Mayor Marty Walsh, Arts Boston and the Highland Street Foundation team up with many local partners to bring you the Twelfth Annual MAYOR’S HOLIDAY! The Mayor's Holiday Special offers dicountsed tickets to over 130 beloved holiday performances throughout Greater Boston, for certain periods throughout the holdays. In some cases, participants will save up to 50% on tickets!
Pack a picnic and bring your dancing shoes to Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich for a diverse series of concerts that are sure to entertain! Enjoy the long, lazy days of summer at Castle Hill's Picnic Concerts. Each week offers an exciting family-friendly and danceable band. Walk the grounds, visit the gardens, or relax on the lawn. Stop by the visitor information tent to check out our weekly raffles and membership promotions, borrow a frisbee or ball, or try our family Eye Spy based on Castle Hill's landscape features.
We were fortunate enough to catch Magic Dave performing in Gloucester at Gloucester Uechi Karate Academy recently and were completely entertained! He mixed the perfect balance of comedy and magic with a pinch of group hypnotism to create and hour long show that kept the kids entertained and engaged as audience members.
Kids Bowl Free is a program where select bowling centers offer free bowling to kids all summer long. This program is designed by bowling centers to give back to the community and provide a safe, secure, and fun way for kids to spend time this summer.
On Friday, June 22, 2012, visitors to the Museum of Science, Boston will experience a rock-and-roll journey through space and time, with the premiere of Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience. Celebrating the release of their self-titled album, Ghosts of Jupiter, the Boston-bred rock quintet has partnered with the Museum to create a new eye-popping music entertainment show in the Charles Hayden Planetarium that will take museumgoers on a fantastic ride into the outer reaches of the mind.
Get into the holiday spirit and sing and dance to the ultimate holiday playlist for kids. These CD's and MP3 downloads eschew holiday music cliché without losing the spirit of the season.
Now through Fall, outdoors is the place to be when the weather is right. Why not create a playful environment in your own yard? There are plenty of ways to transform your back yard into the go-to destination for the neighborhood and have your children begging to go play outside. Of course there's the usual swing set, or basketball hoop, but there are plenty of other ways to keep kids and adults entertained in the yard!
Cape Ann Community Cinema and The Brain Candy Project have teamed up to present a series of FilmFests that will explore the foundations of American Family Cinema, with proceeds going to benefit the The Brain Candy Project. February is Animation Month at The Brain Candy Project!
I heard a story about this on NPR yesterday. Apparently, Syracuse (NY) area choral groups combined in a "flash mob" to sing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah Wednesday night in honor of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra's 50th anniversary.
