May 1-8, 2011: Civil War, Zombie Road Race, Parade, 4 Open Studios, Moonlight Canoe, Science Fair, & More!

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This Week in ReviewJohnny Monsarrat

Zombies! The Civil War! May fair! Open Studios! For heaven’s sake hire someone to mow your lawn and clean your house. Get out there and live life!

I hope you are having an awesome week. Now get out there and do something fun!

-Johnny

Run For Your Lives at Boston Events INSIDER

Run For Your Lives

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In this road race, zombies chase you. This has got to be the best event of the month! And there’s live music and it takes place at an amusement park which I’m sure will have their rides open. (Click ‘more’ for details)In this road race, zombies chase you. This has got to be the best event of the m…
12 South Hunt Road Amesbury, MA

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Seige the Day: Trebuchet Building at Higgins at Boston Events INSIDER

Seige the Day: Trebuchet Building at Higgins

Did you miss the catapults last week in Cambridge? They’re going to build one at the Higgins Armory, the fantastic museum of ancient armor and weapons. 10am-12 but they’ll have many other events that day. (Click ‘more’ for details)Did you miss the catapults last week in Cambridge? Th…
100 Barber Ave Worcester, MA

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Framingham Civil War History Festival at Boston Events INSIDER

Framingham Civil War History Festival

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Re-enactors have wonderful energy. But this is not just a Civil War encampment — it’s lectures and an ice cream social and more! (Click ‘more’ for details)Re-enactors have wonderful energy. But this is not just a C…
Framingham Centre Common Framingham, MA

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William Diamond Fife and Drum Muster at Boston Events INSIDER

William Diamond Fife and Drum Muster

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Every year, 25 fife and drum corps perform together and youse gets to learns ya some hist’ry. Colonial hist’ry. In Lexington. 12-4 PM and 7-8 PM. Free! (Click ‘more’ for details)Every year, 25 fife and drum corps perform together and youse…
Minute Man Visitor Center Lexington, MA

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Mayfair in Harvard Square at Boston Events INSIDER

Mayfair in Harvard Square

This is a vendor festival, with hundreds of booths on the street, but they include live music and sidewalk chalk art and tethered balloon rides! 12-6pm. (Click ‘more’ for details)This is a vendor festival, with hundreds of booths on the street, but th…
Harvard Square Cambridge, MA

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Wake Up the Earth Festival & Parade

This street festival will be smaller but less commercial and more community-centric. It’s a parade and street festival with participatory dancing & lessons. 12-5pm. Rain date is the next day. (Click ‘more’ for details)This street festival will be smaller but less commerci…
Jamaica Plain, MA

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UMass Renaissance Festival at Boston Events INSIDER

UMass Renaissance Festival

Although this Renaissance festival will have the usual feasting, singing, swordplay, and theatre, it’s run by the UMass Renaissance Studies department, so it will be educational, too! It’s free! 11am-4pm. (Click ‘more’ for details)Although this Renaissance festival will have the usual feasting, singing,…
University of Massachusetts at Amherst Amherst, MA

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TJ O'Grady Annual Skate Park Festival at Boston Events INSIDER

TJ O’Grady Annual Skate Park Festival

Go watch people not kill themselves on skateboards! 2:30-6pm. Live bands and skating demos. Free! (Click ‘more’ for details)Go watch people not kill themselves on skateboards! 2:30-6pm. Li…
66 Hayward Road Acton, MA

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Get Johnny's 2012 New England Guide at Boston Events INSIDER

Get Johnny’s 2012 New England Guide

I write about events weekly, but what about destinations? Where are the dinosaur footprints, the oddball museums, and a water park open indoors all year? Get my 2012 New England Guide! Just follow the link and help spread the word to friends about Events INSIDER to get it. (Click ‘more’ for details)I write about events weekly, but what about destinations? Where are…
All Over

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Brookline Open Studios at Boston Events INSIDER

Brookline Open Studios

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Speaking of the arts, an open studio is a great excuse to walk around a local neighborhood, entering the private homes and work studios of artists. They’re always free and you get to meet the artists, not just merchants, and help them out by buying something. 12-6pm. (Click ‘more’ for details)Speaking of the arts, an open studio is a great excuse to walk around a loc…
Get a map online Brookline, MA

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Needham Open Studios
Shelburne Falls ArtWalk – Art Under the Stars
Chalk on the Walk
Charles River Moonlight Canoe
Sholan Farms Apple Blossom Festival
Southcoast Toy and Comic Festival
Westborough Spring Festival
Farm Machinery Weekend at Davis Farmland
BAMCon – Berkshire Anime & Manga Convention
May Day at Hayes Park
May Flowers Kite Fly at PJPII
ROFLcon
Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair
Prospect Hill Forge Open House
Dysfunctional Democracy w/ Barney Frank
Why Evolution is True and Why Many People Still Don’t Believe It
Hack Your Brain
Full Moon Night Walk and Owl Prowl
Barefoot Walk in the Park
Walk for Hunger
A Taste of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
Derry Carnival
Granite State Story Swap
New England Gem & Mineral Show
Spring Open House at Castle Hill
Kilt Walk of Remembrance
Masters of Flight: Birds of Prey
arsenalARTS Open Arts Day
Dance Complex Free Day of Classes
Free Comic Book Day
The Boston 48 Hour Film Project
Boston LGBT Film Festival
Independent Film Festival
The 400 Blows with Q&A
Taste of the North End
Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Night Hayrides at Smolak Farms
Celebrate the Earth & Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
Derby Day at the Paragon Carousel
Brimfield Antiques Show (Spring)
Mad Science
The Historic Winslow Sprint
Mary Poppers – our review
A Cappella Palooza w/Ben Folds – our review
David Sedaris at Sanders Theatre
Dar Williams
JazzBoston Jazz Week
Cambridge Poetry Jam
Fall of the Moon: An Homage to Mahmoud Darwish & the Arab Spring
Free Opera: The Fiddler and the Old Woman of Rumelia
Pin To Dry: An Evening of Theatre, Dance, and Performance
Zagray Farm Spring Show
Bath May Fair
HuzzahCon
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