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Fruitlands Museum
- Harvard
The museum explores the Native Americans, Shakers & transcendentalists who once occupied the area with exhibits, artifacts & an art gallery
Unofficial Tours
- Harvard Square
Current Harvard undergraduates divulge university history, stories from current students, and facts about famous alumni on 70-minute tours
Jillian's of Worcester
- Worcester
More than 40 games including air hockey, brand-new high-def arcade games & skee-ball alongside kitchen serving pizzas & paninis
Twin Springs Golf Course
- Bolton
Nine-hole, par-34 course challenges golfers with high-risk, high-reward scenarios and water hazards that come in play on six holes
Harvard Bowling Lanes
- Harvard
Candlepin-bowling alley provides patrons with retro entertainment throughout the week, adding futuristic accents during cosmic weekend hours
Luke Adams Glass
- Norwood
Pupils manipulate molten glass into a decorative work of art such as a blown ornament, paperweight, or pumpkin; premade pieces available
Roll On America
- Lancaster
Roller-skating facility features snack bar, more than 25 arcade games, and glow-in-the-dark laser tag
The Motorsport Lab
- Loudon
Drivers get behind the wheel of a Lamborghini or Ferrari for three or six laps around an agility-autocross course
The Butterfly Place
- Westford
Get up-close views of colorful butterflies as they flutter and sip nectar from the vibrant plants growing throughout the indoor atrium
Roller Kingdom Hudson
- Multiple Locations
Top-40 hits play at the roller-skating rink; 10-minute laser-tag games amid obstacles and hideouts; slushies or fried dough refuel
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
- Boylston
Visitors explore a 132-acre indoor and outdoor live museum, gazing at colorful flowers and plants while sipping on a tasty beverage
Boston Rock Gym
- Woburn
Neon-colored handgrips speckle multiple climbing walls that guests can traverse alone or with assistance from AMGA-certified instructors
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
- Bank Square
Guests explore interactive exhibits tracing America's industrial history back to 1812; also good for annual model engineering show
Boston Civil War Tours
- Boston Commons
Tour highlights locations where abolitionists spoke, demanded fugitive slaves be freed, and united to save the Union
Chucksters
- Chichester
Miniature links surrounded by trees with nine water features, 12,000 square feet of new carpets, and a 201-foot-long 13th hole
Jim Fenner Golf Professional
- Auburn
Seasoned golf ace Jim Fenner harnesses video swing analysis to address client-specific needs in lessons
Metrowest Yoga
- Multiple Locations
Versatile yoga studio's instructors emphasize calmness & tension release during traditional & hot classes manageable for all skill levels.
Rock Spot Climbing
- Multiple Locations
Dual climbing facilities sprawl with challenging top-rope, lead-climbing, and bouldering routes
Larz Anderson Auto Museum
- Brookline
A chateau-style, converted carriage house filled with automotive exhibits and tours
Boston Night Tour
- Multiple Locations
Paranormal investigators lead guests through spooky sites around Salem, Boston, and Plymouth with tales of hauntings
Monster Mini Golf Boston
- Norwood
Balls ricochet around 18 black-lit indoor holes decorated with eerie, luminous murals, large monsters, animated props, and music
Boating in Boston
- Multiple Locations
Set amid a serene natural backdrop, rental kayaks float on calm waters at five locations
Crab Apple Whitewater
- Charlemont
Inflatable kayaks traverse Class I and II rapids through the Berkshire Mountains, and patrons nosh on provided snack
Haunted Boston Ghost Tours
- Downtown
90-minute walking tours explore Central Burial Ground, Boston Commons & Boston Athenaeum & include info about ghosts & Boston history
Quail Ridge Country Club
- Acton
Gently rolling terrain shapes fairways at a course set within a pine and hardwood forest
Vertical World Adventures
- Newton Square
Guides lead groups up Crow Hill with alternating rock climbing and ziplining exercises during this all-day adventure
Cambridge Haunts
- Harvard Square
Guides lead 90-minute walking tours by lantern through historic Harvard Square streets, sharing stories and reported ghost sightings
AG Paintball
- Weare
Seven fields littered with barrels and wooden spools are regularly updated to host players who lock and load rented equipment
Brunswick Bowling
- Brunswick Zone - Lowell
Long-time bowling-industry leader opens its oiled lanes for pin-punishment sessions including cosmic bowling
CityGolf Walpole and CityGolf Boston
- Multiple Locations
Year-round improvement with PGA instructors and video swing-analysis technology at three locations, including downtown facility
Aikido Tekkojuku of Boston
- Ward Two
Seasoned professional instructors guide students to execute basic centered aikido techniques, advanced grappling moves & weapons strikes.
Limelight Stage & Studio
- Chinatown - Leather District
Once inside, belt from a book of more than 10,000 karaoke tracks onstage, or control the lights, videos, and audience in a private room.
The Histrionic Academy
- Downtown
Follow a guide in a tricorn hat on a 90-minute exploration of colonial Boston through the uprisings that led to American independence.
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The Brattle Theatre’s screens have been glowing with an eclectic slate of films since 1953, but its cultural legacy stretches back to 1890 when it first opened as a live theater. Its productions seemed destined to eventually intertwine with the burgeoning Hollywood industry, and today, the venue keeps its artistic roots alive by showing a full roster of classic, foreign, and independent movies. The cinema-savvy staff frequently bundles pictures into special repertory series—past programs have centered around a vast array of topics, ranging from tributes to Greta Garbo and Ingmar Bergman to a series of documentaries on Clark Gable's mustache. To bolster the cinematic experience, moviegoers snack on locally-made concessions including traditional box office candy as well as baked goods and beer.
Click above to buy tickets for the Boston Derby Dames August 15 games. Click here to buy tickets for the Boston Derby Dames July 18 games.
Today's side deal stages A Midsummer Night's Dream in the fashion that Shakespeare had always intended it to be staged—with mirror balls, roller skates, feather boas, skimpy costumes, and pounding disco anthems. For $18, you get one ticket in the "Dance Floor" section to see the American Repertory Theater's Donkey Show at the OBERON in Cambridge. This ticket can be used for shows on: 1/29 (8 p.m.), 1/30 (8 p.m. or 10:30 p.m.), 2/5 (8 p.m.), 2/6 (8 p.m. or 10:30 p.m.), 2/12 (8 p.m.), or 2/13 (8 p.m. or 10:30 p.m.). Call or drop by the box office at least 24 hours before your desired showtime to reserve your ticket. You must be 18 or older to attend.
Founded in 2007, A Far Cry is a self-conducted chamber orchestra made up of 17 young professional pluckers and bow-wielders, known as the Criers, who have played alongside cellist Yo-Yo Ma and rock band This Will Destroy You within the last month. The New York Times proclaims that the orchestra “brims with personality” that yields “performances of such passionate involvement,” and the Boston Globe writes that "members of the conductor-less string orchestra love nothing more than to throw themselves into a musical phrase with vital conviction." The collective pushes the boundaries of orchestra repertoire, eschewing the tradition of smashing their instruments on a gong after each performance while favoring collaboration and rotating leadership. This particular program features Shostakovich’s dark Eighth Quartet, John Adams’s Shaker Loops, and the premiere of double concerto K2, with fiddler Kip Jones and bassist Karl Doty. Racking up more than 200 of those performances so far, the ensemble has also released three albums and is the chamber orchestra in residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which often entails serving as live statues to fill in for artwork that’s being restored.
A joint effort of the inmates of the Improv Asylum theater and the soon-to-be unleashed comedy club Laugh Boston, the Legends of Boston Comedy New Year’s Eve show offers a knee-slapping alternative to televised events and auld lang sighing. Set in the historic confines of Plymouth Memorial Hall, laughs reverberate and glasses clink in celebratory toasts as favorite veteran comics of the Boston scene let loose with ribald punch lines.
If your body needs a guiding hand, let Rock City's certified Pilates instructors introduce you to one of the universe's most popular forms of exercise next to jogging and cow tipping. Through 12 matwork classes ($150 value), you will simultaneously stretch and strengthen your core (abs, back, and obliques) while using small pieces of equipment such as bands and balls to strengthen your arms, shoulders, shouldarms, and legs.
