Events
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Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall February 3, 2012 Pieter Wispelwey is among the first of a generation of performers who are equally at ease on the modern or the period cello. He brings a sophisticated musical personality to repertoire ranging from Bach to Alfred Schnittke. Wispelwey's acute stylistic awareness, combined with a truly original interpretation and a phenomenal technical mastery, has won this Netherlands native a worldwide following.
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
02/03/12 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
New Art Exhibition: Right Now (Opening: Nov. 19 - 1-4PM)
Presented by Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum November 19, 2011-February 3, 2012 “Angelo Aversa, Richard Salvucci: Right Now” Curated by John Quatrale, Independent Curator, ArchivalExhibitions.com Exhibition dates: November 19, 2011 – February 3, 2012 Wine & Cheese Opening Reception with the artists: Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 1:00 - 4:00 pm Location: Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum 20 Chestnut Hill Avenue, Historic Brighton Center, Massachusetts 02135 Hours: Tuesday – Friday and second & fourth Saturday Noon - 4:00 pm Free...
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Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum |
11/19/11 -
02/03/12 |
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Disobedience Archive
Presented by MIT program in Art, Culture, and Technology December 9, 2011-February 3, 2012 Disobedience brings together a series of practices and forms of individual self-representation just as they are finding the key to their strength in an alliance of art and activism: a transformation in the languages that society produces as a political subject and as a media object. What matters in Disobedience is not so much an ‘alliance’ between activist demands and artistic practices in order to achieve common goals: it is more that of a common space or a common base...
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MIT program in Art, Culture, and Technology |
12/09/11 -
02/03/12 |
MIT Media Lab Complex E14 Lobby , Cambridge |
Jack's Mannequin with Jukebox The Ghost, Allen Stone
Presented by House of Blues at House of Blues February 3, 2012 Buy Jack's Mannequin with Jukebox The Ghost, Allen Stone concert tickets for the show at House of Blues Boston
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House of Blues |
02/03/12 |
House of Blues, Boston |
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The Kills, JEFF the Brotherhood, Hunters
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Bowery Presents |
02/03/12 |
Royale, Boston |
Zammuto in Concert
Presented by MASS MoCA at MASS MoCA February 3, 2012 Nick Zammuto, local favorite of the Books, unveils his hotly anticipated new band Zammuto. The four-piece band’s concert debut will focus on cuts from Zammuto, also featuring classic and never-before-performed tracks from The Books, and a screening of the short film Achantè. “The Books have grown to become one of modern music's most genuine innovators. The Way Out continues the Books' tradition of meticulous, existential songcraft, infusing the playfully surreal elements...
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MASS MoCA |
02/03/12 |
MASS MoCA, North Adams |
The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Presented by The Boston Conservatory at The Fenway Center, Northeastern University February 3, 2012 DAVID T. LITTLE: East Coast Attitude
ADAM ROBERTS: Leaf Metal (World Premiere)
JUSTIN BARISH: Machinemusic (World Premiere, Winner of the 2011–2012 Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble Composition Competition)
JOSEPH SCHWANTNER - "...and the mountains rising nowhere"
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The Boston Conservatory |
02/03/12 |
The Fenway Center, Northeastern University, Boston |
Sowa Artists Guild First Friday
Presented by SOWA Artists Guild at SOWA Artists Guild February 3, 2012 The First Friday of each month, over 4 dozen Guild member artists and others open their studios at 450 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118. Meet the artists in their element and view their latest works. The SOWA Artists Guild strives to make art and artists accessible to everyone. Come and enjoy the fun. The event is free and free parking is available.
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SOWA Artists Guild |
02/03/12 |
SOWA Artists Guild, Boston |
Ellis Paul
Presented by TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick at The Center for Arts in Natick February 3, 2012 Already one of the most significant stars in the modern history of folk music, Ellis Paul is a chief architect of what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting: an urbane, literate folk-pop style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s. His songs regularly appear in hit movie and TV soundtracks, bridging the gulf between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. With special guest: Peyton Tochterman
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TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick |
02/03/12 |
The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick |
Tinsley Ellis
Presented by The Bull Run Restaurant February 3, 2012 "In the last five years, no one has released more consistently excellent blues albums than Atlanta's Tinsley Ellis..." - Philip Van Vleck, Billboard.com
Hard-rocking blues-soaked guitarist/vocalist/song-writer Tinsley Ellis sings and plays with the energy and soul of all the great Southern musicians who have come before him. Ellis attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling, following in the tradition of Deep South musical heroes Duane Allman, Freddie King,...
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The Bull Run Restaurant |
02/03/12 |
The Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley |
Fernando Holz Quintet
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 3, 2012 Brazilian Jazz Bossa Samba
Fernando Holz is a Brazilian singer/songwriter in the tradition of Jobim, Djavan and Ivan Lins. His effortless singing style is like a gentle ocean breeze, and his sambas will have you dancing in the aisle. Backed by a dynamite rhythm section and the sultry sounds of Jon Simmons' trombone, Fernando's music will transport you to a warm, magical place. "In addition to being an excellent singer, Holz is a composer of great sensibility...beautiful and...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/03/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Full Moon Owl Prowl
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 3, 2012 Sound is one of the best ways to locate and identify owls. Learn about their calls, behavior and habitat. Join us on the prowl as we walk through moonlit fields and forests listening for screech and great horned owls. Instructions and Directions: Pre-registration required. This programs includes walking over uneven terrain in limited light.
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/03/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Cuddle Magic with Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 3, 2012 The ensemble is based out of New York and Philadelphia, and made up of 12 (or more) musicians at any given time (and a 3-foot plastic penguin). Their sound covers a wide range of genres, including folk, world, and avant-pop. Come see how they craft their music with such a variety of instruments (strings, percussion, vibraphone, clarinet, keyboards, guitars, and a whole lot more).
http://www.cuddle-magic.com/
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Club Passim |
02/03/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
First Friday Nights Free!
Presented by The Discovery Museums at The Discovery Museums February 3, 2012 Join us with free admission and explore the museums at night on the first Friday of every month! We will gratefully accept donations for the Acton Food Pantry. Sponsored in part by Acorn Deck House Company and Emerson Hospital. This month we are offering a special program—Reaction Station: Adventures for Young Chemists! Solve mysteries with chemistry by being a detective as you test mystery liquids, powders, and more in Reaction Stations—model glove boxes. Meet Brandeis...
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The Discovery Museums |
02/03/12 |
The Discovery Museums, Acton |
"Have You Read? February" An Evening of Staged Readings
Presented by Interim Writers at Democracy Center February 3, 2012 On the evening of Friday, February 3rd at 7:30, Interim Writers, a new collective dedicated to the fostering and development of Boston playwrights, will be presenting its fourth evening of staged readings.
Featuring the short works of rising playwrights:
Brendan Doris-Pierce, Monica Raymond, Emily Kaye Lazzaro, and Cassie M. Seinuk.
There will be a talk back following each piece so each writer can gain feedback and ask questions, lead by co-founder and...
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Interim Writers |
02/03/12 |
Democracy Center, Cambridge |
Music and Movement with Miss Carolyn
Presented by The Discovery Museums at The Discovery Museums February 3, 2012 Explore sound through singing and playing. Move, make music, listen, learn, and get a multi-sensory workout! Music improves your child’s memory, cognitive development, learning skills, and ability to express emotion. Plus, it’s fun! Miss Carolyn is a professional musician, serves as a faculty member at Indian Hill Music School, and has been a licensed Kindermusik Educator for 5 years.
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The Discovery Museums |
02/03/12 |
The Discovery Museums, Acton |
A Diptych by Robert Fenz
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 3, 2012 Peripatetic filmmaker extraordinaire Robert Fenz (b. 1969) returns with two new films extending his poetic engagement with the haunting, atavistic echoes that render culture and history as among the cinema’s most distant and elusive subjects. Intensely cinematic, Correspondence and The Sole of the Foot use Fenz’s exquisite 16mm cinematography to impart a sense of haunting pastness and transience to the faces and landscapes portrayed within them. Accompanying and complementing...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/03/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Teitur, Maurit Larsen opens
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 3, 2012 Teitur (Tie-tor) Lassen, is a man from the Faroe Islands who turns music into magic beautifully and effortlessly. During early 2010, Teitur recorded his stunning new album "Let the Dog drive home" in Denmark and mixed in Norway, an album which combines the quality of songs from his first album, with the broad appeal of his second, and some of the coolness of the third, The Singer. The album is scheduled for release in Continental Europe on the 4th October 2010. The Guardian has...
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Club Passim |
02/03/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Swing Caravan
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 3, 2012 Swing Caravan plays lively, nuanced music that is rooted in Gypsy Jazz and the American Songbook. Following in the tradition of Django Reinhardt (from France in the 1930s and 40s), they make playful, improvisatory folk-jazz beholden to no purist tradition. Swing Caravan interprets Gypsy jazz and a wide range of songs through all sorts of modern and world music filters, making their distinctive sound a fresh alternative to both the old and modern jazz.
http://swingcaravan.com/
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Club Passim |
02/03/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollack Dance Company, "Oyster"
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Paramount Theatre February 3-February 4, 2012 The award-winning Israeli choreographers Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak are ingeniously imaginative artists whose richly intimate artistic vision speaks also of wider truths. Oyster, a full-length work making its Boston premiere, is a magically mysterious full-evening work combining the dreamlike qualities of Fellini and Tim Burton and the keen intellect of Pina Bausch; a fantastic circus-world of wandering street acrobats and oddly beautiful creatures, set to the music of Piazzola,...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
02/03/12 -
02/04/12 |
Paramount Theatre, Boston |
Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Music In Deerfield, Inc. February 4, 2012 In their 10th season, the Boston-based Quartet will show us what they've got in the works by the three greatest composers: Haydn, Beethoven, and Bartók.
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Music In Deerfield, Inc. |
02/04/12 |
Sweeney Concert Hall - Smith College, North Hampton |
Superior Donuts
Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston at The Lyric Stage Company January 6-February 4, 2012 By Tracy Letts
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
In a shabby Chicago neighborhood, a downtrodden donut shop owner hires a street-savy aspiring young writer with hustle and bright ideas. Full of laughs and compelling characters, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of August: Osage County mixes the challenge of embracing the past with the redemptive power of friendship in this satisfying comedy-drama.
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston |
01/06/12 -
02/04/12 |
The Lyric Stage Company, Boston |
from the north-wind sent: Sibelius, Nielsen, Maxwell Davies, Tann, Grieg
Presented by Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston at Goethe-Institut Boston February 4, 2012 From Hilary Tann's meditation on ancient Celtic texts to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' extraordinary Piano Trio, inspired by the people, music, and beauty of the tiny Fair Isle in the remote Shetlands, we give you Chameleon's own “Idea of North,” a journey through musical landscapes of solitude, spirit, nature and legend.
Program:
Jean Sibelius, Four Pieces for cello & piano, Op. 78
Peter Maxwell Davies, Voyage to Fair Isle for...
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Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston |
02/04/12 |
Goethe-Institut Boston, Boston |
Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive" Tour
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre February 4, 2012 Following his critically acclaimed new album Thank You Mr. Churchill, Grammy®-winning guitarist and songwriter Peter Frampton embarks on a world tour this winter celebrating his multi-platinum-selling live album Frampton Comes Alive!, performing the legendary album in its entirety across the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The three-hour show will feature a complete performance of Frampton Comes Alive! along with highlights from Frampton’s...
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The Hanover Theatre |
02/04/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Antique Sleigh Rally: February 4, 2012
Presented by Old Sturbridge Village at Old Sturbridge Village February 4, 2012 A genuine New England Sleigh Rally. See horse-drawn sleighs in action, including cutters and bobsleighs, as they compete for awards. Favorite classes include the Sleigh Dog and the Currier & Ives divisions.
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Old Sturbridge Village |
02/04/12 |
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge |
Parents Night Out
Presented by CityStage & Symphony Hall at CityStage February 2-February 4, 2012 Comedy about parenthood from both sides.
Jim & Karen give parents of all ages a chance to laugh at the crazy world of raising offspring. Through stand-up comedy, improv and audience participation (hilarious couples therapy), these veteran comedians share their comedy about being parents and having parents. Both sides - husband/wife, mother/father, daughter/son. This show is clean (grandparents welcome!) but is intended for grownups, so get a babysitter!
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CityStage & Symphony Hall |
02/02/12 -
02/04/12 |
CityStage, Springfield |
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Intermediate Photoshop Elements
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/04/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Owl Festival: Up Close and Personal
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 4, 2012 Come explore the wonders of owls with friends and family! Join us for an up close and personal view of some of our local owl species, including the great horned and screech owl. Following the show, join us for a guided prowl to listen for owls in the wild. Pre-registration required.
Join us for one or both programs!
3-4 pm Owl Festival: Up Close and Personal with the Owls of Broadmoor
Adults $15M;$18NM, Children $8M;$10NM
4:15-5:30 pm Owl...
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/04/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Alloy Orchestra
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Somerville Theatre February 4, 2012 Wild and Weird, Alloy Orchestra's newest compositions for short silent movies, collects some of the oddest examples of early filmmaking you're likely to see. Included are Wadislaw Starewicz's 1912 The Cameraman's Revenge, a soap opera of animated insects; Hans Richter's 1926 Dadaist masterpiece Filmstudie; Edwin S. Porter's 1906 Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend, which explores the hallucinations brought on to a man who has eaten too much rich food, and J. Stuart Blackman’s 1909 Princess...
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World Music/CRASHarts |
02/04/12 |
Somerville Theatre, Somerville |
From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley – Live Taping
Presented by From the Top February 4, 2012 From the Top – NPR’s showcase for young musicians, hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley – tapes a live recording in its hometown concert hall. Now celebrating its twelfth year on the air, From the Top’s mix of serious music, light-hearted skits, and informal interviews spotlights the talent and passion of extraordinary young musicians ages 8-18. The program, which will be taped for national broadcast and heard locally on Classical New England 99.5, will feature...
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From the Top |
02/04/12 |
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston |