Ever wonder about playing Dungeons & Dragons, but not sure how to get started? Whether you’re a grandmaster or a beginner, the D&D & Drinks series at Sam Adams Brewery is the place for you on June 9. “I started DD&D in Minneapolis three years ago as a relationship therapist trying to make a dent in adult loneliness,” said Renee Devereux. “It’s grown to 2,500+ members across four cities, and Boston is the first stop…
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Vee Vee’s Big Adventure and The Galway Manglers are two of the bands vying to win the annual Bar Wars fundraiser for the Jamaica Plain Music Festival on June 2. Since 2014, Bar Wars has been organized by Rick Berlin, who pounds the pavement to get musicians from JP’s restaurants and bars to come together with their bands for one melodious night. The rule is that at least one band member has to work at the…
You can bring your own kite, make a kite, or buy a kite at the annual (and free) Franklin Kite & Bike Festival on May 16. This free, family-friendly festival features games, arts and crafts, kites for sale, local vendors, food trucks, music, face painting, airbrush tattoos, and more. The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag will share the tradition of building a fish weir with students from the Rafael Hernandez School. There will also be bicycles…
The rain couldn’t stop the Wake Up The Earth Festival! Nor could it stop the always-popular Jamaica Plain Honk Band from groovin’ as festival goers danced along in a sort-of line dance.
For the good of the stiltwalkers, costumed paraders, and festival goers, we’re hoping for no rain this Saturday’s Wake Up The Earth Festival and Parades! There are two parades—one starting at Curtis Hall at 10:30 am and the other at 11 am at Robert Lawson Park in Egleston Square—and they meet on the way to the festival by the Stonybrook MBTA Station. Then from noon to 6 pm everyone can enjoy the festival full of…
The Footlight Club is closing its 149th season with the jukebox musical Head Over Heels opening on May 2. Featuring the music of the Go-Gos, Head Over Heels is a musical comedy conceived by Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q) as a reinvention of the medieval romance, Arcadia. The musical follows a royal family as they race to save their kingdom, only to discover the key to its survival lies within their own hearts. The…
The Footlight Club has something in common with its new play Into The Breeches — as it takes place at a community theater — and that’s where the similarities end. Into The Breeches is a comedy that takes place during the World War II era, in which the play’s director and most of its male performers are away at ear. Determined to keep the Rhode Island theater going, the director’s wife, Maggie, decides to save…
