Isabellas Celebration at the Gardner Museum, FREE

• Every April, the museum issues a call to all “Isabellas” to gather at the museum in celebration. Join us to take part in art-making & looking activities throughout the museum. Guests are invited to stop by the museum’s front entrance between 1-2pm to pose for an individual souvenir photo to take home.
• Time: 11am-4pm

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Earth Day Concert on the Greenway FREE

• Come out for a free concert, featuring live performances by Bodeans, Entrain and Colin Hay of Men at Work. Bring friends with a blanket & a picnic lunch!
• Time: noon-3pm

Boston Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream $25-132

• The ballet tells a story of love, illusion and adventures of two pairs of mortal lovers. The production includes a large cast complete with 25 students from Boston Ballet School and sets and costumes designed by Tony Award-winner Martin Pakledinaz.
• Time: 2, 7, 8 PM shows

Indoors: The Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

FREE Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s FREE

• Around the world, Participating Scoop Shops are opening their doors to serve up a free scoop of your favorite flavor.
  
• Time: noon-8pm

Indoors: Participating Ben & Jerry’s

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Swan Boats Open $2.75

• The Swan Boats paddle passengers around the Public Garden Lagoon for a 15 minute peaceful cruise. Season runs until September 18th, 2011.
  
• Times: 10am-4pm Spring hours

Outdoors: Public Garden

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Charles River Cleanup FREE

• Join us for the 12th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup. Volunteers, staff and members of the Friends of Mount Auburn will clean up the banks of the Charles along Greenough Boulevard in Watertown/Cambridge. Gloves & cleanup supplies will be provided. All participants will receive a free River Cleanup t-shirt. Please register in advance.
• Time: 9am-noon

Outdoors: 580 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge

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Monday, April 18, 2011 **Patriot’s Day!

Patriot’s Day Flag Raising FREE

• 9am Flag-raising ceremony at Boston’s City Hall Plaza.
• 10am Re-enactment of the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes that occurred on April 18, 1775. Taking place at the Paul Revere Mall on Hanover Street in front of the Old North Church .

Outdoors: City Hall Plaza, Paul Revere Mall

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The Boston Marathon FREE

• The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious road racing events.
• Marathon Start Times
  Mobility Impaired Start: 9am
  Wheelchair Division Start: 9:17 am
  Elite Women’s & USA Championship Start: 9:32 am
  Elite Men’s Start and Main Start: 10am
• Spectator info (course map)

Outdoors: Boston

Boston Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream $25-132

• The ballet tells a story of love, illusion and adventures of two pairs of mortal lovers. The production includes a large cast complete with 25 students from Boston Ballet School and sets and costumes designed by Tony Award-winner Martin Pakledinaz.
• Time: 2, 7, 8 PM shows

Indoors: The Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Old Yeller at ArtsEmerson $5 students ($10 regular)

• One of the finest of the early Disney dramas, Old Yeller follows the adventures shared by a boy and his family’s dog.
  
• Time: 2 PM

Indoors: ArtsEmerson, 559 Washington St

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JP Indoor/Outdoor Yard Sale FREE

• Amazing annual sale, literally everything for kids, as well as houehold goods and other things.
• Time: 10 AM – noon

Indoors/Outdoors: Boylston Congregational Church, 207 Boylston St, Jamaica Plain

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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Latin America Classical Music Series FREE

• Join us for this exciting Latin American classical music celebration in collaboration with the New England Conservatory and with performances by Boston LatinAmerican Orchestra, the first chamber ensemble dedicated exclusively to Latin American music.
• Time: 3 PM

Indoors: Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 W. Newton St

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March 24-31, 2011

Boston Underground Film Festival $20

• BUFF is an annual film festival celebrating the bizarre and insane.
• Film Full Schedule

Indoors: Kendall Square Cinema

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Annual Boston Pillow Fight! FREE

• Time: 3 pm

Outdoors: Location TBA

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Big Apple Circus: Dance On $15+

• Invited to the dance: a troupe of monocyclists and lasso twirlers from China, a mind–bending group of Mongolian contortionists, a kinetic collection of Kenyan athletes who shimmy up a pole as though gravity were a joke, a herd of hoofers — 12 miniature horses in an equine chorus line, and an Ethiopian juggler!

Indoors: City Hall Plaza, Boston

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Ice Chip Show of Champions $12.50 with Student ID ($20 Regular)

• The Skating Club of Boston presents the annual Ice Chips Show of Champions, the longest, continuous club skating carnival in the world. Featured skaters include reigning Olympic Champions, Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao.
  Tickets may be purchased through the website or at the Harvard Box Office.
• Times: Saturday 1-4 pm, 7-10 pm & Sunday 2-5 pm

Indoors: Harvard’s Bright Hockey Center, Allston

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March 24-31, 2011

Boston Underground Film Festival $20

• BUFF is an annual film festival celebrating the bizarre and insane.
• Film Full Schedule

Indoors: Kendall Square Cinema

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

NanoDays at Museum of Science FREE with admission

• Enjoy nano-related activities throughout the Museum of Science Exhibit Halls, including these special events: The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show (1 & 3 p.m.), and live presentations by leading researchers in the field.
• Time: 11-4 PM

Indoors: Museum of Science

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Saturday & Sunday, March 26-27, 2011

Harlem Globetrotters at The Garden $19-159

• The Harlem Globetrotters have implemented the first-ever 4-point shot as part of all of its games on the team’s 2011 ’4 Times the Fun’ North American tour.
  Every Globetrotters game will feature 2 designated 4-point shooting spots on each side of midcourt, each located 35 feet from the basket (12 feet beyond the NBA’s official 3-point line).
• Times: 3/26 7:30 PM, 3/27 2 PM

Restaurant Week in Boston!

• 2-course lunch for $15.11; 3-course lunch for $20.11, and 3-course dinner for $33.11
• Participating restaurants

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Wednesday-Friday, March 16-18, 2011

Dropkick Murphys @ House of Blues $65 and up

• The Dropkick Murphys created a new sound in the Boston music scene. Their music, often referred to as Punk Rock with a taste of Irish Folk, attracts large hometown crowds in New England. The band includes an accordion and bagpipes.
• Times: 6 PM

Indoors: House of Blues

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Best Irish Pubs in Boston

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

St. Patrick’s Day Parade FREE

• The parade travels through South Boston – Boston’s most Irish neighborhood. It begins at the Broadway ‘T’ Station & ends at Andrew Square, South Boston. Your best bet for viewing the parade is to stake out a spot anywhere along Broadway.
• Time: 1 PM

Outdoors: Broadway, South Boston

More Boston Parades

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Through Sunday, March 20, 2011

Boston Flower & Garden Show $20 (Group discounts available)

• You’ll find hundreds of new products to buy in the Garden Marketplace, over 48 hours of lectures and demonstrations on diverse gardening topics, cutting edge designs, and the region’s top floral arrangers and horticulturists.
• Times: 9 AM – 8 PM

Indoors: Seaport World Trade Center

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March 24-31, 2011

Boston Underground Film Festival $20

• BUFF is an annual film festival celebrating the bizarre and insane.
• Film Full Schedule

Indoors: Kendall Square Cinema

March 6-11 & 13-18, 2011

• 2-course lunch for $15.11; 3-course lunch for $20.11, and 3-course dinner for $33.11
• Participating restaurants

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Ronan Tynan: Irish Songs and Musings, $20 Student ($30 general)

• Ronan Tynan, Irish Tenor, champion disabled athlete, recording artitst, and physician moves audiences like no other. This concert of all Irish favorites will include Dr. Tynan’s musings about his personal story of triumph in the face of adversity.
• Time: 8-10 PM

Indoors: Blackman Theater, Northeastern U, 360 Huntington Ave.

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS! Set your clocks back 1 hour.

Comedian Michael Showalter Reading & Signing FREE

• Showalter brings his hilarious first book, MR. FUNNY PANTS – a new comic memoir. He has toured the country with his stand-up comedy act and hosts the popular web interview series on Collegehumor.com called, “The Michael Showalter Showalter.” A booksigning will follow the Q&A.
• Time: 4-5:30 PM

Indoors: The Reading Room, Level 5 of BU Barnes & Noble Bookstore (660 Beacon St)

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Saturday-Sunday March 5-6, 2011

Divison I Indoor Track & Field meet FREE

• See New England track & field athletes battle it out for the IC4A title and make a last attempt qualifying for nationals.
• Time: All day | Order of events

Indoors: BU Track & Tennis Center, 100 Ashford Street