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2 July 2008, Wednesday 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. Crossed Country Location: Sherman Gallery The group exhibition Crossed Country reinterprets the often romanticized notions of the American road trip as reflected through such contemporary experiences as the necessity of mobiolity, the significance of road travel, and driving as a form of escape. 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 Imrpov Boston's The Hump “Comedy Championship" Adults: $10 Seniors/Students: $7 ImprovBoston’s House Teams and guests perform All shows are at ImprovBoston’s T-Accessible Theater at 40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge. A beer and wine bar is now open and available to patrons one hour before the first show of each night. The Naked Comedy Showcase All tickets $10 $5 if you see the 8:00 Hump shows Stand-up comedy performed completely naked, the first Wednesday of every month. Hosted by Andy Ofiesh 10pm All shows are at ImprovBoston’s T-Accessible Theater at 40 Prospect Street, Central Square, Cambridge. A beer and wine bar is now open and available to patrons one hour before the first show of each night. http://improvboston.com/ 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/ 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. A Man Of No Importance Time: 7:30pm Location: CFA TheatreLab @ 855 The story of an Oscar Wilde obsessed bus driver who attempts to stage Salome at his church in 1960's Dublin. The 2003 Outer Circle Award Winner for Best Off-broadway Musical. 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.