Events
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Somerville Walks
Presented by WalkBoston April 9, 2009 - Ongoing This map shows all of Somerville with possible walks highlighted in five-minute increments. Use it to explore Somerville on foot for recreation, exploration, and transportation.
Use this map for a self guided walk.
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WalkBoston |
04/09/09 -
Ongoing |
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AHA! Night (art, history and architecture)
Presented by AHA! (art. history and architecture) May 14, 2009 - Ongoing AHA! takes place every 2nd Thursday and is a FREE art and culture event that features exhibits, performances, live music, talks and tours in downtown New Bedford.
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AHA! (art. history and architecture) |
05/14/09 -
Ongoing |
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Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz
Presented by Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz; The Only Pub Quiz That Matters July 18, 2011-July 16, 2012 Simply, a quiz game played in a pub. It's an Anglo-Irish tradition, but our goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking. A noble cause!
The quiz consists of eight rounds of eight questions each, played by teams of up to six people. Questions are read aloud by the quizmaster and teams write down the answers, turning them in at the end of each round.
Rounds 1, 4 and 6 are themed rounds – anything from “Eight Questions...
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Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz; The Only Pub Quiz That Matters |
07/18/11 -
07/16/12 |
City Side Bar, Brighton |
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 |
Visual Essays: Drawings and Installations by Sandy Smith-Garces
Presented by Boston Arts Academy Gordon Gallery September 24, 2011-October 19, 2012 The exhibition features three of Ms. Smith-Garces’ graphite and white charcoal essays explores the safety of women around the world.
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Boston Arts Academy Gordon Gallery |
09/24/11 -
10/19/12 |
Boston Arts Academy, Boston |
BSO Chamber Music Series: Mendelssohn and Mozart
Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra February 24, 2012 BSO Community Chamber Music Series at Northeastern’s Fenway Center
Hosted by the Music Department
Now in its fifteenth season, the series was previously held in a function room at Symphony Hall. The move to Northeastern allows a larger audience to attend the concerts, and takes advantage of the Fenway Center’s outstanding acoustics. Students and faculty in the Music Department at Northeastern’s College of Arts, Media and Design will take an active role in the...
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Boston Symphony Orchestra |
02/24/12 |
Northeastern’s Fenway Center, Boston |
5th Annual TeenLife LIVE! Community Service Fair & Expo
Presented by TeenLife Media February 12, 2012 Stop Searching and Start Participating!
On February 12, 2012 the fifth annual TeenLife LIVE! Community Service Fair & Expo will be held at the Mall at Chestnut Hill from 12 to 4 pm. Meet with representatives from over 50 non-profits in Greater Boston that welcome the involvement of middle and/or high school students. Attendance is free! All pre-registered students will receive a special gift bag when they check in at the registration table!
Hear musical...
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TeenLife Media |
02/12/12 |
The Mall at Chestnut Hill, Chestnut Hill |
Glovebox & Twelve Chairs Present – Jody Morlock
Presented by Glovebox December 2, 2011-February 28, 2012 Glovebox & Twelve Chairs Present – Jody Morlock
Ledger Boston Bloom Series
Acclaimed artist and New Yorker, Jody Morlock brings her sensational Ledger Bloom Series to Boston. Paper and plants plus prints and people, equals a whole lotta’ fun at design studio/ boutique, Twelve Chairs. Check out Jody’s work at her opening reception on December 2nd – 319 A Street.
“Art is my narcotic of choice” – Jody Morlock
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Glovebox |
12/02/11 -
02/28/12 |
Twelve Chairs, Boston |
Cristina Hurley Gallery Holiday Show
Presented by kerry hawkins graphic design November 23, 2011-January 15, 2013 Cristina Hurley Jewelry Holiday Show
3 Rockland St. Canton MA 02021
Stop by, shop local and see all the holiday gift items
Boston Handmade Members include
Jessica Burko, Reclaimed to You
Kerry Hawkins Photography
Kerrie Beck, Cody's Creations
Jennifer Tang, Majenta Designs
Nancy MacCallum, NancyRosetta
Lucie Wicker Photography
Karen Mahoney, City By The Sea Ceramics
Lynne Parella, Cozy Cottage...
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kerry hawkins graphic design |
11/23/11 -
01/15/13 |
Cristina Hurley Jewelry, Canton |
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 |
Wednesday Night Kitting Group
Presented by Dover Town Library January 4-March 28, 2012 Grab your knitting and head to Dover Town Library. The Wednesday Night Knitting Group will meet at 6:30pm each Wednesday in the Reading Room upstairs. Come for the company and knit your way through the winter.
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Dover Town Library |
01/04/12 -
03/28/12 |
Dover Town Library, Dover |
100 Years (version #4 Boston, 2012)
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts January 19-March 25, 2012 Organized by MoMA PS1 in collaboration with Performa, this exhibition is an essential introduction to performance art. With over 200 works including film and audio, 100 Years is intended as an archive of a largely unknown history for students, scholars, and enthusiasts. The timeline begins with 1909’s Futurist Manifesto and continues to the present, with the addition of programming that highlights Boston’s own contribution to performance. Free and open to the public. Call...
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
01/19/12 -
03/25/12 |
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston |
MANS AND OTHER: Paintings by George Herman
Presented by Albright Art Gallery + Supply January 10-March 11, 2012 Albright Art 32 Main St., Concord, MA 01742 (978) 369 – 7300 www.albrightartgallery.com Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5 Jan 10 – March 11 Albright Art Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by George Herman. His recent paintings of heads, faces, portraits, range from the very specific and naturalistic to the highly expressionistic. Herman uses his usual method of layering, scraping, sanding and repainting to create a powerful and moving body of work. Opening...
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Albright Art Gallery + Supply |
01/10/12 -
03/11/12 |
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Cyrus E. Dallin 150th Anniversary Events
Presented by Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum January 18-November 4, 2012 Join us for exciting programs throughout the year that celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Cyrus Dallin!
(Events take place at the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum unless noted otherwise.)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 7:00 pm
“CYRUS THE GREAT”: DEAN OF NEW ENGLAND SCULPTORS
Illustrated Talk and Sculpture Demonstration by Jonathan and Daniel J. Fairbank @ Arlington Town Hall Auditorium, 730 Mass. Ave., Arlington,...
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Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum |
01/18/12 -
11/04/12 |
Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum, Arlington |
Lighthouse Opening
Presented by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy January 12-March 30, 2012 Come out for the opening of Lighthouse, a temporary art installation on the Greenway at the Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion. Join us for a brief presentation from the team of artists followed by an after party at a Greenway neighborhood establishment (TBA).
Thursday, January 12, 6:00 – 8:00PM
Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion (between State St. & Atlantic Ave.)
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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy |
01/12/12 -
03/30/12 |
Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion, Boston |
MAPPING MY WORLD: February school vacation week program
Presented by The Mary Baker Eddy Library February 21-February 24, 2012 Every February, during Boston’s school vacation week, The Mary Baker Eddy Library hosts free entertaining and educational programs for youth ages 17 and under from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Library programs are designed to provide families with fun experiences, new insights about Mary Baker Eddy and the Library’s collections, and to maximize the value of museum-based learning.
Visit The Mary Baker Eddy Library for "Mapping My Wold", an interactive program that...
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The Mary Baker Eddy Library |
02/21/12 -
02/24/12 |
The Mary Baker Eddy Library, Boston |
Exhibit: Contemplative Abstractions by Diane Englander
Presented by CHA Gallery January 9-March 7, 2012 CHA Gallery at Cambridge Health Associates presents Contemplative Abstractions, an exhibit of abstract mixed media work by NYC artist Diane Englander
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CHA Gallery |
01/09/12 -
03/07/12 |
CHA Gallery, Cambridge |
SPUN – Artist-Designed Bike Racks
Presented by Cambridge Arts Council January 17-March 9, 2012 The Cambridge Arts Council (CAC) hosts the first city bike rack design competition for Main Street in Kendall Square. Five artists were selected from the CAC Artist Registry by an independent jury and subsequently invited to submit proposals for unique bike rack designs that would bring playfulness and functionality to a ubiquitous and important sidewalk object. The artists are Vivian Beer, Carrie Bodle, Matthew Hincman, Case Randall, and Aaron Stephan.
As the City of...
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Cambridge Arts Council |
01/17/12 -
03/09/12 |
CAC Gallery, Cambridge |
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 |
Celebrating Paine! Free concert by Portland String Quartet
Presented by Harvard University Department of Music February 24, 2012 CELEBRATING PAINE HALL A concert and reception celebrating the renovation and reopening of Paine Hall, the music classrooms, and state-of-the-art practice rooms at the Harvard University Department of Music The Portland Quartet performs John Knowles Paine: String Quartet in D Major, Op.5; and Walter Piston: Quartet No. 1
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Harvard University Department of Music |
02/24/12 |
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Spoke Gallery: Points of Impact: linda burke
Presented by Medicine Wheel Productions January 18-March 30, 2012 Medicine Wheel’s Spoke Gallery has been transformed to house Burke’s new series of works on delicate and almost translucent paper of shooting range targets. Under Burke’s direction, the floor has been painted a target red and the walls and ceiling are now a dark eggplant color. The end result, in combination with her works on paper, is a beautiful contemplative almost haunting environment.
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Medicine Wheel Productions |
01/18/12 -
03/30/12 |
Spoke Gallery/Medicine Wheel Productions, Boston |
Scandinavian Film
Presented by Scandinavian Living Center February 18, 2012 Swedish movie: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest which is the third in the Stieg Larsson trilogy. Lisabeth needs help from journalist Blomkvist to clear her name. In doing so, they also place themselves in danger. Swedish with English subtitles
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Scandinavian Living Center |
02/18/12 |
Scandinavian Living Center, West Newton |
Writing is Live presented by Brown University TAPS-- Festival of new works by Brown playwrights
Presented by Brown University Theatre Arts and Performance Studies February 3-February 13, 2012 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University proudly announces the third annual Writing is Live festival, a presentation of new works featuring six plays by writers in Brown’s graduate and undergraduate theatre programs. Writing is Live celebrates the diversity and strength of new theatrical voices while simultaneously exploring the meaning of text in performance. Performance writing may take forms complete and incomplete,...
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Brown University Theatre Arts and Performance Studies |
02/03/12 -
02/13/12 |
Brown University, Providence |
Air Force Band of Liberty's Liberty Jazz Band
Presented by Air Force Band of Liberty February 16, 2012 The Liberty Jazz Band will appear as guest performers at the Salem State University Jazz Festival. The festival performance begins at 7 pm with the Liberty Jazz Band taking the stage at 8:00. From the swingin’ sounds of Glenn Miller to the best of contemporary big band jazz, the United States Air Force Liberty Jazz Band plays it all with style and sophistication. Part of the United States Air Force Band of Liberty from Hanscom Air Force Base outside Boston, this stellar ensemble has...
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Air Force Band of Liberty |
02/16/12 |
Salem State University, Central Campus Recital Hall, Salem |
SPUN – Artist-Designed Bike Racks
Presented by Cambridge Arts Council February 1-March 9, 2012 The Cambridge Arts Council (CAC) hosts the first city bike rack design competition for Main Street in Kendall Square. Five artists were selected from the CAC Artist Registry by an independent jury and subsequently invited to submit proposals for unique bike rack designs that would bring playfulness and functionality to a ubiquitous and important sidewalk object.
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Cambridge Arts Council |
02/01/12 -
03/09/12 |
CAC Gallery, Cambridge |
Personal Color Gallery Reception
Presented by Hunakai Studio of Fine Arts February 1-February 24, 2012 Join us for refreshments and conversations about 3 local artist's expressions in color. Artists are Pam Abrams- Warnick of North Easton, James Moran of Mansfield and Bianka Nebel of Norwood. Event is hosted by Hunakai Studio of Fines Arts in our newly renovated gallery.
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Hunakai Studio of Fine Arts |
02/01/12 -
02/24/12 |
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A MIXED MEDICINE BAG - Book Signing & Reading
Presented by Oversoul Theatre Collective, Inc. February 25, 2012 McGruder Media in cooperation with Frugal Book Store presents a very special BOOK SIGNING & Reading of A MIXED MEDICINE BAG: Original Black Wampanoag Folklore, by internationally celebrated Author, Playwright & Performing Artist, Mwalim *7) Frugal Book Store 330 Martin Luther King Boulevard Boston, MA 02119 (617) 541-1722
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Oversoul Theatre Collective, Inc. |
02/25/12 |
Frugal Book Store, Roxbury |
Multimedia Art Show
Presented by Cambridge Rindge and Latin School January 23-March 2, 2012 Jewelry, ceramics, photography, and drawings by talented students from the Visual and Performing Arts Dept. at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. On display 1/23-3/2, 10-5 weekdays, at the Fay Chandler Gallery, Maud Morgan Arts.
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Cambridge Rindge and Latin School |
01/23/12 -
03/02/12 |
Maud Morgan Arts, Cambridge |
MassArt Family Day!
Presented by Massachusetts College of Art and Design February 25, 2012 MassArt welcomes families and friends of all ages to join the festivities at Family Day in the Bakalar & Paine Galleries. Twice a year, Family Day brings together visitors of all ages to explore exhibitions in a fun, creative way. Admission is free and materials are provided, so attendees are encouraged to drop in at any time to enjoy art-making projects, guided conversations, interactive activities, and refreshments. The activity stations, which are designed and facilitated by MassArt...
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
02/25/12 |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Boston |
Jon Sarkin: Line by Line
Presented by VSA Arts of Massachusetts January 9-March 9, 2012 Jon Sarkin is a prolific, even compulsive artist who creates elaborate drawings and paintings cluttered with words and images. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, ABC Primetime, This American Life, GQ, ArtNews, The American Visionary Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.
Jon Sarkin: Line by Line is the artist’s first solo show in Boston. In 2006 he was one of 13 artists the deCordova included...
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VSA Arts of Massachusetts |
01/09/12 -
03/09/12 |
VSA Massachusetts' Open Door Gallery, Boston |