Events
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Places On Broadway
Presented by Marblehead Little Theatre at Marblehead Little Theatre May 26-May 27, 2012 Marblehead Little Theatre presents “Places on Broadway” at the MLT Firehouse, 12 School Street, Marblehead, MA on Saturday May 26, 7:30PM. Come and watch this talented group of singers and musicians who have donated their talents to show you the "Places on Broadway". You’ll see Bali Hai, Barcelona, Skid Row, The Streets of Dublin, Kansas City, Easy Street and Memphis just to name a few. You will be entertained by ballads, duets, solo's and group numbers from...
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Marblehead Little Theatre |
05/26/12 -
05/27/12 |
Marblehead Little Theatre, Marblehead |
Totally New Theatre!
Presented by Marblehead Little Theatre at Marblehead Little Theatre June 2, 2012 “TNT! 2012 - TOTALLY NEW THEATER” FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE EVENING OF EXPLOSIVE READINGS AT MARBLEHEAD LITTLE THEATRE
TNT! 2012, a play development retreat for writers produced by local playwright Shari D. Frost for Marblehead Little Theatre, is returning for its fourth annual event this June. On Saturday, June 2 at 8pm, an evening of readings free to the public will be followed by the unique opportunity to meet the local and visiting playwrights and discuss their work. Space...
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Marblehead Little Theatre |
06/02/12 |
Marblehead Little Theatre, Marblehead |
Watercolors in Nature: Spring Series 1
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary April 24-May 22, 2012 Let nature inspire you! Explore the use of lines, colors and textures and more. Bring your own painting wish list. As warmer weather approaches we will begin to explore the outdoor world as weather allows. 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 |
04/24/12 -
05/22/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Wild About Birds
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary June 3, 2012 Broadmoor is full of many different kinds of birds. Do males look different from females? Which ones are most likely to visit the feeders, fields, woods or the marsh? Wonder who is singing in your yard? Come with the whole family as you watch up close with a spotting scope and learn about common bird songs as you enjoy a guided adventure around Broadmoor. See how many birds you can discover! Pre-registration is required.
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
06/03/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Budding Naturalists: Spring Explorations for Preschooler/Adult pairs
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary April 26-June 21, 2012 Discover nature with your preschooler! Each day is its own adventure exploring the wonders of spring at Broadmoor from baby birds to turtles and much more. During each program and short guided walk we will explore different habitats around the sanctuary and watch for the creatures that inhabit them. Maximum of 8 pairs. Pre-registration is required.
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
04/26/12 -
06/21/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Copley Square Farmers Market
Presented by Mass Farmers Markets May 15-November 20, 2012 The time that is awaited all winter long is here—the opening of the Copley Square Farmers Market on Tuesday, May 15. Approximately 20 vendors will be on hand on opening day offering local and seasonal fruits and vegetables, baked goods, jams & jellies, cheese, meats, and much more. There will be local produce from Atlas Farms, Siena Farms, Silverbrook Farm, and others; baked goods from Danish Pastry House and Sofra; roasted nuts from Fastachi; fresh mozzarella from Fiore Di...
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Mass Farmers Markets |
05/15/12 -
11/20/12 |
Copley Square, Boston |
A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life: The Photographs of Clover Adams, 1883-1885
Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society February 9-June 2, 2012 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...
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Massachusetts Historical Society |
02/09/12 -
06/02/12 |
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We Worked: A Celebration of America’s Workers and the Nation They Built
Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society May 23, 2012 Jack Larkin, Professor of History at Clark University and Chief Historian Emeritus at Old Sturbridge Village, recounts the stories of stories of America's workers from the 1830s to the 1930s. Learn more about the wheat growers and sharecroppers, mill girls and housemaids, gold miners and railway porters, farm wives and cowboys, newsboys and stenographers who made America.
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Massachusetts Historical Society |
05/23/12 |
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston |
Memorial Day Flag Garden on Boston Common
Presented by Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund at Boston Common May 23-May 28, 2012 This year, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund will be planting 33,000 flags at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument to represent every brave Massachusetts service member who gave his or her life defending our country since the Civil War. The completed garden is a breathtaking tribute to the true meaning of Memorial Day and a powerful message of community support to the families of these fallen heroes that their sacrifices will never be...
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Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund |
05/23/12 -
05/28/12 |
Boston Common, Boston |
Music for Peace - All Beethoven Concert
Presented by Massachusetts Peace Action June 2, 2012 Join us on June 2nd at 7:30 pm for an all Beethoven concert! Victor Rosenbaum :: Piano Segey Antonov :: Cello Laura Bossert :: Violen Paula Maierfeld :: Viola
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Massachusetts Peace Action |
06/02/12 |
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge |
Leo Kottke
Presented by ME Productions at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 2, 2012 Leo Kottke draws on not just folk, but also blues and jazz music in his original, finger-picking acoustic style on both six and twelve-string guitars. He entertains his audiences with his musical virtuoso and incredible humor.
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ME Productions |
06/02/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
An Tua Nua with Metamovements
Presented by MetaMovements Salsa at An Tua Nua March 25, 2009 - Ongoing Metamovements offers semi-private salsa lessons every Wednesday starting at 7 for those who want to quickly learn how to become better dancers. At 7pm we feature a specialized semi-private lesson focused on your specific needs. Each group is based on experience level so whether you're new to salsa or have been dancing for years we have something for you. At 8 we feature a Rueda de Casino class, a type of social, round form of salsa dancing. Each class is followed by a small performance to...
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MetaMovements Salsa |
03/25/09 -
Ongoing |
An Tua Nua, Boston |
LANGHORNE SLIM & THE LAW, HA HA TONKA, KINGSLEY FLOOD
Presented by Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub at Middle East Downstairs May 25, 2012 Langhorne Slim & The Law
There is nothing like the challenges and camaraderie of the road to inspire a songwriter who thrives upon the emotional energy and exhilaration only travel can deliver. Some singers are devoted to the pursuit of perpetual motion, and Langhorne Slim releases his wild soul in ways that come out of the discipline of live performance.
The 13 songs that compose Langhorne Slim & The Law’s new The Way We Move are road-tested,...
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Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub |
05/25/12 |
Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge |
Mind and Hand: The Making of MIT Scientists and Engineers
Presented by MIT Office of the Arts June 1, 2009 - Ongoing An exploration, from the student perspective, of the cultural curiosity that is an MIT education.
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MIT Office of the Arts |
06/01/09 -
Ongoing |
MIT Museum, Cambridge |
Robots and Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence at MIT
Presented by MIT Office of the Arts June 1, 2009 - Ongoing A multimedia excursion into the world of artificial intelligence, Robots and Beyond throws open the doors of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, where scientists have been probing the mysteries of A.I. for five decades.
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MIT Office of the Arts |
06/01/09 -
Ongoing |
MIT Museum Building N51 , Cambridge |
Holography: The Light Fantastic
Presented by MIT Office of the Arts June 1, 2009 - Ongoing Holograms from the Museum's collection -- the world's largest -- illustrates the many artistic and scientific facets of the medium.
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MIT Office of the Arts |
06/01/09 -
Ongoing |
MIT Museum, Cambridge |
Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson
Presented by MIT Office of the Arts June 1, 2009 - Ongoing Permanent installation of Ganson's whimsical kinetic sculptures address emotional and philosophical issues between the animate and inanimate, human and machine
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MIT Office of the Arts |
06/01/09 -
Ongoing |
MIT Museum, Cambridge |
Deep Frontiers: Ocean Engineering at MIT
Presented by MIT Office of the Arts June 1, 2009 - Ongoing Long-term exhibition exploring the latest advances in underwater research.
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MIT Office of the Arts |
06/01/09 -
Ongoing |
MIT Museum Hart Nautical Gallery, Cambridge |
Ship Models: The Evolution of Ship Design
Presented by MIT Office of the Arts June 1, 2009 - Ongoing Forty of the Museum's finest full-hull ship models depict one thousand years of ship building, from a fifteenth century iron-clad warship to the swiftest clipper ships. Also included is an extraordinary model of N.G. Herreshoff's Reliance – winner of the 1903 America's Cup.
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MIT Office of the Arts |
06/01/09 -
Ongoing |
MIT Museum Building N51 , Cambridge |
Art in the Garden Cemetery
Presented by Mount Auburn Cemetery at Mount Auburn Cemetery May 23, 2012 Join Mount Auburn’s Curator of Historical Collections, Meg L. Winslow, for a walking tour of funerary sculpture set within the horticultural beauty of Mount Auburn’s landscaped setting. We will look at works of fine art by the first generation of American sculptors as well as several examples of vernacular art by unknown carvers.
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Mount Auburn Cemetery |
05/23/12 |
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge |
Bigelow Chapel Open House
Presented by Mount Auburn Cemetery May 27, 2012 Come and explore Mount Auburn’s first chapel, originally constructed in the 1840s. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions about the Chapel and point out some of its most interesting features.
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Mount Auburn Cemetery |
05/27/12 |
Bigelow Chapel, Watertown |
Ray Lam & Yelena Beriyeva
Presented by Mount Auburn Cemetery May 27, 2012 This Memorial Day weekend Mount Auburn Cemetery presents a concert of music by 20th century American composers featuring clarinetist Ray Lam and pianist Yelena Beriyeva. The program in Story Chapel will include works by Leonard Bernstein, perhaps most familiar among the list to be highlighted, as well as William Bolcom and Robert Muczynski, who are still alive today. Walter Piston’s The Clarinet Concerto will be also be performed. Piston, a titan among pedagogues who taught such...
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Mount Auburn Cemetery |
05/27/12 |
Bigelow Chapel, Watertown |
A Pride Week Walk through Mount Auburn
Presented by Mount Auburn Cemetery at Mount Auburn Cemetery June 3, 2012 Meet some of the celebrated figures from Boston’s past whom today we would call “gay” and “lesbian,” on a walk led by Robin Hazard Ray. Poet Amy Lowell, actress Charlotte Cushman, collector and curator William Sturgis Bigelow, sculptor Anne Whitney, and American Field Service founder Henry B. Sleep are just a few of the remarkable individuals we will visit in recognition of Boston Pride Week 2012.
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Mount Auburn Cemetery |
06/03/12 |
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge |
The Art of the Americas Wing
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston November 20, 2010 - Ongoing Opening November 2010, the new wing takes a global perspective on Art of the Americas, showcasing more than 5,000 works of art produced in North, Central, and South America over the course of three millennia. Art in all media will be arranged chronologically on four floors. The wing's 53 brand-new galleries include nine beautiful period rooms and four Behind the Scenes galleries to enhance the way visitors experience and interact with the collection.
Opens to the public Saturday...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
11/20/10 -
Ongoing |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston September 18, 2011 - Ongoing Contemporary art finds a dynamic new home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with the recently opened Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, located in the MFA’s dramatic I. M. Pei-designed building.
The transformed wing features seven galleries introducing innovative approaches to contemporary art within the context of the Museum’s collections, offering new perspectives and encouraging connections between art of the past and present.
Art is displayed throughout...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
09/18/11 -
Ongoing |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
MFA First Fridays
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston January 6-June 1, 2012 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
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
01/06/12 -
06/01/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
MFA Playdates
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston February 6-June 18, 2012 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...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
02/06/12 -
06/18/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
Drawing in the Galleries
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston February 8-June 27, 2012 Join us every Wednesday evening for an opportunity to sketch from live models and/or from objects in our collections. A facilitator provides insights on drawing technique and the artist-model relationship as it informs the creation of artwork. Limited drawing materials are provided to encourage spontaneous participation. Gallery location varies; ask at the Sharf Visitor Center.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
02/08/12 -
06/27/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
MFA: Studio Art Classes: Teen Spring Classes Session
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston March 24-June 9, 2012 Register for MFA Studio Art Classes for teens. Classes are offered for ages 12-14 and 15-18. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers studio art classes and workshops taught by experienced educators who are also professional artists. The Museum’s collections provide an unparalleled opportunity to study the processes of artists past and present from a variety of cultural perspectives. Class sizes are limited to ensure that students of all levels benefit from these experiences.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
03/24/12 -
06/09/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
MFA: Studio Art Classes Spring Session
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston March 18-June 17, 2012 The MFA offers a wide range of courses in drawing, acrylic painting, oil painting, watercolor, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, stone carving, and much more. Classes meet once a week for either 8 to 10 weeks, or as one- and two-day workshops.
The Museum’s collections provide an unparalleled opportunity to our studio art students to study the processes of artists past and present from a variety of cultural perspectives. The MFA’s classes and workshops are taught...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
03/18/12 -
06/17/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |