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ALBANY BERKSHIRE BALLET
Address: 116 Finn St, Pittsfield, MA
Phone: 413.442.1307
Email: abballet@rnetworx.com
The company performs The Nutcracker in cities throughout New England and eastern New York. Performances in Nov and Dec. Call or visit the Web site for exact locations. Tickets $9 to $33.50. Discounts for students and seniors.
CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY - CENTRAL SQUARE BRANCH
Address: 45 Pearl St, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.349.4040
Web: SEP 28 New Book Group, Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains, at 7:30 pm
OCT 17, NOV 21, AND DEC 19 Book Discussion Group, Henry James’ The Princess Casamassima, 7:30 pm
Hours are Mon, Wed, and Fri from 10 am to 6 pm. Tues and Thurs from 10 am to 9 pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEP 28 New Book Group, Tracy Kidder’s
Mountains Beyond Mountains, at 7:30 pm
OCT 17, NOV 21, AND DEC 19 Book Discussion Group, Henry James’
The Princess Casamassima, 7:30 pm
CHARLESTOWN WORKING THEATRE
Address: 442 Bunker Hill St, Charlestown, MA
Phone: 617.242.3285
Email: info@charlestownworkingtheater.org
Web: SEPT 18 AND 19 Tennessee Williams’s The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame Le Monde, a world premiere in conjunction with Beau Jest Moving Theatre
The Charlestown Working Theater develops original performances, producing the work of theater artists and companies with a strong emphasis on developing new works. Every Wed, the theater holds Irish dancing classes hosted by the Woods School. Every Thurs and Fri morning is Music Together, a class for children age 5 and under. Call or check Web site for updated fall events calendar.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 18 AND 19 Tennessee Williams’s
The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame Le Monde, a world premiere in conjunction with Beau Jest Moving Theatre
FOLK ARTS CENTER OF NEW ENGLAND
Address: Folk Arts Center of New England, 42 West Foster St, Melrose, MA
Phone: 781.662.7475
Email: fac@facone.org.
Web: REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS
THURS Thursday Night International Folk Dancing, 8 pm at First Parish of Watertown Church, admission $8
FRI Friday Night Fun: Move to the Music of the World, from 8 to 11 pm, at Park Avenue Congregat
The Folk Arts Center of New England is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting traditional dance, music, and related folk arts of many cultures. Founded by Conny and Marianne Taylor, the Folk Arts Center sponsors community folk dances, as well as workshops and other special events. Contact the office for information about events around the New England area in addition to those listed below.
UPCOMING EVENTS
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTSTHURS Thursday Night International Folk Dancing, 8 pm at First Parish of Watertown Church, admission $8
FRI Friday Night Fun: Move to the Music of the World, from 8 to 11 pm, at Park Avenue Congregational Church, Arlington Heights, admission $8
FOURTH SATS International Folk Dance Parties, from 8 to 11 pm, at Payson Park Congregational Church, Belmont, admission $10
SUN Family Dances, select Suns, Nov through Mar, from 2 to 4 pm, at Concord Scout House, Concord Center, admission $5
SPECIALLY SCHEDULED EVENTSOCT 10 THROUGH 13 Oktoberfest International Folk Dance and Music Weekend at Hulbert Outdoor Center, Fairlee, VT
DEC 31 New Year’s Eve Folk Dance Party, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Newton Centre, from 9 pm to 1 am, tickets $20
HARVARD COOP
Address: 1400 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.499.2000
Web: SEPT 28 Greg Palast, discussion, noon
SEPT 28 Al Felzenberg discusses and signs Governor Tom Kean: From the New Jersey Statehouse to the 9/11 Commission
OCT 2 Martha Hodes, discussion and signing
OCT 4 Theda
All events take place at 7 pm, unless otherwise noted. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 28 Greg Palast, discussion, noon
SEPT 28 Al Felzenberg discusses and signs
Governor Tom Kean: From the New Jersey Statehouse to the 9/11 CommissionOCT 2 Martha Hodes, discussion and signing
OCT 4 Theda Skocpol and Marshall Ganz, discussion and signing
OCT 6 Marion Hill, reading
OCT 8 Jim Miotke, discussion, 2 pm
OCT 9 Dara Horn, discussion and signing
OCT 10 Alan Rogers and Karen Chaney, discussion
OCT 11 Lise Haines, reading and signing
OCT 12 Tim Lemire, discussion and signing
OCT 13 Josh Karp, discussion
OCT 15 Gordon Wiltsie, discussion and signing, 2 pm
OCT 16 Bart Ehrman, discussion and signing
OCT 18 Monique Spencer, discussion and signing
OCT 19 Elizabeth Kostova, discussion
OCT 20 Close Orand II, reading and discussion
OCT 24 Daniel Goleman, discussion
OCT 25 Vali Nasr, discussion
OCT 29 A. David Lewis, discussion, 4 pm
OCT 30 Daphne Oz, discussion and signing
OCT 31 T.J. Parsell, discussion
NOV 4 Tim Fish and Abby Denson, reading and discussion
NOV 5 Lauren Willig, reading and signing, 2 pm
NOV 6 Phyllis Birnbaum, discussion and signing, 6 pm
NOV 8 Evan Thomas, discussion and signing
NOV 14 Henry Louis Gates Jr., discussion and signing
NOV 15 Joe Hayes, reading and discussion
Jamaicaway Books,
Address: 676 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA,
Phone: (617) 983-3204.
NEWTON FREE LIBRARY
Address: 330 Homer St, Newton Centre, MA
Phone: 617.796.1360
Web: SEPT 28 "It Took Several Villages: Community Child Rearing in 19th Century Newton,” 7 pm
Please call or visit Web site for updated schedule. Free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPT 28 "It Took Several Villages: Community Child Rearing in 19th Century Newton,” 7 pm
SNAPPY DANCE THEATER
Address: 720 Mass Ave. #2, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.718.2497
Email: info@snappydance.com
Web: NOV 17 AND 18 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
MAY 29 THROUGH JUN 10 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Since 1997, Snappy Dance Theater has been enriching the lives of audiences of all backgrounds and ages with its edgy yet accessible style of dance theater. Blending dance with theater and acrobatics, Snappy Dance Theater thas taken its audiences around the United States and abroad on a journey that's thought-provoking, often humorous, and always entertaining.
UPCOMING EVENTS
NOV 17 AND 18 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
MAY 29 THROUGH JUN 10 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
THOMAS KINKADE NEWBURY STREET GALLERY
Address: 221 Newbury St, Boston, MA
Phone: 866.639.2873
WENHAM MUSEUM
Address: 132 Main St, Wenham, MA
Phone: 978.468.2377
Email: info@wenhammuseum.org
Web: OCT 2 THROUGH JAN 17 "Whirligigs and Whimmydiddles: Celebrating American Folk Toys"" target="_blank">OPENS SEPT 22 "An Old-Fashioned Train Station"
OCT 2 THROUGH JAN 17 "Whirligigs and Whimmydiddles: Celebrating American Folk Toys"
A museum of social history featuring an eclectic assortment of historic American artifacts, a world-renowned collection of more than 5000 dolls, a photography gallery, a library, an exhibit of 19th- and 20th-century toys, and a costume and textile collection. The lower-level Train Room exhibits blueprints and pictures of local railways and model trains. Open Tues through Sun from 10 am to 4 pm. Admission $7 adults, $5 children ages one through 16.
UPCOMING EVENTS
OPENS SEPT 22 "An Old-Fashioned Train Station"
OCT 2 THROUGH JAN 17 "Whirligigs and Whimmydiddles: Celebrating American Folk Toys"
