Events
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New Members' Show
Presented by Copley Society of art at Copley Society of Art January 12-February 14, 2012 January 12 – February 14, 2012
The Copley Society of Art presents the 36 New Members accepted into the gallery in 2011. The Membership Committee of the Copley Society of Art meets three times annually to review the applications of prospective artist members. The Committee assesses applicants on the strength of their body of work and accepts for membership those professionals whose work is truly outstanding. Artist membership at the Copley Society of Art is extremely competitive...
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Copley Society of art |
01/12/12 -
02/14/12 |
Copley Society of Art, Boston |
Jane Austen Tours: The Art of Romance in the Austen Era
Presented by Gore Place at Gore Place February 12-February 14, 2012 Few writers of any era have written more insightfully or entertainingly on the subject of romantic love than has Jane Austen. This Valentine’s Day Weekend, the popular Jane Austen Tours of the Governor Gore mansion return with the theme of The Art of Romance in the Austen Era. During these special tours of the beautiful 1806 mansion, a guide dressed in period clothing will use quotes from Austen's novels and letters to describe the triumphs and foibles of love in Austen's time.
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Gore Place |
02/12/12 -
02/14/12 |
Gore Place, Waltham |
earthly & divine: sacred and secular love
Presented by Canzonare at Brookline Public Library February 14, 2012 Music of J.S. Bach, Delalande, Händel, and Rameau
Sarah Bellott~soprano
Kateri Chambers~traverso
Dylan Sauerwald~harpsichord and portatif
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Canzonare |
02/14/12 |
Brookline Public Library, Brookline |
Watercolors in Nature: Winter Series 1
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary January 24-February 14, 2012 Let the beauty of nature inspire your painting! Watercolors are a great way to explore nature and brighten up a winter day. Explore the use of textures, lines, colors and more. Bring your own painting wish list! Small class size for individual attention. All levels welcome! Relax, enjoy and create! Pre-registration required.
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
01/24/12 -
02/14/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Unlucky in Love
Presented by Boston Babydolls Burlesque at The Davis Square Theater January 27-February 14, 2012 The Boston Babydolls are back!
Winners of "Best Burlesque" in 2011 from both The Boston Phoenix and The Weekly Dig, The Boston Babydolls always present an evening of smart, innovative burlesque with outstanding production values.
Unlucky in Love tells the story of a hapless writer examining episodes from his own life as he tries to pen a self-help guide to romance. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for the audience), what he doesn't know could fill a...
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Boston Babydolls Burlesque |
01/27/12 -
02/14/12 |
The Davis Square Theater , Somerville |
Queens College Choir East Coast Tour
Presented by Queens College Choir at Old South Church, Boston February 14, 2012 The Queens College Choir (CUNY, Queens, NY), James John, conductor is presenting a free concert as part of their East Coast Tour. Repertoire includes works by Brahms, Victoria, Rautavaara and Penderecki. Join us for a memorable evening in Old South Church.
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Queens College Choir |
02/14/12 |
Old South Church, Boston, Boston |
Valentine's Day Ball
Presented by Boston String Quartet February 10-February 14, 2012 This Valentine's Day Boston String Quartet Invites You to Celebrate At the 2nd Annual Valentine’s Day Ball with Beautiful Music, a Romantic Dinner, and Latin Ballroom Dancing
Cambridge Performing Arts Center
535 Cambridge St.
on February 10th AND 14th, 2012 at 6:30pm
Enjoy an exciting evening starting at 6:30pm. When you arrive, get your picture taken at our professional photo booth, and enjoy a lovely set of hors d’oeuvres by S&S...
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Boston String Quartet |
02/10/12 -
02/14/12 |
Cambridge Performing Arts Center, Cambridge |
Love and Chocolate
Presented by New England Light Opera February 14, 2012 An upbeat Valentine presentation of witty and romantic love songs from the Great American Songbook.
Mark Morgan leads a cast of four singers that includes the award winning Brian De Lorenzo, celebrated jazz vocalist Patrice Williamson, the extraordinary voice of mezzo-soprano Vanessa Schukis and the talented Doug Hammer at the piano. Champagne and Chocolate served during intermission! This performance is presented by Standing Room Only. Now in its third season, Standing Room Only (SRO)...
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New England Light Opera |
02/14/12 |
Wakefield UU Church, Wakefield |
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Sweethearts’ Night Out
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Club Passim |
02/14/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
The Boston String Quartet on February 10th & 14th, 2012 at The Cambridge Performing Arts Center
Presented by Slyrox Music February 10-February 14, 2012 The Boston String Quartet Invites You to Celebrate the 2nd Annual Valentine’s Day Ball with Beautiful Music, a Romantic Dinner, and Latin and Ballroom Dancing at the Cambridge Performing Arts Center 535 Cambridge St.. in Cambridge, MA on February 10th AND 14th, 2012 at 6:30pm
Enjoy an exciting evening starting at 6:30pm. When you arrive, get your picture taken at our professional photo booth, and enjoy a lovely set of hors d’ouevres by S&S Restaurant.
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Slyrox Music |
02/10/12 -
02/14/12 |
Cambridge Performing Arts Center, Cambridge |
Special Valentines Day Art Projects
Presented by Artbeat at Artbeat The Creativity Store February 6-February 14, 2012 Daily: in the Artbeat studio you can create a thoughtful gift for someone you love. Decoupage a puffy heart or heart treasure box, roll a heart-shaped beeswax candle, choose three Valentine sand paintings, create a heart shaped pillow, or paint an extra special heart canvas. All special projects are only $15 all week long!
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Artbeat |
02/06/12 -
02/14/12 |
Artbeat The Creativity Store, Arlington |
The Reunion Band
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 14, 2012 Known for its tight vocal harmonies and solid traditional bluegrass sound, the Reunion Band features veteran Boston-area musicians Richard Brown (mandolin), Dave Dillon (rhythm guitar), Margaret Gerteis (acoustic bass), Richard Underwood (banjo) and Art Schatz (fiddle). The band, which has been around since 2002, takes its name from the fact that its members have played together off and on and in various configurations for over 30 years.
http://www.reunionbluegrass.com/
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/14/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Mortified
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 14, 2012 Hailed as a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek and celebrated for years by the likes of This American Life, The Today Show, Esquire, The Onion AV Club, Daily Candy, Entertainment Weekly, and E!, Mortified is a comic excavation of the strange and extraordinary things we created as kids. Witness adults sharing their own adolescent journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories and more. The largest and longest-running project of its kind, Mortified produces comedic content for...
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Oberon |
02/14/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Harp and Heartstrings
Presented by Marstons Mills Public Library February 14, 2012 Trish NiGabhain will serenade her audience with Irish love songs played on the Celtic harp. A reception will be held at 6:30 pm, followed by the concert at 7 pm.. Trish performs traditional and contemporary Irish and folk music on harp and guitar. She grew up in Berkeley, CA, where she learned to play the harp. The Valentine's Day concert will include love songs and tunes from the Irish tradition, telling many different musical love stories.
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Marstons Mills Public Library |
02/14/12 |
Marstons Mills Public Library , Marstons Mills |
In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently: Doris Salcedo
Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum February 15, 2012 Mary Schneider Enriquez, Houghton Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art
Doris Salcedo’s chair, Untitled (2004–5), is a sculpture that at once plays with Duchamp’s concept of the “readymade” and stands as enduring witness to the violence that ravages many societies in the world today. This lecture will examine the evolution of Salcedo’s oeuvre since the 1980s, placing this piece...
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Harvard Art Museums |
02/15/12 |
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge |
A Look Inside SB 1070
Presented by Northeastern University School of Law February 15, 2012 The Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) will sponsor a viewing of the documentary "A Look Inside SB 1070" and host speakers from the Center for New Community, the film's producer. The film follows a national student delegation as it toured Arizona in August of 2010 amidst the passage of the controversial state immigration law known as SB 1070. Nine students from Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, and Colorado comprised the delegation which set out to gain a...
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Northeastern University School of Law |
02/15/12 |
240 Dockser Hall, Northeastern University, Boston |
Isaac Bashevis Singer and his Artists
Presented by Yiddish Book Center at National Yiddish Book Center October 25, 2011-February 15, 2012 This unique exhibit features more than 80 paintings, drawings, and photographs created by 17 different artists for Isaac Bashevis Singer's (1902-1991) prolific legacy of books and stories. Curator's talk: Thursday, October 27 at 7 PM.
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Yiddish Book Center |
10/25/11 -
02/15/12 |
National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst |
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 |
Hoop Dance Class
Presented by Springstep at Springstep January 11-February 15, 2012 Hula hooping is not just for children any more. Treat your body to a unique workout while exploring a variety of hooping techniques using your waist, hands, feet, and even your neck. Never been able to hula hoop? Don't worry, experienced hooper Lolli Hoops will get you started from square one and her clear explanations and adult-sized hoops make hula hooping accessible to all ages and all body types. Students will learn basic hooping techniques as well as how to move in rhythm to music....
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Springstep |
01/11/12 -
02/15/12 |
Springstep, Medford |
Modern, Jazz, Blues Class
Presented by Springstep at Springstep January 11-February 15, 2012 Join us for an exciting blend of three innovative dance styles! This class, for both experienced and new dancers alike, will get you moving, strengthen your core muscles, increase flexibility, and connect mind and body. Harness the power of modern dance, the soul of jazz dance, and the spirituality of blues dance into a unique form of creative self-expression.
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Springstep |
01/11/12 -
02/15/12 |
Springstep, Medford |
Salsa (Beginning) Class
Presented by Springstep at Springstep January 11-February 15, 2012 This course, which focuses on the On1 style of Salsa, will give students the jump-start they need to get out on the dance floor! In this class, you will develop a sound comprehension of timing weight shifting, basic footwork, and partnering technique.This class is perfect for both beginning students and students continuing from previous classes. Different techniques taught in each class will provide the beginning student with an introduction to Salsa, while allowing continuing students to...
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Springstep |
01/11/12 -
02/15/12 |
Springstep, Medford |
Yoga Pilates Fusion Class
Presented by Springstep at Springstep January 11-February 15, 2012 Yoga and Pilates are natural soul mates. Both help balance the body from left to right, top to bottom, front to back, limb to limb, and muscle to muscle. Pilates exercises and yoga postures develop healthy breathing, flexibility and concentration, and also provide a mental focus and release that is challenging yet rejuvenating. This class is appropriate for people new to Pilates and/or Yoga, as well as those who would like to integrate their prior experience.
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Springstep |
01/11/12 -
02/15/12 |
Springstep, Medford |
Sevillanas Class
Presented by Springstep at Springstep January 11-February 15, 2012 Similar in style to flamenco dancing, Sevillanas is a popular choreographed social dance from southern Spain. In this class, you will learn the dance by breaking down the footwork and armwork while also being introduced to the basics of flamenco.
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Springstep |
01/11/12 -
02/15/12 |
Springstep, Medford |
The Lowell Humanities Series and Fiction Days Present Junot Diaz
Presented by Boston College February 15, 2012 Junot Díaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and is the author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
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Boston College |
02/15/12 |
Murray Function Room, Yawkey Athletic Center, Chestnut Hill |
Interactive Performance: Spectrum of Inevitable Violence
Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum February 15, 2012 The unresolved, elusive, but timely forces of cultural and spatial politics are at the heart of Caitlin Berrigan’s Spectrum of Inevitable Violence, which will transform the Cyclorama into a massive arena to explode ideas about social class. Berrigan, who often integrates performance with edible art, asks participants to analyze their class background and map it out as a territory to defend in a dynamic confrontation—with food as ammunition. This battle provides an outlet for all...
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum |
02/15/12 |
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln |
Dirk Powell & Riley Baugus: Dirk Powell & Riley Baugus
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 15, 2012 Dirk Powell has expanded on the deeply rooted sounds of his Appalachian heritage to become one of the preeminent traditional American musicians of his generation. In addition to acclaimed releases on Rounder Records, he’s recorded and performed with artists such as Loretta Lynn, playing several instruments on her Grammy-winning release “Van Lear Rose.” Dirk founded the Cajun group Balfa Toujours with his wife Christine Balfa and is currently Artistic Director of the...
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Club Passim |
02/15/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
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Wednesday Concert Series
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
02/15/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
"Closer" Encaustic Photography Exhibition
Presented by Gorse Mill Studios February 2-February 15, 2012 In her debut solo exhibit titled "Closer", Gorse Mill Studios encaustic artist, Amalia Tagaris, takes an introspective approach by re-examining the artist's studio as the subject for her new paintings. The photographic images she presents are various objects in her own creative space which serve as the foundation of her work, some of which are used during the painting process and some which are simply aesthetic props like a decorative pillow or the leaves from a lucky bamboo...
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Gorse Mill Studios |
02/02/12 -
02/15/12 |
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QX String Quartet
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Boston College |
02/15/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
Introduction to Raja Yoga Meditation
Presented by Brahma Kumaris Center for Peace February 4-February 15, 2012 The “Introduction to Raja Yoga Meditation” course will be held in February at the B.K. Learning Center for Peace in Watertown, MA. ***************** The Brahma Kumaris Learning Center for Peace sponsors this course, a method of meditation that provides a practical way to bring peace to your everyday life. The first weeknight session will start on Monday, Feb 6, 2012 from 7:30 – 9:00 pm. The first weekend session is scheduled on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 from 10:00-...
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Brahma Kumaris Center for Peace |
02/04/12 -
02/15/12 |
Brahma Kumaris Learning Center for Peace , Boston |