Join Orange Door Kitchen for an evening in the kitchen with award winning chef, restaurateur and cookbook author, Ana Sortun!

Part cooking demonstration and part book signing, this intimate event is the perfect opportunity to get to know one of Boston’s best chefs through her stories of travel and exploration of Middle Eastern flavor. Watch as recipes from Soframiz come to life right before you and discover how Chef Sortun creates sofra - a warm gesture of personalized hospitality - at home during this season of entertaining family and friends. Space is limited, snag your tickets today!

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Join painter Louise Arnold for the reception for her show INLAND/ISLAND, on exhibit in The Gallery at Villageworks this Fall.

Louise Arnold is a landscape painter with a design background in Landscape Architecture. She works both en plein air and from her sketches and photographs. Louise has been fortunate enough to visit and inhabit the landscapes of both Northern Vermont and Prince Edward Island, Canada. Each provides unique experiences: the region of Vermont that she works in tends to be more enclosed and PEI - surrounded by water - more open and expansive. The paintings on display in the Gallery at Villageworks explore the character of these two distinct landscapes and the reciprocal experience of Louise’s own personality interacting with them.

The reception is Free and Open to the Public.

FEATURING HOLLY CAMERON & BEN KNIGHT

CHRIS FITZ and his blues/rock power trio The Chris Fitz Band has garnished more than a dozen music awards over the last 24 years as one of New England's premier acts! A Boston Music Award in 2001 for "Outstanding New Blues Act," multiple "Outstanding Blues Guitarist and Entertainer" awards, and a trip to the International Blues Competition in Memphis are a few of the band's accomplishments.

In 2016, Chris discovered classically trained and up and coming soul singer HOLLY CAMERON at a Karaoke night and played a "blues" gig with 20-something keyboard and singing phenom BEN KNIGHT. Immediately the wheels started spinning. 

The Chris Fitz "Bigger Soul" Band was born as an offshoot of the "Power Trio" that has been Chris' bread and butter for so long. Holly sings to the heavens and Ben's funky piano and soulful vocals are a perfect foil for the power and soul of the Chris Fitz Band engine. 

Featuring classic R&B and Soul music from legends Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, Glady's Knight, Bill Withers, Patti Labelle, Alicia Keys, and even Dolly Parton, along with the original award-winning music of Chris Fitz, The "Bigger Soul" Band has brought the house down at every performance. Dancing is mandatory and more showcase shows are on the horizon for 2019!!!

QUESTIONS?  CONTACT FUGITIVE PRODUCTIONS AT (617) 823-2313

Doors open at 7:30pm
$15/online • $18/door
Purchase your tickets now!

Doors open at 7:30pm.
Bar provided by True West Brewery.

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Please join Domestic Violence Services Network in commemorating this year's victims of Domestic Violence. 

Keynote Speaker: Marian Ryan, District Attorney of Middlesex County, "High Risk Teams: A Community Approach".

With Hanscom Air Force Base Honor Guard
For more information, please call DVSN 978-318-3421

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Dunham Shoe Factory rarely plays a room this size. Come and enjoy an intimate evening of world music, performed by masters while enjoying Orange Door's great bar and small plates.

DSF is a contemporary acoustic ensemble playing original compositions influenced by world traditions, featuring Anna Patton, Mac Ritchey, Todd Roach, and Dave Haughey. Combining the clarinet, oud, percussion, and cello, their music draws from a myriad of styles including Brazilian, Egyptian, Jazz, Turkish, Classical, and Indian music.

Individual members have performed in a variety of settings locally, nationally, and internationally over the past 25 years — two hold masters degrees in music performance; two have studied traditional Arabic and Turkish music; two have performed with the Paul Winter Consort; and all have spent time improvising in a variety of settings.

The result is a musical experience that is exuberant and soulful. One reviewer wrote, “The multicultural blend of instruments and compositions was fascinating. They are such outstanding musicians and creating the quartet was a joyful decision for us all.”

Doors open at 7pm
$10/online • $13/door
Order your tickets online now.

Please join AB Cares in a community art show and presentation on sources of hope in response to suicide prevention throughout the lifespan.

Doors open at 7:30pm
$12/door • $15/door
Order tickets online here.
Bar provided by True West.
Parking map

QUESTIONS?  CALL FUGITIVE PRODUCTIONS AT (617) 823-2313.

Fall 2018 Comedy Series
•  Friday, September 21
•  Friday, October 19
•  Friday, November 18

OUR HOST — MIKE DORVAL!

After a mere three months of performing, Mike won the NH Comedy Festival, defeating some of New England’s most established comics and he quickly climbed the comedic ranks to become one of the youngest headliners in Boston history. He’s been praised by the Boston Globe as “One of Boston’s Best.” Mike has been featured on Comedy Central’s Laugh Riots, starred in numerous TV commercials, and toured overseas for the USO. He has served as Comic In Residence at The Comedy Studio and is a favorite of the Boston Comedy Festival. He’s written and performed several one man shows which have had runs at the Charles Playhouse and Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.

OCTOBER’S HEADLINER — BENARI POULTEN

Benari Poulten is a comedian and writer currently living in NYC. He was an Emmy-nominated writer/producer for FS1’s Garbage Time with Katie Nolan and is a former senior producer and contributor for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central, as well as a Comedy Advisor for the Armed Services Arts Partnership. As a stand-up comic, he has played clubs across the country, from The Comedy Studio in Boston to The Improv in LA and he has toured nationally and internationally with the G.I.’s of Comedy, most recently doing shows in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eastern Europe. He is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and is affectionately known as “G.I. Jew.”

FEATURING —TOOKY KAAVANAUGH

With razor sharp wit and a charm once described as “ineffable,” Tooky (rhymes with cookie) Kavanagh speaks her mind with honesty, charisma, and edge. Tooky has performed in New York, Denver, and all over New England. Her standup credits include Laugh Boston, Nick’s Comedy Stop, December 2018 Comic in Residence at The Comedy Studio, The Rockwell Theater, The 2017 Women In Comedy Festival, Thunderfest 2017, The 2017 Boston Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Chicks, The 2017 Boston Comedy Arts Festival, The Producer’s Club, and Comic Sit-In at The Riot Theater. And she was selected to audition for the prestigious Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. She can be seen regularly at venues such as The Comedy Studio, ImprovBoston, and Laugh Boston. (Also, she’s the one who described her own charm as “ineffable,” but it’s still true!)

FEATURING — SAM IKE

Sam Ike is a comedian from Boston. His unique stage presence and observations have made him loved by audiences nationally. He’s performed in comedy festivals including Limestone, SF Sketchfest, Big Sky, and the Second City/NBC Universal Breakout Festival in Chicago. He’s also been featured on NPR’s You’re the Expert, The Bechdel Cast on How Stuff Works Network, and The Check Spot on Sirius XM. Often, you can see Sam as the cohost of the popular weekly show, Cityside Comedy (or rewriting this bio).

Brisk mornings, crisp air infused with whispers of wood smoke, leaves crushed underfoot, and musty puddles from light rain the night before, calm moments as the changing light blankets the late afternoon . . . Join chef Michelle Mulford and beverage curator Marianne Staniunas from Uncommon Feasts as they welcome autumn at Orange Door Kitchen!

Michelle has prepared a sumptuous menu, rich with fall flavors:

aperitif agenais, cranberry shrub
duck rillettes, Island Creek Oysters, crostini with lardo and chestnut honey
vegetable hors d'oeuvre~roasted beet with walnut oil, julienne carrot salad, celery root remoulade
braised beef with handmade noodles
roasted apples with housemade applejack ice cream

Marianne will be conspiring with Oz Wine Company to select wines to augment the flavors of the menu and the aromas of the season.

Maybe spend the day apple-picking and then make your way over for a mouth-watering, belly-warming supper . . .

Tickets are $95.

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Ready for your family and friends this holiday season? Join Certified Specialist of Wine Kim Simone to learn about crowd-pleasing wines that are affordable, delicious, and go great with holiday dining. Kim will guide the tasting in her trademark casual style and discuss what wines are better to serve with what dishes, and how to be sure to have something at the table that all your guests will enjoy.

Tickets are $65 and include 5 tasting pours and light snacks.

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Two great bands perform on one stage, both featuring local vocal phenom, Mike Payette. With a career spanning decades, Mike is a well-known and respected member of the Greater Boston music community. In addition to his years of live performance as a singer and bass player, Michael has sung on numerous radio and television ads in the Boston market. (Perhaps you can hum the “1-800-54-GIANT” or the “We’re the One for You New England, New England Telephone” jingles. If so, you learned them from Mike!)

“Acoustic Roadshow” plays acoustic versions of the harmony-rich songs many of us grew up with (The Beatles, CSNY, Steely Dan, The Beach Boys). “The Mike Payette Band” plays classic rock, funk, old-school pop, R&B (The Police, Toto, Journey, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bill Withers) — definitely dance-worthy.

Mike was a founding member of several sought-after function bands including “Moonglow,” a band he led for more than a decade.

In 2014, Mike was asked to premiere two as-then unknown songs written by Brad Delp — the former lead singer of the band “Boston” — at the Brad Delp Foundation Gala, “With a Little Help from His Friends.”

Joining him tonight are Chris Leadbetter (guitar, vocals), Daniel Webster (keyboards, vocals), Seth Botos (drums, vocals), and Brian Butler (percussion, vocals).

Doors open at 7:30pm
$15/online • $18/door
Order your tickets online now.
Bar provided by True West.

QUESTIONS?  CONTACT FUGITIVE PRODUCTIONS AT (617) 823-2313

Autumn is at its best with backyard bonfires, cozy wool blankets, mugs of hot spiked cider, and wisps of woodsmoke juxtaposed against the crisp air. For this month’s mixology class, we’re exploring how to use (and balance) the flavor of smoke in cocktails. Join Meredith for a demonstration of three different libations featuring nose-tickling peat, toast, smoke, earth, warmth, and spice. While we're at it, you'll learn foolproof techniques for your home bar and get hands-on to practice measuring, mixing, and mastering flavor with steal-the-recipe craft cocktails. 

Tickets are $65 and include heavy appetizers and two cocktails. 

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Combining the sounds of jazz and gypsy music, 440 expands on the tradition of gypsy jazz established by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, performing irresistible toe-tapping snappy arrangements of swing-era hot jazz standards as well as originals.

Tomoko Iwamoto started playing the violin at age six and soon became one of the most advanced students in her Suzuki studio. Later in life, Tomoko performed with groups representing styles from classical, to rock, to pop, to jazz, to world music — demonstrating a great sense of improvisation. She has provided arrangements and performed as a soloist with the Mood Swings Orchestra (jazz big band), and written many arrangements for the Newton All-City Orchestra. Tomoko continues to perform classical violin with the Plymouth Philharmonic, the Lexington Symphony, the New England Philharmonic, and the Woodvale String Quartet, just to name a few.

Mark Chenevert is a clarinet and tenor sax player with richly varied musical experience in alt-rock, jazz, Americana, classical, polka, cabaret, klezmer, second-line, and beyond. He has been a sought after side man in the Boston freelancing scene for years, performing with Willie Alexander, Chandler Travis, Doo-wop DeVille, Josh Lederman, Bertrand Laurence, Zoe Lewis, David Champagne, the Hot Tamale Brass Band, and others. Notable groups with which he performed in the past include Limbo Race, the Del Fuegos, and Hypnotic Clambake. Mark can be heard on dozens of recordings by these and other artists.

Sven Larson is a Boston-based acoustic bass and electric bass. Born in Ohio, Sven came to Boston in 1995 and began studying with bass virtuoso Steve Neil. Sven continued to learn, perform, and record in many genres, while becoming a popular performer on the local jazz and blues scene. He has played on many stages across the US, Canada, and Europe including Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and the King Biscuit Festival, to name just a few. He has performed with Toni Lynn Washington, Charles Neville, Michelle Willson, Roses Pawn Shop, Albert Cummings, Nicole Nelson, and others.

Jack Soref is a guitarist who specializes in playing and teaching music in the style of Django Reinhardt. Jack has performed throughout the US as well as France, Canada, and Scotland. He began studying the guitar as a teen with Madison-based Jazz Mandolinist and guitarist Sims Delaney-Pothoff. In 2003, Jack moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music. While living in Paris in 2011, Jack jammed with many talented musicians including the legendary guitarist Boulou Ferré and violinist Florin Niculescu. He can be seen regularly in the greater Boston area playing Django's music, with a myriad of local musicians.

Doors open at 7pm
$10/online • $13/door
Purchase your tickets here.

Learn the essential tools to build resilience, improve health and quality of life, while helping support your children and teens to learn and practice their own resiliency building skills in this TWO-PART series with Rana Chudnofsky, Ed.M. Learn about the connection between stress and physical or emotional concerns. Practice techniques to elicit the relaxation response to stay cool in stressful situations!

Join Modern Barre at their West Acton Studio for a special Latin inspired Signature Express Class to benefit the ACLU in their mission to reunite children separated from their families. Suggested donation of $10 cash. Refreshments and shopping to follow. 20% off Beyond Yoga, New Balance, and Modern Barre Apparel. Register now!

Join Orange Door Kitchen for an evening in the kitchen with award winning chef and sustainability expert, Michael Leviton!

Part demonstration and part hands on cooking, Chef Leviton will work with the class to prepare a three-course seasonal dinner with sustainability lessons woven throughout. Learn expert techniques for roasting and braising in advance of holiday cooking, then sit and enjoy the fruits of your labor with your classmates and thoughtful pairings.  

MENU (Subject to Change): 

Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho with Crab Salad and Lime Remoulade // Braised Monkfish a la Bouillabaise // Cider Braised Apple Tart with Creme Fraiche and Bourbon Caramel

Tickets are $125 and include a welcome drink and wine or beer pairings. Orange Door Kitchen is a no tipping establishment - your ticket price is your final price.

More about Chef Leviton:

Michael Leviton’s career pathway as a chef has been forged by a belief in sustainable change. After seventeen years at Lumière, four at Area Four, eight James Beard Foundation Award nominations and honors from Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, Gourmet and Saveur, he has stepped away from the day to day of the kitchen. As a founder of Region Foodworks and through his work with Marlo Marketing, Michael is now expanding his reach by focusing his time and talent on projects and partnerships that demonstrate the promise of broadening food systems sustainability. He is long-time member, and former Board Chair of the Chefs Collaborative, as well as a member of the Chef Action Network, an Impact Program of the James Beard Foundation. Having attended two Chefs Boot Camps for Policy and Change, Michael continues to build on his advocacy for a sustainable future. A longtime advocate for sustainable seafood and fisheries, Leviton is also on the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Blue Ribbon Task Force.

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Learn the essential tools to build resilience, improve health and quality of life, while helping support your children and teens to learn and practice their own resiliency building skills in this TWO-PART series with Rana Chudnofsky, Ed.M. Learn about the connection between stress and physical or emotional concerns. Practice techniques to elicit the relaxation response to stay cool in stressful situations!

Fugitive Stories continues its special brand of non-competitive storytelling in The Gallery at Villageworks in West Acton. We bring Moth and Massmouth winners, along with others from the local community, to share their stories. Do you want to tell your story on our theme? You can fill out our form online. We'll get back to you to let you know if you're in. We also invite audience members who are interested in telling a five- to six-minute story on our theme to drop their name in a hat. If chosen, they’ll tell their tale.

September Theme: “Missed Opportunity”

FEATURED TELLERS

Rose Saia (Fugitive Stories co-founder)
Rose Saia won two Moth StorySLAMs and two Massmouth Story Slams in 2016, her first year as a storyteller. She has been a featured teller at WGBH, The Life is Good Kids Foundation, and The International Institute of Boston. She placed third in Boston’s 2017 Moth Grand Slam. She teaches “True Stories Told Live” workshops As a newcomer to the craft, Rose gets energized finding that common bond with an audience, but practices relaxation breathing to stop shaking before every event. Rose was one of the co-founders of Fugitive Stories.

Sara Sweet Rabidoux-Kelsey
Sara Sweet Rabidoux-Kelsey grew up on Cape Cod and has lived in Boston for nearly twenty years. Sara has an MFA in Choreography and Dance History from Smith College and was the Founder and Artistic Director of hoi polloi, a modern dance company based in Central Square for many years.  Sara is a Moth GrandSlam champion and recently performed on her first Moth MainStage production. She is co-founder of Blind Tiger Tellers and honored to be a featured teller with Fugitive Stories.

Bart Thompson
Bart Thompson has won Moth StorySLAMs and Massmouth Story Slams and has been a Massmouth “Big Mouth Off” finalist. He honed his skill in storytelling on the stages of Boston and New York after a humble beginning seven years ago in a storytelling show in Providence, RI. He is a Nebraska native and avid traveler who now lives in the Boston area. He tells stories anywhere he can find a captive audience (such as elevators and bathrooms).

$10/online • $12/door
Order your tickets here.
Doors open at 5:30pm. Storytelling starts at 6pm.

Acton Coffeehouse, as you enter the venue, serves beverages and snacks until 6pm. Bring them on up!

Do you want to be a scheduled community teller in Acton or another location? Fill out our form here.

Questions? Please contact Fugitive Productions directly at (617) 823-2313 or dg@fugitiveproductions.com.

OKTOBERFEST returns to West Acton Village on Saturday, September 29th! In addition to sidewalk sales throughout the village, all variety of vendors will be set up in Gardner Field on Rte 111/Mass Ave, across from the Villageworks.

Marx Running is hosting at 5K road race at 9am, and then festivities begin at 10am. Live bands will be playing all day long, including special performances from groups like Theatre III. Bounce house and playground available for younger kids. Food and drink will be provided from local favorites such as Legend Cafe, Orange Door Kitchen, and New London Pizza. This year TrueWest will be hosting a Beer Tent (over 21 only), where they will be selling beer along with Pony Shack Cider with some lawn games. 

Kemp Harris is a composer, musician, children’s author, actor, and teacher. Born in North Carolina, Kemp taught himself piano and was writing songs at age 14.

This summer his band was the featured act at Beat Brasserie in Harvard Square, sponsored by AirBNB. It was a captivating, soulful display of what Kemp does best — completely engage his audience from his first note to the last.

As a musician and composer, Kemp has shared the stage with Taj Mahal, Gil Scott-Heron, and blues artist, Koko Taylor. He wrote and performed “If Loneliness Was Black” for The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Complexions. He has also composed for Phase One Contemporary Dance in Atlanta.

Kemp’s CD, “Sometimes In Bad Weather,” has been called a "thoughtful tapestry exploring the intersection of American roots music, jazz, and African folk influences." Kemp’s second CD, “Edenton,” is a blues inspired journey, featuring the Holmes Brothers providing additional vocals.

Kemp also composed the ending credits soundtrack for “An Unreasonable Man,” a documentary about the life and career of Ralph Nader. The song “Stand Up, Rise Up” is the theme for Ralph Nader’s weekly talk show.

Doors open at 7pm
$10/online • $13/door
Order your tickets here.

Fall 2018 Comedy Series
•  Friday, September 21
•  Friday, October 19
•  Friday, November 18

In 2017 Fugitive Productions began “Fugitive Comedy Night” in West Acton. The curator and host through spring 2018 was Wes Hazard — a 2017 New England Emmy Award winner recognized as an Outstanding Program Host/Moderator and host of WGBH-TV's "Stories from the Stage.”

NEW SEASON, NEW HOST!

We wish Wes Hazard a fond farewell as he sets sail for the Big Apple this fall! In his place is an equally engaging, fun-loving, and funny guy — Mike Dorval. After a mere three months of performing, Mike won the NH Comedy Festival, defeating some of New England’s most established comics and he quickly climbed the comedic ranks to become one of the youngest headliners in Boston history. He’s been praised by the Boston Globe as “One of Boston’s Best." Mike has been featured on Comedy Central’s Laugh Riots, starred in numerous TV commercials, and toured overseas for the USO. His album “We Need To Talk” documents his distinctive worldview and performance chops. He has served as Comic In Residence at The Comedy Studio and is a favorite of the Boston Comedy Festival. He’s written and performed several one man shows which have had runs at the Charles Playhouse and Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.

We will continue to select a lineup of  the best and brightest comics working in the Boston area and nationally. The comedians who have joined us have appeared on Comedy Central, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, The TV Guide Channel, Comedy Bang! Bang! Live! Podcast, NPR’s Commonwealth Journal, Lifetime’s Girls Night Out and have opened for numerous well-known comedians. Our audiences have, frankly, been surprised by the level of talent we’ve brought to the ‘burbs.

SEPTEMBER'S HEADLINER

Live, from New York, it's Carmen Lagala!! New York-based comedian Carmen Lagala, who made her network television debut this July on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (watch it here), is making the trip to our little hamlet to entertain us.

Originally from Vermont, Carmen endears audiences with her playful voice and anecdotes on everything from the beauty industry to the death of a Facebook friend. She opens regularly for Hari Kondabolu at comedy clubs and theaters all over the country and was featured in the prestigious Bridgetown Comedy Festival, the Women in Comedy Festival, and the Green Mountain Comedy Festival in her home state.

FEATURING

Katie Qué has been has been creating a solid fan-base in Greater Boston for years. Sarcastic yet vulnerable, she veils her feminist agenda behind up-speak and vocal fry. She was a featured performer in the Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival, The Women In Comedy Festival, and is a co-producer for the Mendoza Line Comedy Show, every Saturday night in the heart of Boston.

Doors open at 7:30pm
$12/online • $15/door
Purchase your online tickets.
Bar provided by True West.
Parking map

QUESTIONS?  CALL FUGITIVE PRODUCTIONS AT (617) 823-2313.

Crispy, juicy, tart, sweet...It's APPLE SEASON in Massachusetts!  And that means that we're celebrating the beginning of Fall with apple cocktails.  Join Meredith from Orange Door Kitchen for a demonstration of three different cocktails made with apples, cider, and yummy fall spices.  While we're at it, you'll learn foolproof techniques for your home bar and get hands-on to practice measuring, mixing, and mastering flavor with steal-the-recipe craft cocktails.  Chris will serve up thoughtfully paired snacks to soak up some of that booze. 

Tickets are $65 and include heavy appetizers and two cocktails.

PURCHASE TICKETS

QUESTIONS?  CALL FUGITIVE PRODUCTIONS AT (617) 823-2313

Take a red-hot horn—down and dirty. Add liberal amounts of barrelhouse boogie-woogie piano and stinging Fender guitar. Pour over a funky and swinging rhythm section that Blues Review magazine called “the best in the business,” and top it all off with a crazy and charismatic front man with one of the biggest blues voices around. Season with a few years on the road, tearing up juke joints, festivals, and concert halls across the U.S. and Canada and on both sides of the Atlantic. Sound tasty? It’s a recipe for music and mayhem, for intensity and irreverence; it’s THE LOVE DOGS.

The Dogs combine elements of jump blues, New Orleans R&B and early rock ‘n’ roll into their own powerhouse sound. “It’s important to us to have fun, and sometimes even we don’t know what we’re gonna do next,” says lead vocalist and chief songwriter Eddie “Duato” Scheer. “We have a lot of humor in our music, and we love to surprise each other and make each other laugh.

“We’re all lifetime fans of blues, jazz, and R&B, and we have a real reverence for the music. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” The band’s lineup consists of Scheer, Alizon Lissance (keyboards, vocals), Myanna (alto/tenor sax, vocals), Glenn Shambroom (guitar, baritone sax), Randy Bramwell (bass, vocals), and Steve Brown (drums, vocals).

Blues Review notes: “If there was a Superbowl for crowd pleasing rhythm & blues, a photo of The Love Dogs would be on every Wheaties box in America.” Scheer sums it up by saying, “If this band doesn’t put a smile on your face, check your pulse because you just might be dead!”

Doors open at 7:30pm
$15/online • $18/door
Order your tickets online now.
Beer & wine provided by True West, West Acton’s Brewery and Restaurant
Parking map

Lori is a blues, rock, and jazz singer known for her sultry, smoky, and swinging take on classics from the American songbook. She’s joined by the Four Alices, an emerging quartet of established Boston-area musicians: Diane Heffner on sax, clarinet, and chalumeau; Diana Mascari on keys; Tal Shalom-Kobi on upright bass and accordion; and Michelle Hirsch on percussion.

Doors open at 7pm
$10/online • $13/door
Order your tickets here.

Za'atar? Ras el Hanout? Harissa? Baharat? Zhug? If these words don't mean much to you, you are not alone, but you are missing out on a world of amazing flavor.  Join us in the ODK culinary studio for "Market to Mezze" to explore the herbs, spices, blends and condiments that define traditional Middle Eastern food.  As we prepare our seasonal, veggie-focused meal together, we'll unlock the secrets to rich, complex and exotic flavors that you'll be excited to share with everyone you know.  Wine is served in class.

Menu (Subject to Change) 
Israeli Spiced Tomatoes
Roasted Butternut Squash with Tahini and Za'atar
Grilled Halloumi, Beet and Watermelon Skewers with Zhug
Baharat Spiced Lamb Shawarma Flatbread with Harissa Spiced Labneh and Pickled Turnips
Revani

Tickets are $105. Orange Door Kitchen is a no tipping establishment - your ticket price is your final price.  PURCHASE TICKETS!

FREE STROLLER BARRE CLASS!

Strengthen and tone while spending time with your little one in a fun outdoor barre class specifically designed for moms with strollers. Class will take place outside of Modern Barre West Acton at West Acton Villageworks.  Stay after class to learn about Modern Barre's childcare offering starting mid September!

Space is limited -- prior online sign up is required. Please bring a mat. Sneakers are suggested. Rain date Sunday, September 9th, 11:30am.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

Join us for our first farmer's market cooking challenge! Chris and Meredith will face off in the Orange Door Kitchen culinary studio in a head-to-head, three-course battle with ingredients purchased for each other from vendors at the Acton-Boxborough Farmer's Market. Cheer them on as they craft recipes, build flavors, and compose dishes for the event's judges. It’s the must-see cooking demonstration of the summer! Interested in judging? Purchase your ticket online today! The first nine ticket holders will become our Cook The Market Throwdown judges! 

Tickets are $10 online and $12 at the door. Kids under 10 get in for free! Cheese board snacks are included and drinks will be available for purchase.  BUY TICKETS HERE!

Is the August heat getting you down? No way to get to your favorite swim-up bar? No problem! Escape to paradise with tiki cocktails at this month’s Orange Door Kitchen mixology class. Join Meredith for a demonstration of three different sun soaked rum tipples and classic island drinks - shaken, stirred and blended. While we're at it, you'll learn foolproof techniques for your home bar and get hands-on to practice measuring, mixing, and mastering flavor with steal-the-recipe craft cocktails. Chris will serve up thoughtfully paired snacks to soak up some of that booze. Tickets include heavy appetizers & two cocktails.

Open to all students & teachers – from triathlete to couch potato. From total novice to swami – all are welcome & could benefit from this powerful exploration of the roots of Yoga, the purpose, the mechanics, the priorities, the theories, the science & a great understanding of its orchestration and obstacles of the human condition. This four-hour course is a game changer. Years of incredible study condensed into four hours of inspiration and education. Subjects like alignment, energy, history, sutras, breathing, chanting, neuroscience & meditation will be covered followed by a flow that rolls it all into one. Invest in your practice. The Yoga Sutras say when you know what you are doing while you are doing it – it makes it much stronger. Put the Y in OM. Invest in yourself & the echo that is you by truly deepening your practice. Four hours of incredible holistic suggestions & advice for a genuinely living life.  Are you in?

Pre-registration $100 / $115 Day of Workshop - REGISTER HERE!