1. Saturdays and Sundays through October 22, including Columbus Day. 10:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. $24.
Grab a friend with a car (or a friendly nearby mom) and roll anachronistically to King Richard’s Faire in Carver, MA. Take in human chess games, jousting, and minstrels galore at the Faire’s replica of a 16th century marketplace on 80 acres in Eastern Massachusetts. Pick up a love potion or meat pie for your roommate.
See www.kingrichardsfaire.net for driving directions.
2. Thursday, September 28, 6 p.m., Free.
Does a career that combines your passion for art and music exist? Your parents didn’t think so either, which is why they made you concentrate in Ec. But maybe, just maybe, there’s hope. Check out “The Art of the CD Cover” lecture, which will feature Arnold Levine, art director of Marsalis Music, and other artsy types who will discuss the aesthetics and production of CD cover art.
Lecture Hall, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Free.
3. September 30, 12-6 p.m. Free.
Mingle with hordes of cool cats at the Beantown Jazz Festival. The Omar Sosa Trio, Mark Tucker Quartet, and the Unwrapped All-Stars with Dennis Nelson are just a few of the fifteen acts that will perform on three outdoor stages. At press time, www.weather.com reported blue skies, so no excuses to not get moving and get cultured.
To get there: Take the Red Line to Park Street. Take the E. car of the Green Line to the Symphony Stop, walk up Mass. Ave to the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Columbus Ave.
4. Friday, September 29, 2006 5-7 p.m. Saturday 30th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free.
Things aren’t really fun unless they’re breakable. Check out the “Great Glass Pumpkin Patch,” created by the Glass Lab at MIT, where students and artists have handblown glass into a thousand multi-colored pumpkins. You can check out the installation on Friday night, and pick your own on Saturday, when the veggies will be on sale for $20-$200.
Take the Red Line to Kendall Square.
5. Thursday, September 28 - Saturday, September 30. $25 wristband (available online at www.ticketbean.com) gets you all shows, or you can go à la carte.
To some, it is an animated clownfish with a deformed fin. But in Boston, Nemo is also an independent music smorgasbord, featuring 300 artists and bands over three days of hipsters and hipness. Show your Harvard spirit by checking out our own Blanks, playing at the Paradise Lounge on Friday. Reigning “fun czar” John T. Drake ’06 and crew go on at 11 p.m. ($10). The States, another Harvard alum group, will be at the Middle East Downstairs on Saturday at 9 p.m., followed by Be Your Own Pet ($12). Meow.
For locations and more listings, see www.nemoboston.com.
