Munroe Saturday Nights
Munroe Saturday Nights offers a changing schedule of arts events once a month, and is host to such things as staged play readings, choral groups, cultural dance performances, Broadway show tunes plus jazz, folk and classical music, poetry readings and more!
JOIN US! Most performances are held at Lexington’s historic First Parish Church, on the Battle Green at 7 Harrington Road in Lexington. All events begin at 7:30pm, and are open to the public.
EMAIL US to be added to the Munroe Saturday Nights mailing list, or for further information.
HAVE AN IDEA? Email us to let us know what you would like to see us get on the stage!
Detailed event information, and late-breaking-updates can be found on our Facebook page
JOIN US! Most performances are held at Lexington’s historic First Parish Church, on the Battle Green at 7 Harrington Road in Lexington. All events begin at 7:30pm, and are open to the public.
EMAIL US to be added to the Munroe Saturday Nights mailing list, or for further information.
HAVE AN IDEA? Email us to let us know what you would like to see us get on the stage!
Detailed event information, and late-breaking-updates can be found on our Facebook page
|
2020-2021 Season
September 12 We Did It For You! - A Musical About Women's Journey Through History October 24 Munroe Monster Mash - A Halloween Celebration December 5 Soul to Soul - With Tagore's Poems and Songs January 23 Weaving Connections - An Evening of Storytelling March 20 The Poetry of Transformation - A Poetry Reading 2019-20 Season
September 21 The Blues Dogs - music & dance October 5 Poets & Painters - poetry November 9 Cherokee Word for Water - film December 7 Fretless - a capella January 11 An evening of storytelling |
May 8
A Revolutionary Encounter in London - A Play Reading June Jenny and George - An Educational Concert February 8
Violin & Cello & Dialogue March 21 We Did It For You - Suffragettes April 25 10th Anniversary Show! May Tagore & Our World - music and more June Play reading |
2018/19 Season
|
September 15
Atlas Soul - music & dance October 6 "San Francisco 1961" - play reading November 10 Music for the Sun King: 18th Century Gems December 8 Austin Burns - holiday music January 19 "Intimacy Project" - play reading |
March 9
Womanhood and Gender in Tagore's Songs April 7 - SUNDAY! Festival of the Feet - Dance April 27 Ekphrasis - the meeting of painting and the spoken word May One Cellist, One Planet June 1 Fretless - acapella |
2017/18 Season
|
September 30
Celtic Harp & Storytelling October 21 Nick & Ted Page: Songs & Stories of Sibling Rivalry November 11 Yearning to Breathe Free: Refugee Stories December 9 Christmas Music from the Renaissance to the Present January 13 A Celebration of the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks |
February 3
Staged Reading of Drift March 10 Boston Beijing Opera Association April 21 Boston Jazz Voices May 12 Staged Reading of Jersey Devil June 9 Ekphrasis: A meeting of the visual & spoken arts |
2016-2017 SeasonSeptember 24, 2016
Dreaming of Cuba October 8, 2016 Charles Coe November 12, 2016 Adrian Sicam December 17, 2016 Authors' Roundtable January 28, 2017 Souled Out Artists |
February 11, 2017 Beth Walsh and Rip Jackson: An Evening of Show Tunes March 11, 2017 Shakespeare for the Masses April 1, 2017 A Celebration of the Poetry of Walt Whitman May 13, 2017 Staged Reading of Celestial Mechanics June 10, 2017 Pa’amonim - Hebrew Chorus |
2015-2016 Season
|
October 17, 2015
An evening of music with Thelonius Griffin November 14, 2015 An evening of Native American Arts & Culture December 12, 2015 The Foggy Mountain Consort January 23, 2016 "Attack of the Windmills", a reading of Nick Page's new musical February 20, 2016 "Nighthawks", a reading of Merrill Meadow's sequel to "Purple Hearts" |
March 19, 2016
"Henry Apples", a reading of Arnold Rabin's play with music April 23, 2016 A Celebration of the Poetry of William Shakespeare May 21, 2016 Confessions of a History Film Maker with Rick Beyer June 18, 2016 Kate Chadbourne's Celtic Music and Stories for a Summer Night |
2014-2015 Season
|
Sept. 27, 2014
"Break the Silence" Oct. 25, 2014 YouthQuake Theater performing "King Lear" Nov. 15, 2014 “Betty’s Bounce,” the acclaimed Gypsy jazz trio Dec. 13, 2014 Marlon Carey, slam poet Jan. 17, 2015 An Evening of Poetry, celebrating the work of Emily Dickinson |
Feb. 21, 2015
"Lab Rats" March 21, 2015 The Drum Connection April 18, 2015 Revisiting the animation and artistry of Walt Disney's "Snow White" with video artist Johnny Chew May 9, 2015 Souled Out Artists - Story Telling, music, performance art and more June 6, 2015 Shpilkes Klezmer Band |
To be added to the Munroe Saturday Nights mailing list, or for reservations or further information, email munroe.saturday.nights@gmail.com. Yearning to Breathe Free was supported through a grant from the Lexington Council for the Arts, a local agency which receives funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and the Community Endowment for Lexington.
