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Join Us for Somerville’s Most Illuminating Party of the Year!

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The Center for the Arts at the Armory operates the Performance Hall, ROOTED Café, and The Lavender Room in Somerville’s historic Armory. We provide an inclusive, accessible and unique venue that creates opportunities for artists and cultural workers, brings diverse audiences together, enriches and transforms lives, and promotes the creative economy in Somerville, Greater Boston, Massachusetts and beyond. We have five signature programs, and we also rent the spaces in our venue for public and private events, including weddings, parties, conferences and meetings.

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Sun. Jan. 29, 2023    
5:00 pm
To purchase tickets, please click here. Inspired by the traditional drum rhythms of Ghana, Kotoko Brass has created a unique, joyful, and improvisational style of [...]
Wed. Feb. 01, 2023    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
This week at Songwriters in the Round we have a combo of talents that will keep you guessing. Nora Meier has amazing range as a writer — [...]
Wed. Feb. 01, 2023    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesdays at ROOTED Cafe at 7 PM Four songwriters take the stage, seated in a comfortable semi-circle. They take turns playing songs, [...]
Fri. Feb. 03, 2023    
8:00 pm
2/3/23 UPDATE: This event is canceled due to inclement weather. Who: Brittany Karlson, bass, the leader Forbes Graham, trumpet Francisco Mela, drums Miranda Agnew, trumpet [...]
Sat. Feb. 04, 2023    
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Please join us for Charlot Lucien's closing reception, which will be held on February 4th 4:00PM – 6:00PM in the ROOTED Armory Cafe.
Sat. Feb. 04, 2023    
7:00 pm
The Fourth Wall is back in Somerville after a 50-show run in Edinburgh, Scotland! Time flies like an arrow…Fruit flies like a banana! The performers [...]
Sat. Feb. 04, 2023    
7:30 pm
The Somerville Songwriter Sessions at the Armory Cafe present a live, in-person concert with singer/songwriters Rachel Marie, Owen Walsh, and Jessye DeSilva. The concert will [...]
Sat. Feb. 04, 2023    
7:30 pm
The Somerville Songwriter Sessions at the Armory Cafe present a live, in-person concert with featured singer/songwriters. The concert will include a solo set by each [...]
Sun. Feb. 05, 2023    
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Join Boston-based Mozambican funk band Kina Zoré for a unique collaboration with Brooklyn-based Burundian author Pacifique Irankunda. Pacifique will read from his award-winning memoir The [...]
Tue. Feb. 07, 2023    
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Free groceries for older people and younger people with disabilities living in senior housing, provided by Somerville-Cambridge Elder services and the Greater Boston Food Bank
Tue. Feb. 07, 2023    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
What's a SMUT SLAM? I'm so glad you asked! It's a fast-paced storytelling open mic based on REAL life, REAL lust, REAL sex. Consenting Slammers [...]
Sat. Feb. 11, 2023    
7:00 pm
Queer Icon Bitch Stars in a One-Woman Musical Play About Her Life Story and How Bitch Became Bitch Performance artist and musician Bitch tells the [...]
Sat. Feb. 11, 2023    
7:00 pm
Suggested donation: $15-50 *Reserve your spot because this event might sell out!* Join us for a night of very short, very timely presentations about reproductive [...]
Sun. Feb. 12, 2023    
2:00 pm
Celebrate the season of love with Queer Eye star and New York Times bestselling author Antoni Porowski Grab your crush or besties and join us [...]
Tue. Feb. 14, 2023    
5:00 pm
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Tue. Feb. 14, 2023    
7:00 pm
  Learn more about  POP here.    
Wed. Feb. 15, 2023    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
It seems like we have two totally separate musical ecosystems today. One is the world of Super Bowl halftime shows, Grammy hot takes, and Ticketmaster [...]
Wed. Feb. 15, 2023    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesdays at ROOTED Cafe at 7 PM Four songwriters take the stage, seated in a comfortable semi-circle. They take turns playing songs, [...]
Sat. Feb. 18, 2023    
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for Stephanie Vecellio's Exhibit Opening Reception! Stephanie Vecellio is a local illustrator who has lived in Somerville since 2014. She grew up in [...]
Sat. Feb. 18, 2023    
7:00 pm
We are a collection of singer songwriters that have been gigging in clubs, open mics, and busking in Harvard Square since 2011.
Sun. Feb. 19, 2023    
7:30 pm
  Isabel Frey (Vienna) and Sarah Larsson (Minneapolis) are troubadours in a new tradition of Yiddish songwriting and folksinging. Both rooted in a deep background [...]
Tue. Feb. 21, 2023    
7:00 pm
MEMOIR BY NBA STAR/MEDIA HEAVYWEIGHT KENDRICK PERKINS ESPN NBA analyst/personality and social media star presents an intimate memoir about race, fatherhood and basketball. Perkins was [...]
Tue. Feb. 21, 2023    
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Doors 6:30 pm. Third Tuesday of every month, with different featured poets each time, and a chance to read your own work during the open-mic section [...]
Wed. Feb. 22, 2023    
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Grab your uke and join us as we sing and strum the hits! All levels welcome, from beginners to seasoned hands.
Fri. Feb. 24, 2023    
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Feature: JR Mahung (She/They) is a Garifuna poet from the South Side of Chicago. She now lives in Boston, MA where she writes, meal preps [...]
Sat. Feb. 25, 2023    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cafe Raqs is a place for New England's belly dancers of all styles and levels to perform in a fun, professional, and supportive environment! The [...]
Tue. Feb. 28, 2023    
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Join us the fourth Tuesday of each month for the Boston Moth StorySLAM! This community-focused, open-mic storytelling competition is open to anyone can share a [...]
Wed. Mar. 01, 2023    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
People ask how we are able to keep Songwriters in the Round at the Center for Arts at the Armory so fresh. Honestly, it’s not that hard. [...]
Wed. Mar. 01, 2023    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesdays at ROOTED Cafe at 7 PM Four songwriters take the stage, seated in a comfortable semi-circle. They take turns playing songs, [...]
Fri. Mar. 03, 2023    
7:00 pm
MXNIFEST plays March 3rd 2023 at Rooted Armory Cafe; doors open at 7:00PM. MXNIFEST is an independent rock band that was founded in July of [...]
Fri. Mar. 03, 2023    
7:00 pm
PILE celebrates the release of their new album All Fiction on Friday, March 3rd! $20 advance / $25 day of show 7pm - ALL AGES [...]
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