January 23-31, 2012: Comedy Fest, Clare Danes, Chinese New Year, Snow & Ice Sculpting, Sled Dogs, & Subway Breakdancing
01/23/12 by
Johnny Monsarrat
This Week in Review
This week, please pay special attention to the private subway breakdancing that I want to set up for Events INSIDERs. You need to email me to find out the place and time.
I hope you are having an awesome week. Now get out there and do something fun!
-Johnny
Magners Comedy Festival – tix giveaway, interview
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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 4 tickets for the Upright Citizens Brigade, Thursday, 1/26 at the Wilbur Theatre. Email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com to win and click to see my interview with executive producer John Tobin! (Click ‘more’ for details)I’ve been to the Magners Comedy Contest — and it’s fantastic. They bring in comedians…
Boston, MA
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Boston, MA
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Hasty Pudding Woman o…
Speaking of national celebrities, act now and maybe you can get tickets for the Woman of the Year Roast on this Thursday. Or if not, you can still catch the parade! Actress Clare Danes is this year’s winner of the theatre troupe at the school that has no drama department. The parade begins at 3:15pm, starting at the Inn at Harvard in Harvard Square and going to the Pudding Theatre. Then the roast at 12 Holyoke Street at 5pm, with a preview of the Hasty Pudding theatre season afterwards. (Click ‘more’ for details)Speaking of national celebrities, act now and maybe you can get tickets for the Woman of the Ye…
12 Holyoke St, Cambridge, MA
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12 Holyoke St, Cambridge, MA
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Rock of Ages – tix giveaway
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I also have four tickets to give away for the Jan 27 show, at 8pm, of this Tony Award-nominated rock musical from the 1980s. Winners will also get tickets to the super secret afterparty where they could meet the cast! Email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com to win. (Click ‘more’ for details)I also have four tickets to give away for the Jan 27 show, at 8pm, of th…
Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St, Worcester, MA
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Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St, Worcester, MA
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Chinese New Year Para…
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. 11am-5pm. (Click ‘more’ for details)This is the Chinatown festival where different lion dance clubs go door to door eati…
Harrison Ave & Essex St, Boston, MA
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Harrison Ave & Essex St, Boston, MA
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Snow Sculpting Competition
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This snow sculpture, in New Hampshire, will have real professionals. Pretty neat. Oh, and amateurs can join in, too! Each day has a different location. (Click ‘more’ for details)This snow sculpture, in New Hampshire, will have real professionals. Pretty neat. Oh, and amat…
Black Mountain, Jackson, NH
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Black Mountain, Jackson, NH
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Newburyport Winter Ca…
This festival looks more like a winner! There’s no shopping mall involved. They just got a little confused naming the local park. It features horse-drawn hayrides, skating on the pond, sledding, and a “human dog sled race”! Let’s hope they fix their website as the date gets closer. (Click ‘more’ for details)This festival looks more like a winner! There’s no shopping mall inv…
Bartlett Mall (which is really a park), Newburyport, MA
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Bartlett Mall (which is really a park), Newburyport, MA
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Sled Dog Derby
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While you’re in the area — perhaps going skiing? — why not check out this sled dog race? (Click ‘more’ for details)While you’re in the area — perhaps going skiing? — why not check out this sled dog race?
Tamworth, NH
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Tamworth, NH
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Evening Snowshoe Adve…
What’s better than snowshoeing at night and looking up at the stars? I can’t think of anything. If there’s no snow, the event will become a hike. But do they rent snowshoes? 4-5:30pm. (Click ‘more’ for details)What’s better than snowshoeing at night and looking up at the stars? …
Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, 280 Eliot St, Natick, MA
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Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, 280 Eliot St, Natick, MA
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Mystic River Polar Pl…
Diving into freezing water to raise money for charity is pretty daft. But this one… doesn’t involve a charity? 9:10am. Pre-register if you want to go in. (Click ‘more’ for details)Diving into freezing water to raise money for charity is pretty daft. But this on…
Mary O’Malley Waterfront Park, Chelsea, MA
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Mary O’Malley Waterfront Park, Chelsea, MA
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MIT IAP (Independent Activities Period)
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The school that never sleeps, MIT holds a month of creative classes, lectures, and special events, many of which are open to the public. I’ll highlight some of my favs throughout the month, but check their calendar! (Click ‘more’ for details)The school that never sleeps, MIT holds a month of creative classes, lectures, and special…
MIT, Cambridge, MA
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MIT, Cambridge, MA
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This week’s top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.
And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Head of the Zeisinger Carboard Boat Regatta
MidWinter Celebration
Teen Birding at Drumlin Farm: Superbowl of Birding
Superbowl of Birding at Joppa Flats
St. Moritz Winter Wonderland
Decordova Park Snowshoe Sculpture Tours
Winter Star Search
Winter Tracking Hike With Dave Brown
Amherst Railway Society – Big Railroad Hobby Show
Mary Johnson – An Unquenchable Thirst
Experience the Way of Tea – Japanese Tea Ceremony
Tour of Wallace Astrophysical Observatory
Subway Dance!
MIT Science Fiction Marathon
Science on Screen: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?
Volcanoes on the Verge – a lecture
Fire & Ice Days
Beautiful Types: Transcendentalism at Mount Auburn
Poetic Convergence at Forest Hills Cemetery
Groundhog Day Celebration
Annual Robert Burns Celebration
Kimball Farm Horse-Draw Sleigh Rides
Free Community Skating Party
Winter Carnival Go Green Walk/Ride Friday
Taste of Chocolate Festival
AIDS Action’s Dance Party
IAP Math Music Recital
Camden WinterFest
Norway SnowFest
Auburn Winter Festival
Bennington Winter Festival
North Bennington Penguin Plunge