Arts & Engagement
Spring 2023 Community & Cultural Events
Categories
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
JUNE
Bridgewater Community Dance Series
facebook.com/bridgewatercommunitydance
Fridays 7 - 9 pm
Bridgewater Senior Center 10 Wally Krueger Way Bridgewater, MA
$8 per dance, or $72 for the entire series of twelve dances. (A portion of the proceeds are donated to the Bridgewater Council on Aging.)
| January | 6 AND 20 |
| February | 3 AND 17 |
| March | 3 AND 17 |
| April | 7 AND 21 |
| May | 5 AND 19 |
| June | 2 AND 16 |
Enjoying our twelfth 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.
Depending on Covid conditions, masks may be required.
Get Out in Nature Community Scavenger Hunt
Monthly through May
Various outdoor trails throughout southern Massachusetts
Teams of families and community members will “Get Out in Nature” and compete for monthly prizes by fulfilling missions in outdoor areas located throughout Southeastern Massachusetts using a fun, interactive app called Goosechase. Teams can join at any time throughout the year. We will end the adventure with a celebration on the campus of BSU.
For more information, or to participate, please see the Scavenger Hunt Registration Form
culture
Taking Action for Social Justice: A Conversation with Feminista Jones
Virtual Event/Zoom
4:00 pm
Social justice can start with you! Feminista Jones joins MRISJ as we explore how you can take action to create change. We’ll be discussing the ways activists leverage social media to organize movements, how Black women lead change in culture and society by building digital communities, and how intersectional feminism helps ensure everyone has a seat at the table.
Author of the critically acclaimed "Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World From the Tweets to the Streets", Jones is a writer, public speaker, community activist, social worker, and podcaster. Her work centers around gender equity, queer identity, racial/cultural identity, intersectionality, mental health, and social work.
This event is part of our 2023 MLK programming celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The MRISJ thanks Santander Bank for its generous support of the Civic Speaker Series.
More details and registration available at Zoom.
music
BSU Alumni Chamber Choir Spring Concert
Central Square Congregational Church, Bridgewater, MA 02324
7 pm
$15.00 General Admission; $10.00 Seniors & Students; children under 10 free
BSU Ensembles
Free and open to the public.
Student Recital - Sarah Fernandes
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Student Recital-Katie Donahue
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
7 pm
Student Recital-Gustavo Cruz
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Wind Ensemble Concert
Rondileau Student Union Auditorium, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Student Recital–Daniel Alves
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
7 pm
Jazz Band Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Chorale Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
7 pm
Opera Ensemble Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
9:05 pm
Khakatay–African Drumming
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA
8 pm
Pop Vocal Ensemble Concert
Boyden Hall, Horace Mann Auditorium, 131 Summer Street, 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
Shaken, Not Stirred: Music of James Bond
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
Jan. 28 at 7:30 pm, Jan. 29 at 3 pm
James Bond. He’s dashing, daring, and deadly. Just like his soundtrack: tuned up like an Aston Martin, killer brass and an explosion of strings. From Skyfall to Thunderball, we’ll bring it all.
The Winning Score: Sports in Music
Memorial Hall, 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA
3 pm, Instrumental Demo at 2 pm
Wait—it’s a curveball! A music and sports mashup! Great music, a few giggles, and some Olympic gold—now that’s something Phil and music fans can really cheer about!
An Evening with Eileen Ivers: Benefit Concert for the Phil
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
7 pm
Eileen Ivers, the Grammy-awarded, Emmy-nominated, nine-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion and former Riverdance star is making her Phil debut.
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
7 pm
Composer Jennifer Higdon weaves the most beautiful melodies from her full-length, award-winning 2016 opera, Cold Mountain, into a 17-minute symphonic suite for the concert hall. Adolphus Hailstork gives the much-loved hymn, Amazing Grace, a new home in contemporary American repertoire in his feel-good fanfare, and Tchaikovsky brings a lifetime of emotions and experience to his deeply personal Symphony No. 6.
Time for Three: Benefit Concert for the Phil
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
7 pm
Time for Three (TF3) stands at the very busy intersection of Americana, modern pop, and classical music. That’s not the place you’d expect to find three classically trained string musicians, but it’s a good place to push boundaries and defy convention. Yes, it’s definitely time to have this wildly talented trio premiere here… from Carnegie Hall to Memorial Hall.
Come Together: Music of the Beatles
Plymouth Memorial Hall 83 Court Street Plymouth, MA
May 20 at 7:30 pm, May 21 at 3 pm
This isn’t any road. It’s Abbey Road, where the Beatles produced their record-breaking and memory-making albums, like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road, the band’s last studio collaboration before parting ways. These tunes never get old. In fact, they’re Getting Better all the time.
The Brockton Symphony Orchestra (BrSO)
Our 2022-2023 season celebrates the instrumental voices of the Brockton Symphony as we warmly welcome exciting guest conductors and artists into our community.
The schedule is subject to change. Please check the BrSO website at brocktonsymphony.org for updates and ticket information.
Close Connections
Christ Congregational Church, 1350 Pleasant Street, Brockton, MA
3 pm
Our annual chamber music concert will celebrate intimate and dynamic spaces created by music with smaller groups.
Nocturnal Landscapes
Christ Congregational Church, 1350 Pleasant Street, Brockton, MA
3 pm
The Symphony showcases Shalun Li in Rachmaninov's dramatic Piano Concerto No. 2 in this celebration of the mystical and nocturnal in music. The concert features a premiere performance of Robert Ruohola's Orion, paired with Somerville native Alan Hovhaness' Mysterious Mountain symphony - a showcase in orchestral color, lush string writing, and heroic brass.
Town and Country
Christ Congregational Church, 1350 Pleasant Street, Brockton, MA
3 pm
Witness classical music's power to depict the boisterousness of the city and the romance of pastoral life in Town and Country, with Bernstein's On the Town and Brahms Symphony No. 2. This concert will also feature our 2022 Youth Competition winner, Caleb Graupera, performing the delightful cello showpiece, Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme.
theater/dance
Janie Wants a Dog and Matt & Ben
Student Repertory Theater
Rondileau Student Union Auditorium, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
February 22 - 26
Janie Wants a Dog: "You're invited to Janie's sleepover party! I know we're all a little uncomfortable after what happened but PLEASE be nice to Janie and don't tell her your parents forced you to come. Don't say anything that will 'trigger' her or whatever. Her Moms just really want her to have a nice, normal time with her friends, okay? So bring your cutest PJs, leave your stuffed animals at home, AND your bras-let's be honest, you don't have anything to put in a training bra anyway, Sierra. RSVP to let Janie's Moms know you're coming! And remember! PRETEND LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL!"
Matt & Ben depicts its Hollywood golden boys – before J-Lo, before Gwyneth, before Project Greenlight, before Oscar… before anyone actually gave a damn. When the screenplay for Good Will Hunting drops mysteriously from the heavens, the boys realize they’re being tested by a Higher Power.
Tickets available at BSUtix.com.
APRIL
Dance Kaleidoscope 2023
Rondileau Student Union Auditorium, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
March 30 - April 1
Advanced student choreographers stage pieces celebrating art, life, and the body! This dance concert promises to close out our semester with a brilliant display of compelling solos, intricate small groups, and powerful ensembles moving across the stage in a spectacular celebration of art and life.
Tickets available at BSUtix.com.
Heathers the Musical
Rondileau Student Union Auditorium, 19 Park Avenue, Bridgewater, MA
| APRIL | 21 - 23 AND 27 - 29 |
Wickedly funny and with dazzling book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Heathers the Musical is based on the 1988 cult hit! Welcome to Westerberg High where Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day. But when she joins the beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers and her dreams of popularity may finally come true, mysterious teen rebel JD teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it is murder being a somebody…
Tickets available at BSUtix.com.
exhibitions
FEB
The Ground We Stand On
Lavett Ballard
Ending February 10, 2023
Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, 40 School Street, Bridgewater, MA
In this exhibition, Lavett Ballard creates a visual lexicon of African American, female, self-identity through her extensive photographic catalog of female images that cover the African diaspora over different geographic areas and historical periods.
Learn more about this exhibit at bsuarts.com/BallardL
Free and open to the public.