Events
Quarterly luncheon, join us for a networking luncheon
$25 per person including tip
The year is 1815, and Miss Austen has just returned from a visit to the Prince Regent’s London residence. The honor of this invitation prompts her to reminisce about the events that led the daughter of a country clergyman to a position of such notoriety. She shares her thoughts and feelings about her novels and how their publication changed her life forever.
Playwright and actress Laura Rocklyn portrays Jane Austen, with discussion and Q&A about Regency deportment and etiquette.
Puerto Rican saxophonist, pianist, and composer Edmar Colón explores the connections between the West African musical heritage in the Americas and the idiosyncrasies of classical music from Europe and beyond. By amplifying the similarities of these and other musical traditions, Colón achieves a distinctive homogenous blend of sounds, textures, and rhythms in his original work. This program will also include some selections from the expansive and ever-so-beautiful Puerto Rican songbook by composers such as Bobby Capó, Julio Guitiérrez, and Sylvia Rexach.
OPENING RECEPTION: MARCH 22, 2024 | 6:00-8:00 PM
ON VIEW MARCH 22 THROUGH APRIL 27, 2024
Prospectus coming in January, 2024!
FREE | DONATIONS GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED
SPONSORED BY FIRST PARISH PRESCHOOL OF NORWELL AND THE LIZ MCCARRON TEAM AT WILLIAM RAVEIS
Looking for something fun to do during spring break? Join us at the James for an indoor round of mini golf. The entire building will be transformed into a 10-hole mini golf course with greens and holes winding through the stacks, around the art gallery, and through the concert hall. Everything is provided, including clubs, balls, scorecards, and fun!
Pianist Einav Yarden is praised for her “imagination and exceptionally vivid playing…sense of immense majesty, tempered by gentleness and quiet grace” (The Washington Post, USA), and “glistening rapture…ingenious humor” (Tagesspiegel, Germany). She has been regularly presented in recital at important venues around the world and as soloist with orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (and the Rundfunkchor Berlin), Minnesota Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Bradenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Bucharest Philharmonic, and Jerusalem Symphony, under conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Leon Botstein, Steven Sloane, Frédéric Chaslin, Stefan Blunier, Aldo Ceccato, Mendi Rodan, and Simon Halsey, among others.
An Evening to Recognize Outstanding Citizens and Businesses
The Norwell Chamber of Commerce has a long tradition of recognizing the contributions of local citizens and businesses through the Citizen and Business of the Year awards. The Chamber is excited to announce that the 2024 Citizen and Business of the Year awards will take place on Thursday, April 25th at the Cushing Memorial Hall, 673 Main Street in Norwell from 6:30pm-9:00pm.
In addition to honoring our Citizen and Business of the Year, we are expanding the event to recognize the volunteers that make our town an amazing place to live, work and play. There are dozens of At-Large Committees in the Town of Norwell, totaling 161 volunteer positions. Additionally, there are many cultural, charitable, not-for-profit and school related groups that are run by local volunteers and benefit our community greatly. We want Celebrating Norwell to publicize the good work that has been accomplished by our engaged citizens and businesses.
- Appetizing dishes provided by up to 8 local restaurants and chefs, served as “Taste of”-styled event
- Cash bar
- DJ and photo booth
- Keepsake program honoring award recipients and sponsors
$35
Bring your young Padawan Learner to The James for a Jedi Knight Training! Your child will be led through a series of challenges including Jedi Force Magic, the Laser Balloon Barrage, Jedi Teamwork Training, and of course, Lightsaber Dueling. Recommended for ages 3-11 and limited to 35 children and their accompanying adults. Star Wars apparel encouraged.
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2024 | 6:00-8:00 PM
Artist Marcia Ballou returns to The James with an all-new body of vibrant, exciting work. More details to come!
For a quarter of a century, including twenty-three consecutive years in the Senate from 1851 until his death (which encompassed a three-year absence as he recovered from his caning injuries), it was Charles Sumner–not Lincoln, not William Lloyd Garrison, not Frederick Douglass, Lydia Maria Child, or anyone else–who was the nation’s most passionate, vociferous, unrelenting, and inexhaustible anti-slavery and equal rights champion.