2013 SUMMER GETAWAY
Art New England’s
Unique Arts Events and Destinations Throughout the Region
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Outside the Box
Magic Pond
A Taste for Art Auction 2013
Boston, MA July 13–20 outsidetheboxboston.org This revolutionary event promises to unite neighborhoods, citizens, and artistic communities through the city. For nine days, this first annual performing arts festival will turn public spaces like the Boston Common and City Hall Plaza into performance spaces with over 200 events showcasing the best of Boston and Massachusetts. From theater to dance, the symphony to independent bands, classic to cutting-edge–whatever your preference, Outside The Box will intrigue you and introduce you to new talent. Every event is completely free!
Blaine, ME (215) 287-4174 magicpondmaine.com Maine's away-from-it-all retreat for artists and spiritual seekers in the primordial northern wilderness where the unspoiled Earth and a Grandmother Spring birth mysterious inspiration and profound transformations. More than a vacation, it’s a journey. Open year round.
North Shore Arts Association 11 Pirates Ln., Gloucester, MA (978) 283-1857 Explore. Acquire. Support. North Shore Art Association’s Art Auction takes place Saturday, August 17, with a preview the week of August 11–16. Artwork is donated by NSAA artist members. Both Live and Silent Auction lots will be presented and exhibited together in the upper gallery. For tickets and registration visit nsarts.org.
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Opera Saratoga
Gloucester Waterfront Festival
19 Roosevelt Drive, Suite 215 Saratoga Springs, NY (518) 584-6018 operasaratoga.org June 23–July 7 Singers, instrumentalists, conductors and directors come from all over the world to perform in the intimate Spa Little Theater with Opera Saratoga (formerly Lake George Opera) each summer. This year, the company's 52nd annual festival features the tragic Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti and the comical H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan.
Stage Fort Park, Hough Avenue, Gloucester, MA August 17 & 18 9 a.m.–6 p.m. daily Over 175 juried artists and craftsmen from around the U.S. come together to bring Gloucester one of a kind wares, arts and crafts, unique foods, live music, and family style entertainment to please both young and old alike. Festivalgoers will get a chance to wake up to a pancake breakfast, view antique cars, and sit down to a New England lobster bake, all while taking in the picturesque seaport of Gloucester. Free admission, rain or shine.
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WaterFire From Waterplace Park to Memorial South Main Street Park, Providence, RI (401) 273-1155 waterfire.org May 25–November 9; dusk WaterFire features over eighty sparkling bonfires along the rivers of downtown Providence, enveloping the city in a warm, illuminating glow. Each night the bonfires are lit, Providence comes alive with flickering firelight, the scent of wood smoke, and a medley of enchanting music to invigorate the senses and engage the community.
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The Ultimate stowe indulgence • Stowe’s premier luxury resort featuring luxurious accommodations • Vermont’s most award-winning spa with over 150 treatments • Charlie B’s Pub & Restaurant with festive, fun atmosphere, Vermont farm fresh food, 50 wines by the glass, and 10 beers on tap
On the Mountain Rd., Stowe 800-253-2232 802-253-7355 www.stoweflake.com
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Bastille Day Boston
Tannery Pond Concerts
Marlborough Street (between Berkeley & Clarendon), Boston, MA (617) 912-0400 frenchculturalcenter.org Friday July 12, 6–11 p.m. The French Cultural Center’s Thirty-Eighth Bastille Day will be a party in true French style with live music and dancing in celebration of community, cultural diversity, and friendship between nations. Bastille Day is France’s national holiday commemorating the storming of the Bastille prison and calls for a grand celebration for the people’s uprising against the monarch. This year’s line-up, programmed by World Music/CRASHarts, Inc., features Atlas Soul–a blend of “spicy hot Afro-Mediterranean grooves with a generous dose of jazz”–and Madame Moustache, a county-rock band hailing from Quebec. Delicious French food and drinks, including beer and wine, will be available for sale. Advance tickets: $25. Day of: $30 (subject to availability).
New Lebanon, NH (888) 820-9441 tannerypondconcerts.org Tannery Pond Concerts presents seven summer chamber music concerts in a beautiful wooden Tannery at Darrow School in New Lebanon, NY. July 27th: Miró Quartet. August 17th: Vassily Primakov & Natalia Lavrova, piano. September 7th: Duo Parnas Piano Trio. September 27th: Brentano Quartet.
White Mountain Art & Artisan Festival Jackson Village Park, NH (603) 383-9356 jacksonnh.com Saturday August 17–18, 10 a.m. White Mountain Art & Artisan Festival is one of the Northeast's premier events for artists and artisans. The 2013 juried exposition features works by more than 40 artists presenting sculpture, glass and wood arts, ceramics, fiber arts, fine arts and jewelry for sale at all price points. There will be live musical performances throughout the weekend. Details at jacksonnh.com.
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Exposed: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Stowe Downtown & Rec. Path, Stowe, VT (802) 253-8358 helenday.com July 13–October 15 Exposed, the Helen Day Art Center’s annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, hosts sculptures, site-specific installations, and participatory work from national and international artists. All summer long, visitors discover unique expressions of art around downtown Stowe and along the Recreation Path. This exhibition is accompanied by a series of Thursday night events by video artists, writers, performers, and musicians.
The 22nd Annual Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz Bushnell Park, Downtown Hartford Hartford, CT hartfordjazz.com July 19–21 The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz aims to expose and educate its ever-growing audience by presenting more than 25 hours of music performed by internationally acclaimed artists. Free admission.
SITI Company and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: A Rite Bard Summerscape, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 758-7900 siti.org July 6, 8 p.m. and July 7, 3 p.m. Coinciding with the centenary of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, director Anne Bogart and choreographer Bill T. Jones present A Rite. This dance-theater piece examines the revolutionary score through the lens of our present cultural moment, incorporating the writings of physicist Brian Greene, musicologist Severine Neff, and Jonah Lehrer’s bestselling book Proust was a Neuroscientist. A Rite utilizes the social-historical context of the score as a point of departure, reflecting on the human condition.
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The 80th Annual Craftsmen Fair Mount Sunapee Resort, Newbury, NH nhcrafts.org August 3–11 10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily, rain or shine The Annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s Fair is a nine day event showcasing the work of more than 350 craftspeople. On view (and for sale) is an incredible array of one-of-a-kind craft items that are functional, decorative, and built to last. Enjoy shopping, demonstrations, workshops for adults and kids, a sculpture garden, tours, lectures, and musical performances. Ticket info available on website.
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Rocky Neck Art Colony
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Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA (978) 282-0917 rockyneckartcolony.org For more than 150 years, Rocky Neck has attracted some of the nation’s most illustrious artists and writers, including John Sloan, Fitz Henry Lane, Frank Duveneck and Louisa May Alcott. This enclave of galleries, studios, restaurants, and lodging with waterfront views is America’s oldest art colony. Visitors to the Rocky Neck Gallery will enjoy the 2013 Summer Artist Series, a season of seven juried exhibitions.
Mount Desert, ME (207) 244-4466 ecoseatile.com Green handmade gifts and home accents made from recycled materials. They use shells from lobster, mussel, oyster, scallop, clam, and abalone and scrap metal to create a stunning variety of coasters, picture frames, wine stoppers, drawer pulls, switch covers and much more.
Newport, RI July 12–28 The Newport Music Festival 2013 celebrates its 44th season, continuing the tradition of presenting unique chamber music programs, American debuts, world-class artists, and special events in the Gilded Age “summer cottages” of Newport, Rhode Island. The Festival researches and selects works from the 19th century chamber music, vocal repertoire and the Romantic-era piano literature, to create on the most extraordinary festivals in the world.
Boston Summer Arts Weekend Vermont Festival of the Arts Mad River Valley, VT (802) 496-6682 vermontartfest.com August 1–September 2 With more than 100 events and activities, Vermont Festival of the Arts is designed to entertain the soul, enlighten the mind, and energize the spirit. From exhibits and workshops to concerts and tasty treats, most events are free. Great for kids and families, all events celebrate the creative spirit. One of “Vermont’s Top 10 Summer Events.”
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Copley Square, Boston, MA July 26–28 WGBH, The Boston Globe, and Citizens Bank present this free weekend event featuring a dynamic variety of musical artists from across the classical, jazz, blues, folk, and Americana worlds as well as a number of new arts, food and cultural programs. American bluegrass/ country singer-songwriter Alison Krauss will be the closing musical act of the weekend.