If you haven't yet, we suggest hitting up Summer Shacks Thursday Night Trips to the Harbor Islands before they cease doing them!
More than 100 comedy acts from around the world will perform on three stages this week for the Boston Improv Festival. This event's name is a bit of a misnomer - sketch and stand-up styles will also have their time to shine between stints by off-the-cuff comedy troupes - but that's why we like it so much. Even better, aspiring comics looking to graduate from "that's what she said" shtick to improvising a full scene and making actual jokes can choose from several workshops with stage vets.
40 Prospect St, Cambridge | September 8-12 | $50 for 10 shows; $30 for five shows; $10 single show
When I was in design school, I loathed Swiss design. LOATHED it!! (I feel like Paula Scher right now saying that). But I feel as I've matured a bit as an adult and as a designer, I've come to enjoy it for what it is. EEP I can't believe I just said that. Anyways, if you have an unhealthy obsession with font and type, or a general interest in design, may I suggest,
Types We Can Make : A Selection of Contemporary Swiss Type Design
September 7, 2010 - February 25, 2011
Curated by ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland, this exhibition is an examination of the manners in which the field of typography, the conditions of its creation, production and dissemination have recently been transformed.
Opening reception: September 7, 2010 (you can RSVP if you want to hit this up, but do it now right here!!!)
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Bush Room, Building 10, Room 105
Symposium
Date: October 27, 2010
6:00p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Room 3 - 133
And for more information check out the site for MIT's Compton Gallery
The 9th Annual Boston Tattoo Convention: September 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th 2010!
The 9th Annual Boston Tattoo Convention is coming up over labor day weekend in September 2010! As has been the tradition for the past 8 years, artists, collectors, shops, vendors, performers, and people from all walks of life will flock to Boston for the weekend of September 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. Keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks for more information on this year’s show as we post it up here, on our myspace, twitter and on our facebook. See you in Boston.
Saturday September 4th: 12PM- 12AM
Sunday September 5th: 12PM- 12AM
Monday September 6h: 12PM- 10PM
To purchase tickets click here...HERE.
Um, can someone tell me where summer went? I mean it was great and everything, but where did it go?
If you're wondering the same thing, and a little down that September is flippin' here already, get your last horrah in today at Mass Brewers Summerfest. (Come rain or shine, and I just looked at the doplar and it's supposed to rain...some hurricane called Earl is causing this non-sense. Who names these things?)
Friday, September 3rd, 6 – 10 pm at the
World Trade Center Head House Concourse
200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA
Tickets are $29 for the first 500 sold; $35 for the remaining tickets.
To get tickets or more information visit http://www.massbrewersguild.org/craft-beer/index.php/2010/08/mass-brewers-summerfest/
The Beer list: (because that's important to know).
Amherst Brewing – Anniversary Ale, Ace in the Hole Pilsner, Black IPA,
Berkshire – Steel Rail, Lost Sailor, Oktoberfest, Nitro Coffeehouse Porter
Blue Hills – IPA, Wamputuk Wheat, Watermelon Wheat, Blackhops Beer
Boston Beer Co. – Oktoberfest, Boston Lager, Latitude 48, Harvest Pumpkin Ale
Cambridge Brewing Co. – Cambridge Hefe Weizen, Heather Ale, 3 Rings BPA, Tall Tale Pale Ale
Cape Ann Brewing Co. – Pumpkin Stout, Strawberry Rhubarb Sunrise Saison, IPA, Fisherman’s Brew
Cape Cod Beer – Cape Cod Red, Cape Cod IPA, Cape Cod Beach Blond
Cisco Brewers – The Grey Lady, Indie IPA, Captain Swain’s Extra Stout, Cherry Woods
Cody Brewing Co. – Cody Pub Ale, Wheelers Oatmeal Brown, No Name IPA, Unz Ya Alt
Gardner Ale House – Facelift IPA, Oma’s Altbier, Old School Pilsner, Oktoberfest Lager
Harpoon Brewery – Oak-aged Imperial IPA, 100 Barrel Glacier Harvest Wet Hop, BPA, Cask (TBD)
Haverhill Brewery – Haverale Cream Ale, Leatherlips IPA, Homerun APA, Gestalt
Ipswich Ale Brewery – Whipple House Old Ale, IPA, Harvest Ale, Stone Cat Pumpkin Porter
Just Beer – Golden Flounder, Horseneck Gold, Moby D, IPA
Mayflower – Golden Ale, Autumn Wheat, Porter, IPA
Opa Opa – Oktoberfest, IPA, Blueberry Lager, Red Rock Amber
Rock Bottom – Munich Gold, North Star Amber, Improper Hopper IPA, Czech Mate Pils
Wachusett – Larry, Milk Stout, Blueberry Ale, Octoberfest
Watch City – Beejezus Belgian Botanical Ale, Titan Ale, Brilliant Brewnette, Hops Explosion IPA
"Entertainment Weekly" calls WICKED "the best musical of the decade,” and when it last played Boston it broke box office records and sold out in record time. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards, WICKED is Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon and was just named “the defining musical of the decade" by The New York Times.
It is playing September 1 - October 17
Go see and enjoy this Broadway show at the Beautiful Boston Opera House.
Want to see something cool and impressive? Head to the New England Aquarium and jump aboard the Voyager III for Boston's best whale watch!
Trips run for 3 to 4 hours.
Interact with naturalists and educators onboard
We have full-service snack and concession bars
The main deck is handicap-accessible
Voyager III leaves from the New England Aquarium dock Discounted parking is available at the Boston Harbor Parking Garage.
Tonight at L'Espalier go get your Soft and Gooey cheese fixation on. Because cheese is amazing!! AMAZING!
If cheese is....not your thing...what's wrong with you? Just kidding here is a short little list of some places with some evening specials this tonight.
Tokyo Tuesday at Gargoyles: 219 Elm Street, Somerville, MA
$2 Taco Tuesday at Tremont 647: 647 Tremont Street
Grilled Cheese Tuesdays at dante: 5 Cambridge Pkwy
All You Can Eat Prime Rib at KO Prime: 90 Tremont St
Get your trivia on at some local pubs and bars!
Joshua Tree (Davis Square ): Tuesday at 9pm 256 Elm Street
Sweetwater (Back Bay): Tuesday at 9pm: Medulla Oblongata Trivia: 3 Boylston Place
Our House West (Allston): Monday at 9pm: known as the hardest Trivia in Boston: 1277 Commonwealth Ave
Coogans (Financial District): Thursdays at 7pm: 171 Milk Street
Harry's Bar & Grill (Brighton): Monday at 8pm 1430 Commonwealth Ave
The Druid (Cambridge): Wednesday 8pm: 1357 Cambridge Street
We tried our best to keep the whole Stump Trivia out of the loop, but if you don't care what kind of trivia you do, here is a complete list of Stump trivia in the city of Boston.
http://www.stumptrivia.com/locations.aspx
"Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the field..."
It's supposed to be pretty fantastic out this weekend, I suggest you take advantage of it. Have you experienced the Fenway Park Tour yet? You TOTALLY should!!
Visit the park where the Babe pitched, The Kid hit, Yaz dazzled and today's stars still thrill Red Sox Nation. Fenway Park Tours provide a 50 minute historic walking tour of the ballpark, guided by an official Fenway Park Tour Guide.
- Adults: $12.00
- Seniors: $11.00
- Children (3-15): $10.00
- Group tours are available (minimum of 40 people). Please contact the tour office at 617-226-6666 for more information.
Hours:
- NON-GAME DAYS: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily; tours run every hour on the hour until 4 p.m.
- GAME DAYS: 9 a.m. - three and a half hours prior to game time; tours run every hour on the hour until three and a half hours prior to game time
Visit the site at: http://mlb.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/tour.jsp
