Apr 26 – May 3, 2011: Cambridge Science Festival, Build a Catapult, Pow Wow, Meteors, Open Studios, & Comic Con

04/26/11 by Johnny Monsarrat

This week, gear up for the Cambridge Science Festival. I went last year and it was packed with genuinely interesting festival atmosphere stuff that’s great for kids but not just for kids.

I hope you are having an awesome week. Now get out there and do something fun!

-Johnny

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This week’s top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.

Sat 4/30 – Sun 5/8Boston MetroCambridge Science Festival
It’s the event of the week! The Cambridge Science Festival is FREE and they say it’s the largest science festival in North Americ. A few of my favorite suggestions are below, and the festival really heats up NEXT week. Various venues, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 4/30WorcesterSeige the Day: Trebuchet Building at Higgins
I really want to see this! Someone with a car please write me. A trebuchet is a kind of efficient catapult. And they’re going to build one at the Higgins Armory, which is worth the trip to Worcester even when they aren’t doing something AWESOME. 100 Barber Ave, Worcester, MA.508-853-6015. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 5/3Boston MetroJohn Payne Quartet joined by the “Born Again” Sax Choir
Are you a jazz fan? We’re giving away two pairs of tickets to see the John Payne Quartet & the 35- member “Born Again” JPMC Sax Choir, performing two sets on Tuesday under the direction of Duncan Martin- One at 8:00 PM and the other at 9:30 PM. Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 4/30Boston MetroThe Harvard Square Bookish Ball
I’ve never been to this — I wonder how commercial it is. Come dressed as your favorite character from literarature to the Bookish Ball in Harvard Square. It’s free! There’s also a parade, a party in Holyoke Center (next to Au Bon Pain) from 7-9 PM, poetry readings, Shakespeare performances, an in-store events including free snacks and book discounts. Palmer Street, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 4/30Boston MetroHarvard University Native American Pow Wow
As if that weren’t enough, Harvard Square is also featuring a Native American pow wow. There are dozens of pow wows in New England, but only a couple in the metro area. (Are they serving fry bread? I hope so!). Radcliffe Yard, 10 Garden St., Cambridge, MA.617-495-9918. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sun 5/1 – Mon 5/2Metro WestEta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Somewhere out West would be a good place to get away from city lights and view this minor meteor shower. Somewhere without lights, like a pond or open field, Away from the City. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Sat 4/30 – Sun 5/1Boston MetroSomerville Open Studios
Meanwhile, the rest of Somerville also has local artists opening their homes to the public. It’s great fun to walk around and meet everyone, and they say it’s the largest open studios in New England. Sat-Sun 12-6pm. Go online to find a map of where to visit. It’s free! Get a map online, Somerville, MA.617-764-2287. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 4/28 – Sun 5/1Boston MetroArts First Festival (Harvard)
In addition to the Science Festival, Cambridge is also hosting an arts festival this week, all across the Harvard campus. I went once and it was great. This is not to be confused with the commercial event run by the Harvard Square Business Association… Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.617-495-8676. 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:

Harvard Square May Fair, Chalk on the Walk, Free Star Parties 4, Boston Comic Con, Brookline Open Studios, West Medford Open Studios, Humanist Chaplaincy Sunday Meeting featuring Rick Heller, Boston College Arts Festival, Birds & Bards Celebration, Cambridge Dulcimer Festival, Boston Film Race, Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival, SCA event – Carolingia 40th Anniversary, Open House at Courageous Sailing Center, University of Hartford’s Community Day, American Gerbil Society Show, Musketaquid Earth Day Parade, Westborough Spring Festival, Slavery – Hidden History at the Wayside, New England Steel Band Festival, Sholan Farms Apple Blossom Festival, Spring Fair at Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum, UMass Renaissance Festival, Pittsfield’s 250th Birthday Party, Inspiring Minds: Meet Women in Science, Big Ideas for Busy People, MIT Free Museum Day, MIT Open House, Fundraiser for Japan, Boston Cyberarts Festival, Manchester Carnival, Merrimack Lions Carnival, North Andover Carnival, Independent Film Festival, Lowell Film Festival, Newburyport Literary Festival, Nantucket Daffodil Festival, Statewide Volunteer Day, Elegant Evening, Run of the Charles Canoe and Kayak Race, Better World at MIT, Poetry & Chili Festival, Annual Pawcatuck River Duck Race, New England Gem & Mineral Show, Art in Bloom at MFA, May Day at Hayes Park, Walk for Hunger, Boston Sailing Center – Open House, Annual Kite Day at Bose Mountain, Spring Open House at Castle Hill, Celebrate the Earth & Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, SoWa Open Market Opens, Silent Movie “It” with Live Music, Cinematic Tribute to Cy Harvey, Jr. Founder of the Brattle Theatre, Brewster in Bloom, Earth Day at the Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary, The Many Sides of Sumner, Once and Future Giants: What Ice Age Extinctions Tell Us About the Fate of Earth’s Largest Animals, Family Fun Fest to Benefit the Genesis Fund, Woodward Woods Walk, Fern Fossil Forrays, Kayak Demo Weekend – North Kingstown, RI, SOS Music Fest, Muse and the Marketplace, Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration, Demetri Martin: “This Is A Book” Discussion & Signing, Gilbert Gottfried: “Rubber Balls and Liquor” Discussion & Signing, Canobie Lake Park – Opening Weekend, 4-H Easter Egg Hunt!, JazzBoston Jazz Week, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boston Poetry Slam – Championships, Coffeehouse & Open Mic Poetry Event, Geek Week & Roleplaying at Improv Boston, John Lithgow in Stories By Heart, Connecticut Renaissance Faire – Spring, Milford Earth Day, Milford Living Annual Kite Fly

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