Feb 14-22, 2011: Lincoln, Poe, Stephen Fry, Chinese New Year, Engineering Show, Owl & Moon Hikes, and Valentine’s Day
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| Tue 2/15Boston MetroFree movie preview tix – Take Me Home Tonight, Unknown, Cedar Rapids, Beastly |
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| I have free movie preview tickets for Take Me Home Tonight, Feb 14 at 8pm in Boston which will include some of the film stars appearing, Cedar Rapids, the comedy with Ed Helms and John C. Reilly, Feb 15 at 7pm in Cambridge, and Unknown, the new Liam Neeson flick, Feb 15 at 7pm in Boston, and Beastly, which is like Twilight meets Beauty & the Beast, Feb 17 at 7pm in Dedham. And Win Win, Feb 16 at 7:30pm in Boston. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com and let me know what you want to win! AMC Boston Common Theatre, Boston, MA.  see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 2/19Metro WestModel Engineering Show – giveaway | |
| Personally I’d rather see the steam engines, aircraft engines, machinists tools, and trains at this engineer’s festival! Free with museum admission, and also includes their awesome steampunk exhibit, in an 1814 textile mill. And I have four pairs of tickets to give away — email johnny@eventsinsider.com to win! 10am-4pm. Charles River Museum of Industry, 154 Moody Street, Waltham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more |
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| Mon 2/21Metro WestA Visit with Abraham Lincoln |
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| I have a soft spot for historical re-enactments, especially when it’s Lincoln! Reserve immediately! Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA.978-369-9763. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Tue 2/15Boston MetroEdgar Allan Poe: Love and Death |
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| But wait! It gets even better with a re-enactor portraying Edgar Allan Poe, reading some of his works about death and love in this anti-Valentine’s Day celebration. 7pm. Elizabeth Peabody House, 277 Broadway, Somerville, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Mon 2/21South Shore[SENSE]ation Day at Fuller Museum |
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| They’re also having a festival at the Fuller Museum, which is an amazing museum all about crafts. I’ve been many times and highly recommend it. They’ll have interactive performances, participatory arts making, candy making demonstrations, Japanese paper dyeing, mask-making, etc. 455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA.508-588-6000. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Tue 2/22Boston MetroStephen Fry |
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| It’s the defining Boston celebrity event of the year! Stephen Fry, perhaps the greatest atheist media star after Brad Pitt, visits Harvard, which has the strongest humanist college group. Boston has plenty of academic superstars, but we get few from Hollywood. And when we do, they don’t have a cause, or they support a cause that’s well under steam. I love cancer research and Martin Luther King, but it’s not like those causes are going nowhere without Whoopi Goldberg. But non-belief — now that’s an edgy, interesting topic that’s just hitting the mainstream. Here’s a charity leverage point where a celebrity — and you — can make a real difference! If you’re a non-believer, come and be counted. It’s important to show that we are not alone. Or if you’re a believer who’s curious how the “other half” lives, check it out. You’ll find the community friendly, and we won’t feed you wafers and tell you later it’s Jesus. 8pm. Buy your tickets immediately. This will sell out. Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 2/18 – Sun 2/20Boston MetroBoskone |
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| Do you like Battlestar Galactica WAY too much? Did you miss Arisia? Here’s the other major science fiction convention in Boston. Westin Waterfront, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sun 2/20Boston MetroChinese New Year in Harvard Square |
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| The Harvard Square Business Association puts on perhaps 30 events a year and this looks like one of the good ones. It’s a Chinese New Year parade that starts at 1:30 in Winthrop Park (corner of JFK and Mount Auburn) and marches to Mass Avenue to the Hong Kong restaurant. From 2-4pm, the Hong Kong will have arts and crafts and performers doing puppetry, dance, and more. From JFK Street to the Hong Kong on Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Acton’s 275th Anniversary & 2011 Chinese New Year Celebration, Springfield’s 375th Anniversary Fabulous February, N-Scale Model Train Show, Steampunk: Victorian Fantasy in Modern Culture, The Remarkable Life of Frederick Douglass, Snowfest, Moonlight Skiing and S’mores, Come To The Otter Side: Otter And Owl Outing, Full Moon Family Owl Prowl, Full Moon Hike, Full Moon Owl Prowl for All Ages, Winter Wildlife Tracks and Sign, Harvard Model United Nations, Invented Here!, Ice Skating Party in Kendall Square, Ice Skating at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Moonrise Meander, Snowshoeing by the Full Moon, Full Moon Tour: Living in the Dark, Mission Possible, Remixing Race Through Film, Did you see that!: The Bostonian Infatuation with Curiosities, Food Security, Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Marblehead Festival of Arts Film Festival, Tavern Games, Newport Winter Festival, Colin’s Crew Plunge, 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps, Soul Food Saturday, The Art of Romance in the Austen Era, Mortified – Doomed Valentine’s Day Show, Love Letters to the A.R.T., Anti-Valentine’s Day Party, Boston League of Women Wrestlers, Sunfish at the Stoneham Theatre, Comedy Night at The Barn Pub & Grille, Salem State College Darwin Festival, American Voices, with Chris Cooper, New England Office Warehouse
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