Join the New Art Center for a series of events celebrating Pride Month, in partnership with OUT MetroWest and the City of Newton’s Celebration of Queer Culture, featuring local drag queen Missy Steak, as well as artists Stephanie Li and SaraMarie Bottaro from the collaborative Rabbits of Realness.
New Art Center is delighted to be invited to be a part of Framingham Pride’s Pride Block Party on Sunday, June 1, 2025, from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. Drag Queen Missy Steak will be reading children’s books, while artists Stephanie Li and SaraMarie Bottaro lead a Queer Zine workshop in which participants will use zine-making as a powerful tool for queer expression.
Free and Open to the Public
For more information and location:
In the parking lot behind Framingham City Hall – https://www.framinghamma.gov/3737/Annual-Pride-Ceremony
Framingham Pride event
On Saturday, June 28, 2025, New Art will be present at the City of Newton’s Youth Commission’s Celebration of Queer Culture, from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. Members of our staff will facilitate art activities and teach guests about queer art history icons.
For more information and location:
Hyde Community Center & Playground (90 Lincoln St, Newton, MA) –
https://www.newtonma.gov/government/health-human-services/youth-services/events/celebration-of-queer-culture
Newton Celebrate of Queer Culture
-All of these events are free and open to the public.-
About the facilitators
Rabbits of Realness
Rabbits of Realness is a publishing project that emerged from cross-country phone calls and letter exchanges. The joint pursuit of peace, liberation, and compassion united artists and poets Spoon Jackson and SaraMarie Bottaro. They envision a world full of equal and open access to creative expression that connects everyone to their inner rabbits. The two of them are now joined by an international network of creative professionals. Rabbits of Realness hopes to build a community welcoming personal (and therefore universal) truths in many mediums. Its first project, a children’s zine titled How to Write Your First Ever Letter, distills letter writing into approachable steps that center meaning.
Instagram: @rabbits_of_realness
Substack: www.rabbitsofrealness.substack.com
Missy Steak
Missy Steak is a Boston drag queen with a penchant and a passion for comedy/culture/and listing things in threes. She’ll make ya laugh, she’ll make ya cry, and she’ll do it all for cheap. MISSY STEAK has hosted, produced, and performed throughout Boston at places like; Brick & Mortar in Cambridge, The ICA, The House of Blues, a water taxi, Machine Nightclub, and A4cade.
Celebration of Queer Culture
The Newton Celebration of Queer Culture (CQC) is a free, youth-organized Pride event created to bring the Newton community (and beyond!) together to highlight and celebrate queer culture.
CQC offers educational activities and programming for all ages and interests. Join us for Pride-centered art activities, queer history education, a panel discussion highlighting the intersectionality of the queer community, a queer art display, a queer family meet up, live performances, a resource fair, food, vendors, and queer joy!
This program is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation, Needham Bank, the Harmony Foundation, and our donors.
