Things to do in boston next week9/10/2023 ![]() ![]() JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL One of the most anticipated events of the festival summer is the Pillow debut of rising contemporary dance star Oona Doherty, the first Northern Ireland artist to headline there (July 26-30). Directed by Paula Plum and featuring Nettie Chickering, Barbara Douglas, Lauren Elias, Evelyn Holley, and June Kfoury. 78, LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE A series of monologues, written by Nora and Delia Ephron, in which women reflect on the pivotal events of their lives through the lens of the clothing and accessories they were wearing at the time. Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, Waltham. Directed and choreographed by Taavon Gamble. 97, DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID Fresh off artistic director Rachel Bertone’s terrific production of “Oklahoma!,” Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston heads under the sea for “Disney’s The Little Mermaid.” Kayla Shimizu, who played farm girl Laurey in “Oklahoma!,” portrays Ariel, a mermaid whose yearning to see what life is like on dry land leads her to make a bad bargain with the villainous sea witch, Ursula (Katherine Pecevich). ![]() Singleton deploys her multifarious gifts to the fullest as the outwardly authoritative but wounded matriarch in Zora Howard’s powerful, if uneven, drama about a Black family preparing a large meal while wondering and worrying about the absence of one member. ![]() CAPE COD CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL The Sinta Quartet of four saxophones opens up the 2023 Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival with a free concert that juxtaposes funk, folk, and minimalism with Beethoven and Bach. DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Charles River Esplanade. The podium will be shared by Landmarks music director Christopher Wilkins and guest conductor Damali Willingham, who managed the orchestra’s interactive “Maestro Zone” during last summer’s concerts. The evening includes music by Carrington as well as Shirley Graham, Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore, Mary Lou Williams, and more, with soprano Louise Toppin and tenor Robert Mack. KEVIN LOWENTHALīOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA “Seen-Unseen: The Symphonic Legacy of Black American Women” puts the spotlight on a long-neglected group of composers, with jazz drummer luminary Terri Lyne Carrington as guest artist and co-curator. She will be joined by finger-style guitar playing singer-songwriter Zak Tojano and the Boston-based R&B collective The A-Beez. ALI MCGUIRK & FRIENDS Soulful, bluesy singer-songwriter and guitarist McGuirk has been nominated for seven Boston Music Awards and a New England Music Award. Berklee’s David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St. , /thedudleyjazzfestivalĪYN INSERTO JAZZ ORCHESTRA The kaleidoscopically inventive composer, arranger, and bandleader, a protégé of the great trombonist, arranger, and composer Bob Brookmeyer, helms one of today’s most potent big bands, performing once again for this “Summer Extravaganza.” July 26, 7:30 p.m. The Mary Hannon Park, 621 Dudley St., Dorchester. 61, DUDLEY JAZZ FEST The lineup of the seventh annual edition of this jazz jamboree includes the quintet Beacon Bop from UMass Boston, saxophonist Pat Loomis, guitarist and festival organizer Fred Woodard’s Collective, drummer James Kamal Jones’s Other Tongues, and bassist Ron Mahdi & Rightly Guided with vocalist Nadia Washington. 61, TAMIKREST Another iteration of smoking Saharan desert blues from a group that by its own account is following in the footsteps of desert blues titan Tinariwen a listen to the gorgeous “As Sastnan Hidjan” and other songs on their latest album, “Tamotaït,” shows that the music Tamikrest is making stands on its own. They’ll no doubt sample their recent tribute to Paddy Fahey, the trad music legend who was a huge musical influence on the pair. ![]() 50, THE KANE SISTERS The traditional Irish fiddle-playing Kane sisters, Liz and Yvonne, perform with the support of guitarist John Blake. Opener Seth Walker, an artist with his own penchant for pushing past genre boundaries, should set the table nicely. THE MAVERICKS The well-oiled omni-roots machine that is the Mavericks makes what has now become an annual visit to Indian Ranch to provide a couple of hours of their high-test musical cocktail. ![]()
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