Booklet welcomes immigrants, new residents The town’s Immigrant Advancement Committee recently created a 30-page welcome booklet for new arrivals to the town, including refugees and immigrants, with information about local government, medical and mental health resources, schools, transportation and more. “We know that whatever your country of origin or your economic status, settling in to… Continue reading News in brief: New welcome booklet, Arts Commission seeks grant applicants
Category: Arts
Art for the birds: Brookline’s turkey sculpture flock arrives
[metaslider id=36445] Five larger-than-life painted fiberglass turkeys are coming to a street corner near you. As part of a federally-funded, town-led project to create more public art, five artists unveiled the four-foot tall turkeys at a “Flock Party” last week, as a mascot in a turkey costume danced around outside the Marriott Courtyard in Coolidge… Continue reading Art for the birds: Brookline’s turkey sculpture flock arrives
Brookline Music School marks 100 years of teaching with performances by 137 students
More than 100 performers filtered in and out of the Brookline Music School’s Kennard House on Sunday, carrying cellos, violins, and printed sheet music. As parents, families and community members looked on, the musicians performed four recitals through the afternoon and evening. The recitals, held in the Bakalar Recital Hall, spanned a wide variety of… Continue reading Brookline Music School marks 100 years of teaching with performances by 137 students
Photos: Sculptures animate Riverway Park in 25th annual Studios Without Walls exhibition
[metaslider id=35301] Sixteen sculptures were installed in Riverway Park last week, for the 25th installment of Studios Without Walls. Hosted by the Brookline Department of Public Works, the sculptures by local artists will be in place all summer until Sept 2. Studios Without Walls started in 1999 at Allandale Farm, and has grown and expanded… Continue reading Photos: Sculptures animate Riverway Park in 25th annual Studios Without Walls exhibition
Decades-old Kennedy family mural painted over without warning
A mural featuring Kennedy family photos and memorabilia that long adorned a wall in the neighborhood where John F. Kennedy was born is now gone. The owner of the building on the corner of Harvard and Thorndike Streets, which contains Anna’s Taqueria, painted over the mural in early May with no warning, to the frustration… Continue reading Decades-old Kennedy family mural painted over without warning
Gateway Arts marks 50 years of empowering artists with disabilities
[metaslider id=34724] Gateway Arts’ celebration of its 50th anniversary is continuing this month with an exhibit that spotlights its younger artists. The Brookline nonprofit organization, which provides art training, studio space and other support to people with disabilities, was founded in 1973 during the years of nationwide deinstitutionalization, when people with mental illnesses or developmental… Continue reading Gateway Arts marks 50 years of empowering artists with disabilities
In new exhibition, Brookline artist Pelle Cass displays ‘chaotic’ time-lapse photography
Pelle Cass’s most well known time-lapse photographs feature frenzied scenes of people playing sports or walking in public. Arms extend in every direction, balls fly around, and people cross in and out of frame. But the 69-year-old artist and Brookline resident would rather not venture out to snap shots – he prefers to be sitting… Continue reading In new exhibition, Brookline artist Pelle Cass displays ‘chaotic’ time-lapse photography
Photos: Lunar New Year celebration at the Brookline Public Library
[metaslider id=31828] On Saturday at the Coolidge Corner Library, a big crowd watched as the Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe put on a spectacular “lion dance” as part of the weeks of Lunar New Year festivities. The holiday, celebrated in China and other Asian countries, celebrates the first new moon of… Continue reading Photos: Lunar New Year celebration at the Brookline Public Library
Hanging in Boston’s City Hall, a Brookline artist’s work makes a statement about sustainability
Walk into Boston City Hall and look up. Suspended above the ground in the cavernous concrete building hangs an art installation, woven from colorful synthetic materials leftover from a convention center trade show. The installation curves in the air, hanging above employees and visitors at City Hall as they sip coffee. It’s the art of… Continue reading Hanging in Boston’s City Hall, a Brookline artist’s work makes a statement about sustainability
Coolidge Corner art gallery closes after cannabis shop abruptly ends agreement
The Brookline Arts Center has been forced to close its gallery in Coolidge Corner, after the cannabis dispensary where it has been located elected not to renew an agreement slated to end on Jan. 31. The BAC, a 60-year-old nonprofit that offers art classes, exhibitions and outreach programs, had partnered with Sanctuary Medicinals to use… Continue reading Coolidge Corner art gallery closes after cannabis shop abruptly ends agreement
Who’s behind the colorful utility boxes popping up around Brookline?
Wondering why 10 utility boxes around town have turned colorful over the past few weeks? It’s part of a town-led effort to make Brookline more photogenic and “visually vibrant” by enlisting artists to brighten up drab parts of public infrastructure. Funded by $225,000 from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the town set out… Continue reading Who’s behind the colorful utility boxes popping up around Brookline?
Bad Intersection tries to make comedy more diverse and more ‘nice’ with Brookline standup shows
In the basement of the Garrison House in Brookline Village, Matt Shore and Tyler Durniak have their backpacks placed on the small stage. The room is lit ambiently, a red neon sign reading “Social Club” behind a microphone stand, laptop and a music synthesizer atop an ironing board. It’s a Sunday night, and doors to… Continue reading Bad Intersection tries to make comedy more diverse and more ‘nice’ with Brookline standup shows
Hub Theatre Company’s unique business model helps make theater accessible to all
In 2012, Lauren Elias — a Brookline resident of 15 years and lifelong theater artist — saw a production in a near-empty theater. She paid $120 for her and a friend to support one of the performers. The cast was “pouring their hearts out,” Elias said, but nobody was there to see it. That night,… Continue reading Hub Theatre Company’s unique business model helps make theater accessible to all
Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter given Coolidge Award
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter was given the prestigious Coolidge Award on Sunday night at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, where she gave remarks tracing her life from growing up in Springfield, MA to an Oscar-winning career in the film industry, going “toe to toe” with Denzel Washington and being mentored by Spike Lee. Established in… Continue reading Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter given Coolidge Award
Rock Voices choir offers to mix things up in Brookline
This story was published in collaboration with Meghan E. Irons’ Reporting in Depth class at Boston University’s College of Communication.
Eric Tarlin sat down at the piano at the Brookline Senior Center recently and asked members of his choir to take out their music folders.
The sound of pages turning was audible throughout the room, as the members opened their folders and cleared their throats. Tarlin counted to three, and the choir belted out “Ooh, the Proud Mary keep on burnin!”
Rock Voices isn’t your typical adult choir.
From bubblegum rock to bluegrass, Porchfest fills Brookline streets with music
This story was published in collaboration with Meghan E. Irons’ Reporting in Depth class at Boston University’s College of Communication. Brookline’s annual Porchfest flooded the town with music around every corner on Saturday as the community joined together to dance in the streets. Porchfest featured over 100 bands from Eliot Street all the way north… Continue reading From bubblegum rock to bluegrass, Porchfest fills Brookline streets with music
News in Brief: Flu clinics, fall recreation programs, new eco-friendly turf and a public art initiative
Health Department holding flu vaccination clinics The Brookline Department of Public Health and Human Services is holding several flu vaccination clinics over the coming weeks. The first clinic will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester St. This clinic will exclusively administer high-dose… Continue reading News in Brief: Flu clinics, fall recreation programs, new eco-friendly turf and a public art initiative
Photos: Rocking out at the Brookline Golf Course
[metaslider id=18089] On Wednesday, the town of Brookline’s recreation department put on a concert at the Brookline Golf Course. This year was the inaugural Sunset Concert, which the town hopes will become an annual tradition in South Brookline. The golf course welcomed families and neighbors to watch three musical acts grace a professional stage in… Continue reading Photos: Rocking out at the Brookline Golf Course
Planned murals would brighten blank walls at Ridley and Baker schools
The wall outside the entrance to the Florida Ruffin Ridley School in Coolidge Corner is a blank expanse of brick. A planned mural would transform that canvas into a celebration of the life of the suffragette, civil rights activist, teacher and journalist for who the school was renamed in 2021. Across town, in South Brookline,… Continue reading Planned murals would brighten blank walls at Ridley and Baker schools
Brookline.News joins Brookline Booksmith to co-sponsor event on Wednesday July 12
Brookline.News is excited to be co-sponsoring a free book event with Brookline Booksmith on July 12 at 7 p.m. as local author Andrew Ridker celebrates the release of his book Hope. In this novel that takes place in Brookline, scandal shatters a prominent family. What begins with falsified blood samples balloons into dramatic changes to… Continue reading Brookline.News joins Brookline Booksmith to co-sponsor event on Wednesday July 12