Oct. 22. Visit shakers.org to enroll.

• Original theater: Cue Zero Theatre Company (cztheatre.com) presents Join/Empathy, a project from the Cue Zero Laboratory Series, on Friday, Aug. 4, and Saturday, Aug. 5, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. at the Arts Academy of New Hampshire (19 Keewaydin Drive, No. 4, in Salem). Tickets cost $15 per person. Join explores how and why people fall into cults, according to a press release. Empathy was created by a small group of performers looking at what “empathy” means in daily life and is set in a restaurant, the release said.

• Book event at Gibson’s: Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St. in Concord; 224-0562, gibsonsbookstore.com) will participate in a virtual launch day author event on Tuesday, July 25, at 7 p.m. with Michael Korta for the new book An Honest Man, a thriller about the murder of several politicians at sea, talking to fellow thriller author Lisa Unger. Register online.

• Book event at the Aviation Museum: Author Paul Houle will discuss his book The Crash of Delta Flight 723: The Worst Air Disaster in New England History on Thursday, July 27, at 7 p.m. at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road in Londonderry; 669-4877, aviationmuseumofnh.org). Tickets cost $10 and are available at the door (or in advance by calling); books will be for sale for $35, according to a press release.

MacDowell medal awardee
The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; 669-6144, currier.org) will present a screening of Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises, an autobiographical documentary by filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, who will receive the Edward MacDowell medal this weekend at MacDowell in Peterborough (see macdowell.org), according to a Currier newsletter. The screening will take place Thursday, July 20, at 6 p.m.; register online. The screening takes place during the weekly Art After Work programming, when admission to the museum is free and the museum features live music (this week from Goodwin Street Jazz).

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