Departure Arts, Boston, MA (2026)

Departure Arts builds community through facilitating creative collaborations, amplifying historically underrepresented artistic voices, and supporting artistic risk-taking for Boston and Dedham area artists, organizations, and audiences.

02/15/2026

🛼✨ TODAY - ROLL INTO JOY AND SUPPORT SUMMER FUN ✨🛼

Boston, come roll with us at PLAY PLAYE: ON WHEELS, an all-ages roller skating fundraiser supporting this summer’s BAMS Fest MOMENTUM 2026.

🎧 Sounds by
🎤 Hosted by
🍽️ Soul food • 🎲 Games • 🎟️ Raffles + prizes

🗓️ Sunday, February 15, 2026
🕓 4PM to 7PM
📍 , Boston MA
🎟️ $15 tickets | All ages
👧🏽 Minors must be accompanied by an adult

🌟 Supporting MOMENTUM 2026
🤝 In partnership with and

Bring your friends, bring your joy, and roll out for a great cause. Ticket link in bio!

🛼✨

12/05/2025

🎄✨ NEXT FRIDAY - PLAY PLAYE GAME NIGHT: HOLIDAY EDITION ✨🎄

Get ready for a festive night of games, karaoke, music, and community joy — all wrapped in holiday vibes. ⭐Meet artists and game-night pros while enjoying Roundhead’s brews and bites. Also, try your hand at making a gingerbread house (limited while supplies last).

YOUR HOLIDAY GAME PLAN:
📅 Fri 12/12
⏰ 7–10 PM
📍 - Boston
🎟️ Free entry
🅿️ Free parking
✨ 18+
🧥 Ugly sweaters optional
🔗 RSVP in our bio Linktree!

🎲 YOUR HOSTS
• E-Los — Hip-Hop/R&B artist + mental health advocate with heart and hype. Stream: “inherited scars”
• Safiya .music — Multidisciplinary artist and storyteller. Check out “Travel Through Music” to support her small business journey.

🎤 ALL-STAR KARAOKE — powered by
Featuring spotlight artists:
• Naomi Westwater — soulful, story-rich, genre-blending. New release out now: Cycle & Change.
• Zion Rodman — smooth vocals, heartfelt indie-folk energy. The Lives I’ve Kept EP is now streaming!

🎧 SOUNDS BY
🎵DJ Kitz .kitz — Serving holiday hits and floor-warmers all night. Bring your dancing shoes. 🪩

🧩 FEATURED GAMES BY
Chocolate Chips Entertainment – bringing community together through curated games, puzzles, and merchandise that celebrate connection, nostalgia, and meaningful moments.

🌱 GIVING SEASON
Supporting — New England’s first Black-owned plant shop + community space.✨ 50% of all donations from Play Playe help keep the shop thriving.

♣️STAR GAME PLAYERS & ARTS LEADERS
Meet arts teams helping to shape Boston’s creative scene and bringing the fun to the game tables:
• Ágora Cultural Architects — boutique production/consulting firm committed to Latinx arts and communications.
• The Control Room — mixing, recording + live audio magic for artists like and
• Emerson College team — bringing arts + community to the Boston Common and beyond.

Play Playe Gane Night is activated by and with support from and our hosts

11/21/2025

✨Holiday Cheat Code Unlocked ✨
Step into the season with us and join your Boston community for a holiday party that actually feels like a holiday party. We’re celebrating creativity, connection, and all the good vibes that make this city shine. Expect cozy energy, familiar faces, and a space where everyone is invited to play.

Swipe through to preview what’s in store. Singing, dancing, games, and a DJ who keeps the holiday season up. 🎶💃🏾

🎄 Play Playe Game Night: Holiday Edition
📅 Friday 12/12
📍
⏰ 7 to 10 p.m.
✨Ages 18+
🎟️ Free entry
🅿️ Free parking
🧥 Ugly holiday sweaters optional (but we love the chaos)

Presented by and

Pull up ready to laugh, move, play and maybe even win Best Dressed in the “Why Did You Wear That?” category. Let’s kick off the season with joy!

10/26/2025

🌊 This Tuesday at the Corner
Immerse yourself in the soundscape of .music , where jazz meets Brazilian soul and modern pop melts into dreamlike textures. Their music flows with warmth, clarity, and fearless creativity, filled with lush harmonies, soaring vocals, and guitar work that shimmers like sunlight on water.

🗓 Tuesday, October 28
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Emerson College’s UnCommon Corner in Boston Common -

Led by vocalist Jessica Curran and guitarist Caio Afiune, Caio e Jess create genre-bending compositions that move between the intimate and the immense. Both professors at Berklee College of Music and recipients of awards such as the ASCAP Young Composers Award and John Lennon Songwriting Contest, their performances radiate skill, soul, and sincerity.

Their upcoming debut album Encontro is inspired by the natural phenomenon Encontro das Águas in Northern Brazil, where two rivers meet and flow together as one. It is a reflection of their music, their partnership, and their shared vision: distinct yet deeply connected.

🍺 Good sound deserves good company. Catch the vibe and raise a glass with

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http://www.departurearts.org/

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