The Loring-Greenough House

March 2nd 7pm Lecture – The Loring-Greenough House: A Treasure from the Past, a Treasure for the Future

rayd — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:40:36 +0000

In an informal talk, Dr. Barry Hannegan will briefly trace the history of changes at the House and its grounds and will share some future possibilities as part of the Club’s continuing commitment to the maintenance and enhancement of this great historic property.

Dr. Hannegan, a member of the Club’s Board of Directors, is an art historian by education, an historic preservationist by instinct, and a landscape historian by preference.

Jamaica Plain Tuesday Night Club / FYI Night

Tuesday March 2 at 7:00 P.M.

Free for members $4 for non-members

Refreshments will be served!

February 16th: FILM (Parkour) by Christopher May

rayd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:32:59 +0000

February 16th: FILM (Parkour) by Christopher May

Doors open at 7:30pm (NOTE the later time!), screening begins at 8:00. Admission is $4.

PROGRAM:

Super-8 and 16mm experimental cinema featuring organic and intimate life portraits of traceurs. (Christopher May, 2008-2010, Argentina/Austria/U.S.A.)

1. “Deserted” (triple super-8 projection, sound, 14 min., USA/Austria/Argentina, 2008-2010)
“I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.”
- Jorge Luis Borges

2. “Flo” (single-image super-8 projection, silent, 4.min., Austria, 2009)
Slo portrait of Florian Hatwagner featuring: …dirt…spit…shoes…dirt.

..hands…smiling face…

3. “Vienna” (triple super-8 projection, sound, 4 min., Austria, 2009-2010)
Portrait of traceurs in their favorite places.

4. “Buenos Aires” (triple super-8 projection, sound/silent, 26 min.,
Argentina, 2008)
Premiered at MALBA – Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires

5. “Colorado Springs” (double 16mm projection, sound, 15 min., USA, 2008-2009)
pop…smile…run…jump…melody…chill…rain…sun…color! Filmed with an old military Bell + Howell 16mm camera. Featuring Jimmy & Dan / Pedro, Bryan, Chris

Tuesday Night Club February 23rd 6pm -”Get Ready To Go GREEN” – spring cleaning demo

rayd — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:40:27 +0000

It’s the “Get Ready To Go GREEN” – spring cleaning demo. Come by the Loring-Greenough House on Tuesday Night February 23rd to learn about green cleaning with Casey Williams and Mary Hannon. The night kicks off at 6 pm!

Hug History! Loring-Greenough House Annual Valentine’s Day Open House

rayd — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:30:30 +0000

Please mark your calendars for Sunday Feb 14 1-4pm for the Loring Greenough House Valentine’s Open House. Free and open to all, there will be sweets, music, crafts, and fun!

Hope to see you on the 14th, drop in, bring a friend and spread the love!

CALLING ALL FUNMAKERS!

juliannabruce — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:27:03 +0000

Jamaica Plain Tuesday Night Club is a program of the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club. Four Tuesday evenings a month from September through May the Loring-Greenough House welcomes Tuesday Club members and friends to gather and enjoy common interests and games, film, crafts, and educational programs. Each theme has a “Coordinator” who serves as a touchstone for “Hosts” who take the reins for each Tuesday night’s activities, designing it around the interests of their network. The model is guilt-free volunteerism that adjusts to the realities of 21^stCentury lifestyles while opening the house as a lively and diverse place for community to gather. We provide the place and you provide the fun. Free for members, $4 for guests.

1st Tuesday FYI (For-Your-Information) Night

Lectures and demonstrations on wide ranging topics from architectural and cultural history to fashion and environmental sustainability.

Coordinator: Elizabeth Wylie ewylie325@comcast.net

2^nd Tuesday Game Night

Are you a scrabble freak? Are you just dying to learn Bridge or Mahjong? Do you shock your friends with a competitive streak? Check this out and whip it up on opponents in Whist, Charades, Pictionary, Poker, Boggle, Trivia, Apples to Apples…whatever…it’s host’s choice.

Coordinator: Heather Carito hcarito47@hotmail.com

3^rd Tuesday Film Night

The best of Boston-area independent filmmakers show their work in this season–long series. Refreshments are served and Q+A with the filmmakers follow the screenings.

Coordinator: Mariya Nikiforova, louxor@runbox.com

4^th Tuesday DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Night

Artists and collagists, quilters and knitters, crafters and creative types, come and share conversation and skills, tips and fun while exploring your creativity.

Coordinator: Kasey Appleman kaseyappleman@mac.com

Check the calendar for our next exciting event. Join us!

Loring-Greenough House in the Boston Globe!

rayd — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:28 +0000

Click here for a story about Commander Loring’s Silver Bowl!

Film Night: Kathryn Ramey + Jonathan Schwartz — Tuesday, January 19th, 7pm

rayd — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:32:30 +0000

Kathryn Ramey’s films are inspired by the avant-garde filmmaking tradition, ethnographic research, celluloid manipulation and personal inquiry, resulting in a unique and acclaimed body of work. Kathryn teaches film, animation and film history at Emerson College in Boston.

Jonathan Schwartz is a filmmaker and sound designer who currently teaches film studies at Keene State College in Keene, NH. His travelogue film Nothing Is Over Nothing has screened at numerous festivals, including Views from the Avant-Garde (NY), TIE, ICE (Iowa City), EXiS (Seoul)…

PROGRAM:

Jonathan Schwartz
Nothing Is Over Nothing, 16mm, 17mins

Kathryn Ramey
The Passenger, 16mm, 17mins
Yanqui WALKER and the OPTICAL REVOLUTION, 16mm, 33mins

Tuesday Night Club FYI Lecture – Margaret Fuller and the Transcendentalists, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

rayd — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:36:08 +0000

Margaret Fuller and the Transcendentalists
An event in celebration of the Margaret Fuller Bicentennial

Hear Reverend Jenny Rankin, of the First Parish of Concord, speak on the life of Margaret Fuller. Fuller was an author, editor, journalist, literary critic, educator, Transcendentalist, and womens’ rights advocate. She helped educate the women of her day by leading a series of Conversations in which women were empowered to read, think and discuss important issues of the day.

Rev. Rankin has been a minister at First Parish of Concord since 1997 and has taught classes on Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller and the Transcendentalists. She has also led a trip to Italy tracing the steps of the Transcendentalists. This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society in conjunction with the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club First Tuesday program series.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain.

More on the Margaret Fuller Bicentennial – a full year of celebrations in honor of this extraordinary individual. http://www.margaretfuller.org/

JPHS is honored to be a Community Partner. http://www.jphs.org/

Tuesday Night Club Films – Architecture of the Sun December 15th at 7pm!

rayd — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:27:09 +0000

Tuesday Night Club presents the fourth monthly Loring-Greenough screening!

Architecture of the Sun is a live projection duo composed of Brittany Gravely and Jenn Pipp, who met while studying at SMFA and currently live in Boston. They will be joined by long-time musical collaborators, the Glass Shivers.

Opening the show will be a film loop by Julianna Schley, a recent MassArt graduate.

Doors open at 7pm, at which point birthday cake will be served (for Ms. Schley’s birthday). The screening itself begins at 7:30. Admission is $4, free for members.

Coro Allegro performing at the Loring-Greenough House January 3, 2010 at 3pm

rayd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:28:05 +0000

Coro Allegro is pleased to be offering their second performance in the Sunday Afternoon at the ‘Grenough House Concert Series on January 3, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. In this intimate setting, you’ll hear one-of-a-kind solo performances by our talented members, including text and music by Debussy, Dr Seuss, Aaron Copland, Bobby McFerrin, and more.

We are a not-for-profit classical music organization composed of members and friends of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and dedicated to the performance of significant choral works for the enjoyment of all. Please visit our website at www.coroallegro.org to learn more about us and to join our community. Please also accept our invitation to hear the music of Distler, Brahms, and Bruckner at our next concert at the Church of the Covenant in the Back Bay on February 28th.