Nichols House Museum celebrates Arts & Crafts Movement
The Nichols House Museum is celebrating the Arts & Crafts Movement with a series of public programs this month, with programs including ‘ ‘The Arts and Crafts Movement on Beacon Hill and in Boston’ – a talk by Nonie Gadsden, Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – on Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. at Grogan & Company, 20 Charles St.
A ‘Brahmins and Bohemians Arts & Crafts Edition Beacon Hill walking tour’ then takes place on Oct. 18, at 10:30 a.m., leaving from 55 Mount Vernon St.
Enjoy a stroll around the Hill and hear about some of the Arts & Crafts Movement artisans living and working on Beacon Hill, with a discussion that will touch on utopian art communities, artist cooperatives, craftsman architecture on the Hill, and more.
For more information, visit nicholshousemuseum.org.
West End Museum offers ‘Cryptic Creatures’ with Joe Ledoux’ on Oct. 16
The West End Museum will present ‘Cryptic Creatures’ – an artistic magical experience with Joe Ledoux – on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. at the museum on 150 Staniford St., Suite 7. (The entrance is located along Lomasney Way.)
In 2013, Magical Artist Joe Ledoux cast a spell on Boston to make fairies, UFOs, and sea serpents appear over the city. It was put in the newspaper as a supernatural event. Join the West End Museum to see Joe Ledoux blur the line between sleight of hand and shamanic magick.
Start the evening with a pre-show experience complete with close-up strolling magic and animated short films. Then, sit down in our gallery as it transforms into a spooky cryptid habitat. Watch Joe perform magic tricks and discuss his three favorite local cryptic creatures which inspired three new pieces of art. Guests will have the opportunity to participate in a silent auction to win an original piece of Joe’s art.
Prepare yourself for a Mysterious night of Art, Magick, and the Occult!
Find more information at: thewestendmuseum.org/programs/
Well-being events offered in October and November at MGH Blum Center
This fall, the Center for Comprehensive Healing (CCH), in partnership with the Small Steps Healing Project, is providing free pop-up healing clinics to the Mass General Brigham community.
These clinics give patients, caregivers, community members, MGB providers, and MGB staff the chance to try out integrative healing practices such as acupressure, reiki, and sound healing in a low-barrier, no-cost setting. With guidance from trained practitioners, attendees can explore different approaches to healing and discover what resonates with them.
The clinics will be held at the Blum Center, White 110 (MGH main campus) from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21, and on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Walk-ins are welcome on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free lessons in American Mahjong offered at St. Joseph Catholic Church
The Volunteer Instructors for the American MahJong Community are offering free lessons for new and experienced players.
The group meets on Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in the Community Room at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 68 William Cardinal O’Connell Way.
To sign up or for more information, email Audrey Tedeman ([email protected]), or Julia Forbes ([email protected] or Sandy Connor ([email protected]).