By William J. Dowd Over the past four years “Art Explorers” have descended upon LynnArts for participation in a week long program educating area youth on a broad range of visual and performing arts. Had you been at the agency’s 25 Exchange Street location last Friday, you would’ve been swimming with swaying seaweed, floating jellyfish,…
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RAW’s “Good to Go” brightens the halls at Cobbet Elementary
Raw Art Works, more commonly known as RAW and for their gallery space in Central Square Lynn, has a crew known as “Good to Go.” Mentored by staffer Jason Cruz, they are in the middle of a three Summer mission to paint murals in the Cobbet Elementary School on Franklin Street. They started last Summer…
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Arts After Hours comes to Lynn Museum Park Aug 12th
Looking to promote the already growing scene in Downtown Lynn and to showcase area talent and businesses, active residents Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Corey Jackson, and Seth Albaum have come up with a new independent series of events under the name, Arts After Hours. The name is, in part, a reaction to those who have commented online…
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The scene at Walnut Street Cafe: Sunday open mic
Posted August 2, 2010 by Seth Albaum It’s around 6pm and folks are filing in with guitars, notebooks, sheets of music, and names are going down on the list. Slots are two songs/ten minutes, more or less, and the featured artist this 9th Sunday of Don White’s Open Mic Series at the Walnut Street Cafe…
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Artist Profiles: Joshua and Jacob Santa-Cruz
by Seth Albaum Local brothers combine a love for comics, sci-fi and anime into a variety of work and a web site and illustration business called strange-daze.net. I sat down with Lynn artists and brothers Josh and Jake for a conversation on the patio of Walnut Street Cafe to find out more. And to know…
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Work by Men
The Little Gallery Under The Stairs will unveil its latest exhibition this Saturday, July 31st from 3-5pm, featuring art exclusively by men. It’s a new and bold step for the 25 Exchange Street gallery, also known for its series, “VOICES: Mothers Who Create” and other feminine explorations. And for a gallery known to attract artists…
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Photos of Hodgepodge 2010
This is LynnHappens’ largest photo gallery yet, with 110 images. The eight hour music festival was organized by Dean Albert of This Day in History and Dom Landry of Slurm and held at the Lynn Woods Ampitheater near the Pennybrook Road entrance on July 25th, 2010. The lineup included Slurm, This Day in History, Fiddlehead,…
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DTL at Night, an outdoor movie indoors and comedy at Tatiana’s
It was another busy weekend in DTL and just about time for another installment of DTL at Night. On July 23rd rain couldn’t dampen spirits as outdoor movie goers brought their blankets and lawn chairs inside LynnArts for Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark. The film was originally supposed to project on…
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July 3rd – A day of music by the ocean, capped by fireworks
The World Folk Festival starts off the day at Heritage State Park at 2pm, featuring two stages by the Seaport Landing complex. Food will also be available. Parking is off the Lynnway or in North Shore Community College’s lot with access by the footbridge. This park is one of Lynn’s best kept secrets. (please click…
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Fifteen years of parties at the beach – Live music returns to Red Rock
Friends of Lynn & Nahant Beach have recently put out this release for their popular free concerts at the beach, which kicks off July 8th. If today’s sunshine doesn’t get you in the mood to head down to Red Rock Park, maybe this will. Start prepping your picnic baskets. MEET YOU AT RED ROCK Summer…