We kicked off December in style with giving Tuesday, and we were delighted by the generosity and enthusiasm from everyone who contributed … and all supported the Cultural Center's mission in 2020. Your involvement makes such a difference to our work and enables us to continue bringing our diverse programming to our community. We know you have many organizations to choose from when making your year-end gifts, and we are incredibly grateful that you chose the Cultural Center. This year more than ever, your support is ensuring that programs at the Center not only exist but grow as demand for services increases. Thank you!
It's well known that altruistic behavior can increase feelings of confidence, wellbeing, happiness, and optimism. But here's more good news—giving is not only good for you, it's also contagious! A recent study from research at the University of California and Harvard shows that when one person behaves generously, observers are inspired to behave generously later, toward different people and diverse groups. The study found that altruism could spread by three degrees—from person to person to person to person. As a result, the researchers concluded that each person acting generously or altruistically can positively influence dozens or even hundreds of others.
So whether you do a good deed, volunteer your time, or donate money this holiday season, yours is much more than just a single act; it can positively help your friends, your colleagues, and our wider community—and that has to be a good thing. It may help you build new social connections and jumpstart a cascade of generosity. And don't be surprised if you find yourself benefiting from a hefty dose of happiness in the process.
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Socially Distanced - Mask Required
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Saturday, December 5
1-2:30pm
Make Awesome Holiday Bows!
With Carol Ann Morris
Have you ever wished you could make your own gorgeous holiday bows? You see them everywhere: on trees, wreaths and gifts. In this workshop, you will learn to make beautiful looped bows, starting with the 2 1/2 inch ribbon provided and then with the ribbon of your choice. One thing to remember about bows: the more you make, the better you get at it!
Members $30, Non-members $35
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Saturday, December 12
10:30am-noon
Holiday Ornaments by Hand
With Holly Heaslip
Take some time out of your busy schedule to celebrate this festive season by creating five unique handmade ornaments from clay. In this fun workshop you’ll learn several techniques to decorate and personalize, using colorful underglazes to make your work shine. The ornaments will be finished with a clear glaze and fired. You will be contacted with a pick up date in time for the holidays. All materials provided. No experience needed!
Members $35, Non-members $40
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Saturday, December 19
10:30am-noon
Heirlooms and Blooms
With Molly Demeulenaere
If 2020 has shown us anything, it is that family and friends are more important than ever. Pick a favorite heirloom—maybe your great aunt's teapot, grandfather's French horn, or your grandmother's menorah—and join us for an evening of friendship, libations, and bespoke tablescapes featuring those closest to you.
This socially-distanced class includes all materials and a festive glass of prosecco with homemade lavender and lemon syrup.
Members $105, Non-members $125
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All five galleries are full of incredible work, including a generous selection of "smalls" that pack the same punch while remaining an affordable option this holiday season.
Few gifts are more memorable than art, and taking the time to choose art for someone special is an excellent way to show how much they mean to you.
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Beginning December 4
It’s The Little Things... Painting Smalls
With Odin Smith
Three Fridays from 2-4pm
Good things really do come in small packages!
Make beautiful small works In acrylic with instruction, guidance, and great ideas for gifts to give away or to enjoy yourself!
Be sure to buy small canvases in advance for use in this class. Recommended: the 4”x 4” canvases with mini easels at Michaels or order online. The easels make a great and inexpensive display for the paintings. You may want to work on several at a time, so buy accordingly.
$85 Members, $100 Non-Members
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Thursday, December 10 from 6:30-8:30pm
Figure Painting & Drawing
With Sarah Holl
In this class, students can practice their drawing or painting skills while working from a live model. Students will be encouraged to find their own voices and explore various mediums. Students will receive individual instruction as well as group critiques. Open to all levels of experience.
Socially Distanced - Mask Required
$25 per person
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Friday, December 11 from 5-7pm
Happy Hour Painting
With Odin Smith
Friday Night Wine Down turned into HAPPY HOUR!! Grab a glass of your favorite beverage or a cup of coffee, and get ready to paint along with Odin. Simply follow along as she guides you step by step through a painting, all while you relax and engage in the creation of a work of art made by you. At the end of the class, you will have created your very own masterpiece!
$30 Members, $35 Non-Members
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ARTISAN GALLERY
The Cultural Center has a wonderful gift shop that highlights the work of Cape and Islands artisans and artists: jewelry, small paintings, tiles, books, pottery, Nantucket Lightship baskets, glass work, clothing, and more. Quality is exceptional, but the prices are reasonable.
Just give us a call for a personal shopping tour!
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Friday, December 4
Gourmet Take Out
With Chef Joseph Cizynski
Curbside pick up between 4:30-5:30pm
Lulu’s Provençale Table
Menu:
- Provençale fish and bread soup with aioli
- Roast loin of pork with baby onions, black olives, and sage
- Walnut gateau
$35 Members, $40 Non-Members
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Format changed to Gourmet Take Out
Friday, December 11 from 6-8pm
A Christmas Carol Dinner
With Chef Joe Cizynski
“Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch ...” So wrote Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol, inspiring generations of readers …
Menu:
- Oyster stew with root vegetables
- Smoked goose and lentil salad
- Roast suckling pig with cranberries and oranges Pear, blackberry, and white chocolate cobbler
$50 Members, $55 Non-Members
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Friday, December 31
Gourmet Take Out
With Chef Joseph Cizynski
Curbside pick up between 3-4pm
It's New Year's Eve!!
Menu:
- Smoked and pickled fish from Poland
- France Reveillon de Saint-Sylvester (blinis with foie gras)
- Italy Cotechino e lenticche. (Garlic sausage with lentil stew)
- For the next day- a Hoppin’ John (black eyed pea stew) that will fix your New Year’s Day hangover
$35 Members, $40 Non-Members
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Every Friday from 8:30-9:30am
Yoga for Wise Warriors!
With Lees Yunits
Beginners will be taught basics; more experienced will deepen their knowledge, and all will learn varied ways to enhance their knowing. Lees’s background includes many assorted styles of yoga, including hatha, viniyoga, yin and kundalini. Just as important are the invaluable techniques of breath work. Always there will be some form of meditation, as well, whether simple stillness, or transcendental, counting, mantra singing, or guided. The whole of a yoga session depends on joining body work, breath work, and meditation. Not to mention some humor here and there! Whether fast, or slow, all of Lees’s yoga classes intend to move you forward on your Journey to Joy.
$15 Drop-In, $75.00 - 6 weeks
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Enjoy 20% OFF Gift Memberships with code GIFT20 now through December 10!
Your gift of a Cultural Center membership will provide your friend or loved one with fantastic benefits for 12 months and will give you the satisfaction of supporting arts in our community. The continuing impact of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on our financial stability, and your membership gift will help us remain a vibrant center for the arts in our community.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
· Discounts on most classes and events
· The opportunity to exhibit artwork during our annual Members’ Exhibition
· Valuable savings in the Artisans Gallery
· The Weekly Muse email series
· Cultural Connection newsletter
Find the membership level that is right for your recipient and choose the “Gift” option. Now through December 10, 2020, enjoy 20% off gift membership purchases. This offer can only be used on gift memberships at the Individual through Patron levels and cannot be combined with any other discounts offers or discounted membership levels. Use code GIFT20 at checkout!
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Socially Distanced - Mask Required
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Holiday Open House and Holiday Shopping on Saturday, December 12, from 2-5 pm.
The ART of Social Distancing - where we keep our distance while staying inspired. We welcome you to join us for a holiday open house where you will enjoy the holiday spirit, a demonstration and work by the Cape Cod Wood Turners, and the artwork of artists Bill Davis and Raymond Perry.
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South Yarmouth Library Association Invites You to the 12 Days of Christmas Stroll.
Saturday, December 12 from 2-5pm
(rain or shine)
All outdoors – enjoy beautifully decorated front yards as you stroll the Bass River Village and find all “Twelve Days.” Starting at the South Yarmouth Library, look for the Partridge in a Pear Tree. Tickets sold at the South Yarmouth Library on day of stroll, starting at 12:00 noon. Sorry, no advance ticket sales. Event to be held Rain or Shine. Complete your ticket booklet to be eligible for a Holiday Drawing!
$10.00 donation to the South Yarmouth Library Association greatly appreciated.
Cash or checks only.
Holiday Masks for sale - $8.00
Massachusetts COVID-19 protocols of social distancing and mask-wearing required.
No food, trolley services or additional stops this year.
To contact the South Yarmouth Library Association for more info, please click here
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