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 |
February School Vacation Week: NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS: NEW ENGLAND!
Presented by Peabody Essex Museum at Peabody Essex Museum February 20-February 24, 2012 Join us during school vacation week as we celebrate Native American artists from New England. Watch artists at work, take a family tour of Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art and make art of your own!
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Peabody Essex Museum |
02/20/12 -
02/24/12 |
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem |
February Vacation Camp at ImprovBoston: Jump Into Improv
Presented by ImprovBoston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 20-February 24, 2012 Jump Into Improv, Grades 1-3
Jump Into Improv, Grades 4-8
Help your child find their comedic voice with ImprovBoston! Using our unique approach to theater, students learn improvisation skills that not only make them better performers, but give them life long tools they can use every day. This class will teach students how to have confidence in their own point of view, accept even the biggest "mistakes" as gifts, become amazing team players, and communicate their...
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ImprovBoston |
02/20/12 -
02/24/12 |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
February Vacation Children's Workshop: Ages 4 – 7
Presented by Boston Children's Theatre at Boston Children's Theatre February 20-February 24, 2012 Boston Children’s Theatre offers classes and workshops for ages 4 to 19. Whether you are looking for an introduction to drama or for advanced training in theatre or musical theatre, we have the class or workshop for you! Classes are offered year round, in a Fall Semester and Winter / Spring Semester, and classes range in length from one day to eight weeks.
Ages 4 – 7
The BCT academy offers a workshop based in improvisation, drama games...
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Boston Children's Theatre |
02/20/12 -
02/24/12 |
Boston Children's Theatre, Boston |
February Vacation Children's Workshop: Ages 8-13
Presented by Boston Children's Theatre at Boston Children's Theatre February 20-February 24, 2012 Boston Children’s Theatre offers classes and workshops for ages 4 to 19. Whether you are looking for an introduction to drama or for advanced training in theatre or musical theatre, we have the class or workshop for you! Classes are offered year round, in a Fall Semester and Winter / Spring Semester, and classes range in length from one day to eight weeks.
Ages 8 – 13
Join us for Vacation week! The BCT Academy offers training during this week...
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Boston Children's Theatre |
02/20/12 -
02/24/12 |
Boston Children's Theatre, Boston |
February Vacation Week
Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum February 21-February 24, 2012 Drop-in as a family every day during February vacation week from 1–3 pm for an art activity that relates to the current exhibitions: The 2012 deCordova Biennial, Wall Works, and PLATFORM 8: Soo Sunny Park and Spencer Topel, Capturing Resonance. Program designed for all ages.
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum |
02/21/12 -
02/24/12 |
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln |
February Vacation Week Grades 2-3
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 21-February 24, 2012 Winter Detectives Join us for winter fun and exploration! We'll search for the tracks and signs of Broadmoor's many winter creatures, learn how animals survive the winter, play games in the snow, drink hot chocolate, and much more! Pre-registration required. Sign up for single sessions or all four!
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/21/12 -
02/24/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
February Vacation Week Grades 4-5
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 21-February 24, 2012 Winter Adventurers Join us for winter fun and exploration! We'll search for the tracks and signs of Broadmoor's many winter creatures, learn how animals survive the winter, play games in the snow, drink hot chocolate, and much more! Pre-registration required. Sign up for single sessions or all four!
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/21/12 -
02/24/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
February Vacation Week Grades K-1
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 21-February 24, 2012 Winter Wanderers Join us for winter fun and exploration! We'll search for the tracks and signs of Broadmoor's many winter creatures, learn how animals survive the winter, play games in the snow, drink hot chocolate, and much more! Pre-registration required. Sign up for single sessions or all four! Instructions and Directions: See link in registration confirmation email for required health form and additional information.
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/21/12 -
02/24/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
February Vacation: Make 'Em Laugh
Presented by Watertown Children's Theatre at The Arsenal Center For The Arts February 21-February 24, 2012 Tickle your funny bone! This class allows students a burst of creative energy as they free their imaginations and work on creative collaboration. Make ‘Em Laugh allows students to explore the art and fun of clowning and physical comedy. From Commedia dell’arte to pratfalls to stand-up, this class is perfect for the comic in training. Need a jolt of creative energy? Through improvisation, students will learn different approaches to comedy. This spontaneous good time culminates in...
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Watertown Children's Theatre |
02/21/12 -
02/24/12 |
The Arsenal Center For The Arts, Watertown |
Festival of Dance
Presented by Wheaton College February 18-February 19, 2012 A variety of student run dance groups- including SOLE, Paraiso Latino and Tap Out Loud- present a festival of dance featuring an assortment of dance styles and traditions.
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Wheaton College |
02/18/12 -
02/19/12 |
Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts, Norton |
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 |
Figure Drawing Intensive
Presented by Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts at Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts November 6, 2011-April 1, 2012 Immerse yourself in an afternoon of drawing with a dynamic and popular teacher who will bring out your best. Using any media, draw from a live model and see the subject and your own work with new inspiration.
Limit 12 students
Instructor: Robert Siegelman
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Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts |
11/06/11 -
04/01/12 |
Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston |
Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams
Presented by Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) at Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) February 17-May 20, 2012 Color is a daily experience, from the colors we wear, the subway lines we ride, the food we eat, and the flags we fly. We use colors to describe our emotions: we are green with envy, turn crimson with shame, and on a sad day, we feel blue. Color produces a nonverbal form of communication as we clothe ourselves in colors that convey our mood, our profession, our cultural status, and our team affiliations. These gestures both form the basis of and help us to express our emotional...
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Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) |
02/17/12 -
05/20/12 |
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA), Boston |
First Annual Boston Student Film Fest Submissions!
Presented by Boston Student Arts Network January 31-February 24, 2012 The Boston Student Arts Network (BSAN) is excited to announce the launch of their First Annual Boston Student Film Fest. The month long online film festival will feature works of all genres and subjects completed within the past year by undergraduate and graduate students attending schools all over New England. The new venture fills a void in the local film industry, recognizing film students in a public space in front of people all over the country. Films will be chosen by the Directors of...
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Boston Student Arts Network |
01/31/12 -
02/24/12 |
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First Church in Boston Thursday Mid-Day Recitals
Presented by The Music of First Church Boston at First Church in Boston September 15, 2011-May 24, 2012 For the second consecutive year, First Church in Boston is presenting a mid-day recital series on Thursdays from 12:15-12:45pm. All concerts are open to the public; donations are accepted to support the programming. The series is divided into four areas, one for each Thursday of the month. Two of the areas are co-sponsored by local performing arts organizations: American Century Music and Boston Opera Collaborative. For an up-to-date listing of performers, visit...
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The Music of First Church Boston |
09/15/11 -
05/24/12 |
First Church in Boston, Boston |
First Saturday Open Studios
Presented by Western Avenue Studios at Western Avenue Artist Studios January 7-September 3, 2012 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...
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Western Avenue Studios |
01/07/12 -
09/03/12 |
Western Avenue Artist Studios, Lowell |
Fists of Joy @ ImprovBoston Sketchhaus
Presented by Fists of Joy at ImprovBoston Theatre February 4-February 18, 2012 Fists of Joy is Boston's leading sketch comedy troupe. Our show is a mix of the cutting edge, the utterly ridiculous, and most importantly, the laughs.
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Fists of Joy |
02/04/12 -
02/18/12 |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
Flamenco (intermediate) Class
Presented by Springstep at Springstep January 11-February 15, 2012 Drop-in to Country Western Line Dancing, a great way to get low-impact exercise with the added benefit of dancing to (mostly) Country Western music. Line dances are pre-set routines done without a partner. They require no particular skill, no experience, and no equipment. This class will present two new dances each week that will help you learn the vocabulary of line dancing and develop your skills.
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Springstep |
01/11/12 -
02/15/12 |
Springstep, Medford |
Flash artful valentines sale!
Presented by Fountain Street StudiosFountain Street Fine Art Gallery February 2-February 12, 2012 For the love of ART- Flash artful valentines sale! Looking for a one-of-a-kind valentine? Come to Fountain Street Fine Art and check out the growing selection of handmade valentines and other one-of-a-kind works of art available for sale. Suggested minimum donation for handmade valentine cards is $5.00. Other work in our Small Work gallery ranges in price from $20 - $500. All proceeds from Valentine sales will go toward funding our Summer Project.
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Fountain Street StudiosFountain Street Fine Art Gallery |
02/02/12 -
02/12/12 |
Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, Framingham |
Folk Art in a Fine Place: Surprises from the Gore Place Collection
Presented by Gore Place at Gore Place December 28, 2011-June 1, 2012 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.
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Gore Place |
12/28/11 -
06/01/12 |
Gore Place, Waltham |
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 |
Franklin Park Zoo to host PreZOOdential Election Week
Presented by Franklin Park Zoo at Franklin Park Zoo February 20-February 25, 2012 In honor of Presidents’ Day and the 2012 Presidential election, Franklin Park Zoo will be hosting its own Zoo animal election for “President” of the Zoo. Throughout the week, families can learn about each of the candidates’ platforms, vote for their favorite candidate, celebrate with games and activities and discover what makes each animal unique!
Kiki, a female western lowland gorilla, was inaugurated as the first Zoo President in 2006 and was...
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Franklin Park Zoo |
02/20/12 -
02/25/12 |
Franklin Park Zoo, Boston |
Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 27, 2010-June 30, 2012 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...
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Harvard Museum of Natural History |
06/27/10 -
06/30/12 |
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge |
Free WGBH Studio Tours
Presented by WGBH at WGBH February 9, 2010 - Ongoing Go behind the scenes for a free 45-minute tour of WGBH's all-digital studios at One Guest Street in Boston's Brighton neighborhood.
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WGBH |
02/09/10 -
Ongoing |
WGBH, Boston |
Freedom Bound
Presented by Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall at Hibernian Hall February 12-February 13, 2012 Hibernian Hall stops on the Underground Railroad for Black History Month with "Freedom Bound".
Freedom Bound is a musical play that tells the true story of Addison White, an escaped slave from Kentucky who traveled North on the Underground Railroad in 1851. White escapes to Ohio where he is befriended by a farmer named Udney Hyde. It is not long before White is discovered, and federal marshals surround Hyde's house in the middle of the night. Over 100 neighbors...
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Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall |
02/12/12 -
02/13/12 |
Hibernian Hall, Boston |
FreePort [No. 002]: Marianne Mueller
Presented by Peabody Essex Museum at Peabody Essex Museum January 10-September 30, 2012 Swiss artist Marianne Mueller delves into PEM's collection to create an installation that combines museum objects and her own photographs. Unexpected juxtapositions of time, place and influence arise in this project, Any House Is a Home, which engages some of the central issues raised by a collection - the nature, definition and purpose of an archive. Mueller's first solo exhibition at a U.S. museum is organized by PEM Curator of Photography Phillip Prodger.
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Peabody Essex Museum |
01/10/12 -
09/30/12 |
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem |
Freeport [No. 004]: Peter Hutton
Presented by Peabody Essex Museum at Peabody Essex Museum January 10-May 31, 2012 Peter Hutton has spent nearly 40 years voyaging across the world, often by cargo ship, to create meditative, intimate and luminously photographed film studies of place. At Sea (2007) depicts the life cycle of a container ship - from mechanized construction in Korean shipyards, to a journey across the Atlantic and ending with the manual labor of ship breakers in Bangladesh. The title of the film evokes a loss of perspective, a metaphor born from the experience of a sea journey and its ability...
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Peabody Essex Museum |
01/10/12 -
05/31/12 |
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem |
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 |
Friday Night Face Off
Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 20, 2009 - Ongoing It's Friday night, and two teams of improvisers will fight for comedic supremacy in a knockdown, no-holds-barred, artistic throwdown. Witness the humiliating sting of defeat and the rush of victory as they compete for your support with hilarious games, scenes, and characters. A staple of the Boston comedy scene, Friday Night Face Off has been running on the same night and time for over 10 years! Come and see what the fuss is all about!
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Improv Boston |
02/20/09 -
Ongoing |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |