We haven't yet been touched by the financial crisis, but that isn't
to say we're living like kings either. Having gone into the least
lucrative white-collar profession in existence, we know a thing or two
about what it means to live on the cheap. Recently, we put our degree
in free to good use by scouring the internet for fun stuff to do in
this city that won't cost a cent. You're welcome.
The following covers April 15 through April 22...
J.P. Donleavy's "Identities In The Original" | Watercolor and ink paintings by the celebrated writer | Pierre
Menard Gallery, Cambridge
| Opening reception April 15 @ 6 pm | 617.868.2033 or pierremenardgallery.com
Boston Cupcake Camp | Gathering of bakeries and cupcake lovers | P.A.'s Lounge, Somerville | April 15:
7-10 pm | cupcakecampboston.blogspot.com
Earth Day Celebration
| Rain-or-shine nature programming, with music, stories, bird walk, clean-up,
history tour, and water-conservation workshop | Jamaica Pond Gazebo, Jamaica
Plain | April 17: 10 am-3 pm | | friendsofjamaicapond.org
Brooklyn Brewery Tasting Event |
Samples of beer, chocolate, pickles, and more | Formaggio Kitchen, Cambridge | April
17: Noon-4 pm | 617.354.4750
New Collisions + The Morning Benders
| In-store appearances, part of "Records
Day" | Newbury Comics, Faneuil Hall, Boston | April 17: 1 pm (New Collisions); 2
pm (Morning Benders) | newburycomics.com
Christopher McDougall | The author discusses his new book Born To Run: A Hidden
Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen | Harvard
Book Store, Cambridge | April 17 @ 7 pm | 617.661.1515 or
harvard.com
Papercut Zine Library's Grand Re-Opening | Performances by the band Life Partners, poet Casey
Rocheteau, comedian Erika Kreutziger, and much more | Papercut Zine Library, Somerville |
April 18: 12:30-9 pm | papercutzinelibrary.org
White Mice + Crazy Dreams Band + MLU + Rotten Apples | Live music | Charlie's Kitchen, Cambridge |
April 19 @ 8 pm | myspace.com/charlieskitchen
"The War On Lies Walk: Boston To LA" | A gathering to
celebrate marijuana activist Dan Gervais's walk from Boston
to Los Angeles
| Harborwalk near the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston
| April 20 @ 11 am | waronlies.net
"The Big Mouthoff" | Massmouth
poetry slam judged by Jay O'Callahan, Charlie Pierce, Brian O'Donovan, Josna
Rege, and Jay Allison | Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston
| April 20 @ 6 pm | //massmouth.ning.com
"NU LIFE 420" | DJ sets by Wayne & Wax (Beat Research), Rizzla, and
D'hana | ZuZu, Cambridge
| April 20 @ 10 pm | 617.864.3278 or zuzubar.com
"Framing The Story: Cartooning And Graphic Novels" | A
talk with artists Sage Stossel and Hilary Price | First
Unitarian Church,
Cambridge |
April 21 @ 6:30 pm | cambridgeforum.org
BU
Cinemathique | Rob Moss and Peter Galison present their
documentary Secrecy | BU Sargent College, Boston
| April 21 @ 7 pm | 617.353.3483
They Might Be Giants + Citizen Cope | Lunchtime concert celebrating Earth Day | Rose Kennedy Greenway, downtown Boston | April 22: Noon-3pm | wxrv.com
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