Events
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With a French Accent Exhibit
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Davis Museum and Cultural Center March 14-June 3, 2012 Featuring some fifty French and American prints from the collection of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass., With A French Accent explores the French roots of American lithography. The exhibition and accompanying publication uncover several themes: the importance of French technology, the circulation and reproduction of French imagery, the stylistic contributions of French lithographic artists, and the reproduction of American genre paintings by French publishers for...
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The Arts at Wellesley |
03/14/12 -
06/03/12 |
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley |
Willy Wonka
Presented by Prescott Park Arts Festival June 29-August 26, 2012 Prescott Park Arts Festival presents opening night of its summer outdoor musical Willy Wonka!
Roald Dahl's timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Presented in partnership with the Seacoast Repertory Theatre, this high energy musical will take you on the most amazing,...
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Prescott Park Arts Festival |
06/29/12 -
08/26/12 |
Prescott Park, Portsmouth |
Wednesday Concert Series
Presented by The Church of St. John the Evangelist at St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston) May 2-May 30, 2012 5/2/12: Ian Pomerantz (baritone) ans Juhyun Lee (piano) will present Schumann's Dichterliebe (Opus 48).
5/9/12: Grace Shryock (oboe) and Paul Carroll (piano) will perform works by Goossens and Marcello.
5/16/12: Grant Randall (trombone) and colleagues will perform works by Bertali, Bolter, Liszt and Schutz.
5/23/12: Weston Wind Quintet and friends will perform works by Janacek, Poulenc and Ravel.
5/30/12: Victoria Suchodolski (piano) and William Kenlon...
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
05/02/12 -
05/30/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
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Wednesday Concert Series
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
06/06/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
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Wednesday Concert Series
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
06/13/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
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Wednesday Concert Series
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
06/20/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
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Wednesday Concert Series
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
06/27/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
Waterfront Performing Arts Series
Presented by City of Boston at Christopher Columbus Park August 7-August 28, 2012 Featuring a blend of the emerging and established performing artists from the Boston arts community. This free series in the past has included Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, Riverside Theatre Works and the Boston Pops Ensemble. The concerts take place at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park on select Tuesday evenings from 6-8pm in August. The 2012 schedule will be announced shortly. Highlights from last season included performances by Opera Boston, the Chu Lin Dance Company, and Complete...
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City of Boston |
08/07/12 -
08/28/12 |
Christopher Columbus Park, Boston |
Waltham Riverfest 2012
Presented by Waltham Riverfest Committee June 15-June 17, 2012 Riverfest is a celebration of the wonderful resources, both natural and artistic that run though the heart of Waltham. We hope to bring hundreds if not thousands of adults as well as children to the downtown for music, dancing, painting, strolling, shopping, eating, and boating. There will be wrist bands sold which will get you discounts on food and merchandise at local stores and restaurants. You can participate in Paint the River, our Silent Auction, and see many vendors showing wares as...
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Waltham Riverfest Committee |
06/15/12 -
06/17/12 |
Moody Street - Waltham, MA, Waltham |
Walking Tour of Woodbourne
Presented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society at Bethel AME Church, Jamaica Plain June 16, 2012 Join the JP Historical Society and learn about this neighborhood which developed from 19th-century summer estates into a model suburban enclave. It contains examples representative of New England architecture with designs by local architects and builders. Woodbourne is a National Historic District. It also contains an unusual garden city model housing development by the Boston Dwelling House Company celebrating the centennial of its founding in 2012. Tours are cancelled in case of heavy...
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Jamaica Plain Historical Society |
06/16/12 |
Bethel AME Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston (Jamaica Plain) |
Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond
Presented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society at Jamaica Pond Bandstand June 23, 2012 Join the JP Historical Society on a trip around Jamaica Pond. Once a gathering point for Boston’s elite, the Pond had previously been put to industrial use as tons of ice were harvested there each winter. Learn about the movers and shakers such as Francis Parkman who made their homes on the Pond’s shores. Discover how the Pond was transformed from private estates and warehouses into the parkland we know today. Tours are cancelled in case of heavy rain.
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Jamaica Plain Historical Society |
06/23/12 |
Jamaica Pond Bandstand, Boston |
Walking Tour of Hyde Square
Presented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society June 2, 2012 Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican immigrants transformed it into Boston’s first predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. This tour also takes us to the home of Maud Cuney Hare, a prominent music historian and one of only two black women students at the New...
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Jamaica Plain Historical Society |
06/02/12 |
Sorella's , Boston |
Walking Tour of Green Street
Presented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society at Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center June 9, 2012 Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society on a trip along Green Street. Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential, commercial, and transportation conduit in the lives of the district’s residents. Although Green Street was subdivided as early as 1851 for stores, factories and houses, it was not extensively developed until the late 1870s with construction continuing until the early 1900s. The Bowditch School was...
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Jamaica Plain Historical Society |
06/09/12 |
Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, Boston |
Vocal Arts Festival
Presented by Winchester Community Music School at Winchester Community Music School June 18-June 22, 2012 Open to singers ranging from ages 10-18, male and female. This week-long Festival is designed to assist you with the integration of singing with movement and acting to bring your vocal study to a new level. Each participant is assigned two pieces of music, musical theatre and art song, along with an acting dialogue. These tools will be used throughout the week to help you learn that singing is much more than "just singing."
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Winchester Community Music School |
06/18/12 -
06/22/12 |
Winchester Community Music School, Winchester |
Visual Essays: Drawings and Installations by Sandy Smith-Garces
Presented by Boston Arts Academy Gordon Gallery September 24, 2011-October 19, 2012 The exhibition features three of Ms. Smith-Garces’ graphite and white charcoal essays explores the safety of women around the world.
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Boston Arts Academy Gordon Gallery |
09/24/11 -
10/19/12 |
Boston Arts Academy, Boston |
Visions:snoisiV
Presented by Washington Street Art Center June 9-June 30, 2012 “[visionary art] attempts to show what lies beyond the boundary of our sight. Through dream, trance, or other altered states, the artist attempts to see the unseen—attaining a visionary state that transcends our regular modes of perception. The task awaiting [the artist], thereafter, is to communicate [the] vision in a form recognizable to 'everyday sight.' ~L. Caruana
Join by Spiridoula Politis, Bartosz Majczak, and Mauro Reategui Perez as they share their...
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Washington Street Art Center |
06/09/12 -
06/30/12 |
Gallery 321, Somerville |
United States Air Force Band of Liberty Colonial Brass
Presented by Town of Acton September 14, 2012 Free event. Open to the public. Outdoor venue - subject to change if necessary.
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Town of Acton |
09/14/12 |
NARA Park Amphitheater, Acton |
United Sates Air Force Band of Liberty Concert Band
Presented by Town of Acton July 27, 2012 This is an outdoor venue and subject to change if necessary. This free concert is open to the public. All seating is lawn seating. Bring your own chairs/blankets.
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Town of Acton |
07/27/12 |
NARA Park, Acton |
UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT WALK AND FAMILY FUN DAY FOR OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
Presented by Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation June 2, 2012 The event will be held at Framingham State University’s Maple Street Field. There will be family entertainment including a Kiddie Corner with lots of children’s games, kids yoga, face painter, magician, balloon artist, 50 yard dash for kids, Star Wars Jedi Clinics, Live Music and a DJ, massages for the adults, Adult and kid Raffles, and a Silent Auction including several pairs of Red sox tickets, VIP Tickets to the Daily Show with John Stewart, a Cape Rental for a week and much...
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation |
06/02/12 |
Framingham State University Maple St Athletic Field, Framingham |
Totally New Theatre!
Presented by Marblehead Little Theatre at Marblehead Little Theatre June 2, 2012 “TNT! 2012 - TOTALLY NEW THEATER” FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE EVENING OF EXPLOSIVE READINGS AT MARBLEHEAD LITTLE THEATRE
TNT! 2012, a play development retreat for writers produced by local playwright Shari D. Frost for Marblehead Little Theatre, is returning for its fourth annual event this June. On Saturday, June 2 at 8pm, an evening of readings free to the public will be followed by the unique opportunity to meet the local and visiting playwrights and discuss their work. Space...
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Marblehead Little Theatre |
06/02/12 |
Marblehead Little Theatre, Marblehead |
Third Annual Thomas Jefferson Lecture
Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society June 28, 2012 Hugh Howard, author of "Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson: Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture," will discuss Fiske Kimball, the pioneering writer, scholar, and museum director who recovered Thomas Jefferson’s architectural genius from historical memory. View a selection of Jefferson's drawings from the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and learn more about the Society's Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts.
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Massachusetts Historical Society |
06/28/12 |
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston |
The Small Stage: Still Life
Presented by Newton Open Studios at NewTV May 14-June 15, 2012 Work by 5 NOS artist - an exploration of the still life format, presenting a varied and delightful sampling that challenges preconceived notions of the genre. Myrosha Dziuk, Marian Dioguardi, Andrea Kemler, Ellen Fisher, and Martha Doolin. Curated by Ellen Fisher.
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Newton Open Studios |
05/14/12 -
06/15/12 |
NewTV, Newton Highlands |
The Rare Plants of Massachusetts
Presented by Grow Native Massachusetts June 6, 2012 Bryan Connolly, Massachusetts State Botanist. From its calcareous cobbles to its coastal plains, Massachusetts has a broad diversity of eco-regions and is home to 1,814 species of native plants. Of these, 254 (or 14%) are vulnerable to extinction and protected by the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act. Even more are species of conservation concern. Tonight, we get a valuable overview of these many vulnerable plants and the threats they face. We have significant challenges ahead of us if...
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Grow Native Massachusetts |
06/06/12 |
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The Next Generation, Youth Composers
Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 12, 2012 The Next Generation
Featuring the Composer-Performer-Repertory Ensemble
Hear the music and words of four prolific, prize-winning, teenaged composers -- Nicholas Davies, Lev Mamuya, Christopher Staknys, and Matthew Woodard. Each will perform their own composition and will discuss their work and the creative process with composer Howard Frazin. Rockport Music Executive Director Tony Beadle moderates. Open to the public, no reservations required.
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Rockport Music |
06/12/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
The Hootchies
Presented by Town of Acton July 19, 2012 Free event, open to the public. Outdoor venue--subject to change if necessary.
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Town of Acton |
07/19/12 |
NARA Park Amphitheater, Acton |
The Help Wanted Band
Presented by Town of Acton July 12, 2012 Free Event. Open to the public. Outdoor venue-subject to change if necessary. Visit our website for more details.
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Town of Acton |
07/12/12 |
NARA Park Amphitheater, Acton |
The Grand Diversity of Fishes: Form, Function, and Evolution
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History May 31, 2012 Exhibition re-opening lecture by George V. Lauder, Prof. of Biology and Curator of Ichthyology in Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 6:00 PM
Fishes display a remarkable diversity in their behavior, ecology, and physical form. Constituting half of all known vertebrate species, fishes have adapted to almost every habitat on earth—from the deepest ocean trenches to highest mountain streams, and from sub-freezing to near-boiling...
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Harvard Museum of Natural History |
05/31/12 |
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge |
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The Fenway Victory Gardens: Finding History Inside and Out
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Massachusetts Historical Society |
06/05/12 |
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston |
The Contemporary Sculpture Path at Forest Hills
Presented by Forest Hills Educational Trust at Forest Hills Cemetery May 18, 2011 - Ongoing Long before Boston had public parks, Forest Hills Cemetery was created to offer visitors a special place where they could enjoy a magnificent landscape while remembering friends and family. Sculpture became an essential feature of this environment, as people commissioned the great artists of their day as well as local artisans to create memorials. Today, Forest Hills is an open air museum, home to one of America’s finest collections of Victorian sculpture.
While Forest Hills is...
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Forest Hills Educational Trust |
05/18/11 -
Ongoing |
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston |
Summer Workshops at Fuller Craft Museum Starting June 2
Presented by Fuller Craft Museum at Fuller Craft Museum June 2-August 25, 2012 Almost every Saturday a new workshop, demo, lecture—and a chance to learn something new about contemporary craft. Fuller Craft brings together some of the leading craftspeople in the field of studio craft to breathe life into the process of making art from raw materials. Offerings for children and adults, beginners and advanced students. Learn origami, bookmaking, quilting, paper bowls, sculpture, jewelry making. Featured artists include: furnituremaker Mark Del Guidice, fiber artist...
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Fuller Craft Museum |
06/02/12 -
08/25/12 |
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton |