Events
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Unmet: Opera for the 21st Century
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 22, 2012 Leave your opera glasses at home and forget that stodgy tenor in 18th-century garb! Juventas New Music Ensemble invites you to experience opera in the future over an evening drink. Scenes from new operas by emerging composers will explore love, war, death and magic, placing you directly in the middle of the action. Escape the daily grind and allow yourself to be drawn in by the allure of unparalleled sights, sounds, and emotions. A conversation with composers will take place immediately...
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Oberon |
02/22/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Zagnutt
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 22, 2012 Come see Zagnutt at Johnny D's! Not a jam band, not a funk band, and not a rock band, Zagnutt holds a long-standing tradition of making you move, making you smile, and making you dig on what you’re hearing! Equal parts Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Black Crowes, Lincoln, MA’s favorite sons, Zagnutt is a loving family of close friends who wants to share their music with you. Hope to see you there!
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/22/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Build It!
Presented by The Discovery Museums at The Discovery Museums February 22, 2012 LEGO building for toddlers! Bring your imagination to build, stack, and sort using our enormous collection of DUPLOS. Construct your own architectural wonder or work together to build a museum-community sculpture.
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The Discovery Museums |
02/22/12 |
The Discovery Museums, Acton |
Lego Zone
Presented by The Discovery Museums at The Discovery Museums February 22, 2012 Join LEGO lovers of all ages in community building projects. Design structures, spaceships, and more. Add your creation to our community board for display at the Museum.
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The Discovery Museums |
02/22/12 |
The Discovery Museums, Acton |
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EMMANUEL MUSIC - Linsday Chapel Series: Bach Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - Concert 1
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Emmanuel Music |
02/23/12 |
Emmanuel Church, Boston, Boston |
Hugh Masekela
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre February 23, 2012 Trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela has covered the globe and played with just about every top star you can think of - Masekela wrote a number of international hits and sold several million cds. The single 'Grazing in the Grass' topped the Rolling Stones in the US charts, and brought him a Grammy. His hit "Bring Him Back Home" became the anthem for Nelson Mandela's world tour following his release from prison. His recent albums have all gone platinum. "The man with the...
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The Hanover Theatre |
02/23/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Glen Campbell Goodbye Tour
Presented by The Wilbur Theatre at Wilbur Theatre February 23, 2012 Glen Campbell has announced his battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The legendary singer/songwriter, who is set to release his final studio album, “Ghost On The Canvas”, August 30th on Surfdog Records, was diagnosed with the fateful disease only six months ago.For more information read the article at People.com.
Despite the diagnosis, Glen will hit the road for his “Goodbye Tour”. “I still love making music,” says Campbell. “And I...
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The Wilbur Theatre |
02/23/12 |
Wilbur Theatre, Boston |
Boston Neighborhood History Series: South End
Presented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House February 23, 2012 Created on landfill, the South End was designed by famed architect Charles Bulfinch who brought his eye for balance to this neighborhood in 1801. But by the 1970s neglect, arson, and demolition had destroyed more than a quarter of the area’s original buildings. Hope Shannon, Director of the South End Historical Society, tells how citizens came together to save the historical treasures of their community, and in 1972 placed The South End on the National Register of Historic Places as...
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Old South Meeting House |
02/23/12 |
Old South Meeting House, Boston |
Robert Baart: Paintings and Drawings
Presented by Towne Art Gallery/Wheelock College at Towne Art Gallery/Wheelock College January 24-February 23, 2012 Wheelock College is pleased to present the work of Robert Baart, a painter whose abstract work is informed by nature and the landscape. He was on the painting faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for thirty-five years, retiring in 2009. His work is represented in the collections of the Rose Art Museum, Brandies University, Waltham, MA; the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; and in numerous private and corporate collections in the U.S. and abroad. For...
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Towne Art Gallery/Wheelock College |
01/24/12 -
02/23/12 |
Towne Art Gallery/Wheelock College, Boston |
Color Sleuths
Presented by The Institute of Contemporary Art at Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) February 21-February 23, 2012 Prepare to investigate and experiment with color!
View the exhibition Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams for inspiration then take part in a variety of art-making activities about working with color…and a few surprises!
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The Institute of Contemporary Art |
02/21/12 -
02/23/12 |
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA), Boston |
Anais Mitchell CD Release Show, Rachel Ries opens
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 23, 2012 From her current home base in a 200-year-old farmhouse in rural Vermont, Anais (“uh-NAY-iss”) Mitchell writes songs that are as intimate as conversations and as rich in detail as short stories. She is the rare musician who is equally comfortable wielding an acoustic guitar alone onstage, sharing a disc’s worth of alt-country duets, or scripting a vast operatic journey into the underworld. She’s a fearless explorer, and her world just keeps getting larger....
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Club Passim |
02/23/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Artist Talk: AMBER DAVIS TOURLENTES
Presented by Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts February 23, 2012 Tourlentes grew up in the 70s–80s in the gay community with her father. For thirteen years she has photographed the same-sex parented family movement, including her own extended family. The photographic projects investigates the reworking of not only gender but also ethnic, religious and cultural/class roles for family life, lobbyist groups, coalitions and (corporate sponsorship and the portrayal of shifting LGBT community in the media). Unexpectedly, so far in this body of work, it is...
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Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts |
02/23/12 |
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge |
Sharon Van Etten
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts February 23, 2012 With a starkly powerful voice, Sharon Van Etten is a master of writing songs with direct honesty and feeling. Over the course of releasing two full-length albums, Because I Was in Love (Language of Stone, 2009) and epic (Ba Da Bing, 2010), Van Etten has been celebrated by fans and critics alike. Since epic’s release, she has opened the Pitchfork Music Festival, played the Hollywood Bowl with Neko Case and Radio City Music Hall with The Antlers, sung on new records for Beirut and Ed...
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World Music/CRASHarts |
02/23/12 |
Paradise Rock Club, Boston |
Childrens Vacation Week Wearable Art Workshop
Presented by Jenn Sherr Designs February 23, 2012 This Workshop focuses on recreating a wearable item using basic technique of decoupage and faux painting
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Jenn Sherr Designs |
02/23/12 |
Decoupage Wearable Art Class during School Vacation Week, Boston |
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Between Two Worlds: An Ottoman Musical Tapestry
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Boston College |
02/23/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
Masterpiece Lecture Series: Glenn D. Lowry, Director, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Presented by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum February 23, 2012 The Masterpiece Lectures will reconnect audiences with the Museum’s collection through talks that both celebrate and question the concept of the “masterpiece.” The series is conceived by new Curator of the Collection Oliver Tostmann, in collaboration with Curator of Contemporary Art Pieranna Cavalchini and Esther Stiles Eastman Curator of Education and Public Programs Margaret Burchenal.
“The word ‘masterpiece’ has different meanings across...
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
02/23/12 |
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston |
Faith Healing, Vaccination, and the First Amendment
Presented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society February 23, 2012 Alan Rogers, Professor of History at Boston College, will explore the challenges and choices involved in defining and balancing individual freedom and the common good. He will discuss two current research projects: the contested intersection of faith healing and the First Amendment; and a history of the anti-vaccination movement from 1721 to the present.
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Massachusetts Historical Society |
02/23/12 |
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston |
Tre Williams and the Revelations
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 23, 2012 Come see Tre Williams and the Revelations at Johnny D's! The Revelations featuring Tré Williams represents a renewed dawning in soul music, one that marries the concrete jungle grit of the streets with the midnight blues of the rural South. The rawness of Stax and propulsive drive of Motown has been re-imagined for contemporary listeners needing relief from timeless problems. Far from a historical artifact straining to use yesterday’s sound as tomorrow’s gimmick, the...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/23/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
The Story of the Great Migration
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston February 7-February 23, 2012 This three-part course is sure to inspire and captivate the hearts and minds of music, art, and literature fans. The story of the African American Great Migration of 1910-1940 provides context for the Huntington Theatre's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and the MFA's Huntington Theatre, Sunday, March 4, performance of August Wilson: "A Transplant That Did Not Take."
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
02/07/12 -
02/23/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
Trickster Tales by Barefoot Puppets
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 21-February 23, 2012 Can a spider defeat an elephant at tug-of-war? Overpower a python? Capture a cloud of hornets? With Anansi the Spider, world famous trickster, all things are possible...if you only have a plan! This show brings traditional stories from West Africa to live with expressive rod puppets, original music, and lots of puns. Performed on a large, twelve-foot stage with colorful scenery and amazing scene changes. It's a high-energy show with lots of laughs!
Recommended for ages 3 &...
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/21/12 -
02/23/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
Trickster Tales!
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 21-February 23, 2012 Can a spider defeat an elephant at tug-of-war? Overpower a python? Capture a cloud of hornets? With Anansi the Spider, world famous trickster, all things are possible...if you only have a plan! This show brings traditional stories from West Africa to live with expressive rod puppets, original music, and lots of puns. Performed on a large, twelve-foot stage with colorful scenery and amazing scene changes. It's a high-energy show with lots of laughs!
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/21/12 -
02/23/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
Celluloid Cities: A Long Journey
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Collins Cinema, Wellesley College February 23, 2012 Celluloid Cities: Symphonies and Solos - A CAMS film series. The Cinema and Media Studies wishes to contribute to the campus wide interest in the theme of the city by showing five films. Ranging from ultra-famous films (Chunking Express, exceptionally shown in its 35 mm. splendor) to rare and hard-to-find little gems (Largo Viaje and Singapore Gaga); from Ruttmann's mythical city symphony that initiated a whole genre to Linklater's just as mythical tribute to Austin (and generation X), this...
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The Arts at Wellesley |
02/23/12 |
Collins Cinema, Wellesley College, Wellesley |
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Thursday's Tales
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The Discovery Museums |
02/23/12 |
The Discovery Museums, Acton |
PAULA POUNDSTONE
Presented by The Wilbur Theatre at Wilbur Theatre February 24, 2012 Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, and a can of Diet Pepsi, PAULA POUNDSTONE is famous for her razor-sharp wit and spontaneity. The Boston Globe said, “Poundstone improvises with a crowd like a Jazz musician…swinging in unexpected directions without a plan, without a net.” Paula is so quick and unassuming that audience members at her live shows often leave complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter and debating whether the random people she talked to...
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The Wilbur Theatre |
02/24/12 |
Wilbur Theatre, Boston |
Execution of Justice
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at Virginia Wimberly Theatre February 17-February 24, 2012 Emily Mann, playwright; Elaine Vaan Hogue, director. A brilliant portrayal of the Dan White trial after the 1978 assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and gay city supervisor Harvey Milk of San Francisco. Mann tells the story in a provocative and multilayered way, offering as many questions as answers about a tragic chapter in the city's transition to its current political and social climate. Execution of Justice runs February 17-24. Presented by the Boston University College of Fine Arts....
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
02/17/12 -
02/24/12 |
Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Boston |
Gift
Presented by The Fifth Floor Collective at Studio 401 at 31 Hemenway Street February 24, 2012 Please join us for The Fifth Floor Collective's first concert of the 2011-12 season.
Program:
Andrew Paul Jackson – Aphorism 8 for viola and soprano
Craig Pellet – Connections for horn and percussion
TBA – featuring a winner from our Call For Scores
Patrick Greene – Gift
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The Fifth Floor Collective |
02/24/12 |
Studio 401 at 31 Hemenway Street, 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 |
Wag Your Tale - February School Vacation Program
Presented by Springstep at Springstep February 20-February 24, 2012 Children will explore their imaginations through creative movement, stories, games, and crafts. Each day will introduce children to a new story that will inspire original choreography, crafts and prop-making, and other activities.
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Springstep |
02/20/12 -
02/24/12 |
Springstep, Medford |
Center Stage - February School Vacation Program
Presented by Springstep at Springstep February 20-February 24, 2012 Participants (Ages 8-10) will be directly involved in all aspects of creating a short, informal play, including set design, prop creation, performing, and more. Fun games and activities will promote improvisation, character development, and basic acting skills.
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Springstep |
02/20/12 -
02/24/12 |
Springstep, Medford |
Hugh Masekela
Presented by Zeiterion Performing Arts Center at Zeiterion Performing Arts Center February 24, 2012 Hugh Masekela is an innovator in the world music and jazz scene and continues to tour the world as a performer, composer, producer and activist. Masekela’s Grammy® Award-winning hit “Grazing in the Grass” sold over four million copies and made him an international star while his Broadway smash musical Sarafina introduced the sounds and passion of South African music to theatre audiences worldwide.
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Zeiterion Performing Arts Center |
02/24/12 |
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford |