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Touring Boston – What to Know About Visiting the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum with Children

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Before moving to Boston I participated in a book challenge at my local library and as part of it I ended up reading “The Gardner Heist” a book about an unsolved major art heist.  The book was interesting but hearing about how the museum responded to the heist was even more facilitating.  
Isabella Steward Gardner Museum with Children

I’ll summarize:    
Two people broke into the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum one evening dressed as police officers. They did a smash and grab and stole a total of 13 art works from various rooms in the museum before escaping.  To this day they haven’t been found. 
What I found even more interesting is that in Isabella’s will she said she wanted her estate to become a museum, but because she had put so much time and effort into each of the rooms of her estate nothing was to be moved or changed.  Ever.  If there were changes made then she would no longer allow her house to be opened as a museum.
What that means is that while walking in the museum you will occasionally see empty picture frames on the wall. Since the curators are not allowed to change anything they have simply left the empty frames in their spots on the wall awaiting the day when the paintings might be recovered.  
I thought it made the walk through the museum so much more fun having read the book first and slowly dawning on the realization that this was the museum I had read about and then looking for the empty frames.  Some are fairly subtle and some are impossible to miss, but it makes for a unique viewing experience for sure.  

Things to Note: 

1) Price 
$15/Adult (Students with ID $5)
18 and under Free
2) Stroller Friendliness 
Stroller are permitted… kind of.  You can bring a single stroller, but double and oversized strollers are not allowed and can be checked in at the coat check.  This is unfortunate, but necessary because some of the entry ways are fairly tight and your not going to be able to fit through them with a huge stroller. 
3) Kid Friendliness
Semi kid friendly.  In the sense that children of all ages are welcome and encouraged to come and learn more about art, but there are a lot of things that might be tempting for little hands to touch that aren’t suppose to be touched.  

Summary & Rating ★★★★☆

Four Stars.  If I was just going as an adult I would have given this a solid five stars because I thought the price was fair (especially since we’re students) and the museum was gorgeous. Plus having the additional background from my heist book made the whole thing a bonus as we saw the empty frames and the realization that this was the place I had read so much about dawned on me.  However, keeping little hands away from delicate works of art is not an easy feat and it’s something you should certainly keep in mind if you want to go with little ones.   
Have you been here before?  If so I’d love to know more about your experience and any tips or tricks you have in the comments section below. 
Isabella Steward Gardner Museum 

25 Evans Way
Boston, MA 02115

Phone:
General Information: 617 566 1401
Box Office: 617 278 5156
Website: http://www.gardnermuseum.org/

Hours:
Open daily from 11 am to 5 pm
Thursday until 9 pm
Closed Tuesday

Touring Boston – What to Know About Visiting the Museum of Fine Art (MFA) with Children

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MFA > ICA about a million to one.  No Contest.

The Museum of Fine Art (MFA) had a free day on Saturday with a bunch of cultural events to celebrate the Year of the Horse.  I thought we should go check it out because we’ve tried to make it to the MFA a bunch of times and somehow we just never get there.  This time it was free and on a Saturday.  Also… we needed to get in about 3 days of skipped “Get Fit” workouts minuets.  So we walked. 2 miles there and 2 miles back.  It was 20 degrees outside.  Weather.com said it felt like 8 degrees.

Museum of Fine Art (MFA) with Children

We bundled our son up good with lots of blankets, his coat, two hats and his stroller windshield and set off. I tried to convince my husband to turn back because I was cold, for about the first mile, but he kept telling me it wasn’t that bad, and the baby wasn’t complaining, and we could make it. So we kept walking.  The sidewalks and the path through the park that we were suppose to take were all covered in snow so we enjoyed a chilly detour, but we made it.

Museum of Fine Art (MFA) with Children

I thought the museum was fantastic, though we only ended up seeing fraction of it because it didn’t seem like the best place to let Mr-wiggly-buns-I-want-to-touch-everything run free.  We started by seeing the ancient Egypt stuff.  The have a ton of artifacts thanks to the museums connection with Harvard and the many excursions they’ve funded.  It was cool and crazy to see the ancient Egyptian writing and tombs.  I love the little glimpses into the life of other cultures hundreds of years old.

Then we took a tour of the Greek statue gallery.  If I was a bajillionair I would totally have a statue gallery.  I love walking among the stately figures carefully carved from stone.

Finally we took a brief tour of the ancient Chinese artifacts, since that was the reason for the free exhibit that day, and they were also fantastic.

Museum of Fine Art (MFA) with Children

All in all I loved it and we will definitely go back another day because my husband said there are tons and tons of paintings that I missed seeing this time around.

Things to Note:

1.  Price
$27/Person – Adults
$23/Person – Students
Free – 17 years old and younger depending on the day

*For youths ages 7–17, admission is free during weekdays after 3 pm, weekends, and Boston public school holidays; otherwise admission for youths is $10.

FREE DAYS – Wednesday nights after 4 pm, admission is by voluntary contribution (suggested donation $25). The Museum is free to all visitors on the following Open House days: Monday, January 19, 2015 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day Open House); Saturday, February 21, 2015 (Lunar New Year); and Monday, May 25, 2015 (Memorial Day Open House); Monday, October 12, 2015 (Fall Open House).

Museum of Fine Art (MFA) with Children

2. Kid/Stroller Friendliness
We were able to bring our stroller without a problem, but there were a lot of people there (probably because we went on a free day) and space was often tight.  A number of the exhibits are safe from tiny finger being behind cases, but there are many that are merely roped off so if you’ve got a little one you’ll need to watch them like a hawk.

3. Size
This museum is huge.  I don’t think you should expected to be able to take it all in in one day.  There are tons of floors and tons exhibits to see and they are all amazing.

Summary and Rating: ★★★★★

Five Stars.  I though this place was breath taking and there is so much to see and so much to learn about.  It’s fairly expensive if you pay to go, but totally worth seeing and great to go on the discount or free days.  We had a really good time with our toddler and I’d like to go again when he’s a little bit older and better at not trying to touch everything.

Have you been here before?  If so I’d love to know more about your experience and any tips or tricks you have in the comments section below. 

Museum of Fine Arts Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Phone: 617-267-9300
Website: http://www.mfa.org/

Touring Boston – What to Know About Visiting the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with Children

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I kept seeing these things for the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (ICA), like that it’s open free to the public on all Thursday nights between 5-9pm and that the last Saturday of every month is family day and families and kids get in free, and that the library has a bunch of passes that you can pick up to see the museum for free.  I have known about and forgotten and been reminded again of these things for probably about a year.  For the last 3 Thursday’s we’ve been trying to go, but something always comes up, my husband has to work late, someone offered to drive me grocery shopping (it’s a big deal when you don’t have a car) or it’s so cold outside that I don’t think the baby would stand for a mile walk along the pier…. etc.

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with Children

It looked like my husbands next couple of Thursdays were booked and I finally put my foot down.  We were going to see this Art Gallery if it killed us.  So Saturday, after our son’s nap, we went.  It was actually the perfect day for a walk downtown, it was in the mid 40’s with only a little wind, and since we got a wind shield for our stroller the baby didn’t mind the walk at all.

I love seeing Boston, the buildings are fantastic and walking along the water front is always interesting and exciting.  I was thrilled to note the museum is right on pier, so we would get a great water front view as we walked to it.

We carried our son around the museum looked at the different pieces they had.  One of the wings was closed as they are working on getting a new exhibit up, but they gave us free tickets to come again because of it, which was great.

I think the most memorable installment was a video clip of extreme closes up of models licking a piece of glass covered with different candies.  It was gross, fascinating, a little bit sexual, but mostly like a train wreck that you can’t look away from.

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with Children

Our son did okay initially, but he started getting bored and impatient of being carried a few rooms in.  He was too busy to walk with us and we didn’t want him bugging the other people so we had to cut our trip short.  I wish we had gone during family day so he could have blended and interacted with the other kids and I would have felt less guilty for annoying other people… perhaps will have to use our return tickets for family day.

They had one room toward the end that was just a glass wall with a view of the harbor where we felt safe setting our son down.  He made a real effort to get their glass good and smudged, but the view was lovely nonetheless.    If I worked there, that is where I would take all my breaks.

We finished out trip and played on the grass near the ICA for a little bit to get out some energy.  Unfortunately, I realized the lawn was so covered with bird crap that it looked like it had been aerated, so I had to cover our son’s hands with his coat and watch him carefully while he walked.  He passed out the minute we got him back situated in stroller.  All in all in was a fantastic day.  I loved having family time and getting to be out and about exploring this fascinating city.

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with Children

Things to note:

1.  Getting There
I have no idea where you would park there, since we didn’t have a car I didn’t even look, but it was a nice, less than a mile, walk from the “T” which worked out well for us.  The website mentions that there is parking around it but that it cost upward of $20…

2. Price
$15/Person – General Admission
$10/Person – Student
17 and under free

FREE for all every Thursday from 5 to 9 PM during ICA Free Thursday Nights. Special hours: From Oct, 10, 2015 to Jan 24, 2016, Free Thursdays will start early at 4 PM in conjunction with Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957.

Free admission for up to two adults accompanied by children 12 and under during Play Dates, offered on the last Saturday of the month, except December.*

3. Hours
Tuesday and Wednesday: 10 AM – 5 PM
Thursday and Friday: 10 AM – 9 PM
Saturday + Sunday: 10 AM – 5 PM

Closed Mondays, except on the following national holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day.

4.  Stroller Friendly
You can easily bring a stroller into the place.  It’s big and open.  A few of the exhibits you’ll have to leave the stroller to enter but we found it to be easy to do.

5.  Kid Friendliness
Go during one of the free kid Saturdays.  We didn’t and I wish we would have.  I felt bad having a toddler there who wanted to walk around and was fairly disruptive to the other patrons who seemed really into their contemporary art.  I would have felt much better about taking our son if there were a bunch of other kids and if the people going knew that kids would be there… plus its free on kids day so it’s kind of a win/win.

Summary and Rating: ★★★★☆
Four Stars.  The museum itself was really nice and state of the art. The walk to it was gorgeous.   It was stroller friendly and it seems like they are really trying to make sure children are welcome there.  The draw backs are that this is a nice art museum which can make having young children there a struggle.  I think we would have had a better experience going during family day where we would have felt less disruptive. Also the museum looked huge from the outside, but we saw all the exhibits fairly quickly from the inside, as I mentioned one of the wings was closed for a new instillation so we might have been missing out on a big portion of the museum but it was quite a bit smaller than other ones we’ve been to, like the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum or the Museum of Fine Art.

Have you been here before?  If so I’d love to know more about your experience and any tips or tricks you have in the comments section below. 

Boston Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210

Phone: 617-478-3100
Website: http://www.icaboston.org/

Family Friendly Boston/Cambridge – Unexpected Places to Visit on the MIT Campus – MIT Colored Floor Exhibit – Sol Lewitt: Bars of Color within Squares

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MIT is fairly well know for its long hallway that connects multiple buildings together (better known as the infinite corridor). Less well know, and what I actually think of more as a hidden gem is the Sol Lewitt: Bars of Color within Squares Art Exhibit.

You can find this giant exhibit by walking the infinite corridor to its east most end, where you hit a T shape and are forced to turn either north or south.  If you turn south and walk a few paces (maybe twenty) there is a short five foot entry on the west side of the hallway.  If you get there between 9am-5pm you can open the door to the MIT physics department and the gorgeous colorful U-shaped atrium.

MIT Campus - MIT Colored Floor Exhibit - Sol Lewitt: Bars of Color within Squares

The atrium is fairly empty during the day and a great spot to visit during the cold glum days of winter.  I have taken my son there multiple times during the winter when we were going crazy from being stuck in our apartment but he had a slight cold or runny nose and I didn’t want to go to the playroom or playgroups and risk infecting other kids.  This was at least a bright, warm space where he could move around a little bit and we could get out of the apartment.

Things to Note:

1) Price
Free

2) Kid Friendliness
Pretty kid friendly.  I brought my son there as a baby and toddler and he was more than happy to crawl/run around.  However the exhibit circles a bunch of class rooms so this is not a place to be super rambunctious, to scream, or be loud and crazy.  Also you’ll be walking across the art exhibit and they ask that you not do anything that might damage it so keep that in mind.

3) Stroller Friendliness
I’ve brought a stroller here many times.  I usually walk it on the outskirts of the tile exhibit and park it by the benches near the south wall while my son explores the colors.

MIT Campus - MIT Colored Floor Exhibit - Sol Lewitt: Bars of Color within Squares

Summary and Rating: ★★★☆☆

Three Stars.  It’s a nice place to go for some variety in the winter.  It’s free, warm and bright, but it’s not a place that is super interactive or a place that my 3 year old son can really let loose.  If you’ve got younger children, like crawling babies this makes for a fantastic afternoon visit.

Have you been here before?  If so I’d love to know more about your experience and any tips or tricks you have in the comments section below.

MIT Sol Lewitt: Bars of Color within Squares Art Exhibit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Website: http://www.mit.edu/~lvac/percent/lewitt.html

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Weekly Event Summary (Jan. 22nd – Jan 29th) – Family Friendly Boston Cambridge

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Family Friendly Boston Cambridge Weekly Event Summary

1) Winter Wildlife Cruise (Jan 23)
2 Family Fun Day Saturday (Jan 23)
3) Henna Night (Jan 23)
4) Show of Strength: A Concert for Refugee Relief (Jan 23)
5) Cambridge Winter Farmers’ Market (Jan 23)
6) Somerville Winter Farmers’ Market (Jan 23)
7) Wreck Shop Movement’s Subway Cipher (Jan 24)
8) Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf (Jan 24)
9) Family Shopping Sunday (Jan 24)
10) “Waking in Oak Creek” Free Film Screening and Discussion (Jan 26)
11) ICA Free Thursday Nights (Jan 28)
12) Frog Pond Ice Skating (Jan 28)
13) Winter Panto 2016: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jan 30)
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1) Winter Wildlife Cruise (Jan 23)
When:
Saturday, Jan 23, 2016 11:00a – 2:00p
Where:
Long Wharf North
66 Long Wharf
Boston, MA 02109
Admission: $15 – 20
Grab your camera and join park rangers and local naturalists to observe animals who make their wintertime home in Boston Harbor and around the outer Harbor Islands. Guest naturalists include representatives from the National Park Service, New England Aquarium and Mass Audubon.
Boarding begins at 10:30am at Long Wharf North. Full cash bar, snacks and hot soups will be available for purchase onboard.
In the event of severe winter weather, this program will be rescheduled to January 30.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for kids and seniors. Space is limited, and reservations and strongly recommended! Reserve your seat online at bostonharborcruises.com/boston-harbor-cruises/winter-wildlife-cruise
For more information visit http://www.bostonharborislands.org 
2) Family Fun Day Saturday (Jan 23)
When: January 23rd 10am-1:30pm
Where: Peabody School Gym
70 Rindge Ave.
Cost: Free
Hey Cambridge Families!
Did you know our Family Fun Day is this Saturday, January 23rd from 10am-1:30pm at the Peabody School Gym (70 Rindge Ave.). Children ages birth?8 years old and their families are invited to join the Center for Families for a fun morning of arts & crafts all about Antarctica, moon bounces, face painting, book giveaways, toddler obstacle course, infant area, performer, a light lunch, and more! Call CFF at 617-349-6385 for more information.
The weather forecast is for a snow storm on Saturday. We usually don?t cancel Family Fun Day unless it is a State of Emergency. We will post updates on our website and listserv in case of cancellation.
We hope to see you there!
Christine
3) Henna Night (Jan 23)
When:
Saturday, Jan 23, 2016 6:00p – 9:00p
Where:
Turkish Cultural Center Massachusetts
500 revere st
Revere, Ma
Admission: FREE
Turkish Cultural Center invites you to experience a traditional Turkish Henna night. This is a free event and for ladies only. Turkish food will be served.
4) Show of Strength: A Concert for Refugee Relief (Jan 23)
When:
Saturday, Jan 23, 2016 5:00p – 8:00p
Where:
Aeronaut Brewing Company
14 Tyler Street
Somerville, Massachusetts 02143
Admission: FREE
Looking to listen to great music, drink delicious beer, spend time with awesome friends AND support an important cause? We’ve got it all right here! Plus, a raffle with great prizes and access to a playlist featuring songs from our performers with every donation of $5.00 or more! All ages!!!
Show of Strength: A Concert for Refugee Relief will raise money for the American Refugee Committee! It features several local musicians performing on two stages at the lovely Aeronaut Brewery.
The raffle includes prizes such as a gift card to Aeronaut Brewing Company, gift cards to Flatbread Somerville, Redbones and Diesel Cafe, a surprise gift from Comicazi, free classes at OnStage Dance Company, and a gift from Circle Socks, a free 60 minute message from Etant, A Spa for Well Being, 2 free tickets to Somerville Theatre and more!
The performers include: Proper Company, Bron Don, Yohannes, Ryan Sweezey, Prateek Poddar’s music, Mary Casiello & Dann Russo, Hannah Christianson,Choro Sincapado (Ansel Barnum in the mix!), Juan Dhas, Sean Peters and more!
For more information visit http://https://www.facebook.com/events/191214874560032/
5) Cambridge Winter Farmers’ Market (Jan 23)
When:
Saturday, Jan 23, 2016 10:00a – 2:00p
Where:
Cambridge Community Center
5 Callender St
Cambridge, MA 02139
Admission:
FREE
Join us for the 5th Annual Opening Day of the Cambridge Winter Farmers Market at the Cambridge Community Center! We will be open every Saturday from 10 am – 2 pm from January through April!
The opening day will feature local food and drinks, live music, an art project hosted by the Riverside Gallery, a photo booth, and face painting.
Our vendors for opening day:
Valicenti Pasta Farm Winter Moon Roots Copicut Farms Jubali BirchTree Bread Company Marblehead Salt Co. Sweet Lydia’s Apex Orchards El Recreo Estate Coffee, Inc. Fungi Ally Freedom Food Farm Levend Bakery Chickadee Farm Silverbrook Farm Narragansett Creamery The Soup Guy Honeycomb Creamery Kitchen Millie Lilac Hedge Farm Dan’s Power Plant Moose Cup Samira’s Homemade Just Add Cooking Soluna Garden Farm Jennifer Lee’s Gourmet Bakery
Our musicians:
JackKnife Valentines
JackKnife Valentines influences run from Bob Dylan and the Band to James Brown, Bill Withers and Gil Scott Heron. With two amazing lead singers in Jimmy James and Gene McAuliffe, their songs span roots americana, soul and country. Members of the band have played in prominent blues, rock, and alternative groups around Boston for several decades. Basically, it’s all about soul and playing from your heart.
James McCarthy
James McCarthy is a singer, pianist that performs upbeat pop music and catchy original songs.
For more information visit http://https://www.facebook.com/events/551489635018374
6) Somerville Winter Farmers’ Market (Jan 23)
When:
Saturday, Jan 23, 2016 9:30a – 2:00p
Where:
Center for Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
Admission: FREE
Presenting the very best variety of products from New England farms and specialty vendors including vegetables, fruit, meat, cheese, fish, baked goods, and lots more.
Live music, delicious treats in two cafe areas and a chance to meet friends — Chase away the chill of even the coldest winter day with us!
December through March at 191 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA. Every Saturday from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM (closed Dec 26, 2015)
For more information visit http://www.somwintermarket.org 
7) Wreck Shop Movement’s Subway Cipher (Jan 24)
When:
Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 3:00p – 6:00p
Where:
Downtown Crossing MBTA Station
Washington St & Winter St
Boston, MA 02108
Admission: FREE
Wreck Shop Movement’s Subway Cipher brings together rappers, poets and listeners from all over the Boston area every Sunday afternoon at the Downtown Crossing T stop. Free and open to everyone.
Read more about the Subway Cipher and some of its regulars in Perry Eaton’s story on Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/entertainment/2016/01/20/some-boston-best-hip-hop-comes-alive-every-sunday-stop/ssnPrKIBNlgzazim5o1ezK/story.html
Wreck Shop Movement is a collective that aims to further Hip Hop culture by uniting, educating and empowering people and giving back to the community.
For more information visit http://www.wreckshopmovement.com/ 
8) Cambridge Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf (Jan 24)
When:
Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 4:00p – 5:30p
Where:
Center for Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
Admission: $5-15
Please join us for our annual Family Concert!
We are proud to welcome special guest narrator Claude Woods, who will read the beloved story of Peter and the Wolf. We will also be featuring violinist Yoo Jin Ahn and there will be an audience sing-along to The Muppets.
We encourage families to bring children of all ages.
After the concert, children are invited to our instrument petting zoo, where they can try out violins and trumpets and many other instruments.
9) Family Shopping Sunday (Jan 24)
When:
Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 8:00a –
12:00p
Where:
Boston Public Market
100 Hanover Street
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
FREE
Bring the family on your shopping trip to the Boston Public Market for a special family day and we?ll help teach kids that food can be fun! Enjoy kid-friendly recipe cards, a scavenger hunt, a sea life touch tank with Red?s Best, tote bag crafts, and specials or discounts from several Boston Public Market vendors.
For more information visit http://https://bostonpublicmarket.org/happenings<http://https:/bostonpublicmarket.org/happenings> 
10) “Waking in Oak Creek” Free Film Screening and Discussion (Jan 26)
When: Tuesday, Jan 26, 2016 6:30p – 8:30p
Where:
The Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission: FREE
Join the Pluralism Project for a free screening and discussion of Waking in Oak Creek, a film about community responses in the aftermath of the 2012 Sikh Temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring filmmaker Patrice O’Neill and film subjects Pardeep Kaleka and Arno Michaelis. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Diana Eck, director of the Pluralism Project.
The screening and panel are free of charge. This is the final event in the Religion Refocused film series, sponsored by the Pluralism Project and made possible by support from Mass Humanities, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Event partners include Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, Everett Gurdwara Sahib, Gurdwara Sikh Sangat Boston, Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar Medford, Milford Gurdwara Sahib (NESSC), and Sikh Dharma of Massachusetts (SDMA).
For more information visit http://www.pluralism.org/events/rr 
11) ICA Free Thursday Nights (Jan 28)
When: Thursday, January 21, 2016, 4 ? 9pm
Where: The Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Ave
Boston, MA 02210
Cost: Free
FREE for all every Thursday from 4 to 9 PM during ICA Free Thursday Nights. Special hours: From Oct, 10, 2015 to Jan 24, 2016, Free Thursdays will start early at 4 PM in conjunction with Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933?1957.
For more information visit http://https://www.icaboston.org/visit

12) Frog Pond Ice Skating (Jan 28)
When:
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015 10:00a – Thursday, Mar 10, 2016 10:00p
Where:
Frog Pond
Boston Common
Boston, MA
Admission:
$5
The absolute best place to skate outdoors in Boston. Open to the public with skate rentals available. Weather permitting, ice skating returns to Boston Common Frog Pond mid-November of each year.
Open Daily starting Saturday, Nov 22, 2015:
Mon 10AM-4PM
Tue-Thu 10AM-9PM
Fri-Sat 10AM-10PM
Sun 10AM-9PM
Daily Admission:
Adult Admissions (14+): $5.00
Kid Admissions (13 & under): FREE
Rentals:
Adult Skate Rentals: $10.00
Kid Skate Rentals: $5.00
Locker Rentals: $2.00
Skate Sharpening
$8.00 per pair
#holiday
#NYE

13) Winter Panto 2016: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jan 30)
When:
Saturday, Jan 09, 2016 1:00p –
Saturday, Jan 30, 2016 6:00p
Where:
BCA Plaza Theatre
539 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02120
Admission: $20
Regular price tickets $20 — get half price tickets here:
Hold onto your hats! imaginary beasts sweeps into town like a cyclone this January with a tale full of magic and wonder when they refashion an American classic into a fantasy of technicolor proportions!
When a terrible twister drops Dorothy and her little dog Toto somewhere over the rainbow, they must take a journey of discovery to the Emerald City in order to get ?Home, sweet home?. But when our young heroine realizes that her Auntie Em has followed her to the Land of Oz the adventures really begin.
L. Frank Baum?s beloved fairy tale receives the full Panto treatment when the beasts return to Boston with their favorite cold weather tradition, and audiences of all ages will want to follow the ‘yellow’ brick road to the Boston Center for the Arts.