MCA Live at The Mansion: Earfull

440 Talcott Avenue,Watertown MA 02472

04 August, 2021

Description

Writers Reading, and Songwriters Singing. Join us outside under the tent for an evening of stories, laughs, and great music. Please Note: This event will take place outdoors on the grounds of the historic Commander's Mansion, also on the Arsenal on the Charles, and not at the Mosesian Center for the Arts. MCA will be under renovation for the summer! This event will take place rain or shine. For this event, you must purchase all seats at the selected table. Seating is available in groups of 2, 4, or 6. In addition to the Earfull hosts, this evening's performers include: Rishi Reddi, Lily King, The Parkington Sisters, Tanya Donelly About the Artists Since the early 2000’s, Boston musician and author Jen Trynin, and bookstore connoisseur Tim Huggins, have been hosting the Earfull Series, bringing together the worlds of writers and musicians. They prove that, given the right environment, Book People will love the experience of live music, and Rock People will realize how cool it is to hear great authors reading their work aloud. Rishi Reddi is the author of two books of fiction, Karma and Other Stories (2008 PEN New England / L.L. Winship prize for fiction), and Passage West (L.A. Times “Best California Book of 2020.”) Rishi was born in Hyderabad, India, and lived in Great Britain and several regions of the United States before attending Swarthmore College and Northeastern University School of Law. She has worked as an environmental lawyer for state and federal government for more than twenty-five years and served on the boards of Grub Street, Boston’s creative writing center, and SAALT, a national nonpartisan organization that represents the South Asian-American community. She has also served as the Massachusetts legislative liaison for Amnesty International USA. Her essays and translations have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Asian American Literary Review, and Partisan Review, and she has received grants and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the U.S. Department of State, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Website Lily King is the award-winning author of five novels. Her most recent novel, Writers & Lovers, was published in 2020. Her 2014 novel Euphoria won the Kirkus Award, The New England Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. Euphoria was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book Review. It was included in TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2014, as well as on Amazon, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, and Salon’s Best Books of 2014. Website The Parkington Sisters The Parkington Sisters hail from Wellfleet Massachusetts, a town of crashing waves, gnarled pine trees, world famous oysters, and the only town clock in the world that still rings ship’s time. The three sisters emerge from a lineage of musicians — daughters of a prog rock musician and a classically trained guitarist, they were raised constantly playing and writing music together, an immersion that has led to the individual and collective creative force they are today. Rose, Sarah and Ariel are songwriters and dynamic multi-instrumentalists who play guitar, piano, violin, and viola. Like their hometown surroundings, the band boasts a collective magic — part chemistry, part alchemy, and entirely mysterious. They incorporate the eclectic songwriting and passions of artists like Joni Mitchell, Aimee Mann, Neil Young & June Carter, but with their own unique brand of soaring melodies, vibrant harmonies and intricate string arrangements. They have shared the stage with such divergent artists as Mavis Staples, Bruce Springsteen, Dispatch, Blitzen Trapper, and the Dropkick Murphys, and they've performed in studios and on stages across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Bonnaroo, NPR’s Mountain Stage, and the Dodge Poetry Festival. Their releases include the recent string accompaniment to the spoken word release The Book of Hylas and their new collaboration with Tanya Donelly. Their new album Collide, produced by Chris Shaw, will also be released in the Fall. Website Tanya Donelly is a Boston-based songwriter and founding member of Throwing Muses, the Breeders, and the twice Grammy nominated Belly, who reunited in 2016 and released their third album Dove in 2018. Other recent Donelly releases include her Swan Song Series (ongoing) and an album of covers recorded with The Parkington Sisters, available here: Purchase Music Website About MCA Mosesian Arts Live is thrilled to bring live music back to the Arsenal on the Charles in Watertown. Located just six miles from Downtown Boston, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts is a vibrant multi-disciplinary community arts venue located in Watertown, Massachusetts. This 30,000 sq. ft. former U.S. Army arsenal is home to a 340-seat main stage theater, a 100-seat black box theater, exhibition galleries, two rehearsal halls, classrooms, and resident artist studios. Offerings include visual and performing arts productions, classes, and workshops for all ages, literary and art discussions, and world-class theatrical and musical performances. MCA is home to the award-winning Watertown Children’s Theatre as well as New Repertory Theatre, the professional theater company in residence. Parking Limited parking is available right by the Commander's Mansion. Additional surface parking is available in the complex (any spot with no signs indicating otherwise) and a free garage, just a short walk away. Covid Protocols Although restrictions have been lifted, we will still be maintaining some distancing between seated groups, and requiring masks only if directed by the town of Watertown (owner of the property). We will update ticket holders in a pre-show email as more information becomes available.