Events
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Location |
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 |
WUMB Music Fest
Presented by WUMB at UMass Boston June 3, 2012 A world class Music Festival in your own backyard - and, on the waterfront!
What's your pleasure? Is it singer-songwriters, cajun or Americana music? Do you like to celebrate tradition or to discover new, up-and-coming artists? The breadth of music at this year's WUMB Music Fest is again as rich as it is diverse. You don't have to be a connoisseur to enjoy our music festival - but it helps to have a love for all different forms of music. And if the first thirteen...
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WUMB |
06/03/12 |
UMass Boston, Boston |
Avenue Q
Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston at The Lyric Stage Company May 11-June 9, 2012 Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
Part flesh (humans), part felt (puppets), and packed with heart (universal), Avenue Q is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets the girl next door, a Republican, an internet sexpert, and Gary Coleman (need we say more?), along with other colorful types who help Princeton...
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston |
05/11/12 -
06/09/12 |
The Lyric Stage Company, Boston |
Blue Man Group
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre June 8-June 10, 2012 BLUE MAN GROUP will thrill Worcester with its high-octane theatrical experience. Escape the ordinary and surround yourself in an explosion of comedy, music, and technology. If you’ve never seen BLUE MAN GROUP , it’s a must-see. If you’re already a fan, don’t miss it.
BLUE MAN GROUP is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. Although it is...
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The Hanover Theatre |
06/08/12 -
06/10/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Charlotte Klein Dance Studio Performances
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre June 2-June 3, 2012 Charlotte Klein, celebrating over 55 years as a dance educator and a “treasure for our community,” will present over 700 students in 4 dance performances June 2 and 3 at The Hanover Theatre.
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The Hanover Theatre |
06/02/12 -
06/03/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Mixing in Math: Treasure Hunt
Presented by The Discovery Museums at The Discovery Museums June 3, 2012 Children’s Discovery Museum Practice your directional skills as you use movement shapes to guide your family to the location of the buried treasure - gold coins! Outdoor program, weather permitting. © 2008 TERC
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The Discovery Museums |
06/03/12 |
The Discovery Museums, Acton |
Shear Madness
Presented by Shear Madness at The Charles Playhouse May 1, 2010 - Ongoing Set in a local hair salon and with lines as up-to-date as the morning's news, Shear Madness is theatre with the audience as a central character. In this Boston institution, ongoing at the Charles Playhouse since 1980, the audience gets to help solve a murder mystery in a laugh-a-minute blend of whodunit and improvisational theater. The clues change every night and the laughs come fast and funny. This worldwide phenomenon is filled with up to the minute spontaneous humor and quicksilver...
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Shear Madness |
05/01/10 -
Ongoing |
The Charles Playhouse, Boston |
Blue Man Group
Presented by Blue Man Group at The Charles Playhouse May 14, 2002 - Ongoing It’s new. It’s cool. BLUE MAN GROUP has updated the wildly popular theatrical show in Boston! Taking a closer look at the technology that both surrounds and isolates us, BLUE MAN GROUP showcases technogeek ingenuity while uniting the audience in primal, collective exhilaration. Signature BLUE MAN GROUP moments combine with breathtakingly fun new pieces for an explosive evening of entertainment.
*Blue Man Group is on an open run at the Charles Playhouse.
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Blue Man Group |
05/14/02 -
Ongoing |
The Charles Playhouse, Boston |
Boo in the Zoo at Stone Zoo
Presented by Stone Zoo at Stone Zoo October 22, 2011-September 23, 2012 Children throughout New England are invited to trick-or-treat among the animals. Thrills, chills, and animals lurk around every corner on the Trick-or-Treat Trail. Other haunted happenings offered throughout the day include: creepy crafts, ghoulish games, howling costume contests, and a haunted maze!
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Stone Zoo |
10/22/11 -
09/23/12 |
Stone Zoo, Stoneham |
Bring your bottles and cans to Stone Zoo!
Presented by Stone Zoo at Stone Zoo April 14-October 13, 2012 If you are interested in not only helping the environment but contributing to a worthy cause, bring your empty bottles and cans to Stone Zoo during the Bottle and Can Drive – held the second Saturday of each month, April through October.
All of the proceeds from this annual fundraiser benefit conservation efforts supported by Zoo New England, the non-profit organization that manages Stone Zoo and Franklin Park Zoo.
The 2012 dates are:
April 14
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Stone Zoo |
04/14/12 -
10/13/12 |
Stone Zoo, Stoneham |
Masters of Flight: Birds of Prey Takes Off at Stone Zoo for the Summer 2012 Season!
Presented by Stone Zoo at Stone Zoo May 5-September 3, 2012 The birds are back at Stone Zoo! Visitors will watch in awe when the wildly popular seasonal bird show returns on May 5. Masters of Flight: Birds of Prey features more than a dozen different bird species from around the world, including the bald eagle, bateleur eagle, Egyptian vulture, military macaw, spectacled owl and white-necked raven, in this engaging, memorable and educational experience for visitors of all ages. These birds will fly in from overhead and demonstrate natural behaviors...
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Stone Zoo |
05/05/12 -
09/03/12 |
Stone Zoo, Stoneham |
Teddy Bear Check-up Day at Stone Zoo!
Presented by Stone Zoo at Stone Zoo June 2, 2012 Visit Stone Zoo on June 2 with your favorite teddy bear for a day of cuddly fun! Zoo staff will be on hand to give your bear a check-up and clean bill of health. Later, march through the Zoo in the Teddy Bear Parade and say hello to Smoky and Bubba, Stone Zoo’s resident black bears!
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Stone Zoo |
06/02/12 |
Stone Zoo, Stoneham |
June 8 Free Second Friday
Presented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art June 8, 2012 Au Revoir DEBUSSY'S PARIS – Closing June 10
4–6 PM Hands on! art-making for ages 4+ w/adult (while supplies last)
6–6:30 PM Open Eyes: informal guided gallery conversation
Museum Shop open 10–8 PM
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Smith College Museum of Art |
06/08/12 |
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton |
Rock-a-Baby Music Jam
Presented by Leventhal-Sidman JCC at Sharon Community Center May 4-June 15, 2012 Your child has a chance to be “in the band” with the Rock-a-Baby trio of teachers from New York City. With zany puppets, dancing, instruments and music ranging from classical to jazz to children’s songs to rock and roll, Rock-a-Baby will give your child a stimulating and educations musical experience. Geared for children ages 0-3, with adult. Class held on Fridays, from May 4-June 15 from 9:30-10:15am at the Sharon Community Center (219 Massapoag Avenue) in Sharon. Cost is...
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Leventhal-Sidman JCC |
05/04/12 -
06/15/12 |
Sharon Community Center, Sharon |
Boston Landmarks Orchestra Gala Concert 2012
Presented by Boston Landmarks Orchestra at Sanders Theatre June 9, 2012 Join the Boston Landmarks Orchestra for their annual Gala concert on June 9th. It will help raise money so the orchestra can continue to perform free concerts on the Hatch Shell and in Boston's neighborhoods. The evening will include a special performance by the Boston Children's Chorus whose founder, Hubie Jones, will be honored at the event. A new work by a young Venezuelan musician living in Boston, Gonzalo Grau, will also be premiered.
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Boston Landmarks Orchestra |
06/09/12 |
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
Metro Boston Race Amity Day: A Festival for the Human Family
Presented by Wheelock College, National Center for Race Amity at Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway June 10, 2012 On June 10 on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, join thousands from all walks of life in a celebration of the regions diverse culture, ethnicity and history. This free, fun-filled family event will feature local celebrity hosts, Boston’s best live musical entertainment, dance, art exhibits, Brett the Yo-yo King, Curious George and other children characters, spoken word artists, as well as with concessions with food from around the world. The event will also feature a Health and Wellness...
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Wheelock College, National Center for Race Amity |
06/10/12 |
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston |
The Lazy Fox by Spring Valley Puppet Theatre
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre May 31-June 2, 2012 Can a very lazy Fox trick an Armadillo? Perhaps...but in this Spring Valley Puppet Theater production of "The Lazy Fox," the Armadillo has a few tricks up HIS sleeve! This program, based on an Argentine Folk Tale, features enchanting hand puppet animals and a large rod puppet Sun. It is combined with "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," adapted from the Aesop fable. This popular story is enlivened with a colorful Mexican setting, a humorous communication gap and a surprise...
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
05/31/12 -
06/02/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
A Woodland Cinderella by Deborah Costine, Puppeteer!
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre June 7-June 9, 2012 In this original version of Cinderella, the King of all Woodland Fairies wants his son to marry a fairy princess, but he knows that they are very hard to find. So the King hosts a great ball and commands all the young fairy maidens to attend. He hopes that the missing fern fairy princess will come. Will he find her?
Recommended for ages 3 & up.
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
06/07/12 -
06/09/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
Brookstock: A Music Festival for Brookline Where 1969 Meets 2012
Presented by Brookline Music School at Pine Manor College, Ellsworth Theater June 1, 2012 In addition to performances by Brookline Music School ensembles, we will be presenting original music from Brookline's most promising young bands, singer/songwriters, and composers.
BMS ensembles will be performing music from 1969, the final year in an amazing decade of American popular music, one which laid the foundation for all that followed. Brookstock seeks to contrast this music with music being created here and now by today's young musicians. The similarities and...
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Brookline Music School |
06/01/12 |
Pine Manor College, Ellsworth Theater, Chestnut Hill |
Ripple Effect, The Art of H20
Presented by Peabody Essex Museum at Peabody Essex Museum June 18, 2011-July 8, 2012 Ripple Effect, in PEM's interactive Art & Nature Center, highlights water as a medium for artistic expression and hands-on exploration. Visitors encounter water in its different states - solid, liquid and gas - as they investigate artworks inspired by rivers, geysers, snowflakes, fog and more. Water's allure to contemporary artists as a creative medium is compelling, especially in relation to the unique, life-giving properties of this substance we so often take for granted.
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Peabody Essex Museum |
06/18/11 -
07/08/12 |
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem |
Beacon Hill Walking Tour
Presented by Historic New England at Otis House Museum May 5-October 27, 2012 Go beyond the brick sidewalks and charming gardens and learn about Beacon Hill’s development in the Federal era. The fortunes, ambitions, and struggles of Beacon Hill’s early residents, both wealthy and working class, shaped the streets, architecture, and character of the hill. The program starts with a tour of the Otis House, the earliest intact mansion in the neighborhood, and continues on Beacon Hill’s historic streets. Private group tours available by appointment.
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Historic New England |
05/05/12 -
10/27/12 |
Otis House Museum, Boston |
Wool Days: May 26-28, 2012
Presented by Old Sturbridge Village at Old Sturbridge Village May 26-May 28, 2012 During Wool Days the Old Sturbridge Village get their annual “hair cuts” and historians demonstrate how wool is processed – from shearing, scouring, and carding to dyeing, spinning, and weaving (in other words, from sheep to shirt). Try your hand and test your history IQ at our textile exhibit. Memorial Day is also our official kick-off to summer activities like period games, 1830s “base ball” and “French & English” tug-of-war contests. For...
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Old Sturbridge Village |
05/26/12 -
05/28/12 |
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge |
Antique Car Rally: June 2, 2012
Presented by Old Sturbridge Village at Old Sturbridge Village June 2, 2012 When Old Sturbridge Village first opened in 1946, visitors toured the museum in their cars. To commemorate those early days, we will be showcasing pre-1946 automobiles during the Antique Car Rally. See how early 20th-century transportation compares to the early 19th century.
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Old Sturbridge Village |
06/02/12 |
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge |
Muster Day: June 9, 2012
Presented by Old Sturbridge Village at Old Sturbridge Village June 9, 2012 Witness the sights and sounds of a re-created early 19th-century muster day, as Village militia members fire their muskets and drill and practice battle techniques on the Common. Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the War of 1812 with special events. Youngsters of all ages are invited to learn to march, make a militia hat, and try on a knapsack and cartridge box.
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Old Sturbridge Village |
06/09/12 |
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge |
13, The Musical
Presented by NextDoor Theater at NextDoor Theater June 8-June 10, 2012 The story concerns the life of 13-year-old Evan Goldman as he moves from New York City to Appleton, Indiana, and his dilemma when the move conflicts with the celebration of his Bar Mitzvah.
Come see this incredible cast of local teen talent!
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NextDoor Theater |
06/08/12 -
06/10/12 |
NextDoor Theater, Winchester |
Family Music Festival
Presented by New School of Music at New School of Music June 10, 2012 Music and family fun in the Park! Join us as we fill the Lowell School Park with musical fun and activities for all ages. Enjoy family picnic games, face-painting, crafts, bake sale, concerts and a musical instrument "Petting Zoo."
Concert Schedule:
12:15pm: African Drumming & Dancing
1:00pm: NSM Musicians in the Park
1:00pm: Ethan Rossiter - The Family Fun Band (indoor concert at $5/person)
2:00pm: Musikgarten Family Sing(and...
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New School of Music |
06/10/12 |
New School of Music, Cambridge |
Ethan Rossiter - Family Fun Band
Presented by New School of Music at New School of Music June 10, 2012 Family concert includes a collection of "toe-tappin' tunes for kids and parents" to enjoy together. Ethan Rossiter and the Family Band join the New School of Music as part of the Family Music Festival.
For more information on band, visit their website at:
http://ethanrossiterandthehartwells.bandcamp.com/
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New School of Music |
06/10/12 |
New School of Music, Cambridge |
The Trust Family Foundation Shark and Ray Touch Tank
Presented by New England Aquarium at New England Aquarium February 5, 2012 - Ongoing The Trust Family Foundation Shark and Ray Touch Tank features sharks and rays in a mangrove-themed tank surrounded by shallow edges and viewing windows, allowing visitors to experience a close encounter with these animals.
Visitors to this new exhibit can reach out and gently stroke cownose rays, bonnethead sharks, Atlantic rays and epaulette sharks as they swim gracefully through the crystal clear water. The exhibit presents these incredible species in a way that highlights their...
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New England Aquarium |
02/05/12 -
Ongoing |
New England Aquarium, Boston |
Penguin Exhibit
Presented by New England Aquarium at New England Aquarium February 5, 2012 - Ongoing Everyone loves the penguins, and so will you. More than 80 birds live in the massive first-floor exhibit. Explore all around the exhibit, peer through the underwater periscope, play with the penguins at the penguin light station and listen to penguin sounds at the Hear a Penguin interactive panel. Curious visitors can also learn more about penguins at the Penguin Smart Station, participate in a Penguin Presentation or watch a penguin feeding.
The Aquarium’s penguin exhibit...
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New England Aquarium |
02/05/12 -
Ongoing |
New England Aquarium, Boston |
IMAX Theatre
Presented by New England Aquarium at New England Aquarium January 1, 2012 - Ongoing The giant screen – 65’ high by 85’ wide – is taller than a six story building! The slight curvature of the screen extends to the edge of your peripheral vision. The lamps that project the crystal clear images onto the gigantic screen get as bright and as hot as the surface of the sun! So hot, in fact, that cold water must be pumped into the lamp connectors to keep the machine from melting.
Amazing IMAX films will take you where you've only dreamed of going!...
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New England Aquarium |
01/01/12 -
Ongoing |
New England Aquarium, Boston |