Boston Events Today
Sun, May 18
From Raising Arizona to The Big Lebowski to No Country For Old Men, the Coen brothers are responsible for some whacktacular cinema. This weekend the Brattle hosts a marathon of the bros' best.
Now in its fifth season of hawking indie art, design and antiques, the Sowa Open Market begins its summer 2008 sesh this weekend.
You'd think with all this yogis running around that you were in San Francisco this weekend. But, no -- it's just the biggest yoga weekend Boston has to offer.
Make the switch from your five-speed automatic to your one-speed banana seat this week for Bay State Bike Week, complete with FREE bike tours, food, water, breakfast spots, and safe convoys.
Following in the footsteps of such comedy greats as John Henson and Greg Kinnear, The Soup's latest host, Joel McHale, brings it to the Comedy Connection for the weekend.
Party it up with Mike Lowell at The Estate this Sunday.
FOR ALL THE JAZZ AFICIONADOS,DON'T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO RAY SANTISI JAZZ QUARTET AT THE MARRIOTT HOTEL,TERRACE LOUNGE.BOSTON
Tickets to the Grand Tasting are sold in two-hour increments, from 12-2 or 3-5 on both Saturday and Sunday. Advance tickets are $110 per session or $200 for two sessions (sessions may be either on the same day or separate days); one ticket package is also available. Proper ID required. For a complete listing and price information for all events contact the Nantucket Wine Festival.
For full schedule and more info go to our MySpace site. www.myspace.com/burrensongwriters The Burren Singer Songwriter Series takes place every Sunday in the back room at The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville, MA No cover. The hat is passed for each featured performer for an optional donation. The Burren Sunday Night Songwriter Series hosted by Danielle Miraglia and Tom Bianchi is a great event for seeing live performances from local and touring artists in a fun and relaxing scene. Each week there are two featured performers at 8 & 9 with special guests after 10pm. You never know who will pop by late night. Past and present series performers include Ryan Montbleau, Amos Lee, Kevin So, Ryan Fitzsimmons, Lisa Bastoni, Beth Wood and so very many more.
HOW Magazine Hosts 18th Annual Design Conference in Boston CINCINNATI – April 25 – The 2008 HOW Design Conference is coming to Boston’s Hynes Convention Center May 18-21. The annual creativity, business and technology conference for graphic designers, the HOW Conference will feature 59 speakers, 60+ sessions and 10 three-hour workshops. According to HOW magazine editor Bryn Mooth, “the HOW Conference is a wonderful opportunity for designers to develop their design careers, hone their business skills, get their creative juices flowing and network with thousands of fellow designers. And for Boston-area designers, it’s especially fortunate: they’ll get to spend four days immersed in graphic design, without even leaving town!”Many industry experts and well-known designers will present at this year’s Conference, including Allan Haley of Monotype Imaging, design entrepreneur Charles S. Anderson, Adobe’s Russell Brown and Julieanne Kost, plus Robynne Raye and Michael Strassburger of Modern Dog Design Co. Many speakers plan to use Boston as inspiration for their presentations, notably House Industries’ Ken Barber who will use Boston’s rich typographic history as the backdrop for his workshop on creating type.Attendees can choose from sessions in seven tracks: Creativity & Inspiration, Design Disciplines, Business & Management, Career Development, In-House Issues, Technology & Production and HOW Learning Center. The Conference will also feature Boston Design Studio Tours, which allow attendees to tour these six local studios: Arnold Worldwide, Catapult Thinking, Sametz Blackstone Associates, Seltzer, Silverscape and Visual Dialogue.The HOW Conference is expected to attract more than 3,000 graphic designers, art directors, creative directors, illustrators and other design professionals from the Boston area and around the world. The 2008 HOW Design Conference is presented by HOW, the creativity, business and technology magazine for graphic designers. HOW is published by F+W Publications, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH.For registration information, call (800) 436-8700 or (513) 531-2690 ext. 1450; fax (513) 531-0798; email howconference@fwpubs.com or visit HOWconference.com.
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