Boston
Description: A must see for anyone who loves good music and
a great live show!
Date: Friday June 6th
Time: Doors 8PM, Show 9PM
Location: The Sinclair, 52 Church Street, Cambridge
Price: $17/$19
Description: celebrating the opening of Jim Hodges:
Give More Than You Take. Go on a mini tour
of the exhibition, then join artist Melissa Thyden in creating a giant wall of
vibrant paper flowers, a project inspired by Hodges’s stunning installation of
silk flowers. Eastern Standard’s star mixologist Naomi Levy has created a signature floral cocktail for
the event—pick up some cocktail-making tips in demonstrations led by Levy
throughout the evening. Also at First Fridays: a temporary tattoo parlor featuring
wearable art designed by Jim Hodges himself!
Date: Friday, June 6th
Time:5PM – 10PM
Location: ICA Boston, 100 Northern Avenue
Price: $15 (Members Free)
Description: The Cambridge River Festival is an annual
celebration of the arts, attracting 200,000 per year. This free event
will feature jazz, folk, roots and world music performances, dance, art
demonstrations, family art-making activities and over 150 specialty food
purveyors and craftfolks and artisans!
Date: Saturday, June 7th
Time: 12PM – 6PM
Location: along Massachusetts Avenue from Prospect St. to
Sidney St. then turn continuing down Sidney Street from Mass Ave to
Pilgrim Street.
Price: FREE
Description: Sharon Van Etten is an artist with a manifest
hunger to turn another corner. Writing from free-flowing emotional honesty and
vulnerability creates a bond with the listener that few contemporary musicians
can match. Compelled by a restless spirit, Van Etten is continuously
challenging herself. Now, the result is Are We There, a self-produced album of
exceptional intimacy, sublime generosity and immense breadth.
Date: Wed, June 11th
Time: Doors 8PM, Show 9PM
Location: Location: The Sinclair, 52 Church Street, Cambridge
Price:$18/$20
New York
Description: More than 100 films from around the world will be
screened—many of them for the first time—at the 17th annual BFF, with feature,
short, documentary, animation and experimental projects competing for awards
and $50,000 in film services and products.
Date: thru June 8th
Time: Varies
Location: Various
Price:$12+
Description: Pit masters from NYC, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, North
Carolina and other locations near and far descend on Madison Square Park for
the annual lip-smacking food festival. In addition to some seriously tender
vittles (only $9 a plate!), folks can enjoy live blues, rock and country music
and catch seminars on the art and science behind the brisket and ribs.
Date: June 7th – June 8th
Time:
11AM – 6PM
Location:
Madison Square Park, Fifth Ave. and E. 23rd St.
Price:
FREE Admission, $9/plate
Description: Annual Museum Mile
Festival offers free admission to some of the world's finest art collections
during extended evening hours. The 23-block stretch of Fifth Avenue is home to
eight participating institutions—El Museo del Barrio, the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper-Hewitt (whose galleries are
closed for renovation), the Jewish Museum, the National Academy Museum, Neue
Galerie and the Museum of the City of New York. In addition to all the art to
see inside, there are plenty of outdoor festivities: face painting, chalk
drawing, live music and other block-party-type events.
Date: Tuesday, June 10th
Time: 6PM – 9 PM
Location: Fifth Avenue 82nd Street to 105th Street
Price: FREE
Washington DC
5th Annual Astronomy Festival on the Mall
Description: Free guided tours of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and stars as the annual Astronomy Festival on the National Mall, sponsored by Hofstra University, takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. The astronomical extravaganza will feature telescopic viewing, exhibits, hands-on activities, a multimedia presentation, and a chance to mingle with real astronomers.
Date: Friday, June 6th
Time: 5PM – 11PM
Location: Washington Monument NE, 15th Street and Constitution Ave.
Price: FREE
Capital Jazz Festival
Description: Our 22nd annual Capital Jazz Fest lineup includes Kem, Dianne Reeves, Rick Braun, Chaka Khan, Incognito, The O'Jays, Rachelle Ferrell, Faith Evans, Michael Franks, and many more, including a special 2-hour tribute to the legendary George Duke and a special "Friday Night Soul" concert featuring Erykah Badu and John Legend, plus the annual "Catch A Rising Star" showcase of up-and-coming jazz and soul music artists.
Date: June 6th – June 8th
Time: Varies
Location: Various
Price: Varies
Andrew Bird and the Hands of Glory
Description: Who doesn’t love Andrew Bird?!
Date: Sunday, June 8th and Monday June 9th
Time: Doors 6:30PM
Location: The Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street NW
Price: $45+
