Events
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Dancin' at the Mansion w/ Greg Caputo Quartet
Presented by Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum March 10-June 9, 2012 The Greg Caputo Quartet featuring vocalist Vivian Caputo, will perform well-loved standards at “Dancin’ at the Mansion” get-togethers at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum every second Saturday 7:30pm to 10:30pm.
Ventfort Hall, where the elegant ambiance of the past is re-created, is offering one evening a month dances at which attendees can indulge in one of the pleasures of the past, couples dancing to great music.
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Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum |
03/10/12 -
06/09/12 |
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Lenox |
Friday Evenings at Gropius
Presented by Historic New England June 8-September 28, 2012 Walter Gropius, founder of the German design school known as the Bauhaus, was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. His 1938 home showcases the clean, contemporary lines of Modernist design. During this evening slide show and house tour, see how Gropius’s innovative lighting scheme comes to life at night. Light refreshments provided.
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Historic New England |
06/08/12 -
09/28/12 |
Gropius House, Lincoln |
Hemlock Gorge & Echo Bridge: Guided trails walk
Presented by Welle June 2, 2012 Celebrate National Trails Day and walk the trails in Hemlock Gorge. See Echo Bridge, the historic 500-foot stone bridge across the Charles River that was used to carry water to Boston. Stand under the main arch and count the number of times you hear your echo. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Hemlock Gorge parking area in Needham, located on Central Avenue just before it crosses the Charles into Newton. Directions from Rt-9: Take Rt-9 toward Newton, exit at the first ramp (to Chestnut Street) after...
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Welle |
06/02/12 |
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Let's Celebrate Childhood: Then and Now at the Wenham Museum
Presented by The Wenham Museum June 8-September 2, 2012 Explore how children lived, worked, dressed and played from the 17th century to the present with a fun and interactive look at how kids’ lives have changed – and stayed the same – through the centuries. Visitors will see how the toys and games, clothing, furnishings, books, chores, and other aspects of family life have evolved over time; on display June 8-September 2, 2012.
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The Wenham Museum |
06/08/12 -
09/02/12 |
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Boston Landmarks Brass Ensemble with 100 Violins from the Pope John Paul II Academy
Presented by Boston Landmarks Orchestra June 11, 2012 Come to a celebration of music, bringing the people of Boston together. For this free event, bring a blanket or a chair and a picnic basket! Thanks to the students at Pope John Paul II Academy and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department for their help with this wonderful concert!
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Boston Landmarks Orchestra |
06/11/12 |
Dorchester Park, Boston |
Cultural Survival Bazaar
Presented by Cultural Survival June 2, 2012 An International Festival of Native Arts & Culture
Featuring artisans, products, & performers from around the world.
Shop handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more.
Enjoy FREE music performances, presentations, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, & ethnic cuisine.
Proceeds support Native artisans, fair trade, and Cultural Survival's non-profit work...
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Cultural Survival |
06/02/12 |
Copley Square, Boston |
Freedom Trail Foundation Costume Guided Tours
Presented by Freedom Trail Foundation January 1, 2009 - Ongoing The Freedom Trail Foundation offers some of the most popular and acclaimed historical tours in all of New England. Walk Into History along the famous red line with an 18th Century Costumed Guide. Hear the tales of the brave Bostonians and Colonialists who dared to challenge Britain and helped establish the greatest republic in the world. These 90 minute tours are designed for individuals, groups, corporate team building and schools. Read the descriptions carefully and select your special...
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Freedom Trail Foundation |
01/01/09 -
Ongoing |
Various Locations, Boston |
Jean Danton & Thomas Stumpf
Presented by Mount Auburn Cemetery June 9, 2012 An Artful Collaboration: Music and Poetry
During the 19th century, Boston’s musicians and authors were part of an extended intellectual circle that often sparked artistic collaboration. Composers like George Chadwick and Mabel Wheeler Daniels set to music the prose of poets like Amy Lowell, Julia Ward Howe, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The same collaborative spirit can be seen in more recent times with the poems of David McCord, also put to music. Join us in Bigelow Chapel...
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Mount Auburn Cemetery |
06/09/12 |
Bigelow Chapel, Watertown |
Exhibits on view at BSA Space
Presented by Boston Society of Architects April 11-August 31, 2012 BSA Space is Boston’s leading cultural institution on architecture and design, and is home to the Boston Society of Architects. On view through August 31: IN FORM-- a legacy of projects in Boston over the past 50 years envisioned to increase access to the city; Let’s Talk About Bikes—See samples from the region’s expanding collection of bicycle fabricators and participate in a discussion about the role bikes can play in our city. Visit bsaspace.org.
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Boston Society of Architects |
04/11/12 -
08/31/12 |
BSA Space, Boston |
11th National Prize Show
Presented by Cambridge Art Association May 31-July 5, 2012 Come one, come all and join the Cambridge Art Association in the 11th National Prize Show! Hosted at both Kathryn Schultz and University Place Gallery in the heart of Harvard Square, Cambridge MA
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Cambridge Art Association |
05/31/12 -
07/05/12 |
Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge |
A Night of Fiction with Jessica Keener and Jennifer Haigh
Presented by Back Pages Books May 31, 2012 In Night Swim, an incredible debut that has been called "deeply moving and devastatingly beautiful", Jessica Keener explores the coming-of-age of sixteen year-old Sara Kunitz under the oppressive regime of her emotionally absent parents. In this and Jennifer Haigh's Faith, both women explore the dynamics, beliefs, and disappointments of two strikingly different Boston families--one, a clan of wealthy 1970s Jewish suburbanites attempting to maintain a charmed facade after a...
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Back Pages Books |
05/31/12 |
Back Pages Books, Waltham |
Walking Tour of Hyde Square
Presented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society June 2, 2012 Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican immigrants transformed it into Boston’s first predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. This tour also takes us to the home of Maud Cuney Hare, a prominent music historian and one of only two black women students at the New...
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Jamaica Plain Historical Society |
06/02/12 |
Sorella's , Boston |
The Grand Diversity of Fishes: Form, Function, and Evolution
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History May 31, 2012 Exhibition re-opening lecture by George V. Lauder, Prof. of Biology and Curator of Ichthyology in Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 6:00 PM
Fishes display a remarkable diversity in their behavior, ecology, and physical form. Constituting half of all known vertebrate species, fishes have adapted to almost every habitat on earth—from the deepest ocean trenches to highest mountain streams, and from sub-freezing to near-boiling...
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Harvard Museum of Natural History |
05/31/12 |
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge |
Opening Encaustic Art Reception
Presented by Athan's European Bakery & Cafe' May 6-June 28, 2012 Athan's European Bakery & Cafe located in Brookline's Washington Square is holding an Opening Art Reception for encaustic artist, Amalia Tagaris.
Her exhibit titled, "All Mixed Up" is a compilation of the artist's encaustic photography paintings from the past two years.
Several of her art works were invited into recent juried exhibits that took place on both the West and East coast of the US.
Come join us!
Sample some...
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Athan's European Bakery & Cafe' |
05/06/12 -
06/28/12 |
Athan's European Bakery & Cafe', Brookline |
Totem
Presented by Cirque du Soleil June 10-July 1, 2012 Cirque du Soleil returns to Boston with TOTEM, its latest big top production. Written and directed by Robert Lepage, TOTEM opens in Boston on June 10, 2012 for a limited engagement under the blue and yellow Grand Chapiteau (big top) located at Boston’s Marine Industrial Park.
TOTEM traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on a stage evoking a giant turtle, the symbol of...
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Cirque du Soleil |
06/10/12 -
07/01/12 |
Grand Chapiteau , Boston |
5th Annual Art@Bass Rocks Show
Presented by Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) May 31, 2012 seARTS Presents: 5th Annual Art@Bass Rocks Show. Opening Reception Thursday, May 31, 6:00-8:00 PM. Bass Rocks Golf Club, 34 Beach Road, Gloucester, MA. 6-7 PM Reception, 7-8 PM Talk/Q& A. Free, Open to Public. Cash Bar RSVP info@searts.org by May 28 or 978-281-1222. Guest Speaker Maggie Cavallo, Asst Curator of Education for the Gallery & Visiting Artist Program, Montserrat College of Art.Join us to welcome 15 regional artists. 27 works of art on display through April 2013. All work...
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Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) |
05/31/12 |
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Portuguese Lusitano Horse Show
Presented by Boston Portuguese Festival June 2, 2012 This will be a great opportunity to understand the role of the wonderful Lusitano horse in Portugal’s history and culture.
Sons of the Wind Farm located Merrimac, MA, is home to the national horse of Portugal. This horse, also referred to as the “Royal Horse of Europe”, is known for his extraordinary beauty, bravery, athletic talent and intelligence.
The day’s events will feature Portuguese freestyle dressage clinics, airs above grounds...
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Boston Portuguese Festival |
06/02/12 |
Sons of the Wind Farm, Merrimac |
Azorean Whale Boat Regatta
Presented by Boston Portuguese Festival June 3, 2012 The Boston Portuguese Festival and the Azorean Maritime Heritage Society are hosting its 7th Annual Azorean Whale Boat Regatta at the MIT Pierce Boathouse, on Sunday, June 03, 2012.
The annual regatta, one of the most celebrated events of the Boston Portuguese Festival, is back this year with more crews competing and a great program.
Races will begin at 1pm and spectators can root for their local teams from the viewing deck of the MIT Pierce Boathouse overlooking...
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Boston Portuguese Festival |
06/03/12 |
MIT Pierce Boathouse, Cambridge |
1st Annual Spring Antiques Fair
Presented by Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum June 2-June 3, 2012 Ventfort Hall, in cooperation with Rhinebeck Antiques Fair and hosted by Alice Nathan and Irving Marks, will present the First Annual Spring Antiques Fair.
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Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum |
06/02/12 -
06/03/12 |
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Lenox |
Historic New England's Open House
Presented by Historic New England June 2-June 3, 2012 Each year, Historic New England opens many of its properties to the public free of charge on a Saturday in June. From Wiscasset, Maine, to Jamestown, Rhode Island, to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, learn about the people who lived in stone-enders, urban mansions, rural estates, and working farms during free guided tours at Historic New England’s house museums.
Highlights this year include the first-ever opening of the attached farmhouse at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm and tours...
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Historic New England |
06/02/12 -
06/03/12 |
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Fireball Improv
Presented by Fireball Improv May 11-December 28, 2012 Kick off your weekend with us as we bring audience suggestions to life with unbridled, shameless abandon! Just about anything is fair game (we’re not kidding) in this uninhibited, “Rated-R” celebration of love, diversity, and sexuality.
100 minutes of foreplay, and we do all the work!
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Fireball Improv |
05/11/12 -
12/28/12 |
Umbria Prime Night Club, Boston |
Living with Your Old House: National Preservation Month Lecture Series
Presented by Historic New England May 8-May 29, 2012 Celebrate National Preservation Month this May by learning how to take care of your old house. Historic New England and the Waltham Historical Society present a lecture series designed to help homeowners enhance their knowledge and understanding of houses built before 1950. For detailed descriptions of the individual lectures, please visit http://www.HistoricNewEngland.org. May 8, 7–8:30 PM – Architectural Styles in Waltham’s History May 15, 7–8:30 PM –...
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Historic New England |
05/08/12 -
05/29/12 |
Lyman Estate, Waltham |
Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens
Presented by Arnold Arboretum May 30, 2012 In the 1760s the world’s scientific community was electrified because the transit of Venus would allow them for the first time to calculate the distance between the planets in our solar system. On June 6, 1761 and June 3, 1769, the planet Venus passed between Earth and Sun–each time visible as a small black dot against the face of the Sun for six hours. Transits of Venus always arrive in pairs –eight years apart–but then it takes more than a century before they are...
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Arnold Arboretum |
05/30/12 |
Weld Hill Research Building, Arnold Arboretum, Roslindale |
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Presented by Arts After Hours May 24-June 9, 2012 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
A great time for the whole family, come experience a musical comedy about a day in the life of Charlie Brown. The trials and tribulations of friendship and love in the style of a favorite timeless comic strip.
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Arts After Hours |
05/24/12 -
06/09/12 |
LynnArts, Lynn |
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 |
Collage Artist Ekua Holmes in Solo Exhibit
Presented by JP Licks May 1-June 2, 2012 "Here and There", an exhibit of original works and prints by Roxbury artist Ekua Holmes will be displayed from May 1 through June 2. An opening reception will be held on Thursday May 3 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. "Here and There" is a collection of paintings inspired by the artist's journeys to Gloucester, MA and the island of Jamaica.
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JP Licks |
05/01/12 -
06/02/12 |
JP Licks, Jamaica Plain |
Exhibit: Roger Kizik: Painting and mixed media
Presented by Dedee Shattuck Gallery May 2-June 3, 2012 Kizik’s brightly colored images boldly careen in and out of representation and abstraction, resulting in exuberant collisions of texture and form.
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Dedee Shattuck Gallery |
05/02/12 -
06/03/12 |
Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport |
Exhibit: Sea, Shore, Sky & Ice: Nick Whitman & Susan Schultz
Presented by Dedee Shattuck Gallery June 6-July 8, 2012 Whitman’s Photographs explore the natural illustrative quality of shoreline rocks, waterbodies, and icebergs. Schultz delicately recreates beach detritus in porcelain.
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Dedee Shattuck Gallery |
06/06/12 -
07/08/12 |
Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport |
Artists’ Reception: Sea, Shore, Sky & Ice: Nick Whitman & Susan Schultz
Presented by Dedee Shattuck Gallery June 9, 2012 Celebrate the opening of Sea, Shore, Sky & Ice: Nick Whitman & Susan Schultz. Whitman’s Photographs explore the natural illustrative quality of shoreline rocks, waterbodies, and icebergs. Schultz delicately recreates beach detritus in porcelain.
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Dedee Shattuck Gallery |
06/09/12 |
Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport |
Q&A with Photographer Nick Whitman and Sculptor Susan Schultz
Presented by Dedee Shattuck Gallery June 10, 2012 Join in a discussion with Photographer Nick Whitman and Sculptor Susan Schultz. Whitman’s Photographs explore the natural illustrative quality of shoreline rocks, waterbodies, and icebergs. Schultz delicately recreates beach detritus in porcelain.
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Dedee Shattuck Gallery |
06/10/12 |
Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport |