After some internet connectivity issues, we're back. You don't don't have to go to the MFA for cheap Monday fun.
If you feel like going to Marshfield today, there is a Native American Spring Planting Moon Pow-Wow & Crafts Festival ($5 or less). Who knows why, but the details are in a Word file on their site.
For those interested in finding a nearby Memorial Day celebration, scroll down at Boston Events Insider to find an extensive list of municipal events.
Over the next 2 days Passim still has a bunch of folk, bluegrass, blues, and rock acts for the majority of the day. One doesn't even have to spend 11 hours to get your money's worth. Pick a section and enjoy a handful or two of fine music.
They have tours, and I took a 1-day photography class there. The landscaping and sculpture is beautiful, and quite a few famous people are buried there.
Despite no mention on Boston Poetry Slam's or Simone Beaubien's internet presences, they've been on the Forest Hills for month's. This is actually the last of a monthly poetry series, and it's like a little bit of Wednesday night Cambridge in Sunday afternoon JP. Except it's a chapel instead of a dive bar basement.
Like Mt Auburn Cemetery, it's a rather beautiful walk through the grounds. And don't forget the shortcut from Forest Hills T via Tower Street.
The trio is joined by Kevin Barry who'll likely sit in on lap steel guitar to kick up the good ol' honky-tonking quotient up another notch.
Unlike most gigs at Radio, kids are allowed to be there when accompanied by adult.
One is taking a chance when attending an original play, but there are some promising indications.
It's a detective-noir story described as "half David Lynch, half Dashiell Hammett, a dash of the existential" that also features a live musical score (and some cinema elements).
The play is probably about 30 minutes long, and a musical performance follows from the play's composer Jonathan Sibha.
If you can grab a stool or a chair, it's easy to spend any night at Toad with pints and rootsy tunes. Singer-songwriter Strause and band will lay down a folky alternative to Passim's campfire that leads you into Memorial Day weekend.
I think this is one of those Memorial Weekend gigs that may not be on the radar, but it could be a fun gig with a variety of singers and emcees with house band Clockwork.