February 2011 Archives

Welcome to Boston Events Insider! It's the low point of the year for creative events, but I managed to find you 40! This week's top items are below, or see the complete Boston Events Insider.

Fri 3/4 - Sat 4/2Boston MetroReasons to be Pretty - ticket giveaway
I have two pairs of tickets to give away for the Saturday 3/5 at 4pm show of this drama about the American obsession with beauty. "How much is 'pretty' worth? Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 3/1Boston MetroFree movie preview tix - Win Win
I have free movie preview tickets for Win Win, the indie comedy about an attorney who becomes a wrestling coach, with Paul Giamatti. 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
Sat 3/5Boston MetroBoston Massacre Re-enactment
The event of the week is the re-enactment of the Boston Massacre. And it's free! It's the historical event that got the British fighting with the American colonists before the War of Indepdendence. Sat 11am & 2pm little kids re-enact the massacre in a strange combination of cute and horrid. 11:30 & 2:30 Trial of the Century w/ John Adams. Then 7pm Boston Massacre re-enactment, to which you should arrive at least an hour early to get a good view, and at which the real show starts about 30 minutes before the scheduled start. Old State House, Boston, Boston, MA.617-720-1713 x27. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 3/4 - Sun 3/6Northern MassInterCon (LARP)
Live roleplaying is a kind of theatre where there is no audience. The audience joins the cast for a massive improv drama that spans an entire hotel and can be comedy, drama, horror, mystery, fantasy, or any genre. It's completely unique and this is the biggest and best convention in our region for LARPing. See the website and sign up for games in advance. Waltham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 3/5Boston MetroTropical Fiesta, Jamaica Plain
I don't really understand this event, which goes undescribed on both websites, but I have confirmed that it is really happening, and it features music by the Latin American group that does the amazing Day of the Dead Festival at Forest Hills Cemetery. From 12-4pm, learn dances from the Caribbean, rainforest arts & crafts for kids, and then 7pm-2am, a nighttime 18+ party, with three afro world beat bands. 45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain, MA.617-524-6373 or 857-498-2438. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Sat 3/5Boston MetroInsect Planet Festival
Every year the Harvard Museum of Natural History holds a "family festival", a day of lectures and activities, and this year's theme is insects! It's kid-oriented but if you're a kid at heart you'll enjoy it too! 9am-5pm. Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 3/5Boston MetroAlloy Orchestra performing live to Metropolis (the landmark 1928 silent sci-fi film)
This classic silent film comes with live music! What a treat -- I've seen this performance and it's amazing! Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 3/5Boston MetroMaple Syrup Boil Down Festival
It's maple syrup season! They will boil down sap into maple syrup and you can try some and learn how it works. 10am-2pm. The Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., Somerville, MA.617-628-9988. 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:

IHOP National Pancake Day, Winter Trees and Maple Syrup for Adults, Maple Science, Dr. Seuss Breakfast, Maple Sugaring, Meet the Sugar Maples, 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps, FAST Thinking, MIT Annual Latke-Hamentashen Debate, The Hidden Reality, Frederick Douglass NOW, Abraham Lincoln At 200 with R.I. Supreme Court Justice Frank Williams, AAA Travel Marketplace, Annual Keene Ice & Snow Festival, Mardi Gras at Nick's in Natick, Cajun and Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball, Murder Mystery at The Governor's Inn, The Flower & Patio Outdoor Living Show, Boston Jewish Music Festival, Salem Film Festival, Cabin Fever Festival, Edward Gorey Exhibit at the Boston Athenaeum, Leprechaun Leap, Dancing with the Stars - Needham 300th, Boston Restaurant Week - Winter, Taste of the South End, Restaurant Reviews, KitschInSync, Atwater-Donnelly, Jazz Club Performances, Massachusetts Poetry Recitation Semi-Finals

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Tue 2/22Boston MetroFree movie preview tix - Hall Pass
I have free movie preview tickets for Hall Pass, the comedy with Owen Wilson. His wife gives him a "free pass" to date other women and antics ensue. Feb 22 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
Sun 2/27Boston MetroBoston Cookie Takedown - ticket giveaway
I'm not sure I really get this event. Tables with cookies... you eat, you vote, there's milk... it's a party!! And I have two pairs of tickets to give away. Email me at johnny@eventsINSIDER.com. 2pm! Great Scott, 1222 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA.917 902 7765. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 2/24 - Sun 2/27Boston MetroThe New England Home Show - ticket giveaway
If you own a home, here's where you can learn about remodeling, decorating, and housewares -- they'll have an entire crafts show. It's the largest home show in New England. I have tickets to give away -- email me! Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 2/24Boston MetroThe Great Boston Molasses Comedy Disaster Show - ticket giveaway
This is a real story. In 1919, a storage tank of molasses exploded and flooded the streets of Boston, killing a few people. Now some creative geniuses have turned tragedy into comedy, a stand-up and sketch show. And I have two pairs of tickets to give away. 8pm. Local band Hot Molasses will perform and Burnin' Love sauces will be on-site selling their Great Molasses Disaster-inspired sauce, too. Mottley's Comedy Club, 61 Chatham St, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 2/22Boston MetroStephen Fry speaks about Religion & Reason
It's the defining Boston celebrity event of the year! Stephen Fry, perhaps the greatest atheist media star after Brad Pitt, visits Harvard, which has the strongest humanist college group. Boston has plenty of academic superstars, but we get few from Hollywood. And when we do, they don't have a cause, or they support a cause that's well under steam. I love cancer research and Martin Luther King, but it's not like those causes are going nowhere without Whoopi Goldberg. But non-belief -- now that's an edgy, interesting topic that's just hitting the mainstream. Here's a charity leverage point where a celebrity -- and you -- can make a real difference! If you're a non-believer, come and be counted. It's important to show that we are not alone. Or if you're a believer who's curious how the "other half" lives, check it out. You'll find the community friendly, and we won't feed you wafers and tell you later it's Jesus. 8pm. Buy your tickets immediately. This will sell out. Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 2/24Boston MetroPresidents' Family Festival Day
The JFK Library and Museum is hosting a day long festival of presidential re-enactors! See Abraham Lincoln (played by Fritz Klein), Theodore Roosevelt (played by Gib Young), John and Abigail Adams (played by Thomas Macy and Patricia Bridgman), and participate in arts and crafts and a tour of the museum and a ""make your own sundae" bar. Yum!! Kids activities 10:00am-3:00pm, and a presentation of the Love Letters of John and Abigail Adams from 3-4pm. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 2/24 - Sun 2/27South ShoreTotal Confusion
This claims to be the largest gaming convention in New England. It's all about roleplaying, miniatures, and board games at Totalcon. Note, use Internet Explorer to view their website. Holiday Inn, Mansfield, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/26Boston MetroSpecial Olympics Passion Plunge
Dive into cold water to raise money. I'm not sure what the connection is exactly... In Revere and also at Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA. Revere Beach & Nantasket Beach, Revere, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider

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

Tue 2/15Boston MetroFree movie preview tix - Take Me Home Tonight, Unknown, Cedar Rapids, Beastly
I have free movie preview tickets for Take Me Home Tonight, Feb 14 at 8pm in Boston which will include some of the film stars appearing, Cedar Rapids, the comedy with Ed Helms and John C. Reilly, Feb 15 at 7pm in Cambridge, and Unknown, the new Liam Neeson flick, Feb 15 at 7pm in Boston, and Beastly, which is like Twilight meets Beauty & the Beast, Feb 17 at 7pm in Dedham. And Win Win, Feb 16 at 7:30pm 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
Sat 2/19Metro WestModel Engineering Show - giveaway
Personally I'd rather see the steam engines, aircraft engines, machinists tools, and trains at this engineer's festival! Free with museum admission, and also includes their awesome steampunk exhibit, in an 1814 textile mill. And I have four pairs of tickets to give away -- email johnny@eventsinsider.com to win! 10am-4pm. Charles River Museum of Industry, 154 Moody Street, Waltham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider more
Mon 2/21Metro WestA Visit with Abraham Lincoln
I have a soft spot for historical re-enactments, especially when it's Lincoln! Reserve immediately! Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA.978-369-9763. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 2/15Boston MetroEdgar Allan Poe: Love and Death
But wait! It gets even better with a re-enactor portraying Edgar Allan Poe, reading some of his works about death and love in this anti-Valentine's Day celebration. 7pm. Elizabeth Peabody House, 277 Broadway, Somerville, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Mon 2/21South Shore[SENSE]ation Day at Fuller Museum
They're also having a festival at the Fuller Museum, which is an amazing museum all about crafts. I've been many times and highly recommend it. They'll have interactive performances, participatory arts making, candy making demonstrations, Japanese paper dyeing, mask-making, etc. 455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA.508-588-6000. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 2/22Boston MetroStephen Fry
It's the defining Boston celebrity event of the year! Stephen Fry, perhaps the greatest atheist media star after Brad Pitt, visits Harvard, which has the strongest humanist college group. Boston has plenty of academic superstars, but we get few from Hollywood. And when we do, they don't have a cause, or they support a cause that's well under steam. I love cancer research and Martin Luther King, but it's not like those causes are going nowhere without Whoopi Goldberg. But non-belief -- now that's an edgy, interesting topic that's just hitting the mainstream. Here's a charity leverage point where a celebrity -- and you -- can make a real difference! If you're a non-believer, come and be counted. It's important to show that we are not alone. Or if you're a believer who's curious how the "other half" lives, check it out. You'll find the community friendly, and we won't feed you wafers and tell you later it's Jesus. 8pm. Buy your tickets immediately. This will sell out. Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Fri 2/18 - Sun 2/20Boston MetroBoskone
Do you like Battlestar Galactica WAY too much? Did you miss Arisia? Here's the other major science fiction convention in Boston. Westin Waterfront, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sun 2/20Boston MetroChinese New Year in Harvard Square
The Harvard Square Business Association puts on perhaps 30 events a year and this looks like one of the good ones. It's a Chinese New Year parade that starts at 1:30 in Winthrop Park (corner of JFK and Mount Auburn) and marches to Mass Avenue to the Hong Kong restaurant. From 2-4pm, the Hong Kong will have arts and crafts and performers doing puppetry, dance, and more. From JFK Street to the Hong Kong on Mass Ave, 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:

Acton's 275th Anniversary & 2011 Chinese New Year Celebration, Springfield's 375th Anniversary Fabulous February, N-Scale Model Train Show, Steampunk: Victorian Fantasy in Modern Culture, The Remarkable Life of Frederick Douglass, Snowfest, Moonlight Skiing and S'mores, Come To The Otter Side: Otter And Owl Outing, Full Moon Family Owl Prowl, Full Moon Hike, Full Moon Owl Prowl for All Ages, Winter Wildlife Tracks and Sign, Harvard Model United Nations, Invented Here!, Ice Skating Party in Kendall Square, Ice Skating at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Moonrise Meander, Snowshoeing by the Full Moon, Full Moon Tour: Living in the Dark, Mission Possible, Remixing Race Through Film, Did you see that!: The Bostonian Infatuation with Curiosities, Food Security, Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Marblehead Festival of Arts Film Festival, Tavern Games, Newport Winter Festival, Colin's Crew Plunge, 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps, Soul Food Saturday, The Art of Romance in the Austen Era, Mortified - Doomed Valentine's Day Show, Love Letters to the A.R.T., Anti-Valentine's Day Party, Boston League of Women Wrestlers, Sunfish at the Stoneham Theatre, Comedy Night at The Barn Pub & Grille, Salem State College Darwin Festival, American Voices, with Chris Cooper, New England Office Warehouse

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Welcome to Boston Events Insider! I have just created the Events Insider Spring 2011 Guide, a heads up on my favorite Spring events and I list more than 700 off-beat attractions in New England, like where to go to see sled dog races or real dinosaur footprints. These ongoing attractions aren't exactly "events" so you won't see them in my regular blog. The only way to get them is to see this guide. Print it out and keep it in your car for serendipity. It is free to anyone who helps get the word out by going through the 9 steps in the checklist to tell friends about Events INSIDER.

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

Tue 2/15Boston MetroFree movie preview tix - Just Go With It, Cedar Rapids
I have free movie preview tickets for Cedar Rapids, the comedy with Ed Helms and John C. Reilly, Feb 15 at 7pm in Cambridge, and Just Go With It, a comedy with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, TODAY, Wed Feb 9, 2pm 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
Tue 2/15Boston MetroEdgar Allan Poe: Love and Death - ticket giveaway
My favorite historical re-enactor plays 19th century horror author Edgar Allan Poe, reading some of his works about death and love in this anti-Valentine's Day celebration. And I have tickets to give away! 7pm. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com and let me know what you want to win! Elizabeth Peabody House, 277 Broadway, Somerville, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Mon 2/14Boston MetroMortified - Doomed Valentine's Day Show
Mortified is the spoken word performance where people read their past diaries, transforming past tragedy into catharsis and comedy. I have tickets to give away. Email me at johnny@EVENTSinsider.com and let me know what you want to win! 7:30pm. Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/12Boston MetroThroat Singing Workshop with Huun Huur Tu - ticket giveaway
Although this event goes undescribed... throat singing workshop? I don't care what it is. It just sounds AWESOME. And I have tickets to give away! Email me. 3pm. Church, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/12Boston MetroNaked Girls Reading: Love Stinks - ticket giveaway
Yes, it's just what you think. Naked women read for Valentine's Day. 12am. Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Sat 2/12 - Sun 2/13WorcesterValentine's Day at Old Sturbridge Village - ticket giveaway
My favorite re-enactment museum, Old Sturbridge Village, is holding an entire weekend of events to celebrate Valentine's Day. Bring your ice skates! And email me to win tickets, johnny@eventsinsider.com. Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Thu 2/10 - Sun 2/27Boston MetroSunfish - ticket giveaway
In this musical Korean tale, a young girl goes on a quest to find a cure for her father's blindness, exploring an undersea world. I have free tickets to give away and take a look at the creative extra events: food tastings and workshops! Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider
Tue 3/1 - Mon 5/30EverywhereJohnny's Spring 2011 Event Guide
Finally! As well as the 4,000 hand-picked, manually researched events that I track every year, I've also chosen 720 ongoing attractions, like where to see dog sledding or a butterfly museum, that I don't get a chance to write about because they're not really "events". Invite your friends to Events INSIDER and get a copy of my Spring 2011 Guide, with all these attractions and a heads up on my favorite events through May. Click the link and go through the checklist, then email me for the guide. Everywhere. 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's Chocolate & Wine Night Tour - Free Tickets, Chinese New Year Lion Dance Festival, Peabody Essex Museum's Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year Celebration, Asian Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year Celebration in Arlington, Forbes House Museum Lincoln Celebration, Sundance Thriller on Atheism vs. Christianity Debuts on "Darwin Day", Darwin Day Party, Darwin Day Toast, Salem State College Darwin Festival, Stephen Fry, Frederick Douglass, New Bedford and the Civil War, Oceanside Campfire, Merrimack River Eagle Festival, Town of Greenfield Winter Carnival, Ice Harvesting & Winter Festival, Moonlight Snowshoeing for Adults, Sundown Owl Prowl, Eagles at Quabbin, Owl Prowl at Fisherville Brook, Snowshoe Tours at the DeCordova Museum, Snowshoeing, Flat Rock Walks-Valentine's Day Snowshoeing, Invented Here!, Neandertals and Modern Humans: The Genetic Evidence for Interbreeding, The Art of Romance in the Austen Era, Romance at the Manse - Four Loves: True tales of love lost and found, Stories + UnValentine's Day at Lizard Lounge, Get Over It!, Love Letters to the A.R.T., Anti-Valentine's Day Party, Valentine's Day: Go Hunting for Cupid on a N*ked at the Art Museum Scavenger Hunt, Boston League of Women Wrestlers, Valentine Day FlirtFest, Skate Date at Kendall Square Ice Rink, Ice Skating Party in Kendall Square, Frozen Fun at Reilly Memorial Skating Rink Chestnut Hill Reservation, Wackmaster Ice Fishing Derby, Salem's So Sweet Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival, American Heritage Chocolate Festival, Lincoln & the Civil War, Tweetup Under the Stars, Museum of Science, Tracking Predators on Averill's Island, Belle Isle Winter Tracking, Campfire Dining - Full Moon Fiesta, Shelburne Falls ArtWalk - Art Under the Stars, Camellia Show at Tower Hill, Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, I Heart Women's Rights!, Freezin' For A Reason - Portland, ME, Who Discovered Jackson Pollock? And Why?, Flood Relief Fundraiser for Australia, Irish Film Festival's Pre-Fest Screenings, Boston Globe Travel Show - ticket giveaway, India Pavilion

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