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Happenings in Boston

valarieseabrook — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:54:07 +0000

@SummerBoston: Mayor Menino’s One-Stop Clearinghouse for Great Events All Season Boston offers exciting options throughout the summer for residents and visitors of all ages Concerts Theatre Harbor Islands Museums Movies Pools & Beaches Feasts & Festivals Walks & Races Outdoor Activities Shopping & Dining Youth Programs Walking Tours Discounts www.cityofboston.gov/summer Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular Celebrate [...]

The Fourth Annual TV Diner Gala

valarieseabrook — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:12:11 +0000

The Fourth Annual TV Diner Gala NECN’s TV Diner Holds Fourth Annual Foodie Event with Top Restaurants/Chefs, Entertainment & More! (Boston, MA) Get ready, and get hungry, as TV Diner presents their fourth annual TV Diner Platinum Plate Gala on Saturday, November 13th, 2010, from 7:00PM – 11:00PM at super car czar Herb Chambers [...]

THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY THEATER ENSEMBLE PRESENTS SWEENEY TODD

valarieseabrook — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:33:08 +0000

THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY THEATER ENSEMBLE PRESENTS SWEENEY TODD First Fully Staged Musical Theater Production in Newly Renovated Theater The Boston Conservatory Theater Ensemble presents Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Oct. 28—31, 2010, at The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday [...]

Opening Our Doors

valarieseabrook — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:58:53 +0000

Fenway Alliance website click here for the official 2010 Program and or click on any institution on the map on the Fenway Alliance website to see details about their activities for the days events. Have fun!

Zest for Love

stephenbrophy — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:23:53 +0000

Claudio Monteverdi, circa 1597, by an anonymous artist, (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford). by Stephen Brophy Last night the folks at the Handel and Haydn Society put together a sweet little package of Monteverdi and madrigals, spiced up with some Shakespearean wit, to help us celebrate Valentine’s Day. This show, Zest for Love, will be repeated tomorrow [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT – H&H MESSIAH TO AIR ON WGBH

Fenway News Staff — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:10:00 +0000

Handel & Haydn Society MusicDirector Harry Christopher, feeling welcomed. Image byStu Rosner HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY’S 156TH ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OF HANDEL’S MESSIAH WILL BE BROADCAST LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY December 14, 2009 (Boston, Mass.) — The Handel and Haydn Society’s 156th annual performances of Handel Messiah (December 4-6, 2009), marking Harry Christophers’ first appearance this season [...]

Urban Nutcracker: Familiar Classic Updated

Fenway News Staff — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:58:00 +0000

Photo by Petr Metlicka by Tracey Cusick Like an updated Shakespeare play, BalletRox’s Urban Nutcracker puts a familiar story in a different setting. The story follows the same outline as the “traditional” Nutcracker story: a fancy party, the gift of a nutcracker, a young girl dreaming, and the nutcracker coming to life in the dream. [...]

Video Game Orchestra: Review and Interview

Fenway News Staff — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:07:00 +0000

The VGO at work. Photo byNick Balkin By Meena Ramakrishnan Instead of a traditional classical offering, the Video Game Orchestra (VGO) played popular video game theme tunes from Super Mario Brothers and Final Fantasy to a crowd of cheering video game fans. In VGO’s second concert at the Berklee Performance Center, they performed before a [...]

MARK O’CONNOR, MASTER FIDDLER AT BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER ON DEC. 10, 2009

Fenway News Staff — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Mark O’Connor. Image providedby Ashmont Media The following announcement is posted for the Berklee Performance Center: The 2009/2010 Music Series at Berklee continues with master fiddler and American roots music icon Mark O’Connor, along with Berklee faculty member Matt Glaser, plus student bluegrass groups and a full orchestra on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 8:15 p.m., [...]

Announcement – BOSTON CONSERVATORY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE PERFORMS FREE CONCERT DEC. 9

Fenway News Staff — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:56:00 +0000

The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, with directors Keith Aleo and Samuel Z. Solomon, performs on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. at 1260 Boylston Street, presenting a varied and adventurous program of contemporary works for percussion. For more information call the event line at (617) 912-9240. FREE. PROGRAMSTEVE REICH: Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices, and [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT – HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY PRESENTS THE 156TH ANNUAL PERFORMANCES OF HANDEL MESSIAH

Fenway News Staff — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:58:00 +0000

Daniel Taylor. Image providedby the Handel & Haydn Society THE FIRST CONCERTS THIS SEASON CONDUCTED BY NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR HARRY CHRISTOPHERS This December holiday tradition welcomes back countertenor Daniel Taylor and tenor Tom Randle, along with the debut appearances of soprano Suzie LeBlanc and bass-baritone Matthew Brook. Performance will be broadcast locally on WGBH Radio [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT – THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY PRESENTS JONATHAN BASS

Fenway News Staff — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:31:00 +0000

Image Provided by Ashmont Media The Boston Conservatory presents faculty member Jonathan Bass, as part of its popular Piano Masters series, a unique offering of internationally renowned pianists in solo engagements, on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. The performance takes place in The Boston Conservatory’s Seully Hall at 8 The Fenway. General admission tickets [...]

Timely “Civil War Christmas” at the Huntington

Fenway News Staff — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Uzo Aduba (Hannah) and Alanna T. Logan (Jessa) in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration playing now through December 13 at the B.U. Theatre. Photo by T. Charles Erickson by Tracey Cusick Like the characters in Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical [...]

Announcement – Tortelier Replacing Davis at BSO for Next Few Concerts

Fenway News Staff — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:58:00 +0000

French conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier will make his Boston Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall debut, conducting performances with the orchestra, November 24-December 1. Mr. Tortelier will step in for Sir Andrew Davis, who withdrew from the upcoming concerts due to family illness. Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements will be replaced by the 1945 suite from the [...]

Singer's Showcase at Berklee – Dec 3

Fenway News Staff — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:46:00 +0000

Singer’s Showcase 2008 Photo by Phil Farnsworth The following announcement is posted for the Berklee College of Music: The days might get dark sooner, but Berklee will keep your evening bright with the crowd-pleasing, tradition of mega-watt star potential that is Singer’s Showcase. Experience some of the college’s best student vocalists on the same stage [...]