NOVEMBER 2023
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Fall Fantasia Art & Music Exhibition The Shawna Foundation and Estate of Mind present the inaugural Fall Fantasia Art & Music Exhibition November 4th & 5th at Estate of Mind. The exhibition will feature the work of local artists, as well as resident & visiting artists at Estate of Mind. The theme is Fantasia, defined as a reality augmented by the imagination, tapping into the flow of the unfolding moment, through improvisation. The work being presented includes multi-disciplinary art forms and improvisational performance. There will be guided tours, fire spinning, live music, belly dancing, artist meet & greets, and more. Nonalcoholic refreshments will be served. Full schedule and artist biographies available at: est8ofmind.com/events /fall-fantasia Estate of Mind is a volunteer-run, donation-based collaborative creator co-living community, and pay-whatyou-can arts & lifestyle event venue with a world-class visiting volunteer program, based in the historic Oakhurst Manor complex in Whitinsville. FMI: visit: est8ofmind.com The Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation, Inc is a 501(c)(3) charita-
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ble nonprofit who believes the arts and education are essential to creating a vibrant, healthy community and world. The mission of the Shawna Foundation is to equitably promote and support students through scholarship and showcase artists in filmmaking, performance arts, poetry and other creative endeavors with a focus on underrepresented communities. For more information visit the shawnafoundation.org
New England Country Music Club dances The New England Country Music Club has announced their upcoming November events. On Sunday, Nov. 5th, "rachel Landry" will perform and on Sunday, Nov. 19th, "Ambush" will play. Doors open at 12:15 p.m., music 1-5 p.m. The dances will take place at The Progressive Club located at 18 Whitin St., North Uxbridge. FMI: www. Facebook.com/NE CountryMusicClub.
Macpherson featured on Library Poetry Tour awarded annually to a poet for lifetime achievement and service to the Central Massachusetts poetry community. The readings will be held on November 8th, 7 p.m. at the Milford Town Library and November 16th, 7 p.m. at the Uxbridge Free Library. The program is financed in part by the Milford Cultural Council, the Uxbridge Cultural Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foun-
dation, Inc is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit who believes the arts and education are essential to creating a vibrant, healthy community and world. The mission of the Shawna Foundation is to equitably promote and support students through scholarship and showcase artists in filmmaking, performance arts, poetry and other creative endeavors with a focus on underrepresented communities. FMI visit: theshawnafoundation.org.
The Shawna Foundation continues The Library Poetry Tour in November with poet Heather Macpherson, at the Milford Town Library and the Uxbridge Free Library. Heather J. Macpherson writes poems and prose. Her work has appeared in Soundings East, The Carolina Quarterly, Variant Lit, Bennington review, 580 Split, Blueline, and other fine places. She and co-editor Francesca Borrione have an edited collection of academic essays called Voicing the Less Dead forthcoming from Lexington Books in 2024. Heather teaches writing at Clark University. The reading is hosted by Tony Brown, the winner of the 2022 Stanley Kunitz Medal, endowed by the late U.S. Poet Laureate and Worcester native and
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