Things to do this weekend in Boston
I LOVE planning complex itineraries for long vacations, but sometimes life gets in the way, making vacation planning difficult or altogether impossible. Yet, a weekend road trip escape a couple of hours away from home is easier to accomplish than a longer trip requiring an air travel. And don’t underestimate what a WEEKEND can do to …
Fall means so many beautiful things in my beloved Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Among them – an Annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare – at the Shakespeare & Company where high-school students from MA and NY showcase full-scale Shakespeare plays produced with the help of the Company’s directing teams. With acclaimed theater productions, actor training and …
Birthdays should be about special experiences with your loved ones and Boston is never short on things to do. Finding an activity to engage multi-age kids is a challenge, however, but I take it on happily, For my son’s recent 18th birthday celebration I came up with the following “water-themed” summer evening in Boston Harbor: …
While I never need a special reason to celebrate the weekend, calendar holidays offer wonderful excuses to spend time with the people we love. Here are 10+ ideas on where to take a special Dad (or Grandad) in Boston to celebrate Father’s Day. Father’s Day 2017 update: Heritage Museums and Garden in Sandwich on the …
In an ideal world, our everyday lives would be balanced and complete as they are. In reality, many of us could use a “therapeutic” weekend getaway now and then to recharge and keep on going. One of my favorite weekend recharge destinations is Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts (the Berkshires). Kripalu means different …
In one of his post-performance talks (following a modern program last March), Boston Ballet’s artistic director Mikko Nissinen promised that the company would continue to embrace both traditional story ballets and the diverse works by the modern choreographers. This May, ballet lovers in Boston are being treated to two superb productions as diverse as ballet …
On March 23, Boston Ballet celebrated the calendar arrival of Spring with a program of three contemporary mini-ballets featuring George Balanchine’s 1964 Donizetti Variations, Jiri Kylián’s 1997 Wings of Wax, and Alexander Ekman’s 2010 Cacti. While I am a big fan of classical story ballets, I am becoming more and more comfortable with interpreting contemporary choreography …
Kylián’s “Wings of Wax”: Spring arrives on Boston Ballet’s stage Read More »
Last week Boston Ballet presented the Artifact 2017 by William Forsythe, one of the most influential choreographers of our time (in Boston Opera House through March 5). Many of us, weekenders, go to ballet performances to escape the routine and to be carried away to the far away lands of swans, princesses and eternal love, …
Artifact ballet by William Forsythe: forget what you think you know about dance Read More »
There is always plenty of family fun in and around Boston, but school vacation week adds special programming touches to our beloved institutions. HERE are some tried and true Boston’s February vacation week favorites with some bonus new ideas thrown into the mix! MONDAY: FAMILY FUN OUTDOORS Monday forecast promises an excellent day outdoors and …
FEBRUARY SCHOOL VACATION WEEK ACTIVITIES IN BOSTON FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK Read More »
There are numerous ways to celebrate Mother’s Day (and have fun yourself!) in and around Boston. Here are some tried and true ideas from my list. Take her to the Theater Boston Theater Marathon – this is where I am taking my Mom this Sunday May 8 (in the Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the …
5 WAYS TO CELEBRATE WITH MOM ON MOTHER’S DAY IN BOSTON Read More »