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Your Boston Weekend, April 30 — May 2
With so much going on in Boston every weekend, how does the culture lover choose, or even find, the best of what Beantown has to offer? Let wbur.org do some of the sleuthing for you.
May Day
May Day, the annual celebration of springtime, is this Saturday. Many events around town continue into Sunday. Here are a few:
- Wake Up The Earth at the Southwest Corridor Park in Jamaica Plain, including a parade, food, crafts and performances by the Bread and Puppet Theater. Download the event flyer (PDF) for more information.
- Westborough Spring Festival at Minute Man Park and Westborough High, featuring a 5K road race, pancake breakfast, hot air balloon rides and more.
- The Harvard Square May Fair will have a "moving festival" parade of artists, hot air balloon rides, music and more.
- Protomagia (Greek May Day), featuring the Panayotis League performing traditional Greek music, and the Metropolis of Boston Youth Dance Group as well as plenty of Greek fare.
- Turners Falls May Day on Sunday will have a real Maypole in celebration of the holiday.
- Hayes Park May Day celebration includes dance performances among the park's blooming tulips.
- Rites of Spring, presented by Johara and Snake Dance Theater, featuring belly dancing performances and a Maypole dance.
136th Kentucky Derby
The 136th Kentucky Derby is this weekend, and Bostonians will be breaking out their best hats and sipping mint juleps in honor of the "best two minutes in sports."
- West End Johnnie's is hosting "best hat, best dressed" contests and giving away prizes for winning bets.
- The Sandra K. Russell Derby Day Benefit at the Liberty Hotel raises money to support those living with mitochondrial disease.
- The Kentucky Derby Party to benefit the Friday Night Supper Program will take place at the Globe Bar and Café.
Food and Drink
- Friday 6 p.m.
- Center for Arts at the Armory
- $40
Featuring samples from 13 immigrant-owned restaurants in Somerville, the Welcome Project-sponsored evening also includes music, dancing and locally-produced art.
Friends of the Malden Library Wine and Chocolate Tasting
- Friday 7 p.m.
- Malden Public Library
- $30
Join the Malden Public Library for wine, food from local restaurants and a chocolate buffet, set in the library's art gallery.
- Friday 7 p.m.
- Liberty Hotel
- $40
The Beacon Hill Young Professionals will host and evening of fashion and fine wine, with all proceeds going to Christopher's Haven.
Opening: "Great American Trailer Park Musical"
- Opens Friday 8 p.m.
- Boston Center for the Arts
- $51, $46 for students and seniors
A new girl comes to town in this Off Broadway smash musical presented by the Speakeasy Stage Company.
- Opens Friday 8 p.m.
- Boston Center for the Arts
- $30, $20 for students and seniors
A probing look into the beast of American politics at the height of a presidential campaign, performed by the Zeigeist Stage Company.
- Friday 8 p.m.
- Somerville Theatre
- $28
After nearly five decades of performances, Bettye Lavette is one of America's great soul voices.
- Saturday 10:30 a.m.
- Cambridge Public Library in Central Square
- Free
The Radius Ensemble plays Vivaldi's best known work, "The Four Seasons," in a free family concert.
Books
- Friday and Saturday
- Boston University Track and Tennis Center
- $6, $3 for students
Dealers of fine, old, rare and collectible books and other antique paper items will be on hand for the annual festival, sponsored by Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers.
- Friday 8 p.m.
- Wang Theatre
- $45 to $75
- 18+
Television personality and comedian George Lopez does stand-up at the Wang Center theatre.
Did you attend one of our recommended events last week? Have a suggestion for next week’s calendar? Leave us a comment or send your suggestion to glevy@wbur.org.
This program aired on April 30, 2010. The audio for this program is not available.