WEEKEND FUN: Grandparents Ice Cream Social gathering, Art by Rock Musician, Meditation, Historical Society Occasions

This weekend begins off with an ice cream celebration for grandparents on the Senior Center on Friday morning. (Yes, it’s OK, not less than for some, to eat some ice cream earlier than lunch right now! It’s National Grandparents Day.) Mount Auburn Cemetery is holding a sundown sound meditation on Saturday at 5:30. It’s such a peaceable stunning place for mediation. There are two occasions this Sunday placed on by the Watertown Historical Society this weekend, a strolling tour within the morning, and within the afternoon, a one-woman present, as Michele Gabrielson portrays Mercy Otis Owen, the primary historian of the American Revolution on the library. Sometime this weekend, trek over to the Armenian Museum of America to see the exhibit of Serj Tankian’s artwork, the Art of Disruption, which incorporates sound, pictures and poetry. It’s impressed by his memoir, Down with the System.

GRANDPARENTS’ ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Friday, Sept. 5, 11-12 p.m.
Senior Center, 31 Marshall St.

Head over to the Senior Center to have fun having grandchildren in your lives on nationwide Grandparents Day. I consider you might have some ice cream even when you don’t have grandchildren, so long as you look sufficiently old. No photographs of grandchildren are required as proof, however they are going to be sure to be offered by many.

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THE ART OF DISRUPTION, THE ART & IMPACT OF SERJ TANKIAN
Open Thursday to Sunday, 12-6 p.m.
Armenian Museum of America, 65 Main St.

An exhibition that celebrates the life and work of Serj Tankian — musician, visible artist, poet, composer, activist, and outspoken advocate for human rights. Inspired by his 2024 memoir Down with the System, and Tankian’s ongoing exploration of the intersection of sound, picture, and poetry, The Art of Disruption “invites not just observation, but participation.” The opening reception is bought out, however make sure to go see this distinctive exhibit. 

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SUNSET SOUND MEDITATION
Saturday, Sept. 6, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, entrance at 580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge

Sound Healing practitioner Marlene Boyette welcomes all to be held by the earth, to search out refuge, to relaxation, and to be led by a guided meditation supposed to deliver the thoughts and the physique into unison, whereas additionally partaking the senses. Weaving collectively the sounds, vibrations, and power of our pure environment with quite a lot of devices (together with deeply resonant crystal and steel singing bowls and chimes), individuals can be bathed in layered sonic acoustics. The expertise will shut with a chance for all to mirror and set intentions for the brand new season by dialogue and / or journaling. 

What to deliver: a yoga mat, blanket or towel, a journal, and writing utensil. Plastic folding chairs can be accessible if wanted. Check-in for the occasion can be on the prime of the ramp entrance into Hazel Dell (off of Central Ave). The meditation will happen in Hazel Dell. Rain location: Story Chapel.

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WATERTOWN DURING THE REVOLUTION, WALKING TOUR
Sunday, Sept. 7, 10-12 a.m.
Meet at Zussman Memorial Park, beside 66 Galen St. 

Join the Historical Society of Watertown strolling tour leaders Lynne O’Connell and Beth Houston for a 90-minute strolling tour to be taught in regards to the essential position that the city performed throughout the American Revolution. The tour will go to the websites of essential dwellings (lots of that are now not standing), public areas, monuments and plaques as we make our solution to the 1772 Edmund Fowle House, the place the Executive Council of the Provincial Congress met. Participants can be invited to enter the home and examine the present exhibit that celebrates the 250th anniversary of each the Fowle House and the struggle for American independence. The tour ends on the Edmund Fowle House. The tour value is $10.

To register: Email Joyce at [email protected].

MERCY OTIS OWEN, offered by the Watertown Historical Society and the WFPL
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2-3 p.m.
Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main St.

Step again in time and converse with founding mom Mercy Otis Warren portrayed by Michele Gabrielson! Often described because the “muse of the revolution,” Mercy brilliantly used her ardour for poetry and prose to steer others to hitch within the revolutionary trigger. Listen to and talk about with Mercy as she tells the story of how she rejected the traditional expectations of ladies within the 18th century and have become the primary historian of the American Revolution. Michele Gabrielson, MA Ed, is an area historical past instructor and historic interpreter of the 18th century and was lately acknowledged with a Rising Star Award by the Massachusetts History Alliance for public historical past programming.

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