Arts School Responds to Tragedy With Free Performance of 'Sleeping Beauty'

The Walnut Hill School for the Arts is inviting residents throughout the MetroWest to join it for a free performance of its production of "Sleeping Beauty" this weekend at Natick High School.

In an email blast sent out Wednesday afternoon, the school cited acclaimed composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, who once said, "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before."

"One of the most natural ways we can respond is by continuing to make and share art," the e-blast said in part, noting that tickets will be available at the door free of charge for "this light-hearted and family-friendly show."

"We hope that you will join us as we make music that will soothe and uplift in the face of adversity," the email read.

Peformances of "Sleeping Beauty" will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Natick High School.