For decades, Constance Melahoures has worked to make sure Plymouth residents experiencing homelessness have somewhere warm and safe to sleep, food to eat and, ultimately, a path toward permanent housing. On Sept. 20, that work was recognized when Melahoures was named the inaugural recipient of the Gregory Peace Prize, honoring a Plymouth resident whose compassion, […]
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Long lost caricatures from bygone era emerge
(This report has been edited to correct the name of the school where Evelyn Dunbar taught) There was a time in Plymouth when Saturday night meant dressing up, heading out and dancing until your feet hurt. “Clubbing” was booming, live bands filled nightclubs, and from 1979 to 1993, one of the places to be on […]
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Sunday Serenades series expanding
Sunday afternoons have come alive at the Spire Center for Performing Arts. With its new Sunday Serenades series, the Spire is expanding beyond its busy weekday and weekend evening schedules to offer 3 p.m. performances ranging from classical chamber music and jazz to Broadway, pop, big band, classical crossover and more. This week, the featured […]
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Pilgrims take the stage in a story told through ballet
Ballet tells stories without words. Emotion, conflict, loss and celebration unfold through movement and music, leaving dancers to convey what actors might otherwise say aloud. That is the language Ballet Magnificat! will use to tell a story Plymouth knows especially well when the professional ballet company brings a family friendly, all-ages-welcome production of Anchored: The […]
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Four local artists featured at ‘Collage Collective’
Collage begins with fragments — a piece of paper, a photograph, a scrap of fabric, a page from an old book — that may have little relationship to one another until an artist sees the possibility of bringing them together. Something similar happened when Plymouth artist Lorraine Agri began looking for other artists interested in […]
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Live music, comedy, theater take stages
“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare wrote, and as September brings cooler days to Plymouth, stages across town are coming alive with music, theater, comedy and plenty of reasons to gather. If live music is part of your fall plans, now is the time to plan. Here is a round-up of just some of the […]
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Scottish music invasion coming to the Spire
This weekend, a bit of Scottish highland spirit comes to Plymouth. On Saturday, September 5, Cantrip brings its high-energy blend of Scottish traditional music to The Spire Center for Performing Arts, 25 1/2 Court St., sharing the bill with American roots trio Low Lily. Cantrip builds on traditional Scottish music, weaving in influences from bluegrass, […]
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Waterfront festival to feature 230 exhibitors
Summer may be winding down, but this weekend there are plenty of reasons to get out and savor the season while it’s still in full swing. This Saturday, Aug. 29, the waterfront will be filled with antiques, arts and crafts, classic cars, live music, food, history — and even a ducky race — from two […]
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Plymouth to choose peace prize recipient
Peace is an ambitious word. Peace can mean the end of a war, reconciliation between nations or the resolution of conflicts that seem impossibly large. But for Dick Gregory, the famed civil rights activist, comedian and lifelong advocate of nonviolence whose name will now be carried by a new Plymouth peace prize, the idea was […]
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Inaugural CountryFest coming to the Spire
The Spire Center for Performing Arts, 25 ½ Court St., has brought just about every kind of music to its stage, and on Saturday, Aug. 22, it will strike a new chord with the launch of its first CountryFest. Plymouth may be a long way from Nashville, but country music has a devoted following here, […]