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• Armenian Museum of America to Present Beyond the Curtain: Materiality and Devotion in Armenian Art • MassisPost (massispost.com) — Watertown's Armenian Museum of America is opening a new exhibition, "Beyond the Curtain: Materiality and Devotion in Armenian Art," on October 22 at its Main Street galleries. Featuring medieval manuscripts, textiles, and sacred objects, the show explores how materials like cloth, parchment, and metal shape religious experience. Visitors can explore it Thursday through Sunday afternoons.
• Matchpoint raises USD 150 million to take covalent T-cell modulator into the clinic (allsci.com) — A Watertown-based biotech, Matchpoint Therapeutics, has just raised $150 million to advance its lead autoimmune drug candidate, potentially boosting the town's growing life-sciences profile. The funding will support clinical trials starting in 2027 and further development of its covalent small-molecule platform, backed by major investors and a collaboration with Novartis.
• Does This Overwhelm You Like It Does Me? (seniorlivingforesight.net) — A Watertown artist is highlighted as an example of the growing number of older adults aging without spouses or children, facing complex decisions about health care and estate planning. The writer reflects on how overwhelming these choices can feel, even for someone familiar with the healthcare system, and calls for broader societal and industry improvements in supporting aging Americans.
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