Jan 24-Feb 1, 2011: Free Theatre, Movie, Comedy, & Puppet Show Tix, Robot Contests, Snow Sculpting, Julianne Moore parade, and more!
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| Wed 1/26Boston MetroFree movie preview tix – The Mechanic |
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| I’m giving away tickets to The Mechanic, Tuesday Jan 25 at 7pm 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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| Fri 1/21 – Thu 2/10Boston MetroTicket giveaway for NINE |
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| I also have two pairs of tickets to give away for the Thursday, Jan 27, 7:30pm show of NINE! This musical is about a film director going through romantic and mid-life crises. It’s AMAZING. This is the show that my reviewer has been bugging me to set up an official review for since November. Click for our review. SpeakEasy Stage, 539 Tremont St, Boston, MA.617-482-3279. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Mon 1/24 – Sun 1/30Boston MetroBread and Puppet Theatre – Free Tix |
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| Bread and Puppet isn’t just for kids! They actually have shows for each group, with 27 puppeteers and a brass band. I have tickets to give away for the Thu Jan 27, 7pm show. Email me! 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA.617-426-1522. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Thu 1/27Boston MetroMagners Comedy Contest – Ticket Giveaway |
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| I’ve been to the Magners Comedy Contest — and it’s fantastic. They bring in comedians of national talent, who then compete! And you can drink! I’m giving away 2 tickets for the Semifinals at Nicks on Thu 1/27 at 8pm and 2 tickets for the Semifinals at Motleys on Thu 1/27 at 8pm. See the website for details! Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Thu 1/27Boston MetroHasty Pudding Woman of the Year Parade & Awards |
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| Speaking of national celebrities, the “roast dinner” is probably sold out, (but it wouldn’t hurt to try, and maybe you can get tickets for the Man of the Year Roast on Feb 4), but you can still catch the parade! Julianne Moore is this year’s winner of the theatre troupe at the school that has no drama department. Parade at 2:30pm on Mass in Harvard Square. Then the roast at 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge MA. Cambridge, MA.617-495-5205. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 1/28Boston MetroChinatown Main Street Annual Chinese New Year Gala |
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| Boston’s Chinatown is hold an authentic dinner to celebrate New Years’, with martial arts and dance performances. Chinatown, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 1/28 – Sat 1/29New HampshireMarket Day at Birka: Renaissance Faire |
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| Perhaps you prefer past years to the new year. This is the largest local event by the SCA, the Society for Creative Anachronism, as seen in the 2008 movie “Role Models”. They’ll have a medeival market place, food, costuming, fight tournaments, and you’ll learn something about history. Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH.603-715-5523. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Wed 1/26Boston MetroMIT 6.270 Robot Competition (physical robots) |
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| Have you ever seen a robot competition on TV? Come see it live where the event was created! This week at MIT, different winter classes come to an end with a final competition. This one’s the biggest and best, where students build physical robots and have them compete. 7-10pm. MIT Room 26-100, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more |
And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Maslab Robotics Contest, MIT 6.370 Robot Competition (software “bots”), Heads Up! How and Why the Amazing Human Head Evolved to Be the Way It Is, Westford Winterfest, Annual Snow Sculpting Competition, Sled Dog Derby, New London – 2011 Winter Carnival & Dinner with Jack Frost, Winter Stargazing, Superbowl of Birding at Joppa Flats, Animal Tracking, Amherst Railway Society – Big Railroad Hobby Show, Charm School at MIT, Annual Hummus Taste Off, Experience the Way of Tea – Japanese Tea Ceremony, Tour of the MIT Nuclear Reactor, Intro to Contra Dancing, with Live Folk Music, MIT IAP (Independent Activities Period), Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, Winterfest Weekends at Fruitlands Museum, Science on Screen: FULL METAL JACKET, Chinese Yo-Yo Workshop, Annual Robert Burns Celebration, Salem Adult Spelling Bee, Winter Carnival Go Green Walk/Ride Friday, Chocolate Festival in Harvard Square, USS Constitution Museum Model Shipwright Guild Model Show, Australia Day 2011, Fire & Ice Days, REI: Introduction to Snowshoeing, USS Constitution Museum Model Shipwright Guild Model Show, Whittemore-Robbins House Scavenger Hunt, Instrument Petting Zoo, Great Rotary Ice Fishing Derby, Free Omni IMAX Films at the Boston Museum of Science, Eclipse Video – for Converting Any Kind of Movie or Sound, R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe, IAP Math Music Recital, Animated Films with Improvised Performance, Literary Death Match, Annual A Cappella Fest in Brookline, Golden Dragon Acrobats, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and more!
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