​Events

Friday, April 27
6:00-9:00pm.... Kickoff Party and Exhibition, Oak Vino Wine Bar, 389 Main St.
Kickoff BOS weekend with the opening party. Group exhibition will feature work by all participating artists. Seasonal wines, craft beer and farm to table tapas.

Saturday, April 28
12:30-1:30pm*.... Encaustic Demonstration by Mandy Kelso, 420 Liberty Street
Learn about the ancient form of painting using beeswax. Participants will get to paint and mark their own small encaustic tile in this interactive demo!
1:45-2:00pm.... Performance, Beacon Performing Arts Center, 327b Main Street
Sneak peek of upcoming musicals, Little Mermaid Jr. and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
1:00-4:00pm.... Live Music with Jonathan Frith, Oak Vino Wine Bar, 389 Main Street
Have a snack and a drink, and while you're there make sure to snap a photo in front of the BOS Selfie Wall !!
Hashtag us at #beaconarts and #beaconopenstudios
2:00-3:00pm*.... Improvisation Workshop with writer Ruth Danon, 1 East Main Street #204
No experience required, no genre specified. Participants will experience language as play.
3:00-3:15pm.... Performance, Beacon Performing Arts Center, 327b Main Street
Sneak peek of upcoming musicals, Little Mermaid Jr. and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Sunday, April 29
12:00-2:30pm*.... Performance, Beacon Performing Arts Center, 327b Main Street
Open, interactive rehearsal for upcoming musical, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (contains adult humor)
2:00-3:00pm*....  Improvisation Workshop with writer Ruth Danon, 1 East Main Street #204
No experience required, no genre specified. Participants will experience language as play.
3:30-5:00pm*.... Printmaking Demonstration by Beth Weintraub, 34 Talbot Avenue
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6:30-9:30pm.... Funky Spunky Literature Night with Donna Minkowitz
& The Official BOS After Party! Quinn's, 330 Main Street
Join Donna Minkowitz and special guests for an evening of sexy, edgy, heartfelt memoir & fiction. Minkowitz and guest authors will read from their funkiest, most vulnerable, fiercest memoir and fiction, then guide the audience in a game-show-like Memoir Write-a-Thon with prizes for the best sentences, and scenes that audience members write about their own lives!

* The end times for these events are approximate. Feel free to come and go as you like. These venues are all open to the public 12-6pm each day.

​Galleries/Art Spaces

• The Lofts at Beacon, Gallery II, 82 Mason Circle

Group exhibition curated by Robin Rice Gallery, Fine photography

• Compass Arts, 395 Main Street

Group exhibition featuring artwork by teaching artists Kathy Moss, Ed Murr, and their students

• Beacon Performing Arts Center, 327b Main Street

Musical Theater Productions, Performing Arts Classes, Workshops, and Special Events

For a full list of Galleries located in Beacon, go to www.alittlebeaconblog.com