Spring 2009

LET’S PLAY BALL!!

Sun. June 7, 1:35PM
Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers RF Box #89 Seating $109

Sun. July 12, 1:35PM
Red Sox vs. Kansas City Royals RF Box #86 Seating $109

Sat. Aug 29, 7:05PM
Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pavilion #13 Seating $149


Boston Symphony Open Rehearsal Thur. Apr 16 $67 Beethoven and Mahler
Russian conductor Yuri Temirkanov conducts the BSO at Symphony Hall for the first time since 1984 in the first of two programs this season. He and the BSO are joined by the acclaimed young German violinist Julia Fischer for Beethoven's unmatched Violin Concerto. German soprano Juliane Banse, known for her performances of a wide range of music from old to new, Lieder to opera, makes her BSO debut as soloist in the "Ode to Heavenly Joy" finale of Mahler's warmest symphony. Rehearsal begins at 10:30 with a half-hour pre-concert lecture beginning at 9:30am. Free time at Copley after the rehearsal.


New York City – Day Trip Sat. Apr 18 $70
Spring time in New York always a great day! Explore Saks, American Girl Doll, Times Square, Madison Ave., The Met. Early departure to the spend a day in the “Big Apple” with time to shop, see a show and take in all that the city has to offer during springtime! This trip sold out last year so don’t wait!


Dame Edna Sun. Apr. 19 $99
Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Well, yes and no. It's DAME EDNA circling the globe in her Air Edna helicopter, and waving back madly to Queen Elizabeth II, President Obama and the Pope. Now it's Boston’s turn to salute the wacky but wonderful dame as she continues "The Royal Tour" at that quaint habitué in Bean Town called the Colonial Theatre at 3PM. Of course, Dame Edna Everage is really Australian writer and creator Barry Humphries, but as Joe E. Brown said to Jack Lemmon in SOME LIKE IT HOT, "Nobody's perfect." "HELLO POSSUMS!" she calls out in that endearing, warbling falsetto. Admirers stomp, whistle, and applaud during the two and one-half hour show that gives us that old-fashioned kick Cole Porter once wrote about.


Art in Bloom at the MFA Mon. Apr. 27 $57
Celebrate spring at this annual festival of fine art and fresh flowers! See the MFA's galleries transformed by more than sixty extraordinary arrangements inspired by magnificent works of art-from Asian sculptures to world-renowned European paintings. A GREAT way to welcome spring!

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Thur. May 7 $95
Asia JOURNEYS EAST considers Isabella Gardner’s continuing dialogue with Asia, from her trips to the Near and Far East, to the formation of a personal museum where Asian art played a significant role. Later in life, her close friendship with Okakura Kakuzo initiated a new phase of collecting Asian art and led to a rearrangement of the museum. The exhibition explores the complex interaction of travel, collecting, and museum formation. Enjoy a docent led tour of the museum. Lunch is included at Top of the Hub.


Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill Thur. May 21 $70
It's the 80th Anniversary of the Beacon Hill Garden Tour Day! View 12 hidden gardens in The Hill's private residences. The tour offers visitors a rare opportunity to see hidden landscapes and secret pathways behind the brick facades and shutters of historic townhouses. The tour is self-guided. Maps are provided and flags make the locations of the gardens easy to find. This tour is only one day each year – Don’t Miss It!
 

Boston Museum of Fine Arts Thur. June 11 $77
Enjoy a guided tour of the Rivals in Renaissance Venice. Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese together created a body of work that defined a “Venetian style” through loose technique, rich coloring, and often pastoral or sensual subject matter. The exhibition includes approximately sixty paintings from the most important museums in Europe and the United States, as well as pictures that have remained over the years in the settings for which they were painted—churches in Venice.

 

Federal Hill Market Wed. Jun 17 $135
Featured on Chronicle! Enjoy a guided walking tour of historic Federal Hill in Providence. Visit an authentic Italian bakery, pasta maker, and specialty shops. Tour includes lunch, a cooking demonstration and cookbook as a reminder of a great day! Time for shopping before returning home after experiencing a part of Italy! Great Escapes exclusive tour! Very limited space


Nantucket Kitchen Tour Thur. Jul 16
Enjoy the 5th annual kitchen tour that will focus on eight to twelve kitchens in historic homes on Fair St. that have been sensitively updated. The tour also will highlight local chefs who will demonstrate a favorite recipe and provide treats for the participants along the way. Ferry service: High-Speed $109, First Class $95, Traditional $82.
 

Pops by the Sea Sun. Aug 2 $65
Enjoy a summer evening on the Hyannis green with Maestro Keith Lockhart and special Guest Conductor Angie Dickinson! Includes Shuttle transportation to the concert from Dennis and Veterans Beach, free parking, reserved festival seats and our signature Pops Picnic.
 

Nantucket House Tour Wed. Aug. 12
Enjoy the 55th House tour featuring homes and gardens of the Brant Point (Hulbert Ave.) area. Admission and island shuttle transportation included. Enjoy free time for shopping on the cobble stoned Main Street. Ferry service: High-Speed $109, First Class $95, Traditional $82.

 

Jersey Boys Thur. Aug. 13 $149 & Sept. 12 (2:00pm performance and Orchestra seats!)
Winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical! Jersey Boys is the hit Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The musical chronicles the lives of a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sound and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were thirty. Jersey Boys features their hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh What a Night", "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," and others. Don’t miss out on this smash hit! Free time for dinner prior to the 8:00pm performance at the Shubert Theatre! (All day trips include all taxes and gratuities for the guide and the driver)

 

Extended Overnight Trips

Japan’s Hidden Treasures April 16, 2009 $5,269 pp/dbl
A trip of a life time! Discover a place where ancient traditions exist side by side with modern civilization and the historic cornerstones of Japanese culture, the Samurai and Geisha are still revered today. Three guest lecturers provide fascination background on the history of Japan and the life of a Geisha, and the restoration of the Byodoin Temple. 13 days, 18 meals, includes air from Boston.

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