ZARZUELA! SPANISH OPERA FROM THE BOSTON ARTS CONSORT TO YOU: ARTWEEK BOSTON

ZARZUELA! SPANISH OPERA FROM THE BOSTON ARTS CONSORT TO YOU


Zarzuela! Spain’s unique brand of opera filled with music, dance, comedy and passion is coming to the Democracy Center in Cambridge on Saturday, September 28th. Be part of the production by singing the fiery choruses and clapping to the rhythmic palmas of flamenco, while lovers woo and men duel over their señoritas, and get to know a little-know gem in Harvard Square —the Democracy Center, a non-profit haven that has been proving space for events, classes, the arts, and community collaboration since 2001 with the goal of advancing peace and justice.


The Boston Arts Consort performers include Elizabeth Leehey, clarinet; Eva Lorca, flamenco artist; Donal O’Sullivan, actor; Linda Papatopoli, pianist and director; Roberto Rios, flamenco guitar; Clara Sandler, mezzo-soprano; and Gary Tucker, baritone.



Doors open at 7:00 PM for guided tours of the Democracy Center. At 8:00 the music event begins with lecture by Margarita Campos, Professor of Communications, Barcelona University.


Tours of the Democracy Center are free of charge. Tickets for “Zarzuela” are free to students with ID and $10 general public, and can be purchased at the door.


The Democracy Center is located at 45 Mount Auburn Street, a short walk from the Harvard T Station.

Please call The Boston Arts Consort at 617-666-7973 for more information. 

2012 Free Fun Fridays Schedule

Free Fun Fridays opens the doors to some of Massachusetts’ best cultural institutions at no cost to visitors. This year, a record-breaking 50 venues will participate in Free Fun Fridays, with five cultural institutions in Massachusetts open free-of-charge every Friday for 10 weeks this summer.

To learn more about the Free Fun Fridays and the Highland Street Foundation, visit www.highlandstreet.org or join us at facebook.com/HighlandStreet and on Twitter @HighlandStreet.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

Tanglewood (Lenox)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston)

Peabody Essex Museum (Salem)

Heritage Museums and Gardens (Sandwich)

Museum of African American History (Boston and Nantucket)

FRIDAY, JULY 6

Boston Children’s Museum (Boston)

Stone Zoo (Stoneham)

Cape Cod Museum of Art (Dennis)

Wenham Museum (Wenham)

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown)

FRIDAY, JULY 13

Franklin Park Zoo (Boston)

Children’s Museum at Holyoke (Holyoke)

Danforth Museum of Art (Framingham)

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Lincoln)

Reagle Music Theatre (Waltham)

FRIDAY, JULY 20

Buttonwood Park Zoo (New Bedford)

Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center (Canton)

Hancock Shaker Village (Pittsfield)

Pilgrim Monument (Provincetown)

Higgins Armory Museum (Worcester)

FRIDAY, JULY 27

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Boston)

Children’s Museum in Easton (North Easton)

Springfield Museums (Springfield)

New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston)

New Repertory Theatre (Watertown)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3

Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Boston)

Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge)

Amelia Park Children’s Museum (Westfield)

Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton)

Arnold Arboretum (Jamaica Plain)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10

Battleship Cove (Fall River)

Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield)

Cape Cod Children’s Museum (Mashpee)

Fruitlands Museum (Harvard)

The Sports Museum (Boston)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17

Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston)

Edward Gorey House (Yarmouth Port)

New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford)

Garden in the Woods (Framingham)

Concord Museum (Concord)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24

Boston Harbor Island Alliance (Boston)

USS Constitution Museum (Charlestown)

American Textile Museum (Lowell)

Old Sturbridge Village (Sturbridge)

Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum (Boston)

Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth)

The Discovery Museums (Acton)

MASS MoCA (North Adams)

EcoTarium (Worcester)

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About the Highland Street Foundation:

Since 1989, the Highland Street Foundation has worked to enrich the lives of children and families in Massachusetts by donating more than $130 million to worthy non-profit organizations. From its support of the TADpole playground in Boston Common, to providing tickets to local sporting events to local non-profits, to building capacity and providing technical assistance of hundreds of nonprofit organizations, the foundation is dedicated expanding opportunities families in Massachusetts and beyond.

Free Fun Fridays 2011 Schedule

Free Fun Fridays 2011 Schedule

The Highland Street Foundation will be offering its Free Fun Fridays program again this year. Starting July 1st four different cultural attractions across Massachusetts will provide free admission each Friday throughout the summer. In all 36 diffrent attractions will be open for free this summer! Visit www.highlandstreet.org for more information.

Friday July 1^st

Museum of Fine Arts            

465 Huntington Ave – Boston

Buttonwood Park Zoo

425 Hawthorn Street – New Bedford

Edward Gorey House

8 Strawberry Lane – Yarmouth Port

Heritage Museums & Gardens

67 Grove Street-Sandwich

Friday July 8^th

Plimoth Plantation                

137 Warren Ave – Plymouth 

Worcester Art Museum

55 Salisbury Street – Worcester

Cape Cod Museum of Art

60 Hope Lane – Dennis

New England Historic Genealogical Society

101 Newbury Street – Boston

Friday July 15^th

Museum of Science              

1 Science Park – Boston

Higgins Armory Museum

100 Barber Avenue # 11- Worcester

Discovery Museums                          

177 Main Street – Acton

Garden in the Woods

180 Hemenway Road – Framingham

Friday July 22^rd

Franklin Park Zoo                 

1 Franklin Park Rd – Dorchester

The Sports Museum

TD Garden – 100 Legends Way – Boston

Norman Rockwell Museum

9 Route 183-Stockbridge

Peabody Essex Museum       

161 Essex St – Salem

Friday July 29^th

Boston Children’s Museum

308 Congress St – Boston         

American Textile Museum

491 Dutton Street – Lowell

New Bedford Whaling Museum

18 Johnny Cake Hill – New Bedford

Shakespeare on the Common

Boston Common- Boston

Friday August 5^th

Institute of Contemporary Art 

100 Northern Ave – Boston

Cape Cod Children’s Museum

577 Great Neck Road South – Mashpee

Springfield Museums

21 Edwards Street-Springfield

Concord Museum

53 Cambridge Turnpike – Concord

Friday August 12^th

JFK Presidential Library & Museum

Columbia Point – Boston

Arnold Arboretum

125 Arborway-Jamaica Plain

Tanglewood (BSO)

297 West Street-Lenox

Stone Zoo

149 Pond Street – Stoneham

Friday August 19^th

Boston Harbor Island Alliance 

Free ferry transportation to the Harbor Islands

408 Atlantic Ave – Boston

Children’s Museum in Easton

9 Sullivan Avenue-Easton

USS Constitution Museum

22 Charlestown Navy Yard – Charlestown

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

1000 West Columbus Ave – Springfield

Friday August 26^th

Old Sturbridge Village                                                                                                 

1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd – Sturbridge

New Repertory Theatre

321 Arsenal Street-Watertown

Berkshire Museum

39 South Street – Pittsfield

EcoTarium

222 Harrington Way – Worcester