Apr 19-26, 2011: Whitewater Rafting Tix Giveaway, Anime Boston, Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Meteors, Earth Day, Easter Egg Hunts, Puppet Parade, and “The Birds
This week I have a fantastic idea for a 5-minute YouTube video to play off of The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, the documentary by Morgan Spurlock, the guy behind Super Size Me, who has agreed to meet me and I’ll bring you along if you want to be an extra or film the thing! See details below and email me at johnny@eventsINSIDER.com! I hope you are having an awesome week. Now get out there and do something fun!
-Johnny
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| Sat 4/23 – Sat 10/8MaineNorthern Outdoors Whitewater Rafting – tix giveaway |
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| So I thought you guys went crazy LAST week for the hot air balloon tickets! This week, I’m giving away two pairs of tickets to whitewater raft the Kennebec River, the big one in Maine, good most any weekend day May 5 to July 18. This promotion is through Northern Outdoors, the essential adventure experts whose lodge is right next to the river “You will never be more than 5-miles back to a hot shower, dry clothes, cold soda pop, or cold Kennebec River microbrew.” Also, they are doing a Mothers Day / Fathers Day promotion, where you get half off the May 8 and June 19 weekends. Also, also, I am driving up to do write a review May 6-8, which includes two overnight stays, two rafting trips on different rivers, and half the meals, and my friend Frank who has agreed to drive and be my guest has alerted me that he may flake out. So I am seeking another guest with a car whose company I can stand for an entire weekend. As usual, I will tend to give these tickets to the person who has done the most to help spread the word to friends about Events INSIDER. Email johnny@eventsinsider.com. The Forks Resort Center, The Forks, ME. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 4/23 – Tue 4/26Boston MetroBat Boy the Musical – tix giveaway |
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| Inspired by tabloid stories, this musical contains a serious premise touching on acceptance and racism, and serves it up in the most hilarious way. A half-bat, half-boy is found in a cave in Western Virginia and the townsfolk must decide his fate. And I have a pair of tickets for each night’s performance to give away for Bat Boy the Musical! Email johnny@eventsinsider.com and say which dates you can make. 1071 Blue Hill Ave, Milton, MA.617 333-2259. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 4/22 – Sun 4/24Boston MetroAnime Boston |
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| Anime Boston is the big annual festival for people who love Japanese cartoon movies, and they’ll have a costume contest, game shows, dancing, and a music video contest. Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 4/22 – Fri 7/22All OverThe Greatest Movie Ever Sold – opening weekend |
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| Help Morgan Spurlock, Documentarian, blog and tweet about The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, @MorganSpurlock, which shows how product placement works and affects movie creativity. Locally it’s showing at the Coolidge Corner theatre in Brookline. I have a fantastic idea for a 5-minute YouTube video playing off this concept! Email me to be an extra, or if you have a videocamera, and I’ll invite you along to meet Morgan Spurlock who has non-bindingly agreed to meet me through private email. Call me at 617-510-4477 because the film opens Friday, so time is short, and I’ll tell you my idea. All Over. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Thu 4/7 – Sun 5/8Boston MetroBreaking the Code – our review |
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| During World War II, a group of math geniuses led by Alan Turing broke the German secret code. But that’s not the story. It’s about how this famous scientist struggled to become accepted despite his social flaws and (then illegal) gayness. See our review, 4 stars for “brave creative choices”! Central Square Theatre, 450 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 4/23Metro WestArrival of the Sudbury Militia, Battle Road Heroes |
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| Patriots Day finally comes to a close with this minute man gathering and walk down a nighttime candle-lit path, as re-enactors tell Revolutionary War stories. Spoiler Alert!! The British lose. Tue 8/19 at 6:30am and 10:30am, and Sat Apr 23 at 7pm. Minute Man National Historic Park, Concord, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 4/23North ShoreBunny Bonanzoo at Stone Zoo |
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| The Stone Zoo is always worth a visit, but especially when there’s a giant bunny, scavenger hunts, crafts, and zookeeper presentations. See a bunch more on Easter below. 11am-3pm. 149 Pond Street, Stoneham, MA.617-989-2000. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 4/22 – Sat 4/23Metro WestLyrids Meteor Shower |
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| Perhaps the best way to celebrate the Earth is to watch it being pummelled by rocks from space. Finally a meteor shower that you don’t have to stay up late to see! This one has a peak Friday, April, 22, 7pm EDT, but between 9pm and midnight EST might be best because the moon won’t be up. You should be able to see 5-15 meteors per hour. Drive at night out to a pond or field where there aren’t any city lights, to watch the meteors. (The last time I tried this, I didn’t plan my destination and got stuck in an area with streetlights. Make sure to have a place to go in mind!) And see satellites fly by anytime through this list on the third website. Anywhere, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more more |
And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Storm Troopers & the Lyrid Meteor Shower, Breakonomics – Breakdance Competition, PROGRESS Festival & Block Party at MassArt, National Day of Puppetry Parade, The Great Burlesque Expo, Swordsmanship Conference at UMass, Science on Screen: The Birds, Harvard Crossword Tournament, The Undiscovered Country: Shakespeare and Mount Auburn – a walking tour, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil in 3D – free tickets, 92.5 The River Earth Day Concert, Take to the Trails and Celebrate Earth Day, Lecture at Suffolk – Earth Day, MIT Earth Day, Party for the Planet at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, Earth Day at Salem State College, Here On Earth: A Natural History of the Planet, Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration, Extreme Earth Week at the EcoTarium, Flat Rock Family Walks-Earth Day Evening Walk, Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration!, Earth Day at Garden in the Woods, Earth Day in Princeton, Earth Day with the Alpacas, Earth Day, Easter Egg Hunt – USS Salem, Roslindale Egg Hunt, Easter Egg Hunt at Wilson Farm, Easter Egg Hunt – Hull, MA, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Egg Hunt at Charmingfare Farm, Easter Egg Hunt – Lincoln, MA, Easter Egg Hunt – Marblehead, Easter Egg Hunt — Winslow Farm, Easter Egg Hunt at Newport, RI, Easter Egg Hunt at Casey Farm, Annual Easter Egg Extravaganza, Visit with the Easter Bunny at Roger Williams Park Zoo, Easter Egg Hunt – Falmouth, Easter Egg Hunt – Wellfleet, MA, Easter Egg Hunt – West Springfield, MA, Easter Egg Hunt – Wilmington Town Common, Easter Egg Hunt at Mystic, CT, Easter Egg Hunt at Colchester, VT, EGGstravaganza Egg Hunt – Northampton, MA, Rocks and Minerals – a family program, Weymouth Carnival, Tyngsborough Carnival, Lynn Carnival, Boston Cyberarts Festival, Kite Day at Hamilton Library, Baby Animals on the Shaker Farm, Brown University Folk Festival, Caratunk Night Hike, Evening at the Beaver Ponds, Froggy Night Walk, Shark Week, College Day at Fenway Park, Cast Me If You Can” fundraiser for Japan, Hanami: Arts of Japan at Peabody Essex, Boston International Film Festival, A Rift in Time: Travels with my Ottoman Uncle – book talk, Sons of the Prophet – our review, The Big Mouth Off – Story Slam Finale, Inspirasian: Boston Asian Performing Arts Festival, The Demetri Martin Show
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