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Folk Art in a Fine Place: Surprises from the Gore Place Collection

Presented by Gore Place at Gore Place

Among the items displayed in this whole-house exhibit entitled are the trade sign from Christopher Gore's family's paint shop, the weathervane from the1793 carriage house, and Frances Pinckny Gore's 1732 sampler. Placed throughout the mansion, these unique items give a glimpse into the private lives of this distinguished couple. Viewed as part of the mansion tour. Tour times are Monday through Friday at 1pm. Saturdays at 12, 1, 2 & 3pm.

12/28/11 - 06/01/12

$12
$8 ages 5-12

- http://www.goreplace.org

Gore Place - 52 Gore St, Waltham, MA, 02453

MFA First Fridays

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Occurs every month on the first Friday until June 1, 2012.
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gallery 250

Begin each month in a unique and stylish atmosphere at MFA First Fridays. Join us in the Koch Gallery for fine art, live music, cash bars featuring signature cocktails, and delicious tapas available for purchase. Relax and unwind in a beautiful setting with friends both old and new.

MFA First Fridays Musical Lineup:

September 2—The David Eure Jazz Quartet
October 7—Sugarcane Trio
November 4—Little Bang
December 2—Back Bay Rhythm Makers
January 6—Kombucha
February 3—DJ Rich DiMare
March 2—Andy Baer Jazz Ensemble
April 6—DJ Deja
May 4—DJ Rich DiMare
June 1—April Hall Trio (Vocalist, Piano, Upright Bass)

Open to visitors 21+

01/06/12 - 06/01/12

Free with Admission - No Ticket Required

Admission
Members FREE
Adults $22
Seniors (65+) $20
Students (18+) $20
Youths 6 and under FREE
Youths 7–17* FREE*

*Weekdays after 3 pm, weekends, and Boston public school holidays; otherwise $10.

- http://www.mfa.org/programs/special-event/mfa-first-fridays

Museum of Fine Arts Boston - 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115

A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life: The Photographs of Clover Adams, 1883-1885

Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society

In May 1883, Clover Adams, a descendant of Boston’s Sturgis and Hooper families and the wife of the historian Henry Adams, picked up her camera and began taking photographs—of her husband, of afternoons at the beach on Boston’s North Shore, and of eminent friends who frequented the Adamses’ home on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. Examples of these photographs will be on exhibit 9 February through 2 June at the MHS. Based on Natalie Dykstra’s book, Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life, to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in February 2012, the exhibition showcases Clover’s striking photographs, many of which have not been seen before publicly. It also highlights Clover’s many letters, the notebook she used to record the chronology and technical aspects of her photographs, as well as Henry’s letters, and other family materials.

02/09/12 - 06/02/12

Free and open to the public

- http://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar,mo=2012-02,event=389

MFA Playdates

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

On the first and third Monday of each month, bring your toddler to enjoy story time and looking activities in the galleries, followed by art making. Each month focuses on a specific theme—on December 5 and December 19 join us to explore our "favorite things" in the Museum. Recommended for children ages 4 and younger with adults. Meet at the Sharf Visitor Center. No registration required.

Stay after the program to explore the Museum on your own or with new acquaintances, and enjoy snacks or lunch in the Garden Cafeteria or Calderwood Courtyard, or choose from a great selection of kid-friendly options from any of our dining venues.

FREE with Museum admission.

02/06/12 - 06/18/12

FREE with Museum admission

- http://www.mfa.org/programs/gallery-activities-and-tours/mfa-playdates-3

Museum of Fine Arts Boston - 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115

Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most visited museum -- dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and hundreds of prehistoric and current-day animals from around the globe. Get close to the world’s only mounted Kronosaurus, a 42 ft-long marine reptile; one of the first Triceratops ever discovered; a 1,642 lb. amethyst geode; 3 whale skeletons. The museum is on the Harvard University campus, just a short, 7-10 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square MBTA Red Line ‘T’ station, or a 15 minute walk from Porter Square commuter rail. Open daily, 9 am – 5 pm, 361 days/year. Handicapped accessible. Explore www.hmnh.harvard.edu for changing exhibitions, dozens of lectures, events, classes for all ages, year-round.

06/27/10 - 06/30/12

Regularly $9 adults; $7 seniors and students; $6 age 3-18

- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

New Photographic Exhibit: Life in the Extreme Deep - Harvard Museum of Natural History

Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Harvard Museum of Natural History announces a new photographic exhibit opening in the museum lobby on October 12, showcasing the research of Harvard’s Loeb Associate Professor of Natural Sciences Peter R. Girguis and stunning deep-sea photographs by scientists who work in the field with Professor Girguis. Life in the Extreme Deep will remain on display through June 2012.

In conjunction with the photographic exhibit, the museum will offer a lecture by Harvard biologist Peter Girguis on Wednesday October 12 at 6:30 pm. Girguis will discuss issues surrounding the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and what biologists are doing to understand how natural “oil-eating” microbes are able to aid in the cleanup. A reception in the exhibit will follow the talk. Tickets are free to museum members and $10 others. For descriptions of all museum events, see http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street, a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square T station. The Museum is handicapped accessible. More than 192,000 visitors a year make the museum the University’s most visited.

10/12/11 - 06/30/12

Admission: $9.00
Seniors and students $7.00
$6.00 ages 3-18
Under 3 free

- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/

Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

New Photographic Exhibit - Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine

Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Opening in the museum lobby on October 12, will be a selection of photographs by renowned zoologist and photographer Piotr Naskrecki, from his new book, Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine. The exhibit presents a time-lapse photographic tour of life that has persisted nearly untouched for hundreds of millions of years. This photographic exhibit will remain on display through June 2012.

To compliment this photographic exhibit on Wednesday November 30 at 6:00pm, author Piotr Naskrecki will speak on Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine, discussing his travels around the globe photographing creatures or habitats that remain remarkably similar to their earliest manifestations in the fossil record, or “relics.” For descriptions of all museum events, see http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street, a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square T station. The Museum is handicapped accessible. More than 192,000 visitors a year make the museum the University’s most visited.

10/12/11 - 06/30/12

Admission: $9.00
Seniors and students $7.00
$6.00 ages 3-18
Under 3 free

- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Spiders!

Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History

See the new exhibit Spiders! within Arthropods: Creatures that Rule, and learn about these amazingly versatile, and venomous, air-breathing creatures which live on every continent except Antarctica, and in every terrestrial habitat. Check out the live tarantula! Spiders! will remain on display through June 2012.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street, a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square T station.

10/29/11 - 06/30/12

Admission: $9.00
Seniors and students $7.00
$6.00 ages 3-18
Under 3 free

- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz

Presented by Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz; The Only Pub Quiz That Matters

Simply, a quiz game played in a pub. It's an Anglo-Irish tradition, but our goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking. A noble cause!

The quiz consists of eight rounds of eight questions each, played by teams of up to six people. Questions are read aloud by the quizmaster and teams write down the answers, turning them in at the end of each round.

Rounds 1, 4 and 6 are themed rounds – anything from “Eight Questions About Sex That Won’t Make You Too Uncomfortable” to “TV Shows Your Parents Watch.” Round 2 is a music round worth double points: name the artist and title for each song clip. Round 3 is a multiple choice round or a speed round. Round 5 is a visual round based on a printed handout. The all-audio Round 7 usually covers movies or TV shows, and is worth the standard eight points. Finally, Round 8 is always 16 points on Random Knowledge.

One round can be jokered, doubling your points for that round only (yes, the 16-point rounds are fair game). The team with the most points after eight rounds is the winner.

07/18/11 - 07/16/12

FREE

- http://www.geekswhodrink.com

PLATFORM 8: Soo Sunny Park and Spencer Topel, Capturing Resonance

Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

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.

09/18/11 - 07/29/12

Adults: $12
Seniors/Students: $8
Youth (6-12): $8
Children 5 and under: Free

- http://www.decordova.org/art/exhibition/platform-8-soo-sunny-park-and-spencer-topel-capturing-resonance

CHRIS ZITO'S Weekly Thursday Comedy Sandbox

Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons

Zito was an integral part of the early Boston Comedy scene which gave the nation so many of it’s comedy’s greats. Chris traces his roots back to the infamous Ding Ho with Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Barry Crimmins, Stephen Wright and the birth of the Boston Comedy Club scene, He and his partner Steve Bean made up the first successful comedy duo “Zito & Bean” and together they hosted a weekly show at “ “Play it Again Sam’s” for over two years; and after splitting each went on to very successful careers headlining at “Stitches”, Nicks Comedy Stop and The Comedy Connection and some of the country's great comedy clubs across the nation
Chris has appeared on MTV, Showtime, A&E, Comedy Central, USA Network and from 1996 to 2001 spent time as the drive time host on Planet 95.3-- Detroit’s prime radio station.

Returning to Boston he headlined the entire Boston area club circuit while continuing to work radio. He has done years of Boston Radio WZOU, JMAN 94.5, WROR (Loren and Wally), WZLX (Sweeney’s Neighborhood.) 2003 he decided to take a break from comedy and focus on Radio with his very successful drive time show -Zito and Jen -on 104.5 WXLO in Worcester, He has just left WODS's Moerning drive hit show "Zito & Karen Blake" to return to Comedy again an to seek a radio outlet that who let him highlight his talents

Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault 18+ comedy shows 7 days a week. Dane Cook had a show here every Friday for 2 years in the 90's. Located on Boylston St. between "Gypsy Bar" and "The Alley". Dinner available before the show. Drinks & Appetizers available in the showroom. No drink minimum!

09/22/11 - 08/30/12

$15 per person
$5 off with a college ID
1/2 price military discount

- http://www.beantowncomedy.com

Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons - 124 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02166

First Saturday Open Studios

Presented by Western Avenue Studios at Western Avenue Artist Studios

Join the over 200 artists of the Western Avenue Studios for First Saturday Open Studios from 12-5PM. We open our doors on the first Saturday of every month. Visit a variety of artists in their workspaces: painters, photographers, mixed media artists, jewelers, sculptors, fiber artists, potters, glassworkers, and more! Talk to artists about their process and take home art for yourself or a loved one. Parking is free and plentiful! The Western Avenue Studios is at 122 Western Ave in historic Lowell, Massachusetts.

01/07/12 - 09/03/12

Free

- http://westernavenuestudios.com

Western Avenue Artist Studios - 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01851

Boo in the Zoo at Stone Zoo

Presented by Stone Zoo at Stone Zoo

Children throughout New England are invited to trick-or-treat among the animals. Thrills, chills, and animals lurk around every corner on the Trick-or-Treat Trail. Other haunted happenings offered throughout the day include: creepy crafts, ghoulish games, howling costume contests, and a haunted maze!

10/22/11 - 09/23/12

Stone Zoo Admission: $13.00 for adults; $11.00 for seniors (62+); $9.00 for children (2-12); Children under 2 are free

- http://www.stonezoo.org

Stone Zoo - 149 Pond Street, Stoneham, MA, 02180

Cyrus E. Dallin 150th Anniversary Events

Presented by Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum

Join us for exciting programs throughout the year that celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Cyrus Dallin!

(Events take place at the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum unless noted otherwise.)

Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 7:00 pm

“CYRUS THE GREAT”: DEAN OF NEW ENGLAND SCULPTORS

Illustrated Talk and Sculpture Demonstration by Jonathan and Daniel J. Fairbank @ Arlington Town Hall Auditorium, 730 Mass. Ave., Arlington, MA 02476

Suggested Donation – $5 per person

Saturday, February 18, 2012, 2:00 – 4:00pm

Kids Sculpture Workshop!

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 3:00 pm

Dallin and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons)

Talk by Richard E. Turley, Jr., Assistant Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

April 2012

Rededication of Cyrus Dallin’s Paul Revere Monument

In collaboration with the North End Waterfront Residents Association

Location: Prado, North End, Boston

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Student Art Exhibition Opening Reception & Prize Presentation

Exhibition on view during month of May, Cutter Gallery

Location: Cutter Gallery, lower level of 611 Mass. Ave., Arlington

June 2012 (date tbd)

MFA Spotlight Talk – Appeal to the Great Spirit

Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Sunday, June 24, 2012, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Book Release Celebration: Arlington’s Cultural Renaissance

In partnership with the Arlington Historical Society and funded with a grant from the Arlington Cultural Council

Location: Arlington Town Hall and Robbins Memorial Garden

Saturday, September 15, 2012, 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 pm

Art on the Green & Museum Raffle on Arlington Town Day

Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 7:00 pm

Dallin and Native Americans

Lecture by Christine Sharbrough, Museum Trustee

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Fundraiser – Special Behind the Scenes Tour of Skylight Studio in Woburn, MA and lecture by Bob Shure, sculptor, on Dallin and the Caproni Brothers Studio

Location: Skylight Studio, 105 Salem St., Woburn, MA 01801

01/18/12 - 11/04/12

Free

- http://dallin.org

JIM LAULETTA Comedy Showcase

Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons

Two for One Admission with Active Military, Disabled Vets, Public Service Employees, or College ID.
800)-401-2221 for Reservations, tickets! Only $15
www.beantowncomedy.com

JIM LAULETTA
A favorite act wherever he goes, Jim mixes his cynical, biting, self-deprecating material with some of the most off the wall off the wall and original impressions you'll EVER see. Quoted by the Boston Globe as "...off-beat and original." Not only is Jim one of the most popular headliners in New England, he's a regular performer in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Jim also has an impressive resume of national television credits which include: HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival's "Best of the Fest," NBC,A&E's "Caroline's Comedy Hour", Comedy Central's "Two Drink Minimum", "Stand-up, Stand-up", "Make Me Laugh", "Comic Re-mix" and "Shorties Watchin' Shorties" and Comcast's "Comedy Spotlight". With out a doubt, Jim's show will leave you wanting more. No two shows are exactly alike but do, however, include his signature closing bits: the insane Roy Schieder as Chief Brody in the film "JAWS" with a surprising twist. Not to mention, the ever popular trip to insanity and homage to a true comedy legend: Don Knotts as BATMAN!! No hugs from his Dad means a great night of entertainment for all. Every Tuesday he headlines and hosts a showcase of Boston's latest comedy sensations and tried and true veterans.

11/09/10 - 11/20/12

$15

- http://www.beantowncomedy.com

Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons - 124 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02166

Showcase Of Stars @ Cantab benefit night JDRF

Presented by DAY TRIPPER ENTERTAINMENT

benefit nights for JDRF walk for cure Diabetes 2012 all proceeds donated

01/06/12 - 12/07/12

$10 cover

- http://www.daytripperentertainment.bandzoogle.com

Fun Fused Glass Classes

Presented by Deenie Pacik's Studio

Announcement: Fun Fused Glass Workshops. Come play with glass. Enjoy the excitement of glass in these easy, fun classes near Pawtuxet Village at 25 Hartford Place in Warwick, Rhode Island. Create beautiful fused glass pendants and bowls. No experience necessary. To sign up, please visit: www.deeniepacik.net

01/28/12 - 12/15/12

Classes range from $39-$135

- www.deeniepacik.net

Cristina Hurley Gallery Holiday Show

Presented by kerry hawkins graphic design

Cristina Hurley Jewelry Holiday Show
3 Rockland St. Canton MA 02021

Stop by, shop local and see all the holiday gift items

Boston Handmade Members include

Jessica Burko, Reclaimed to You
Kerry Hawkins Photography
Kerrie Beck, Cody's Creations
Jennifer Tang, Majenta Designs
Nancy MacCallum, NancyRosetta
Lucie Wicker Photography
Karen Mahoney, City By The Sea Ceramics
Lynne Parella, Cozy Cottage Creations

11/23/11 - 01/15/13

FREE

- http://bostonhandmade.org/BostonHandmadeAtCristinaHurleyGallery2011.htm

Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm

Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm, a new exhibition opening February 18, 2012 at Harvard Museum of Natural History, will explore mollusks' amazing diversity and feature recent discoveries about their evolutionary history. Mollusks are amazingly varied in both size and anatomical structure, as well as in their behaviors and habitats. First appearing in the fossil record in the Cambrian period more than 500 million years ago, mollusks include the brainy cephalopods such as octopus and squid; the abundant gastropods, creatures that produce a single shell, such as snails; as well as the numerous bivalves, such as oysters, clams and mussels, that are deliciously edible to humans, and often prized for their shells.

On Thursday February 16, the Mollusks exhibition opening lecture will be presented by Gonzalo Giribet, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Invertebrates in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Giribet will explore how scientists are mapping the Mollusca genetic family tree, to learn how they’ve adapted, survived and thrived since the pre-Cambrian era and to understand their incredibly adaptive and complex biology. The 6 pm lecture will be free and open to the public.

02/18/12 - 02/28/13

Adult:$9
Student/Senior (65+): $7
Children ages 3-18: $6

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Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Stone Carving Classes/Workshops

Presented by Scott's Stone Carving Classes SSCC

Come learn how to carve stone(alabaster) and learn all parts of this fascinating ancient medium. Beginning/intermediate/advanced students are all welcomed. You will learn the whole process of stone carving from the beginning chisels, to the files and finishing process. Students are encouraged and helped to produce the type of work that interests them! More advanced students are helped to pursue new creative directions or to revisit current ones. Class discussion and demonstration accompany many peaceful hours of working and connecting with the stone. No previous experience required! Tools are included for beginners, stone is an additional cost! Come participate in the magical medium of stone sculpture! Age Range: 13 +

01/10/12 - 03/17/13

Semester classes - $350 Sat. workshops - $105

- http://www.stonecarvingdust.blogspot.com/

Paul Nardizzi Wednesday Comedy Showcase

Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons

HEADLINER: PAUL NARDIZZI
Paul Nardizzi's headlines with great local comedians. Paul's very dry observational style of comedy has skyrocketed him from an unknown to a major headliner in just a few short years. He has made numerous appearances on Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central, A & E TV's "An Evening at the Improv", and is one of the most requested acts on XM Satellite Radio. Paul was voted to the Top 10 list of Boston comedians by Tab magazine. Paul was the winner of Both The Boston and Aspen HBO Comedy Festivals and made the finals in the San Francisco International Comedy Festival. He is now one of the top stand up comedians in Boston and the New England Area, and is known nationally for his rapid-fire comedy style.

05/11/11 - 05/29/13

$15

- http://beantowncomedy.com

Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons - 124 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02166

Exhibition: Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West

Presented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West explores the meanings of a recently discovered nineteenth-century "artist's book," in the collection of Houghton Library, that had been recovered from the Little Big Horn battlefield after Custer's defeat in 1876. The exhibit presents colored drawings by Plains Indian warriors from the book with historic Lakota objects from the Peabody's collections.

05/12/09 - 12/30/13

$9/adults; $7/senior citizens and students; $6/children ages 3-18; free for children under 3. Free admission (for MA residents only) on Sun. mornings 9 -noon, except for groups, and free admission on Wed. afternoons, Sept. - May, 3-5 PM.

- http://www.peabody.harvard.edu

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology - 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02138

Ex Aircraft Pilot/Comedian Mitch Stinson's Weekend Extender

Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons

"MITCH STINSON"

Mitch Stinson is a former aircraft-carrier aviator for the United States Navy who, as a pilot, made over 200 carrier landings during his 10 year military career. Mitch has recently risen through the comedy ranks in the Northeast US by virtue of his original (and clean!) material that offers unique insight into the transition from hot-shot Navy pilot to everyday civilian life, resonating with comedy crowds everywhere.

Mitch hosts a showcase of Bostons Finest comics weekly

05/08/11 - 04/28/14

$15

2-4-1 for Active Military, Disabled Vets, Fireman, Policemen, Emergency Service Employees and College Students

- http://beantowncomedy.com

Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons - 124 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02166

New England Forests, New Exhibition

Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History

New England Forests, a permanent multi-media exhibition explores the natural history our regional forests. Explore the world of woodland caribou, beaver, otter and dozens of other wildlife of New England; learn about lichen cities that cling to rocks; and the circle of life within and around a forest pond from tiny tadpoles to giant moose. A must-see before you head to the outdoors for summer camping or fall foliage.

05/24/11 - 05/31/14

$9 adults; $7 seniors 65+ & students; $6 age 3-18

- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

National & Local Boston Comics with Boston Attitude

Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons

National Headliners with Boston Connections and Local Boston Comedians join forces to show the style of comedy that has made Boston Comedy World Famous for years

05/13/11 - 06/28/14

$20 Friday & Saturday $15 Sunday thru Thursday
2-4-1 Active military, Disabled Vets and College Students
Reserve or Buy Tickets at 800-401-2221
Buy on Web at Beantowncomedy.com

- http://www.beantowncomedy.com

Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons - 124 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02166

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam

Presented by Poetry Jam

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.

02/13/11 - 06/29/14

- http://www.poetryjam.com

Mapparium®

Presented by The Mary Baker Eddy Library

Visit the Mapparium and venture to the This popular Boston landmark is a world-famous, three-story, stained-glass globe that has been visited by over 10 million people since it was constructed in 1935.

Step inside this three-dimensional globe for a 20 minute tour. Learn about its construction, history, and the significance of this magnificent architectural and artistic achievement. From the bridge of the giant sphere, visitors explore the Earth at its center, surrounded by continents and oceans. Brilliant colors track global shifts over the past century as a rich orchestration of words, inspiring quotes from thinkers (such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Eleanor Roosevelt), music, and LED lights illustrate how ideas have traversed time and geography and changed the world.

01/03/12 - 01/04/22

General Admission: $6
Seniors (62+), Students (with ID), Youth (6-17): $4
Children under 6 and Library donors: Free
Groups: Special rates are available for groups of 15 or more.

- http://mbelibrary.org/mapparium

Shear Madness

Presented by Shear Madness at The Charles Playhouse

Set in a local hair salon and with lines as up-to-date as the morning's news, Shear Madness is theatre with the audience as a central character. In this Boston institution, ongoing at the Charles Playhouse since 1980, the audience gets to help solve a murder mystery in a laugh-a-minute blend of whodunit and improvisational theater. The clues change every night and the laughs come fast and funny. This worldwide phenomenon is filled with up to the minute spontaneous humor and quicksilver improvisation. The audience becomes part of the action and gets to solve the crime.

Voted "Best Comedy of the Year" seven times by the Boston Globe and recipient of the title "Best Play of the Year" by both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Enquirer, "Shear Madness" has also received the Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of America and has been inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame, the first play ever to receive that accolade. "Shear Madness" is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the longest running play in the history of the USA.

05/01/10 - Ongoing

$50

- https://www.shearmadness.com/

The Charles Playhouse - 74 Warrenton Street, Boston, MA, 02116

The Comedy Lab

Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre

Each month, ImprovBoston presents two original comedy shows from the New England's best sketch and improv artists. From the silliness of sorority life to ludicrousness of local politicians, the 2010-2011 season of the The Comedy Lab promises edgy original comedy at a price anyone can afford!

02/18/09 - Ongoing

$10 general admission
$7 students and seniors