Summer in the City: Week 2

I hope that everyone had a fantabulous Memorial Weekend! Stay tuned for a recap of my New York adventures. In the meantime here are a few things you can look forward to this weekend and beyond: 

Boston 

Arlington Greek Festival

Description: The Saint Athanasius Festival is one of Arlington’s largest cultural events which draws thousands of people from all over the country. This year’s event will be held under a larger 300ft by 60ft tent on our church grounds, and will welcome over 15,000 visitors of all ages from the New England area and around the country.  All visitors are welcomed!  Bring your families and enjoy some authentic Greek food
Date: 5/31/2013 – 6/2/2013
Time: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM (8:00 PM Sunday)
Location: Saint Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church, 4 Appleton St. Arlington MA
Price: FREE

Cambridge River Festival

Description: he Cambridge River Festival is an annual celebration of the arts, attracting 200,000 annually. This FREE event along the banks of the Charles River features jazz, folk, roots and world music performances, dance, art demonstrations, family art-making activities and over 100 specialty food purveyors and artisans!
Date: 6/1/2013
Time: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: The Northern bank of the Charles River (Cambridge Side), along Memorial Drive between John F. Kennedy Street and Western Avenue.
Price: FREE

SomerStreets Series (Kick-Off)
Description:  The 4th Annual SomerStreets Series.  Join us as we close the streets to vehicles and open them to residents to bike, ride and shop locally throughout the City.
Date: 6/2/2013
Time: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: McGrath Highway to Pennsylvania Avenue
Price: FREE

Beacon Hill Art Walk

Description: The Beacon Hill Art Walk is an annual event that takes place on the first Sunday in June, throughout the nooks & crannies of Beacon Hill’s North Slope.  Residents open up their private gardens, alleyways, and courtyards and allow artists to display and sell their artwork. It is a chance for visitors to tour the private spaces of Beacon Hill while viewing original, handmade
Date: 6/2/2013 (rain or shine)
Time: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location:  Starting Points: 135 1/2 Charles Street, and the corner of Cambridge Street & West Cedar Street.
Price: FREE


Columbus, OH

Actors’ Theatre of Columbus: King Arthur and the Sword of Britain

Description: a tale of adventure by local playwright Philip J. “Hickman is a talented playwright and we are lucky to be able to work with him. His treatment of the timeless folklore story of Camelot will appeal to all age groups.” – Actors Theatre
Date: 5/24 – 6/23
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Shiller Park, 1000 City Park Avenue, Columbus
Price: FREE

Description: Mrs. Brisby (Elizabeth Hartman) is a widowed mouse with a young son sick with pneumonia, and her home is about to be flattened by a tractor. Brisby must seek help from the Rats of N.I.M.H., mentally enhanced lab rodents who've escaped from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Date: 6/1/2013
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Gateway Film Center, 1550 North High Street, Columbus
Price: Admission is free with a library card. Tickets will also be available for purchase at normal rates.

Description: The first Saturday of every month, thousands of visitors converge on the strip, the epicenter of the High Street Experience. They come to celebrate art and partake in an evening of sights, sounds, food, shopping, and cosmopolitan fun. Countless art experiences. District specials. Prize drawings. Ramped up entertainment. Unexpected surprises. Join us for an unforgettable experience.
Date: 6/1/2013
Time: 4:00 PM – 10: 00 PM
Location: North High Street from Goodale Blvd to Fifth Ave Columbus
Price: FREE


New York 

World Science Festival

Description: The World Science Festival is an annual celebration and exploration of science. Topics include (but are not limited to) Cheers to Science! A Drinkable Feast of Beer, Biotechnology, and Archaeology, Science Hack Day NYC, Cicada Serenades: Music, Mating, and Meaning, The Ultimate Science Street Fair, Etc.
Date: 5/29/2013 – 6/2/2013
Time: Varies
Location: Varies
Price: Varies

Description: Over the course of two nights, Rockwood Music Hall, Lincoln Center, and WFUV partner to spotlight four talented musicians in two distinctly different settings. Four unique artists will bring songs and stories of their everyday stomping grounds, the downtown club scene, to a new audience at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium, as they perform selections of their work in a showcase hosted by WFUV radio personality Rita Houston. The following night, all four artists will return to their Lower East Side roots with full performances at Rockwood Music Hall.
Date: 5/30/3013
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage
Price: FREE

Description: In Mike Birbiglia’s My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Mike shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and miscues that most adults would spend a lifetime trying to forget. On this painfully honest journey, Birbiglia struggles to find reason in an area where it may be impossible to find — love.
Date: 6/2/2013
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Carnegie Hall, 154 W. 57th St., New York
Price: $25 - $65

Description: Neck Breaker Productions presents an evening of “Stories Not for the Faint of Fart” as comedians Michael Sanchez and Monte LaMonte bring their Chicago storytelling series to New York City. True accounts of failed restraint and bodily blunders from comedians and storytellers like Kevin Allison (RISK!), Emily Heller (Comedy Central), Shannon Cason (The Moth), Robin Gelfenbien (Yum’s the Word), Victor Varnado (Jimmy Kimmel) and Nick Vatterott (Conan O’Brien).
Date: 6/5/2013
Time: 7:00 PM (Doors), 8:00 PM (Show)
Location: (le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleeker Street, New York
Price: $5


Washington, DC

Description: The Phillips’s annual free weekend features live jazz performances throughout the museum, including musicians improvising to paintings in the galleries. Create jazz-inspired art to take home, visit the instrument petting zoo, and enjoy the permanent collection.
Date: 6/1/2013 – 6/2/1023
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Sunday), 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Sunday)
Location: The Phillip’s Collection, 1600 21st Street NW, Washington DC
Price: FREE

Description: The 33rd Annual Washington Folk Festival showcases the diversity of traditional music in the Washington area. All musicians, storytellers, dancers, and craftspeople live in the greater Washington metropolitan area and volunteer their talents to put on a first class festival of national renown.
Date: 6/1/2013 – 6/2/2013
Time: 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Glen Echo Park, MD
Price: FREE

Description: The Kennedy Center's Ballet Across America series continues to showcase the best of ballet from regional companies across the nation. 
Date: 6/4/2013 – 6/9/2013
Time: 1:30 PM and 7:30 M
Location: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC
Price: $15+

Description: With more than 125 performances in dozens of venues across the city, the DC Jazz Festival is the largest music festival in Washington, DC and one of the most highly anticipated cultural events in the nation. 
Date: 6/5/2013 – 6/16/2013
Location: Varies
Time: Varies
Price: Varies

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