Previous events
Previous events
Somerville Songwriter Sessions at the Armory Café with Terry Kitchen, Ksenia Mack, Thea Hopkins https://www.facebook.com/SomervilleSongwriterSessions admission $15 at the door
Private Event
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Indigenous People’s Day 2023
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FREE ADMISSION!
- I will be playing from 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM.
Watertown’s 2nd celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day will be held on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at the Hosmer Elementary School, 1 Concord Road, Watertown. This FREE event will feature Indigenous musicians, artists and vendors.
Performers include: Nettukkusqk Singers, a traditional women’s singing and drumming group composed of Deborah Spears Moorehead (Wampanoag) Fine Artist and Music Performer, and Music Performers Pam Ellis (Nipmuc), Jasmine C. Moorehead (Wampanoag) and Jacquelyn D. Moorehead (Wampanoag); Brock Stonefish, (Moravian Delaware Nation), an internationally recognized singer and songwriter; Eastern Sun Drummers and Dancers, (Mashpee Wampanoag), performing songwriter Thea Hopkins (Aquinnah Wampanoag); artist, musician & singer/songwriter Geri Barney (Navajo); Teddy Hendricks (Mashpee Wampanoag, Nipmuc), storyteller; and Maria Hendricks (Assonet & Mashpee Wampanoag), actress appearing as Sipu and the Master of Ceremonies for the event. Sipu is the main character in New Repertory Theatre’s presentation of the Indigenous historical play Listen to Sipu by Mashpee Wampanoag playwright Mwalim *7).
We will also feature Judy Fallows, who will describe the “three sisters gardens” at the elementary and middle schools.
Sonya Avant (Mashpee Wampanoag) will be selling delicious Indigenous food and an Indigenous crafts corner will be open throughout the day for children of all ages.
Indigenous vendors include: Deborah Moorehead (Indigenous art); Leslie Tuplin (Native Solutions); Bob and Cindy Shelley (Native American Indian craft); Geri Barney (Navajo, paintings); Julia Marden (Aquinnah Wampanoag, Eastern woodland art) and Hartman Deetz, (Mashpee Wampanoag, Ockway Bay Wampum). Belmont Bookstore will be selling books by and about Indigenous people.
This event is funded by a generous grant from the Watertown Community Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and a grant from Watertown Savings Bank and donations from individuals. Members of the community-based Pigsgusset Initiative, a working group of Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment, are organizing the event in partnership with New Repertory Theatre.
Members of the organizing committee include Teddy and Maria Hendricks (Mashpee Wampanoag, Nipmuc & Assonet), Stephanie Stonefish Ryan (Moravian Delaware Nation), Eileen Ryan, Jacqui Gross and Jennifer Wolfrum.
Supporters and sponsors include First Parish Watertown, the Cuniff, Hosmer and Lowell Elementary Diversity and Belonging Councils, Watertown’s Department of Community Development and Planning, Watertown Boys and Girls Club, Watertown Community for Black Lives and WHERE ARE ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE AT.
Music, dance, and storytelling by Indigenous performers including:
Nettukkusqk Singers * Brock Stonefish * Eastern Sun Drummers and Dancers * Thea Hopkins * Geri Barney * Mwalim 7) & The ZYG 808 * Teddy and Maria Hendricks Judy Fallows will describe the “three sisters gardens” at the elementary and middle schools.
Indigenous food by Sonya Avant
Indigenous crafts, arts and books provided by:
Deborah Moorehead, Leslie Tuplin, Holly Carrol Cachimuel, Bob and Cindy Shelley, Geri Barney, Julia Marden, Hartman Deetz and Belmont Bookstore
Raising Voices Festival
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Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston MA 02108
Uplift and celebrate voices of revolution—past, present, and future!
Revolutionary Spaces presents the Raising Voices Festival: A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Power of Protest. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, join Revolutionary Spaces in September for a vibrant, multi-disciplinary arts festival in the heart of downtown Boston that celebrates the power of protest throughout history.
On September 23rd and 24th, walk in the footsteps of revolutionaries who came before us. Our Washington Street campus—from the Old State House to Old South Meeting House and beyond—will be activated with experiences for people of all ages. This multi-day event will feature a range of performances and attractions from local and national artists, performers, and community partners, including:
- Musicians
- Dancers
- Theatrical happenings
- Poets
- Artist and community pop-ups
- Greater Boston’s best eats
- Sensory-friendly zone and family area
- Sidewalk and storefront activations
- And MORE!
Singing in Solidarity: Women's Voices Celebrate Labor Day
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In celebration of Labor Day 2023, the American Folklife Center wanted to honor the work of women in both the past and the present. What better way to do that than through song? We combed through our Homegrown Concert videos, our Archive Challenge videos, and other performances sponsored by the Center over the years for appropriate songs. The result is this compilation of performances by Thea Hopkins, Ialoni, Martha Gonzales, Piper Hayes, Windborne, and Rachel Sumner and Traveling Light. It features the voices of women, with the support of their male colleagues.
These songs explore different dimensions of women’s work. The first two are from the point of view of traditional roles women have played in community, from child rearing in the home to leading healing in a community after a tragedy that has affected everyone. These activities constitute work, but often aren't recognized as such. Other songs consider such labor issues as poverty, poor working conditions, and fair pay.
Online Homegrown Concerts premiere with enhanced contextual information and links on the Folklife Today Blog.
The videos alone premiere on both the Library’s YouTube channel and website. They remain available for viewing in all three locations.
Here are the links:
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/
https://www.youtube.com/loc
https://loc.gov/collections/event-videos/
Carpe Diem! Monthly Virtual Community Sing
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Please come sing-along with me on August 21 at 6:30 PM Eastern in Carpe Diem Arts August Community Sing!
Join me in the room here: https://www.carpediemarts.org/community-sing or watch the broadcast live or anytime at facebook.com/carpediemarts2you/live
Songwriters In The Round
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Arts At The Armory Cafe, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville MA 02143
If you are looking for a chance to beat the heat with great original music, food and drink and — yes! — air conditioning, come join us at Songwriters in the Round at the Arts at the Armory Café in Somerville. You will leave refreshed in more ways than one!
I am looking forward to sharing the stage with these amazing songwriters!
Steven Santoro, fresh from recording his new R&B album with an unusual rhythm section: the Turtle IslandString Quartet. www.stevensantoro.com
Scarlet Keys is a captivating performer whose warm, insightful interviews of Grammy-winning and Platinum-record-selling songwriters have made her podcast What’s In A Song a must-listen. www.scarletkeys.com
Hosted by Somerville singer/songwriter David Thorne Scott, who will be on hand to perform his jazz- inflected songs and remind you to tip the musicians. www.davidthornescott.com
Songwriters in the Round Wednesday July 19th 7pm-8:30pm Arts at the Armory Café
No cover charge, suggested donation for the performers $10-$20.
International Indigenous Music Summit - International Spotlight: Southern Turtle Island Showcase
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International Spotlight: Southern Turtle Island Showcase
Featuring:
Thea Hopkins
Sihasin www.sihasin.com
Olivia Komahcheet https://www.oliviakomahcheet.com
The International Indigenous Music Summit (IIMS) is the only global event dedicated to creating awareness, sharing resources, and building opportunities for the Indigenous music community.
The International Indigenous Music Summit is the only global event that provides a unique space for Indigenous artists to discuss, exchange, and share and connect with one another, in a culturally sensitive and appropriate space directed at building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships between artists and industry professionals.
Participants and collaborators include creators, event organizers, presenters, key knowledge holders from the arts sector, and cultural connectors from many parts of the world. An elder advisory committee has foundational input on thematic material, organization, and execution. IIMS embeds international buyers as delegates, selecting cultural connectors within regions that represent particular opportunity for Canadian based Indigenous artists.
A virtual concert via Zoom, I will be sharing the evening with Jessie Lloyd!
Jessie Lloyd is a Songkeeper. An Australia Aboriginal singer, social historian and cultural practitioner of Indigenous song and founder of her award-winning Mission Songs Project. As a cultural ambassador, Lloyd takes audiences on a profoundly-moving musical journey into the depths and diversity of Australia’s history, culture and identity. Jessie’s work continues the songlines of Aboriginal Australian, a body of traditional songs that carries the 60,000-year history of the world’s oldest living culture. She engages her audiences through intimate storytelling, moving harmonies and historical insights, using her humour and truth to share the voices of her elders, just as they would around a warm campfire or kitchen table.
Hailing from a musical family, Jessie’s father Joe Geia is a pioneer of Aboriginal protest songs and composed the Aboriginal anthem ‘Yil Lull’. Her grandfather Albie Geia was conductor of the Palm Island Brass Band and leader of the historic 1957 Palm Island Strike. Jessie has dedicated her musical career to maintaining the intergenerational song traditions of Indigenous music, using her unique methodology to continue these songlines into modern music and the arts sector. She is also a mother and partner, and is currently based in Brisbane, Australia. For more info: www.jessielloyd.com
Suggested donation $20 per listener
www.kennyselcer.com www.dianebattistello.com www.rickdrostsongs.com
The Loop is a showcase of singer-songwriters from the Boston area and beyond. It is normally held each month on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Four Performers play 30-minute sets . Formerly held at Arts at the armory in Somerville, the show is now Online until further notice. We encourage performers to present their original music to our listening audience. The monthly shows are run in turn by Linda Marks and Rick Drost, and other volunteers.
"The Loop at the Armory" https://www.facebook.com/groups/605186336292335 “The Loop at the Armory” https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5pvJk8
About Dancing Well: The Soldier Project Dancing Well: The Soldier Project is in its seventh year of providing restorative community dance experiences to veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/or Brain Injuries (BI). Through a dance experience uniquely tailored to the needs of afflicted veterans, and their families, these individuals benefit from the powerful healing, bonding, and socialization offered by traditional music and dance.
I am looking forward to sharing the stage (virtually!) with all of these great performers! This show will be highlighting activism and Music to Life. www.musictolife.org
Reggie Harris, Emma Jayne, Noel Paul Stookey, Thea Hopkins, Charlie Mosbrook, Emma's Revolution , Carla Gover, SaulPaul, Tanaya Winder and Joselyn & Don
The evening will be emceed by Ron Olesko and Liz Stookey Sunde.
You can watch the show at www.greenwichvillagefolkfestival.org, www.facebook.com/gvff2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul-ECho5ToE
Or you can listen on internet radio at folkmusicnotebook.com!
Carpe Diem Arts - Daily Antidote Of Song
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I am looking forward to bringing my music to this virtual event! For more info: www.carpediemarts.org
Carpe Diem Community Sing
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A joyful virtual gathering to sing in community with others! Join us as we celebrate January, Martin Luther King, and more. Our song leaders will include The Amidons, Thea Hopkins, Jim Harkless and Arnae Batson!
We sure hope to see you there!
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84090361231 Facebook Live: facebook.com/carpediemarts2you/live
Virtual and free, donations are welcome! More info at: www.carpediemarts.org
A virtual live event celebrating the release of HOPE RISES II - Music to Life's second compilation album featuring the best grassroots social change musicians in the country. Hosted by Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul & Mary) with special guests (TBA). Please join us!