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Colonial Games

Wednesday, Jul 3 2:00p

Try your hand at games from the bygone days, from "Tabletop Ninepins" to "Fox and Geese." Make your own whirligig or challenge an adult to a round of "Nine Men's Morris...

Whispers of Revolution

Tuesday, Jul 2 2:00p

Old South Meeting House, Boston

The American Revolution was planned in secrecy in backrooms, in taverns and in storerooms...

Boston Children's Chorus 10th Anniversary Concert

Friday, May 31 7:30p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, the BCC presents an evening of contemporary choral music, featuring a new work by composer Daniel Bernard Roumain.

Discount Day

Thursday, Jul 4 9:30a

Old South Meeting House, Boston

Free museum admission for children aged 18 and under with paying adult at Old South Meeting House. This discount is offered as part of Boston Harborfest...

Art in the Streets: European Posters

Thursday, May 23 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This show may be small (41 items) but it's choice -- and extremely charming. Artists with work on display include Bennard, Kandinsky, Schiele, and El Lissitzky. - Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

Waterworks Wednesday: The Creation of Quabbin Reservoir: The Death of the Swift River Valley

Wednesday, Jun 5 7:00p

Waterworks Museum, Boston

J.R. Greene, author of numerous books about the Quabbin Reservoir, will give a presentation entitled "The Creation of Quabbin Reservoir: The Death of the Swift River Valley...

Whispers of Revolution

Tuesday, Jul 2 12:00p

Old South Meeting House, Boston

The American Revolution was planned in secrecy in backrooms, in taverns and in storerooms...

The American Civil War: Treasures from the Vault

Thursday, May 23 9:00a

Richards-Frost Room at Mugar Memorial Library, Boston

This exhibition marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and explores the causes, reactions, and responses to the American Civil War...

"No Tax on Tea!" A Colonial Tea Tax Debate

Friday, Jul 5 11:00a

Old South Meeting House, Boston

On December 16, 1773, more than 5,000 people crowded into Old South Meeting House to debate the tea tax...

Morningstar Access

Tuesday, Jun 11 8:00a

Boston Children's Museum, Boston

The Morningstar Access program - Boston Children's Museum opens the door at 8 am for children with special needs/medical needs, before we open to the public at 10 am...

Historic New England Open House

Saturday, Jun 1 11:00a

Historic New England Properties, Boston

Thirty-two of the region’s finest historic properties are open free to the public during Historic New England’s open house. Open the door to four centuries of New England home and family life...

“Ridley Howard: Fields and Stripes”

Thursday, May 23 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Don't be surprised if paintings at "Ridley Howard: Fields and STripes" remind you of works by Edward Hopper or Ed Ruscha...

Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman

Wednesday, Jun 5 6:30p

West End Museum, Boston

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream...

"Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land": Boston Abolitionists, 1831-1865

Thursday, May 23 10:00a

Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, Boston became a center of the national antislavery movement, and in 1831 William Lloyd Garrison, "all on fire" for the cause, began publication of The Li...

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, Jun 1 1:00p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Join a unique scavenger hunt for Harry Potter Fans at the Museum of Fine Arts! Search for art that echoes characters, and enchanted objects in the Harry Potter books and movies...

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