The Nave Gallery is a collaboration between ARTSomerville and the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. Run and staffed completely by volunteers, the Nave provides an important new exhibition space for both local and regional artists. Artists interested in exhibiting at the Nave are encouraged to apply via our guest curatorial program.  In addition to the visual arts there are musical performances during the year sponsored by CHPC and ARTSomerville.

Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in collaboration with ARTSomerville hosts many of the area's performers for concerts of all types and styles of music.  Many of these performances have been recorded and are now available.  Listen on line, or download high quality files for your MP3 player or for burning your own CDs.  

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8 October, 7:30 p.m., Imaginational Anthem Fall Tour '08 featuring Cian Nugent, Ben Reynolds and George Stavis at The Nave
$7.
Cian Nugent: 19 years old, from Ireland. His debut EP is a CDR (ltd. ed. of 100) with six tracks recorded on a 70's reel-to-reel machine, and the crude nature of it harks back to those early recordings of Davey Graham at Hull University. It even includes a re- working of Buell Kazee's "Wagoner's Lad", famously covered by Bert Jansch. His debut for Tompkins Square is set for the first half of '09.

Ben Reynolds: From Scotland. "Here Toucheth Blues", a highlight of 'Imaginational Anthem vol 3', is lilting and elegiac, a bit surprising as his fans are likely more familiar with his angular, raga-charged works. Ben is building a fantastic catalogue of solo recordings (and a multitude of side projects and collaborations), most recently the Solo Guitar/Inner Hills cassette featuring one side acoustic, the other, electric. His Tompkins Square debut surfaces in early '09.

George Stavis: A shadowy figure from decades past, seemingly undiminished by time and ripe for re- discovery, is the mysterious banjo picker, George Stavis. He recorded one album for Vanguard in 1969, Labyrinths, subtitled Occult Improvisational Compositions for 5-string banjo and percussion. This LP is the oddest and best banjo album of the period, only rivaled perhaps by fellow 5-stringer Billy Faier's 1973 Takoma album - good luck finding an LP copy of either, however Labyrinths is available on CD. Stavis is pictured on the cover wearing a medieval robe and holding a glowing crystal ball. The record is a wonderful devil's brew of ethnic, old-timey and psychedelics. He returns to the stage for the first time in decades.


11 October, 4 p.m., Vocal recital with Rachel Rynick and Eleuthera Sa at The Nave
$5, $10, or $20 Suggested donation.
Mark Loria, accompanist.  Works by Purcell, Schubert, Mozart, Dvorak, and Rodrigo.


17 October-15 November, 'Kitchen Stories' at The Nave.
17 October, 6-8pm, Opening Reception.
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An exhibit illustrating the scenes and stories, personalities and products, activities and artifacts from that room at the back of the house.


18 October, 2008 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Flea Market at The Nave
Funds raised will go to help cover heating costs this winter in order to keep music events affordable and to help heat the gallery space. We are in need of donations, so please tell your friends and fellow hoarders and clean out your closets.


19 October, 2008, 8 p.m., No Such Animal at The Nave
Tim Mungenast
Four years ago, avant guardian Tim Mungenast arranged the first-ever collaboration between members of Cul de Sac and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic to create the Innova Recordings release "No Such Animal." See the long-overdue reunion of Ken Field (saxophone, flute), Jon Proudman (drums), Michael Bloom (bass), and Tim (guitar, sitar, bells, pedals) as they open a sonic portal into another world.


26 October 2008, 6 - 8 p.m., Artists' talk, 'Kitchen Stories' at The Nave
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29 October, 2008, 7 - 10 p.m., Space Party at The Nave
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