Extracurricular classes and activities for kids
Fall means so many beautiful things in my beloved Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Among them – an Annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare – at the Shakespeare & Company where high-school students from MA and NY showcase full-scale Shakespeare plays produced with the help of the Company’s directing teams. With acclaimed theater productions, actor training and …
This “edition” of Boston Weekend is all about art: date nights (for parents) and summer arts classes for the kids. For a last minute date night this Friday, June 5th we are going to a First Friday series by SoWa Artists Guild at 450 Harrison Ave in Boston’s South End. We have not yet attended …
Last weekend my family was part of the theatrical celebration of the Russian Literature and Drama Studio (based in Newton, Mass). This is where American kids from Russian-speaking families come to study the difficult texts of Pushkin, Chekhov and Gogol and make great friendships along the way. According to the Studio Director Nina Goldmakher, theater …
The Joys of Wit: Theatrical Concert at the Russian Literature and Drama Studio Read More »
If you are a parent of school age kids with extracurricular music-dance-gymnastics-theater activities, the month of June is filled with never ending array of kiddie rehearsals and showcases – while the parents can’t wait to get to the beach or to a music festival or two. Armed with a proper attitude, however, we could turn an exhausting …
A Month of Celebrations. Arts and Sports Showcases (by your own kids). Read More »
When a sleek glass-walled culinary center opened in the middle of our “neighborhood” Whole Foods (in Dedham, Mass.) the concept seemed new, but also so natural. We are used to celebrating food in any number of places, so why not at our neighborhood grocer as we do our weekly shopping runs? Whole Foods’ culinary center …
Cooking Couples and Sticky Fingers: Cooking Classes at a Grocery Store Read More »
I am definitely not a morning person. I can’t even pronounce “GOOD MORNING!” and still feel true to myself. Yet, a 10 am Sunday morning class with my four-year old daughter at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston was a great thing to wake up to – for eight Sundays in a row! …
Mornings with the Arts.
Children’s Studio Art Class at MFA. Read More »