Other entertainment in Massachusetts
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The Theater Offensive
The Theater Offensive uses its stage to examine various aspects of gay and lesbian life. In addition to its seasonal line-up, the Theater Offensive hosts the annual Out on the Edge Festival of Queer Theater.
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Bostix Kiosks
Half-price tickets to same-day theater and concerts are sold for cash only at the BosTix kiosks Faneuil Hall (Congress St); Copley Sq (cnr Dartmouth & Boylston Sts).
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Tunnel City Coffee
Come to this student haunt near Williams College campus for potent espressos, light eats and sugar-laced desserts.
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Shakespeare & Company
Shakespeare & Company performs the Bard's work throughout the summer.
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Fort Point Arts Community
Since 1978, dozens and dozens of artists have lived and worked in a refurbished big-windowed warehouse from the turn of the 20th century. This artists’ building is the hub of the Fort Point Arts Community, which contains a gallery featuring work from the talented collective. See huge psychedelic oils, prints inspired by 14th-century Venetian laces, lampshades made from birch and mixed-media films. Several times a year, Fort Point hosts hugely popular open-studio events that allow you to see the artists’ living-working spaces as they display and sell their creations. At other times, you can pop into the gallery or the new FPAC store, Made in Fort Point, which is around…
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Esplanade Performances
May through September, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops and the city itself provide free outdoor performances at the Hatch Shell. Hear Kool & the Gang, classical music and, on Friday evenings, watch movies.
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Kresge Auditorium
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Kendall Square Cinema
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Diesel Café
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1369 Coffeehouse
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1369 Coffeehouse
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Brendan Behan's Pub
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1369 Coffeehouse
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Ryles Dance Hall
No matter what’s going down on the 1st floor, there is dancing upstairs. And it usually has a Latin beat. Salsa Sunday, Noche Latina Tuesday, Viernes de Vacilon… you get the idea. Every night is Latin night, and you can usually get in on a lesson if you come by 8pm or 8:30pm. On Saturday, SuperShag mixes it up with salsa and swing – a fabulous combination for those with fancy toes.
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Pill
The Friday-night dance party at Great Scott – known as the Pill – is a cool mix of indie and pop, if that’s possible. Start off with the resident DJs spinning Brit pop and modern indie. Follow that with live bands playing music to rock your world. The scene is more hip than you would expect in Allston (dress up, ladies!) but not up the same level as the Downtown venues.
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Museum of Fine Arts
For a tame, seated show, try the MFA, where you’ll often see iconic rockers perform solo gigs.
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Harvard University
Harvard hosts a staggering number of lectures, symposia, meetings and tours, many of which are free and open to the public. Topics are as diverse as the university itself and are impossible to encapsulate in a review such as this. Representative events are gallery talks on green architecture, Islamic Jihadism or mapping the human genome. Or go see a lecture by a NASA astronaut.
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Harvard Bookstore
Established in 1932, this famous and independent bookstore has long been a center of intellectual activity in Harvard Sq. A regular series of readers and speakers range from novelists (such as Nell Freudenberger and William Boyd) to academics. Many readings are held in the store itself, others in the Brattle Theatre.
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Brookline Booksmith
Head to this top-notch mom-and-pop bookstore for readings in a homey brick room where patrons sit on a collection of bridge chairs and listen to best-selling authors like Adam Gopnik, Natalie Goldberg and Stacy Horn.
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Boston Public Library
For a schedule of free events, check out the BPL, where you might hear an author talk by a well-known novelist (eg Dennis Lehane), a lecture on researching genealogy or a discussion about how to buy a home in Boston. Most events are held in the Rabb Lecture Hall, which lies inside a painfully ugly addition attached to the celebrated main library building. Others occur in more beautiful and stimulating environs.
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Boston Historical Society
Based at the Old State House, the Boston Historical Society organizes lectures, re-enactments and other special events on Beantown topics. Many events are geared toward children, such as ‘Little Redcoats,’ the annual kids’ re-enactment of the Boston Massacre. Stop by the historical society for evenings devoted to the Boston Strangler, abolitionism in Boston and the Big Dig.
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Broadway Across America
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Boston Dance Alliance
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Bennett Dance Company
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Band in Boston
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