Arts & Engagement
Fall 2024 Community & Cultural Events
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Community•Culture•Music•Theater/Dance•Exhibitions
BSU Senior College
Lifelong Learning for Curious Adults
Bridgewater State University’s Senior College offers intellectually stimulating courses for mature learners (50-plus). Six week courses are led by BSU emeritus faculty, full and part-time faculty and other distinguished educators in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.
Details available at bridgew.edu/ccs/seniorcollege
community
DEC
Bridgewater Community Dance Series
facebook.com/bridgewatercommunitydance
Fridays 7 - 9 pm
Bridgewater Senior Center 10 Wally Krueger Way Bridgewater, MA
$8 per dance, or $48 for the entire series of eight dances. (A portion of the proceeds are donated to the Bridgewater Council on Aging.)
| September | 6 AND 20 |
| October | 4 AND 18 |
| November | 1 AND 15 |
| December | 6 AND 20 |
Enjoying our thirteenth season! Join us for Circle Dances and Mixers, International Folk Dance, and New England Squares and Contras. Beginners and singles welcome, appropriate for ages 10 and up, gender neutral language. Led by Sam Baumgarten, a professor emeritus at Bridgewater State University with over 40 years of teaching experience.
culture
Irish Cultural Heritage Day: Modernism in Irish Women’s Contemporary Writing, The Stubborn Mode
Heritage Room, Maxwell Library, 10 Shaw Road, Bridgewater MA
5 pm
Presented by Dr. Paige Reynolds of Holy Cross This lecture will explore and explain the surprising traction of the modernist mode in contemporary writing by Irish women. Why have certain formal tactics, familiar themes, and famous authors associated with the high modernism of the early twentieth-century traveled so readily into the novels of Edna O'Brien, Anne Enright, Sally Rooney, and Louise O'Neill, among others? The talk will focus in particular on how these women employ the legacies of James Joyce to represent contemporary life: Joyce's work has influenced not only the form and content of recent Irish women's fiction, but also played an important role in its global marketing.
Event free and open to the public. Food and drinks will be available.
music
BSU Ensembles & Recitals
Free and open to the public.
Middle School Honor Band Festival
Rondileau Student Union Auditorium, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
7:15 pm
Area Recital - 300/400
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Area Recital - Voice/Percussion
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
Rondileau Student Union, Room 017E, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Student Recital: Brittney Ritchens - Voice
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
7 pm
Social Justice Choir Festival
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
4 pm
Wind Ensemble Concert
Rondileau Student Union Auditorium, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Area Recital - WW/Brass/String/Guitar/Piano
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
Rondileau Student Union, Room 017E, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Faculty Saxophone Recital - Jon Amon
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
7 pm
100 Level Recital
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Student Recital: Sofie Lopes - Voice
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
7 pm
Voice Studio Recital - Holland
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Voice Studio Recital - Craig
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Student Recital: Daniel Rice - Voice
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Pop Vocal Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Jazz Combo Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
2 pm
Flute Choir Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
11 am
Jazz Band Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Voice Studio Recital - Bizinkauskas
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
African Drumming Ensemble
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Department Recital
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Chorale Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
7 pm
Student Recital - Alden Daniel
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Department Recital
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Department Recital
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
3 pm
Student Recital - Angelena Casper
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Opera Ensemble Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Holiday Extravaganza
Rondileau Student Union Auditorium, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
7 pm
Plymouth Philharmonic
The Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, a professional orchestral ensemble located within the Plymouth Bay Cultural District, presents a wide range of live music and educational programs to people of all ages and backgrounds on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
More details and tickets are available on plymouthphil.org
Opening Night
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
7:30 pm
Nothing travels better than music. So, pack your bags. We’re heading to Cuba for catchy melodies, infectious rhythms, and, of course, that signature conga kick. And, we’ll leave it all on the left Bank, where Gershwin jazzes up the with the music that inspired the movie, An American in Paris. Then, we’ll tone it all down with Piazzolla’s hauntingly beautiful tango, from Argentina’s soul.
Legends & Legacies
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
7:30 pm
Joaquin Rodrigo, Spain’s leading composer, wrote a concerto for Andres Segovia, the country’s virtuoso guitarist. Years later, Segovia became Eliot Fisk’s teacher and champion, calling him “one of the most brilliant, intelligent, and gifted young musical artists of our times.”
Sense & Sensibility
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
7 pm
The Phil is honored to participate in America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration. The weekend of festivities has become a beloved holiday occasion as well as an important link to our nation’s history and heritage.
Hometown Holiday
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
December 14 at 3 pm & 7:30 pm, December 15 at 3 pm
All aboard! Our holiday train is heading due north for a special tribute to the Polar Express. Includes special guest vocalist Roselin Osser, along with a guaranteed Santa sighting, our March of the Toys charity drive, and all the music that makes you cheer this time of year.
The Brockton Symphony Orchestra (BrSO)
For nearly 100 years, the Brockton Symphony Orchestra has provided live, professional-level symphonic concerts to the greater Brockton community, taught and inspired children, and encouraged participation of local musicians and students.
The schedule is subject to change. Please check the BrSO website at brocktonsymphony.org for updates and ticket information.
New Beginnings
Christ Congregational Church, 1350 Pleasant Street, Brockton, MA
3 pm
Don't miss John Masko's premiere concert as BrSO Music Director! Our 2023-2024 opener features lively works by cherished composers Verdi, Beethoven, and Dvořák and dynamic soloist, pianist Ji Youn Lee.
A Brockton Christmas
Brockton High School, 470 Forest Avenue, Brockton, MA 02301
3 pm
Celebrate the holidays together with your family and friends. John Masko has chosen your festive seasonal favorites, and much more, with our special guest, the Brockton High School Concert Choir, with director Matthew Cunningham.
An Afternoon of Chamber Music
Christ Congregational Church, 1350 Pleasant Street, Brockton, MA
3 pm
Our annual chamber music concert will celebrate the intimate and dynamic spaces of music created by smaller ensembles.
theater/dance
The Crucible
First Parish Players
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 50 School Street Bridgewater, MA 02324
November 8 - 10
A play set in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. A small group of girls 'cry out' against other people in the town, accusing them of witchcraft, in an attempt to cover up their own dabblings in the occult. Led by Abigail Williams, the girls' accusations cause a court to be formed to investigate the alleged crimes.
20$ per person
exhibitions
The Wallace L. Anderson Gallery
All exhibitions free and open to the public. Learn more at bsuarts.com
OCT
Clara Nartey
August 19, 2024 - October 21, 2024
Maxwell Library, Second Floor, 10 Shaw Road, Bridgewater MA
Clara is a self-taught artist, inspired by their African heritage which uses fabrics to tell stories and memorialize events; They weave together stories that link people of African descent across its diasporas.
JAN
Coral Bourgeois
August 19, 2024 - January 6, 2025
Maxwell Library, Third Floor, 10 Shaw Road, Bridgewater MA
Coral Bourgeois takes the artist’s unique process of images, paint, epoxy resin and applies it to tile. With a bigger, more forgiving surface lending itself to murals, Coral Bourgeois brings the artist back to their art origins and gives them an entirely new audience: architects and interior designers.
FEB
Sergei Isupov
November 3, 2024 - February 18, 2025
Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, 40 School Street, Bridgewater, MA
Isupov is a master of nonlinear narration. Combined with his unmatched, masterful skills as both painter and sculptor, the resulting works draw from the past and reflect on the present. Semi-autobiographical, Isupov’s intimate narratives interweave poignant representations of men and women, parents and children, shown alongside one another, their pets pointing to the naive sense of security we hold in our daily lives. These works explore individual, interior landscapes and the continually expanding dualities of the self within complex psychological relationships.