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STUDIO INSITU ARCHITECTS INC. Presents: Making Maynard 2030; The Common Problem

A conversation and installation about creating a new Common for the Town of Maynard.

In partnership: Zannah Noe, Cultural Planner, Artist and Programmer of The Cube
ArtSpace Inc., use of the 3D screen, The Cube
Grants from Mass Cultural Council & Mass Development placemaking grant

The award-winning design firm Studio InSitu Architects, Inc. will host an exhibition and discussion about Placemaking at their storefront Crit Room in Maynard’s Cultural District. While many of New England’s historic farm towns radiate outward from public commons, historic mill towns like Maynard developed around private factories, with little or no cohesive public space for civic pedestrian culture, commerce, and community. Over the course of the past decade, the effort of numerous governmental studies and private initiatives has created a consensus that one blighted parking lot known as The Basin at Maynard’s center possesses a unique and powerful potential to become such a cohesive central destination. Studio InSitu has developed a model to embody this idea in a single cohesive diagram of this common vision applied in context.

In addition to the talk, the artist and cultural planner Zannah Noe will create an installation using three projectors to cast InSitu’s fly-over and walk-through animations of the reimagined park onto three sides of a seven-foot cube, forming an immersive threshold for the viewer to walk into the experience as a form of demonstrative placemaking. The duration of the exhibit will be one evening, with the Architect and Artist giving a talk about the challenges of creating public space and the uses of public art, along with a surprise guest speaker. The evening will close with a Q & A from the audience. This first of many sessions aim to bring local stakeholders together to spark their imagination of what can be possible to create a more regenerative culture that activates community place downtown.

The design firm Studio InSitu Architects is headed by Maynard resident Tim Hess, and has a storefront called Crit Room on Maynard’s Main Street.
In academic settings, crit rooms host rigorous collaborative critique sessions, which form the backbone of a designers’ education. InSitu’s Crit Room will function as a hybrid space for the interactive multi-disciplined presentation of work – a kind of edutainment as it informs, entertains, and facilitates a discussion on public commons as placemaking.

These events seek to engage the growing interest of civic-minded individuals who care about the sustainable and innovative use of public spaces and new ideas about placemaking. The absence of polish and grooming at Maynard’s urban core makes it possible to get the act of grooming right with a new sensitivity to the social and ecological pressures that factor into creating a public Commons. The goal is to find a way to develop regenerative public spaces; that can flex, morph and be the community’s stage for the imaginations of generations to come.

SOLD OUT! Concert: LoVeSeXy – Tribute to the music of Prince

Join us at Sanctuary with LoVeSeXy, New England’s Premier Tribute to the music of PRINCE!     
Hailing from Boston, MA, LoVeSeXy performs a remarkable, spot-on sound-alike, hi-energy show featuring a wide range of songs including all of PRINCE’s greatest hits, from his early years and throughout his long career. LoVeSeXy features a “true to the record” vocal performance and an honest representation of Prince’s beloved music, his diverse songwriting, high-level musicianship & his amazing connection with the audience.
The band can perform over 55 of Prince’s biggest hits including Let’s Go Crazy, Kiss, I Would Die 4 U, Raspberry Beret, 1999, When Doves Cry, Purple Rain and so many more.
Featuring lead vocalist/frontman Giovanni Morant ..a dynamic seasoned entertainer with a remarkably similar voice a charismatic personality, killer dance moves & a strong stage presence. Gio also plays guitar, keys & trumpet. Joined by acclaimed guitarist/vocalist Jodee Frawlee (Guitar Player Magazine’s national talent search finalist & “Boston’s Best Guitarist” award winner) and a multi-talented line-up of accomplished players & singers who’ve established themselves as one of the finest 6-piece Prince tribute acts around.
LoVeSeXy was nominated “Best Tribute Band” by Motif Magazine in 2016 and “Favorite Tribute Band” by MyFM local music awards in 2018! They were also the featured act at Boston JazzFest 2016 & the New England Music Awards in 2018. The band was recently nominated for ” Best Tribute Band” from the Worcester Music Awards in 2022.
Join LoVeSeXy as we celebrate the music of Prince, his life, his legacy & his everlasting spirit!
Doors 7:00 PM / Show 8:00 PM
Tickets: $20 advance / $25 door