The Museum of Russian Icons Summer 2017 Newsletter MORI_summer_2017_NL | Page 3

EVENTS
JULY
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FIRST THURSDAY:
ADULT CRAFT NIGHT –
MAGIC SCROLLS
July 6, 5:30-8:00pm, Free!
Come enjoy a relaxing evening of
creativity and conversation with other
adults while making your own version of
an Ethiopian Magic Scroll, as seen in our
exhibition From the Vault: Icons of Ethiopia.
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2-DAY ETHIOPIAN ICON
WORKSHOP WITH
CHRISTOPHER GOSEY
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 25 & 26,
9:00am – 6:00pm
Members $350, Nonmembers $400,
includes all materials.
Limited to 10 participants. Pre-paid
registration is required by July 21. Call
978.598.5000 x121
(See article page 2)
AUGUST
GALLERY TOUR: UNICORNS
AND DRAGONS IN
MYTHOLOGY AND ICONOGRAPHY
Saturday, July 8, 11:30am &1:30pm
12
14
25
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FIRST THURSDAY:
BBF (BEST BEAST FOREVER)
PAJAMA PARTY
August 3, 6:00-8:00pm, Free
GALLERY TOUR: THE SYMBOL
OF CHRISTIANITY
Wednesday, July 12, 1:30pm
FREE FUN FRIDAY
July 14,10am–4pm
The Museum will be
open for FREE to
all visitors courtesy
of the Highland
Street Foundation’s
Free Fun Fridays program. Note that the
Museum will open one hour earlier
than our regular hours, at 10am. Visit
highlandstreet.org to see the ten-week
calendar featuring 85 venues across
Massachusetts.
20
LECTURE:
CHURCH-
STATE RELATIONS IN
RUSSIA: AN HISTORICAL
OVERVIEW WITH PROF. JAMES T. FLYNN
Kids, put on your pj’s and bring along your
favorite stuffed beast
for games, Russian
animal cartoons, a
scavenger hunt in the
“Fantastic Beasts in
Iconography” exhibition,
and animal-themed
snacks. Suggested for
ages 4-8. Children must
be accompanied by an
adult. (Admission for
adults is also free.)
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FILM:
ALEXANDER
NEVSKY DIRECTED BY
SERGEI EISENSTEIN
Saturday, August 5,
1:30-4:00pm,
Members $8, Nonmembers $12
1938, USSR, 110 min., Russian with English
subtitles. (See article page 5)
Thursday, July 20, 1:00pm
Members $8, Nonmembers $12
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LECTURE: CHURCH-STATE
RELATIONS IN RUSSIA: AN
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
WITH PROF. JAMES T. FLYNN
Saturday, July 22, 11:30pm
Members $8, Nonmembers $12
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