Events
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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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Jazz Show/Jam with Daryl Lowery & Berklee faculty
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 7-December 4, 2012 The first hour of the event is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the “jammers” who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
This weeks feature/host: Daryl Lowery and friends.
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/07/12 -
12/04/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show/Jam with Ted Knowlton and cohorts
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 14-December 11, 2012 The first hour of the event is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the “jammers” who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!! This weeks feature/host: Ted Knowlton and friends.
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/14/12 -
12/11/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show/Jam with John Funkhouser and Friends
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 21-December 18, 2012 The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the "jammers" who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
This weeks feature/host: John Funkhouser Trio
John plays...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/21/12 -
12/18/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show/Jam with Jamie Stewartson & Rivers School Faculty
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 28-November 27, 2012 The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the "jammers" who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
Jamie directs the Jazz program at the Rivers Music School. He...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/28/12 -
11/27/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show/Jam with Kaoruko and Friends
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center May 29-October 30, 2012 The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the "jammers" who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
Kaoruko comes from Tokyo where she worked in the nightclubs...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
05/29/12 -
10/30/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Folk Open Mike with Host Dan Cloutier
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 2-December 27, 2012 Our Amazing Things Folk Open Mike offers a friendly supportive venue for developing singer-songwriters and folks who "just like to play". It is a great way to get to know the music community, and to share ideas and techniques. All types of music are welcome. Fans come to see fantastic local artists, and never go away disappointed. See and be seen - heck build a fan base! Always a feature, always fun. Our host, singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier, (www.dancloutiermusic.com) takes...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/02/12 -
12/27/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show and Jazz Jam feat: host Kaoruko
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center May 29, 2012 Kaoruko comes from Tokyo where she worked in the nightclubs singing and playing piano. She came to Boston in 1990 to study at Berklee College of Music where she studied jazz composition with Herb Pomeroy, Greg Hopkins and met her mentor of jazz Hal Crook. Kaoruko now leads her band the Kaoruko Jazz Ensemble on the local scen
The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
05/29/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Folk Open Mic w/feature Jackie Damsky and String River & host Dan Cloutier
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center May 31, 2012 Our Amazing Things Folk Open Mike offers a friendly supportive venue for developing singer-songwriters and folks who "just like to play". It is a great way to get to know the music community, and to share ideas and techniques. All types of music are welcome. Fans come to see fantastic local artists, and never go away disappointed. See and be seen - heck build a fan base! Always a feature, always fun. Our host, singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier, (www.dancloutiermusic.com) takes...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
05/31/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
The Mystix plays a benefit show for Amazing Things
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 1, 2012 Hailed by the New England press as "Boston's best roots players" and a "roots supergroup," the MYSTIX are rapidly gaining recognition across the U.S., Europe and Japan as one of the great Americana/Roots bands anywhere. Their latest CD, "Down to the Shore," is a smash hit with radio listeners around the world, reaching #17 on the U.S. Americana Chart, #5 on the Euro-Americana chart, and #10 on the Jambands.com/Relix chart) and was listed as a potential Grammy...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/01/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show and Jazz Jam feat Host Daryl Lowery & Berklee Faculty
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 5, 2012 The first hour of the event is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the “jammers” who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/05/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Folk Open Mic w/feature Steve Allain & host Dan Cloutier
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 7, 2012 Our Amazing Things Folk Open Mike offers a friendly supportive venue for developing singer-songwriters and folks who "just like to play". It is a great way to get to know the music community, and to share ideas and techniques. All types of music are welcome. Fans come to see fantastic local artists, and never go away disappointed. See and be seen - heck build a fan base! Always a feature, always fun. Our host, singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier, (www.dancloutiermusic.com) takes...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/07/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Bombay Jim and the Swinging Sapphires
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 2, 2012 Since the release of their 2001 CD "Keep Honkin", Bombay Jim and the Swinging Sapphires is hailed as one of the country’s hottest swing bands. Featured on the HBO Series, "Family Bonds", and heard on jazz and swing radio stations throughout the nation. Bombay Jim and the Swinging Sapphires has opened for the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies and the Les Brown Orchestra. They have performed at The Great Connecuticut Jazz Festival and the Cape Cod Jazz Festival to name a...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/02/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Jazz Show and Jazz Jam feat Host Bill Jones & Band
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 5, 2012 The first hour of the event is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and beyond. After the first hour, we open it up to the “jammers” who get the opportunity sit in and hone their skills trading licks with some of the finest players in the area. Some of the best jazz can be heard here any Tuesday night! Come watch or play!!
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/05/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Folk Open Mic w/feature Steve Allain & host Dan Cloutier
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 7, 2012 Our Amazing Things Folk Open Mike offers a friendly supportive venue for developing singer-songwriters and folks who "just like to play". It is a great way to get to know the music community, and to share ideas and techniques. All types of music are welcome. Fans come to see fantastic local artists, and never go away disappointed. See and be seen - heck build a fan base! Always a feature, always fun. Our host, singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier, (www.dancloutiermusic.com) takes...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/07/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 8, 2012 W.C. Handy Award Winners Paul Rishell & Annie Raines heat up the stage with their fiery blues. Steel guitarist Rishell, who played with the legendary Son House, is a master of the intricate and rhythmic fingerpicking styles of Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Robert Johnson. He sings with a depth and resonance that will liquefy your bones. Raines, hailed everywhere as the world's best female blues harmonica player, sings her own blues songs and also plays mandolin and piano.
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/08/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
The Rich Greenblatt Group' with special guest Jerry Bergonzi
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 9, 2012 Rich Greenblatt is a vibraphonist with “dazzling speed and a truly magical touch” writes John Blenn in Good Times Magazine. Recording Artist on Brass Taco Records with 3 CD’s released as a leader; Rich combines the swinging, bluesy style of Milt Jackson with the four-mallet approach of Gary Burton. Rich’s original compositions encompass ‘swinging modality, heartfelt lyricism, compositional angularity, and dark beauty’ writes world-renowned, fellow vibist...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/09/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
The Donkey Show
Presented by American Repertory Theater at Oberon June 18, 2010 - Ongoing From its six-year run in New York City to a world tour from London to Seoul, the celebrated smash hit The Donkey Show now takes Boston by storm, bringing the ultimate disco experience – a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, of roller skaters and hustle queens. Come party on the dance floor to all the 70s disco hits you know by heart as the show unfolds around you. The Donkey Show tells the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through the great 70s...
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American Repertory Theater |
06/18/10 -
Ongoing |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Terry Kitchen, Jan Luby, Chuck Williams, Barb Paneuf In Concert
Presented by Arts at the Armory at Center for the Arts at The Armory June 1, 2012 Award winning Boston contemporary folk singer/songwriter Terry Kitchen, Southeastern Massachusetts singer/songwriters Barbara Phaneuf and Chuck Williams, and Rhode Island folksinger Jan Luby in concert in an informal, intimate setting
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Arts at the Armory |
06/01/12 |
Center for the Arts at The Armory, Somerville |
Aston Magna Festival 40th Anniversary Gala Concert Preview
Presented by Aston Magna Music Festival June 8, 2012 Program: Madrigals, Claudio Monteverdi: Chiome d'oro, Hor che'l ciel, Lamento della ninfa, Laetatus sum; Henry Purcell: Act III of Dido and Aeneas; G.F. Handel: Highlights from the Triumph of Time and Truth; J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
Artists: Kristen Watson and Roberta Anderson, sopranos; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo soprano; Lynn Torgove, alto; Frank Kelley and William Hite, tenors; David Ripely, baritone; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Daniel Stepner and a full baroque...
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Aston Magna Music Festival |
06/08/12 |
Slosberg Auditorium Brandeis University, Waltham |
Aston Magna 40th Anniversary Gala Concert
Presented by Aston Magna Music Festival at Tanglewood: Seiji Ozawa Hall June 9, 2012 Program: Madrigals, Claudio Monteverdi: Chiome d'oro, Hor che'l ciel, Lamento della ninfa, Laetatus sum; Henry Purcell: Act III of Dido and Aeneas; G.F. Handel: Highlights from the Triumph of Time and Truth; J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
Artists: Kristen Watson and Roberta Anderson, sopranos; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo soprano; Lynn Torgove, alto; Frank Kelley and William Hite, tenors; David Ripely, baritone; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Daniel Stepner and a full baroque...
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Aston Magna Music Festival |
06/09/12 |
Tanglewood: Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lenox |
Jonathan Lethem & Winterpills
Presented by Back Pages Books June 6, 2012 "A virtuoso performance by a writer at the peak of his powers, tackling one of his great obsessions."
Bestselling author Jonathan Lethem - backed by live music from Northampton's acclaimed Winterpills - discusses his kaleidoscopic book about one of the most remarkable albums of the 1970s; Talking Heads' masterpiece "Fear of Music".
Tickets include a complimentary drink and copy of the book.
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Back Pages Books |
06/06/12 |
Back Pages Books, Waltham |
A Tribute to Mike Bloomfield featuring Al Kooper and Jimmy Vivino
Presented by Berklee College of Music at Berklee Performance Center May 31, 2012 American music impresario and blues legend Al Kooper joins forces with guitarist Jimmy Vivino, the leader of Conan O'Brien's house band, to pay tribute to the iconic blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield, known for his work with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Kooper, and so much more.
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Berklee College of Music |
05/31/12 |
Berklee Performance Center, Boston |
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Blue Heron Presents: Song of Songs/Songs of Love
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Blue Heron Renaissance Choir |
06/09/12 |
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge |
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 |
BCE presents CHICHESTER
Presented by Boston Choral Ensemble at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational June 1, 2012 This concert features works commissioned by Dean Walter Hussey for Chichester Cathedral in England, including Leonard Bernstein’s sensational Chichester Psalms, the stunning Chichester Mass by American composer William Albright, a setting of Psalm 23 by Lennox Berkeley, and canticle settings by Bryan Kelly and William Walton. In the spirit of Hussey’s adventurous commissioning, these concerts will feature the world premiere of a piece composed for BCE by Stephen Feigenbaum, the...
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Boston Choral Ensemble |
06/01/12 |
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge |
BCE presents CHICHESTER
Presented by Boston Choral Ensemble at Old South Church, Boston June 3, 2012 This concert features works commissioned by Dean Walter Hussey for Chichester Cathedral in England, including Leonard Bernstein’s sensational Chichester Psalms, the stunning Chichester Mass by American composer William Albright, a setting of Psalm 23 by Lennox Berkeley, and canticle settings by Bryan Kelly and William Walton. In the spirit of Hussey’s adventurous commissioning, these concerts will feature the world premiere of a piece composed for BCE by Stephen Feigenbaum, the...
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Boston Choral Ensemble |
06/03/12 |
Old South Church, Boston, Boston |
Get Ready for This! The Music of the 90's
Presented by Boston Gay Men's Chorus at John Hancock Hall June 7-June 10, 2012 Remember the 90’s? What a way to end a millennium! The Soviet Union dissolved. Science brought us the Hubble Telescope and Dolly the Sheep. The DVD and the iMac were introduced. We went to the movies to see Titanic and Jurassic Park. At home, we were introduced to ER, South Park and Friends. And we listened to songs like Supermodel, Gonna Make You Sweat, My Heart Will Go On,...
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Boston Gay Men's Chorus |
06/07/12 -
06/10/12 |
John Hancock Hall, Boston |
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 |
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 |