MAGMA

Improv Jam
2019-06-14 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The monthly improv jam is open to musicians, movers, poets, actors, performance artists: anyone who wants to co-create live art in real time.
Schedule is as follows:
5:30- 6pm warm-up, composition skills, conversation
6-7pm open jam
$5 suggested donation

+ GOOGLE CALENDAR

OmDrum
2019-06-13 16:30 - 17:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
OmDrum , founded May, 2015
Discover the meditative and healing power of the Drum with OmDrum, led by Mitch Cohen.

Suggested donation $10

Second Thursdays of the Month, 4:30-5:30pm

Bio:
Mitch “Pashawari” Cohen has been drumming since age 12, when he discovered his lifelong passion for music. As founder of OmDrum, he now brings the meditative power of the drum to anyone who has a desire to explore unconventional methodology to self-healing. Mitch spent thirteen years as drummer for the Boston Music Award winning group Mamadou, and also has been playing devotional Kirtan music for the past several years. He had a successful career in the semiconductor industry, and is the father of two teenagers.

Grow Fest
2019-06-09 12:00 - 15:00 | Burnham’s Field, Gloucester, 75 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Come hang out with MAGMA at the Backyard Grower’s Grow Fest!
Hang out at our booth, with fun activities and MAGMA staff.
See a Forro demonstration performance and take a mini-class at 2pm!

Primal Roots - Stories
2019-06-07 20:00 - 22:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
We are the stories we create – and this is something that differentiates us from other creatures – our ability to tell stories.
Humans with our powers of memory and imagination are very good at this. Our Tribes make narratives and histories – and with these agreements we create societies. Our stories are powerful beyond measure.
This Primal Roots is about stories. Journey with us as we witness, create and begin to think about our own and our communities stories.
Primal Roots is a dance – but so much more…
As part of the festivities, there will be a transformation station stocked with props and attire to support your changing story. You are encouraged to bring things to add or for your own personal use.
We are going to have some special performances and offerings during the course of the night. There will be live and recorded music, voice and vocal offerings, guided dance journeys and more.
$15 presle (tix available soon)
$20 at the door

Sashimi
2019-05-18 19:30 - 21:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
It’s FRESH. It’s RAW. It’s SASHIMI.
Open platform art share cabaret, hosted by Sarah from MAGMA and Paul from Closet Case.
Come share your performance/poetry/music/fashion/ideas/art. 10 minute maximum per share.

Sign up starts at 7:30pm
Show starts at 8pm
$5 suggested donation n.o.t.a.f.l.o.f.
b.y.o.b.

Rock Show: AutoShoes/Badlarrys/Crimps/WinterJogger/77everthings
2019-05-11 19:00 - 22:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Automatic Shoes
https://automaticshoes420.bandcamp.com/album/crimps-automatic-shoes-split
Bad Larry’s
https://badlarrys.bandcamp.com/
Crimps
https://crimps.bandcamp.com/
Winter Jogger
https://winterjogger.bandcamp.com/
77 Everything’s
https://77everythings.bandcamp.com/
All Ages
No Booze No Bullshit
7pm, 5$
@ Magma
11 Pleasant St (Top Floor)
(For those handicapped or walking impaired, please email rileyknispel@yahoo.com to arrange elevator access.)

Improv Jam
2019-05-10 17:30 - 19:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The monthly improv jam is for movers, musicians, poets, actors, anyone interest in creating live art in real time.
5:30-6pm, warm-up/compositional skills/deep listening
6-7pm open jam
$5 suggested donation

Om Drum
2019-05-09 16:30 - 17:30, 2019-04-11 16:30 - 17:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
OmDrum , founded May, 2015
Discover the meditative and healing power of the Drum with OmDrum, led by Mitch Cohen.

Suggested donation $10

Dates at MAGMA

March 14, 4:30-5:30pm
April 11, 4:30-5:30pm

May 9, 4:30-5:30pm
June 13, 4:30-5:30pm

Bio:
Mitch “Pashawari” Cohen has been drumming since age 12, when he discovered his lifelong passion for music. As founder of OmDrum, he now brings the meditative power of the drum to anyone who has a desire to explore unconventional methodology to self-healing. Mitch spent thirteen years as drummer for the Boston Music Award winning group Mamadou, and also has been playing devotional Kirtan music for the past several years. He had a successful career in the semiconductor industry, and is the father of two teenagers.

Mandingueiros dos Palmares batizado
2019-04-29 12:30 - 20:00
Annual Capoeira event for the students of Mestre Chuvisco’s Mandingueiros dos Palmares. Windsor Community Center, 119 Windsor St. Cambridge

Rock Show II
2019-04-26 19:00 - 22:30
We’re back with another All Ages Banger At MAGMA!
This time we’re rocking with
Off The Spectrum
https://m.facebook.com/offthespectrummusic/
Peoples Ensemble
https://thepeoplesensemble.bandcamp.com/
Ceramic
https://ceramicc.bandcamp.com/track/rambler-2
Courters
https://courters.bandcamp.com/
& The Dazies
https://thedazies.bandcamp.com/
Doors open at 7pm
Only 5$ before 8pm
$10 for the fashionably late
All Ages so no Booze, no Bullocks
@ Magma
11 pleasant st Gloucester
Top Floor

Soul Motion workshop begins
2019-04-23 10:30 - 11:45 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Soul Motion Conscious Dance series
Weekly: Tuesday April 23, 30 May 7, 14, 21, 28
$15 drop-in
$60 for the series
Join Corey McLaughlin for Soul Motion® conscious dance series.
“This is a dance we create with our own resources of renewal and freedom and inspiration ~ occupying more of what’s moving in and around us. In this space there is an abundance of curiosity and creativity where we can connect within and with community Your dance is needed!
No experience needed, I hope you can join me. ”
More information at www.theinfinitedance.com.

Closet Case: EGGS
2019-04-21 16:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
$10 tickets in advance
$15 at the door
BYOB

April vacation week
2019-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
No Children’s Classes this week. April 15-20

Improv Jam
2019-04-12 17:30 - 19:00
The monthly improv jam is open to musicians, movers, poets, actors, performance artists: anyone who wants to co-create live art in real time.
Schedule is as follows:
5:30- 6pm warm-up, composition skills, conversation
6-7pm open jam
$5 suggested donation

Samba begins
2019-04-07 17:00 - 18:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Join SambaViva for a series of four Sunday Samba workshops
Sundays April 7, 14, 28, and May 5
5:00 to 6:30pm
MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St. Gloucester MA
Come dance, sweat and smile with us! SambaViva dancers will help you shake off the cold with hot samba and Afro-Brazilian dance moves for folks hungry for a taste of Carnaval in Brazil. Come enjoy Brazilian rhythms, learn fun dance steps and feel as though you have been transported to the streets of Rio and Bahia right here on the Northshore!
Bring water, comfy workout clothes, friends and good vibes! No heeled shoes. All levels welcome!
Fee: $15 per class
or all 4 for $50
https://www.getsambaviva.com/

Brazilian Dance Night
2019-03-30 20:00 - 23:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Lessons in Samba and Forro (8-9pm)
plus
Performances by Raisa and Moabi (forro) and SambaViva Boston
Dancing til late! bring your own drinks
$15 at the door

XYZ of Yoga
2019-03-30 14:00 - 16:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Yoga, a 5000-year tradition within the human era, is actually based on earlier phylogenetic stages of the animal kingdom. Participants, trained or new to a Yoga practice, will explore these ancient, fundamental positions (asanas) through the lens of developmental movement patterns that are basic to all humans and animals in locomotion.
This three-part workshop of movement, visualization and experiential anatomy will serve to discover the evolutionary underpinnings of Yoga and build a developmental vocabulary for your Asana practice that is sourced from the natural world in overlapping waves.
It is optimal to attend all workshops due to the flow of knowledge being shared. However, do not hesitate to attend, if you must miss a session. We will catch you up!
February 9 The Starfish and the axial skeleton
March 9 The Frog and the Lizard
March 30 From Mammal to Human
All dates meet from 2 to 4:30pm
Pricing
SIngle workshop: $35
All three: $75
For more information feel free to call Magma (978) 381-3494 or Kate at 802 257 0855.
Kate Tarlow Morgan, dancer/choreographer, author, and teacher is editor-in-chief of Currents Journal for the Body-Mind Centering Association, and editorial consultant for Lost & Found Poetics Document Initiative at C.U.N.Y-Center for Humanities. As sole archivist of The Rhythms Fundamentals, based on the study of human and animal natural movement, Kate teaches in local area schools and studios. Her book of NYC-based essays and stories, Circles & Boundaries, (Factory School) was published in 2011. The Gloucester Writers Center and Trident Gallery has been recent home to Kate’s “dance-formation” events that are inspired by poets, painters and performers of the 20th c., including Charles Olson, Paul Valery, Lee Nagrin, Margie Beals, Andre Bernard and Marvin Israel.

The Red Table of Grief + Other Fine Episodes
2019-03-23 16:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
MAGMA and Trident Live Art Series present:
The Red Table of Grief + Other Fine Episodes
An improvised performance with Sarah Hickler, Lorraine Grosslight, Cass Tunick, Trisha Zembruski

Saturday, March 23, 2019
2 SHOWS: 4PM + 8PM
MAGMA
11 Pleasant Street Gloucester, Massachusetts
Tickets $15
Tix sold at the door or online via Brown Paper Tickets: BUY NOW

Improvisation reveals surprising worlds. These four performers have worked together in Action Theater, clown and other improvised collaborations for over 20 years. In this performance, light as a feather vignettes collide with a universal sense of loss framed by humor + absurdity.

Bios:

Lorraine Grosslight is a theater artist, painter, and STEM educator. She loves to practice, perform, and teach Action Theater, comedy improvisation, and clown. She’s been doing that for many years.
Sarah Hickler is a physical theater performer, actor and director, and a long-time practitioner and teacher of Action Theater. She is the Head of Acting at Emerson College where she teaches Movement, Action Theater and Shakespeare.

Cass Tunick is a performer and theater-maker. She teaches Action Theater Improvisation at Emerson College, in communities across the country, and during the summer in Estonia.
Trisha Zembruski is a performer, teacher + graphic artist. She trained in Action Theater and clown for a long time. She directs Theater for Kids—a unique program that creates original plays with children.

Qigong starts
2019-03-21 17:30 - 18:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Suzanne Sweeney offer this new course in Qigong at MAGMA, Thursdays 5:30-6:30pm.
Qigong is the foundation of martial arts and has its roots in Chinese Medicine and Taoist philosophy. Simply translated, qigong means cultivation of energy and the cultivation of the skill of moving energy. Abundant energy manifests in the body as high functioning organs, flexible muscles, supple joints, clear thinking, and balanced emotions.
A primary goal of Qigong is to strengthen the environment of the body, i.e., build life-force energy, improve the immune system, clear stress and tension, and increase circulation. With regular practice, Qi begins to flow smoothly through every part of your body.
Qigong imitates the movements of nature and is often considered a form of meditation.
It emphasizes the harmony and health of body, mind, and spirit. Qigong shifts your nervous system into the parasympathetic state, which is the state in which your body comes into balance, repairs, and heals making Qigong the perfect complement to your current exercise program.

Practicing Qigong will help you:

Relax your mind and body to promote healing
Move energy to where you need it most
Improve balance, mood, and circulation

Among the many great things about Qigong are that anyone can do it and tremendous benefits can be realized with minimum time commitment.
Mind calm, heart open, body energized is the Qigong state of being.

CHEK Holistic Lifestyle coach, FDN-P, Reiki Okuden, and author of The Optimal Health Cookbook, Suzanne Sweeney, teaches people how to improve health & happiness through diet, Tai Chi & Qi gong, and relaxation techniques including Reiki and Shamanic healing. Suzanne has trained in various martial arts since 2010 and considers Tai Chi and Qi gong to be a fun and effective path to a better body, a happier outlook, and improved overall health.

http://energizebodyandmind.com/tai-chi/

Children's Program Spring Term Begins
2019-03-18
Spring Term March 18 – June 15
No classes April vacation week: April 15 – 21
Final recital for all classes Saturday June 15, 3pm

OmDrum
2019-03-14 16:30 - 17:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States

Peek Week - Children's Program
2019-03-11 08:00 - 17:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States

XYZ of Yoga
2019-03-09 14:00 - 16:30, 2019-02-09 14:00 - 16:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Yoga, a 5000-year tradition within the human era, is actually based on earlier phylogenetic stages of the animal kingdom. Participants, trained or new to a Yoga practice, will explore these ancient, fundamental positions (asanas) through the lens of developmental movement patterns that are basic to all humans and animals in locomotion.
This three-part workshop of movement, visualization and experiential anatomy will serve to discover the evolutionary underpinnings of Yoga and build a developmental vocabulary for your Asana practice that is sourced from the natural world in overlapping waves.
It is optimal to attend all workshops due to the flow of knowledge being shared. However, do not hesitate to attend, if you must miss a session. We will catch you up!
February 9 The Starfish and the axial skeleton
March 9 The Frog and the Lizard
April 6 From Mammal to Human
All dates meet from 2 to 4:30pm
Pricing
SIngle workshop: $35
All three: $75
For more information feel free to call Magma (978) 381-3494 or Kate at 802 257 0855.
Kate Tarlow Morgan, dancer/choreographer, author, and teacher is editor-in-chief of Currents Journal for the Body-Mind Centering Association, and editorial consultant for Lost & Found Poetics Document Initiative at C.U.N.Y-Center for Humanities. As sole archivist of The Rhythms Fundamentals, based on the study of human and animal natural movement, Kate teaches in local area schools and studios. Her book of NYC-based essays and stories, Circles & Boundaries, (Factory School) was published in 2011. The Gloucester Writers Center and Trident Gallery has been recent home to Kate’s “dance-formation” events that are inspired by poets, painters and performers of the 20th c., including Charles Olson, Paul Valery, Lee Nagrin, Margie Beals, Andre Bernard and Marvin Israel.

MAGMA Rock Show
2019-03-01 19:00 - 23:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
All Ages Rock Show At Magma Studios in Gloucester!
Featuring Cape Ann’s finest
Totality
https://youtu.be/q_ObQPNcSOU
The Jazz Imposters
https://soundcloud.com/user-258494266/prime-time-for-primates
Humbug
https://humbuggin.bandcamp.com/
Daywaster
https://d4yw4st3r.bandcamp.com/album/tsu-mi
Surnames
https://surnames.bandcamp.com/
Maybe more surprises
Plus DJ’s and Lights
10$
7pm
At Magma
11 Pleasant ST Gloucester
Top Floor
No Booze, No Bone Heads

Feb vacation week
2019-02-18 08:00 - 17:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
No Children’s Classes this week! February 18-23

The Day After
2019-02-15 21:00 - 23:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
After a 4+ month hiatus, Closet Case makes it’s long awaited return to MAGMA Gloucester for an evening of cabaret, drag, live music and dance performances all in the name of heartache, break-ups, and love gone bad. And as usual-we have ZERO REGRETS!!!
Cult Leader Paul and classic Closet Case crew return to serve up an anti-Valentine’s Day Variety Show like the North Shore has ever seen. This one you will NOT want to miss.
With cardiovascular compromising performances by:
Luna Vixxen, Villinda Vile, Benji, Paul, Aspen Ridge, Sarah Slifer Swift, Mimi Malevolent, Pancake, Snackzilla, Landis Darling and many more featuring some surprise local musical guests!!!
BYOB (proper ID required)
Snacks and Other Beverages will be available so bring your appetite for some bittersweet nom noms
😉
Doors Open / 8:30
Show Begins / 9pm
$10 / 18+
Tix available at the door

Improv Jam
2019-02-08 17:30 - 19:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
A Jam for Dancers, Musicians, Poets, Actors … anyone interested in co-creating art in real time.
NEW TIMES
5:30-6pm compositional skills warm-up
6-7pm Open Jam
Feel free to join late or leave early

Intro to Indian Fusion Belly Dance with Kalidasi
2019-02-02 14:00 - 16:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Announcing the rescheduled date of this fantastic workshop!
The classical and folk dances of India offer a rich tapestry of movement expressions, storytelling, and acrobatic skill. Every facet of the body is utilized and expressed through the dance and offers a glimpse into the power and beauty of the human body’s ability to express the realities of our ordinary lives as well as that of Infinite Consciousness. This masterclass will introduce students to the the technique and nuances unique to Indian dance and how we layer it on to belly dance movements to create a beautiful blend of the two. We will also touch on the history, mythology, and devotional elements that influence and support our dance.
$40 earlybird price, sign up before January 25
$45 after January 25
Best of Boston Headshot Photographer Ericaseye
Kalidasi is a multifaceted dancer from Boston, MA. who specializes in elegantly and ethically fusing classical Indian and belly dance. In her professional work, she has developed a dance style called “Anandamayi Belly Dance” or “Bliss-Permeated” Belly Dance that brings the ancient Vedic principles of sacred dance into the movements of belly dance. Her dance and instruction is informed by her fifteen years of study in tribal fusion bellydance, Shakespearean theatre, Horton technique of Modern dance, and the classical Indian dances Odissi, Bharatnatyam, and Kathak; She studied Bharatnatyam with Deepa Srinath in Boston, and currently studies within the Mohapatra lineage of Odissi under her master teachers Colleena Shakti and Sudhansu Puhan in Pushkar, Rajasthan and locally with Mouli Pal. In 2012 she had the honor of performing Odissi at the Pushkar Temple Dance Festival, in Pushkar India, produced annually by the Shakti School of Dance and the Old Rang Nath temple. Kalidasi was also a principal member of Boston-based Vadalna Tribal Dance Company, directed by Naraya Ligouri from 2009-2015. She has trained extensively with internationally renowned teachers Rachel Brice, Zoe Jakes, Ashley Lopez, Colleena Shakti, Mardi Love, Miriam Peretz, and Amar Gamal. Kalidasi continues to teach workshops and perform internationally and is passionate about teaching the healing powers of this beautiful art form.
