City Lights | Boston Shakespeare Project

Special thanks to @masscultural and @Medford_Arts for supporting our youth programming this spring! Check out "Voices," a journal of participants' creative work at citylightswriting.org/voices

"Get thee glass eyes / And, like a scurvy politician, seem / To see the things thou dost not." -King Lear 4.6 #shakespearesunday

"All these faces, but no names." -VV, age 20. Photo by MB, age 16. Check out the full #sixwordstory project on IG: instagram.com/citylightswrit…

#sixwordstory by MT, age 16. Photo by JO, age 16

Our youth participants have been exploring how social media affects other parts of their lives: how they feel about themselves, relationships with family and friends, behaviors, and beliefs. Check out their full project on IG: instagram.com/citylightswrit…

Check out our Spring '23 online journal of creative work: citylightswriting.org/voices Thank you to @medfordlib for hosting our exhibit last month and a big thanks to @masscultural @Medford_Arts @ArtsinBoston for your support!

Check out our students' youth voice project on Instagram (5/1-6/2)! instagram.com/citylightswrit… Photo by AJ, age 18.

#GivingTuesday was created 10 years ago to inspire people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. We turned 10 this year too! Thank you to our youth participants, community collaborators, and donors for your generous contributions over the past decade. #TogetherWeGive ♥️

Today is #GivingTuesday , a global generosity movement. We are grateful to those who generously gave their voices, time, talent, and financial support to our youth programs this year.♥️ Join us: bostonshakespeareproject.org/give

We’re thrilled to share that we are one of 152 organizations receiving a Boston Cultural Council grant this year! Thank you to the BCC for supporting our City Lights programming. Tune in to @ArtsinBoston’s Facebook page tonight at 6 p.m. to celebrate with us! #BCC2021

Broadway’s favorite bad guy celebrates Shakespeare’s villains in ‘All the Devils Are Here’ washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/…

Meet L.H, Grade 5! Who is a "hero" you look up to in your life and why? “I look up to Martin Luther King in my life because he was so inspiring and he did everything he could to end racism.” #studentspotlight #sparkjoy #youthvoice

What does it mean to be a hero? Check out our student's thoughts! #studentvoice #hero #languagearts

Meet I.S., Grade 6! What 3 words best describe you? “Funny, caring, happy.” What do you love doing that makes you happiest? “Playing outdoors with my guinea pig.” What is your favorite thing about acting? “The plays we do.” #studentspotlight #actorstudio

Time for a #studentspotlight ! Meet K.R., Grade 7. What 3 words best describe you?   “Creative, Unique, Respectful” What is your favorite thing about acting? “Getting to express myself through my character that I am playing.” #actorstudio #youthvoice #artseducation

Check out our latest insta post to see how our students #sparkjoy! instagram.com/p/CK6qlUTjPzA/

Keep it simple. Discard what’s nonessential. Spark joy. MIT and Harvard researchers recommend strategies for teaching this fall bostonglobe.com/2020/07/15/met… via @BostonGlobe

This week, students are creating their own villains with unique objectives, stories, and super powers. For example… “Ms. Sonar can destroy things with the sound of her voice, dresses in red, and changes the tone of her voice to sound like anything she wants it to.” -K.R. Gr 7

Sundance: 'R#J' explores what would happen if Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' chatted on Instagram usatoday.com/story/entertai… via @usatoday

This semester’s theme is “Heroes and Villains!” Students will explore motivations behind both perspectives to grasp the WHY behind their character's words and actions. #artseducation #zoomshakespeare #heroesandvillains #ELA