Hello, Folks! This was my last week at common art and Boston Warm until the New Year; and what a wonderful final week it was! On Wednesday we had the world premiere of Richie’s play with our very own Reverend Pam portraying the Voice of God! It was a great performance; it all came together very well. The whole cast really committed to their parts and brought the play to life with passion and joy. We also had a full house for the performance, and there was lots of good energy and excitement in the room. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2025
Rehearsing
Here at common art and Boston Warm we have had a really wonderful last few weeks rehearsing and preparing for Richie’s play, which is being performed this week!
On Wednesday morning we had a set and costume making table where a few members helped us craft some fun and colorful props for our cast members. The props table was a nice way to invite some artists who weren’t cast members into the play community. During this art making time, many members came up to the table asking excited questions about the play and asking how they can help. The community is abuzz with the anticipation of Richie’s play. Continue reading
Gratitude, Reciprocity & Generosity
Happy Thanksgiving week!
We had another good week here at common art and boston warm. The first rehearsal of Richie’s play went swimmingly! The cast members were game to put on their “theater caps” and brought energy and laughter to our first read-through, playing with putting on funny character voices and creating background noises where the script called for it. It seemed to me that having the rehearsal filmed was really fun for the group and helped us remind us all that the rehearsal time was important and meaningful. Continue reading
Love & Justice: Quotes for the New Year
We write today with two inspiring texts in mind, our reverend Pam’s Christmas Eve sermon, and Coretta Scott King’s words displayed in the 1965 Freedom Plaza surrounding our city’s Embrace statue.
From The Rev. Pam Werntz’ sermon, December 24, 2025, on light and darkness, grace and love, and the hope we need in our world:
The light doesn’t eliminate the darkness; it shines in the darkness. It offers orientation, direction, hope, and the possibility of seeing differently, of finding a way forward.…And this light not abstract or distant….This light has pitched a tent among us, has taken up residence in our neighborhoods, in our world, in our lives, in our hearts. Continue reading
An Artist’s Sketchbook of the South End
Church of St. Augustine & St. Martin on Lenox St. in Boston’s South End by AR Crite
For a respite from the bustle of the holidays, a visit to the Gardner Museum was in order. There, in the exhibit Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory, we learned of the project that Crite completed as an artist in residence at the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill. Continue reading
Reparations Summit III, November 8, 2025
Over 80 people attended the Reparations Summit. The Episcopal City Mission (ECM) issued its message of gratitude to all who made the gathering possible.
On behalf of ECM, Christ Church Cambridge, and the Reparations Summit Planning Team, which was made up of clergy and lay leaders from across Massachusetts, they extended deep appreciation to all who joined in providing dedicated support, thoughtful contributions, and the logistical care that helped make the Summit a successful gathering. They are hoping to build a movement of faith toward liberation and reparations — a movement grounded in truth-telling, community, and courageous love. Continue reading