Email giveaways@eventsinsider.com to win! The Factory Theatre, 791 Tremont St.,Boston, MA, –.more
Win: Peter M. Floyd ‘s Absence
Got 2 pairs of tix to give away. Email giveaways@eventsinsider.com to win! Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave,Boston, MA, –.more
Win: Moonbox Productions presents: COMPANY
Got 5 pairs of tix to give away for Sunday 2/9 at 2pm . Email giveaways@eventsinsider.com to win! Nancy and Edward Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA: 527 Tremont Street,Boston, MA, –.more
Win: Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God
Got a of tix to give away Fri. Feb. 7, a pair for Sat. Feb. 8, and a pair for Fri. Feb. 14 . Email giveaways@eventsinsider.com to win! Apollinaire Theatre Company, Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St.,Chelsea, MA, –.more
Win: Moonbox Lights of Roberts with Sondheim’s Company
Got 5 pairs of tickets to giveaway for the 2/9/14 performance at 2PM. Email giveaways@eventsinsider.com to win! The Nancy and Edward Roberts Studio Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave,Boston, MA, –.more
Win: Mission of Burma with Minibeast & Bugs and Rats
Got a pair of tix to giveaway. Email giveaways@eventsinsider.com to win! The Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street,Arlington, MA, .more
Johnny’s Picks
Everybody’s Hero: The Jackie Robinson Story
Jackie Robinson’s story is fascinating and world changing, and was told wonderfully in ‘Ken Burns: Baseball’. This is a play (with music) about his life, struggles, accomplishments, and legacy, just in time for Black History Month. 7:30pm. Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley Street, Suite 102Roxbury, MA, .more
Tewksbury Library Astronomy Club night
Want to gander into the final frontier but you’re unsure how? Confused by telescopes and how to find the North Star? The ‘Tewksbury Library Astronomy Club Night’ will point you in the right direction (Literally) and more, 2/4 7-8pm. Tewksbury Public Library, 300 Chandler Street,Tewksbury, MA, .more
Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Parade and Awards
Kiefer Sutherland, the star of TV’s 24 and Touch, is the man of the year, and will parade through Harvard Square and take part in a cheeky awards ceremony! Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke Street,Cambridge, MA, .more
Snow Fest!
1-4pm. Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse, One Circuit Drive,Roxbury, MA, .more
This is the Chinatown festival where different lion dance clubs go door to door eating lettuce and throwing around fireworks. They go to every door to accept these ‘offering’, and the ground ends up literally covered with lettuce and fireworks shells! This is not the festival with stages for music and dance. That’s one’s in August. Boston, MA, .more
Darwin Day
Every year on or around February 12th, people celebrate the birth of Charles Darwin and his great contributions to science. This week you can celebrate with the Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy. Corner Bakery CafeWarwick, RI, .more
Merrimack River Eagle Festival
8:30am-4pm. Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island TurnpikeNewburyport, MA, .more
Salem State University Darwin Festival
Also Salem State University will host a series of lectures and films. It’s definitely a festival, but looks very academic rather than social. Salem State UniversitySalem, MA, –.more
Temple Con
This annual gamers convention turns Steampunk this year! You’ll find board games, live roleplaying, and performances such as the Adult-oriented Saucy Puppet Show. The Crowne PlazaWarwick, RI, –.more
Owl Prowl Adventures
6:30-8pm. Bundle up, get your flashlight, and go look for owls. 7-*;30pm. Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Wildlife SanctuaryNatick, MA, .more
Frederick Douglass Read-A-Thon
2-6pm. First Unitarian Church in New Bedford, 71 Eighth Street,New Bedford, MA, .more
I’ve got no interest in fish but would be curious just to see ice fishing. Can’t go? They have webcams! Lake WinnipesaukeeMeredith, NH, –.more
Find 16 New England Regions on Twitter
Hey! I’ve split my Twitter feed into 17 regions so that you can REALLY get just the events close to home, or pick what you like. Please check it out and add me to a ‘Twitter list’ too (google it). All Over, , –.more
Get the 2014 New England Guide
Mention my website to friends and get my 2013 New England Guide, with 1,200 off-beat destinations including dinosaur footprints, zoos, ziplines, where to go stargazing, and where to find an indoor water park in December! All Over, , –.more
Also Fun
Boston Beanpot Hockey 2014
February 3rd and 10th, Boston’s coolest hockey tradition continues, the beanpot hockey tournament! Check it out and see the best and brightest players of Hockey in New England. TD Bank North GardenBoston, MA, .more
Build Your Own Monster Puppet at Puppet Showplace
Puppets don’t get enough love. They’re not just for kids, you know! This intro class for adults will teach you how to make your very own moving-mouth puppet with rod arms, like the ones on the Muppet Show, just in time for the new Muppet movie! 2014:Tuesdays, 6:30-9pm. The Puppet Showplace TheatreBrookline, MA, –.more
COLLISION20:bilocate
An entire art exhibit based on things smashing into other things, with a techno-twist? Beam me up Scotty! Cyber Arts exhibits are always wild – hell, one time they used electricity to turn plankton colors. Plankton! 6-9pm. Boston Cyberarts Gallery, 141 Green Street,Jamaica Plain, MA, –.more
Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection
. Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd,Boston, MA, –.more
Boston Globe Travel Show
If you’d like to travel but aren’t sure where to start, start here. I haven’t been but I bet it’s a real eye-opener about how to stretch your money, if you don’t need total luxury. And they’ll include celebrity chefs and live animal shows for god knows what reason. Seaport World Trade CenterBoston, MA, –.more
Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival
Featuring both classics and new films, this festival is a liberal mix of decent stuff and total schlock, which I guess is kind of the point. It all culminates in a 24-hour movie marathon on the 18th! Keep checking their website for a list of films The festival is definitely happening, but for some reason they are STILL finalizing their schedule! Somerville TheatreSomerville, MA, –.more
Animal Nature opens at the Washington St Gallery
6-8pm. Washington St Gallery Somerville, MA, .more
Lunar New Year Celebration at the MFA
. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue,Boston, MA, .more
4pm. Arlington Center for the Arts, 41 Foster Street,Arlington, MA, .more
Snowshoe Tours at the DeCordova Museum
The DeCordova, my favorite museum in New England, is giving a snoeshow tour. You get a lesson by a trained Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) instructor. Make reservations in advance! deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond RdLincoln, MA, –.more
Salem’s So Sweet Chocolate and Ice Sculpture Festival
Chocolate and ice sculptures? I’ll bite! Yum! Salem Main StreetsSalem, MA, –.more
The Dolley Madison Ball
7-10pm. Salem Old Town Hall, 20 Front Street,Salem, MA, .more
. Rhode Island Convention CenterProvidence, RI, –.more
Winter Wonder Days at the Roger Williams Park Zoo
Nothing to do? How about the zoo? Roger Williams Park offers half price admission January through February thanks to its ‘Winter Wonderdays’ promotion. Providence, RI, –.more
Winterfest Amherst
12-6pm. Cherry Hill Golf Course, 323 Montague Rd.,Amherst, MA, .more
This particular winter carnival is a weekend-long, athletic romp. Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH, –.more
Murder Mystery at The Governor’s Inn
Why are Gonzo’s hands covered in blood? Be a part of a very intriguing musical evening. This year, the Mystery Dinner is also a tribute to the Muppets Show! All Fridays-Saturdays 6:30pm until March 23. Rochester, NH, –.more
Keene Ice and Snow Festival
On your way to go skiing? This free festival includes ice carving and snow sculpting. 10am-4pm. Downtown &Central SquareKeene, NH, .more
Mythical Mile
11am. Coronis Market to Newport High SchoolNewport, NH, .more
Valentine’s Day
Project Cupid Date Auction: Boston’s Best Bachelors and Bachelorettes
6-10pm. You’ll find bachelors and bachelorettes up for ‘auction’ at this charity fundraiser for cancer. People still do this? I’m happy to let you know about a good cause, but it IS being held at one of the more unsavory bars in the area, so beware. The EstateBoston, MA, .more
Performance
Review: Handicapping by James McLindon
Win tickets to Fresh Ink Theatre’s ‘Handicapping’! E-mail giveaways@eventsinsider.com to win, and keep an eye out for our review, too! The Factory TheatreBoston, MA, –.more
Review: HAIRSPRAY, The Broadway Musical
Enter to win a pair of tickets to ‘Hairspray’ at Wheelock college! Message giveaways@eventsinsider.com to win! ‘Hairspray’ is a fantastic musical about a big-boned girl with bigger dreams in the 1950s. This is quite the iconic show, too. The film versions transcend time and place and culture and even gender (with Jon Waters and John Travolta playing a woman in each of the films), via music, dance, and progressive thought – keep an eye our for our review Tuesday. Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway,Boston, MA, –.more
Review: The Color Purple
The tour-de-force drama comes to the Speak Easy Stage, keep an eye out for our review. SpeakEasy Stage Company, 539 Tremont Street,Boston, MA, –.more
Review: Insignificance
Marilyn Monroe meets Einstein meets Joe DiMaggio, meets…John F. Kennedy(?!) in this comedy about our oft-spinning moral compass. Check out our review! Cambridge, MA, –.more
Review: The Whipping Man at Arsenal Center for the Arts
‘The Whipping Man’ juxtaposes Passover with Civil War era drama to great effect. This intelligent and likely heartbreaking play comes to The New Rep 1/25 – 2/16. Arsenal Center for the ArtsWatertown, MA, –.more
CWT Advanced Ensemble in MACBETH
. Charlestown Working Theater, 442 Bunker Hill Street,Charlestown, MA, –.more
Witness Uganda
Press Opening is on Wednesday, February 12 @ 7:30pm. Loeb Drama CenterCambridge, MA, –.more
The Clark Sisters
8:15 pm. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave.,Boston, MA, .more
iLa Mawana w/ Rocky & The Pressers and Dom Lacolla & Elephant Gang
How creative! Restaurants in Eastman, New London, Newport, Hanover, and Lebanon bring food samples to 6-8 outdoor bonfires, and you follow the tiki torches to each via snowshoe or cross-country skiing. It’s just a 2-hour drive from Boston and provides hours upon hours of delicious delights. 11am-1pm. Eastman Cross CountryGrantham, NH, –.more
Mansfield, CT has a week’s worth of winter festivities including family board game night, a diving competition, a puppet slam, and so much more. I’d go! Bring a puppet! downtown MansfieldMansfield, CT, –.more
Stagecraft: 50 Years of Design at Hartford Stage’
Take a wonderful tour of historical props, costumes, and various set pieces from 50 years of Hartford’s legendary theatrical run. Hartford StageHartford, CT, –.more
EagleWatch Season & Winter Boat Cruises
Take a scenic cruise in Essex, CT with an eye toward spotting American bald eagles. the $40 admission includes access to the museum’s exhibits, too! 10am. Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main Street,Essex, CT, –.more
Charles Darwin Birthday Celebration and Lecture
There are lots of events between now and next week in celebration of Darwin Day. This is the one for those of you who like to wine and dine. There will also be trivia! Norwalk, CT, .more
Eagle / Winter Wonderland Cruise
. Eagle Landing State Park, 1 Marine Park,Haddam, CT, –.more
Bousquet’s Ice Fishing Tournament
8am-1pm. Valley Springs Sportsman’s ClubNorth Grosvenordale, CT, .more
Can it be a festival if it spans 4 weeks? I think we’ll take what we can get in Maine in the winter. Snowmobile racing, broomball tourney, snow sculptures, and more. Downtown CaribouCaribou, ME, –.more
Ellsworth Winter Carnival
Here’s another one in Ellsworth. Ellsworth, ME, –.more
Milton Community Winter Festival
This winter carnival falls into the low-key, community spirit category. Probably a good bet for families! various locationsMilton, VT, –.more
