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Here's some additional stuff I found this week that I couldn't help but post! I'm going to the attempt to set a caroling world record on Saturday! Email me at johnny@eventsinsider.com and let's make it a group outing. Make sure to see the main blog way below this update post on the main site.

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Sat 12/4Boston MetroTrying to set a world record for caroling
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is trying to set a caroling world record! Come to the Pru's outdoor plaza and join them. They'll give out free hot chocolate! 11:30am-1:30pm. Prudential Center Plaza, Boston, MA. more
Wed 12/1Boston MetroBrookline Public Menorah Lighting
5pm. Finally I found some more Chanukah events. Beacon St at Pleasant St, Brookline, MA. more
Fri 12/3Southeast MassLights on Taunton Christmas Celebration
It's small, but at least they're trying to make this event a real festival, with hay rides, Mrs. Claus, and participatory caroling. 43 Taunton Green, Taunton, MA. more
Fri 12/3 - Sun 12/5North ShoreGreening of the Great House: Crane Estate Holiday Open House
Visiting Castle Hill at any time of the year is a great opportunity. It's an old and beautiful mansion. They'll have a wood turning demonstration, but basically the 'event' here is to get to walk around the wonderful grounds. Castle Hill, Ipswich, MA. more
Sat 12/4 - Sun 12/5Northern MassCocoa with Santa: Winnekenni Castle
You can have cocoa with Santa with unspecified "kids activities"... Ho Ho Hum... but there's a free sing-a-long on Sunday. Um, also for kids. But the castle is a lovely location that I was just at in October. It might be a great location to stroll around their park and building. Winnekenni Castle, 347 Kenoza Ave, Haverhill, MA. more
Thu 12/2Boston MetroNewton Holiday Lighting Ceremony
4-5pm. Non-denominational Christmas, um, Holiday tree lighting. :). City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA. more
Tue 12/7Metro WestAnnual Menorah Lighting on Needham Town Common
And this one features Gelt. What is Gelt? Well, it also features donuts. 6pm. Needham Town Common, Needham, MA. more
Fri 12/3Boston MetroHood EggNog Lights the Night at the Milk Bottle
You know how, outside the Children's Museum in Boston, there's a giant Hood milk bottle? Well, from 5-7:30pm they'll have holiday lights and Hood will give out free samples of milk. Even though their website is down, I confirmed this. Boston Children's Museum Wharf, Boston, MA. more

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Welcome to Boston Events Insider! It's not all about Christmas this week. Actually, it sort of is. But I list tons of creative and semi-secular activities for the not so religious. This week's top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.

Tue 11/30 - Wed 12/1Boston MetroFree movie preview tickets: The Fighter, Black Swan
I have free tickets for movie previews! The Fighter (Tue Nov 30, 7pm, Boston) is a boxing flick with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Black Swan (Wed Dec 1, 7pm), about ballet rivals with Natalie Portman. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com. Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 12/2 - Fri 12/3Boston MetroThe Quest for the Golden Pasties - Free tix
Club Oberon is the new Cambridge performance space that combines sexy with arty, like this burlesque show featuring comic superheros. Mmm, Wonder Woman. I've got a pair of tickets to give away for Thursday and one pair for Friday! Email me. Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Sat 12/4Boston MetroHelp Us Break the Caroling Guinness World Record!
They're trying to set a world record for Christmas Caroling in Boston! 11:30am - 1:30pm, Prudential Center plaza, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 12/4 - Sun 12/5Metro WestNew England Model Train Expo
Grown adults still need toys! Check out these model trains for perhaps the biggest event of this type of the year. Best Western Hotel, Marlborough, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 12/4Boston MetroBNAN Winter Lights along the Greenway
If you've got a regular church, then you're all set on caroling. But what about the rest of us? I've done a ton of research trying to locate some non-church and even mostly secular caroling activities. Here's the first and see below for more. The East Boston Greenway in Boston will be lit and you can sing along with carolers and get hot chocolate and cookies. Sounds great!! 4-6pm. Please note, this is not the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Intersection of Bremen St & Porter St, Boston MA 02128 Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sun 12/5Metro WestConcord Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting
Last year I listed a lot of markets and this year I am against that. If you want to go to a mall, go to a mall and let's not call it a creative 'event'. But hey! There are plenty of genuine Xmas events like this parade where Santa will arrive by fire engine, and they'll have carolers and hot chocolate. The parade starts at Dunkin Donuts on Sudbury Road and ends at town common. Features Herb the Dragon. "Herb"?? Really? Gee, and I thought "Puff" the dragon was suggestive of drugs. 4:45-6pm. Visitors Center, 58 Main St., Concord, MA.978-369-3120. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 12/4New HampshirePlymouth Holiday Parade and Fireworks
Even better than a parade -- fireworks! They'll have 36 parade units throwing candy and parading down Green Street, around the rotary, and to South Main Street. Santa will arrive on a fire truck, and afterwards they'll have soups and Santa events at the Senior Center. Dec 4, parade at 5pm and fireworks, Dec 5, "Skate with Santa"! Plymouth, NH.603-536-2890. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 12/4 - Sun 12/5Boston MetroHyde Park Open Studios
An open studios is where you walk from place to place, artists' private homes or work studios, and meet the artists. Of course they hope you'll buy something! But the walk is nice, gives you a reason to explore the city, and you get to meet real artists, not just merchants. To me that's a real event! 1476 River Street, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 12/3 - Sun 12/5Boston MetroTree Lightings around Boston
I don't really get tree lightings. Someone flicks a switch and a tree lights up. I guess that's good? But I've discovered some great tree lightings with Santa, parades, refreshments, singing, and more. Let's start with Boston's tree lightings, which aren't very well described. Here's the complete list and I've highlighted several below. Boston, 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:

Holiday Sing - Handel & Hayden Chorus, Holiday Open House at Old South Meeting House, Swedish Christmas Fair and Holiday Celebration, Macy's Enchanted Trolley Tour & Tree Lightings, Boston's Official Tree Lighting, Copley Square Tree Lighting, Villa Victoria Tree Lighting, Friends of the Fort Point Channel Annual Holiday Tree Lighting, USS Constitution Tree Decorating & Lighting, A Not So Silent Night, Lexington Holiday Festival Night, Norumbega Lodge Cultural Meeting: Concert, Grafton Celebrates the Holidays, Maynard's Annual Christmas Parade, Gingerbread House Workshops at Verrill Farm, Essex Holiday Festival, Annual Marblehead Christmas Walk, Santa Arrives in Salem, Christmas in Salem House Tour, Christmas by the Sea, Rockport Santa Arrival & Tree Lighting, Xmas parade at East Bridgewater, Annual Holidays on the Green & Caroling at Plymouth, Pembroke Tree Lighting, Merry TubaChristmas, Annual Christmas Stroll Weekend, Nantucket, New Bedford Downtown Holiday Stroll, Haverhill Annual Christmas Stroll, Amesbury Santa Parade & Tree Lighting, Worcester Tree Lighting & Caroling, Sutton Chain of Lights, Candlelight Carol Sing, Holiday Carol Sing, Tree Lighting, Parade at Falmouth, Westfield Dickens Days, Caroling on the Green at West Springfield, Festival of Trees or Portsmouth Illuminated Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting, Festival of Lights in Wickford, RI, Holiday Festival returns to Benefit Street, Bowen's Wharf Christmas Tree Lighting, Visits with Santa Claus at the Newport Mansions, Harvard Humanist holiday party, Astronomy in the City, Annual Southern New England Weather Conference, Nikkomo, Charlestown Open Studios, Gorse Mill Open Studios at Needham, Comicazi Con, MFA Community Day (December), Fort Point's Holiday Sale (Open Studios), Boston Latino International Film Festival, New England International Auto Show, Everyone Loves Latkes Party, Chanukah Celebration in West Springfield, Canton Chanukah Wonderland, Chanukah of the Palace featuring Harmonia and Circurious, Owl Prowl at Fisherville Brook, Make a Zine!, Union Square Winter Craft Market, Hot Chocolate Run in Northampton, Wenham Museum's Gingerbread Contest, Jane Austen Holiday Tea & Tours, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Pilobolus Dance Troupe, Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff, The Slutcracker, Lewis Black - In God We Rust, Kevin Smith at House of Blues, An Afternoon with Garrison Keillor, Boston Typewriter Orchestra performs their comedic satirical repertoire, One Man "A Christmas Carol, Harvard Med School Second Year Show, Party on the Mississippi: The 175th Birthday Celebration!, LEGO KidsFest, New Haven Tree Lighting Celebration, Festival of St. Lucia, Holiday Carnival, Ivoryton Christmas Block Party, Santacon (Portland, ME), Annual Christmas by the Sea at Old Orchard Beach, Christmas By The Sea, Sparkle Weekend, Harbor Lights Festival, Holiday Light Parade, Santa Sunday, and more than 25 ongoing holiday attractions in New England!

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Welcome to Boston Events Insider! Don't be fooled -- a lot of holiday "events" are really merchant shopping malls. I try very hard to put the best stuff up top, but there's so much more: don't forget to check the MAIN WEBSITE! This week's top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.

Fri 11/26 - Fri 12/31Boston MetroFree theatre tix: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and movies too
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a touching holiday play about what happens when the rowdiest kids in town take over the Xmas play. I've got two pairs of tickets to your choice of show Fri 11/26 at 7pm, Sat 11/27 at 4pm or 7pm, or Sun 11/28 at 2pm. Email me at johnny@eventsinsider.com. Also, so far this week I have movie preview tickets for "Faster", that action flick with The Rock, Monday Nov 22 in Boston. For more free stuff as it comes out in-between weekly postings, join the Events Insisder Facebook group: just click "subscribe" in the top menu. 395 Main St, Stoneham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 11/26Western MassSpringfield's Parade of the Big Balloons
I would so love to see this! Probably the best event after Thanksgiving is the parade in Springfield. The non-metro towns that try the hardest to lure in tourists are Springfield, Quincy, Salem, and Lowell. You can bet whenever an event happens in any of these places, it'll be good. 11am. Main Street, Springfield, MA.413-733-3800. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 11/26 - Tue 12/28South ShoreQuincy Christmas Lights Festival & Parade
And right on cue, another town that tries hard, Quincy, has a Christmas festival. Unfortunately rather than have a one day blast, they are spacing theirs out, with a kids festival and lighting ceremony Friday Nov 26 at 6:30pm with 10,000 lights, Santa arriving by parachute Saturday Nov 27 at 12:30pm at Pageant Field, and a parade they call "the largest on the East Coast", Sunday Nov 28 at 12:30pm, from School St & Elm St up Hancock St to North Quincy. It's more of a draw if you put all this stuff together into one day, in my opinion. Quincy, MA.617-376-1990 Chris Walker. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Sat 11/27Northern MassLowell City of Lights Parade & Holiday Art Stroll
Salem slips behind this week, with just a tree lighting, but Lowell has a parade too! Various merchants and museums will be open -- these events are typically driven by the chamber of commerce -- and you'll find trolley rides, a parade, Santa Claus, a scavenger hunt, a hot chocolate competition, street performers, theatre, and more. What, no website photo? 11am-8pm. Merrimack & Central Streets, Lowell, MA.978-674-1481, 978.446.7162. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 11/27Metro WestSanta Parade and Fireworks over Choate
Right after you think, "Where the hell is Medway", you think, "Fireworks!!" Parade at 5:30pm Holliston St to Choate Park, with fireworks afterwards over Choate Pond. Choate Park, Medway, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 11/27Boston MetroTubaChristmas Concert at Fanueil Hall
There are a lot of Boston tree lighting that I list below, but here's my favorite: a concert with over 200 tubas! There are other TubaChristmas shows listed in the next month on their website, in Ayer, New Bedford, Shelburne Falls, and Worcester. Boston, MA.617-523-1300 x7021. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Fri 11/26Metro WestLEGO Extravaganza at Acton
Can we back up just a second? It's not ALL about Christmas and as a favor to non-believers, I will separate out the Xmas and non-Xmas events all month. For example, there's a festival of building giant sculptures in Acton, with LEGOs. Make sure to bring hand sanitizer! They say it's for all ages even though it's at a children's museum. I want to go!! 177 Main St, Acton, MA.978-264-4200. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 11/26Boston MetroFriday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction
But what I have my heart set on is this contest to build elaborately complicated machines called Rube Goldberg devices. That's when the candle heats the air going into the balloon, which bursts, surprising the bird who tips over a bucket, sending water onto a cat, who yowls and pulls a string, releasing a bowling ball to roll... you get the idea. Register to join in, or just show up to watch. 1-4pm. MIT Campus, Rockwell Gymnasium, 120 Vassar Street, Cambridge, 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:

Annual Cold Turkey Plunge, Sing-a-Long Mary Poppins, Ye Olde Game Weekend, Murder Mysteries at the Newport Art Museum, Thanksgiving Contra Dance, The Great Turkey Swingout, Boston's Holiday Trellis Lighting, Macy's Boston Tree Lighting, Charles Hotel Tree Lighting, Dorchester Trolley Tour, Roslindale Tree Lighting, Anderson Tree Lighting in Logan Square, Winthrop Holiday Lighting Festival, Copley Square Tree Lighting, Mass Horticultural's Festival of Trees, Gloucester's Santa Parade & Tree Lighting, Newburyport Santa Parade & Tree Lighting, Tree Lighting Festival at Smolak Farms, Holiday Tree Lighting, Family Breakfast with Santa!, Brockton Holiday Parade, Nantucket Tree Lighting & Community Caroling, Westfield Dickens Days, Holiday Parade of Lights in Berlin NH, Santa Arrives by Dogteam at Waterville Valley, Christmas in Wolfeboro Parade, Santa's Arrival at Roger Williams Park Zoo, Santa Arrives in Westerly, Winter Carnival at the St. Ann Arts & Cultural Center, Manchester Tree Lighting, MFA Community Day (November), Half-Price Day at Franklin Park Zoo & Stone Zoo, Gobble Gobble Gobble Road Race, Evening Tour at Gore Place, Annual Owl Prowl at Bartholomew's Cobble, Ice Skating Statewide, Shaker Supper at Hancock Shaker Village, Star Trek: A Vision of the Future, Miss Massachusetts USA & Teen USA Pageants, The Capitol Steps, Vengeance is the Lord's, and our review, Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff, and more than 25 ongoing holiday attractions in New England!

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Welcome to Boston Events Insider! You can tell I'm having a busy week when I wait to post until Thursday! This week's top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.

Thu 11/18 - Sun 12/12Boston MetroFree theatre tix: Vengeance is the Lord's, and movies too
Vengeance is the Lord's is a dark comedy when parents contemplate justice as the murderer of their daughter is about to be released on parole. I have two pairs each to give away for the shows Friday Nov 19 at 8pm and Sunday Nov 21 at 7pm! Email me at johnny@eventsinsider.com. Also, last week you missed tickets to Burlesque, The Next Three Days, and some classical music because you're not on the Facebook group, which is where I send alerts in-between weekly issues. This week I have movie preview tickets for "Faster", that action flick with The Rock, Monday Nov 22 in Boston. Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sun 11/21Boston MetroFrog Pond Opening Day & Skate Performance
There's an ice skating rink on Frog Pond in Boston Common that is refigerated and open in warm or cold weather from this week through March. For opening day, they bring professional ice skaters to perform, the Mayor will give a speech, and skating for the day is free! It's a wonderful event -- highly recommended! 5:30pm. Boston Common, Boston, MA.617 635-2120. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Fri 11/19WorcesterHiggins OverKnight
Near Worcester there's a fantastic museum of ancient weapons and suits of armor. And now you can stay overnight! $45 includes dinner and breakfast. It's really meant for kids, unfortunately. 100 Barber Ave, Worcester, MA.508-853-6015. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 11/20Metro WestThe Society for Creative Anachronism's Duello
This one's better for adults.The Society for Creative Anachronism is a club for people who like to re-enact how history was, or maybe should have been. For example, history should have been chess where the pieces are human beings who fight with swords! (No, really, that is their event this weekend!). Nashoba Regional High School, 12 Green Road, Bolton, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 11/20 - Sun 11/21Northern MassThanksgiving Harvest Festival and Civil War Encampment
This celebration will have a blacksmithing demo! And hay rides! And a civil war encampment (which is a re-enactment of a military camp)! Red Apple Farm, Phillipston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 11/20 - Sun 11/21Metro WestSuper Megafest
Here's another fan convention, and they claim to be the biggest. Do you believe that? Well, they have a ton of genuine celebrities coming, like Christopher Lloyd who played Doc Brown in the Back to the Future movies! Sheraton Framingham, 1657 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sun 11/21Northern MassHaverhill VFW Santa Parade
We can't avoid it. Christmas is here to stay, but at least that means more parades! 1pm. Rain date 11/27. Haverhill, MA.978-373-3777. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 11/19 - Sun 11/21South ShoreAmerica's Hometown USA Thanksgiving Celebration
But is it okay if we celebrate Thanksgiving first? I've been to this festival in Plymouth that attract's 125,000 people. There's an artist's event Friday night, a parade and festival on Saturday, 11am-4pm, and then a crafts festival Sunday 11am-4pm. They'll also have an encampment of historical re-enactors, the Mayflower II ship, and a ton more. Water Street, Plymouth, MA.508-746-1818. 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:

Historic Thanksgivings at The Old Manse, Brookline First Light Festival, Full Moon Owl Prowl, Armenian Food Festival, Greenberg Toy & Train Show, TraniWreck GOLD, Rockland Open Studios, Portsmouth, NH Holiday Arts Tour, Boston's Holiday Trellis Lighting, Faneuil Hall Tree Lighting, Mass Horticultural's Festival of Trees, InsideOut: The Museum School Sale, MFA Community Day (November), Boston International Fine Art Show, Queen Noor of Jordan on Nuclear Disarmament, and more than 25 ongoing holiday attractions in New England!

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Sat 11/13 - Sun 11/14WorcesterFree tickets to Davis Megamaze and 7 Movie Previews
This is the last week for Davis MegaMaze! I still have tickets for the biggest and best corn field maze in New England. And movie previews: Morning Glory (Nov 8, 7pm, Burlington & Fenway), Fantasia 2000 party with director (Nov 8, 7pm, MFA), Tangled (Nov 10, 7pm, Boston Common), 127 Hours (Nov 10, 7:30pm, Boston Common), Unstoppable (Nov 11, 7pm, Boston Common), The Music Never Stopped (Nov 16, 7pm, Kendall Sq). Email me at johnny@eventsinsider.com. 145 Redstone Hill, Sterling, MA.978-422-8888. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 11/13Boston MetroFree tickets to the JFK Experience
And I have 4 tickets to give away for this re-enactment of a speech by former president John Kennedy. Looks awesome! Hibernian Hall, 151 Watertown St, Watertown, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Mon 11/15Boston MetroFree tickets to One-Man Star Wars
And I have 4 tickets to give away to this one-man stage show where he performs Star Wars. Crazy people with stormtrooper uniforms will come show off too, like a dozen of them! Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 11/12Boston MetroFree tickets to Pink Voyd - the Pink Floyd Theatrical Rock Show
You know that I don't write about music much but Pink Voyd is the REAL DEAL. They have broken down and analyzed the music of Pink Floyd to create a phenomenon that uses no CDs or backing tracks. I have two free tickets to give away, and email me for discounted balcony tickets ($15). Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St, Arlington, MA.781-646-4849. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 11/11Boston MetroBoston Veterans Day Parade
Of course, it's Veterans Day, and there are a number of parades. Boston's begins at 12pm on from the corner of Charles St & Beacon St, up Boylston Street, turn left onto Tremont street, ending at City Hall Plaza. Others in Massachusetts include Amesbury, Andover, Ashland, Attleboro, Bedford, Beverly, Brockton, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Dudley, Holyoke, Medford, Melrose, Middleboro, Newburyport, Norwood, Rehoboth, Shrewsbury, Spencer, Springfield, Webster, Westfield, Westford, West Springfield, Woburn. Boston Common, Boston, MA.617-635-4455. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 11/13WorcesterArms and Armor Show and FREE DAY
The Higgins Armory is always worth a trip. It's one of these perfect places that both kids and adults enjoy, and see and learn about the armor and weaponry from ancient times. They are continually having fun events. This weekend, re-enactors play knights. And it's Founder's Day, celebrating 79 years, so it's free! 100 Barber Ave, Worcester, MA.508-853-6015. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 11/13WorcesterAn Evening of Illumination at OSV
Also re-enactment-tastic, Sturbridge Village is bigger than and just as good as Plimoth Plantation. They are continually having events and this one is at night using 19th century lights. I'm sure it's beautiful. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA.508 347-3362. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 11/12Boston MetroCarnival of Ink
I'm not big on tattoos, but it's a slow week for events, and if you are, they're having a competition and live music at the Middle East! The Middle East, Cambridge, 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:

Allston/Brighton Open Studios (Boston Open Studios), Exploring the Night (Astronomy), MIT Henge, Emily Dickinson Re-enactment, Murder at the Science Museum: Watson Adventures Scavenger Hunt, A Magical Night with the Owls, Stories from the Ramayana, Princess Party at the Fall River Carousel, Norumbega Lodge Scandinavian Fair, Armenian Fest, A Shaker Thanksgiving, Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, Somerville Writers Conference, Human Chess, Mark Twain at 175: An American Icon Reconsidered, Boston Asian American Film Festival: Ideas in Motion, Spiritual Fall Festival of Psychics, Boston Comedy Festival, Comics Come Home Fundraiser, Comic Relief: Fundraiser for Pakistan's Flood Victims, PuppetSLAM, Basil Twist - Puppeteer - Petrushka, Guest Orchestra Concert: Leipzig Philharmonic, and more than 25 ongoing holiday attractions in New England!

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Welcome to Boston Events Insider! We're into the slump after Halloween ends and before Xmas events begin, a great time to see a museum or go for a belated fall foliage hike.

This week's top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.

Free tickets to Davis Megamaze and Movie Previews		Sat 10/2 - Sun 11/14	Worcester
I have more tickets (daytime only) to Davis MegaMaze, the biggest and best corn field maze in New England! And movie previews: The Next Three Days (Thu Nov 4), Four Lions, (Tue Nov 2), and Fair Game (Thu Nov 4) all in Boston. You missed tickets to Morning Glory because you are not on the Facebook group. Email me at johnny@eventsinsider.com. 145 Redstone Hill, Sterling, MA.978-422-8888. see details on the complete Events Insider
Free theatre tickets: Body Awareness, The Aliens, and Circle Mirror Transformation		Fri 10/22 - Sat 11/20	Boston Metro
This week I have tickets for all three of the "Shirley, VT" plays. Body Awareness (Nov 7 at 7:30PM) is a comedy where a nudie photographer visits a college campus. The Aliens (Nov 5 at 8pm) is about 30-something dropouts discussing philosophy and drugs. Circle Mirror Transformation (Nov 4 at 7:30pm) was off-Broadway hit, a touching comedy set in a drama classroom where there's plenty of "drama". Click for reviews of all three. 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Day of the Dead Festival at Forest Hills Cemetery		Tue 11/2	Boston Metro
The Day of the Dead festival is one of my favorite events of the year. It's outdoors at night and forget candy skeletons. This is a serious and touching remembrance of the dead lead by a Mexican group that touches ancient traditions. And you can join in the singing, dancing, and interacting with the spirit world. Believe me when I say this: YOU MUST GO. 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA.617-524-0128. see details on the complete Events Insider
Day of the Dead at Peabody Museum - Free ticket		Tue 11/2	Boston Metro
The Peabody Museum is having a Day of the Dead gala, which is still open if you come in costume, and they have a series of exhibits if you miss the gala. I am going and have one free ticket to give to whomever is most enthusiastic! Peabody Museum, Cambridge, MA.617-496-1027. see details on the complete Events Insider
International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition		Fri 11/5 - Mon 11/8	Boston Metro
As if building robots weren't enough, MIT now leads an international contest to build biological systems. (Are they going to fight to the death in a public arena?) Go and see what they've "cooked up". MIT, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Hampton Beach Holiday Kite Fly		Sat 11/6	New Hampshire
If you're going up to New Hampshire for hiking, stop by this small-sized kite flying event. It's harder to fly a kite than you might think, and you can meet and learn from some experts. They'll probably sell kites on-site. In front of the Ashworth hotel. Hampton Beach, Hampton, NH. see details on the complete Events Insider
Free Star Parties		Sat 11/6	Southeast Mass
This local park is doing an astronomy night. Go outdoors at night and learn from a real astronomer. Sounds like great fun! Register in advance. Moose Hill, 293 Moose Hill St, Sharon, MA.781-784-5691. see details on the complete Events Insider
Newton Open Studios		Sat 11/6 - Sun 11/7	Boston Metro
Although we're in the post-Halloween pre-Xmas slump for events, there are 4 competing open studios this weekend! This is when homes and work studios are open so you can walk around the city, meeting real artists (not just merchants) and potentially buying their stuff. This one's in Newton! 11am-5pm. See website for map, Newton, 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:

Roslindale Open Studios, Fenway Studios Open Studios, Waltham Mills Artists' Open Studios, A Quilters' Gathering, The New England Webcomics Weekend, Breakfast with George Washington, Rosalynn Carter on the Mental Health Crisis, Brockton Train Show, El Dia de Los Muertos, Battle of the Lawyers, Harvest Dinner & Urban Barn Dance, Exploring the Emperor's Paradise, Franklin County CiderDay, ARF 120th Anniversary, Container Ship in Distress! The Story of the APL Panama, Concord Festival of Authors, Boston Jewish Film Festival, Daylight Savings Time Ends, Vote! (And Election Night "TXTual Healing"), Mortified, New England Jazz Banjofest, Boston Comedy Festival, Bob the Magic Guy, Three Traditions of Rhythm Come Together to Beat Climate Change!, The Mark Twain House & Museum Annual Fall Gala, Hartford International Film Festival, and more.

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