dance workshop: letting things catch fire
2025-11-01 13:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
letting things catch fire – a little house workshop
During this workshop, we will court transformation through sensation, attention, and imagination. Working with guided visualizations and extended sensorial meditations, we will tune to the subtle, looking for the edges of impulse, image, and intention. What ignites our movement? What burns away? What remains?
Participants will engage in various improvisation exercises and tasked based work aimed at engaging their compositional mind. Using different modalities and exercises from choreographer Heather Stewart’s creative process we will build a movement score together over the course of two days.
By allowing curiosity and risk to lead, we’ll explore interference as a strategy for change, letting accidents, friction, and desire shape our choices. The aim is to let things catch fire, to interrupt impulses, to stay with things until they shift.
Workshop is November 1 & 2
November 1 from 1-6:30pm
November 2 from 10am-4pm
(one day options are possible, please inquire)
Sliding scale $125-185 CLICK HERE
Participants of the workshop are invited, but not required, to perform the score at MAGMA on November 14 & 15 for the MAGMA Showcase.

Founded by Heather Stewart (she/they) in 2020, little house is a professional dance company established on principles of democratic process, collaboration, sustainability, and high caliber dance performance in service of a strong arts ecosystem in Maine. After several years of working as an independent artist Heather established little house in order to formalize her collaborative relationships with other dancers, musicians, visual artists, and writers. As an organization, little house exists to challenge the notion that quality dance can only arise in cities that have already been categorized as designated dance hubs.
Exploring human disorder and melancholy, little house dance draws viewers into dark and intimate worlds of movement ritual and duration. Movement vocabulary is created and performed with a clear, rigorous approach to choreography and performance presence. little house dance creates work for audiences who are invested in seeing performance that stretches the boundaries of movement potential while touching on experiences that are uniquely human.

Rock Show
2025-11-01 19:30 - 22:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States

Dance Performance: fleshwound
2025-11-08 19:00 - 20:00
fleshwound:
an evening w/ myles kercher & guests
7pm sat, november 8th
$15 admission BUY NOW

Autumn Song Swap
2025-11-09 18:00 - 20:00
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Local singer-songwriters Miranda Aisling, Matt Jenson, and Kara Kulpa are coming together at MAGMA to trade songs and stories. Join them on Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 6:00 pm.
Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $10 – 30 both online and at the door, ensuring everyone has access to this community event. All ticket holders receive equal entry, guests are encouraged to support as they are able.
MIRANDA AISLING
Miranda Aisling (ash-lean)’s mission is to reconnect art to daily life, a purpose you can see through her work as an interdisciplinary artist, community organizer, and creative entrepreneur. Using an art degree from Mary Baldwin University focusing on painting, pottery, and piano and an education degree from Lesley University focusing on community art, Miranda is a professional artist and community arts consultant. Her original folk songs blend frank vulnerability with insightful social commentary. A classically trained pianist who shifted from Bach to the Indigo Girls, she brings the lively spirit of a folk festival to her performances, engaging audiences with a mix of sung and spoken storytelling.
MATT JENSON
Growing up in rural New Hampshire (USA) injected Matt with a deep spiritual connection communicated by the simplicity, beauty and truth of nature. As a child he had the opportunity to visit extended family in Boston and with that cultural exposure, he fell in love with the musical styles of the African diaspora: Jazz, Blues, Reggae and Afro-Latin music. Later as a young man with a penchant for seeking the deeper understanding of life, he became extremely interested in the socio-political-economic and psychological-emotional conditions of human-kind. This, combined with his intense creative drive, provides the bedrock for nearly all of Matt’s artistic output as a talented keyboardist, singer, composer, arranger, educator and producer. He has been on the piano faculty at Berklee College of Music (20+ years) and teaches, among various labs and one-on-one piano lessons, an entire class on Bob Marley. He’s been performing regionally with his Latin and Reggae bands (Mix Up Mix Up, Combo Sabroso, the Liquid Revolution, Rebel Tumbao) and touring, composing and recording with the internationally acclaimed reggae-jazz fusion band, Groundation (2018-2022, the One Rock album). His current musical project brings him back to his love of simplicity, beauty and nature with “Unmarked Routes”, an ambient, neoclassical, dub piano with electronics project, soon to be releasing a new album.
KARA KULPA
“Poetic and soulful” and “A riotously fun time” are just a couple of ways folks have described singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Kara Kulpa. Since the release of her initial EP, Any Given Day, in May of 2005, Kulpa has toured the country as a solo act as well as in conjunction with various other acts. She has shared the stage with nationally recognized artists including Rufus Wainwright and Eddie Money and made a name for herself as a “go to sideman” for those local to or passing through Boston. House of Abundant Kindness House Concert Series said, “Kara Kulpa has a charm and personality that make you want to be her best friend…” Don’t miss the opportunity to see this seasoned and entertaining performer live.

MAGMA Showcase
2025-11-14 19:30 - 21:00
MAGMA Showcase is our annual performance fundraiser, featuring our adult dance program. Choreographers include Hannah Tupper & Zoe Ulrich, Sophia Dunzelman, Laura Dow, Dawn Pratson, Jillian Chavez-Oliveira, and Sarah Slifer Swift!
Come celebrate our amazing community of dancers and makers. All proceeds go to support MAGMA, enabling MAGMA to best support artists!
Tickets are $15-25 suggested donation BUY HERE
For Saturday Nov 15 show, BUY HERE

MAGMA Showcase
2025-11-15 19:30 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
MAGMA Showcase is our annual performance fundraiser, featuring our adult dance program. Choreographers include Hannah Tupper & Zoe Ulrich, Sophia Dunzelman, Laura Dow, Dawn Pratson, Jillian Chavez-Oliveira, and Sarah Slifer Swift.
Come celebrate our amazing community of dancers and makers. All proceeds go to support MAGMA, enabling MAGMA to best support artists!
Tickets are $15-25 suggested donation BUY NOW

Contact Improvisation Jam
2025-12-06 13:00 - 15:00
Monthly CI jams, facilitated by Sarah Slifer Swift and guests, plus live music
Saturdays 1:00-3:00pm
January Jam will be on New Year’s Day 2-4pm
Next date, February 14 1-3pm
$10-20 suggested donation SIGN UP ONLINE

Drawn to Life: Embodied Practice Through Movement and Mark Making
2025-12-13 15:30 - 17:30
Drawn to Life: Embodied Practice Through Movement and Mark Making

An exploration and celebration of movement through the mediums of drawing and dance. Participants will be guided through exercises designed to enhance expression and depiction of movement through pose exploration and simple drawing exercises.

Appropriate for movers, artists, and humans of all backgrounds; no technical training required.

Facilitated by Jeremy Frias, $10-20 suggested donation. SIGN UP NOW or at the door

Please feel free to email jeremyfrias@gmail.com with any questions and/or accommodation requests.

Concert: Love Blast
2025-12-21 17:00 - 19:00
Join the group Love Blast with Greta Bro on vocals, Mitchell Kossak on piano, Fud on bass, Ricardo Frota on violin and percussion, and Nicholas Suchecki on Sax for a Solstice Celebration and Holiday Concert, Sunday, December 21, 5-7pm.
Love Blast is a collective a musicians from the Boston region who seek to uplift people and help transform culture and consciousness through their soulful explorations of music. Their concerts blend vocal and instrumental improvisation with popular and original compositions that draw on Soul, jazz fusion and world music.
Let’s welcome the return of light with dancing, celebration and a blast of love! There will be plenty of seats and also plenty of room for dancing!
Tickets Sliding scale $15-30 BUY NOW

ElektroCabaret: That's a Wrap
2025-12-27 20:00 - 23:00
$10 cover at the door
DJs Snackzilla and Salomon plus performances and surprises
bring you own refreshments as we will be dancing hard

Ecstatic Dance - Transformations
2025-12-30 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for a symbolic, intentional journey of transformation through dance, reflection, costume, and play. As we near the new year, we give ourselves the space to reflect on what we can let go of, what we want to celebrate, and what we want to manifest in the future. We transform energy and experience within us to grow the seeds of our own becoming.
The evening starts with an opening circle, followed by Authentic Movement, and then opens up into Ecstatic Dance. Costumes help us embody the spirit of transformation, letting us shift our energy through the night. We will finish with a closing circle.
There will be a place for stretching, journaling, tarot.
Cost $10-20 suggested donation BUY NOW
SCHEDULE:
6:45pm doors open
7pm opening circle
7:10-7:25 Authentic Movement
7:25-8:50 Ecstatic Dance
8:50 Closing Circle/Meditation
9pm end

Feel Good for the New Year
2025-12-31 14:00 - 16:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
with Holly Randall and Sarah Slifer Swift
2-3pm meditation, discussion and face moisturizing/face yoga facilitated by Holly
3-4pm somatic shake facilitated by Sarah
$10-20 suggested donation SIGN UP HERE or at the door
Holly Randall is a Doctor of Nursing, a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Yoga practitioner.
Sarah Swift is a mindful movement facilitator and the Director of MAGMA.

Hip Hop - starts next week
2026-01-03 13:00 - 15:00
UPDATE – the series will start next week, 1/10, due to teacher illness today
MAGMA is thrilled to welcome guest teacher Miranda Lawson for a 6-week Hip Hop dance class series. Classes will dive into the foundations of Hip Hop with a focus on musicality, rhythm, and groove. Dancers will explore both choreography and freestyle, honoring Hip Hop’s roots as an improvisational and expressive practice. Expect to sweat, play, and connect through movement and music.
Drop-in $18 / 6-week series $85
1:00-1:45pm Youth class, ages 5-13 SIGN UP
2:00-3:00pm Teen/Adult class, ages 14+ SIGN UP
Miranda Lawson (she/her) is a Boston-based performer, choreographer, and educator whose work lives at the meeting point of contemporary and Hip Hop dance forms. She is fascinated by how these styles challenge and influence one another. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College with a BA in Dance and Psychology, Miranda’s teaching is rooted in curiosity, authenticity, and community-building. Her classes emphasize exploration and connection, inviting dancers to take risks, celebrate their individuality, and stay open to a little goofiness along the way. She currently performs with Urbanity Dance and Phunk Phenomenon, while continuing to create and share her own choreographic work, which has been presented at the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, the Multicultural Arts Center, Tufts University, and the American College Dance Association Conference. Miranda’s practice has been shaped by mentorship through MIDDAY Movement’s BIPOC Professional Dancer Mentorship program (2022–23), her Urbanity X residency (2022), and recognition from the Mass Cultural Council’s Pandemic Relief Grant and the Somerville Artists Fellowship (2023).

Myles Kercher - forward fundraiser - POSTPONED
2026-01-31 19:00 - 20:00
This event is being postponed, new date TBA

Forward Fundraiser for Creation
This semi-annual fundraiser will support Myles Kercher’s upcoming dance projects and offers the North Shore and Boston community an exclusive view at work currently in development. The evening will feature a new choreographic collaboration between Kercher and Yuniel Betancourt (Paul Taylor Dance Company). Additionally, the program includes a performance of the original solo “face”, alongside a new solo creation.

Following the performances, we will host a brief Q&A session, followed by refreshments.
General admission for the event is $15. Please find link below for more fundraising information and tickets.

https://momence.com/MAGMA/Forward-Fundraiser/129597064

https://gofund.me/95a9d0cce

Burns Night Ceilidh
2026-02-08 16:00 - 18:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Burn’s Night Ceilidh
$25 adults, $10 kids
with musicians Michael O’Leary, Susie Petrov, and Stephen Thomforde
Burn’s Night is a tradition in Scotland (and beyond) to celebrate Scottish poet Robert Burns in verse and song… and we add a generous helping of dance! The room will come alive with wonderfully fun country dances, excellent musicians, and traditional refreshments, for a wonderful night steeped in Scottish culture, for all to enjoy. Feel free to BYOB
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February Song Swap - postponed!
2026-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The Song Swap will be postponed due to bad weather this Sunday night – new date t.b.a.!
Local singer-songwriters Brian King, Susan Cattaneo, and Miranda Aisling are coming together at MAGMA to trade songs and stories. Join them on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 7:00 pm.
Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $10 – 30 both online and at the door, ensuring everyone has access to this community event. All ticket holders receive equal entry, guests are encouraged to support as they are able.
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3RIAN KING
“Catch him as his star climbs!” – Time Out New York
Gloucester native 3rian King has performed on stages in NYC, London, Boston, and beyond.
3rian is known for his genre bending songs with lyrics that deeply explore themes of love, sexuality, spirituality, human longing, and connection. His original song “Cold Rain” was covered by soul legend Irma Thomas on a Grammy-nominated album, and his band What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? performed sold-out runs of their musical production “Medusa” at Museum of Science, Boston, and Central Square Theater in Cambridge. Their new album “Live At The Cut” is now streaming on Spotify, AmazonMusic, AppleMusic, and more. www.whattimeisitmrfox.com
SUSAN CATTANEO
With her powerful voice, captivating melodies and finely-crafted lyrics, Susan Cattaneo is one of Boston’s most respected singer-songwriters. Combining vivid storytelling with a modern songwriter’s spin, Susan’s music blends folk, rock and blues with hint of country. Susan won the CT Folk Festival and has been nominated for five Boston Music Awards including Singer Songwriter of the Year, Americana Artist of the Year and Folk Act of Year. She has been a finalist or winner in the country’s most prestigious songwriting and music contests including being a three-time Kerrville New Folk finalist. www.susancattaneo.com.
MIRANDA AISLING
Miranda Aisling (ash-lean)’s mission is to reconnect art to daily life, a purpose you can see through her work as an interdisciplinary artist, community organizer, and creative entrepreneur. Using an art degree from Mary Baldwin University focusing on painting, pottery, and piano and an education degree from Lesley University focusing on community art, Miranda is a professional artist and community arts consultant. Her original folk songs blend frank vulnerability with insightful social commentary. A classically trained pianist who shifted from Bach to the Indigo Girls, she brings the lively spirit of a folk festival to her performances, engaging audiences with a mix of sung and spoken storytelling. www.mirandaaisling.com

Rock Show benefit for the Lily Jean Fund
2026-03-06 19:00 - 22:30
Come out and support! $15-20 at the door. Proceeds go to the Lily Jean Fund
featuring:
Rawstrum
Cold Start
Horsehands
Matt Farley

Dance on Canvas
2026-03-27 18:00 - 20:00
​“Dance on Canvas”
Friday, March 27, 6:00-8:00 Reception & Sale
​Carey McKinley moved to Gloucester in 2023 keen to develop ​her visual art practice and discover where it meets ​her dance practice. Taking a hiatus from teaching, ​she opened ​her first-ever visual art studio in 2024 on Main St. The upcoming Reception & Sale features McKinley’s recent work, alongside fellow dancer/visual artist, Sophia Dunzelman. Please join us to celebrate how the dancing body brings dynamic energy and life to the canvas. Free and open to the public. Works on view during studio hours–magma.center for more info.

Mandala Dance
2026-03-28 19:00 - 21:30
An exciting experimental experience with live music, dancing, singing, spoken word and community art making, facilitated by Lisa Bouchie and Jon Holland.
$15-30 sliding scale, at the door or buy online here

Pouvwa
2026-03-29 14:00 - 17:30
Pouvwa/workshop and performance – JEAN APPOLON EXPRESSIONS
Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE) is a Haitian folkloric and contemporary-infused dance organization that cultivates hope and healing to foster more expressive and socially just communities through professional performances, education, cultural experiences, and the celebration of the joy of movement for all.
Program at MAGMA on Sunday March 29
2:00-3:30 WORKSHOP FOR ALL • Experience the visceral restorative power of Haitian folkloric dance, drumming, and community building. All-ages and all-levels are welcome.
4:00-5:30 PERFORMANCE & Q&A • Explore Pouvwa, JAE’s multidisciplinary repertory on power, culture, and healing, and learn about the new JAE Dance Center in Boston, the Summer Dance Institute, and the Natural Connections Retreat in Dominican Republic.
Sliding scale $15-$25 / each event. (kids $10)
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MAGMA, 11 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA (elevator access 186 Main St.)
This event is funded in part by generous grants from the Gloucester Cultural Council and the Rockport Cultural Council, local agencies which are supported by Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

MAGMA Dance Company: Here Together Now
2026-04-12 17:00 - 18:30
A collaborative dance concert featuring Dawn Pratson, Sophia Dunzelman, Carey McKinley, Anna Kharaz, Kim Motylewski, Cynthia Williams, Zoe Ulrich, Hannah Tupper, Erika Sutter, Teresa Tobin, Donna Prezzano, Raquel del Rosario, and Sarah Slifer Swift.
Sunday April 12, 5pm
Tix $10-20 sliding scale BUY ONLINE

Drag Trivia
2026-04-17 20:30 - 22:00
Get ready to slay with drag queens and show off your trivia skills in this fabulous live showdown!

Join us as Closet Case Parties and Lady Carmen Brûlée collab for a night of drag trivia and a dance party. With performances by Carmen herself, Kylie Karma, Hunter Down, Idaho Voila and Dr. Viola Voila!
Test your skills as we quiz your knowledge on general pop culture!
Grab your friends and see who can win! Prizes include cash, tickets to Carmen’s upcoming ‘Mamma Mia!’ show at Club Cafe on April 30th, Tickets to Closet Case’s spring show on April 18th and more! You don’t want to miss out!
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Matt Jenson: Unmarked Routes
2026-04-18 19:30 - 21:00
Matt Jenson | Unmarked Routes…through sonic hypnogogy
Solo Ambient Neo-Classical Dub Piano with Electronics and the MAGMA Dance Company
Luxuriating in atmosphere and drone-tones of awe and fascination, where thoughts and feelings of division have no safe harbor. A low-lit bath of sound, where iridescent, gauzy melodies collide in slow motion with decolonized electronic soundscapes, a piano, hushed voices and kaleidoscopic dancers, with the lucid assurance that a beautiful outcome will bloom, if together we direct our attention to it.
Matt Jenson has been on the piano faculty at Berklee College of Music for about 2 decades where he also teaches a class on Bob Marley. Many in and near Gloucester may have seen the Berklee Bob Marley ensemble at the Cut that Matt directs. He has toured and recorded internationally with the jazz-fusion reggae band, Groundation and performs locally and regionally with his reggae and Latin bands (Combo Sabroso and Mix Up Mix Up respectively). All of Matt’s music is informed by jazz, blues, Afro-Cuban and reggae styles and this brand new project, UNMARKED ROUTES, maintains these influences but with a completely new sound and feel. The music is at once spacious, sophisticated and beautiful with the intention to take listeners on a sonic journey that is at times gentle and quiet and at other times subtlety intense and rhythmic. It’s what you might hear if Brian Eno jammed with Igor Stravinsky, King Tubby and Sade at Burning Man!
Matt will be performing new compositions and music from his soon-to-be-released double album illuminated by the MAGMA Dance Company and spectacular ‘screen art’ videos.
Tickets: sliding scale $15-35, buy online or at the door
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True Story Theater
2026-04-19 16:00 - 17:30
True Story Theater is an improvisational physical ensemble honoring people’s lived experience, including people who are especially vulnerable in these times.
In their MAGMA debut, they will work with stories of neurodiversity and invisible disabilities. Laugh, cry, and gain insights as True Story’s actors and musicians empathetically embody whatever is shared. All are welcome!
Tix $15-25 sliding scale BUY TICKETS
True Story Theater is a nonprofit theater company that offers over 50-75 improvisational performances, skills training, and Active Bystander workshops a year for a wide array of clients in the greater Boston area and beyond. Our mission is to promote social healing through theatre by building empathy, respect, and understanding in the honoring of true life stories.
In addition to offering monthly public shows, True Story’s work has served hospitals, universities, civic and community organizations, human rights commissions, religious communities, the LGBTQIA+ community, seniors, teen leaders, cancer survivors, activists, philanthropists, business leaders and more. We also perform for private individuals — for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and other important rites of passage and life events.
True Story Theater performs and teaches a style of improvisational theater called Playback Theatre. Volunteers from the audience are invited and helped to share what’s important in their lives. Actors listen deeply then spontaneously transform the stories into theater, portraying the heart of what they heard using dialogue, movement, music and song. From this simple interaction, people laugh, cry and experience surprising insights.
Our events create a respectful atmosphere where every voice can be heard and any story told — however ordinary or extraordinary, difficult or joyful. True Story Theater offers audiences fresh perspectives, deeper connections, and a renewed appreciation for our common humanity.

Wild Geese Dance Therapy Group begins
2026-05-01 11:00 - 12:30
Wild Geese: Dance Therapy Group
Community, Resilience, Support, Freedom
Kim Tompkins will be leading a Dance Therapy support group at MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA on Fridays from 11:00 to 12:30, May 1st through 22nd. Dance Movement therapy allows you to explore mind-body awareness, creative expression and rhythmic connection to give shape to your thoughts and feelings. In sharing the journey with others, the group is here to help you navigate the stuck places and hard changes that may be facing you now.
Bring your curiosity and wear something comfortable. For adults with or without any formal dance training.
Led by Kim Tompkins, licensed mental health counselor and board certified, Masters level Dance Movement Therapist. Kim is also a certified facilitator of Trauma Sensitive Yoga. The price is $170 for the 4 week session. For questions and registration, please send email to KimTompkinsHolistic@gmail.com.

Full Moon Dance
2026-05-01 18:30 - 20:30
Join Raquel and Osha for an evening of movement, connection, and renewal under the full moon. We’ll begin with a grounding meditation to help you arrive and settle into your body, followed by a guided warm-up that gently opens into embodied movement and free-form dance. We’ll close the evening in song, then gather for tea and light bites to integrate and connect.
Meditation & Dance Facilitated by Raquel DaRowe, Osha Rose and special guest, Sarah Slifer Swift
GET TICKETS via Osha Rose Events

From the Deep Festival
2026-05-02 11:00 - 17:00 | The Cut, 177 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Explore the depths of art and culture in the city of Gloucester during “From the Deep: A Downtown Gloucester Arts Party” on Saturday, May 2 from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm!

MAGMA is collaborating with the Cut to present filmmaker (and MAGMA Dance Company member!) Erika Sutter’s stunning movement and shadow film in an immersive underwater installation. The installation will be on view from 11am-5pm at the Cut.

Presented by the Harbortown Cultural District, this event features over 25 unique cultural events including: 7 art exhibitions, 4 musical performances, 3 video installations, 2 live art demonstrations, free kids activities and scavenger hunts! See the full schedule of cultural events and plan your day at: www.harbortownculturaldistrict.org

Aaron Wardwell record release
2026-05-08 19:00 - 21:30
featuring performances by Bryan Parys, Steven Kennedy, and the (Christmas) Coyotes
Singer-songwriter Aaron Wardwell will celebrate the release of his new album, Just Another, with a live performance on May 8th at MAGMA in Gloucester. The show will feature a full set of new material from Just Another, Wardwell’s first significant release since his EP Heartburn in 2020.
The new record showcases Aaron Wardwell’s eclectic blend of folk and electronic music with deeply witty, yet poignant songwriting, exploring themes of literature, horticulture, pop-culture, love, religiosity and more. The album was recorded and produced in Wardwell’s home studio, and it was mastered by engineer Frank Hopkins of Portland, Maine. The release date of the album is Friday, May 1st, 2026.
The album release show on May 8th will be a full immersion in the images and sounds of “Just Another.” In addition to playing the songs live, there will also be video textures shown with a projector. The show will be opened by performances from local writers Bryan Parys (Wake, Sleeper, Now Approaching), Steven Kennedy (Between Sounds, Birds Of Massachusetts), and soundscape engineer/songwriter Joshua Richard (Home Music).

Time Travelers Ball
2026-05-09 19:00 - 22:00
Please join us for MAGMA’s annual fundraiser party with live performances, participatory dance lessons, and festive refreshments.
Attire: 1920-1940 speakeasy fashion
Doors open at 7pm, programming starts at 7:30pm
$50-100 suggested donation per person, BUY ONLINE
Please buy your tickets in ADVANCE as you will need the password to get in!
Highlights:
– learn The Charleston and a Shim Sham inspired line dance
– dance performances from Sophia Dunzelman, Zoe Ulrich, Anna Kharaz, Erika Sutter, Hannah Tupper, and Sarah Slifer Swift; live music from John Cameron and Rikki Razdan
– sultry, speakeasy ambiance; signature cocktails and yummy desserts
– support MAGMA’s artistic programming, accessible pricing, and youth scholarship fund! MAGMA annually has up to ten students on either full scholarship or half-tuition scholarships. For MAGMA’s adult programming, we have drastically reduced rates for rental and class rates for artists and non-profits.

Face Yoga Face Moisturizing
2026-05-10 14:00 - 15:30
Come to MAGMA on Mother’s Day to practice face moisturizing and face yoga with Holly Randall, DNP.
Bring your mother, bring your daughter, or just celebrate yourself!
Sunday May 10, 2-3:15pm
suggested donation $10-20 at the door
