Without frequent exposure to art, viewers may struggle to discern whether they're looking at an impressionist masterpiece or out a heavily smudged window. Start your eye-training with today's Groupon to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Choose from the following options:
- For $32, you get an individual annual membership (a $65 value), including:
- One membership card for free gallery admission
- Invitations to exhibition openings and member viewing hours
- Subscription to the ICA newsletter and eNews
- Discounts at the ICA Store and café and at ICA public programs and performances
- For $42, you get a dual or family annual membership (a $95 value), including:
- All individual-membership benefits
- Two membership cards
- Free admission for children younger than age 18 and invitations to family events with family membership
- For $60, you get an associate-level membership (a $125 value), including:
- All dual membership benefits
- Four guest-admission passes
- Invitation to member-appreciation event
- Advance ticket sales to ICA public programs, films, and performances
- Reciprocal admission to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City
Overlooking Boston Harbor, the Institute of Contemporary Art's stark glass façade houses a well-curated permanent collection of modern art as well as a rotating selection of shows, installations, and performances. Visitors meander halls lined in works of various mediums, such as the currently running video installation Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves, a collection of found-object sculptures by Jessica Jackson Hutchins, and Air, an interactive exhibit that flows through the lungs of every museum-goer.
Promoting dance, theater, and musical arts, the museum's calendar of performances gives patrons a chance to kick back and relax as artworks unfold before their eyes. Various interactive programs, such as the family art-making workshop keep members in tune with their own creative drives by encouraging artistic exploration.
Photo credit: Iwan Baan
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Sneaking Snacks into a Movie
Movie theaters insist that you purchase their snacks because if the public doesn’t buy them, the employees are forced to eat the remaining candy at the end of their shift. Avoid buying overpriced movie snacks with these tips for sneaking your own treats:
• Bring a suitcase full of large pizzas to the movies and say that you have a plane to catch right after the film ends.
• Fill your pockets with unpopped popcorn kernels. Hold each one over a lighter to activate it.
• Form licorice into the shape of glasses and wear them into the movie. If you already have glasses, pop out the lenses and replace them with Nilla wafers.
• Steal other people’s candy by pretending to be their wife or husband. They won’t know because it’s dark in a movie theater and you smell just like their spouse.
• Fill your mouth, nose, and hair with Mike and Ikes. When you get inside the movie, spit them out to share with your friends.
• Bribe the movie-theater staff into looking the other way by inviting them to your lake house for one unforgettable summer they’ll never forget.
• Soak a rag in soup and suck on it.
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