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The VIEW Calendar – What to do on the Cape this Season... |
January 21 – 22
March 9 – 11
March 10 – 11
March 17 – 18
March 24 – 25
April 14 Life lessons
The Academy FOR LIFELONG LEARNING at Cape Cod Community College begins its spring semester with registration beginning right after New Year’s Day and classes starting Jan. 30. The academy’s programs, geared to the over-50 population on Cape Cod, has grown from just 18 students in 1987 to more than 1,000 members last year. A yearly membership in the academy entitles students to take two 12-week courses or four six-week courses, in addition to the many on-campus social events and off-campus field trips. Course topics embrace areas such as literature, history, philosophy, music, religion, mythology, science, ecology and current events. Members may attend the special open house “Winterim” program, scheduled for Jan. 17 – 19.
Speak up Authors, historians and musicians talk about their work at Cape venues throughout the year. Consult the monthly announcements at the museum or organization of your choice. Some of the early offerings in 2012 feature well-known musicians and authors.
January 4 At the Brewster Ladies’ Library, author David Gessner will discuss his latest books, “The Tarball Chronicles,” a first-hand account of the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; and “My Green Manifesto,” the author’s journey by canoe down Boston’s historic Charles River. Gessner is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and founded the national literary magazine Ectone.
February 6 Barnstable resident Richard Osborne, a businessman with a lifelong interest in history and in the life and career of Winston Churchill, will present “A Portrait of Greatness: Winston S. Churchill” at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis. The talk illuminates the life of Churchill, who was also an artist who created hundreds of paintings.
February 21 Author Mark Wilkins will discuss and sign copies of his book, “Cape Cod’s Oldest Shipwreck: The Desperate Crossing of the Sparrow-Hawk,” in a presentation at the Sandwich Glass Museum. Wilkins, former director and curator of the Atwood House Museum in Chatham, is an associate exhibit developer at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut.
February 25 Steinway musical artist Robert Wyatt presents a talk at Highfield Hall in Falmouth on the compelling family saga of German immigrant Heinrich Steinweg, who later anglicized his name to Heinrich E. Steinway. With five of his sons, he opened the Steinway & Sons piano company in New York in 1853. The company emerged a decade later as the largest and most successful piano manufacturer in North America.
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Take note JANUARY THROUGH MARCH The Cultural Center of Cape Cod presents “Music Together — Ages 0 – 5,” a nationally accredited 10-week research-based program of music and movement designed to guide children in basic music competence. It serves youngsters from newborns to age 5 and their adult caregivers. Classes are scheduled at various locations including the Cultural Center in South Yarmouth. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Strike up the band! All year ’round, the New Horizons Band meets at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod on Monday afternoons. The band encourages adults ages 50 to 85 to play an instrument in a group setting, make new friends and share a love of music. No need to be an expert; limited and rusty musical skills are welcomed. Join the weekly open rehearsal and see how much fun it can be to practice as a band member. Moving experience January 9 AND THROUGHOUT WINTER Join an adult art class at the Falmouth Artists Guild, beginning the week of Jan. 9. Topics to energize the winter months include classes in palette knife, tonal landscape, still life, weaving, jewelry making, photography and beginners’ classes in watercolor and pastels. January 5 – 7 The Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable begins a new session of adult art classes in a variety of mediums including watercolor, pastels and acrylics. Students are encouraged to create and experiment in this stress-free and supportive environment. In the workshop “Oil Painting with Bill Maloney,” students are introduced to the concepts of composition, values and color through classes and oil painting demonstrations and will create artwork of their own. JANUARY AND FEBRUARY During open mic poetry readings, local and visiting poets and artists take the stage on the last Thursday of each month at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, hosted by Barry Hellman and Joe Gouveia. Sign up early to read your work. January 28 In a one-day workshop on “Figure Drawing From a Model” at the Cape Cod Art Association, artist Adam Rhude helps students draw from a model using the medium of graphite and instructs them on how to take their drawing skills to a new level of achievement and personal enjoyment. February 4 Take part in two “Golden Acrylic Workshops” led by mixed-media artist Adria Arch at Woodruff’s Art Center in Mashpee Commons. “Not Your Mom’s Acrylics” covers creating several small experimental paintings using a variety of paints, gels, pastes and grounds. “Acrylic Image Transfer Techniques” lets students discover the true potential that image transfer techniques can offer in art, making use of new ink-jet printers for mixed-media results. Beginning January 10 The Cape Cod Museum of Art holds studio art classes throughout the winter and spring for all skill levels. Students can choose from such offerings as “Theater Arts for Adults (Eventide Arts),” “Creativity Studio” and “Painting the Sea with Don Demers.” JANUARY and FEBRUARY The Cultural Center of Cape Cod offers instruction in color and composition and abstract painting. JANUARY and FEBRUARY The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod sponsors its annual Winter Art Exhibit at Cotuit Center for the Arts, this year titled “Wild Things: A Safari of the Imagination.” The exhibit’s focus is on education, with a free field trip offered to all Cape students, including a docent-led tour of the exhibit and a hands-on art class, led by a trained art educator. “Wild Things” explores wild people, places, animals and things in artists’ lives, both real and imagined, and introduces children to works by established artists as well as encouraging young people’s creativity in a variety of activities. February 21 – 23 At the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, children ages 8 – 12 can have fun during school break at a jewelry-making workshop led by Linda Lord, making jazzy jewelry — and new friends. Class acts ALL WINTER At Marstons Mills Library, a series of free classes called “Technology Learning Opportunities” will be offered through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary source of federal support for the nation’s libraries and museums. January classes are available in the areas of the Internet, e-mail, Word and Excel; followed in February by excursions into the mysteries of Skype, e-readers, Facebook and digital photography. ALL YEAR Enjoy practicing Spanish and learning about the cultures of Latin America and Spain. Come talk music, food and drink, art and more at “Una Noche,” held on the first Monday of each month at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. FEBRUARY and MARCH Join a saltwater fly-tying class with Joe O’Clair at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. The hands-on class will focus on tools, threads, glues, hooks and all paraphernalia. THROUGH February 25 The Green Briar Jam Kitchen in East Sandwich offers jam-making workshops on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Materials and instruction are provided to help participants make jars of homemade jams, conserves, marmalades and chutney. Each session brings a new flavor, including mouth-watering ginger orange, spiced cranberry and curried apricot. MARCH 10 Harwich Conservation Trust and the Cape & Islands Farm Bureau present the third annual “Meet Your Local Farmers” event. Learn more about locally grown products from the folks who grow them and enjoy farm-related activities for all ages. JANUARY 16 – 24 AND FEBRUARY 15 – 18 The Cape Cod Maritime Museum adds to its year-round repertoire of courses for the nautically minded, including, in January, “Spar Making,” in which students can learn the basics of spar-building; and, in February, a workshop on lofting — the process of drawing a boat’s hull lines to full size from the designer’s scale drawings. Participants will loft a flat-bottom skiff and will be shown how lofting helps assure that a boat will be accurate in its layout and pleasing in appearance. Nurture in Nature JANUARY THROUGH MARCH The Harwich Conservation Trust offers its Winter Talk Series, with subjects such as “Identifying Winter Ducks,” by ornithologist and naturalist educator Peter Trull, Jan. 7; “Honeybee Habits & Challenges,” with Kevin Minnigerode, Barnstable County Beekeepers, Feb. 4; and “Eyes on Owls: Live Owl Program,” with naturalists Mark and Marcia Wilson and their raptors, March 3. |
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Home shows
Hynes Convention Center
Hartford XL Center
South Shore Expo Center
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School
Barnstable High School
Lower Cape Regional Technical High School
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Other organizations
Academy for Lifelong Learning
Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
Brewster Ladies’ Library
Cape Cod Art Association Cape Cod Maritime Museum Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce Cultural Center of Cape Cod |
Falmouth Artists Guild at Harwich Conservation Trust
Highfield Hall Marstons Mills Library
Sandwich Glass Museum Thornton W. Burgess Society
Woodruff's Art Center
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