Artists of all ages are welcome to register for Arlington Heights’ Annual Halloween Window Painting Spooky witches, glowing jack-o-lanterns, and scary ghosts will come alive as Arlington residents decorate 55 designated storefront windows in 23 Heights businesses on Saturday, September 30, 9am to 1pm. (Rain date, Sunday, October 1, 9am to 1pm). Paint a window by yourself […]

How do we roll in this small town? Arlington ROCK AND ROLLS this summer, with live music performances happening almost every day of the week! Check out the schedule, which we’ve compiled here on Arts Arlington. Venues like the Arlington Reservoir Beach, the Jason Russell House, Magnolia Park, Old Schwamb Mill, Whittemore Park, and Robbins […]

Arlington’s homegrown music dance party makes its rockin’ return on Sunday June 18 at 6pm (rescheduled due to rain)! Featuring the local band BackPocket, tuning up now for its appearance at Arlington’s coolest outdoor venue, Arlington Global Service Station on Mass Ave. Abe’s gas station gets a re-design with a stage and some sound equipment, and we’ll […]

It’s almost FESTIVAL time in Arlington Heights! Get ready for this special seasonal celebration of community in Arlington Heights! The Heights Spring Fling Festival is coming up Saturday, June 10, 2 – 5pm and will feature live music, poetry readings, a variety of family-fun activities, 29 community information tables on environmental sustainability, and beautifully painted storefront windows […]

Come celebrate the legacy of Chief Washakie and be among the first to view the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum’s recently acquired bronze statue of this famous Eastern Shoshone leader. A free unveiling event will be held this Sat., May 6, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. At 1:15 p.m., Dallin Museum Director Heather Leavell will […]

Attention poets and poetry lovers! On Thursday, April 27, in honor of National Poetry Month, the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum and Arlington’s current Poet Laureate Jean Flanagan are thrilled to host a special event celebrating poets of Arlington’s past and present, including Cyrus Dallin’s wife Vittoria’s legacy as a poet. This free event starts at 6pm […]

Arlington residents are invited to participate in the Arlington Heights Spring Storefront Window Painting Event, which will take place on Saturday, May 20, from 9am to 1pm. Paint a window by yourself or grab your friend or family and paint a window together in one of 60+ designated storefront windows in 24 Heights businesses. Designs […]

The Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture (ACAC) Grants Committee is pleased to share that the Committee has awarded 21 grants totaling $22,164 in support of the success of local arts and culture initiatives. This year’s grants range from $350 – $2,000, with an average grant amount of $1,000. Grantees were selected from a pool […]

Please join your neighbors March 4, from 1 – 3 pm at the Arlington Community Center (27 Maple Street) for an artist talk featuring the Banner Contest winners — Remi Antunes and Malik Harding — and enjoy perusing wares at a black-owned pop-up market for the public. The Town of Arlington is celebrating the achievements […]

The Arlington Jazz Festival, now in its 12th year, has scheduled a wide variety of musical events, presented over a 4-day stretch in several venues around the town, beginning March 30, 2023! This year’s headliner concert, held at the Regent Theatre on the final day of the Festival, showcases the John Patitucci Trio with multi-Grammy […]

Did you know the oldest Black-owned business in the entire county was started by a conductor on the Underground Railroad? Or that one of the first Black pharmacists is from New England and had thriving drugstores in New Bedford and Boston? New England has a rich history of Black entrepreneurship and business. From the first […]

The Poet Laureate Committee has selected Jean P. Flanagan as the fourth Poet Laureate of Arlington. She will be appointed by the Select Board on January 23. A celebratory event honoring outgoing Poet Laureate Steven Ratiner and welcoming Flanagan will take place in the Community Room of Robbins Library January 24, 7 – 8pm. All […]

Join Arts Arlington and representatives of the Town of Arlington and Arlington Public Schools for a festive free afternoon celebrating two public art projects: a youth-led public art installation exploring the impact of climate change and Arlington’s latest Artist-in-Residence project!  Enjoy music by the High School Honors Orchestra and Jazz Band, refreshments, art exhibits, and […]

The Arlington Heights Community Association (AHCA) with support from the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture and the Arlington Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present this year’s Arlington Heights Holiday Stroll & Tree Lighting on Saturday, December 10, 2 – 5pm. Rain date, Sunday, December 11, 2 – 5pm. Visitors of all ages can […]

On Sunday, December 11th, Cantilena – a women’s chorale welcomes concert-goers to an afternoon of soothing and uplifting music. Artistic Director Elinor Armsby has chosen compositions that are stylistically diverse, drawn from a variety of traditions. For example, both Margaret Bonds’ newly published “Sleep Song” and Marjan Helms’ recent interpretation of “Sukkat Shelomekha” bring the […]

Do you consider yourself a poet? Are you interested in advocating for the written word and poetic literacy in Arlington? The Town of Arlington is searching for its next Poet Laureate! And if you answered those two questions in the positive, you should definitely be applying for this position. The three-year term is perfect for […]

Arts Commission Received Grant to Plan, Pilot New Murals Project The Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture (ArtsArlington) seeks volunteers passionate about public art to serve on an Advisory Committee to provide input on a new grant-funded, long-range mural art plan for the Town. The Commission has received a Transformative Growth Grant to explore a […]

Because of platform issues on the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s website, the application deadline for arts and culture grants has been extended until Wednesday, October 19, at 11:59pm. If you were planning to apply for a grant, you’ve got a little more time! Typically, these grants range from $150 to $1500 to fund arts, humanities and […]

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Dallin Art Museum’s Art on the Green returns to Town Day! Come and enjoy this jubilant event on Sat., Sept. 17, from 10am to 4pm, in Whittemore Park, in front of the museum in Arlington Center (corner of Mass Ave and Mystic St). Art on the […]

Come see the work of Arlington artists David Ardito and Laurie Bogdan in this year’s Art Ramble, presented by The Umbrella Arts Center in collaboration with the Concord Division of Natural Resources. Curated by Arlington resident and ACAC Commissioner Stephanie Marlin-Curiel, this year’s theme, “In the Balance,” features installation, soundscape, sculpture and poetry works that […]

This Friday, August 12, Broadway Plaza will host not one but two free performances as part of the Live Arts Arlington programming! At 6pm, enjoy a dance performance by Seyyide Sultan, who specializes in teaching and performing belly dance. Seyyide has appeared at numerous fundraisers and cultural events in the Boston area. Following Seyyide’s performance, […]

Get ready for a day of music and celebration on June 18, with Arlington Porchfest and Garage Band! Arlington’s favorite grassroots community music festival — Arlington Porchfest — starts at noon on Saturday June 18th to a porch near you! Come out to this special day of music, brought to you by Arlington Center for […]

New Self-Paced Audio Guide Lets Visitors Explore Arts, Culture and History Highlights at One’s Own Pace An expansive new self-guided digital audio tour for mobile devices provides visitors and locals with a personalized deep-dive into a wealth of historic, artistic and architectural assets throughout the Arlington Cultural District at ArtsArlington.org/ACDTour. Narrated by noted local historian […]

The Cyrus Dallin Art Museum is currently closed through mid-July for the installation of a new Indigenous Peoples Gallery exhibit and a redesign of the entry hall. This exciting project is supported by funds from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism and the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area Partnership Grant Program. The state funds […]

More than 50 paintings in storefront windows celebrate spring, sustainability and community! Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington Heights came alive on Saturday, May 7, as people of all ages created paintings in storefront windows. The themes were native plants, pollinators, sustainability, eco-diversity and, of course, community! There was a lot of laughter and swapping of supplies […]

Put a little SPRING into your step at the Arlington Heights Spring Fling Festival on May 21, from 2 – 5pm! Bring the family and friends for puppet shows, crafts, a Touch-A-Truck hosted by the Arlington Fire & Police Departments, games, an ACMi demonstration, some fantastic live music, Taiko drumming, and an artists pop up […]

Robin Frohardt’s Plastic Bag Store was an astonishing grocery market installed in a storefront in Times Square, NY — astonishing because everything in it was meticulously made of plastic bags, to call attention to the pervasiveness of single-use packaging.  Visitors stepped through the doors to the frozen food cooler to discover an intimate theater with […]

Arlington residents are invited to participate in the Arlington Heights Spring Storefront Window Painting Event, which will take place on Saturday, May 7th, from 9am to 1pm. Paint a window by yourself or grab your friend or family and paint a window together in one of 52 designated storefront windows in 21 Heights businesses. Designs […]

Susan Larson,  Chair of ACAC Grants Committee (Arlington Cultural Council), has announced the award of 19 grants totaling $18,515, for cultural programs in Arlington (ranging from $280 to $1,154, with an average grant of $740). Grantees were chosen from 37 competitive applications. “We are continuously impressed by the caliber of projects presented to our council. […]

Elevating Arlington’s Voices of Color archive collection is an opportunity for community members of color to share their stories and elevate their voices. Too often community members of color are spoken for or about, and the purpose of this project is to restore the power of sharing one’s own narrative. Using a variety of mediums, […]