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Library Poetry Reading Returns to Mark Poetry Month

March 30, 2026
The Belmont Public Library will celebrate the 30th anniversary of National Poetry Month—the largest literary celebration in the world—with its annual poetry reading on April 13, featuring eight local poets. According to organizer and poet Wendy Drexler, the readings began around 2018…

Belmont Has a Link To An R&B Hero

April 8, 2024
It may not be a song you’ve heard in a while, but one listen to the hit “Poison”—as dozens of attendees did at last week’s Dancing with the Belmont Stars—and you may very well time travel back to the music group Bell…
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Belmont Stars Lace Up for Charity Dance-Off

April 2, 2024
Ten local celebrities will lace up their dance shoes on Friday, April 5, with the return of Dancing with the Belmont Stars, hosted by the Belmont Woman’s Club. “Dancing with the Stars started [locally] in 2014 in Watertown, and in 2019, while…
Woman in a close-up selfie.

Filmmaker Turns Life Into Engaging Television

April 2, 2024
Keep your eyes open for a small film crew in Belmont sometime this spring, as Sharisse Zeroonian is shooting another installment of her Amazon Prime series, “One Plus One is Two.” Zeroonian shot the pilot in 2019, and three other episodes have…
A monk in religious attire sweeping away a sand mandala.
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Lessons in Impermanence in Belmont Center

March 30, 2024
Julie Wu, Belmont Voice contributor Six Tibetan monks, draped in maroon and orange robes, hunch over a square black table. They tap colored sand out of elongated, narrow funnels, one grain at a time, so the sand forms, over hours and days,…

Belmont Art Association unveils its 10th Anniversary Exhibit

February 25, 2024
From a majestic Chilean mountain range and an endless field of magenta flowers to abstract interiors and realistic vignettes, the impressive pieces created by Belmont Art Association (BAA) members will transport viewers’ imaginations during a show marking the group’s 10th anniversary. “People…
Cover of a book.
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Sisters Write about Pre-Internet Childhood in New Book

February 19, 2024
Greta Gafin, Belmont Voice correspondent Longtime Belmont resident Marlene Fereshetian and her sister, Sossi Manoukian, had long dreamed of writing a book together. “We had talked about it for many years,” said Fereshetian. Starting in 2020, as the world shut down because…
A woman standing in front of an artistic display.
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More Than a Store, Karma is a Place for Community Building

February 17, 2024
Remember pink pussyhats? The AIDS quilt? COVID masks with pointed messages? Welcome to the world of “craftivism,” creating handmade items to make political statements, advance a cause, or share a point of view. This weekend, a Belmont business will be crafting for…
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