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11 June 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 Design and Production Exhibit Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Location: 808 Commonwealth Ave Gallery Tour the School of Theatre's annual design and production exhibit featuring the work of both undergraduate and graduate design, production, and management students. An Exhibit ~ New Acquisitions at the USS Constitution Museum Time: 10:00am Location: USS Constitution Museum Presented by the USS Constitution Museum. An exhibit of new acquisition: Four paintings by George Ropes, Jr. from 1813 of battle between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812. May 14 – November 14, 2008. Museum hours: 9am-6 pm April 15 - October 15; 10am - 5 pm October 16 - April 14 http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/ 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. 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. Sculpture Transformed: The Work of Marjorie Schick Location: Fuller Craft Museum 455 Oak Street For decades, Marjorie Schick has been a pioneering force in the craft field. Her vibrant, energetic pieces break through traditional barriers of form, texture and color while sparking the human imagination. Sculpture Transformed incorporates 67 “body sculpture” objects that exemplify 40 years of Schick’s experimentation with form, texture, and color. Sculpture Transformed: The Work of Marjorie Schick and its tour are organized by International Arts and Artists, Washington, DC in cooperation with the curator, Tacey A. Rosolowski, and Marjorie Schick. http://www.fullercraft.org/exhibitions.html The Machinery of Heaven: glass sculpture by Steven Easton Location: Fuller Craft Museum 455 Oak Street Glass artist Steven Easton will use Fuller Craft's Merton Tarlow gallery as an environment to explore his ideas about portraits, classical antiquity, religion, science and the natural world. This exhibition has challenged Easton to take his ideas–which up to this point have been manifested in individual objects—to a larger, more inclusive, and ultimately more compelling scope and scale. As Easton explains, “Nature and its beauty is the foundation of my work – energy and matter, in myriad forms, whirl in a complicated dance that is a celebration of life. Celestial bodies, moving inexorably through the heavens, hum in rhythm with the beating of our own hearts. Everything is connected and has meaning. This belief is infinitely reassuring as we humans move through time.” http://www.fullercraft.org/exhibitions.html#Easton 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 Art Opening: Idees en forme by James Paradis Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm eastern standard Location: The French Library Alliance Francaise of Boston James Paradis’ vivid use of color and line on shaped canvas presents a fascinating exploration of space and form, creating reliefs that punctuate the gallery wall. RSVP required, please call 617.912.0400. Opening takes place at The French Library Alliance Francaise of Boston, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA 02116. Green Line, Arlington T Station. Can't make the opening? Paradis'work is on display from June 3-July 10. The French Library Alliance Francaise Gallery hours are as follows: Gallery Hours Monday-Thursday 10 am-8 pm Friday & Saturday 10 am-5 pm Closed Sunday Read about the artist at: http://www.frenchlib.org/events/event.cfm?t=%20Opening%3A%20Id%C3%A9es%20en%20forme%20by%20James%20Paradis&id=697&eventcategory=32 Web Jam '08 Animation Festival Time: 7:00pm - 8:30am EST Location: Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard St. Brookline, MA WEBJAM ‘08 is the first film festival dedicated to internet animation. You are invited to join Happy Tree Friends, JibJab, 30 Second Bunny Theater, Odd Todd, Joe Cartoon, Xeth, Low Morale, Its JerryTime! and many more of your favorite animated webtoons, all together on the big screen for the very first time. You can see LOLs, ROFLs, OMGs and even some WTFs. The first show is at the historic Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline MA, Thursday May 22-24. Join us at this world premiere, star-studded event and see some of the breakout work being created in new media on the big screen. Hosted by Jerry & Orrin Zucker, co-creators of Its Jerrytime! Space is limited so get your tickets early. Event Details: When: 7pm May 22, and Midnight Shows on May 23 & 24th, 2008 Where: Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard St. Brookline, MA http://webjamfestival.com/ 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. 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.