Nov 29 – Dec 7, 2010: Free Movie Previews, Model Trains, Open Studios, Join-in Caroling, and Tons of Xmas Parades, Fireworks, Light Displays, & Santas
Welcome to Boston Events Insider! It’s not all about Christmas this week. Actually, it sort of is. But I list tons of creative and semi-secular activities for the not so religious. This week’s top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.
| Tue 11/30 – Wed 12/1Boston MetroFree movie preview tickets: The Fighter, Black Swan |
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| I have free tickets for movie previews! The Fighter (Tue Nov 30, 7pm, Boston) is a boxing flick with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Black Swan (Wed Dec 1, 7pm), about ballet rivals with Natalie Portman. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com. Boston, MA.  see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Thu 12/2 – Fri 12/3Boston MetroThe Quest for the Golden Pasties – Free tix |
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| Club Oberon is the new Cambridge performance space that combines sexy with arty, like this burlesque show featuring comic superheros. Mmm, Wonder Woman. I’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for Thursday and one pair for Friday! Email me. Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more |
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| Sat 12/4Boston MetroHelp Us Break the Caroling Guinness World Record! |
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| They’re trying to set a world record for Christmas Caroling in Boston! 11:30am – 1:30pm, Prudential Center plaza, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 12/4 – Sun 12/5Metro WestNew England Model Train Expo |
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| Grown adults still need toys! Check out these model trains for perhaps the biggest event of this type of the year. Best Western Hotel, Marlborough, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 12/4Boston MetroBNAN Winter Lights along the Greenway |
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| If you’ve got a regular church, then you’re all set on caroling. But what about the rest of us? I’ve done a ton of research trying to locate some non-church and even mostly secular caroling activities. Here’s the first and see below for more. The East Boston Greenway in Boston will be lit and you can sing along with carolers and get hot chocolate and cookies. Sounds great!! 4-6pm. Please note, this is not the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Intersection of Bremen St & Porter St, Boston MA 02128 Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sun 12/5Metro WestConcord Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting |
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| Last year I listed a lot of markets and this year I am against that. If you want to go to a mall, go to a mall and let’s not call it a creative ‘event’. But hey! There are plenty of genuine Xmas events like this parade where Santa will arrive by fire engine, and they’ll have carolers and hot chocolate. The parade starts at Dunkin Donuts on Sudbury Road and ends at town common. Features Herb the Dragon. “Herb”?? Really? Gee, and I thought “Puff” the dragon was suggestive of drugs. 4:45-6pm. Visitors Center, 58 Main St., Concord, MA.978-369-3120. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 12/4New HampshirePlymouth Holiday Parade and Fireworks |
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| Even better than a parade — fireworks! They’ll have 36 parade units throwing candy and parading down Green Street, around the rotary, and to South Main Street. Santa will arrive on a fire truck, and afterwards they’ll have soups and Santa events at the Senior Center. Dec 4, parade at 5pm and fireworks, Dec 5, “Skate with Santa”! Plymouth, NH.603-536-2890. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 12/4 – Sun 12/5Boston MetroHyde Park Open Studios |
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| An open studios is where you walk from place to place, artists’ private homes or work studios, and meet the artists. Of course they hope you’ll buy something! But the walk is nice, gives you a reason to explore the city, and you get to meet real artists, not just merchants. To me that’s a real event! 1476 River Street, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 12/3 – Sun 12/5Boston MetroTree Lightings around Boston |
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| I don’t really get tree lightings. Someone flicks a switch and a tree lights up. I guess that’s good? But I’ve discovered some great tree lightings with Santa, parades, refreshments, singing, and more. Let’s start with Boston’s tree lightings, which aren’t very well described. Here’s the complete list and I’ve highlighted several below. Boston, 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:
Holiday Sing – Handel & Hayden Chorus, Holiday Open House at Old South Meeting House, Swedish Christmas Fair and Holiday Celebration, Macy’s Enchanted Trolley Tour & Tree Lightings, Boston’s Official Tree Lighting, Copley Square Tree Lighting, Villa Victoria Tree Lighting, Friends of the Fort Point Channel Annual Holiday Tree Lighting, USS Constitution Tree Decorating & Lighting, A Not So Silent Night, Lexington Holiday Festival Night, Norumbega Lodge Cultural Meeting: Concert, Grafton Celebrates the Holidays, Maynard’s Annual Christmas Parade, Gingerbread House Workshops at Verrill Farm, Essex Holiday Festival, Annual Marblehead Christmas Walk, Santa Arrives in Salem, Christmas in Salem House Tour, Christmas by the Sea, Rockport Santa Arrival & Tree Lighting, Xmas parade at East Bridgewater, Annual Holidays on the Green & Caroling at Plymouth, Pembroke Tree Lighting, Merry TubaChristmas, Annual Christmas Stroll Weekend, Nantucket, New Bedford Downtown Holiday Stroll, Haverhill Annual Christmas Stroll, Amesbury Santa Parade & Tree Lighting, Worcester Tree Lighting & Caroling, Sutton Chain of Lights, Candlelight Carol Sing, Holiday Carol Sing, Tree Lighting, Parade at Falmouth, Westfield Dickens Days, Caroling on the Green at West Springfield, Festival of Trees or Portsmouth Illuminated Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting, Festival of Lights in Wickford, RI, Holiday Festival returns to Benefit Street, Bowen’s Wharf Christmas Tree Lighting, Visits with Santa Claus at the Newport Mansions, Harvard Humanist holiday party, Astronomy in the City, Annual Southern New England Weather Conference, Nikkomo, Charlestown Open Studios, Gorse Mill Open Studios at Needham, Comicazi Con, MFA Community Day (December), Fort Point’s Holiday Sale (Open Studios), Boston Latino International Film Festival, New England International Auto Show, Everyone Loves Latkes Party, Chanukah Celebration in West Springfield, Canton Chanukah Wonderland, Chanukah of the Palace featuring Harmonia and Circurious, Owl Prowl at Fisherville Brook, Make a Zine!, Union Square Winter Craft Market, Hot Chocolate Run in Northampton, Wenham Museum’s Gingerbread Contest, Jane Austen Holiday Tea & Tours, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Pilobolus Dance Troupe, Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff, The Slutcracker, Lewis Black – In God We Rust, Kevin Smith at House of Blues, An Afternoon with Garrison Keillor, Boston Typewriter Orchestra performs their comedic satirical repertoire, One Man “A Christmas Carol, Harvard Med School Second Year Show, Party on the Mississippi: The 175th Birthday Celebration!, LEGO KidsFest, New Haven Tree Lighting Celebration, Festival of St. Lucia, Holiday Carnival, Ivoryton Christmas Block Party, Santacon (Portland, ME), Annual Christmas by the Sea at Old Orchard Beach, Christmas By The Sea, Sparkle Weekend, Harbor Lights Festival, Holiday Light Parade, Santa Sunday, and more than 25 ongoing holiday attractions in New England!
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