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MANSFIELD – Until COVID struck last year, Rose Garden Coffeehouse at the Congregational Church was a place you could gather on a wintry weekend for live folk and blues performances and homemade desserts.
Like arts organizations all over the country Rose Garden cancelled performances and moved others online in 2020. But this month, Rose Garden is teaming up with another longtime Mansfield arts group – the Mass Music & Arts Society.
Together, the two nonprofits are offering a live-streamed coffeehouse concert featuring Grace Morrison and Marc Douglas Berardo at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. The two will perform together live at MMAS’s Black Box Theater on South Main Street. There will be no audience.
Rose Garden Coffeehouse, MMAS to present concert
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Two regional arts organizations are teaming up to present a live-streamed concert featuring Grace Morrison and Marc Douglas Berardo at 7 p.m. Jan. 30.
The Rose Garden Coffeehouse, a folk venue that has been in continuous operation since 1989, and the Mass Music and Arts Society, a cultural home for artists, audiences and aspiring performers since 1993, have joined forces to help keep the arts alive during the pandemic.
“We thought this would be a great way to help keep the arts going in the area, given that most live performances were stopped due to the pandemic,” said Stephen Ide, the Rose Garden’s artistic director. A portion of the proceeds from the show will help both nonprofits.