July 26 – Aug 4, 2010: Local Burning Man, Outdoor Theatre, Festivals, Bat Hunting, Ferrari Show, Campfire, and more!
This week I’m doing my first full-hour radio interview, Tuesday at 10am EST, about my art project, Wheel Questions. Go to VicksburgLive.com to hear it live! (They don’t seem to post an archive to download after the show.)
Welcome to Boston Events Insider! This week’s top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.
| Free movie previews: Cats & Dogs, Dinner w/ Schmucks, Charlie St. Cloud | 7/26 – 7/29 | Boston Metro |
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| I’ve got free movie preview tickets for Cats & Dogs (Mon, 7pm Boston), Dinner for Schmucks (Wed 7pm Boston & Thu 7pm Dedham), and Charlie St. Cloud (Tue, 7pm, Boston). Email me through http://EVENTSinsider.com. Boston and Dedham Theatres, Boston, MA.  see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| The Hound of the Baskervilles — Free ticket | 7/28 | Boston Metro |
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| And I’ve got a spare ticket to join me for this Sherlock Holmes whodunnit. I want to be the one guy in the audience shouting, “It’s the butler!” at this one. 450 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Shakespeare in the Park | 8/1 | Boston Metro |
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| By now you know that I list over 40 outdoor theatre series in New England. See below the blog for the complete list this week. For example, there’s a free performance of Othello in Arlington! 5pm. Robbins Farm Park, Eastern Avenue, Arlington, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Yankee Homecoming Festival | 7/25 – 8/1 | North Shore |
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| The festivals this week are mainly outside of Boston. For example, the North Shore has a family day festival and fireworks July 31, and a parade Aug 1. Various, Newburyport, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Beverly Homecoming Days | 7/30 – 8/8 | North Shore |
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| And this week, Beverly’s big annual event features mystery dinner theatre, a luau 7/29, a lip sync contest 8/3, tons of music and food. Next week I’ll remind you when the festival escalates, including an outdoor film 8/7 (“Up”)and fireworks 8/8. Various, Beverly, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Tutto Italiano at Larz Anderson Museum | 8/1 | Boston Metro |
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| The best festival in Metro Boston is one of Brookline’s auto show at the Larz Auto Museum. They’re great fun and this time they’re Italian! 10am-2pm. 15 Newton Street, Brookline, MA.617-522-6547. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Colonel James Barrett 300th Birthday | 7/31 | Metro West |
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| Colonel Barrett was a Revolutionary War figure whose farm is still on display in Concord. Come for the re-enactment of the British searching the farm, plus craft demos, fife and drum, and more. 11:30am-4pm. It’s free! Colonel Barrett Farm, 448 Barrett`s Mill Rd, Concord, MA.978-318-7825. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Bumpkin Island Art Encampment | 7/29 – 8/2 | Boston Metro | ||
| Artists take over one of the Boston Harbor Islands for a festival that’s not just vendors selling wares! These are real artists who camp out and create “installations”. Is it sort of a local Burning Man festival? I hope so! Boston Harbor Islands, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
Woolly Fair, George Wein’s Newport Folk Festival, Feast of the Blessed Sacrement (Portuguese), Brookline Old Homes Days — and Lawnmower Races, Storytelling Campfire & Beach Night Hike, Bats at Audubon, Sand Sculpture Contest at Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket Comedy Festival, MFA Community Day (July), Nerdnite at Middlesex Lounge, Red Bones Annual Pig Pickin’, National Night Out: Brockton, OPENAIR Circus, Family Fun Night Under the Canopy Tent, North Haverhill Fair, Canterbury Fair, Boston Poetry Slam – Send Off to Nationals, Full Moon Kayak Paddle, Roxbury International Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, The A-Team, Cirque du Soleil, Fully Committed, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival & Mass MOCA, Champlain Valley Folk Festival, Bangor State Fair, The Midsummer Magick Faire Grand Opening & Fire Festival!, and more.
And the Largest List of Outdoor Summer Movies, Theatre, and Music in New England, tracking over 250 summer series!
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