Arts roundup—free tours at the Davis; Art Wellesley makers night; Acastock coming soon; a few Beyond Wellesley offerings
Free art tour at Davis Museum, Wellesley College
EVENT: Drop-in public tour at the Davis Museum
DATE/TIME: Saturday, February 14, 2pm
LOCATION: Davis Museum at Wellesley College
PARKING: at the Davis Parking Facility, 106 Central St, Wellesley
COST: Free
DESCRIPTION: Drop-in public tour: “The Immortal Magu: A Sixteenth-Century Painting Up Close.” Thematic tour designed by Wellesley students from a range of academic majors.
Colossal Collage community event with Art Wellesley
DATE: DESCRIPTION: During Art Wellesley’s community maker night, participants will use found papers to cut, glue, and assemble a botanical-themed collage. Art Wellesley will provide all material. Participants are welcome to bring additional collage materials.. When it comes to this project, think big. As in colossally big. No art experience required. The completed Colossal Collage will be hung at the Wellesley Free Library through June.
WHS Performing Arts: Acastock Concert
DATE/TIME: Fri Mar 6, 7pm–9pm
LOCATION: Katherine L. Babson, Jr. Auditorium, Wellesley High School, 50 Rice St.
DESCRIPTION: This always-popular annual a cappella show is presented by Wellesley High School Performing Arts. Special guest stars contribute to the talent overload the WHS students already bring. Led by WHS director of choral music, Dr. Kevin McDonald.
Beyond Wellesley events:
EVENT: Theater performance, “Penelope”
DATES: Feb. 11 – March 1
LOCATION: Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon St., Boston
TICKETS here
DESCRIPTION: A musical. His Odyssey. Her Story. The story you thought you knew, told by the woman who lived it. Based on Homer’s Odyssey. A generous glass of bourbon, a five-piece band, and ninety minutes is all Penelope needs to tell her side of the story as she embraces her heartache, loneliness, and resolve during the wait for her husband Odysseus to return from a seemingly endless war. Her son has disappeared. Relentless suitors prance before her. Days drone on as she is left to wonder who she is if she is alone. From jazz to folk to indie rock, Penelope dishes the dirt in a captivating cacophony of emotions that redefines what we might know of her through a modern lens. Directed by Courtney O’Connor.
EVENT: King Tut exhibit
DATES: opens Feb. 13
LOCATION: The Saunders Castle at Park Plaza, 130 Columbus Avenue, Boston, 02116
TICKETS here
ALL AGES, Children 3 and under enter for free.
DESCRIPTION: An unforgettable adventure into the tomb of Tutahkkham. Walk through ancient chambers and uncover the secrets of Egypt’s most iconic pharaoh, from breathtaking golden artifacts to a state-of-the-art VR journey into the pharaoh’s tomb. If your kids aren’t obsessed with King Tut already, there will be after this experience.
EVENT: Theater performance, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
DATES: Feb. 27 – Mar. 22
LOCATION: Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow St., Concord, MA
TICKETS: here
DESCRIPTION: Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird opens in a sleepy Alabama town in the midst of the Great Depression, where Scout and her brother, Jem, live with their widowed father, lawyer Atticus Finch. While the children act out stories and muse about their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley, the facade of their seemingly peaceful town begins to crack when a young Black man is accused of a terrible crime. Based on the book by Harper Lee. Directed by Scott Edmiston