MYTHOLOGY OF THE PLANETS

November 20th - 8pm ET                               St. Peter's Episcopal Church / Cambridge, MA
November 21st - 6pm ET                                                      All Saints Church / Ashmont, MA

For thousands of years, our ancestors beheld a dynamic sky of stars. Even today, the canvas of the night sky boasts a sea of twinkling lights constellating the distances far beyond our physical reach. Despite their vast distance from our Earth, certain lights assumed a meaningful role in the eyes of humanity, as they seemed to shift their locations and dance in the sky - so we named them “planets” or “wanderers” because they appeared to wander through the cosmos across the backdrop of the fixed stars. These wanderers are the planets of our solar system which are visible to the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Over time, ancient cultures passed down legends associated with these wandering lights - and even today, many of these myths offer vivid and relevant commentary on our modern lives. 
Join Nightingale in a musical and visual treatment of these planets and myths, drawing from Greek and Roman mythology: from the radiance of Apollo (Sun), to Diana’s bow (crescent moon); Zeus (Jupiter) to Mercury. Join us on November 20th and 21st, 2021, as we celebrate our connection to the cosmos through the narrative arts.