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BOSTON OPEN STUDIOS
Category: Special Events
Telephone : 617-267-8862
More than 1,200 Boston artists open their studios to the public, providing a rare look into the booming art scene in 12 Boston neighborhoods. Events are free and open to the public. Oct 11 & 12 from noon–6 p.m.—East Boston Open Studios 2008, visit www.eastbostonartistsgroup.org; Oct 17 from 4–7 p.m., Oct 18 & 19 from noon–6 p.m.—Fort Point Arts Community Open Studios, visit www.fortpointarts.org.
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DAVID SEDARIS
Category: Special Events
Celebrity Series of Boston, Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., 617-482-2595. Oct 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $30–55. Spend an evening in the company of one of America’s foremost literary wits, as Sedaris reads from his acclaimed works and interacts with the audience in a no-holds-barred Q & A session.
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FOREST HILLS DOG WALK
Category: Special Events
Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Ave., Jamaica Plain, 617-524-3354. Oct 18 at 10 a.m. Tickets: $12. For the 11th straight year, humans and their sociable pooches are invited to take a tour of monuments in Forest Hills Cemtery, led by guide Dee Morris. Certificates and treats are awarded upon completion.
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HARVARD SQUARE OKTOBERFEST
Category: Special Events
Harvard Square, Cambridge, 617-524-3354. Oct 12 from noon–6 p.m. Free and open to the public. Celebrate the arrival of fall at Harvard Square’s 29th annual Oktoberfest event. The day of festivities includes a raucous Honk Parade from Davis Square to Harvard Square; six stages of live musical entertainment; a family festival; the Sam Adams//Grafton Street Beer Garden; and more than 300 booths featurisng artisans, crafters and a wide assortment of international cuisine.
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KING RICHARD’S FAIRE
Category: Special Events
Telephone : 508-866-5391
Rte. 58, Carver, 508-866-5391. Open Sat & Sun from 10:30 a.m.–6 p.m.; open Oct 13. Tickets: $25; children (5–12) $14. Take a step back into medieval times at New England’s most popular Renaissance fair. Visitors can tour the wooded grounds, be entertained by roving minstrels and jesters, watch jousting contests and much more.
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KOOZA
Category: Special Events
Telephone : 800-678-5440
Bayside Expo Center, 800-678-5440. Oct 7–9, 14–16 at 8 p.m., Oct 10, 11, 17 & 18 at 4 and 8 p.m., Oct 12 & 19 at 1 and 5 p.m. Tickets: $55–125; seniors & students $49.50–112.50; children (2–12) $38.50–87.50. Cirque du Soleil returns to Boston with its newest show, Kooza, in a brand-new location: under the blue-and-yellow big top at the Bayside Expo Center. The show returns to Cirque’s original circus traditions of acrobatics and clowning, marrying the jaw-dropping skills of the performers to a narrative about human connection and the duality of good and bad.
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OPENING OUR DOORS DAY
Category: Special Events
Fenway Cultural District, 617-437-7544. Oct 13 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. During the Columbus Day holiday, receive free admission to area museums—from the Museum of Fine Arts to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum—and enjoy free performances by BalletRox, the Handel and Haydn Society, students from the New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music and more.
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RINGLING BROTHERS BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS
Category: Special Events
TD Banknorth Garden, 100 Legends Way, 617-931-2000. Performances: Oct 8–10 at 7 p.m., Oct 11 & 12 at 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m., and Oct 13 at noon and 4 p.m. Tickets: $15–125. “The Greatest Show on Earth” returns to Boston with its new show, Bellobration, inspired by comic daredevil Bello Nock. As usual, Ringling Bros. has delights for the whole family, including acrobatic and trapeze acts, high-flying gymnasts, amazing animals and those ever-wacky clowns.
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