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Tonight, July 26, is the Boston Poetry Slam, their Eastern Regional Match, which determines who goes to the national competition. Although poetry scares me with its potential for boredom and literary elitism, the people in this competition read the poetry like they're performing in a one-act play. So it's actually quite compelling and worth checking out. The Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. www.slamnews.com. 7pm. $5. 617-244-6619.
The weird event of the week is the Rhythm Bones Festival, Jul 28-30. Yes, people from all over gather together to play "the bones" which could be chicken bones but it's usually wooden blocks, a percussion folk music instrument. Some people are quite good at it, it's definitely worth checking out, too bad it's a bit of a drive though being located in New Bedford, but you could combine it with a trip to Newport, RI. www.rhythmbones.com/bonefest10.html. New Bedford, MA.
The Lowell Folk Festival is this weekend, Jul 28-30. www.lowellfolkfestival.org. Lowell, MA. 978-970-5000. It's the largest free folk festival in the United States, but since it covers basically the entire downtown area of Lowell I think possibly they are fudging the numbers to include every single person who eats at any restaurant downtown. Anyway, I went a couple of years ago and I wasn't impressed, but check their calendar of performances and perhaps you will be.
The St. Joseph Feast Celebration is happening Jul 28-30 in the North End, it's a Catholic Italian celebration really intended more for members of the community who are heavily religious than to reach out to the greater public. This is why I've never listed an event like this before on my blog, but well -- here it is. www.saintjosephsfeast.com. Battery St & Hanover St. Boston, MA. 617-720-1368.
It's also the Gloucester Seaport Festival, July 29th, which looks fairly hokey, but basically every event in Gloucester is kind of small-time so if you're ever going to give it a shot, this may be a good one. Lots of maritime education and kids events, I assume they'll have some boats on display. http://www.schooner-adventure.org/
A similar event, the Yankee Homecoming Festival, is happening July 29-August 6th, in Newburyport, MA. www.yankeehomecoming.com. This one looks far more interesting, and most of the best stuff is happening the last weekend not this coming weekend. Printmaking, food & music & art, festival, historical tours, Irish & Greek performances, and fireworks Aug 5th, and a parade Aug 6th.
Not that anyone cares, but the world's largest computer graphics conference, SIGGRAPH, is coming to Boston for the first time in ages, July 30th, see www.siggraph.org/s2006, at the Boston Convention & Expo Center.
Holdovers from previous weeks, the two outdoor theatre events are still happening at the Publick Theatre, www.publicktheatre.com, and the Shakespeare on the Common, www.freeshakespeare.org. And the Barnstable County Fair is still going on, on Cape Cod, www.barnstablecountyfair.org.
My favorite local group is Chris & Meredith Thompson, who sing folk music. They have two concerts coming up near to Boston, which is unusual, so I thought I'd post them. They are definitely worth checking out: Sun Jul 30, 6:30 PM, Reading MA, on Rt 129 at Memorial Park. And Mon Jul 31, 7PM, on the green in Natick MA at the intersection of Rt 27 and Rt 135.
The Boston Chinatown Festival is happening, but I'm not sure when. @#$@#$#$! More on this later if I can find it. This is the largest Boston-area event that has no friggin website.
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