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The answer, of course, is when it’s a piano! Granted, the two instruments look very different from one another, but it turns out that “under the hood” they’re closely related.
We’re all familiar with the guitar. It’s a fretted musical instrument, typically with six strings, and played by strumming or plucking the strings with one hand while simultaneously pressing the strings against the frets with the other hand.
It’s also just one of a family of instruments called chordophones – the collective name for a musical instrument that makes sound by way of a vibrating string stretched between two points. Other chordophones include the banjo, cello, double bass dulcimer, harp, lute, sitar, ukulele, viola, violin – and piano. Other less well-known relatives include the gittern, citole, cithern, mandolin, bouzouki, chitarra battente, requinto, and vihuela.
The English word guitar, in German gitarre, and in French guitare are all adopted from the Spanish word guitarra, which comes from the Arabic qīthārah and the Latin cithara, via Ancient Greek.
The modern guitar look settled around 1850, when Spanish guitar maker Antonio Torres Jurado, who increased the size of the body, altered its proportions and invented new design and construction techniques that significantly improved the volume, tone, and sound of the instrument. It has remained essentially unchanged since.
Subtle variations on Jurado’s design have given us a vast range of diverse guitars. Classical, flamenco, Mexicano, harp guitar, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Selmer, tenor, electric, folk, jazz, country, steel, lap-steel, 7-string, 8-string, 12-string, baroque, acoustic, semi-acoustic, arch-top, flat-top, renaissance, requinto, concert, double neck, triple neck. The list goes on!
Today, guitars are ubiquitous. According to Rolling Stone, around 3 million guitars are sold every year in the U.S. Many of us have one at home; some of us even try to play it. There’s rarely a band that doesn’t have at least one. And although it’s challenging to play well, there’s something about its simplicity that we seem to embrace, in all its forms. Despite new instruments and computer-based instruments becoming increasingly popular, the guitar is still the most played instrument globally and continues to be the go-to instrument for those who want to start playing music. Will you pick yours up this holiday season?
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“They do not love, that do not show their love.”
- William Shakespeare
Your Cultural Center family wishes you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. May you enjoy the warmth of friends and family and stay safe this season.
Bob, Lauren, Amy, Meg, Laura, Becky, and Molly
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We are so pleased with the excitement around our Great Gifts edition, and below are a couple of ideas that you have suggested we pass on.
"Forward this email as your gift ideas when your favorite grandchild asks what's on your list."
"Give the gift of distance learning this holiday season! Because so many offerings are online, this is the perfect gift for family members around the globe."
Watch for our next Great Gifts Edition on December 2nd!
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Beginning December 1
Pastel Painting: Pet Portraits
With Betsy Payne Cook
Three Tuesdays from 2-4:30pm
Explore creative ways to use photographs of favorite animals and beloved pets to create a unique keepsake or gift. This class will take you through the drawing and painting stages to create at least one pastel painting. Betsy will share ideas about how to use cropping options to enhance your photo and ways to select representational and “fun” color combinations. She will also show how to create proportional sketches based on your photograph that will then translate to a painting of the same proportional size.
$75 Members, $85 Non-Members
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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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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!
CALL US
508-394-7100
Tuesday–Saturday, Noon–5 pm
THINGS TO KNOW
All gifts purchased by December 10 will receive a December 31, 2021, expiration date.
All gift memberships will be mailed directly to the recipient by December 18.
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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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DINNERS IN THE GREAT HALL |
Socially Distanced - Mask Required |
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Friday, December 8 from 6-8pm
A Pearl Harbor Dinner
With Chef Joe Cizynski
We will celebrate all the brave men and woman who fought for this country during World War II. We will taste all Pacific Ocean types of seafood.
Menu:
- Grilled Hamachi collars and Hamachi sashimi
- Skull Island prawns ala Plancha
- Seared Glacier 51 toothfish with miso butter sauce
- Chocolate Hauspie pie.
Registration closes at noon on Tuesday, December 8.
Family groups will be seated together, socially distanced from other tables, in the Constantinidis Great Hall.
$60 Members, $65 Non-Members
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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 … and our own Chef Joe Cizynski, who will serve a dinner in tribute to the Dickens classic, the season, and the power of the feast to warm our spirits.
Menu:
- Oyster stew with root vegetables
- Smoked goose and lentil salad
- Roast suckling pig with cranberries and oranges Pear, blackberry, and white chocolate cobbler
$60 Members, $65 Non-Members
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Tuesday, December 15 from 6-8pm
Classic Feast of the Seven Fishes
With Chef Joe Cizynski
Every year in the U.S., many people celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. Although it is unclear when the dinner became so popular, this celebration is considered one of the most Italian traditions. Typically, the family gathers around a feast of seven different seafood dishes or one or two different types of fish prepared in seven different ways.
Menu:
- Pesce marinate alla Liguria (marinated fish)
- Brodetto di Pesce (seafood in broth)
- Bronzino al Forna (Mediterranean fish)
- Struffoli
$60 Members, $65 Non-Members
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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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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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Socially Distanced - Mask Required |
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Saturday, November 28 at 7pm
Bring Your Own Vinyl Night!
With Tony Raine and Tim Miller
Vinyl records are making a big comeback. For the first time since the 1980s, they are outselling CDs in the United States. People are pulling out their old LPs from the basement and cranking out the tunes on turntables again. To celebrate, Tim Miller and Tony Raine, hosts of “Tim ’n’ Tony’s Rock ’n’ Pop Show” on WOMR-FM, are presenting “Bring Your Own Vinyl Night.”
Raine, longtime manager at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, has presented concerts and music series featuring Ray Davies of the Kinks, Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, and many other luminaries and has served as tour manager for Carlene Carter. Raine has managed several acts, including Siobhan Magnus. Miller worked for the Cape Cod Times for 36 years as entertainment editor, film critic, and occasional music critic. He now writes a movie column for Cape Cod Wave Magazine. They will be joined by special guest Randy Wickersham of Spinnaker Records of Hyannis.
$15 per person
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Socially Distanced - Mask Required |
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Open House on Saturday, November 28, 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 beautiful afternoon open house for artists Bill Davis, Ruth Odile Davis, Raymond Perry, and Carl Richards. The Center's five galleries are full of incredible art to kick off your holiday season.
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