Events
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Dates |
Location |
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The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras presents Ligeti and Schubert
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Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) |
06/17/12 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Music & Art Weekend: June 16-17, 2012
Presented by Old Sturbridge Village at Old Sturbridge Village June 16-June 17, 2012 The Village comes alive with the lost sounds and sights of 19th-century popular music and art with more than 50 singers, dancers, musicians, and artists. Singers will present solo a cappella vocal performances of 19th-century songs and ballads, and a concert by the OSV Singers. Visitors can enjoy fife and drum music and a performance on the museum’s antique pipe organ. Artists will demonstrate early 1800s-style sketching, silhouette cutting, watercolor and painting. Visitors can...
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Old Sturbridge Village |
06/16/12 -
06/17/12 |
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge |
Spring 2012 Programs at Brookline Music School
Presented by Brookline Music School at Brookline Music School January 31-June 17, 2012 Brookline Music School’s Term II (Spring) programs run January 31-June 17, 2012, offering a variety of classes and private instruction for all ages and abilities. Programs offered include early childhood music and movement and dance classes, Suzuki instruction, group classes including Beginning Piano, Group Voice, Music Technology, Garage Band, iPad Band, Theory, and Jazz/Rock/Pop, Chamber and Flute Choir ensembles for kids, teens and adults. For detailed information visit...
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Brookline Music School |
01/31/12 -
06/17/12 |
Brookline Music School, Brookline |
Neil Diamond
Presented by TD Garden at TD Garden June 23, 2012 Rock and Pop Icon Neil Diamond, a 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree, will take his greatest hits on the road on a much-anticipated North American tour kicking off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 1st and closing in Las Vegas on September 1st. The 2012 tour will feature all of Neil Diamond's classic favorites and will stop at the TD Garden on Saturday, June 23.
In addition, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings recently announced that he will...
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TD Garden |
06/23/12 |
TD Garden, Boston |
Mamma Mia!
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House June 19-June 24, 2012 A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget! Over 45 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show! Writer Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years...
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Broadway In Boston |
06/19/12 -
06/24/12 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
Johnny Clegg Band
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Somerville Theatre June 27, 2012 With a career spanning three decades, Johnny Clegg pioneered a new, unique sound combining Western rock with Zulu rhythms and became one of South Africa's most prolific musicians and an international superstar. Known for his lively, energetic stage performances, he returns to Boston after a stellar sold-out performance last year.
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World Music/CRASHarts |
06/27/12 |
Somerville Theatre, Somerville |
Invisible Cities
Presented by Boston Metro Opera June 22-June 30, 2012 Join Marco Polo on his extraordinary travels in this concert premiere: Christopher Cerrone’s Invisible Cities. Based on the acclaimed novella by Italo Calvini, this opera is a melting pot of musical styles, documenting Polo and his role in the rise and fall of Kublai Khan’s Mongolian empire.
Performances are:
June 22, 2012 | 7:00 PM
June 23, 2012 | 7:00 PM
June 29, 2012 | 7:00 PM
June 30, 2012 | 7:00 PM
Tickets are $10.00/per...
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Boston Metro Opera |
06/22/12 -
06/30/12 |
Hope Central Church, Jamaica Plain |
PLATFORM 8: Soo Sunny Park and Spencer Topel, Capturing Resonance
Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum September 18, 2011-July 29, 2012 In their first collaboration, sculptor Soo Sunny Park and sound artist and composer Spencer Topel have transformed deCordova’s Window Gallery into a multi-sensory environment. In Capturing Resonance, the eighth project in the PLATFORM series, Park and Topel have composed a large-scale installation that utilizes the intense natural light in the gallery with the flow of museum visitors through this transitional space to create an ever-changing sculptural soundscape.
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum |
09/18/11 -
07/29/12 |
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln |
Gretchen Wilson at Indian Ranch
Presented by Indian Ranch August 12, 2012 Indian Ranch will host country star Gretchen Wilson on Sunday, August 12, at 2:00 pm. Tickets for Gretchen Wilson Live in Concert at Indian Ranch go on sale this Saturday, February 11 at 10 am, through Ticketmaster.com, the Indian Ranch Box office, Ticketmaster outlets or call 1-800-745-3000. Wilson emerged on the country music scene with her 2004 debut album “Here for the Party” featuring the Grammy Award-winning single Redneck Woman. She has had 13 singles on the Billboard...
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Indian Ranch |
08/12/12 |
Indian Ranch, Webster |
Jay Bolotin: The Jackleg Testament
Presented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art June 29-September 9, 2012 “The Jackleg Testament Part I: Jack and Eve” is a one-of-a-kind animated, operatic film derived from the crisply styled woodcuts of artist, composer, and performer Jay Bolotin. The film, which reinterprets the story of Adam and Eve as a dark, provocative tale in which Eve is lured from the Garden of Eden by a Jack-in-the-Box, is accompanied by the 40 woodcuts used by the artist to create the images in the film.
Image Credit: Jay Bolotin. American, born 1949....
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Smith College Museum of Art |
06/29/12 -
09/09/12 |
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton |
Jazz Show/Jam with Kaoruko and Friends
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center May 29-October 30, 2012 The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the "jammers" who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
Kaoruko comes from Tokyo where she worked in the nightclubs...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
05/29/12 -
10/30/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show/Jam with Jamie Stewartson & Rivers School Faculty
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 28-November 27, 2012 The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the "jammers" who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
Jamie directs the Jazz program at the Rivers Music School. He...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/28/12 -
11/27/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show/Jam with Daryl Lowery & Berklee faculty
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 7-December 4, 2012 The first hour of the event is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the “jammers” who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
This weeks feature/host: Daryl Lowery and friends.
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/07/12 -
12/04/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Showcase Of Stars @ Cantab benefit night JDRF
Presented by DAY TRIPPER ENTERTAINMENT January 6-December 7, 2012 benefit nights for JDRF walk for cure Diabetes 2012 all proceeds donated
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DAY TRIPPER ENTERTAINMENT |
01/06/12 -
12/07/12 |
CANTAB LOUNGE, Cambridge |
Jazz Show/Jam with Ted Knowlton and cohorts
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 14-December 11, 2012 The first hour of the event is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the “jammers” who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!! This weeks feature/host: Ted Knowlton and friends.
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/14/12 -
12/11/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show/Jam with John Funkhouser and Friends
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 21-December 18, 2012 The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the "jammers" who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
This weeks feature/host: John Funkhouser Trio
John plays...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/21/12 -
12/18/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Folk Open Mike with Host Dan Cloutier
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 2-December 27, 2012 Our Amazing Things Folk Open Mike offers a friendly supportive venue for developing singer-songwriters and folks who "just like to play". It is a great way to get to know the music community, and to share ideas and techniques. All types of music are welcome. Fans come to see fantastic local artists, and never go away disappointed. See and be seen - heck build a fan base! Always a feature, always fun. Our host, singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier, (www.dancloutiermusic.com) takes...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/02/12 -
12/27/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Freewill Week at Hibernian Hall
Presented by Kelley Chunn & Associates at Hibernian Hall September 25, 2011-October 2, 2013 Freewill Week at Hibernian Hall
September 25-October 2, 2011
Join us for an especially busy week of music, film and video, history, education and visual art in the ballroom! These cultural offerings are supported entirely by your freewill donations and our 45th Anniversary sponsors.
Sunday, Sept. 25: Dudley Rising Gospel Feast
Sunday dinner prepared by Ethnica Gourmet with performance by Bullock Brothers and Sons; meal served continuously...
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Kelley Chunn & Associates |
09/25/11 -
10/02/13 |
Hibernian Hall, Boston |
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam
Presented by Poetry Jam February 13, 2011-June 29, 2014 Every Sunday with a Poetry Slam co-hosted by Joyce Cunha and Jeff Robinson starting at 7:30pm and a Featured Poet and Open Mic accompanied by the Jeff Robinson Trio starting at 9:00pm – there’s a $5 cover and you must be 21 to enter the venue – Sultry red lights, intimate tables, and wooden church pews give this small room one of the best ambiances in town.
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Poetry Jam |
02/13/11 -
06/29/14 |
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge |
The Donkey Show
Presented by American Repertory Theater at Oberon June 18, 2010 - Ongoing From its six-year run in New York City to a world tour from London to Seoul, the celebrated smash hit The Donkey Show now takes Boston by storm, bringing the ultimate disco experience – a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, of roller skaters and hustle queens. Come party on the dance floor to all the 70s disco hits you know by heart as the show unfolds around you. The Donkey Show tells the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through the great 70s...
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American Repertory Theater |
06/18/10 -
Ongoing |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Blue Man Group
Presented by Blue Man Group at The Charles Playhouse May 14, 2002 - Ongoing It’s new. It’s cool. BLUE MAN GROUP has updated the wildly popular theatrical show in Boston! Taking a closer look at the technology that both surrounds and isolates us, BLUE MAN GROUP showcases technogeek ingenuity while uniting the audience in primal, collective exhilaration. Signature BLUE MAN GROUP moments combine with breathtakingly fun new pieces for an explosive evening of entertainment.
*Blue Man Group is on an open run at the Charles Playhouse.
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Blue Man Group |
05/14/02 -
Ongoing |
The Charles Playhouse, Boston |
AHA! Night (art, history and architecture)
Presented by AHA! (art. history and architecture) May 14, 2009 - Ongoing AHA! takes place every 2nd Thursday and is a FREE art and culture event that features exhibits, performances, live music, talks and tours in downtown New Bedford.
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AHA! (art. history and architecture) |
05/14/09 -
Ongoing |
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The Open Comedy Jam
Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 22, 2009 - Ongoing The Open Jam is where audience members can get out of their seats and jump on stage to perform alongside with visiting troupes and ImprovBoston cast members. The first Sunday of every month is The Jam's College Night. Comedy troupes from across New England's colleges and universities showcase their exciting brands of improv and sketch, and put their school rivalries aside and perform together during the Open Jam. Tickets for College Night are only $5 with a valid student ID!
The Open...
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Improv Boston |
02/22/09 -
Ongoing |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
Fridays At Trinity
Presented by Trinity Church Boston at Trinity Church Boston February 10, 2012 - Ongoing Enjoy this weekly series of midday organ concerts featuring innovative programs by recitalists from across the United States and abroad. There is no charge for admission, but we invite a donation of $10. Wheelchair accessible.
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Trinity Church Boston |
02/10/12 -
Ongoing |
Trinity Church Boston, Boston |