2013 @summerboston Dear Friends: Welcome to another beautiful summer here in Boston. Our city is host to a vibrant blend of arts and culture that is refl ected in the many free events listed in this brochure. Boston’s arts scene is second to none. This year we welcome new events such as Boston Calling and Outside the Box Festival and look forward to the return of ever popular events such as Boston Globe/ WGBH Summer Arts Weekend and the Boston Arts Festival. Thomas M. Menino I want to thank the many sponsors, cultural organizations, and volunteers that have made Mayor of Boston these events possible. Now, more than ever, we need these occasions to celebrate what is best about our City. I hope you will join us. Thomas M. Menino Mayor of Boston Follow @summerboston for continuous updates FIND YOUR SUMMER about all the fun summer activities for the whole family to enjoy here in Boston. @SUMMERBOSTON Thank you to our sponsors: Mayor Thomas M. Menino City of Boston ARTS ON THE ARCADE Fridays in July and August, 12-7pm 7/12 - 8/30 Samuel Adams Plaza, Faneuil Hall 5TH ANNUAL CALIENTE Saturday, July 13, 2013, 7–9pm Headliner: Jerry Rivera City Hall Plaza, North Stage 13TH ANNUAL GOSPELFEST Sunday, August 4, 2013, 5-8pm Headliner: Fred Hammond City Hall Plaza, North Stage 8TH ANNUAL WATERFRONT PERFORMING ARTS SERIES Tuesday Evenings in August, 6-9:30pm, Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONCERT SERIES (ÄHTS): THE BOSTON ARTS FESTIVAL 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, 8/21, 8/28, 7pm Saturday, August 31 & Sunday, Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 7pm September 1, 2013, noon–6pm Headliner: Roberta Flack Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park City Hall Plaza – North Stage www.cityofboston.gov/summer 617.635.3911 1 Events in May May 15 Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Community Forum Boylston Street. www.masshist.org on Disability Issues We invite community residents, advocates, May 15 & June 15 and anyone interested in disability issues to Edie Bresler’s Exchange Economy: attend on open forum with the Boston Dis- Community Photo Days ability Commissioner and Advisory Board, Artist and community photo exchange. May co-hosted by the Boston Center for Inde- 15 at 6:30pm, June 15 at 2pm. FREE. 617- pendent Living. The Commission will report 426-8835. Mills Gallery, 551 Tremont Street. on its activities from the past year, and lis- www.bcaonline.org ten to input from those in attendance as to what access priorities we should focus on May 15-19 for 2013 and beyond. FREE. 1-4pm. 617- Simultaneity, 635-3682. Room 900, Boston City Hall. www.cityofboston.gov/disability presented by Boston University The Boston University School of visual Arts May 15 presents Simultaneity, an exhibition with Odd Spaces paintings by SVA alumni, Meghan Brady, Nick Lamia, Steve McCall, and Gabriel Odd Spaces Performance Art Event and Phipps, as well as Danielle Tegeder. The ex- Panel Discussion will launch the MFA’s hibition explores pictorial notions of simul- new performance art program, involving taneous experience by way of rich visual the Boston arts community in a discussion associations. FREE. 617-358-0295. Sher- on this new initiative, and the role of per- man Gallery, 775 Commonwealth Avenue. formance art in museums today. Free with www.bu.edu/cfa/visual-arts Admission. 465 Huntington Ave. 617-267- 9300. 4-8:30pm. www.mfa.org May 15-19 Together Boston May 15 A week-long, city-wide convergence of mu- Assignment/PinUp Night sic, art and technology. Together contains An informal, mix-and-mingle style Night a multitude of inclusive activities, putting at the PRC featuring a gallery pin-up the city and New England at the center of of small prints created as a result of a a new festival experience. 10am-2pm. 617- themed “assignment” issued by the PRC. 849-9321. www.togetherboston.com 6-8pm. FREE. 617-975-0600. PRC Gal- lery, 832 Commonwealth Avenue. www. May 15-19 prcboston.org Tappin’ Thru Life: May 15 An Evening with Maurice Hines, Cotton Mather Encounters the presented by ArtsEmerson Gods of Egypt: The Transatlantic ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage presents Tappin’ Thru Life: An Evening with Maurice Enlightenment and the Origin of Hines. Life-long performer and Tony nomi- Pagan Religions nee Maurice Hines taps us through his 40 Join us for a brown-bag lunch presentation years in show business in this celebratory based on Professor Smolinski’s ongoing revue. Through song and dance, Hines work for his new intellectual biography of pays tribute to both his brother, Gregory, Cotton Mather (forthcoming from Yale Uni- and the singers who have been an inspira- versity Press). 12 pm. FREE. 617-536-1608. tion throughout his life, including Nat King 3 Cole, Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams and Lena the doll Miss Kyoto was given to Boston by Horne. Bringing the history of tap dance to Japan as a symbol of friendship, and be- life, he incorporates memories of the past came part of BCM’s collection. In 1980 the and performers of the future, featuring the Kyo no Machiya, an authentic Japanese silk virtuosic talents of the Manzari Brothers— merchant’s home, was added to the Muse- stars of the next generation of tappers. Tap- um’s exhibits. 617-426-6500. Boston Chil- pin’ Through Life will be accompanied by dren’s Museum, 308 Congress Street. www. the Berklee College of Music Jazz Ensemble bostonchildrensmuseum.org with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. $. 617-824-8400. Culter Majestic Theatre, 219 May 15-31 Tremont St. www.artsemerson.org Create your own kami-kabuto - a paper samurai helmet May 15-25 May 5th is Boys’ Day in Japan, traditionally a Samurai Saturdays time to wish boys’ well and encourage them to become brave and strong. Today in Ja- pan, May 5th is also the national holiday of Children’s Day, a day to wish all children a healthy and happy future. It is popular on Boys’ Day to make a kami-kabuto, a pa- per samurai helmet. All you need is a piece of newspaper to become a brave warrior! Daily. Boston Children’s Museum, 308 Con- gress Street. www.bostonchildrensmuse Coming soon–fun samurai-inspired activi- um.org ties for children and adults: films, art-mak- ing activities, performances, tours, bento May 15-31 boxes, and more. Samurai Saturdays are free with Museum admission; no reserva- Boston Sports Temples tions are required to participate in most of the programs. 617-267-9300. 10am- 4:45pm. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue. www.mfa.org May 15-26 Education Studio Activity: Zorn! The exhibition Showcases Boston’s beloved Weekends from May 15-26. Visit the Edu- sports venues – most notably the Boston cation Studio on Saturdays and Sundays Garden, Fenway Park, Braves Field, and from 11 am to 4 pm to spark your creativity Suffolk Downs – and their unique roles in through hands-on projects for visitors of all the daily lives and hearts of generations ages. Visitors under 12 must be accompa- of New Englanders. Featuring the Boston nied by an adult. Weekend activities in May Public Library’s outstanding collection of are inspired by the Swedish artist Anders historic sports photography, the exhibi- Zorn. Make your way to the second floor tion follows the creation and evolution of special exhibition of Zorn’s work for a shot of these four great public venues; their var- creative energy, then come to the Studio to ied and changing roles, functions, and try out such projects as faux-etching and re- communities of users; and their power- gal portrait collages. Free with Museum ad- ful connections with millions of devoted mission. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, fans who have filled their seats night after 280 Fenway. www.gardnermuseum.org night, season after season. This exhibi- tion is sponsored by the Boston Public Li- May 15- 31 brary Foundation. FREE. Johnson Lobby in May: Friendship and Community the Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Throughout May Miss Kyoto will serve as Boylston Street. 617-536-5400. www.bpl. BCM’s ambassador to the world. In 1927 org 4 5 May 15-31 The Imaginative Worlds of Daniel DeFoe: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and the Early Novel This exhibition features the riches of the Boston Public Library’s Wil- liam P. Trent Collection of Defoe and Defoeana. One the most comprehensive rare book collec- tions of Defoe’s works, the Trent Collection also features works that represent the early print culture of his time. The exhibi- tion provides insight into Defoe’s novels, his life as a writer, and the lively British culture that helped to give birth to this new art form. This exhibition is the result of an innovative ongoing partnership between UMass Boston’s English M.A. Program and the Boston Public Library. FREE. Rare Books Department Lobby in the Cen- tral Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street. 617-859-5400. www.bpl.org May 15-31 Art & Architecture Tours The Boston Public Library offers tours highlighting the architecture of Charles Follen McKim and Philip Johnson, as well as the many works of famed sculptors and painters. The free tours last about an hour and are given by volunteer guides. No appointment is necessary. On- going tours are offered: Monday 2:30pm., Tuesday 6pm., Wednes- day 11am., Thursday 6pm., Friday 11am., Saturday 11am. In May only, tours are also scheduled on Sunday at 2pm. Tours meet in the lobby of the McKim Building (Dart- mouth Street entrance). FREE. www.bpl.org/tours May 15 – June 8 On The Town, presented by The Lyric Stage Company Book & Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Music by 6 Leonard Bernstein.