Friday, May 18, 2012
One of the bigger events in Boston this weekend includes The Spin Doctors, Third Eye Blind and Switchfoot.
Be kind to the earth and yourself at Radio 92.9's EarthFest on Saturday, May 19 at the Hatch Shell in the Esplanade in Boston. The event is free. The festivities start at 10 a.m. at the Kids Planet Family Stage and at 11:30 a.m. at the main stage. Bands performing on the main stage include Twin Berlin, Eve 6, Spin Doctors and Third Eye Blind. Also at the event will be nonprofit environmental groups, a Whole Foods Market village (free samples) and an interactive learning area for children and families. And if you're not into the whole natural earth scene, there's always beer and hotdogs at HarpoonFest (Friday and Saturday) and the Hot Dog Safari Saturday. To find other weekend events in Boston, check out these listings:
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DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
'Wake up and Wiggle' at Ell Pond Park on Friday at 9 a.m. with Roman Music Therapy Services and Melrose Patch.
We at Melrose Patch decided that the weather is so nice, we should play hooky at Ell Pond Park tomorrow morning—and Meredith Pizzi at Roman Music Therapy Services agrees. Join us on Friday, May 18 at 9 a.m. at Ell Pond Park for "Wake Up and Wiggle," an impromptu half-hour concert geared towards the little ones. Meredith will play songs to get your kids dancing and singing. (Melrose Patch will try not to get in the way.) So take a half-hour out of your morning on Friday and bring your kid down to Ell Pond Park for a spontaneous moment of weather-inspired music!
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Ell Pond Park
Main St & Lebanon St, Melrose, MA
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Ken Reid is slated to perform Saturday, May 19 at 7 p.m. at the YMCA, 820 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge.
There have been studies showing that laughing can lead to a longer and healthier life. If that's the case, get your laugh on when Melrose native and current Stoneham comedian Ken Reid takes the stage at the YMCA in Cambridge on Saturday. Reid, who has been involved in the Boston-area comedy scene for nearly eight years, is set to perform his one-man show called "Shirt Tales" at the YMCA, 820 Massachusetts Ave., at 7 p.m. May 19. “This will be the fourth time I've had the chance to do this show in this format,” Reid said. “This is my longest show where I use Power-Point and other multi-media to tell stories about my life growing up in the area. I use my ridiculously huge tee-shirt collection as the guidelines for each story.” Reid, who is …
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YMCA
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Joe Mulholland kicks off his fourth album with a June 8 concert at Corinthian Hall, the last event at the venue that is now closing.
The kick-off jazz concert for Melrosian Joe Mulholland's fourth album release on June 8 with also serve as the curtain call for Corinthian Hall, the refurbished banquet hall that only re-opened two years ago on Franklin Street. Kelly Carroll, Corinthian Hall's executive director, informed Melrose Patch "with great sadness" of the hall's closing in an email. After Stephen Longmuir purchased the building in 2009, Corinthian Hall was refurbished and re-opened, restored to match how the ballroom looked when it hosted its first event in 1900. Carroll said in her email that "we were just not able to generate enough income to sustain it any longer." Long-time Melrosian Mulholland will give the hall a final send-off with his jazz quartet on Friday…
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Corinthian Hall
523 Franklin St, Melrose, MA
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Friday, May 11, 2012
It's also the last chance to see the Big Apple Circus.
The first all-female band on the Billboard charts that wrote their own music and played their own instruments is coming to Boston on Sunday. And chances are, your mother remembers them fondly. So take her for Mother's Day to see The Go-Go's at the Wilbur Theater at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $39.50-$57.20. If you're not sure who they are, check out their music here (I'm sure you heard mom humming "Vacation, All I ever wanted," when she came home from work, cooked you dinner, and tucked you in). And if mom is a little more on the wild side, this weekend is the last chance to see the Big Apple Circus in the big tent at City Hall Plaza. Tickets are $20-$100. But after Sunday, its run in Boston, which began on March 27, ends.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Choose your favorite out of the six finalists.
Twenty-four submissions are now down to six finalists competing to take the top prize in Patch's Video Battle of the Bands. Six bands and individuals, ranging the gamut from rock to rap, square off to see who will win the grand prize, which includes headlining a show at the Harp in Boston in June. The top two vote getters from each regional competition who are now in the finals are: The President featuring L.E.S White and Scotty and the Gang from the Greater Boston regional round. Forget the Former and The Truezoos from the North Shore/Merrimack Valley regional round. BlackLight SunRise and DCLA (Dukes County Love Affair) from the South Shore/Cape Cod and the Islands regional round. Voting for the final round will run until noon on Friday…
Friday, May 4, 2012
One of the bigger events in Boston this weekend is the opening of the SOWA Open Market in the South End.
It's a little bit farmers market, a little bit flea market, craft show and fine arts fair. But there's nothing little about it. This year is SOWA Open Market's biggest opener yet with 140 indie designers, crafters, artists, musicians, farmers, food trucks and much more, according to the people who run it. The Market opens this Sunday, May 6 in a huge space at 460 Harrison Avenue in Boston's South End. And it will be open every Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Oct. 28. There are four distinct sections to the lively marketplace: a farmers market area; an area where jewelry-makers and other craftsmen sell their wares; an indoor vintage market where antiques share space with kitschy items from the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s; and a building …
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460 Harrison Ave # End, Boston, MA
Location of the SOWA Open Market
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The President featuring L.E.S White and Scotty and the Gang move on to the final round.
The regional round of Patch's Video Battle of the Bands contest has ended, and we have our winners, with two bands moving on to the final round with a chance to win a rockstar prize pack! Winning first place is The President featuring L.E.S White -- "You Can Change That," with band member Nicholas Kermelewicz of Wakefield. The President wins two hours of recording time at Oak Grove Recording in Malden. Coming in second place is Scotty and the Gang -- "Free," with band members Dan Kendricksen, Matt Tagan, Eliot Carduff and Scott Clark, all of Melrose. Starting on Monday, both The President and Scotty and the Gang will square off against the top two finishers from North Shore/Merrimack Valley and South Shore/Cape Cod and the Islands. The …
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Celebrate the nerd in all of us.
So maybe there are bigger events in Boston this weekend. Seth Meyers is doing two shows at the Wilbur Theater on Saturday night but both are sold out. And House of Blues is hosting a Beer and Bacon Festival on Saturday but it's sold out too. What to do? Head to Cambridge. ImprovBoston (which has it's main stage in Cambridge -- no joke) has been running a "Geek Week" from April 25-29. You can pick the show you want and buy tickets here. And if you're looking for something more high-brow, check out Alex Katz prints at the MFA.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Tell us who's the best band of these nine entries in the Greater Boston competition. Let us know your pick and why they are your choice in the comment section.
Patch Video Battle of the Bands 2012 is here! More than 20 bands from across Eastern Massachusetts submitted videos of original songs over the past two weeks to multiple area Patch sites in hopes of taking home the top prize. First off is a regional round in which we pit bands and musicians from Greater Boston against one another. They will square off to win bragging rights in the area, a cool prize and a chance to go to the final round and win a rockstar prize pack! The field for the Greater Boston round is strong with musical tastes ranging from rock to rock to pop to rap. Voting for the regional round will run until noon on Friday, May 4. Please vote by telling us your choice in the comment section below the article. One vote per person…
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