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19 October 2008, Sunday Fort Point Open Studios Over 200 Fort Point artists open their studios to the public this weekend. See the artistic vibrancy of this neighborhood and get a chance to buy. Friday 4 - 7pm Saturday & Sunday 11am - 6pm http://www.fortpointarts.org Larry & Judy Pumfrey Exhibit Location: 11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester Larry and Judy Pumfrey will present a two-person painting show entitled ‘Points of View’ at the North Shore Arts Association. NSAA is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00am to 5:00pm and Sundays from Noon to 5:00pm. Please call 978-283-1857 for more information. www.nsarts.org 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/ According to Tip Location: Stuart Street Playhouse, 200 Stuart Street, Boston The story of one American political icon who won the hearts and votes of many during his career will win over audiences at the Stuart Street Playhouse this fall! Starring Tony and Emmy Award winning actor Ken Howard as President Ronald Reagan’s most formidable political rival, Tip O’Neill, “ACCORDING TO TIP” returns to the area following a very successful World Premiere run at New Repertory Theatre. The limited engagement at the Stuart Street Playhouse begins on Thursday, October 9. “ACCORDING TO TIP” follows the vibrant and historically unforgettable career of Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for seven of President Reagan’s eight years in office. In this touching play filled with humor, music, and beguiling Irish wit, audiences go back in time with Tip from his life growing up in Cambridge where he entered local politics, to the Massachusetts State House and eventually to the White House. Renowned as a great storyteller and conversationalist, famous for his words "All politics is local," Tip’s life, career, and the history that he influenced made an impact on the entire world. “ACCORDING TO TIP” opens at the Stuart Street Playhouse on Thursday, October 9. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., with matinees on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. Tickets, priced at $49.50 for all performances, are available at the Stuart Street Playhouse Box Office, at www.telecharge.com and by calling Telecharge.com at (800) 447-7400. Discounts are available for groups by calling (617) 426-4499 ext. 25. The Stuart Street Playhouse is located at 200 Stuart Street, Boston, in the Radisson Hotel; for directions, visit www.stuartstreetplayhouse.com Albert Wein, American Modernist Location: Boston Athanaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston Sculptor Albert Wein (1915-1991) had both a keen interest in the human figure and an awareness of and appreciation for modernist concepts, specifically abstraction. Today, scholars are taking a closer look at artists such as Wein who sought to balance the legacies of the past with the excitement of the future. This exhibition will be the first museum retrospective of Wein’s work and is being held on the occasion of the publication of the first major monograph on the artist’s life and work. Admission is FREE and open to the public. Gallery hours are Mondays 9 am ¯ 8 pm, Tuesday through Friday 9 am ¯ 5:30 pm and Saturday 9 am ¯ 4 pm. For more information, call (617) 227-0270 or visit www.bostonathenaeum.org. 18th Annual Art-to-Wear Show Discover the Cambridge Artists' Cooperative's annual wearable art festival. Take in dazzling clothing by acclaimed American textile artists, fashion designers and jewelry makers. This year's exhibit showcases artists from New England and beyond who have a passion for exotic textures and colors. The show continues through October 26th. Opening reception: 5:30 - 7:30pm Cambridge Artists' Cooperative 59A Church Street | Harvard Square 617 868 4434 | www.cambridgeartistscoop.com/shows.html 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 Martha Mitchell Calling Location: Central Square Theater In the midst of election season, The Nora Theatre Company presents the Boston area premiere of Jodi Rothe’s sharp and funny play, Martha Mitchell Calling, playing Thursday, October 16 through Sunday, November 9 at the Central Square Theater. Following successful runs at Shakespeare & Company, and in New York state and Florida, this multi-media production is directed by Daniela Varon and features Annette Miller (Diana Vreeland in The Nora’s Full Gallop and Elliot Norton Award winner, Best Solo Performance for Golda’s Balcony) as the feisty southern belle, Martha Mitchell, who clamors to be heard during the tumultuous times of the Watergate scandal. Martha Mitchell Calling takes audiences back to a point in history when an administration was hindered with political corruption and the misuse of power, and one extraordinary woman didn’t want to keep it under wraps. With style and wit, the play tells the story of larger-than-life Southern socialite Martha Mitchell, wife of President Nixon’s Attorney General John Mitchell. Eclipsing her husband as a household name, she was dubbed “the Mouth of the South” and gained worldwide recognition for her outspokenness and famous phone calls to the press about matters the Nixon-era conspirators wanted kept quiet. Passionate and willing to take a stand, Martha Mitchell used her influence and intelligence to blow the whistle on the Nixon administration. Said President Nixon in a 1977 interview with David Frost, “If it hadn’t been for Martha, there’d have been no Watergate.” Mitchell, who didn’t live to see herself vindicated, receives a tribute of courage in this powerful and humorous play. Martha Mitchell Calling plays at the Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, Thursday October 16 through Sunday, November 9. Performances are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, with matinees on Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets for Martha Mitchell Calling, priced at $32; $22 for students with valid ID and seniors, can be purchased by calling (866) 811-4111, online at www.centralsquaretheater.org, or at the Central Square Theater box office. For box office hours, group discounts, and more info call (617) 576-9278 x213. The Exquisite Line Location: Sherman Gallery The Sherman Gallery begins Fall 2008 with The Exquisite Line, an exhibition exploring notions of the exquisite–that which connotes delicacy, beauty, and pain–through intricately rendered drawings and works on paper. Participating artists include Thomas Duncan, Ledelle Moe, Rune Olsen, Stas Orlovski, and Casey Jex Smith. Curated by SVA Exhibitions Director Lynne Cooney. Sept 16-Oct 24 Watercolor Lecture with Dr. Ted Harries Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Standard Location: 11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester The North Shore Arts Association will present a lecture and slide presentation by Dr. Ted Harries on two subjects; The Passion of Robert Blair: A New England Watercolor Legacy and The Mechanics of Charles Burchfield: Alone in the History of Watercolor. Please call 978-283-1857 for more information. www.nsarts.org Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Opening Concert Location: Symphony Hall The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras’ 51st season opening concert features Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s “Eroica” on Sunday, October 19, 2008, at Symphony Hall. Tickets are $30 and $25 and are available by calling Symphony Charge at 617-266-1200. www.bysoweb.org October “Four Stories” Event Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Enormous Room, Cambridge “A Four Stories Special Event: The Big Trip: Stories of growing up, messing up, and everything along the way.” Sunday, October 19, 6-8 p.m.; Music starts @ 5 p.m. Featuring readings by: Andre Dubus III, Margot Livesey, and up-and-coming writers from Grub Street’s YAWP Program and Beacon Academy. Plus the Four Stories style of literary investigation: ask the best question, win a free drink! Admittance free and open to the public. The Enormous Room, 567 Mass Avenue (Central Sq./Redline T-stop), Cambridge, MA 02139. For more information go to: http://www.fourstories.org FRINGE FESTIVAL: Trouble in Tahiti Time: 7:00pm Location: Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210 Music and Libretto by Leonard Bernstein William Lumpkin, music director Grethe Barrett Holby, guest stage director Bernstein’s one-act autobiographical opera is the moving story of a young couple struggling to find peace and balance in their volatile marriage, told with an on-stage jazz trio interjecting comic irony about suburban life. Tickets: $7 general public. BU community: One free ticket with BU ID at the door, day of performance, subject to availability. Box Office: www.BostonTheatreScene.com or 617.933.8600. BCAP presents: The Glass Menagerie Time: 7:30pm Location: CFA TheatreLab @ 855 by Tennessee Williams directed by Jim Petosa Williams’s loosely autobiographical and tragic tale of a fragile Southern family abandoned by their patriarch. In 1937 St. Louis, an aloof son desperate for freedom, a delicate daughter obsessed with her glass animal collection, and a meddlesome mother eagerly await the arrival of a gentleman caller. Starring SOT faculty members Paula Langton, Michael Kaye, and Christine Hamel. The premier production of BCAP, the Boston Center for American Performance, Boston University’s new professional performing arts initiative. Tickets: $20 general public; $10 BU community (with BU ID), students, groups, and senior citizens. 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.