Talk Around the Globe: Boston fun this weekend

Title: Talk Around the Globe: Boston fun this weekend

Published: Thu, 31 Jul 2008

Description: (NECN: Boston, Mass.) - It's time to get ready for yet another fun-filled summer weekend around Boston! Boston Globe "Sidekick" writer Meredith Goldstein joins NECN with her weekend picks, including a look at the acts at this we...

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" On the well we're getting ready for yet another fun filled summer weekend around Boston psychic writer miracles dean joins us now from the globe newsroom with weekend ex finance. So let's start with Newport folk festival I had Boston but -- great event for its a little felt the Boston but I'm recommending that -- generators to drive down there's still a lot of tickets left so cat power Jakob Dylan and Brian Wilson it's just a great lineup this year and I know many people are worried. Can -- sold that ticket. As far as I know they're still seats to -- continue. Tickets you have to just buy one ticket for the entire weekend there are many options you can do just Friday night and just Sunday -- get a full festival pass there VIP passes for about 500 where you can go to special parties and events so. You can do it on the cheaper you can spend a lot of bucks if you want to. I tell us about the open air -- in -- it says this is aid aid you know fun little thing where mostly children and a few adults learn how to be circus performers over the course of a few summer weeks. And then for one weekend they show off what they've learned so. You know basically else you'll see some. Newcomers to the trade you know -- walking on stilts and doing all sorts of tricks and it's just good way to get out into the community where's that happening this is at right -- union square and I think the name of the park. Celebrate your union square and it's an oh. News on Toefield. The quarterfinal in summer streets and summer somewhere else you can find it on -- not -- and you go to union square despite absolutely. All of the clowns and all this is pretty fabulous -- So tell us about this a rock band event at Coolidge corner theater that's right on Friday night and of the video game rock band a lot of you know guitar hero and rock band sort of multiplayer version of that game. The Coolidge corner theater is taking all of its movie screens and people will be able to play the video game with their friends in the movie theaters so it's a midnight thing which is -- but it will be very fun and that's be cool that so I think Allen movie screen it'll look at your TV at home. And a favorite local rockers giving his finals this yet monk this is a guy who's had song a song of his plate on the sopranos and he's just a great alt rocker but. He's saying that because of age and health he's just going to slowdown and sort of you know not. Not do the musician thing after Friday night so. You can check it out at the Middle East and you know it will be a great show and it's it's always good to lend support to last a rocker saying goodbye what is -- music sound like who would you compare him. I think if you like general real rocket fear in your -- he he says he's influenced by The Beatles but I think -- Springsteen person you'll like him. And anyone who's a sopranos fan and sort of knows that sort of hard driving rock they often played behind scenes won't it. So this -- interesting pick a chance to watch planet of the apes under the stars that's right we're talking about the original not the Mark Wahlberg sorry Boston. Albert fans and this is Charlton Heston and as I've noted in the paper Charlton Heston wasn't both pictures anyway and -- so you'll get you'll get the old and this is the -- Boston Harbor hotel for its outdoor Friday night. Moonlight. Movies series and those are free I think they are free generally people want to eating a little bit while -- there but there -- tell us about -- night in Jamaica Plain this is -- interesting event at the midway cafe they have people who are Ph.D. students researchers come and and sure what they're research picture with their learning about so it sounds kind of boring and that it's a lot of Ph.D. candidate types giving speeches. But their topics there are very interesting you know one on Friday deals with hallucinogenic plants. I mean you'll learn all about the science of interesting things and what's nice is once it's all over the place and live music some bands come and so. You can meet your fellow -- and we're looking at a picture of Ulysses by James Joyce yes that's that actually they'll be a big James Joyce talking once again this -- not boring stuff it's you know it's in a bar people are being -- you can ask questions and you know for all the work of these researchers Julia they never get to share so -- do. This is their chance to share -- and a fun place not lecture now you're also featuring ninety. Seemed photography exhibit -- the Washington street arts are also always features you know great exhibitions but this one is all night photography by lethal Patrick so. He's saying it nighttime is the time that we socialize with friends that we sometimes feel lonely and he's captured all of these images. All that have taken place at night so there some common themes you'll find they're very they're very very pretty pictures that'll open on Saturday Maroon 5 playing in Mansfield that's right that's right I mean -- huge -- now on -- cup of Exxon with -- right now and again not sold out and actually they're offering last I checked on ticket -- they're offering specials on long seats that make a deal. And also -- another thing your featuring a chance to win a new -- some good music. State radio which fans of the band just -- state radio one of the members of snow on state radio whatsoever reggae rock band. They're doing -- show at the Bank of America pavilion but it's in conjunction with bikes not bombs and they're rattling off many things that night including passes to an after party but they're also giving away a new bike and you had to that you have to write -- I dare you you're supposed to ride a bike there and those to ride a bike there will be entered to win and you're supposed to enter by seven NC can. To qualify for all the drawings. And the last -- free jazz and Highland Park yeah I mean this is my neighborhood so I very much like a parent of fort hill welcomes everybody once a year to comment here's some live jazz at the concert at Berklee College of Music puts together and this is a great health watch the fireworks from but it's also justified afternoon. You know on the updates to -- my dad's. Mingle with the neighbors like me with many people can see the W waving waving from my point -- thanks for joining thanks for having race weekend --"

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