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September 2008, Sunday
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Sculpture Walk
Get a history lesson from Forest Hills Cemetery experts and visit works by 19th century artist Daniel Chester French and other stone carvers. Admission is $9.

2pm

Forest Hills Cemetery
95 Forest Hills Ave.
Jamaica Plain
http://www.foresthillstrust.org or 617-524-0128


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/


Charter Day Walking Tour of 17th Century Boston
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
Location: Faneuil Hall at the Samuel Adams Statue
On September 7, 1630, at the home of John Winthrop in Charlestown, the Court of Assistants ordered "that the Trimountaine shalbe called Boston." Today, Boston celebrates September 7 as its Charter Day. What a wonderful excuse to join a Boston By Foot walking tour honoring the founding of Boston!

Join us on this trip back to 17th century Boston. $12 per person ($8 children, free for Boston By Foot members). Tickets may be purchased directly from your guide before the start of the tour.

http://history.meetup.com/9/calendar/8538173/


Cirque du Soleil - KOOZA, Under the Grand Chapiteau at Bayside Expo Center, Boston
Location: Under the Grand Chapiteau at Bayside Expo Center, 200 Mount Vernon St., Boston
Cirque du Soleil will return to Boston at a new location with its latest big top touring production KOOZA, set to open on Friday, September 5, 2008. KOOZA will perform at Bayside Expo Center under the trademark blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) for a limited engagement.

KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions - acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.

Performance Schedule:
• Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m.
• Thursdays thru Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
• Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

To purchase tickets: 1-800-678-5440 or www.cirquedusoleil.com


We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!
The Nora Theatre Company speaks to the times with Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo’s work of politics and hilarity, We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!, playing at Central Square Theater Thursday, September 4 through Sunday, September 28. In the side-splitting satire written in 1974, the housewives have had enough… prices are high and getting higher and it’s time for them to take matters into their own hands, but the challenge is how to keep their husbands from finding out that they’ve stormed the supermarket! With stolen olives, bird seed, and pasta, this farcical comedy about a housewives’ revolt against out of control inflation looks at hypocrisy, injustice, and liberation with a healthy dose of hysterics thrown in for good measure. We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! is translated by Ron Jenkins and directed by The Nora’s Associate Director, Daniel Gidron (IRNE Award nominee - Best Director, Small Theater for The Nora’s production of Buried Child).

Stuff Happens
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Boston University Theatre Mainstage
Renowned British dramatist David Hare chronicles the road to war in Iraq by combining the actual words of international politicians with a bit of his own imagination.

The Boys of Winter: an antiwar play
Time: 8:00pm EST
Location: Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Written by Barry Brodsky, Dean B. Kaner, & Eric Small; directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary. Performances run Fri.*-Sat. at 8 pm, Sun. at 2 pm and 8 pm. [*September 5th benefit performance for Veterans For Peace and Iraq Veterans Against The War.] Tickets: $20, $10 for students / seniors / veterans / first responders; group rates available. Box Office opens one hour before each show (cash or credit cards only). For advance tickets, log onto www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/2692 or call 866-811-4111 (toll free).


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.


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