Jan 4-11, 2011: No Pants Ride and Subway Breakdancing, Waterfire, Xmas Tree Bonfire, Moby Dick, Model Trains, and Free Movie Previews
Welcome to Boston Events Insider! This is awesome! January is a slow month for creative events, but I have specially arranged for you — and for the attendees of the No Pants Subway Prank — professional breakdancing on the subway. Please come! It’s a once in a lifetime performance.
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| Thu 1/6 – Mon 1/10Boston MetroFree movie preview tix for Season of the Witch, Green Hornet, SHAMELESS |
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| I’m giving away tickets to Green Hornet for Monday, Dec 10 in Boston. and have three (a pair and a onesie) for Season of the Witch on Thursday, December 6 at 7:30pm at the Fenway theatre. And a preview of the new Showtime series SHAMELESS, Wed Jan 5. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com! :). Boston, MA.  see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sun 1/9Boston MetroBoston No Pants Ride |
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| Every year the pranksters in Boston (and New York) ride the subway with only their underwear. Now that’s classy. Meet at the Alewife subway stop, inside near the track. 2pm. Alewife Station, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sun 1/9Boston MetroSubway Dance Performance |
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| But that’s not all. PLEASE COME to the No Pants prank, and I’ve arranged a special once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see professional breakdancers perform in the subway! 2pm. Alewife Station, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Mon 1/3 – Fri 1/28Boston MetroMIT IAP (Independent Activities Period) |
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| While most colleges shut down for winter break, MIT holds an entire month of creative classes, lectures, and special events, many of which are wonderfully weird and open to the public. I’ll highlight some of my favorites throughout the month, but you should really check their calendar!! MIT, Cambridge, MA.617-253-1000. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Wed 1/5North ShoreChristmas Tree Bonfire |
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| I really want to see this one! They will burn holiday trees in a huge bonfire. It will smell good and the pine sap tends to pop! 6pm. Dead Horse Beach at Salem Willows, Salem, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 1/7 – Sun 1/9Southeast MassMoby Dick – The Marathon |
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| Here’s a gem. People gather and listen to a nonstop reading of Herman Melville’s classic, Moby Dick. It takes 25 hours and there is a buffer and lecture beforehand. New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 1/8North ShoreWenham Museum’s Model Railroad and Hobby Show |
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| Also weird is this model train show. It doesn’t actually happen in the museum (which has a model train collection), but down the street at a local school, with 75 dealer tables. Snow date the next day. Buker School, School Street, Wenham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Tue 1/4Rhode IslandWaterfire Celebration for the Inauguration |
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| As part of the government inauguration, there will be a waterfire 5:15-7:30pm. This is when they light bonfires in racks all along the Providence River downtown. Providence, RI. 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:
Boston Celtic Music Festival, Taiwan Arts & Crafts, Fetes De Rois (Feast of the Kings), Intro to Contra Dancing, with Live Folk Music, Concord Museum is Free, Cranapalooza, Winter Trails Day, Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Middle Eastern Drumming, The Life and Death of John Carpenter: A Film Symposium, Free Film Fridays at Museum of Science, Annual International Jewish Film Festival, Mystic Seaport to Host Pub Sing and Chantey Blast in Support of Sea Music Festival, and more than 25 ongoing holiday attractions in New England!
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