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Timely and topical tunes on tap at Jazz at the Arsenal

Timely and topical tunes on tap at Jazz at the Arsenal

It once made ammunition for the U.S. military. Now it makes music – and sculptures, and paintings. Where once there was the clang-clang-clang of metal being forged into bullets, there is now the ping-ping-a-ding of a ride cymbal setting the pace for a saxophone solo. The Arsenal Center for the Arts, on the site of a former munitions arsenal in Watertown, is home to theater, creative art classes, visual art exhibitions, artist forums, and musical performances. On one Monday night a month, it is

It once made ammunition for the U.S. military. Now it makes music – and sculptures, and paintings. Where once there was the clang-clang-clang of metal being forged into bullets, there is now the ping-ping-a-ding of a ride cymbal setting the pace for a saxophone solo. The Arsenal Center for the Arts, on the site of a former munitions arsenal in Watertown, is home to theater, creative art classes, visual art exhibitions, artist forums, and musical performances. On one Monday night a month, it is…