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7 May 2008, Wednesday Blue Man Group Charles Playhouse 74 Warrenton Street, Boston Regular Schedule: Wednesdays & Thursdays, 8:00pm; Fridays at 7:00pm; Saturdays at 4:00pm,7:00pm & 10:00pm; Sundays at 2:00pm & 5:00pm; visit http://www.blueman.com/boston for added show times For tickets, visit http://www.blueman.com/boston or call 617-931-2787 ˇ°Always Delightfully Coolˇ± - Summer Vacations in Northern New England, 1825-1900 Location: Boston Athanaeum The exhibition will present a visual documentation of leisure travel in nineteenth-century New England with views of many of the regionˇŻs grand hotels and scenic sites. Advertising prints for railroad lines, steamers, and stage coaches will be included. The show's contents will be drawn primarily from the Athen©ˇumˇŻs rich collection of prints, photographs, maps, and vintage guidebooks. Admission is FREE and open to the public. Gallery hours are Mondays 9 am ˇŞ 8 pm, Tuesday through Friday 9 am ˇŞ 5:30 pm and Saturday 9 am ˇŞ 4 pm. For more information, call (617) 227-0270 or visit www.bostonathenaeum.org. Boston Pops EdgeFest 2008 Boston Pops EdgeFest 2008 - Natalie Merchant Time: 8:00PM Location: Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave, Boston, MA 02115. Folk and pop music are reinvented on the Pops stage in this special performance by the unmistakable, original voice behind the band 10,000 Maniacs. Featuring her lyrical vocals, this Pops presentation showcases Natalie Merchant’s extraordinary solo career — the singing, songwriting, and producing expertise that has earned her the marks of a true musical innovator. After each EdgeFest concert, hear the best of today's emerging talent. EdgeFest Café After each EdgeFest concert, hear the best of today's emerging talent. The Everyday Visuals, a Boston-based indie-rock/folk band will perform after Natalie Merchant's Edgefest concerts on May 27 and 28 at Symphony Hall. Free to performance ticket holders. For more information about The Everyday Visuals, please visit their site at theeverydayvisuals.com. Single tickets are available by calling SymphonyCarge at (888) 266-1200, the Symphony Hall Box Office on the web at www.bostonpops.org. For further general information about our EdgeFest Series, please visit www.bostonpops.org/edgefest Menopause The Musical at the Stuart Street Playhouse Location: Stuart Street Playhouse, 200 Stuart St., Boston, MA 02116. It’s The Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change! The off-Broadway sensation MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL® is now playing at the Stuart Street Playhouse for a limited engagement. The hit production is a musical parody including 25 relyricized ‘60s and ’70s tunes that has audiences laughing, cheering and dancing in the aisles. Performances at the Stuart Street Playhouse are Wednesday through Friday evenings at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM and 5:30 PM, Sundays at 2 PM, with additional performances on the first and third Sunday of every month at 5:30 PM, and on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 2 PM. Tickets for all performances are priced at $45.00. Groups of 15 or more are priced at $38.50. Single tickets and dinner/theatre/parking packages are available by calling Telecharge.com at (800) 447-7400 and at the Stuart Street Playhouse Box Office, 200 Stuart St., Boston, MA 02116. The Stuart Street Playhouse is located in the Radisson Hotel Boston; for directions, visit www.stuartstreetplayhouse.com. For further general information about MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL, please visit www.menopausethemusical.com. Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps Children Art Showcase Location: John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse SOUTH BOSTON — This spring, the colorful artwork created by the youth of the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps will be showcased at the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse. The Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps provides education and therapeutic rehabilitation serves for at-risk children, ages seven through 18, who suffer from psychological, emotional, or behavioral problems, often as a result of neglect or abuse. This special exhibition features the children’s works that depict scenes of Boston, New England landscapes, and sports images. There will be nearly 20 drawings and paintings on display from April 4 through June 27 in the Harbor Park Gallery of the Courthouse located at 1 Courthouse Way, in South Boston, Mass. Admission is free. The Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps is a leader in child welfare, juvenile justice, and advocacy Massachusetts. The agency’s statewide services include educational, residential treatment, and community outreach programs, which support, educate, and rehabilitate children, helping them to grow into healthy and productive adult members of their communities. For more information about the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, or the art show, visit www.rfkchildren.org or call (617) 227-4183. School of Visual Arts Student Exhibition Location: listed above The School of Visual Arts invites you to see the thought provoking and expressive work of some f Boston's brightest young visual artists. Friday April 18- Sunday May 4 MFA Painting Exhibition: 808 Gallery MFA graphic Design Exhibition: BUAG @ Stone Gallery MFA Art Education Exhibition: Commonwealth Gallery Friday May 9-May 18 BFA Painting and Sculpture Exhibition: BUAG @ Stone Gallery BFA Graphic Design Exhibition: Sherman Gallery Barbiere di Siviglia Time: 7:30pm Location: BU Mainstage. 301 Mass Ave Boston, MA Music by Giaochino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Supertitles by Allison Voth William Lumpkin, conductor Sharon Daniels, stage director The ultimate tale of deception in the name of love, this humorous opera pits two men against each other in a race to the altar. Wit the help of the town barber, Figaro, the lovely Rosina manages to land herself the husband she desires. OPERA BOSTON PRESENTS SEMELE WITH BOSTON BAROQUE Time: 7:30pm Eastern Location: Cutler Majestic Theater, 219 Tremont Street, Boston Opera Boston presents Handel’s Semele with Martin Pearlman conducting Boston Baroque for three performances on Feb. 1, 3, 5, 2008 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., Boston. Tickets are available through Telecharge.com or 1-800-233-3123, or at the Cutler Majestic Theatre box office. After the success of 2005’s sold-out and internationally acclaimed performances of Gluck’s Alceste, Opera Boston again collaborates with Martin Pearlman and the Boston Baroque period instrument orchestra and chorus to present Handel’s Semele starring Lisa Saffer, whose roles are as varied as Handel's Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare with Boston Baroque) and Berg’s Lulu (English National Opera: Olivier Award nominee). Mezzo-Soprano Margaret Lattimore makes her Opera Boston debut in the role of Juno; she has appeared locally in recital with the Celebrity Series and in Harbison’s Requiem with the BSO. Tenor Scott Ramsay makes his company debut as Jupiter opposite Ms. Saffer’s Semele; the two previously teamed to sing the roles of this ill-fated couple in a 2005-06 Arizona Opera production of Semele. Conductor Martin Pearlman will lead the Boston Baroque period instrument orchestra and chorus in this production. He previously conducted Semele in his Kennedy Center debut with the Washington National Opera. Stage Director Sam Helfrich, who directed The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for Opera Boston, returns to stage this all-new production. Carole Charnow, General Director of Opera Boston, said, “We are looking forward to working with Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman for this production." Sam Helfrich will give this classical myth a contemporary setting to emphasize “the simple human stories—how complicated and imperfect human emotions are.” Founded in 1980, Opera Boston presents adventurous repertoire and rarely-heard works. Over twenty-six seasons, Opera Boston has presented more than 70 concerts and staged 34 regional and two world premieres. In the past five years, Opera Boston has received favorable notices for the Boston premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar, Weill's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Adams’ Nixon in China, and Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia. Opera Boston's unique approach to programming and staging has earned the organization its reputation as Boston's most innovative opera company. Naked Comedy Showcase Time: 10:00pm Location: ImprovBoston The Naked Comedy Showcase is the creation of Andy Ofiesh, comedian and nudist from Boston, Massachusetts. Since 2002, Andy has organized hosted naked comedy shows featuring Boston area comics doing stand-up in the nude. Andy's first naked comedy show in a public venue was at ImprovBoston in the summer of 2005, days before going to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was a full -- and fully clothed -- house Tuesday night for Andy Ofiesh's first public "Naked Comedy Show" at ImprovBoston in Inman Square. All the performers on the bill were to perform nude, which is probably what helped sell out ImprovBoston's intimate 75-seat theater with little advance notice and only word-of-mouth publicity. Nick Zaino, The Boston Globe Comics on that show included Rev. Tim McIntire, and the Walsh Brothers. News of the event spread quickly and preceded his arrival in Edinburgh. A group of American comics have performed what could be the world's first naked stand-up show. Chortle After arriving in Scotland for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Andy seized an opportunity at Spank!, the late night comedy showcase at Smirnoff Underbelly, to do a 1-minute naked promo for fellow New England comedian, Brian Longwell of Why Work?. The overwhelming positive response at the event prompted Andy to host his Naked Comedy Showcase in Edinburgh. Encouraged by the success of the shows at ImprovBoston and at The Fringe in Edinburgh, Andy is continuing naked comedy throughout 2008. The first Wednesday of the month will feature The Naked Comedy Showcase at ImprovBoston at 10 PM. http://www.improvboston.com/webcalendar/view_entry.php?id=152 Brickbottom District Open Studios 2007 Time: 12:00am - 6:00pm est Location: Brickbottom District , Somerville, MA Featuring art work by members of the Brickbottom Artists Association and the Joy Street Artists. Free and open to the public. Located in the historic Brickbottom District of Somerville, with plenty of free on street parking and within walking distance of bus routes in Union Sq., Somerville. Specific studio locations: Brickbottom Artists Association at 1 Fitchburg St. and Joy Street Artists at 86 Joy St. For further information call 617-776-3410 or log onto www.brickbottomartists.com and www.joystreetartists.org.