Where Will You WOO? - Week of November 10, 2016
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Thursday November 10
International Science Center and Science Museum Day
EcoTarium
222 Harrington Way
Worcester, MA 01604
We are celebrating the first annual International Science Center and Science Museum Day on Thursday, November 10!From exploring our exhibits, visiting our resident wildlife, and enjoying our daily Science Discovery programs, it's a great day to discover all that your local science museum has to offer! Plus, enjoy Science from Scientists Presents: Science Thrills Live!, a live science show featuring actual scientists who perform science demonstrations that will excite and amaze the whole family. Shows take place at 11:30 a.m., 12:45 p.m., and 2:00 p.m
Friday November 11
Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie's Doorway to Magic
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
2 Southbridge St.
Worcester, MA 01608
Open the door to reveal mesmerizing worlds of unforgettable Disney moments and grand illusions with Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic. Join Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and the comical duo of Donald and Goofy as 25 of your favorite Disney characters surprise and captivate at every turn of the knob! See the Fairy Godmother transform Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful ball gown in a split second; the Toy Story gang defies the dimensions of Andy’s toy box with the help of the green army men; and the spectacular stage debut of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider as they rise into the sky amidst the floating lanterns. With special appearances by Snow White, Tinker Bell and Aladdin’s Genie, you never know what to expect or who might join in the fun. In Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic you hold the ultimate key to unlocking your imagination.
Saturday, November 12
A Little Night (and Day) Music
Saturday, November 12, 2016
7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Salem Covenant Church
215 East Mountain StreetWorcester, MA 01606
Partly influenced by music from film scores, celebrated composer Ola Gjeilo's works, as he describes them, move "from transparent and spacey, to something completely earthy and grounded." Audiences have responded to these lush, warm works with acclaim. Complementing the Gjeilo works are songs by contemporary composers Lauridsen, Forrest, and Walker, as well as music from Broadway on the themes of Night and Day.
Sunday, November 13
Igudesman & Joo "And Now Mozart"
November 13, 2016
3:00 PM-5:30 PM
Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
Music Worcester presents "Geniuses of musical comedy"..."this generation's Victor Borge"..."irreverent and highly entertaining"...are among the most frequently used descriptors of this famed duo making their Music Worcester debut at Mechanics Hall this November. Their show And Now Mozart promises to tone "your stomach muscles by hysterically laughing to and with" Igudesman and Joo.
Monday, November 14
Woven Power: Ritual Textiles of Sarawak and West Kalimantan
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, August 31, 2016 - December 14, 2016
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery
1 College Street
Worcester, MA 01610
Pua kumbu are magnificent, intricately dyed, hand-loomed cotton ikat textiles once woven in profusion in longhouses in Malaysia’s Sarawak and in nearby Kalimantan, Indonesia. These ceremonial blankets were once religious objects par excellence for the Iban and the related Dayak women who wove them. Pua kumbu and the closely connected kain kebat ceremonial skirts were designed to be extraordinarily beautiful to attract the attention of the gods, to invite them to longhouse rituals, called gawai festivals.
Tuesday, November 15
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of Dracula
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
7:30 PM-10:00 PM
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
2 Southbridge St.
Worcester, MA 01608
A co-production of Music Worcester and The Hanover Theatre, Dracula is brought to life once again as Royal Winnipeg Ballet makes its first appearance in Worcester this November. A legend, a classic novel, the subject of countless movies and burnt into the public psyche over the past one hundred years, the Dracula name evokes dread and horror but, most of all, fascination. Tickets on sale through MusicWorcester.org link to Hanover Theatre's Box Office start on or before July. Hanover Box Office also selling tickets.
Wednesday, November 16
KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and Storytelling of Ed Emberley
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - Saturday, September 9, 2017
Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
Opening this fall at the Worcester Art Museum, KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and Storytelling of Ed Emberley is the first comprehensive retrospective for artist Ed Emberley, among the most prolific and respected illustrators of children's literature of the last 60 years. The author of classic books such as the Caldecott Honored One Wide River To Cross (1965), the Caldecott Medal-winning Drummer Hoff (1967), and the bestselling Go Away, Big Green Monster (1992), Emberley also developed one of the bestselling series of teaching books for young artists, beginning with Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals (1970).
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