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As we head into warm weather, we are planning for Park Art - the free, summer-long, art-making, gardening, literacy, and music program for neighborhood children that we have hosted for 33 years. Connecting artists, musicians, and storytellers with kids, planting and watering and appreciating what it takes to make a garden grow, it all takes community.

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Cinema
Opens Friday, 5/12!

Beau is Afraid
A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster.
“A film with meticulously executed tonal command and emotional nuance.” – Screen International
“Completely baffling.” – News.com.au
"It’s important to remember that Beau Is Afraid is not a puzzle to be solved or a mystery to be unlocked. That’s by design." - Vox
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Stephen Henderson, and Patti LuPone.

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Opens Friday, 5/12!

Somewhere in Queens

Leo Russo lives a simple life in Queens, New York with his wife Angela and their shy but talented son "Sticks" and Leo’s close-knit network of Italian-American relatives and neighborhood friends. Leo lives each week for Sticks' high-school basketball games. When the high-school senior gets a surprising and life-changing opportunity to play basketball in college, Leo jumps at the chance to provide a plan for his future, away from the family construction business.

“Something honest, something recognizable, something real.” – Washington Post

“It’s quiet and charming and has some beautiful, if also familiar things to say about fathers and sons, and the question of legacy.” – Entertainment Weekly

“An affectionate love letter to Italian-American families.” – Variety
90% on Rotten Tomatoes
Directed by Ray Romano. Starring Ray Romano and Laurie Metcalf.

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Science on Screen
Where we present a brilliant figure in science, followed by a feature film!
Wednesday, 5/17 at 6:30pm, 7pm Screening

Presenting ecological, biological and academic expertise with matter of fact candor, renowned forester Peter Wohlleben guides us through his understanding of how trees work, and inspires us to really see the forest for the trees. Traveling through Germany, Poland, Sweden and Vancouver, Peter discusses, debates, and explains the process of life, death and regeneration he has observed in the woodland, and the scientific mechanisms behind these wonders of which we are too often unaware.

Pre-Film Discussion with Dr. Susan Masino of Trinity College at 6:30pm!

Dr. Masino is the Vernon D. Roosa Professor of Applied Science at Trinity College and joint appointment in Neuroscience and Psychology. Her research focuses on promoting and restoring brain health, with a particular interest in adenosine, and on the relationship among metabolism, brain activity, and behavior.

In addition to her laboratory research, Dr. Masino is interested in how public policies can improve brain health – with a special focus on New England’s forests – and involved in local educational and environmental issues. During 2018-2019, she was a Charles Bullard Fellow in Forest Research at Harvard and published the seminal paper on the benefits of pro forestation for climate change mitigation, biodiversity, and public health. Dr. Masino will discuss the complex state of New England old growth forests and their ecological impact.

For more information on Dr. Masino, click here.

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Creative Cocktail Hour (CCH)
Thursday 5/18, 6-10pm
Real Art Ways' monthly social event!

Featuring:
Live music with Nelson Bello & Friends
Music from our house DJ, DJ Mr. Realistic
A performance from The Dance Collective
New art exhibitions
Food from Mama Nena, and refreshments
Art-making activities
...and you!

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In Our Galleries:

parir los pétalos
2022 Real Art Award Recipient Romina Chuls
Drawing, sculpture, indigenous embroidery and knitting techniques.
Chuls explores feminist issues surrounding Peruvian and Latin American women in their daily lives.

Speaking Sentences Backwards
Featuring Paloma Izquierdo, Miguel Gaydosh, Matthew Schreiber, Laura Henriksen, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, and Dylan Hausthor
Curated by Cody Boyce
Photography, sculpture, video, sound, holography, poetry, and design.
The featured artists look to broaden thresholds of perception, receiving signals through environment, radio waves, sub-bass frequencies, interference patterns—the infra- and ultra- ranges of experience.

A Temporary Weight
Roni Aviv
Curated by Cody Boyce
Flat surfaces to comment on the opacity and invisibility of experiences in everyday life.

Real Wall:
Karl Goulet
Layered abstract forms that embody concepts of identity and memory.

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We're Hiring!
Real Art Ways is seeking a Visual Arts Manager and a Business Maintenance Tech to join our team!

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