ACA Sets Porchfest Stage For Town Hall In November

Arlington MA

10 July, 2021

4:30 PM

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Your Arlington Last Updated: 08 July 2021 Written by Aneleise Ruggles In the spirit of the much-loved community event, Arlington Center for the Arts (ACA) is excited to present Porchfest Stage on the front steps of Town Hall as part its annual Arlington Open Studios event on Saturday, Nov. 13. Porchfest Stage will feature free public performances by local musicians throughout the day. A call with details will go out to previously participating music artists later this summer. Musical acts will be selected by a committee composed of previous Porchfest hosts and volunteers. Full Porchfest in June '22 ACA also announces the return of a full-scale Arlington Porchfest on Saturday, June 18, 2022. A call to music artists, porch hosts and volunteers will go out early in the new year. Because of the pandemic, ACA was not able to present a Porchfest event this past spring, and other organizational obligations precluded sufficient planning for a large-scale event in the fall, ACA said in a July 8 news release. After careful consideration, ACA leaders decided it would be best to fully embrace commitments already made and look forward to an all-out Porchfest event in its regular time slot during spring 2022. "Things may look a little different this year, but you can be sure that ACA is working thoughtfully to create unique occasions for community-building through the arts," Executive Director Tom Formicola said in the release. ACA is proud to present a return to community celebration with its Arlington Open Studios 2021 event on Nov. 13. This year's event will feature an impressive footprint -- occupying one full block in the heart of Arlington's Cultural District. In addition to Porchfest Stage, Open Studios will showcase the work of local artists at three locations, including ACA, Town Hall, and First Parish Unitarian Universalist. In addition, Robbins Library will host a Books & Art Sale as part of the daylong event. DIY guide coming For those members of the Arlington Porchfest community who will miss an event in their neighborhoods this year, ACA will soon be posting a DIY Porchfest Guide on its website so that die-hard porch hosts and musicians might coordinate some more intimate events of their own for the enjoyment of friends and neighbors this summer and fall as suits their schedules. Those interested in learning more about Porchfest Stage, DIY Porchfest Kits, and Arlington Porchfest 2022, please visit www.acarts.org and www.arlingtonporchfest.org. The last full Porchfest, the fourth annual in 2019, drew 218 people from 128 porches of all sorts -- and at one colorful East Arlington gas station. Perhaps thousands listened throughout the town on June 8, among them an estimated 700 at Arlington Global Service Station, many of whom danced to the funk of Bittersweet. Porches poured forth creativity from noon to 6. The outdoor dance along Mass. Ave. next to Walgreen's extended the stunningly lovely Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. See glimpses of the fourth annual Porchfest, sponsored by the Arlington Center for the Arts, in this series of photos >> Bittersweet Band at Arlington Global Service Station. / Tom Davison video About ACA The Arlington Center for the Arts is a community arts center devoted to the mission of "transforming lives and building community through the arts." For the last 30 years, ACA has opened its doors to a community of artists, learners, and supporters of the arts and has committed to engagement, access, and inclusion of all art forms. In 2018, thanks to the support of many generous individuals in the community, the ACA finished renovations and moved into their new facility at 20 Academy Street, Arlington, Massachusetts 02476.To learn more, visit our website at www.acarts.org. YourArlington.com has provided news and opinion about Arlington, Mass., since 2006. Publisher Bob Sprague is a former editor at The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Arlington Advocate. Read more at https://www.yourarlington.com/about.