Events
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The Turin Horse
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive March 11, 2012 Directed by Béla Tarr. With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland/USA 2011, 35mm, b/w, 146 min. Hungarian with English subtitles
Boldly proclaimed by Tarr to be his last film, The Turin Horse offers a masterful and melancholy summary of his unique visionary cinema. Embracing an extraordinary minimalism of story, setting and cast, The Turin Horse is structured around one week in the back-breaking lives of an...
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Harvard Film Archive |
03/11/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Visiting the Claddagh: Artists and Others, 1840–1914
Presented by McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College at McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College March 12, 2012 Lecture. Prof. Angela Bourke, University College Dublin. Until 1937, when its rows of small thatched houses were demolished to make way for modern housing, the Claddagh fishing village on the edge of Galway City had a unique tradition and personality. It was also easily accessible to outsiders, who came to alleviate poverty, to sketch, paint, and take photographs, and to collect folktales. Angela Bourke will discuss cultural encounters in the Claddagh in the period between the Great Famine...
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McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College |
03/12/12 |
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill |
Family Nest
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive March 12, 2012 Directed by Béla Tarr. With László Horvath, Lászlóné Horvath, Gábor Kun
Hungary 1977, 35mm, b/w, 100 min. Hungarian with English subtitles
“We can understand; we can’t help,” the social services employee intones to a desperate mother in an unnervingly realistic episode that encapsulates the cycle of grief and torment experienced by those trapped in Hungary’s housing shortage of the 1970s. Made when he...
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Harvard Film Archive |
03/12/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
$2 College Night at the Boston Common Frog Pond
Presented by Boston Common Frog Pond at Boston Common November 29, 2011-March 13, 2012 $2 College Night premieres the season with a special night of skating for college students every Tuesday beginning November 15 from 5-9pm. Students from all Boston-area campuses are invited to come down for ice skating for a special price of $2.00 with current student i.d. Equipment rentals will be available for on-site for those who do not have their own skates. WERS 88.9 FM will provide the music on College Night.
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Boston Common Frog Pond |
11/29/11 -
03/13/12 |
Boston Common, Boston |
The Earth Stringband
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 13, 2012 The Earth String Band combines bluegrass and old time Appalachian music with contemporary acoustic music, achieving synergy with soulful songwriting and musicianship. Fiery and improvisational, The Earth String Band creates pulsing earthy grooves and melodious hooks that form a unique, infective vibe.
http://www.earthstringband.com
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Club Passim |
03/13/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
The Chieftains
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony Hall March 14, 2012 Six-time Grammy winners, The Chieftains are now recognized for bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention. They have uncovered the wealth of great Irish music that has accumulated over the centuries, and made the music their own with a style that is as exhilarating as it is definitive. Don't miss the fun as Paddy Moloney and band return to Symphony Hall for a pre-St. Patrick's Day bash.
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/14/12 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
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Duo Muratore/Cassan
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Boston College |
03/14/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
Bruce Molsky and Ale Möller
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 14, 2012 Bruce Molsky stands today as the premier old-time fiddler in the world, the defining virtuoso of Appalachia's timeless folk music traditions. That must feel odd for a former engineer from the Bronx, who didn't begin a music career until he was forty. But folded into those strange facts is the secret to his unique genius. In addition to a prolific solo career, performing on fiddle, guitar, and banjo, Molsky frequently joins genre-busting supergroups, like the Grammy-nominated Fiddlers Four,...
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Club Passim |
03/14/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Boston Neighborhood History Series: Chinatown
Presented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House March 15, 2012 Did you know that Boston is home to the third largest Chinatown in the continental United States? Professor Wing-Kai To, Vice President of the Chinese Historical Society of New England will discuss the history and growth of this historic and active community. Discover how this neighborhood was settled by Chinese workers in the 1870s and shaped by years of laws excluding and limiting Chinese immigrants, urban renewal and community organizing. More than its famous restaurants, Chinatown today...
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Old South Meeting House |
03/15/12 |
Old South Meeting House, Boston |
Maeve Gilchrist and Matt & Shannon Heaton
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 15, 2012 Non-members: $15/ Passim members $13
Based in New York City, Maeve Gilchrist is currently performing with her own duo and trio which blends her Scottish roots with the colors of jazz, creating a unique and multicultural sound. She performed regularly in the prestigious performance centre in shows such as Singers Showcase, The International Folk Festival, The Commencement concerts and The Stevie Wonder tribute show. The Irish Music Magazine says that, “Both as a singer and a harp...
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Club Passim |
03/15/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
MFA: Studio Art Classes Winter Session
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston January 3-March 16, 2012 The MFA offers a wide range of courses in drawing, acrylic painting, oil painting, watercolor, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, stone carving, and much more. Classes meet once a week for either 8 to 10 weeks, or as one- and two-day workshops.
The Museum’s collections provide an unparalleled opportunity to our studio art students to study the processes of artists past and present from a variety of cultural perspectives. The MFA’s classes and workshops are taught...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
01/03/12 -
03/16/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
McPeake
Presented by MASS MoCA March 16, 2012 Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a day early with Belfast’s McPeake who carry on a family tradition of Irish folk music that goes back 100 years. Francis McPeake IV, the fourth generation of this musical dynasty, has revived the band with a new generation of young players who blend original Celtic compositions with contemporary rhythms and styles.
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MASS MoCA |
03/16/12 |
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Recycled Percussion
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre March 16, 2012 Justin Spencer formed Recycled Percussion in 1995 for a high school talent show. Justin was looking for a way to be as creative as possible and took the idea of playing buckets, which was introduced to him in the subways of New York City. Deciding to take the next step was Justin adding more and more instruments to the show and expanding on the New York style of street percussion. The band really started to take of in 1999 when they were featured on the cover of the USA TODAY. Recycled...
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The Hanover Theatre |
03/16/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
ClimACTS! Guilty Pleasures
Presented by The Theater Offensive March 16, 2012 The Theater Offensive presents
ClimACTS! Guilty Pleasures: indulge your senses…
Annual Fundraiser Event
All proceeds benefit The Theater Offensive OUT in Your Neighborhood programs True Colors; OUT Youth Theater - a Youth Involvement and Leadership Development Program
Friday, March 16th, VIP Reception 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm; Main Event: 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Guilt Nightclub - 275 Tremont St
Performances by Alec Mapa from "Ugly...
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The Theater Offensive |
03/16/12 |
Guilt Nightclub, Boston |
Boston Common Frog Pond Ice Skating
Presented by Boston Parks and Recreation Department at Boston Common December 1, 2011-March 17, 2012 The Boston Common Frog Pond sits at the heart of Boston Common, one of America’s oldest and most treasured public parks. With a winter ice rink and skating school; a reflecting pool in the spring and fall; and a summer spray pool and children’s carousel; there is always a fun and exciting activity for residents and tourists alike. And the year-round café is a welcome respite no matter what the temperature.
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Boston Parks and Recreation Department |
12/01/11 -
03/17/12 |
Boston Common, Boston |
The Prodigal Son
Presented by La Donna Musicale at Emmanuel Church, Boston March 17, 2012 Combining stirring performances with groundbreaking scholarship, award-winning ensemble La Donna Musicale, led by Laury Gutiérrez (2009 Radcliffe Institute Fellow and Brandeis University WSRC Scholar), expands to a chamber string orchestra and vocal quartet for
the modern world premiere of this powerful oratorio, composed in 1709.
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La Donna Musicale |
03/17/12 |
Emmanuel Church, Boston, Boston |
Longwood Symphony Orchestra - Liszt & Beethoven
Presented by Longwood Symphony Orchestra at NEC's Jordan Hall March 17, 2012 The mission of Longwood Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of Boston's medical community, is to perform concerts of musical diversity and excellence, while supporting health-related nonprofit organizations. This concert coincides with the one-year anniversary of the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan and benefits the Japanese Disaster Relief Fund-Boston.
The LSO is proud to be a part of a 35-orchestra consortium that commissioned "Sidereus" (Starry Messenger) by...
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Longwood Symphony Orchestra |
03/17/12 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo
Presented by School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston January 18-March 17, 2012 “Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo,” on view at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 18–March 17, brings together work by some of the most inspiring and influential video/new media artists working in Egypt today: Mohamed Abla, Ahmed Basiony, Hala Elkoussy, Shady El Noshokaty, Sabah Naim and Moataz Nasr. Together, they offer visitors diverse and insightful views of their evolving nation at a critical juncture in its history.
Admission to...
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School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
01/18/12 -
03/17/12 |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston |
Musical Tales: A Family Concert - Hudson
Presented by Symphony Pro Musica at Hudson High School March 17, 2012 Popper
Hungarian Rhapsody - Feat12 year-old Zlatomir Fung of Westborough, cello
Lees
The Trumpet of the Swan
Rimsky-Korsakov:
Scheherazade
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Symphony Pro Musica |
03/17/12 |
Hudson High School, Hudson |
Scamps Comedy - "Boston Irish" with Mike Donovan
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center March 17, 2012 Mike Donovan -- one of Boston's premier comedians since the days of the Ding Ho -- headlines the hit standup show "Boston Irish." The show, which plays regularly at Comix at Foxwoods, features three of Boston’s finest Irish-American comics. Although best known for his sports-related material, Donovan covers a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from pop culture to all nature of human foibles. A native of South Boston, he regularly works the top clubs in Las Vegas and Atlantic...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
03/17/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Paul Kelly
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 16-March 17, 2012 Paul Kelly has recorded seventeen studio albums as well as several film soundtracks (Lantana and the Cannes 2006 highlight, Jindabyne) and live albums, in an influential career spanning more than thirty years. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 199. Songs From The South, a selection of his popular songs first assembled in 1997 and expanded to a double album in 2008,contains many of his songs now lodged deep in the Australian psyche.
http://www.paulkelly.com.au/
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Club Passim |
03/16/12 -
03/17/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Romeo & Juliet
Presented by Stoneham Theatre at Stoneham Theatre March 1-March 18, 2012 Two households both alike in dignity. Two families in conflict. When children act on their parents' grievances, and teens flame with the passion of first love, unintended consequences can devastate. Ten professional actors will team up with ten members of our young company to explore this timeless story of love and conflict not only between families but within them.
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Stoneham Theatre |
03/01/12 -
03/18/12 |
Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham |
Crowdsourcing a Collection
Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum November 11, 2011-March 18, 2012 In honor of the 125th anniversary of the Concord Museum, a special exhibition, “Crowdsourcing a Collection,” offers new and unexpected perspectives on an esteemed collection. Pulitzer-prize winning author, historian, and Concord resident Doris Kearns Goodwin is serving as the Honorary Curator for the exhibition. A cross-section of the individuals who make up the Museum’s diverse community, including nationally-known individuals with connections to Concord, have been...
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Concord Museum |
11/11/11 -
03/18/12 |
Concord Museum, Concord |
AD 20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries and the Boston Print Fair
Presented by AD 20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries at BCA Cyclorama March 15-March 18, 2012 Featuring 50 dealers from the United States and Europe, AD 20/21 offers a spectacular selection of 20th and 21st Century fine art, furniture, jewelry, and decorative arts. Returning this year is the 13th Annual Boston Print Fair, which will offer prints, photography, drawings and works on paper. The shows producers are also pleased to announce that celebrated interior designer Vicente Wolf will be the AD 20/21 special guest and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
The show...
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AD 20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries |
03/15/12 -
03/18/12 |
BCA Cyclorama, Boston |
Circumcise Me - A New Comedy on the Cutting Edge
Presented by Leventhal-Sidman JCC at Leventhal-Sidman JCC March 17-March 18, 2012 He's just your average Irish, Italian Catholic kid from Philly, comic actor, sober alcoholic, recovering drug addict, husband, father, Reform, Conservative, unorthodox, Orthodox Jew. His name is Yisrael Campbell, (the artist formerly known as Christopher), and this is his story.
Circumcise Me is a spiritual journey stretching across four decades, two continents, and three circumcisions. It's that rare collision of comedy and theater that will have women howling with laughter,...
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Leventhal-Sidman JCC |
03/17/12 -
03/18/12 |
Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton Centre |
Musical Tales: A Family Concert - Westborough
Presented by Symphony Pro Musica at Mill Pond School March 18, 2012 Popper
Hungarian Rhapsody - Feat12 year-old Zlatomir Fung of Westborough, cello
Lees
The Trumpet of the Swan
Rimsky-Korsakov:
Scheherazade
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Symphony Pro Musica |
03/18/12 |
Mill Pond School, Westborough |
The Prodigal Son
Presented by La Donna Musicale March 18, 2012 Combining stirring performances with groundbreaking scholarship, award-winning ensemble La Donna Musicale, led by Laury Gutiérrez (2009 Radcliffe Institute Fellow and Brandeis University WSRC Scholar), expands to a chamber string orchestra and vocal quartet for
the modern world premiere of this powerful oratorio, composed in 1709.
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La Donna Musicale |
03/18/12 |
Radcliffe Institute Gymnasium, Harvard University, Cambridge |
Saint Patrick's Peace Parade
Presented by Massachusetts Peace Action March 18, 2012 People's parade for peace, equality, jobs, social and economic justice. UNITE, PARTICIPATE, CELEBRATE!
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Massachusetts Peace Action |
03/18/12 |
Broadway station MBTA redline, Boston |
Saint John the Divine in Iowa by Lyralen Kaye
Presented by Another Country Productions at Boston Playwrights' Theatre March 2-March 18, 2012 Reverend Alexandra McCartney is a progressive Episcopal priest who has fought for social justice throughout her career. But when gay marriage passes in Iowa and her daughter comes home demanding to be married to her way out, butch girlfriend in the conservative church Reverend Alexandra loves, the Reverend learns it's easier to live up to your values when you're just the minister, not the mother.
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Another Country Productions |
03/02/12 -
03/18/12 |
Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston |
Paradise City Arts Festival at Marlborough
Presented by Paradise City Arts Festivals at Best Western Royal Plaza Trade Center March 16-March 18, 2012 Paradise City celebrates its fifteenth year in Marlborough as the Boston area's most acclaimed fair of fine and functional art. Innovation and diversity are key to this show's appeal. 175 outstanding artists gather together under one roof from every corner of the country to provide a sampling of the best in American artistry and craftsmanship. Live jazz every day in the Sculpture Cafe celebrates the Great American Songbook. Special exhibition: "Wild Things!" - an untamed...
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Paradise City Arts Festivals |
03/16/12 -
03/18/12 |
Best Western Royal Plaza Trade Center, Marlborough |