Events
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February School Vacation Week: Ben Franklin, Scientist
Presented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House February 20, 2012 Benjamin Franklin experimented with static electricity to discover the properties of lightning. He invited a musical instrument in 1761, and a year later, he discovered the ocean's Gulf Stream through observation! Come experiment to see if static electricity can put your hair on end! See if you can recreate the eerie sounds of his glass harmonica using water glasses, and create your own ocean tide. Activities included in Museum Admission.
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Old South Meeting House |
02/20/12 |
Old South Meeting House, Boston |
Doktor Kaboom!, Newton
Presented by Leventhal-Sidman JCC at Leventhal-Sidman JCC February 20, 2012 Designed for children ages 4+ years, with adult
President's Day performance
Doktor Kaboom! performs original interactive science comedy shows that creatively blend theater with the wonders of scientific exploration. Join Kaboom! for a sidesplitting journey of spectacular science experiments that will keep kkids riveted with interest and rolling with laughter. A program of the Ryna Greenbaum JCC Center for the Arts. For tickets and more information, contact 617-965-5226 or...
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Leventhal-Sidman JCC |
02/20/12 |
Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton Centre |
A Visit with Abraham Lincoln at the Concord Museum
Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum February 20, 2012 This Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 20, 2012, the Concord Museum is pleased to once again host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Matching Lincoln’s height and beard, Wood bears enough of a resemblance to our 16th president to make heads turn. His first-person historical interpretation, “A Visit with Abraham Lincoln,” includes stories of Lincoln’s early life, his campaign debates, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and...
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Concord Museum |
02/20/12 |
Concord Museum, Concord |
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Massmouth Story Slam
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Club Passim |
02/20/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
What Lies Within
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College January 24-February 20, 2012 The Jewett Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition featuring art work by Wellesley College staff members. The exhibition displays artwork in a variety of medium, including: jewelry, photography, sculpture, and painting. Artists include Ellen Schneider, Cynthia Voorhees, Richard Vabulas, Joy Playter, Lynda Davis Jeha, Mary Holliday, Beth O'Neil, and Rebecca Darling.
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The Arts at Wellesley |
01/24/12 -
02/20/12 |
Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley |
The Little Bread Hen by Barefoot Puppets
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 18-February 20, 2012 Inspired by the classic tale of The Little Red Hen, this version reveals the truth about what really happened that fateful day when a chicken decided to bake a loaf of bread. Were the other farm animals just lazy or was there something else stewing in the barnyard? Journey to a small European bakery as we cook up the answers to these questions and more in this hilariously tasty retelling!
Recommended for ages 4 & up.
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/18/12 -
02/20/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
The Big Quiz Thing
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 20, 2012 Having entertained thousands in New York and nationwide, the Big Quiz Thing now presents the ultimate multimedia test of useless knowledge at OBERON every month, with the very grand prize of $200.
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Oberon |
02/20/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Science on Screen: Crimes and Misdemeanors
Presented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 20, 2012 Woody Allen intertwines two storylines in this penetrating, acidly funny tale about the complexity of human choices and the moral microcosms they represent. Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau) is a prominent ophthalmologist and family man who resorts to desperate measures when his mistress threatens to ruin his life. Meanwhile, married documentary filmmaker Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) woos an attractive production assistant (Mia Farrow) while directing a profile of his brother-in-law (a priceless...
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Coolidge Corner Theatre |
02/20/12 |
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline |
Black Republic
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 20, 2012 Park followed up Chilsu and Mansu with a sweeping drama about a student protester whose life takes a dramatic turn when he hides out in a remote mining town in order to hide from the police. An intensification of Chilsu and Mansu‘s working-class theme, Black Republic boldly pushed the censorship limits with its depiction of exploited labor, mine strikes and police brutality. Co-written by Park, the film subtly uses melodrama to give human dimensions to its vision of a South Korea torn...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/20/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Geodesic Domes
Presented by The Discovery Museums at The Discovery Museums February 20, 2012 Celebrate National Engineers Week! Discover how math, geometry, structure, and engineering come together as you help construct a 6-foot dome! Learn about Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, and see pictures of geodesic structures from sports stadiums and houses, to buckyballs, carbon nanotubes, diatoms, and viruses! Find out how to use everyday materials to create your own small dome at home.
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The Discovery Museums |
02/20/12 |
The Discovery Museums, Acton |
Sailor Jerry Presents FLOGGING MOLLY "Green 17 Tour 2012"
Presented by House of Blues at House of Blues February 21, 2012 Buy Sailor Jerry Presents FLOGGING MOLLY "Green 17 Tour 2012" concert tickets for the show at House of Blues Boston
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House of Blues |
02/21/12 |
House of Blues, Boston |
February School Vacation Week: Ben Franklin, Printer
Presented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House February 21, 2012 Before moving to Philadelphia and starting his own printing business, Benjamin Franklin learned the trade in his brother's shop in Boston. Learn the techniques to colonial printing as you create your own print to bring home and learn some of Franklin's most famous sayings! Activities included in Museum Admission
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Old South Meeting House |
02/21/12 |
Old South Meeting House, Boston |
A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum
Presented by Historic Newton at Historic Newton February 21, 2012 THE MA 54TH: A BLACK REGIMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR
A Vacation Week Family Program at the Jackson Homestead and Museum
Did you know that Massachusetts raised one of the first black regiments of the Civil War, led by a man who grew up in Newton? Come learn about their stories, and make a popular civil-war era toy to take home. Cost: $20 per family ($15 for members) includes museum admission, snack, and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to...
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Historic Newton |
02/21/12 |
Historic Newton, Newton |
King Cake Pull and Mardi Gras Mask Making
Presented by Artbeat at Artbeat The Creativity Store February 15-February 21, 2012 For Mardi Gras, beautiful masks decorate the streets of New Orleans. Get into the super festive Mardi Gras spirit by making a beautiful and authentic full-face Mardi Gras mask at during the week leading up to Mardi Gras. Project fee of $12 includes all materials. The King Cake is a traditional Mardi Gras treat to celebrate the feast of the epiphany. The cake has a small trinket, often a small plastic baby inside, and the person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket becomes King or...
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Artbeat |
02/15/12 -
02/21/12 |
Artbeat The Creativity Store, Arlington |
Mardi Gras Special Treat
Presented by Artbeat at Artbeat The Creativity Store February 21, 2012 Come into Artbeat anytime on Mardi Gras, February 21st and receive a free mask making project to take home. Celebrate the Fat Tuesday Carnival with this free festive mask from us to you!
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Artbeat |
02/21/12 |
Artbeat The Creativity Store, Arlington |
Tim Miller w/ Mick Goodrick
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 21, 2012 Come see Tim Miller w/ Mick Goodrick at Johnny D's! Tim Miller offers a distinctive voice to the world of jazz guitar. He contributes his fiery playing and distinctive sound to a variety of musical statements and can currently be heard on three self-produced CDs, “Sides”, “Trio”, and “Trio Vol. 2?. Guitar Player Magazine characterized his playing as “pure melody consciousness with remarkable control, a breathy, violiny tone [and] bell-like...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/21/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
TAUK / BEAR LANGUAGE / RIPE
Presented by The Red Room @ Cafe 939 at The Red Room at Cafe 939 February 21, 2012 Meet Tauk, a band that delivers a unique blend of funk, jazz, pop, and rock with a fresh, experimental spirit. The Long Island-based trio have built an impressive DIY buzz, scoring opening gigs for O.A.R, MOE, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, 311, and Tea Leaf Green, as well as earning slots at top festivals like Gathering of the Vibes (alongside Buddy Guy and Bob Weir and Ratdog) and being featured on Fuse TV.
Tauk's tunes are adventurous in scope, but the band's origins...
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The Red Room @ Cafe 939 |
02/21/12 |
The Red Room at Cafe 939, Boston |
Our Art Ourselves: Muslim Women Artists Explore their Hybrid Identities
Presented by American Islamic Congress February 21, 2012 Art offers a unique prism for understanding the social forces currently transforming Middle Eastern societies.
The latest installment of AIC-WorldBoston’s Muslim Women Series spotlights three female artists whose work grapples with their hybrid selves.
With her youth divided between the US and Saudi Arabia, ground breaking painter Nada Farhat explores her bisected roots through award-winning work that has been displayed at both Aramco Hospital in Dhahran,...
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American Islamic Congress |
02/21/12 |
American Islamic Congress, Boston |
About and Engaged: Community Gathering for Artists
Presented by Massachusetts College of Art and Design February 21, 2012 Please join us for the first of five community conversation gatherings for artists of all disciplines who create socially engaged work. This gathering is presented by ArtistsUnderTheDome.org, Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory, New England, MassArt’s Godine Family Gallery, and CACP. For more information and to RSVP, please contact aboutandengaged@gmail.com. This event is part of a series with events also talking place on the following Tuesdays: March 20, April 17, May 8, June 26. All...
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
02/21/12 |
North Building, Room 181, Boston |
FETCH!â„¢ Motion Picture
Presented by The Discovery Museums at The Discovery Museums February 21, 2012 Create a thaumatrope - an optical illusion toy that makes two pictures look like one. Learn about the persistence of vision as you design a fun toy that you can take home with you! Sponsored by Middlesex Savings Bank, with additional support from Red Hat, Inc. © 2011 WGBH Educational Foundation.
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The Discovery Museums |
02/21/12 |
The Discovery Museums, Acton |
Los Hermanos Arango Merging West African & Cuban Traditions Makes US Debut at Berklee
Presented by Berklee College of Music at Berklee Performance Center February 21, 2012 Los Hermanos Arango is a seven-piece ensemble from Guanabacoa, Cuba, Havana’s epicenter for Afro-Cuban folkloric culture and West African traditions. Unaltered ritual voice and hand drumming is at the core of the band’s sound - rare by most Cuban groups - which also features electric bass, keyboards, brass, and wind instruments. Los Hermanos Arango – joined by Berklee College of Music students, faculty, and alumni - makes its U.S. debut on Tuesday, February 21, 8:15...
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Berklee College of Music |
02/21/12 |
Berklee Performance Center, Boston |
Basic Woodworking I: Box
Presented by Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts at Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts January 18-February 22, 2012 An introduction to the fundamentals of woodworking. Start with a given plan and work it through to completion using hand and power tools. We cover shop safety, the properties of wood, interpreting a plan, cutting and milling stock and basic joinery, always stressing safe, effective use of tools. Because this class moves at a deliberate pace and qualifies students for Woodworking Open Shop, complete attendance is required. (Please see our policies on withdrawals on-line.) Limit 8 students
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Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts |
01/18/12 -
02/22/12 |
Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston |
Basic Upholstery
Presented by Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts at Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts January 18-February 22, 2012 Learn the basic elements of upholstery as you complete a simple footstool: webbing, springing (with coil springs and 8-way tying), padding, covering and stitching with a machine. This is a perfect prequel to our regular Upholstery class, if you want some skills before addressing your own furniture. Materials will be supplied; students will be coached on purchasing their own fabric. Limit 6 students
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Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts |
01/18/12 -
02/22/12 |
Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston |
February School Vacation Week: Ben Franklin in Boston
Presented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House February 22, 2012 Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, a printer, an inventor, and one of the most famous of our Founding Fathers. Learn about Benjamin Franklin by completing our scavenger hunt, then use your new knowledge to create a Benjamin Franklin kite filled with your favorite Franklin trivia. Activities included in Museum Admission.
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Old South Meeting House |
02/22/12 |
Old South Meeting House, Boston |
Marco Benevento
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 22, 2012 Pianist and composer Marco Benevento blends electronic music with traditional jazz. On his new record, Between the Needles and Nightfall, he borrows sounds from an assortment of toy instruments, including old Casio keyboards and other toy trinkets.
http://www.marcobenevento.com/home.html
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Club Passim |
02/22/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
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Wednesday Concert Series
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
02/22/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
Young Voices in Russian Literature
Presented by Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University February 22, 2012 A new generation of Russian writers visits Harvard: Young authors, all finalists for Russia’s Debut Prize, will read their work and discuss art and freedom in today’s Russia. This is a critical juncture in the history of Russia—the Perestroika and post-Soviet generations are being displaced by a new generation for which the USSR is mere history. Theirs is a complex new Russia, which they strive to represent in their literary works.
For over a...
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Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University |
02/22/12 |
Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, Cambridge |
Aine Minogue Free Concert at Robbins Library in Arlington
Presented by The Arlington Cultural Arts Council February 22, 2012 Aine Minogue, Irish Harpist & Singer in concert at Robbins Library, Arlington MA Wednesday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. This event will be held in the Community Room at Robbins Library, 700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA (Parking in rear of library and on Mass Ave) This Concert will be a CD Release Show and Conversation for "Close Your Eyes, Love," an album of Celtic lullabies (a final album in a series on the Celtic life cycle) Admission is Free. No advance...
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The Arlington Cultural Arts Council |
02/22/12 |
Robbins Library Community Room, Arlington |
Thomas Ankersmit and Jason Lescalleet
Presented by Goethe-Institut Boston at Goethe-Institut Boston February 22, 2012 Electronic Music Concert - Thomas Ankersmit is a musician and installation artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam. His main instruments are the Serge analogue modular synthesizer, computer and alto saxophone. He frequently works together with New York minimalist Phill Niblock and electroacoustic artists Valerio Tricoli and Kevin Drumm. At the time of the performance, he will have just completed a visiting artist residency at CalArts.
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Goethe-Institut Boston |
02/22/12 |
Goethe-Institut Boston, Boston |
New Orleans Style, The Beehive Celebrates 5th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration
Presented by Image Unlimited Communications at The Beehive February 21-February 22, 2012 WHAT:
Laissez les bons temps rouler!" is a Cajun expression meaning "Let the good times roll!" It strongly conveys the "joie de vivre" ("joy of living") attitude of The Beehive’s 5th Annual Mardi Gras celebration being held on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012. The South End hot spot has spared no expense in making this year’s festivities as authentic as possible. Diners and party go’er’s can look forward to the...
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Image Unlimited Communications |
02/21/12 -
02/22/12 |
The Beehive, Boston |