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| This weekend, another Mardi Gras event, Mardi Gras @ The Big Easy, Feb 24th, which is the largest one I could find. 1 Boylston Place, Boston, MA . Reserve tix ahead. 8:30PM - 2:00AM |
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| Also, consider the Central Massachusetts Flower Show, Feb 23-26, in Worcester. I suppose Spring is coming up so it's the right time to get gardeners excited -- but how are they going to show any flowers at this time of the year? Well, they do it. It's at the DCU Center, which used to be called the Worcester Centrum. 508-792-0314. Park at Worcester Municipal Garage at 30 Worcester Center Blvd. |
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| The big event of the week is the Festival of Funny Songwriters, Feb 25th in Somerville. Somerville Theatre. 7PM. Folk music & comedy. I haven't been but it looks interesting. |
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| Also bucking the it's-still-Winter trend is the Camellia Show at Arnold Arboretum. You've already heard of Lilac Sunday; well, this is the "other" big event at Arnold Arboretum. Camellia's bloom in Winter. No, really, the website told me. Apparently it involves some opera, which will hopefully be indoors. Interesting factoid: the arboretum is run by Harvard. |
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| Finally, check out some of the museums at Harvard and MIT. The MIT Museum. 265 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA. 617-253-4444. $5. Tues - Fri 10am - 5pm. Sat & Sun Noon - 5 pm. Monday - closed. Closed Dec. 24 & 25. MIT Bldg N52. 3rd Sunday is free admission. |
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MIT List Visual Arts Center. 20 Ames Street. Cambridge, MA. 617-253-4680. FREE. Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 12-6PM. Friday: 12-8PM. Closed Mondays; Nov. 25; Dec. 24 and 25. Closing at 4PM on Dec. 31. MIT building E15, Atrium level |
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| All the Harvard museums are within walking distance of each other, starting with the Harvard Museum of Natural History, which is fossils, stones, glass flowers, etc. The funny thing about the glass flower display (which was created nearly a century ago so that biologists could study flowers that weren't dried) is that they are so perfect looking that when you see them, you're like, hmm flowers so what. But they're made of glass, which is pretty cool. 26 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA. (617) 495-3045. $8. Daily from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Closed on: New Year's Day,Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Free Sundays 9-12. AAA discount. |
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Harvard University Art Museums - Fogg, Sackler. 32 Quincy Street. Cambridge, MA. (617) 495-9400. $8. Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sackler is at 485 Broadway. The Fogg and Sackler are sort of put-together as one big building, which also connects to the Peabody. And the Busch-Reisinger is no longer a separate museum, it's a wing of the Fogg now basically. |
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| My personal favorite is the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. When you think of 19th century academics in pith helmets roaming through darkest Africa, you think... well you think of The British Empire but you should also be thinking of Harvard. And they have artifacts from native cultures worldwide that will make you feel part of it personally. Plus the volunteer program is truly excellent at all the Harvard museums, there is always plenty for kids to do. 11 Divinity Avenue. Cambridge, MA. (617) 496-1027. $8. Seven Days a Week from 9 am to 5 pm |
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| Finally, right across the street from the Peabody is the Semitic Museum. I've never been to this one, but they have a model ancient-Israelite house and I bet it's worth a visit. 6 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA. (617) 495-4631. FREE. Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and Sundays, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. The Museum is closed on holidays, and on the Sundays before Monday holidays. Model Israelite house & ancient artifacts and society from Cyprus, Mesopotamia. |
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As you can tell from the completeness of this week's information, I am spinning up the activities project into something truly high-tech and funky. If you would like to help with event-finding, programming, databases, web design, or marketing/promotion of the finished project, please zip me a note or LJ comment and I will send you my two-page writeup as to what the project will be. Hint: it will be cooler than evdb.com. The current idea is to keep it on the hobby-level not starting a company.
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