Arts / Culture

Milton Music Series Continues with Classy Songstress Jennifer Kimball

by Jeffrey Stoodt

Screen Shot 2014-11-21 at 7.07.35 AMThe Milton Music Series has been an unmitigated success. It has brought many new visitors into the Milton Art Center and added zest to the nascent nightlife in East Milton Square. You’ve got one last chance to see and hear what all the excitement’s about before a short winter break is taken.

Photo for the day 10.15.14

Jimmy Coyne sent in this photo of Turners Pond on a recent fall morning. One more reminder of how lucky we are to have Turners, Pope’s Pond, Cunningham Park, Milton Cemetery not to mention the Blue Hills. Mr. Coyne took this shot at 7:00am with his Nikon J2. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.

photo by Jimmy Coyne

photo by Jimmy Coyne

Java Jive performs on the Green at Fuller Village

Celebrate summer with a live concert sponsored by generous donations from The Bank of Canton and Partners Healthcare at Home. The season continues on July 17th with Java Jive, a 3 piece band with exceptional vocals, three keyboards, two guitars, two trumpets and trombone.

Teen Pastel Painting Workshop with Gregory Maichack

On Wednesday, June 25 from 6 to 8pm, try your hand at Van Gogh’s Starry Night! This pastel painting workshop is designed for teens, both sheer beginners to advanced participants who want to paint expressively. The Milton Library welcomes back Gregory Maichack, a faculty member of the Springfield Museum Studio School, who will explain exciting Post Impressionist concepts and then start you off by sharing a fearless approach to drawing.

Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Best Selling Author

Courtney SullivanOn Wednesday, June 18th at 7 PM, Courtney Sullivan, the New York Times best-selling author of Commencement and Maine will share her new novel, The Engagements, a gorgeous, sprawling novel about marriage—about those who marry in a white heat of passion, those who marry for partnership and comfort, and those who live together, love each other, and have absolutely no intention of ruining it all with a wedding.

YA author Julie Berry to visit the MPL

Young adult author Julie Berry will visit Milton Public Library on Monday, April 7 to discuss storytelling and her YA debut, All the Truth That’s In Me, just released this September by Viking. Julie will lead a discussion then read from her new novel All the Truth That’s In Me at 6 p.m. in the Keys Community Room at the library.

Planning your Vegetable Garden, a workshop at the MPL

The secret to a great vegetable garden is in the planning, and according to gardening expert Betty Sanders, it’s never too early to start the planning process.  Betty will share her gardening tips at a workshop called Tips for a Better Vegetable Garden,

Fontbonne to stage “Little Shop of Horrors”

The Good Fountain Players of Fontbonne Academy will present the musical Little Shop of Horrors on Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 9 at 4 p.m.; Friday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m.

The musical will be held in the Fontbonne Academy Auditorium. Tickets are $10 per person. All are welcome to attend. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The
Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well known tunes, including the title song, “Skid Row (Downtown)”, “Somewhere That’s Green”, and “Suddenly, Seymour”.

The Good Fountain Players is the Fontbonne Academy drama club which was established in 1980. Known for its annual fall and spring productions, its name is derived from the translation of the French words font bonne, or “good fountain.”

Teen Creative Writing Workshop with Kathryn Burak

On Monday, March 10 at 7 p.m., the Milton Public Library will host a creative writing workshop led by Kathryn Burak for local teens. Ms. Burak is a Milton resident, a teacher at Boston University, the poetry editor at YARN (yareview.net), and the author of the Edgar Award-nominated young adult novel, Emily’s Dress and Other Missing Things.