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Next: 423-NEXT, 617-262-2437
13 Lansdowne St.
May 13: Petra, $20 in adv., $25 day of.
Apr. 29: H20, $10.
May 5: Supergrass, $10.
May 16: Dilated People, $15.
Avalon
617-262-2424
15 Lansdowne St.
May 6: Reverend Horton Heat, $15.25.
Jun. 15: Sonic Youth, $22.75.
Jun. 25: Dropkick Murphys, $12.25.
Berklee Performance Center
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St.
Free student recitals and faculty concerts, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. some weekdays. For info. on these concerts, call the Performance Information Line at 747-8820.
May 5: Alex Fox Guitar On Fire Tour 2000.
May 6: Lorie Line.
May 7: New England Bodybuilding Championships.
May 14: Maynard Ferguson and Arturo Sandoval.
May 20: Regina Belle.
Centrum Centre
Ticketmaster 931-2000.
May 29: Blink 182 with Bad Religion and FENIXtx opening, All seats $25; Floor is gen. admission.
Club Passim
47 Palmer St, Cambridge.
Ticket prices vary. Call 618-492-7679 for more info.
May 5: James Keelaghan.
May 6: Kelly Joe Phelps.
May 7: Connie Kaldor.
Fleet Center
Ticketmaster: 931-2000.
Jun. 8, 9: Tina Turner, Sold Out.
Jun. 21, 22: Ricky Martin, $95, $75, $55, $39.50.
Foxboro Stadium
60 Washington St, Foxboro, MA 02035, 508-543-3900
Ticketmaster: 931-2000.
May 27: WBCN River Rave, Sold Out.
Jun. 30: Metallica with Korn, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000 and System of a Down, $65. Tickets on sale Apr. 29 at 9 a.m. Call (617) 931-2000.
Jul. 8-9: Dave Matthews Band with Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals and Ozomatli, $45.50.
Jul. 12: 'N Sync, Sold Out.
The Lizard Lounge
1667 Mass Ave.
617-547-0759
Wednesdays: Baby Ray.
Thursdays: Club d'Elf.
The Middle East
Ticketmaster: 931-2000.
Ticket prices vary. Call 354-8238 for more info.
May 5: The Push Stars.
May 6: Rippopotamus.
May 11: Jiggle the Handle.
May 7-9, May 11-13, May 19-20, May 25: WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble. (Battle of the Bands) $15-$7.
Orpheum Theatre
Ticketmaster: 931-2000
May 6: Alison Krauss and Union Station, $32.50-$22.50.
May 14: Ellen Degeneres, $38.50, $33.50, $28.50.
Sanders Theatre
617-496-2222
45 Quincy St., 02138
May 5: The Harvard University Choir and the Mozart Society Orchestra: John Knowles Paine's Mass in D.
May 19: Club Passim Benefit Concert, featuring Iris Dement, Suzanne Vega, Chris Smither, and Vance Gilbert.
Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts (Great Woods)
885 South Main St., Mansfield, MA 02048
Ticketmaster: 931-2000
May 17: Steve Miller Band, $38.50, $27.
May 30: REO Speedwagon with STYX and Eddie Money, $34.
Jun. 12-13: KISS (farewell tour) with Ted Nugent, $80.25, $65.60, $36.50.
Jun. 14: The Cure, $40.50, $25.
Jun. 15: 311 with Incubus, $24.50.
Jul. 3: The Who. Ticket prices TBA.
Jul. 8: Poison, with Cinderella, Slaughter and Dokken, $30, $20.
Jul. 15: Steely Dan, $67.50, $27.50.
Jul. 16: Red Hot Chili Peppers, $40.50, $30.50.
Jazz Music
Regattabar
Concertix: 876-7777
May 5-6: Mike Stern Quartet.
May 10-11: Russell Malone Quartet.
May 11: Patrice Williamson Group.
May 12-13: Deborah Henson-Conant: Jazz Harp.
May 17: Peter Parcek Band.
Scullers Jazz Club
(All performers have two shows per day unless otherwise noted.)
May 8-9: Brad Mehldau.
May 10-13: Rita Moreno - the only woman to have won all four of the awards: Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Tony.
May 16: Lazlo Gardony.
Classical
Music
Boston Pops
Tickets: 266-1492.
Performances at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, unless otherwise noted.
May 9-11: Best of Broadway. Keith Lockhart, conductor. Group reservations for 25 or more people are now being taken through the Group Sales Office at 617-638-9345. For more information or to purchase single tickets, please call 888-266-1200.
Vanessa
May 5 at 8 p.m., May 7 at 3 p.m., at the Emerson Majestic Theatre (219 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02116-4717). The Boston Academy of Music and The Boston Modern Orchestra Project present Samuel Barber's Pulitzer Prize winning opera. Fully staged and sung in English. Gil Rose, conductor; Anthony Cornish, director. For tickets call Majestix at 617-824-8000 and visit <www.maj.org>.
Chameleon Arts Ensemble
May 19 at 8 p.m. at the First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough Street in Boston's Back Bay (Arlington Stop on the Green
Line): The Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston presents Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings and Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. Tickets $28, $20, $14, discounts available for students and seniors. For tickets or more information, call 617-427-8200 or visit <http://www.chameleonarts.org>.
Two Baroque One Acts
May 11, 13 at 8 p.m. at NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. The two-time Grammy nominee Boston baroque closes its season with two sparkling spoofs on the music business of the late 18th century: Mozart's one-act opera The Impresario and Cimarosa's humorous intermezzo for baritone and orchestra Il Maestro di Cappella (The Music Director). The Impresario features a competition between two dueling divas, "Madame Heart" and "Mademoiselle Silvertone", and includes the highminded "Herr Birdsong" and "Buff the Buffo." Both works will be semi-staged. Tickets are $42, $35, $28, $18 and are available by calling Boston Baroque at 617-484-9200 and at the Jordan box office at 536-2412.
BankBoston Celebrity Series
Tickets: 482-6661.
Performances at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston unless otherwise noted.
May 12 at 8 p.m.: Audra McDonald. Theater's youngest three-time Tony award winner presents songs from her latest album How Glory Goes, her debut album Way Back to Paradise, as well as standards by Arlen, Kern, and Weill. At the Sanders Theater, Memorial Hall, Harvard University, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA. Sold Out.
The Turn of the Screw
May 18, 20 at 8 p.m. at St. Paul's Church (15 St. Paul St., Brookline, MA: Prism Opera presents Benjamin Britten's intimate opera. Based on the short story of the same name by Henry James, this opera is a spooky ghost story concerning two children and their governess. The venue is handicapped-accessible and tickets are $25, $20 for students and seniors. Available at Bostix, Ticketmaster (617-931-2000). Website at <www.prismopera.org>.
Theater
In Between O'Clock
May 5, 6 at 8 p.m., May 6, 7 at 2 p.m.: "Look in the mirror. You will only see yourself like this once ..." Written by Michael Ragozzino Harvard '01, directed by Andrew Boch Harvard '02. At the Adams Pool Theater (13 Bow St., Cambridge, near the Bow St. T stop) at Harvard University. Tickets at $4 at the Sanders Theater box office or call 496-2222 to order by phone.
Unlaunch'd Voices: An Evening with Walt Whitman
May 18-Jun. 4, Thu.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 3 p.m. at The Brimmer Street Studio Theatre, 69 Brimmer St., Boston. An exciting new play about America's greatest poet, his art, and his times, told through slides, poetry, and Whitman's own words. The play follows Whitman's struggles as a man and an artist through a remarkable period in American History. Written and directed by Boston playwright Michael Z. Keamy and performed by Stephen Collins. Theater is accessible via the Park St., Charles St., and Arlington St. T Stops. Parking available at the Boston Common garage. Tickets are $17, $12 students/seniors. For reservations, call Bostix/Ticketmaster (931-2000). Tickets also available at theatre box office one hour prior to performance. Group rates available. For more info., call 617-290-5978.
Emma Goldman: A Noise in the Silence
May 5-21 at the Threshold Theatre (791 Tremont St., Piano Craft Guild Building, Boston, MA): The Threshold Theatre presents a play by Tamara Ellis Smith in collaboration with Deborah Heimann and Claudia Traub. The play's central character is Emma Goldman the great orator and anarchist who, in 1940, suffered a stroke which left her paralyzed and unable to speak. The play follows Emma who, when faced with her possible death embarks on a tender, humorous, and sometimes devastating journey into the heart of her own revolution. Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sat. and Sun. at 3 p.m. Tickets $16, $12 students/seniors. group rates available. For tickets call the Threshold Theatre at 781-736-9694 or call Ticketmaster at 617-931-2000.
The Jungle Book
Through-May 7, Fri. at 7:30 p.m., Sat., Sun. at 3:00 p.m.: The Wheelock Family Theatre (180 The Riverway, Boston) presents a exciting, charming, and humorous adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic book for children. Tickets are $10-$17. ASL and Audio description May 5, 7. The theater is wheelchair accessible. To reserve tickets or for more information, call 617-734-4760, TTY 731-4426.
Blue Man Group
Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Street, Boston, indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, at 7 and 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets $35 to $45. Call 426-6912 for tickets and information on how to see the show for free by ushering.
Shear Madness
Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton Street, Boston (426-5225), indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets $30-34.
Exhibits
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway, Boston. (566-1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10 ($11 on weekends), $7 for seniors, $5 for students with ID ($3 on Wed.), free for children under 18.
The museum, built in the style of a 15th-century Venetian palace, houses more than 2500 art objects, with emphasis on Italian Renaissance and 17th-century Dutch works. Among the highlights are works by Rembrandt, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and Whistler. Guided tours given Fridays at 2:30 p.m.
A Gardener's Diary
Jun. 16-Aug. 27: Public garden/installation artist Joan Bankemper presents an exhibition at the Gardner which will include gouache drawings and ceramic works that were inspired by plants in the Museum's courtyard and greenhouses. This installation will complement a healing garden planted in the Fenway Victory Gardens created by Bankemper in collaboration with the Senior Task Force of the Fenway Community Development Program.
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave., Boston. (267-9300), Mon.-Tues., 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 p.m. Admission free with MIT ID, otherwise $10, $8 for students and seniors, children under 17 free; $2 after 5 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., free Wed. after 4 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks through all collections begin at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; “Asian, Egyptian, and Classical Walks” begin at 11:30 a.m.; “American Painting and Decorative Arts Walks” begin at 12:30 p.m.; “European Painting and Decorative Arts Walks” begin at 2:30 p.m.; Introductory tours are also offered Sat. at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Permanent Gallery Installations: “Late Gothic Gallery,” featuring a restored 15th-century stained glass window from Hampton Court, 14th- and 15th-century stone, alabaster, and polychrome wood sculptures from France and the Netherlands; “Mummy Mask Gallery,” a newly renovated Egyptian gallery, features primitive masks dating from as far back as 2500 B.C.; “European Decorative Arts from 1950 to the Present”; “John Singer Sargent: Studies for MFA and Boston Public Library Murals.”
Gallery lectures are free with museum admission.
Museum of Our National Heritage
33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, 02421. (781-861-6559). Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Admission and parking free. <http://www.mnh.org>
Museum of Science
Science Park, Boston. (723-2500), Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission free with MIT ID, otherwise $9, $7 for children 3-14 and seniors.
The Museum features the theater of electricity (with indoor thunder-and-lightning shows daily) and more than 600 hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: “Discovery Center”; “Investigate! A See-For-Yourself Exhibit”; “Science in the Park: Playing with Forces and Motion”; “Seeing Is Deceiving.”
Ongoing: “Everest: Roof of the World”; “Living on the Edge.” Admission to Omni, laser, and planetarium shows is $7.50, $5.50 for children and seniors. Now showing: “Laser Depeche Mode,” Sun., 8 p.m.; “Laser Offspring,” Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; “Laser Rush,” Sun., 9:15; “Laser Beastie Boys,” Thurs.-Sat., 9:15 p.m.; “Laser Floyd’s Wall,” Fri.-Sat., 10:30 p.m.; “Friday Night Stargazing,” Fri., 8:30 p.m.; “Welcome to the Universe,” daily; “Quest for Contact: Are We Alone?” daily.
Commonwealth Museum
220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, 02125. Located across from the JFK Library. Hours: M-F 9-5, S 9-3. Admission is Free. For more info. or to arrange a tour, call 617-727-9268.
Visions by Deaf Artists
Through May 16 at Northeastern University's McLeod Suites, Curry Student Center, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston. Elements of Culture: Visions by Deaf Artists is a travelling exhibition featuring the work for 16 Deaf artists. Call 617-373-3064 or email asl@lynx.neu.edu for hours or to arrange group tours. Free, wheelchair accessible, and open to the public.
Lynn Beach Painters
Through Aug. 20: The exhibit, subtitled "Art Along the North Shore, 1880-1920," presents 60 works of the seven lyrical and evocative painters that comprised the school of American Marine Impressionists. The exhibition focuses on the significance and cohesiveness of the group placed within the context of the period of American art.
Other Events
John F. Kennedy Library Public Forums
At the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston. Free. For more info., call 617-929-4571.
A Conversation with President George Bush
May 21: On the eve of the Profile in Courage Award ceremony, Caroline Kennedy will honor President George Bush as part of the Kennedy Library's Distinguished American series. Following the brief presentation, President Bush will discuss his published collection of letters, All the Best.
From 12 to 1 p.m. Reservations required. Call 929-1211.
Film Festivals
At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 02115. For tickets and more information, call 369-3770. Tickets for each showing are $7, $6 MFA members, seniors, students, unless otherwise noted.
Film Encore
May 5, 6: A Hero for Daisy By Mary Mazzio (1999, 42 min.). A moving portrait of Yale rowing legend Chris Ernst. In 1976 Ernst galvanized her rowing team to storm the Yale athletic director's office to protest the lack of locker-room facilities for women. The story was carried by all of the major international news outlets and Ernst won her fight for new locker rooms two weeks later. She went on to represent the U.S. in two Olympic games, becoming a world champion in 1986.
16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival
Tickets: $8, $7. Opening-night programs with reception and filmmaker present: $12, $10. Series pass: $100, $80. Special 10-ticket pass: $60, $50. The first price is general admission. The second price is for MFA members, students, and seniors. Call 369-3770 for complete schedule.
May 6 at 8 p.m.: Women's Short Film Program. Series of short films. Total time: 95 min.
May 7 at 5:30 p.m.: Men's Short Film Program. Series of short films. Total time: 95 min.
May 19 at 8:15 p.m.: Broken Hearts League. By Greg Berlanti (2000, 91 min.).
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