Events
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Chicago City Limits
Presented by TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick at The Center for Arts in Natick February 18, 2012 Chicago City Limits, NYC’s legendary Improv theater company, brings its unique style of comedy and audience-inspired improvisations to TCAN! "Isn’t it Iconic" takes aim at the cultural icons of our day – the faces, places and events that fill our headlines, TV shows and tabloids. Just as our culture is a moving target, the content is an ever-changing combination of comedy sketches, song parodies and side splitting improvisations. The show is smart, funny and fast...
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TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick |
02/18/12 |
The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick |
Family Day: Color
Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum February 18, 2012 Families with children of all ages are invited to explore how artists employ color and why some decide to work in black and white. The day will consist of art activities, artist demonstrations, storytelling, and more!
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum |
02/18/12 |
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln |
Animal Tracking at Broadmoor
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 18, 2012 Winter is a great time to look for signs of animals as they forage for food and shelter during the cold winter months. Learn to identify the tracks, chews, scat, burrows and other clues left by many creatures including deer, fisher and coyote. Pre-registration required. Program involves walking over uneven terrain.
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/18/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Animal Tracking at Broadmoor by Snowshoe
Presented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 18, 2012 Winter is a great time to look for signs of animals as they forage for food and shelter during the cold winter months. Learn to identify the tracks, chews, scat, burrows and other clues left by many creatures including deer, fisher and coyote. Pre-registration required. Instructions and Directions: Snowshoes not included. We can provide information on options for local rentals if needed. If no snow, will track by foot.
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary |
02/18/12 |
Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick |
Comedy Central, USA Network, A&E, and NESN CHRIS ZITO @ Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault
Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons February 17-February 18, 2012 Chris Zito has spent the last thirty years sharing his obsession with his family with comedy fans and radio listeners all over the country.
Starting out as half of the comedy team Zito and Bean right out of acting school, Chris Zito moved quickly to develop his own take on life as a (very!) young father.
It wasn’t long before he became a mainstay of the early Boston Comedy scene, eventually making appearances on Comedy Central, USA Network, A&E, and NESN.
Chris...
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Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons |
02/17/12 -
02/18/12 |
Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons, Boston |
New England Model Engineering Show
Presented by Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation at Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation February 18, 2012 New England Model Engineering Show
February 18, 2012
10 AM to 4 PM
Admission: $7.00 per adult, $5.00 per child, student or senior.
Children under 6, active and retired military, and CRMI members are free.
What do trains, flutes, and clocks all have in common?
Visitors can find out at the 16th annual New England Model Engineering Show held at the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham, Mass.
This festival will...
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Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation |
02/18/12 |
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, Waltham |
RE:RE:RE: Dance Installation -- Encore Performances
Presented by Dance Program (Office for the Arts at Harvard) at Harvard Dance Center February 17-February 18, 2012 Back by popular demand, a second performance run of Dance Director Jill Johnson's dance installation. Created via collaborative, improvisational dance technologies with Harvard students, "RE: RE: RE:" encourages each audience member to individualize their experience by moving around the venue and viewing the performance from a variety of perspectives.
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Dance Program (Office for the Arts at Harvard) |
02/17/12 -
02/18/12 |
Harvard Dance Center, Cambridge |
The Mechanics and 21st Century Technology: Inside the Mighty Wurlitzer
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre February 18, 2012 The Hanover Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ is a wonderful blend of traditional building techniques and modern day technology. Join Curator Don Phipps and his team to learn about the mechanics that control the instrument’s 2,400 pipes. Find out how modern technology is used to create flexibility and control. Sample components of the organ will be on display and tours of the organ chamber will be available followed by a special mini concert by resident organist Len...
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The Hanover Theatre |
02/18/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Primary Source Concert: Mozart and Beethoven
Presented by Primary Source Concerts February 18, 2012 Primary Source Concert: “Between House and Stage: Public and Private Music Making in the 18th Century” Mozart’s “ The Magic Flute” arranged for String Quartet [1797] Beethoven’s Septet for winds and strings, opus 20 Gabriela Diaz, Gabriel Boyers, Margaret Dyer, David Russell, Ben Seltzer, Anne Howarth, Adam Smith, David Goodchild On Display: First and Early editions of the Magic Flute, including the chamber music arrangements to be performed, together...
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Primary Source Concerts |
02/18/12 |
Goethe-Institut Boston, Boston |
Lousiana style Cajun & Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball
Presented by Lagniappe Productions February 18, 2012 The annual Cajun & Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball celebrates it's 20th anniversary this year with an extended lineup of four bands and an earlier start time of 5:00 pm.--------- One of the only authentic Mardi Gras celebrations in New England, the event features a costume contest with prizes in a variety of categories including best group, best couple and best individual and a grand cash prize for best overall costume. ----------- Featured bands this year include two 2012 Grammy...
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Lagniappe Productions |
02/18/12 |
Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, Cranston |
Bourbon Street 2012 - Arts After Hours Fundraiser
Presented by Arts After Hours February 18, 2012 Arts After Hours (AAH) announces the 2nd Annual Bourbon Street event to be held on Saturday, February 18th, 2012 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm in the LynnArts building at 25 Exchange Street, Lynn, MA. Admission is $15 per person and includes one complimentary food item. Additional food, beer, and wine will be sold for $5 each. Live music and art will fill the evening. Tickets are available at http:/ /artsafterhours.com or by calling 781-205-4010. Proceeds from Bourbon Street will help to raise...
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Arts After Hours |
02/18/12 |
LynnArts Rantoul Black Box Theatre, Lynn |
Chilsu and Mansu - FILMMAKER IN PERSON
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 18, 2012 Park’s debut film offered a startling realist intervention by focusing its story on the difficult lives of two struggling artists – billboard sign painters whose dangerous occupation clearly emblematizes the struggles of the working class in post-boom Korea. Made during a time of still heavily imposed censorship and adapted (uncredited) from a story by Taiwanese writer Huang Chunming, whose work was banned at the time in Korea, Chilsu and Mansu is an underappreciated example of...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/18/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
Kids Explore Folk Art at Gore Place
Presented by Gore Place at Gore Place February 18, 2012 A sampler made in 1732 by Christopher Gore’s mother when she was just 14 years old, a weather vane that once stood atop the 1793 carriage house, the trade sign that hung outside the family shop; these are just a few of the rare objects children will learn about during Kids Explore Folk Art at Gore Place, a special tour of the mansion at Gore Place in Waltham. For ages 8 to 12. Admission is $8. Reservation are required by February 17 as space is limited. To reserve,...
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Gore Place |
02/18/12 |
Gore Place, Waltham |
Measure for Measure
Presented by Anarchist Society of Shakespeareans at Democracy Center February 10-February 18, 2012 Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Anarchist Society of Shakespeareans presents William Shakespeare's timeless story of love, manipulation, and a severed head. The show is FREE and open to the public. At the Democracy Center (45 Mt Auburn Street), Harvard Square, Cambridge. Showtimes: Feb 10, 11, 17, 18 at 8pm; Feb 12 at 3pm.
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Anarchist Society of Shakespeareans |
02/10/12 -
02/18/12 |
Democracy Center, Cambridge |
N.E. Quarterfinal 3: International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella
Presented by Berklee College of Music at Berklee Performance Center February 18, 2012 The Varsity Vocals International Championship of A Cappella is the only international tournament that showcases the art of student a cappella singing. Hosted by Berklee's own award-winning group, Pitch Slapped, young vocalists have the opportunity to showcase their talent to an international audience and develop relationships with each other, cultivating the art of a cappella singing and a lifelong love of music.
Programs include both the International Championship of Collegiate...
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Berklee College of Music |
02/18/12 |
Berklee Performance Center, Boston |
The Addams Family
Presented by Broadway in Boston at Citi Shubert Theatre February 7-February 19, 2012 The national tour of the new musical comedy THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Boston premiere February 7-19, 2012 at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre as part of the LEXUS 2011-12 Broadway Across America – Boston Series.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY features an original story. It's every parent's nightmare. Your little girl has suddenly become a young woman, and what's...
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Broadway in Boston |
02/07/12 -
02/19/12 |
Citi Shubert Theatre, Boston |
The Cat's Pajamas: Kids' Shows
Presented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 19, 2012 The Cat’s Pajamas makes very cool music for kids, bringing a musical comedy twist to high-octane kid-rock.
The Cats put on more than a concert—they plunge the audience into a wild, wonderful world of stories, puppets and props, backed by a band making great music that just happens to be for kids.
“The Cat’s Pajamas makes great music for everyone in the family!” — Bill Harley, children’s musician, storyteller and NPR...
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Coolidge Corner Theatre |
02/19/12 |
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline |
Sing-A-Long Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Presented by Regent Theatre at Regent Theatre February 17-February 19, 2012 Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is one of the world’s most successful musicals. Now this classic musical becomes Sing-a-long-a- JOSEPH with lyrics, fancy dress, fun bags, dancing and a whole lot more!!
Brought to you from the people who brought you the hit show Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music, this is quite simply ‘irresistible fun’.
For the first time ever the multi-million pound film of the original stage version,...
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Regent Theatre |
02/17/12 -
02/19/12 |
Regent Theatre, Arlington |
Tanglewood Marionettes present "Cinderella"
Presented by Mayor's Office for Cultural Affairs at Newton Cultural Center February 19, 2012 Looking for a February school vacation treat? "Cinderella" is sure to please audiences of all ages. This beloved fairy tale is told with style, wit and a few surprises. The lavishly costumed marionettes perform in dazzling, beautifully painted settings. All the favorite characters are here, from Cinderella to the bumptious stepsisters and the charming Prince. Order your tickets in advance. Open seating.
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Mayor's Office for Cultural Affairs |
02/19/12 |
Newton Cultural Center, Newton |
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Members Juried 1: Painting and Sculpture
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Concord Art Association |
01/12/12 -
02/19/12 |
Concord Art Association, Concord |
ISN'T IT ROMANTIC? starring Broadway's Rachel York and Brent Barrett
Presented by Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston at Robinson Theater February 19, 2012 Love Songs from the Stage and Screen
Starring "Kiss Me, Kate" co-stars Rachel York and Brent Barrett
Two of Broadway’s brightest stars reunite in this dazzling musical celebration of love and laughter! Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York ("City of Angels," "Les Misérables," "Victor/Victoria," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") is a Reagle favorite and two-time IRNE Award winner for her glorious turns in "Hello,...
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Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston |
02/19/12 |
Robinson Theater, Waltham |
The Devil Probably
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 19, 2012 Once banned in France as an incitement to teenage suicide, Le diable probablement offers a haunting portrait of a truly lost generation. Within a group of young environmentalists looking to address the crisis of world hunger, one strangely charismatic member leaves, rejecting political activism as insufficient to cope with the sickness of contemporary society and resolving to kill himself as the ultimate gesture of refusal. Describing the film as “voluptuous,” Truffaut explains:...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/19/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
The Uprising - FILMMAKER IN PERSON
Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive February 19, 2012 After two acclaimed films exploring the relationship between the recent past and the present, Park goes back to 1901 to tell the true story of a revolt against local Catholics, French missionaries and a corrupt government. When peasants balk at increased taxation by a local government that includes a number of Christian converts, the insurrection quickly becomes a religious war. Yi Chae-su is an uneducated young man who finds himself at the head of the insurrection. The film presents an...
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Harvard Film Archive |
02/19/12 |
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge |
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BC bOp! Pre-Festival Performance
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Boston College Bands |
02/20/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
February School Vacation Week: Ben Franklin, Scientist
Presented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House February 20, 2012 Benjamin Franklin experimented with static electricity to discover the properties of lightning. He invited a musical instrument in 1761, and a year later, he discovered the ocean's Gulf Stream through observation! Come experiment to see if static electricity can put your hair on end! See if you can recreate the eerie sounds of his glass harmonica using water glasses, and create your own ocean tide. Activities included in Museum Admission.
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Old South Meeting House |
02/20/12 |
Old South Meeting House, Boston |
Doktor Kaboom!, Newton
Presented by Leventhal-Sidman JCC at Leventhal-Sidman JCC February 20, 2012 Designed for children ages 4+ years, with adult
President's Day performance
Doktor Kaboom! performs original interactive science comedy shows that creatively blend theater with the wonders of scientific exploration. Join Kaboom! for a sidesplitting journey of spectacular science experiments that will keep kkids riveted with interest and rolling with laughter. A program of the Ryna Greenbaum JCC Center for the Arts. For tickets and more information, contact 617-965-5226 or...
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Leventhal-Sidman JCC |
02/20/12 |
Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton Centre |
A Visit with Abraham Lincoln at the Concord Museum
Presented by Concord Museum at Concord Museum February 20, 2012 This Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 20, 2012, the Concord Museum is pleased to once again host Steve Wood and his amazing performance as Abraham Lincoln. Matching Lincoln’s height and beard, Wood bears enough of a resemblance to our 16th president to make heads turn. His first-person historical interpretation, “A Visit with Abraham Lincoln,” includes stories of Lincoln’s early life, his campaign debates, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and...
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Concord Museum |
02/20/12 |
Concord Museum, Concord |
What Lies Within
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College January 24-February 20, 2012 The Jewett Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition featuring art work by Wellesley College staff members. The exhibition displays artwork in a variety of medium, including: jewelry, photography, sculpture, and painting. Artists include Ellen Schneider, Cynthia Voorhees, Richard Vabulas, Joy Playter, Lynda Davis Jeha, Mary Holliday, Beth O'Neil, and Rebecca Darling.
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The Arts at Wellesley |
01/24/12 -
02/20/12 |
Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley |
The Little Bread Hen by Barefoot Puppets
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 18-February 20, 2012 Inspired by the classic tale of The Little Red Hen, this version reveals the truth about what really happened that fateful day when a chicken decided to bake a loaf of bread. Were the other farm animals just lazy or was there something else stewing in the barnyard? Journey to a small European bakery as we cook up the answers to these questions and more in this hilariously tasty retelling!
Recommended for ages 4 & up.
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/18/12 -
02/20/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
The Big Quiz Thing
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 20, 2012 Having entertained thousands in New York and nationwide, the Big Quiz Thing now presents the ultimate multimedia test of useless knowledge at OBERON every month, with the very grand prize of $200.
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Oberon |
02/20/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |