(Quincy, MA) ~ 11/18/19 ~ The City of Quincy has been recognized as the first official U.S. City to partner and to participate in the international arts and cultural movement Fair Saturday, on Saturday November 30, 2019. Originating in Bilbao, Spain in 2014. Fair Saturday aims to create a positive social impact each year on the last Saturday of November, the day following Black Friday. As the finale of our Fair Saturday Quincy Broadway star and Tony award winning actress Lillias White along with Emmy nominated & Sirius XM & Broadway star Seth Rudetsky will be joining high school and college students from our Rising Stars program for a very special concert in partnership with United First Parish Church, "Church of the Presidents," in Quincy. The event is co-sponsored by The City of Quincy, The Marriott Hotel of Quincy and Liberty Bay Credit Union.Fair Saturday is an innovative cultural festival celebrating arts and culture in support of social issues that takes place in a growing number of cities across the world. In 2018 more than 600 events occurred in over 100 cities worldwide. Jordi Albareda, founder of Fair Saturday, stated "It is a day to change the world through arts and culture.Cultural organizations across various disciplines participate by scheduling a time during the day/evening to express their art in support of their selected social cause. Fair Saturday will be celebrated by cities and towns around the world on November 30, 2019. Cities across the globe include Bilbao, Bristol, Mlaga, Milano, Lisbon, Portugal, Helsinki, Leeuwarden, cities throughout Scotland, Germany, South Africa and more, forming an incredible tapestry of cities connected in the same positive celebration on the same day every year. Quincys partnership with this global arts and culture movement was launched on June 24, 2019, when Fair Saturday acknowledged international organizations that build bridges through culture and the arts at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, before an international audience from 12 countries, as well as a broad institutional, cultural and social presence from Bilbao and Biscay, Spain.
Michael Ryan (National Tour "Newsies") as well as Meghan Ryan, Sarah Kelly & Rose Riley all "Rising Stars" alums join a chorus of current "Rising Stars" students on the stage with Lillias White and Seth Rudetsky!
Videos
Dear Evan Hansen
The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory for the Performing Arts (1/10 - 1/12) | ||
Come From Away
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (4/11 - 4/13) | ||
Gabby Bernstein
Emerson Colonial Theatre (2/27 - 2/27) | ||
The Cher Show (Non-Equity)
Lowell Memorial Auditorium (2/11 - 2/11) | ||
Don't Eat the Mangos
Huntington Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA (3/26 - 4/27) | ||
The Wiggles: Bouncing Balls Tour
Emerson Colonial Theatre (6/29 - 6/29) | ||
New Music New England
Boston University Tsai Performance Center (3/2 - 3/2) | ||
An Evening with John Cusack
Emerson Colonial Theatre (2/28 - 2/28) | ||
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