January 2011 Archives

Welcome to Boston Events Insider! I am doing something awesome this week. I can't say what it is, but the last time I did something awesome I got to speak with filmmaker Kevin Smith. Email me to help at johnny@eventsinsider.com. I also have one ticket (just one!) for someone to join me Tuesday to see the free movie preview of Sanctum, the new James Cameron film.

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Sat 2/5WorcesterAntique Sleigh Rally at Old Sturbridge - free tix
Old Sturbridge Village is my favorite re-enactment museum. You'll meet dozens of people portraying 19th century characters. And now -- dozens of horse-drawn sleighs! And I have free tix to give away!!! 11am. Email johnny@eventsinsider.com. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA.508 347-3362. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 2/1Boston MetroThe Emperor of Atlantis - Free Tix
In a WWII concentration camp, Death quits and fights for the little guy. My theatre reviewer is unavailable, so if you'd like to attend and review this performance, I have a pair of tickets for you. Email johnny@eventsinsider.com and convince me that you can write something respectable. :). BCA, 527 Tremont St, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/5Boston MetroLife Listers' Ball & "Sanctum" - Free Tix
MyLifeList is a website for people with big goals who want a network of people to help motivate them. They're having a black-tie ball, a "high-energy party". It's normally $125, but I have a pair of tickets to give away! I also have one ticket (just one!) for someone to join me Tuesday to see Sanctum, the new James Cameron film. Email johnny@eventsinsider.com. Lighthouse Ballroom, Seaport Hotel, One Seaport Lane, Boston, MA, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/5Western MassRory Scovel - Free Tix
I also have two pairs of tickets to give away for Rory Scovel, nation-level comedian, who's performing in Western Massachusetts. What a great excuse to visit the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, one of my favorite museums in New England! Email johnny@eventsinsider.com. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/5 - Sun 2/6Boston MetroTreasure Island show - ticket giveaway
This is probably meant for kids, but I don't care! Pirates!! And I'm giving away two pairs of tickets to the Feb 5 show and another two pairs for the Feb 6 show. Email johnny@eventsinsider.com and tell me which show you want and how many tickets. Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA, Arlington, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/5Boston MetroFranklin Park Snow Festival
It's Winter Festival season! Franklin Park is easy to get to, even if you don't have a car. You can borrow sled and snowshoes, and they'll have an animal tracking class. 1-4pm. Clubhouse at Franklin Park, 1 Circuit Dr, Dorchester, MA.617-442-4141. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 2/4Boston MetroHasty Pudding Man of the Year Parade & Awards
The Man of the year is Jay Leno. Buy tickets immediately for the roast. They always sell out. But you can see the parade through Harvard Square for free! Zero Arrow Street Theater, Cambridge, MA.617-495-5205. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/5Boston MetroHarvard Square Winter Carnival Chili Cook-Off & Volleyball
Harvard Square is holding a chili competition. Details are few but hit up Harvard Square from 1-3pm and look around for it. And they'll have live music. Plaza, 27 Brattle 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:

Lowell's WinterFest Celebration, Chelmsford Winterfest, Acton, Winter Carnival at NARA Park, Greenfield Winter Carnival, Cedariver Winter Festival, North Shore CDC Polar Plunge, Grace Chapel's Annual WinterBlast, Mount Washington Valley Ice Festival, Love Letters by the Fire, Backyard Sugaring, Ippi's SuperBowl Ice Derby on Sluice + The Seelley Memorial, Harvard Book Store presents V.S. Ramachandran: The Tell-Tale Brain, Groundhog Day at Drumlin Farm, Love Stories Written in Stone, History of Somerville, 2010-2100 Lecture, Salem's So Sweet Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival, Snowy Owl Prowl, Winter Raptors, Tap a Tree, Eagles and Owls, Owl Festival, Bald Eagles of the Merrimack River, Ira Glass, Radio Stories and Other Stories, Celebrating 50 Years of Music & Technology @ MIT, Chinese New Year Celebration at Highland Country Club, The Chinese New Year, Black History Month Celebration

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Wed 1/26Boston MetroFree movie preview tix - The Mechanic
I'm giving away tickets to The Mechanic, Tuesday Jan 25 at 7pm in Boston. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com and let me know WHAT you want to win! AMC Boston Common Theatre, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 1/21 - Thu 2/10Boston MetroTicket giveaway for NINE
I also have two pairs of tickets to give away for the Thursday, Jan 27, 7:30pm show of NINE! This musical is about a film director going through romantic and mid-life crises. It's AMAZING. This is the show that my reviewer has been bugging me to set up an official review for since November. Click for our review. SpeakEasy Stage, 539 Tremont St, Boston, MA.617-482-3279. see details on the complete Events Insider
Mon 1/24 - Sun 1/30Boston MetroBread and Puppet Theatre - Free Tix
Bread and Puppet isn't just for kids! They actually have shows for each group, with 27 puppeteers and a brass band. I have tickets to give away for the Thu Jan 27, 7pm show. Email me! 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA.617-426-1522. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 1/27Boston MetroMagners Comedy Contest - Ticket Giveaway
I've been to the Magners Comedy Contest -- and it's fantastic. They bring in comedians of national talent, who then compete! And you can drink! I'm giving away 2 tickets for the Semifinals at Nicks on Thu 1/27 at 8pm and 2 tickets for the Semifinals at Motleys on Thu 1/27 at 8pm. See the website for details! Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 1/27Boston MetroHasty Pudding Woman of the Year Parade & Awards
Speaking of national celebrities, the "roast dinner" is probably sold out, (but it wouldn't hurt to try, and maybe you can get tickets for the Man of the Year Roast on Feb 4), but you can still catch the parade! Julianne Moore is this year's winner of the theatre troupe at the school that has no drama department. Parade at 2:30pm on Mass in Harvard Square. Then the roast at 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge MA. Cambridge, MA.617-495-5205. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 1/28Boston MetroChinatown Main Street Annual Chinese New Year Gala
Boston's Chinatown is hold an authentic dinner to celebrate New Years', with martial arts and dance performances. Chinatown, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 1/28 - Sat 1/29New HampshireMarket Day at Birka: Renaissance Faire
Perhaps you prefer past years to the new year. This is the largest local event by the SCA, the Society for Creative Anachronism, as seen in the 2008 movie "Role Models". They'll have a medeival market place, food, costuming, fight tournaments, and you'll learn something about history. Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH.603-715-5523. see details on the complete Events Insider
Wed 1/26Boston MetroMIT 6.270 Robot Competition (physical robots)
Have you ever seen a robot competition on TV? Come see it live where the event was created! This week at MIT, different winter classes come to an end with a final competition. This one's the biggest and best, where students build physical robots and have them compete. 7-10pm. MIT Room 26-100, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more

And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:

Maslab Robotics Contest, MIT 6.370 Robot Competition (software "bots"), Heads Up! How and Why the Amazing Human Head Evolved to Be the Way It Is, Westford Winterfest, Annual Snow Sculpting Competition, Sled Dog Derby, New London - 2011 Winter Carnival & Dinner with Jack Frost, Winter Stargazing, Superbowl of Birding at Joppa Flats, Animal Tracking, Amherst Railway Society - Big Railroad Hobby Show, Charm School at MIT, Annual Hummus Taste Off, Experience the Way of Tea - Japanese Tea Ceremony, Tour of the MIT Nuclear Reactor, Intro to Contra Dancing, with Live Folk Music, MIT IAP (Independent Activities Period), Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, Winterfest Weekends at Fruitlands Museum, Science on Screen: FULL METAL JACKET, Chinese Yo-Yo Workshop, Annual Robert Burns Celebration, Salem Adult Spelling Bee, Winter Carnival Go Green Walk/Ride Friday, Chocolate Festival in Harvard Square, USS Constitution Museum Model Shipwright Guild Model Show, Australia Day 2011, Fire & Ice Days, REI: Introduction to Snowshoeing, USS Constitution Museum Model Shipwright Guild Model Show, Whittemore-Robbins House Scavenger Hunt, Instrument Petting Zoo, Great Rotary Ice Fishing Derby, Free Omni IMAX Films at the Boston Museum of Science, Eclipse Video - for Converting Any Kind of Movie or Sound, R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe, IAP Math Music Recital, Animated Films with Improvised Performance, Literary Death Match, Annual A Cappella Fest in Brookline, Golden Dragon Acrobats, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and more!

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Wed 1/19 - Thu 1/20Boston MetroFree movie preview tix to No Strings Attached
I'm giving away tickets to No Strings, the comedy with Ashton Kucher and Natalie Portman, in Boston. Either Wed Jan 19 or Thu Jan 20 eve in Boston. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com and let me know which show you'd like to win! :). Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 1/22Boston MetroWinter Wildlife Tracking
How awesome is this. Learn to track animals, and it's near the subway. Meet at the Washington Street gate to the Arboretum across from Forest Hills T. 1pm. Bussey Brook Urban Wild, Jamaica Plain, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sun 1/23Boston MetroBigfoot Stomp: A Snowshoe Hike
This surreal hike through the Blue Hills should be fun. I've always wanted to try snoeshowing. 1pm. Blue Hills, Canton, MA.617-698-1802 x212. see details on the complete Events Insider
Wed 1/19Boston MetroEdgar Allan Poe: Born in Boston
It's Poe's 202nd birthday party at the Boston Public Library! This one features the same Poe re-enactor as last week, and a scholar from Boston College. Bring a reading if you want to speak. 7-8pm. Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Thu 1/20Boston MetroMysterious Gamma-Ray Bubbles in the Milky Way
Harvard's observatory is doing a public speech of unknown interest to the layman. 7:30pm. Free. Free parking. Observatory, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 1/25Boston MetroLiterary Death Match
And this is an attempt to make reading literature sexy. I don't know if it works, but I know that the venue, The Enormous Room, is actually quite small. Enormous Room, 567 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 1/22WorcesterWachusett Mountain Polar Dip
Insane people will dive into cold water to raise money for charity at Wachusett Mountain, the ski resort. 1-3pm. Wachusett Mountain, Princeton, 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:

MidWinter Celebration, Newburyport Winter Carnival, Native American Winter Traditions, Intro to Contra Dancing, with Live Folk Music, Annual Science Fiction Marathon at MIT LSC, Full Ice Moon Hike at Knox Preserve, Moonlit Snowshoe Tour, Concord Museum is Free, Science on Screen: FULL METAL JACKET, AIDS Action's Dance Party, Integration Bee, Salem Adult Spelling Bee, and more than 25 ongoing holiday attractions in New England!

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Mon 1/10Boston MetroFree movie preview tix for Green Hornet
I'm giving away tickets to Green Hornet for Monday, Dec 10 in Boston. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com! :). Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 1/15 - Sat 2/5Boston MetroR. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe
And I have tickets to give away for the run of Buckminster Fuller! Bucky is re-enacted on stage and talks about science, invention, and his life story. Choose anytime January 14, 15,16. And one to join me as my guest for my press review Jan 19. Email me! Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 1/14Boston MetroPoe: An Evening of the Macabre
This is your big chance to meet Edgar Allan Poe, the spooky 19th century author! I've seen this re-enactor, and it's a must see. He doesn't perform very often -- consider this worth changing your plans for. 7pm. Gore Estate, 52 Gore St, Waltham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Wed 1/19Boston MetroEdgar Allan Poe: Born in Boston
It's Poe's 202nd birthday party at the Boston Public Library! This one features the same re-enactor as Poe, and a scholar, and bring a reading if you want to speak. 7-8pm. Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 1/14 - Mon 1/17Boston MetroArisia Fan Convention
Not geeky enough? Try going to Arisia, the largest science fiction (and anime, and roleplaying, you get the idea) convention in New England. I guess they're against posting up photos to entice you to come. They won't have Poe, but they'll have parties, panels, vendors, a costume ball. They'll re-enact H.P. Lovecraft, do Rocky Horror (and the new thing, Repo: The Genetic Opera), and have a funny monologue about Shakepeare. See their entire calendar. Westin Waterfront Hotel, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 1/13Boston MetroGorillas to Grizzlies: Conservation in Action from Africa to the United States
Also Poe-less, the Museum of National History at Harvard sponsors talks after hours, many of which are free. Here's one on the preservation of gorillas in Rwanda. 6pm. HAH-vid Museem a' Nat'ral Hist'ry, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 1/15All OverThe New England Manifesto!
Are you glum about the weather? Wake up! New England is awesome and Californians are big winers. We're not! We're tough, tough like Vikings! Click through and see my annual New England Manifesto, a well-researched study of why Boston is the Hub of the Universe and we should stop being such stoic Yankees about being so. Boston is awesome! It's ON, California!, Massachusetts!. see details on the complete Events Insider
Mon 1/3 - Fri 1/28Boston MetroMIT IAP (Independent Activities Period)
While most colleges shut down for winter break, MIT holds an entire month of creative classes, lectures, and special events, many of which are wonderfully weird and open to the public. I'll highlight some of my favorites throughout the month, but you should really check their calendar!! MIT, Cambridge, MA.617-253-1000. see details on the complete Events Insider

Welcome to Boston Events Insider! This is awesome! January is a slow month for creative events, but I have specially arranged for you -- and for the attendees of the No Pants Subway Prank -- professional breakdancing on the subway. Please come! It's a once in a lifetime performance.

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Thu 1/6 - Mon 1/10Boston MetroFree movie preview tix for Season of the Witch, Green Hornet, SHAMELESS
I'm giving away tickets to Green Hornet for Monday, Dec 10 in Boston. and have three (a pair and a onesie) for Season of the Witch on Thursday, December 6 at 7:30pm at the Fenway theatre. And a preview of the new Showtime series SHAMELESS, Wed Jan 5. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com! :). Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sun 1/9Boston MetroBoston No Pants Ride
Every year the pranksters in Boston (and New York) ride the subway with only their underwear. Now that's classy. Meet at the Alewife subway stop, inside near the track. 2pm. Alewife Station, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sun 1/9Boston MetroSubway Dance Performance
But that's not all. PLEASE COME to the No Pants prank, and I've arranged a special once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see professional breakdancers perform in the subway! 2pm. Alewife Station, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Mon 1/3 - Fri 1/28Boston MetroMIT IAP (Independent Activities Period)
While most colleges shut down for winter break, MIT holds an entire month of creative classes, lectures, and special events, many of which are wonderfully weird and open to the public. I'll highlight some of my favorites throughout the month, but you should really check their calendar!! MIT, Cambridge, MA.617-253-1000. see details on the complete Events Insider
Wed 1/5North ShoreChristmas Tree Bonfire
I really want to see this one! They will burn holiday trees in a huge bonfire. It will smell good and the pine sap tends to pop! 6pm. Dead Horse Beach at Salem Willows, Salem, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 1/7 - Sun 1/9Southeast MassMoby Dick - The Marathon
Here's a gem. People gather and listen to a nonstop reading of Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. It takes 25 hours and there is a buffer and lecture beforehand. New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 1/8North ShoreWenham Museum's Model Railroad and Hobby Show
Also weird is this model train show. It doesn't actually happen in the museum (which has a model train collection), but down the street at a local school, with 75 dealer tables. Snow date the next day. Buker School, School Street, Wenham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 1/4Rhode IslandWaterfire Celebration for the Inauguration
As part of the government inauguration, there will be a waterfire 5:15-7:30pm. This is when they light bonfires in racks all along the Providence River downtown. Providence, RI. 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:

Boston Celtic Music Festival, Taiwan Arts & Crafts, Fetes De Rois (Feast of the Kings), Intro to Contra Dancing, with Live Folk Music, Concord Museum is Free, Cranapalooza, Winter Trails Day, Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Middle Eastern Drumming, The Life and Death of John Carpenter: A Film Symposium, Free Film Fridays at Museum of Science, Annual International Jewish Film Festival, Mystic Seaport to Host Pub Sing and Chantey Blast in Support of Sea Music Festival, and more than 25 ongoing holiday attractions in New England!

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