Rapper/Producer David Banner talks about the L.A. Riots at Harvard this Friday and Saturday
Hayley
Jane & The Primates | Folk and Americana at the Milky Way on Thursday, April
26 @ 9 pm | milkywayjp.com
BC
Arts Festival | With music,
theater, dance, poetry, film, painting, sculpture, and more from more than
1,000 student and faculty artists at Boston College from Thursday, April 26- Saturday,
from noon-11 pm | bc.edu/content/bc/offices/artscouncil/festival.html
Boston
Conservatory Wind Ensemble
| "Roots," conducted by Eric Hewitt at the Fenway Center
on Thursday, April 26 @ 8 pm | 617.912.9240
"The
LA Riots: Twenty Years Later" | Leading scholars, activists, and
artists including rapper/producer David Banner look back at the LA Riots, with
film screenings, Q&As, and more at Harvard on Friday, April 27 @4:30 pm + Saturday,
April 28 @ 10 am | hvrd.me/I4Wejq
Boston
Lyric Opera Open House | With backstage tours, wig, and makeup demonstrations, costume shop
exploration, and more at the Citi Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 27 from
11 am- 5 pm | blo.org
Courageous
Sailing Open House | With free sails on Boston harbor with
experienced skippers, a BBQ on the pier, and more at Pier 4 in Charlestown Navy
Yard on Saturday, April 28-Sunday, April 29 from noon-3 pm | courageoussailing.org
Bookish
Ball & Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration | Fest with book
store strolls, live music, dancing, performances, a birthday cake, and more in
Harvard Square on Saturday, April 28 starting @ 11 am | harvardsquare.com
Big
Digits' Video Premier Party | With special guests DJs at Zuzu on
Sunday, April 29 @ 10 pm | zuzubar.com
Japanese
Spring Festival | With 80 booths offering foods and goods, games
and traditional Japanese activities, music and performances by local artists,
and more in Copley Square on Sunday, April 29 from 11 am-4 pm | japanfestivalboston.org
AGNI's
40th Anniversary issue | Party for the BU lit mag's anniversary
with Special guest speakers and readers include Phoenix classical critic and poet Lloyd Schwartz, New York
Times Book Review contributor and Guggenheim Fellow Christopher Benfey, Blacksmith House Poetry Series founder Gail Mazur, and more at Boston
Playwright's Theatre on Tuesday, May 1 @ 7 pm | bu.edu/agni
Unregular
Radio Presents Beat Rawk! | With Blaze P, Sweatshop, Joey Stadik,
and The Family Dinner at Good Life on Wednesday, May 2 @ 8:30 pm | goodlifebar.com
David
Rees | "Pencil sharpener extraordinaire" discusses his comedic
guide How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical
& Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening | Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday, May 2 @ 7 pm | brooklinebooksmith.com
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