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American Repertory Theatre
Best of Both Worlds
The first 100 button holders are invited to Best of Both Worlds, a joyous and celebratory gospel/r&b musical inspired by The Winter’s Tale, perfect for the whole family. Show your button at the ART box office beginning at 12:00pm to get a ticket for the show.
*Note: 2pm start time is a correction to the FN Program Guide time listed.
www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/best-both-worlds
Locations and Times:
ART Loeb Drama Center:
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM , 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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Boston HarborWalk Tour
225 State Street, Boston Enjoy a 45-minute walking tour of the new “Norman B. Leventhal Walk to the Sea” by The Boston Harbor Association Meet outside of Sel de la Terre Restaurant, 255 State Street
www.bostonharborwalk.com/
Locations and Times:
Boston Harbor :
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
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Boston Public Library: Art & Architecture Tours
This tour of a treasured National Historic Landmark includes the Rare Book Room. For more information call 617–536–5400 ext. 2216.
www.bpl.org
Locations and Times:
Boston Public Library :
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Boston’s Maritime History
470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston Visit Boston Harbor’s newest facility of public accommodation located at Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Avenue, where children can participate in quiet activities (materials for coloring, drawing, and reading provided) and the general public can view interactive displays about Independence Wharf.
www.bostonharborwalk.com/index.php
Locations and Times:
Boston Harbor :
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Donald Chapelle / Brilliant Ice Sculpture
“Michelangelo Sculpting David”
Return to Michelangelo’s studio in Florence in 1504, where he completed his most famous work, the Statue of David.
Created by Donald Chapelle/Brilliant Ice
www.brillianticesculpture.com
Locations and Times:
Boston Common :
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
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Eric Fontecchio & Alfred Georgs
Eric Fontecchio and Alfred Georgs create two monumental ice sculptures in Copley Square
“Venus”
Eric Fontecchio and Alfred Georgs recreate in ice some of the most famous work of Botticelli, one of the most famous painters of the Italian Renaissance
“Fisherman”
This sculpture is an adaptation of Winslow Homer’s classic 19th century painting set into ice by Eric Fontecchio and Alfred Georgs.
Created by Eric Fontecchio & Alfred Georgs/Brookline Coal and Ice Company
www.brooklineice.com/gallery_large.html
Locations and Times:
Copley Square :
12:00 PM - 12:00 AM
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Experience Boston’s Working Port
View Boston’s Working Port close up. The Boston Pilot Association’s Chelsea will be docked at the John Joseph Moakley
Courthouse and will be open for public tours for First Night button holders.
Locations and Times:
Moakley Court House Dock:
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Enjoy free tours of the Mother Church.
www.tfccs.com
Locations and Times:
First Church of Christ, Scientist :
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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First Night Frogs at the Tadpole Playground
Come see First Night's newest ice sculpture. The Frogs from the TADpole Playground next door will be set into ice. See them all lined up and lit at night. For more info on the TADpole Playground, visit www.tadpoleplayground.org/
http://www.tadpoleplayground.org/
Locations and Times:
Boston Common :
12:00 PM - 11:59 PM
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Harrison Gray Otis House Museum
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with the Otises. Experience the elegant life of one of Boston’s leading families just after the Revolution. The home of Harrison Gray and Sally Foster Otis, built in 1796, will be illuminated for a New Year’s Eve celebration. Refreshments available.
www.spnea.org/visit/homes/otis.htm
Locations and Times:
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Ice Effects
Time Travelers from 2000 BC
Master carver Steve Rose will recreate one of the MFA’s famous 4,000-yearold Egyptian sculptures, the original of which is on view in the family-friendlyexhibition, “The Secrets of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC.” (First Night visitors can check it out during the MFA’s free community day on December 31).
www.southshoreweddings.com/iceeffects
Locations and Times:
Boston Common :
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
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Meet the King of Instruments
Experience the “Sensurround” magnificence of Old South Church’s mighty 1921 Skinner orchestral pipe organ –-affectionately dubbed the “Copley Philharmonic Organ,” demonstrated by renowned organist Harry Huff
www.oldsouth.org/
Locations and Times:
Old South Church Sanctuary:
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
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Museum of Fine Arts - Festival of International Short Films
Remis Auditorium
"Festival of International Short Films"
A perennial First Night favorite! A collection of recent short films from all over the world, curated by the MFA Film Department.
FILMS WILL INCLUDE:
Available Men by David Dean Bottrell (2007, 15 min.).
A comedic case of mistaken identity causes two guys to meet up for a blind date with the wrong guys.
Goodbye to the Normals by Jim Field Smith (4 min.). A young boys tries to divorce his parents and move to the United States.
Bongo Bong by Ken Wardrop (2007, 5 min.). The new person on the block has all the neighbors talking.
Because there are Things that can’t be Forgotten by Lucas Figueroa (2008, 12 min.). An Italian version of The Sandlot, a group of boys desperately tries to retrieve their soccer ball from their elderly neighbor.
www.mfa.org
Locations and Times:
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Museum of Science
Science and technology come alive at the Museum of Science with more than 700 interactive exhibits. The first 500 First Night button holders gain free access to the Museum's Exhibit Halls. Not to be combined with any other offer.
www.mos.org
Locations and Times:
Museum of Science :
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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NEC Children's Choir
“Holiday Lights!”
Hear a rousing collection of holiday songs from around the world. Bring the family and sing-a-long to holiday favorites.
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www.newenglandconservatory.edu
Locations and Times:
First Church In Boston :
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
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NEC Jazz Orchestra
Led by celebrated Jazz artist Ken Schaphorst, New England’s finest high school musicians will light up First Night with their big band night!
www.necmusic.edu/jazz40
Locations and Times:
First Church In Boston :
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
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Neil Horskey
Fluxusignment 57: a Bicycle Powered Shadow Puppet Theater
This installation engages First Night participants in a collaborative performancethat is both whimsical and nostalgic. One participant rides an exercisebicycle equipped with a generator light that illuminates a miniature stage.Adjacent to the stage is a diagram of numerous hand positions for shadowpuppets. Using this diagram and their own imagination, another participant performs a shadow puppet play cast upon the stage’s back panel.
Locations and Times:
Boston Common :
12:00 PM - 12:00 AM
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New England Aquarium
Explore the fascinating world of water and its inhabitants. Free admission to button holders until noon.
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Old State House Museum
Walk in the footsteps of John Adams at Boston’s oldest public building. Visit the hands–on history exhibition, see John Hancock’s coat and listen to Abigail Adam’s description of the first reading of the Declaration of Independence.
www.bostonhistory.org
Locations and Times:
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Park Street Studios
“Beacon to a Better Year”
As humans have for millennia, we look forward with hope to a better year. The “Beacon” is a large-scale installation designed to attract a better, happier vibe for the year 2010, the beginning of a new decade. The three 20-foot sculptures are composed of bamboo armatures skinned with white shrink wrap plastic. All materials will be recycled afterwards including the shrink wrap. During the day the beacon is a stunning white, silver and mirrored machine of good will and hope. At dusk, with theatrical lighting it transforms into a magical jewel lighting up the night.
Locations and Times:
Boston Common :
12:00 PM - 12:00 AM
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Project STEP
"Young Musicians of Black and Latino Heritage"
Led by Project STEP alum, Mariana Green-Hill, this year's program will feature the Honors String Quartet and two other chamber groups.
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www.projectstep.org
Locations and Times:
First Church In Boston :
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM , 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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Sidewalk Sam
"Bringing in the New Year"
Participate in this art program with Sidewalk Sam! Adults and children can get involved in sidewalk drawings done with brightly colored chalk.
www.sidewalksam.com
Locations and Times:
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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The Institute of Contemporary Art
Free admission to First Night button holders on December 31st.
www.icaboston.org
Locations and Times:
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The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Activities will include: face painting, crown making and other crafts, an exhibit- based scavenger hunt, a word game/scramble
activity, free hot cider, cocoa and sugar cookies. Story-telling at 11:30am, 2pm and 3:30pm. Musical performances will include:
11:00 am - Project STEP
11:30 am - Story-telling
1:30 pm - Stajez (hip-hop dance group)
2:00 pm - Story-telling
3:00 pm - SCIM Youth Band (children’s dulcimer group)
3:30 pm - Story-telling
www.marybakereddylibrary.org
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Trolley Shuttle
Sponsored by The Boston Harbor Association and Old Town Trolley Tours, with support from the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
Free continuous shuttle service for First Night button holders along Boston’s waterfront and Seaport area departing approximately every 10-15 minutes.
Locations and Times:
Boston Harbor :
12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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USS Constitution Museum
Adventurers of all ages set sail on an extraordinary voyage of discovery at the USS Constitution Museum in our newest exhibit, All Hands on Deck: A Sailor’s Life in 1812! Visit the museum shop also to for great deals. Join us for two classic sea adventures! Both will be showing in the USS Constitution's Figgie Theatre and are part of the Museum Store's 8th Annual Maritime Book, Film, and Music Festival.
11:45 am - See the always entertaining Walt Disney classic film "Swiss Family Robinson"
2:30 pm - View the widely acclaimed film adaptation of the Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember"
www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org
Locations and Times:
USS Constitution Museum :
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Waterfront Trolley Tours
 
The Boston Harbor Association and Old Town Trolley Tours provide free shuttle service along the waterfront to First Night button holders. The shuttle will loop from Christopher Columbus Park to the Institute of Contemporary Art, with stops at the New England Aquarium, Boston Children’s Museum, and the Moakley Courthouse.
Locations and Times:
Moakley Court House Dock:
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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