Arts round-up: Amazing Acastock concert is coming; Global film at Babson; Paintings by Dr. Savage; Society of Artists event; Latest from Wellesley Repertory Theatre; Call for creatives
Wellesley is fortunate to have a lively arts scene, with various opportunities to engage with or make art at any given time. Check out a concert, theater performance, or film this month. Here are just a few events happening soon, here and beyond Wellesley.
WHS Performing Arts: Acastock Concert
DATE/TIME: Fri Mar 6, 7pm-9pm
LOCATION: Katherine L. Babson, Jr. Auditorium, Wellesley High School, 50 Rice St.
TICKETS here
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.
Babson Global Film Series
EVENT: film screening of Bad River, written and directed by Mary Mazzio
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, March 10, 7:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Carling-Sorenson Theater, Babson College
COST: Free and open to the public. Registration encouraged. Walk-ins welcome.
DESCRIPTION: Narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; and produced by Grant Hill and Allison Abner, Bad River is a new documentary chronicling the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band’s fight for sovereignty.
Council on Aging, art exhibit
DATE/TIME: March – May, during Tolles Parsons Center hours
LOCATION: Tolles Parsons Center, 500 Washington St., Wellesley
DESCRIPTION: Featured artist Dr. Robert Savage is a Wellesley resident who retired in 2016 after a roughly 35-year career in plastic and reconstructive surgery (and teaching and writing). At first he was all about art collecting and art history, but it wasn’t long before Dr. Savage started putting paint to canvas. The self-taught artist concentrates on iconic scenes of New England, especially the Cape and Islands. See our interview with Dr. Savage here.
Wellesley Society of Artists “Inspired By” awards reception and “Who’s Your Muse” panel
DATE/TIME: March 22, 1:30pm
LOCATION: Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St.
COST: Free and open to the public.
DESCRIPTION: The awards announcement will be followed by a panel discussion, “Who’s Your Muse?” with WSA members who will discuss how their artwork was inspired by a particular artist’s style or genre. Light refreshments and a chance to chat with local artists Free and open to the public.
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
Wellesley Repertory Theatre to present in-process presentations of Lifted
Wellesley Repertory Theatre will offer in-process presentations of the 7th play of Mfoniso Udofia’s Ufot Family Cycle, Lifted, at several Boston-area spaces in March 2026. These ‘text-in-hand’ presentations inform Udofia’s ongoing writing of this work-in-process.
March 10, 12, 14: Footlight Club
7A Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
March 24-28: Maso Studio, Huntington Theatre
264 Huntington Avenue, Boston
March 29: Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium, Wellesley College
Tickets can be ordered online.
Natick puts out calls for art
WANTED: Natick Center Cultural District and Public Art Natick are calling for artists to create two-sided banners to adorn 40 street poles throughout Natick Center.
ELIGIBILITY: Any resident of Massachusetts that can accept and cash a check may submit a proposal, but preference will be given to current or former Natick, MA residents. Please review all the particulars here.
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: March 15
STIPEND: $1,000
WANTED: Natick Center Cultural District and Public Art Natick are calling for art for a Natick Center gift card.
STIPEND: $100
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: March 15
More information here.