Through April 3
Dine Out Boston
Various Venues in Greater Boston
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
bostonusa.com
Formerly known as Restaurant Week Boston®, Dine Out Boston offers some of Boston's finest dining at affordable prices. The most popular biannual foodie event of the year will once again stress best practices for safety and encourage take out orders.
April 8
Rockport Music Presents:
Palaver Strings
Shalin Liu Performance Center
Rockport, MA
A virtual concert series
7:00 p.m.
rockportmusic.org
Lecture-Performance: Palaver Strings is a musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME. Founded in 2014, Palaver has established itself as a forward-thinking ensemble whose mission is rooted in community and creative programming. Palaver has toured widely throughout the United States, performing at the Kennedy Center and a celebration of the Lullaby Project at Carnegie Hall.
April 10
BRT Presents: “Music & Mischief” / Mari Black and Troy MacGillivray
Blackstone River Theatre
Once purchased, you will have access to this concert for 72 hours in case you want to watch it again or even at a time different from its initial live showing!
7:00 p.m. | $15 | riverfolk.org
BRT is excited to be the only New England presenter for this special concert. Champion Scottish and multi-style fiddler Mari Black and Nova Scotia/Cape Breton fiddler & piano extraordinaire Troy MacGillivray team up for an unforgettable, duo musical adventure! The evening will feature the driving Celtic dance tunes these two power-house musicians are both known for, but also new original material, explorations into different styles, and humorous bits that could never be possible in a live setting.
April 15
One Boston Day
City of Boston and Beyond
onebostonday.org
Mayor Walsh announced that One Boston Day – held annually on April 15th to commemorate the Boston Marathon bombings – will become a permanent fixture of the City of Boston. "April 15 is a date that has come to stand for our city's deepest values, and we continue to be amazed by the spirit of the day, in the city, and around the world," Walsh said. "I am proud to sign this proclamation so that every April 15 we are inspired to come together to honor the bravery, the resolve and the unity of the city by reaching out, helping those in need, committing random acts of kindness."
April 15
Rockport Music Presents:
Palaver Strings
Shalin Liu Performance Center
Rockport, MA
A virtual concert series
7:00 p.m. | rockportmusic.org
Lecture-Performance: Palaver Strings is a musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME. Founded in 2014, Palaver has established itself as a forward-thinking ensemble whose mission is rooted in community and creative programming. Palaver has toured widely throughout the United States, performing at the Kennedy Center and a celebration of the Lullaby Project at Carnegie Hall.
April 17
BRT Presents: Atwater-Donnelly Duo
Blackstone River Theatre
This concert airs April 17, at 7 p.m. EST, but with ticket purchase, you can watch again, any time, during an included 72-hour rebroadcast! Tickets can now be purchased at: noonchorus.com
7:00 p.m. | $15 | riverfolk.org
Multi-instrumentalistsAubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly will offer an engaging concert of traditional American and Celtic American folk songs, a cappella pieces, hymns, poetry, dance tunes, and original works. Long-time friends of BRT, Elwood and Aubrey blend unusual vocal harmonies and play guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, Irish tin whistle, harmonica, old-time banjo, bones, limberjacks and other musical surprises. Their performance is appealing to all ages with humor, audience participation, and a highly relaxed stage presence.