Now to 4/4/10: Pillow Fight, Senegal’s Independence, Anime & Burlesque & Young Film Fests, & tons of Easter Egg Hunts!
03/30/10 by
Johnny Monsarrat
This week I’m giving away tickets to the Young Film Festival and to their cocktail party which is WEDNESDAY. Email me to win at johnny@weirdbostonevents.org. Love this blog? Subscribe to email, Facebook, or Twitter and please tell your friends!
-Johnny
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| Senegalese Independence at Teranga Restaurant | 4/4 | Boston Metro |
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| It’s been 50 years since Senegal won its freedom from France. I’ve never seen a West African event in New England before, so this is the Weird Event of the Week! There’s a restaurant called Teranga that is Primary Senegalese, but also has French, Vietnamese, Moroccan, and Ghanian influences. They’re having an all day festival this Sunday, from 11am to 10:30pm, with Senegalese dancing and live music. I’ve been to the restaurant — it’s upscale but rather than being snooty, it’s a place you can relax and call home for an evening. Best of all, the food is uncompromisingly authentic. By this I mean, nothing here is Americanized “”sweet and sour chicken””. You may not like everything, but you’ll definitely have a unique experience and discover something new. I couldn’t hear much on the phone when I called in, but the event features the Senegalese group Lamine Touré, they’ll have off-the-menu appetizers after 8pm (when dinner ends), and you could win a free dessert! 1746 Washington Street, Boston, MA.617-266-0003. more more |
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| World Pillow Fight Day | 4/3 | Boston Metro |
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| Pillow Fight Day is exactly what you think it is! Bring an old pillow you can destroy and have at! A secret. See website., Boston, MA. more more more |
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| Anime Boston | 4/2 – 4/4 | Boston Metro |
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| Anime Boston is the big annual festival for people who love Japanese cartoon movies, and they’ll have a costume contest, game shows, dancing, and a music video contest. Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. more |
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| Young Filmmakers Competition | 4/3 | Boston Metro |
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| If that’s just too geeky, join the young film lovers at the Young Filmmakers Competition. I don’t normally feature film festivals, but the weather’s too cold for much outdoors, and a ton of filmmakers to meet and mingle with. The evening isn’t just a screening and awards show. They’ll have a social mixer both before and afterwards. Tickets are only $5, but they’ve given me 4 free passes to give away. So email me to win. Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. more |
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| Young Filmmakers – Movers and Shakers Cocktail Competition | 3/31 | Boston Metro |
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| I’ve also got 4 free passes to their cocktail party on Wednesday. Maybe you’ll meet and fall in love with the future film star of Avatar 4 or Terminator 7. 7-9 pm! Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. more |
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| The Great Burlesque Expo | 4/2 – 4/4 | Boston Metro |
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| Another place to mingle with future starlets is this weekend devoted to burlesque. They’ll have classes, a pool party, a major show, and the usual convention stuff such as art show and vendor room. Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA. more more |
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| Room to Dream Gala & Carnival | 4/1 | Boston Metro |
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| Hmm. Burlesque convention or some kind of ill-described carnival for charity. Which one to choose? Well, they’re on different days, so you don’t have to choose. Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. more |
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| Closing Party & Pond Skim @ Wachusett Mtn | 4/3 | Worcester, MA |
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| And I just have to list this at the top. To close the skiing season, competitors in costume will try to zip down what’s left of the snow on skiis and make it across a pond. Wachusett Mountain, Princeton, MA. more |
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Also Fun |
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| Boston Underground Film Festival | 3/25 – 4/1 | Boston Metro |
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| The Boston Underground Film Festival continues for a couple more days. Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA.617-202-5059. more |
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| Full Moon Tour @ Gore Place | 3/31 | Metro West |
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| This historic mansion is doing another of their moonlight tours, showing what it was like to live by candlelight. 7pm. 52 Gore Street, Waltham, MA.781-894-2798. more |
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| Deadline for Manuscript Mart | 3/31 | Boston Metro |
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| If you’re interested in getting feedback on your unpublished novel from a major publisher, the Manuscript Mart at the forthcoming Muse and the Marketplace (which I’ll write about later, May 1-2) can sign you up, but the deadline is March 31, so act quickly. Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA. more |
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| Boston Motion Graphics Festival | 4/1 – 4/7 | Boston Metro |
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| What is motion graphics? Is that the same thing as CGI? Or it might be interactive art? The website doesn’t really say. But this seems to be a video / film convention where you can mingle and take workshops as well as see what’s new and cool. Various, Various. more |
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| MobileCampBoston | 4/3 | Boston Metro |
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| This one is an MIT festival and conference to discuss technology. It’s free with no registration required. Seems ultra-geeky, possibly fun. Possibly… THE FUUUUUUUUUTURE. :). MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, MA. more |
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Easter |
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| Easter Egg Hunt — Hull, MA | 4/3 – 4/4 | South Shore |
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| Easter is here! It is a festival of chocolate, sugar, bad nutrition, and worse dental hygiene. Here are some places to go that aren’t religious. (You really don’t need Johnny’s List to find a church if you prefer that.) This one’s my top pick. The Paragon Carousel opens for the season, and the Easter Bunny will come! Easter Egg Hunt is Sunday at 12:30. 205 Nantasket Avenue, Hull, MA.781-925-0472. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt – Wachusett Mountain | 4/4 | Worcester |
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| And the spring season opens at Wachusett Mountain with this Easter egg hunt! It’s free to ride the lift if you come in a full bunny costume. They limit the easter egg hunt to kids up to 12, those lucky bastards. Wachusett Mountain, Princeton, MA. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt @ Casey Farm | 4/3 | Rhode Island |
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| This farm I haven’t been to, but they have piglets and chicks! Casey Farm, Saunderstown, RI. more |
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| Bunny Bonanzoo @ Stone Zoo | 4/3 | North Shore |
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| Of course, the Stone Zoo is always worth visiting. 2010; 11am-3pm. 149 Pond Street, Stoneham, MA.617-989-2000. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt — Winslow Farm | 4/3 | Southern Mass |
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| Winslow Farm has perhaps the most interesting celebration because they are a working farm with forest trails. Winslow Farm, Norton, MA. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt @ Charmingfare Farm | 4/3 | New Hampshire |
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| But this farm says they’ll give out $75,000 in prizes!! Really?! I’m definitely staking out the place the night before with infrared goggles and entering my “little person” adult friend Jason as a “6 year old”. Go get ’em, Jason! 774 High Street, Candia, NH. more |
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| 4-H Easter Egg Hunt! | 4/3 | Rhode Island |
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| Here’s another farm turned into a public attraction doing an egg hunt. Note: their corn field maze doesn’t open until August. 11am-3pm. Escobar Farm Corn Maze, Portsmouth, RI. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt @ Waterford, CT | 4/3 | Connecticut |
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| This one’s run by a kickboxing club. Boy, I didn’t realize hunting for eggs could be so competitive! (I’m still pretty sure I can out-kick 6-year-olds.). Waterford, CT. more more |
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| Easter Egg Hunts – Grafton | 4/3 | Northern Mass |
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| The Friends of the Grafton Libraries hosts this one, with kids stories after. Personally, after exploiting a loophole in the rules to enter as an adult, and collecting all the eggs because of my superior height and speed, I would not hang around after for the kids stories. I would be busy hustling the chocolate on the street to addicts. 10am and 10:30am. Nelson Memorial Library field, Grafton, MA. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt – Wilmington Town Common | 4/3 | Northern Mass | ||
| Yet another egg hunt. 2009: 2pm. Town Common, Wilmington, MA. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt – Falmouth | 4/3 | Cape Cod | ||
| The Easter Bunny will visit this one, and kids are limited to 9 years old. Falmouth, MA. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt – Marblehead | 4/3 | North Shore |
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| And another one…. Chandler Hovey Park (the Marblehead Lighthouse), Marblehead, MA. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt – West Springfield, MA | 4/3 | Western Mass |
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| 2009: 10:30am. Kids are limited to 7 years old. At 6’4″, I am a remarkable 6-year-old, especially when I forget to shave. West Springfield, MA. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt – Lexington, MA | 4/3 | Boston Metro |
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| This one’s at a church. Some Church, Lexington, MA. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt @ Mystic, CT | 4/3 | Connecticut |
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| This one appears to not be a historic recreation museum. It appears to be a mall. (You almost got me!). Olde Mistick Village, Mystic, CT. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt @ Foxboro, MA | 4/3 | Southern Mass |
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| Also apparently a mall. My attitude with malls is, get in, get the chocolate, get out. Foxboro, MA. more |
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| Annual Easter Egg Extravaganza | 4/3 | Rhode Island | ||
| At a library…. East Smithfield Public Library, Smithfield, RI. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt @ New Bedford, MA | 4/4 | Southern Mass | ||
| This one’s at an old historic home. 396 County Street, New Bedford, MA.508-997-1401. more |
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| Easter Egg Hunt – Westerly, RI | 4/4 | Rhode Island |
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| Okay, that’s enough. I’m tired of listing Easter events! I think I got most of the actually creative secular ones. Email me the ones I missed! 🙂 Westerly, RI. more |
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