May 10-17, 2011: Open Studios, Astronomy Day, Car Fest, Haitian Parade, Night Canoeing, & Springfield Anniversary Parade & Fireworks!
Greetings to everyone I gave a card to at last weekend’s Steampunk Festival! Please send me your photos. I walked around offering people a peek inside my Victorian Era Mystery Box. Slowly, slowly lift the lid of the coffin shaped box with skeleton designs. Inside… the eerie, dangerous mystery… was candy! I hope you are having an awesome week. Now get out there and do something fun!
-Johnny
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| Fri 5/6 – Sat 6/4Boston MetroThe Drowsy Chaperone – ticket giveaway |
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| Winner of five 2006 Tony Awards, The Drowsy Chaperone is about a die-hard musical fan whose favorite 1928 show magically bursts to life when he plays his cast record. We’re giving away 4 tickets to the 5/14, the 4pm show! Email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com to win. BCA, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sun 5/15Boston MetroHaitian Parade |
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| Last weekend was a huge blowout of events, but this weekend is perhaps the last “quiet” weekend until November. Let’s start with the Haitian parade, which starts from Mattapan Square. 1pm. Mattapan Square, 1614 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more |
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| Sun 5/15Boston MetroCadillac Day at Larz Anderson Museum |
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| Just across the river in Brookline is the Larz Anderson Museum of Transporation. Throughout the summer they’ll have numerous lawn festivals, for various types of car enthusiast. This week it’s Cadillacs! 10am-3pm. 15 Newton Street, Brookline, MA.(617)-522-6547. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 5/14Boston MetroNational Astronomy Day & Kite Fly |
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| What’s better than cars? Rockets! Are you glim about missing Rocket Day last weekend? You are saved! This special astronomy day begins with rockets, kites, and solar telesciopes and ends with viewings of the full moon and Saturn. 4-10pm. Clay Center Observatory, 20 Newton Street, Brookline, MA.(617)-522-5544. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 5/14 – Sun 5/15Boston MetroCambridge Open Studios – Central |
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| Open studios are a great excuse to walk around the city. Meet interesting artists in their homes or work studios, and buy their art! I mean, AHHT. 12pm-6pm. Get a map, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 5/14 – Sun 5/15Boston MetroNewton Open Studios |
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| Newton is an even better place to walk around because there are so many mansions! And you get to meet local artists, not just their vendors, see their work and possibly buy something. 11am-5pm. Various locations, Newton, MA.(617)-332-9967. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 5/13Boston MetroCharles River Moonlight Canoe |
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| Also in Newton, the local canoe rental place has regular night events, for 3 days every full moon. They start this week and go all summer. Newton Boathouse, Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 5/14Western MassSpringfield’s 375th Birthday Festival, Parade, & Fireworks |
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| This would be a great weekend to zip out to Springfield! They are celebrating their 375th birthday with a number of events, like a parade, fireworks, live music, a road race, and museum events like a scavenger hunt! All over…., Springfield, MA. 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:
World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast, Armory Day, Emily Dickinson Museum Open House & Poetry Walk, Emerging Americal Festival & Parade, A Loyalist Perspective on the Revolution, Tour: Charles Sumner: From Cradle to Grave, Full Moon Canoe Trip, Audubon Society Birdathon, Annual Scrimshaw Weekend, Rhode Island Folk Festival, Hampton Beach Tow Rodeo, Granite State Comicon, Salt Pond Visitor Center Exhibit Dedication, WFNX Downtown Crossing Block Party, Downtown Crossing Art Fridays, Apple Blossom Festival, Derry Carnival, St Louis Church Festival, Saturn and Other Celestial Wonders, Massachusetts Poetry Festival at the PEM, Other Poetry Festival Events, Phantom Gourmet Safari, Bike Week Kickoff Party in the Fenway, Bicycle Parade, The Hub Crawl, 7th Annual National Arab American Service Day, Earth Day Clean Up at Wachusett Mountain, Bug Light Kite Festival, Annual Boston LGBT Film Festival, The Boston 48 Hour Film Project, Annual Coolidge Award, Once Upon a Time: Art Exhibit by Ricardo Passos, Plastic + Film: An Exhibition of Toy Camera Photography, Brimfield Antiques Show (Spring), Revels: Pub Sing at Doyle’s Cafe, Jazz Fest in the Garden, Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Boston Kidney Walk, A Conversation with President Jimmy Carter, Banjo Extravaganza & Banjo Camp, Boston Handbell Festival, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Peter Pansy — our review, Antony and Cleopatra, Hotel Cassiopeia, 2011 Opening Night for the Boston Pops, The Bach Experience
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