Creative Chats (With Guests Jennifer Morsches and Tim Merton of the Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble)
You’re invited to Creative Chats! The event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation themselves in small groups.
Come to get inspired, to reflect, and connect.
All people interested in creativity are welcome!
Coffee and other refreshments will be available to purchase at the MBar.
Featured Conversation with Jennifer Morsches and Tim Merton of the Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble
Matt Hanna of Little Local Conversations will lead a talk with the co-Artistic Directors of the Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble. They’ll chat about the process of combining local history and classical music along with the question of how to engage different types of audiences, especially with regards to their programming with incarcerated teens.
RSVP below to let me know you’re coming! Thanks!
Watertown’s Open (Small Business Support Group)
Watertown’s Open is a series of live podcast events that bring small businesses and local business advocates together to share their stories and knowledge to help lift the entire business community.
The project is a collaboration between the City of Watertown’s Economic Development Planner, the Little Local Conversations podcast, and the Watertown Business Coalition.
Small Business Support Group: A Live Podcast Discussion On How Watertown Small Business Owners Are Collaborating
Join us for the first Watertown’s Open event at Get Lively Health and Fitness Studio! Get Lively owner Jan Taylor will be joined by a panel of small business owners that she’s collaborated with to share the story of how she’s used her studio to give a platform for others to start their own business as well as others that she’s creatively collaborated with on cross promotion and shared experiences. City of Watertown’s Senior Economic Planner Erin Rathe and leaders from the Watertown Business Coalition will also be providing commentary and sharing expertise.
Free, but limited space! RSVP below. Thanks!
Creative Chats (With Guest Arto Vaun)
You’re invited to Creative Chats! The event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation themselves in small groups.
Come to get inspired, to reflect, and connect.
All people interested in creativity are welcome!
There will be coffee and light bites to perk up those non-morning types too!
Featured Conversation with Arto Vaun (starts at 845am)
The conversation will be with Arto Vaun, musician, poet, and Executive Director of the Project Save Photograph Archive. Arto will be discussing the relationship between grief and creative practice, as well as what it means to continue making art during times of personal and collective loss. And ultimately, how the act of creating remains essential, even when the world feels overwhelming.
RSVP below to let me know you’re coming! Thanks!
Creative Chats (With Guest Julie Fei-Fan Balzer)
You’re invited to Creative Chats! The event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation themselves in small groups.
Come to get inspired, to reflect, and connect.
All people interested in creativity are welcome!
There will be coffee and light bites to perk up those non-morning types too!
Featured Conversation with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer (starts at 845am)
The conversation will be with painter, printmaker, and collage artist Julie Fei-Fan Balzer where we’ll chat around a question that Julie has been spending time pondering on within the topic of creativity and the creative life.
RSVP below to let me know you’re coming! (It’s free.) Thanks!
Creative Chats (With Guest Cat Bennett)
You’re invited to Creative Chats! The event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation themselves in small groups.
Come to get inspired, to reflect, and connect.
All people interested in creativity are welcome!
There will be coffee and light bites to perk up those non-morning types too!
Featured Conversation with Cat Bennett (starts at 845am)
Cat Bennett’s career spans making animated spots for children’s television, illustrations for many publishing clients, and now art for exhibition as well as teaching art to adults.
RSVP below to let me know you’re coming! Thanks!
Creative Chats (With Guest Kristen Kenny)
You’re invited to Creative Chats! The event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation themselves in small groups.
Come to get inspired, to reflect, and connect.
All people interested in creativity are welcome!
There will be coffee and light bites to perk up those non-morning types too!
Featured Conversation with Kristen Kenny (starts at 845am)
The featured conversation will be with Kristen Kenny, artist, arts organizer, and Chair of the Watertown Cultural District. We’ll chat around a topic that Kristen has been spending time pondering on within the topic of creativity and the creative life.
RSVP to help me know how much food to get! Thanks!
Little Local Conversations Anniversary Event!
Little Local Conversations Podcast Anniversary event!
Come celebrate one year and 50+ episodes of the Little Local Conversations podcast and help support two local nonprofits!
Tuesday, March 18th 2025
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Mosesian Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA
Suggested $20 Donation
Proceeds benefit:
The Mosesian Center for the Arts
Watertown Community Foundation
LIVE PODCAST PANELS WITH PAST GUESTS
LIGHT BITES & CASH BAR
Creative Chats (With Guest Jamie Kallestad)
You’re invited to Creative Chats! The event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation themselves in small groups.
Come to get inspired, to reflect, and connect.
All people interested in creativity are welcome!
There will be coffee and light bites to perk up those non-morning types too!
Featured Conversation with Jamie Kallestad (starts at 845am)
The featured conversation will be with Jamie Kallestad, a singer/songwriter and the Communications and Design Specialist for the Watertown Free Public Library. We’ll chat around a topic that Jamie has been spending time pondering on within the topic of creativity and the creative life.
RSVP to help me know how much food to get! Thanks!
Creative Chats! #1
You’re invited to the first ever Creative Chats! The event is a way to gather creative people face-to-face to mingle, hear a featured conversation on the topic of creativity and the creative life, and then engage in the conversation themselves in small groups.
Come to get inspired, to reflect, and connect.
All people interested in creativity are welcome! (There will be coffee and light bites to perk up those non-morning types too!)
Featured Question with Liz Helfer (starts at 845am)
Matt Hanna of Little Local Conversations will lead a talk with Liz Helfer, professional sculptor and Public Arts and Culture Planner for the City of Watertown. They’ll chat around a question that Liz has been spending time pondering on within the topic of creativity and the creative life.