Visual arts
Performing arts--music, dance, and theater
Literary Arts
Contact:
Jackie Borck, Executive Director
Chloe Lara-Russack, Artistic Director
Artbarn Community Theatre
P O Box
470504
Brookline Village, Massachusetts 02447
Voice: 617-975-0050
Fax:
617-734-3308
email
http://www.artbarn.org/
Artbarn is a not-for-profit theater arts program with the goal of providing affordable opportunities for regional youth to experience the excitement of collaborative work in the performing arts. While expanding the theater arts community for youth in Brookline, the program aims to foster self-respect, self-esteem, and social confidence while empowering young artists of diverse backgrounds to express their creative visions through child-centered decision-making and group problem-solving skills. Tuition scholarships are available. Our mission is to keep this program accessible to all children who express an interest in the performing arts.
Ongoing or annual events:
School
Contact:
Claudia Dell
Anno, Program Coordinator and Public Relations
Brookline Adult and Community
Education Program
P O Box 150
Brookline, Massachusetts 02445
Voice:
617-730-2700
Fax: 617-730-2674
www.brooklineadulted.org
Brookline Adult and Community Education is a program of the public schools, and offers classes, lectures, and special events centered around the arts including literature, painting, drawing, language arts, dance, crafts and music.
Ongoing or annual events:
Performing Arts--Music
Contact:
Penny Kohn
email
Susan Martinemail
P O Box 1428
Brookline,Massachusetts 02446
http://www.brooklinechorus.org/
The Brookline Chrous has been part of Brookline's cultural life for more than 20 years. We've grown from a small community group to an increasingly accomplished and recognized auditioned ensemble of some 80 voices. Choristers of all ages and from all walks of life come from Brookline and surrounding communities. The chorus performs two major concerts a year, ranging from baroque to contemporary.Our commitments: (1) to perform first-rate repertoire at a time, place, and cost that is accessible to the residents of Brookline and surrounding communities (2) To support contemporary composers of choral music and talented young local performers by showcasing their work and (3) to learn and perform great music, both traditional and contemporary.
Ongoing or annual events:
General arts and arts funding
Contact:
Brenda Sullivan, Co-chair
Brookline Commission for the Arts
Brookline
Town Hall, 6th Floor
333 Washington Street
Brookline, MA 02445
617-730-2135
email
www.brooklinearts.org
The Brookline Commission for the Arts is appointed by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Brookline to preserve, enrich, and develop the unique cultural characteristics of the Town of Brookline. We do this by serving artists and humanists, their supporting organizations, and the general community, and building bridges between them. Specifically, we (1) administer grants to artists and arts organizations from funds provided by the Massachusetts Cultural Council; (2) provide networking opportunities for the arts and humanities community by hosting an annual networking event and publishing this online Directory of Arts Organizations; and (3) support the inclusion of public art in Brookline by preparing guidelines and assessing proposals for public art and advising on public art projects in accordance with the guidelines.
Ongoing or annual events:
General arts and culture funding (also provides
funding other types of community projects)
Contact:
Molly Paul, Executive Director
Brookline Community Foundation
40 Webster Place
Brookline,
Massachusetts 02445
Voice: 617-566-4442
Fax: 617-232-6261
email
www.brooklinecommunity.org
The Brookline Community Foundation is a community foundation that evolved from the Brookline Friendly Society, which was established in 1878 to serve a variety of community needs during its one hundred years of service. Today, the Brookline Community Foundation continues to build community through grantmaking, building philanthropy, and supporting community partnerships.
Ongoing or annual events:
Deadlines for grant applications: October 15 and March 15 (contact the Community Foundation for guidelines)
TopHumanities
Contact:
Leah Walczak, Curator
Edward Devotion House
347 Harvard Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446
Voice: 617-566-5747
email
http://www.BrooklineHistoricalSociety.org/
The Brookline Historical Society is a non-profit community organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Brookline's diverse history. The society hosts public events and maintains collections of materials related to Brookline history, including an online archive. Its headquarters are located in the heart of Coolidge Corner at the circa 1740 Edward Devotion House. The society also maintains the circa 1780 Widow Harris House and the circa 1768 Putterham School, both located in Larz Anderson Park. Our membership program is active and volunteers are welcome. We seek to work in partnership with other organizations to increase our outreach in the community.
Ongoing or annual events:
Performing
Arts/ Music
The BLMA is a non-profit organization founded in 1951 as one of the first library music associations in the U.S. Its mission is to produce an annual series of free concerts for residents of Brookline and neighboring communities, and thereby to provide performance opportunities for young and emerging professional musicians in the Boston area. Now in its 55th season, the BLMA has produced over 300 free concerts for more than 30,000 people in the Brookline Library. Six free concerts per season (October-April) are held in Hunneman Hall at the main branch of the Library at 2:30pm on selected Sundays. The hall is handicapped accessible; seating is limited.
Concert schedule at www.brooklinelibrary.org. (click on BLMA in the Directory)
Performing arts--advocates for music in the Brookline Public Schools
Contact:
Diane Birnbaum, Co-Chair; 617-232-6842;
birnbaum@nber.org
Mia Louik, Co-Chair; 617-232-0735; emlouik@aol.com
The Brookline Music Boosters is a non-profit organization which began nine years ago as a grass roots endeavor in response to severe cut-backs to the instrumental music program in the Brookline Public Schools. It is comprised of parents, staff, administrators, school committee members, and community people who believe that music is an essential part of children’s education.
Ongoing or annual events:
Performing Arts/Music Schools
Contact:
Gina Heideman, Publicity & Communications Manager
Brookline Music School
25 Kennard Road
Brookline, Massachusetts 02445
Voice:
617-277-4593 x 231
Fax: 617-277-4437
email
www.bmsmusic.org
Brookline Music School seeks to awaken and nurture musical interest, appreciation and artistic excellence in a friendly and stimulating atmosphere; to offer a high standard of comprehensive music instruction to people of all ages and backgrounds from the local community; and to serve the community by teaching in multiple locations, offering generous tuition assistance, and sponsoring a full schedule of concerts and public performances throughout the year.
Ongoing or annual events:
Open to the public
Performing Arts/Theater Schools
Contact:
Brookline Smart Summers Theater Arts Program
Room 101, Brookline High School
115 Greenough St.
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446
Phone:
617-470-2731
email
www.hometown.aol.com/theaterartscamp
This exciting program offers a unique theatrical experience
for children. Each morning, children engage in fun and exciting classes
in the arts. In the afternoon, children collaborate with professional
artist/educators to create an original musical production. They work
together writing a script, learning dialogue and choreography,
designing sets and costumes, and rehearsing their work. Each two-week
program culminates with a performance of their original show for
families and friends. Every child has a chance to develop his/her
talents in a supportive, non-competitive environment where creativity
and teamwork are valued.
The program is geared for children ages 7–13.
The program runs 8:30 AM–4:00 PM, Monday–Friday for children ages 7–13 at Lincoln School in Brookline and is a part of the Brookline Adult & Community Education Smart Summers Programs.
Performing Arts--Theater
Contact:
Sarah Shanipois, Managing Director or Mark VanDerzee, Educational
Director
19
Litell Road
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446
Voice: 617-277-7032
Fax:
617-734-5728
email
www.companyone.org
About: Not provided.
Ongoing or annual events: Stage One: Theatrical Training
Performing
Arts--Music
Contact:
Crispin Weinberg, President
Coolidge Corner Community Chorus
c/o
Crispin B Weinberg
25 Beals Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446
voice: 617-232-5272
fax: 617-738-8168
email
www.cccchorus.com
The Coolidge Corner Community Chorus is a group open to singers of all backgrounds. We do not require auditions and foster a cooperative spirit within the group -- experienced members work openly with members without formal training. We rehearse Wednesday evenings during the school year at Edward Devotion School under the direction of noted musician and teacher David Morochnick and accompanied by the beloved Florence ("Flossie") A. Dunn.
We strongly believe in the power of music to help build community. The Chorus performs at community events, nursing homes, and senior housing throughout the year. At our concerts, we have raised money for the All Town Honors Orchestra, the Coolidge Corner Theater Foundation, the Committee to End Elder Homelessness, and the Devo Scholars Program, which subsidizes private music lessons for students otherwise unable to afford them. We were honored to receive the Brookline PAX Award for Outstanding Community Involvement.
Ongoing or annual events:
Film, Arts, Book Readings
Contact:
George Bragdon, Program Manager
Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation
290 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02446
Showtimes 617-734-2500
Office 617-734-2501 x104
email
www.coolidge.org
About: Our mission is to show films the way they were meant to be seen and to preserve the Art Deco Moviehouse palace which serves the Greater Boston Community. Our programs include independent, foreign, cult, animation, and children's films and variety shows.
Ongoing or annual events:
Visual Arts
Humanities
Contact:
Alan Banks, Supervisory Park Ranger
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
99 Warren Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02445
Voice: 617-566-1689
Fax:
617-232-4073
email
www.nps.gov/frla
Performing Arts--music, dance, and theater
School
Contact:
Performing Arts Department
Brookline. High
School
Brookline, Massachusetts 02445
Alexandra Siemon, Chairperson, Asiemon@danahall.org,
617-277-8017
or Mary
Rauh, Co-Chairperson, mlrauh@hotmail.com
We are a group of parent volunteers who work with the Performing Arts Department at Brookline High School. We are a committee of the Brookline High School PTO. We support the program through publicity, hospitality, and whatever other tasks are appropriate. Fundraising is a small part of our activity at the present, but we may chose to do more in t he future. Specifically , we provide regular information to the TAB and BATV about performances and achievements at the high school and we distribute a calendar of events, a newsletter, and flyers to elementary schools and religious institutions. We provide refreshments and ticket sales or ushering at events, and maintain an email list of volunteers who can be called upon for help as the department asks.
Ongoing or annual events:
We have no particular events of our own, but the Performing Arts Department offers over a fifty performances in a school year.
Visual arts
Contact:
Tatyana
Sizonenko, President
Janus Russian-American Center for the Arts,
Inc.
77 Harvard Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446
Voice: 617-739-5768
Fax:
617-739-5732
email
About: Janus Russian-American Center for the Arts, Inc. tries to familiarize English-speaking audiences with old and contemporary Russian culture, and popularizes American culture among the Russian community of greater Boston. Art shows at Janus present contemporary Russian art and American art, and provides professional analysis through gallery talks, themed lectures and similar programs. Janus also hopes to connect with local universities and serve as a forum in the study and research of Russian art and culture.
Performing Arts--Music
Contact:
PALS Children's
Chorus
PO Box 470411
Brookline, MA 02447
Voice: (617) 264-PALS
(264-7257)
email
Since its grass roots inception in 1990 as an independent
performing arts program in the Lincoln School in Brookline, the PALS
Children's Chorus has grown into five ensembles serving
hundreds of Boston area children ages seven through 17. Founder and
visionary
Johanna Hill Simpson, a Boston conductor who also serves as New England
Conservatory Co-Director of Choral Activities, has formed the unique
partnership
between artists, parents, school and community that is at the heart of
PALS'
incredible success.
Extraordinary teaching happens in a PALS rehearsal. PALS
is an after-school program that uses training in music, dance and
theater to
help children discover that they can achieve excellence. But the
mission of PALS
goes far beyond its Symphony Hall performances. Through PALS, Simpson
indelibly
changes the lives of the children in her charge, building confidence,
discipline
and leadership, as well as a passion for music that will last a
lifetime.
Dance Education
Contact:
Jeanne Traxler
86 Greenough Street
Brookline, MA 02445
617-738-PNUT (7688)
email
www.pbjdanceco.org
The Peanut Butter & Jelly Dance Company was founded in 1980 to
present performances and programs by adult professional dancer/teachers
for elementary and pre-school-age audiences, to sponsor concerts
directed to the public, and to teach classes for children and teachers.
PB&J has three facets:
1) The Peanut Butter & Jelly Dance Company, a company of
professional dancers who perform and do workshops for children,
2) PB&J Dance Classes for Kids, an after-school program of
dance classes for children ages 3-8, taught from a creative movement
perspective, and
3) SMALL FEETS dance company, a dance company for children ages 6 and
up, presenting performances for Brookline's First Light Festival,
Children's Dance Festival, our year-end concert, and other places.
Performing
arts--theater (puppetry)
Contact:
Kris Higgins, Executive Director
32 Station Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
02445
Voice: 617- 731-6400
Fax: 617-731-0526
email
www.puppetshowplace.org
Puppet Showplace is a non-profit performing arts organization committed to excellence in puppetry for all audiences. The theatre operates year-round and provides educational and theatrical programming for children, families, and adults. Our facility is fully accessible and also houses a reference and video library on puppetry arts.
Ongoing or annual events:
Visual Arts
Literary Arts
Contact:
Elaine Koretsky, Director
8 Evans Road
Brookline, Massachusetts 02445
Voice: 617- 232-1636
Fax: 617-277-7719
email
Our research institute contains a paper museum with artifacts, handmade papers, and books from all over the world. We sponsor papermaking tours of China and Thailand. We produce books and videos dealing with traditional papermaking.
Ongoing or annual events: Papermaking in Depth (July)
Visual Arts
Contact:
Elizabeth Michelman
53 Brighton Road
Brookline, MA 02446
email: ezwordz@hotmail.com
617-739-6630
or
Joan Schwartz
225 High Street
Brookline, MA 02445
617-277-3424
email: joan@bpfboston.org
website: http://studiowithoutwalls.org
We are a Brookline-based group of sculptors/conceptual artists who present public exhibitions of experimental intallation/outdoor art. Our group has received grants from the Brookline Commission for the Arts and was named an "exemplary arts organization" by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Performing
Arts--Theater
Contact:
Susan Kosoff,
Producer - skosoff@wheelock.edu
Charles Baldwin, Director of Marketing - cbaldwin@wheelock.edu
200 Riverway
Boston, Massachusetts 02215-4176
Box office: 617-879-2300 or tickets@wheelock.edu
www.wheelock.edu/wft
To bring affordable theatre to an intergenerational and multi-cultural audiences.
Ongoing or annual events: Three mainstage productions, running from October through May. An education program with classes and internships available through fall, winter, spring and summer.