ArtsFalmouth’s Arts Alive Festival Celebrates the Arts with Music, Dance, Drama, Children’s Activities, Special Events, and More Arts Alive, Falmouth’s vibrant three-day celebration of the performing, visual, and literary arts, takes place Friday, June 21, through Sunday, June 23, on the Falmouth Library Lawn, Shore Street Extension, and Peg Noonan Park. All events are free. … Continue reading
The Woods Hole Traditional Music Stroll, now in its sixth year, takes place Saturday, April 27 from noon to 10 PM. Sixteen musical groups will fill the village with lively Native American, Celtic, old-time, folk, roots, and early music at various locations: the Woods Hole Historic Museum, Woods Hole Public Library, Woods Hole Community Center, … Continue reading
Falmouth Art Market Features Music by The Familiars of Cape Cod, Cape Cod-inspired Jewelry on Thursday, August 9 The Falmouth Art Market will feature music by The Familiars of Cape Cod from 2 to 4 PM on Thursday, August 9, along with an array of paintings, jewelry, pottery, weavings, crocheted items, and more by 28 … Continue reading
Arts Alive offers an amazing array of talented performers, from aspiring students of all ages to accomplished professional performers. You’ll find music of all genres: jazz, rock’n’roll, blues, bluegrass, Americana, folk, country, Celtic, classical, old-time fiddle, New Age, alternative rock, light opera, choral, a cappella, singer/songwriter, and more. There will be classical and contemporary ballet, … Continue reading
ArtsFalmouth celebrates traditional music and local musicians and dancers with the fourth annual Woods Hole Trad-Stroll on Saturday, May 6, from 1:30 PM to 11 PM. Performances of Celtic, old-time, Renaissance, Cajun, and contemporary folk music are free; there is a charge for the Contra Dance in the evening. The Trad-Stroll takes place rain … Continue reading
Above: “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” and below: Chris Cooper in “Coming through the Rye.” The Woods Hole Film Festival kicks off its 25th annual festival at Redfield Auditorium on Saturday, July 30. The WHFF runs for eight days and supports emerging independent filmmakers; it is the oldest film festival on Cape Cod … Continue reading
August 22, 2009 I didn’t attend Woodstock. I recall giving it some thought at the time, but figured it was too far to drive from where I was living in Washington DC. I did, however, attend the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music the following year (1970), a little farther from home, but I … Continue reading
July 22, 2008 Just back from the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, New York (just north of the Catskill Mountains). It was hot, it was rainy, it was crowded, and there was a lot of hiking up and down the hill to the stage area, but there was lots of music and fun, … Continue reading
June 3, 2008 I‘m heading off-Cape this weekend to go to the Bluegrass on the Bogs festival about 30 miles away in South Carver. There will be a lot of local and regional bluegrass bands playing over the 2-day event: No Spare Parts, Lisa Bastoni and Chris Boucher, Bluegrass Invitation Review, Bradford Bog People, Crossfire, … Continue reading
Notes on The Arts 