Week of 12/10: Tea Party, Ice Skate Shows, Meteors, Model Trains, Caroling & Holiday Parades
Welcome to the Week in Weird! Here are this week’s top items, and click to see the complete Johnny’s List of Weird Boston Events.
| Boston Tea Party, Old South Meeting House | 12/13 | Boston Metro |
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| The event of the week is protesting British tax on tea! Re-enactors will lead you through an old towne meeting and then sort of roleplay of actually dumping the tea (in which you stay warm indoors). 5:30-7:30pm. It’s only $6. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston, MA.617-482-6439. see details on the complete Johnny’s List |
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| Kendall Square Holiday on Ice | 12/12 | Boston Metro |
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| I’ve been to this event twice and highly recommend it! It’s opening night for the ice rink in Cambridge, with professional skating performances at 2pm and 5pm, free food, and probably free admission to skate. 300 Athenaeum Street, Cambridge, MA.617 492-0941. see details on the complete Johnny’s List |
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| Skating Rink Opening at Charles Hotel | 12/13 | Boston Metro |
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| The Charles Hotel has their opening celebration as well with free performances. Free skating, 12-8pm. Performance by skating pros. Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Johnny’s List |
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| Night at the Museum & Lecture on Mars | 12/10 | Boston Metro |
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| In what is essentially a sales event for their gift shop, the Harvard Natural History Museum is offering free admission. Sweet! 5-8pm with lecture at 6pm. Harvard Natural History Museum, Cambridge, MA.617-495-3045. see details on the complete Johnny’s List |
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| Geminids Meteor Shower | 12/13 – 12/14 | Metro West |
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| The Geminids are one of only a few annual meteor showers. They’ll be visible all night from dusk but with good visibility from 10pm Sunday evening through early Monday morning with a peak at 2am. Make sure to go to a lake or big field, someplace without any street lights. Go somewhere without city lights, Everywhere. see details on the complete Johnny’s List see details on the complete Johnny’s List |
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| Stars and Meteors at the Holidays @ Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary | 12/12 | Metro West |
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| Unsure about how to look for meteors? Just look up!! Well, if you want some extra assistance and education, this state park has a yearly program to come and see the meteors with an astronomer. Pre-register to attend. 7-9pm. Broadmoor, 280 Eliot St, Natick, MA.508-655-2296. see details on the complete Johnny’s List |
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| Night Sky, Shooting Stars @ Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary | 12/13 | Metro West |
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| This one wants you to register in advance, too. Stony Brook, 108 North St, Norfolk, MA.508-528-3140. see details on the complete Johnny’s List |
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And a lot more this week at the Complete Johnny’s List of Weird Boston Events, including:
Star & Meteor Observation, Model Train Weekend @ National Heritage Museum, Riverside Stamp Show at Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, Romance in the Austin Era @ Gore Place, Grand Menorah Lighting on Boston Common, Everyone Loves Latkes Party – with Storytelling and Klezmer Music, Victorian Dinner & Open House @ Emily Dickinson Museum, Candy Land Tournament, Norse Xmas, Salem Open Studios, Main Street Caroling in Salem, Big Band Holiday Sing Along Show, Carol Singing & Poetry @ Mt. Auburn Cemetery, MassBike Jingle Ride, Christmas Cacophony “Choir of Terror, Edgartown Caroling Stroll & Holiday Parade, Santa Speedo Run, Breakfast with Santa at Battleship Cove & Carousel, Gingerbread House Workshops @ Verrill Farm, Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll, Shop Inman By Moonlight, Festival of Lights @ Mystic Aquarium, Victorian Christmas @ Remick Museum & Farm, Holly Fair at Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Harvard Square Holiday Crafts Fair, Victorian Christmas Feast @ Astors’ Beechwood Mansion, Mrs. Gore’s Holiday Tea & Tours, Faneuil Hall Marketplace Merrimack Bellringers, Holidays at Heritage Museum, Cultural Survival Bazaar, Wenham Museum’s Gingerbread Contest, Sleep No More, ImprovBoston Holiday Fun-Raiser, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, The Nutcracker, The King of Rock & the King of Pop, and more.
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