HARVARD SCARE it takes a Village. Come all ye boils and ghouls to Harvard Scare for a weekend of wicked good fun. Enjoy tricks, treats, costume contests, monster mashes and something magical for one and all!
HARVARD SCARE EVENTS
October 29th, 2010 – November 2nd 2010
To celebrate Harvard Square’s Favorite Holiday, the CharlesHotel is offering a special HARVARD SCARE weekend rate! Treat yourself to a weekend getaway and we’ll treat you to a $50 dining credit for any of our award winning restaurants or bars!
Make your reservation for any night between Friday, October 29th – Sunday, October 31st, 2010 for $299 a night and receive at $50 Dining Credit.
*standard guestroom does not include taxes and fees.
Click here to book online with Rate Code BOO10 or call 800.882.1818 to make your reservations.
CharlesHotel, 1 Bennett Street, 617-864-1200, www.charleshotel.com
Friday, October 29th
Cats and dogs seen during Harvard Scare (from Oct 29th through Nov.2nd) will receive a special
Treat!
Cambridge Veterinary Care, 1724 Mass. Ave, www.cambridgevet.com. (617) 661-6255
TD Bank will have decorations and costumed staff the whole weekend, with events scheduled for kids and families, including photos and candy treats!
TD Bank, 1270 Massachusetts Ave, 617-576-8612, www.tdbanknorth.com
Women's Hockey vs Yale: Friday, Oct 29th vs.Yale at 7:00 p.m. Bright Hockey Center. For more info www.gocrimson.com
José Mateo Ballet Theatre opens its 25th Anniversary Season with two distinct programs of new ballet by New England’s most innovative dance-maker, Jose Mateo with cabaret-style seating, cocktails during the show and a close-up view of the dancers.
REALM OF SUSPENSE (Oct. 29-Nov. 14) showcases Mateo’s mysterious side with
the spellbinding Covens, which premiered in 2006 to James MacMillan’s Symphony #3.
This ballet thriller is a haunting tale about love and deception amidst the hysteria
of a witch-hunt. The concert also features Streams (2009), set to Terry Riley’s
The Cusp of Magic for String Quartet and Pipa. The ballet explores the dynamic tensions between partners amid uncertainty and distrust. The Fall Season concludes with a Mateo world premiere. October 29-November 14, Friday - October 29, 8:00 pm, Saturday - October 30, 8:00 pm, Sunday - October 31, 4:00 pm.
José Mateo Ballet Theatre, The Sanctuary Theatre, 400 Harvard Street, www.BalletTheatre.org
Opera Department Fall Opera Scenes at Longy School of Music
Friday, October 29 and Saturday, October 30, 8:00 pm
Presented by students of Opera at Longy, directed by Donna Roll. Works by: Purcell, Mozart, Bizet, Rossini, Verdi, Strauss, Barber, Weill, and Britten.
Longy School of Music, Edward M. Pickman Hall, 27 Garden Street. Red Line T to Harvard by Cambridge Commons. www.longy.edu/tickets www.longy.edu 617.876.0956
Brattle Theatre Repertory Series! KING OF CULT: SAM RAIMI www.brattlefilm.org
Friday, October 29 - Drag Me to Hell at 5:15, 7:30
(2009) dir Ram Raimi w/Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver [99 min]
Darkman at 10:00 only
(1990) dir Sam Raimi w/Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Larry Drake [96 min]
Dia de los Muertos Celebration at 8:30 PM
Presented by Harvard RAZA, Leverett House Dining Hall Runs: Dia de los Muertos is a celebration of the dead, complete with a catered Mexican meal, performances by Mariachi Veritas and Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan and Spoken Word. We will also have games and activities for our guests. Ticket Prices: Regular: $10.00
The Harvard Box Office Sales Booth
1350 Massachusetts Avenue 617-496-2222, Tuesday-Sunday, 12:00-6:00 pm
http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice/
David Wax Museum, the Woes open at Club Passim - 7PM, $15/13
The David Wax Museum, "one of Boston's hottest new bands" (The Boston Globe), fuses exuberant Mexican roots music with homegrown country folk, creating a unique Mexo-Americana sound. With Latin rhythms, call-and-response hollering, accordion pumping and donkey jawbone rattling, they have won over audiences across the country.
Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street, 617-492-5300 www.clubpassim.org
Regina Carter at Regattabar - 7:30PM- $30, 10:00PM- $25
When preeminent violinist Regina Carter made the decision to record an album primarily of African folk tunes, she created a great challenge for herself: how do you take beautiful traditional music and infuse it with a contemporary feel while remaining true to its past -- and then, not compromise its beauty? Her newest release, Reverse Thread, due out on E1 Entertainment on May 18th brilliantly responds to the challenge.
To achieve the uplifting and stirring result, Regina added an accordion and kora-- the West African harp traditionally played by village storytellers -- to her longstanding rhythm section. Kora virtuoso Yacouba Sissoko was brought on board to help recreate the spirit of passing stories from generation to generation. The result -- unlike anything previously heard -- is a haunting and beautiful compliment to Regina's sumptuously seductive violin.
Without the support of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation, which "awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals," Reverse Thread might never have been realized. As a MacArthur Fellow -- a recipient of what is commonly known as the "genius grant" -- Carter was armed with the funds and the freedom to follow her muse.
The Regattabar, The CharlesHotel, Harvard Square - One Bennett Street
617.395.7757 www.regattabarjazz.com
STEVE TYRELL at Scullers Jazz Club DoubleTree Hotels & Guest Suites
Friday-Saturday, October 29-30th - $40, Dinner & Show: $78
Show times: 8pm & 10pm
Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell is truly a renaissance man. In his four and a half decades in the music business, he has achieved great success as an artist, producer, songwriter, music supervisor, and performer.
Scullers Jazz Club at the DoubleTree Hotels & Guest Suites,
400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134 617-562-4111 www.ScullersJazz.com
The Comedy Studio featuring Ken Reid featured with Dan Crohn, bRIAN j fOLEY, John Garrison, Langston Kerman, PJ Westin.
The Comedy Studio, 1236 Massachusetts Avenue 617-661-6507 www.thecomedystudio.com
VISIT BOLOCO during Harvard Scare!
Friday 29th: 2 original size burritos for $9 after 7pm
Boloco, 71 Mount Auburn Street 617-354-5838 www.boloco.com
Visit Wellbridge for Day Passes if you’d like to try the club during Harvard Scare. Also, any new member who signs up during Harvard Scare will receive:
75% Enrollment
Free PT
Free Pilates Session
Free Yoga Session
Unlimited Group Exercise
Wellbridge Athletic Club, 5 Bennett Street 617.441.0800
www.wellbridgeathleticclub.com
Saturday, October 30th
Potter Scavenger Hunt at 9:00 am - Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History - from 10/30 through 11/28.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is celebrating the world of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The museum invites muggles, witches, and wizards of all ages to embark on the Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt and uncover the science behind the magic. Pick up your own HMNH “Marauder’s Map,” journey through the galleries to explore hundreds of real specimens from wolves to wolfsbane and test your knowledge of Harry’s world.
Ticket Prices: Free with museum admission. Free to current Harvard I.D. holders and one guest, adults $9.00, non-Harvard students with I.D. $7.00, seniors (65+) $7.00, children ages 3+ $6.00
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street
617-495-3045 www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Halloween Carnival (ages 8 and under!) - SATURDAY, OCT. 30 at 1-3pm
Pumpkin Games & Decorating! Help create a giant Halloween Mural! Face Painting! Make your own goody bag! Pumpkin hunt! Plenty of Treats….No Tricks! Remember everyone in costume will be given a special treat!
*Ages 8 and under. Event will take place outside on Palmer Street weather permitting. Rain Location: Lower Level Book Building
1400 Massachusetts Avenue, 617 499 2000 www.thecoop.com
Women's Hockey vs Brown: Saturday, Oct 30 vs.Brown at 4 p.m. Bright Hockey Center for more info www.gocrimson.org
Brattle Theatre Repertory Series! KING OF CULT: SAM RAIMI
Saturday, October 30 - Double Feature! Spider-Man at 12:00, 5:00
(2002) dir Sam Raimi w/Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Willem Dafoe [121 min]
Spider-Man 2 at 2:30, 7:30 (2004) dir Sam Raimi w/Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina [127 min]
Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn Saturday at 10:00 (1987) dir Sam Raimi w/Bruce Campbell [84 min]
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, 617-876-6838 www.brattlefilm.org
The Comedy Studio, featuring Rick Jenkins hosts Rob Creen, Dan Crohn, John Garrison.
The Comedy Studio, 1236 Massachusetts Avenue 617-661-6507 www.thecomedystudio.com
BerryLine will have special Halloween inspired flavors and special Halloween candy toppings. In particular, our Arrow Street location will have a “Brain Matter” flavor! Scary and delicious!
BerryLine, 3 Arrow Street and 1668 Mass Ave Cambridge, 617-868-3500
www.theberryline.com
VISIT BOLOCO during Harvard Square!
Saturday 30th: 2 original size burritos for $9 after 7pm
Boloco, 71 Mount Auburn Street 617-354-5838 www.boloco.com
Halloween Party – Cheesy and Scary – 80’s TV Shows
Saturday, October 30th! Costume Prizes! DJ Inkognito spinning 80’s classics at 10:00 pm
Redline Food and Drink, 59 JFK Street, 617.491.9851
www.redlinecambridge.com
TistiK gives Treats during Harvard Scare!
On Halloween weekend (October 30 & 31) come shop at TistiK and receive a treat with your purchase, plus a surprise discount that you may use towards your purchase from that day or your next one. It’s a surprise!
TistiK, 54 Church Street 617-661-0900 www.shoptistik.com
Visit Cardullo's Gourmet Shoppe for Halloween themed items, costumed staff and pumpkin soda, pumpkin butter, and a sampling of hot mulled apple cider!
Cardullo's Gourmet Shoppe, Six Brattle Street, www.cardullos.com 617-491-8888
Scary Hair? Come in and Repair! Enter if you Dare during Harvard Scare!
For 10% off Rene Furterer!
Faron Salon, 57 JFK Street 617-354-3313 www.faronsalon.com
City Sports will host a Harvard Scare event in store from 2pm-5pm on Saturday 10/30. Stop by to pick a treat from the pumpkin of prizes for exclusive in stores deals.
City Sports, 44 Brattle Street, 617-492-6000, www.citysports.com
Halloween will have a special celebration at The Donkey Show, where the usual show and post-show party will also include a costume contest, with prizes for best costume, party favors and more.... Saturday, October 30 at 8pm and 10:30pm Late show patrons are welcome to stay and dance until 1am. Tickets start at $25 to $55 and can be purchased online at www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org, by phone at 617-547-8300, or in person at the A.R.T. box office at the Loeb Drama Center.
OBERON, 2 Arrow Street, 617-547-8300,www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org
Sunday, October 31st
On Sunday the 31st, Uno Chicago Grill is hosting a costume party where the winner will receive a $50.00 gift certificate to Unos. Kids goodies are available in the dining room all evening!
Uno Chicago Grill, 22 JFK Street, 617-497-1530 www.unos.com
The 2010 Upper Crust Most Amazing Halloween Costume Contest Event!
Winners will receive $50 Gift Card for the BEST ADULT COSTUME
Winners will receive $20 Gift Card for the BEST KIDS COSTUME
5 Bones for the Best Dog Costume!
The Upper Crust, 49b Brattle Street, theuppercrustpizzeria.com
617-497-4111
Tokyo Kid Halloween Event - Halloween Cosplay Raffle 2010:
Anyone who shows up from Noon to 5:00 p.m. in an “anime or Japanese video game costume” gets goodie bag that contains candies and one raffle ticket. The three gift certificate prizes will then be raffled off and the winners announced at 5 p.m.
You have to be present at 5 p.m. to claim your prize. If a ticket number is called and no one claims it, the certificate will be raffled off to another ticket holder. Also, a person can only win once. If someone somehow manages to get two tickets and wins twice, the second prize they win will be raffled off to someone else. We will not accept the reason of “I’m claiming the second prize for my friend who had to leave early.” At the staff’s discretion, there may be special prizes given to people who we feel are particularly well suited to their costumes or have outfits that are exceedingly well made.
Tokyo Kid, 36 J.F.K Street, www.tokyokid.com
Brattle Theatre Repertory Series! KING OF CULT: SAM RAIMI
Sunday, October 31 - The Quick & The Dead at 3:00, 5:15
(1995) dir Sam Raimi w/Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio [107 min]
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street 617-876-6838 www.brattlefilm.org
Chris O'Brien, John Elliott opens at Club Passim -7:00 pm $16/14
Chris O'Brien has made quite a name for himself in Boston's competitive music scene and it didn't take long for the rest of New England to catch on. Within three years O'Brien made a splash nationally after being chosen from a pool of nearly 1,000 contestants to appear on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion". The following week, Lighthouse became a bestselling singer/songwriter album on iTunes, peaking at #5. The album was also featured on iTunes "Best Albums of 2007" compilation. An added bonus: Actress Cobie Smulders (of How I Met Your Mother) included O'Brien's song "Ocean Stone" on her iTunes celebrity playlist. O'Brien was nominated for a coveted Boston Music Award as well as being named WUMB's "New Artist of the Year". A captivating and engaging performer, O'Brien's youth belies his maturity as a songwriter and vocalist.
Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street, 617-492-5300 www.clubpassim.org
HARVARD SQUARE CHOCOLATE TOUR at 10:00 am Sunday
If you’ve never taken one of our decadent chocolate walking tours, you’re in for a treat (lots of them actually). A friendly, outgoing expert guide will whisk you off into a world of exotic imports, closely guarded recipes and intimate tastings. These tours vary by location and season, but our destinations are always carefully selected from the very finest each city has to offer – artisan chocolatiers, celebrated restaurants and more.
No matter how much you already love chocolate, you’ll appreciate it more deeply than ever after indulging in this one-of-a-kind experience.
Here are some of our destinations where you can experience the best chocolate in Cambridge:
·Feature Stop: L.A. Burdick who many consider the premiere chocolate shop in the area known for their hot chocolate and their homemade truffles.
·Enjoy cupcakes from the Improper Boston’s 2009 Boston’s Best Winner .
·Visit Harvard’s “other institution” and see their wall of chocolate
·Chocolate Ice Cream described by the Boston Phoenix as the Best of Boston.
·Enjoying Chocolate decadence at a famous local dessert chain started as a Harvard University project
·An ever changing addition of chocolate surprise stops
-You’ll pick up plenty of samples as you go, plus tips on tasting, buying and storing fine chocolate. Also learn how to pair chocolate with wines!
-You’ll pick up plenty of samples as you go, plus tips on tasting, buying and storing fine chocolate. Also special tours will learn how to pair chocolate with wines! New - VIP pass included offering special discounts to tour participants to our chocolate partners.
Advance tickets required – tour size limited to 14. Reserve your space today.
The tour is $48 for adults and is family friendly and $25 for children 5-12.
www.harvardsquarechocolatetour.com for more details
October 31 – 7:00 pm - $10/8 - The Whiskey Boys & Oh Liza Jane
www.clubpassim.org
10.31 Renata Tutko hosts Halloween!! Taylor Connelly, Matt D., Tari Fanderclai, Doug Fitzgerald, John Garrison, Mehran, Manny Morone, Preach, Guitler Raphael, Jacob Sharpe.
UpStairs on the Square now has established its reputation for hosting the best, friendliest and most fun Halloween party in Harvard Square. For we who love to give parties, what better excuse than Halloween—we get to show up for work in a costume, and offer our guests a great affordable prix fixe and special witches’ brews all night long! In addition, we’ll be encouraging our guests to join us in the costume party. Best costume on Sunday night will receive a special five-course tasting menu in the Soiree Room with wine pairings, a $200 value.
We will celebrate All Hallow’s Eve with a special $35 prix fixe in the Monday Club Bar. In addition, we’ll offer some scarily effective cocktails, guaranteed to make you into a zombie, or at least feel ghostly the next day. All for the irresistible price of $9. And best of all, swing by for our chartreuse-themed “Last Word” late night party, when our fully costumed staff will introduce you to the intoxicating properties of that famous yellow and green beverage.
Our Annual UpStairs Halloween Party & Chartreuse-Themed “Last Word” Late Night Party - www.upstairsonthesquare.com
Halloween Prix Fixe, Sunday October 31
Monday Club Bar– all night long!
MONDAY CLUB M E N U
($35 prix fixe)
Pumpkin Patch Soup with Wickedly Spiced Crème Fraiche
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Doubly Sinful Pork
(Bones & Belly) Luscious Potatoes & Uncle Earl’s Moonshine
or
The Boston Strangler
Hand Twisted Pasta with Black Trumpets of Death ’Shrooms
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“Dirt-y” Chocolate Mousse with a Gravestone Cookie
Lino’s featured cocktails for Halloween are specially priced at $9.00, and include:
Bloody Sidecar, V.S. Cognac, Mandarine Napoleon Orange Liqueur, Citrus Juice with a Blood Orange Bitters & Sugar Rim
Dark & Stormy
Cruzan Black Strap Rum and Our House Made Ginger Beer
Crime of Passion
Passion Fruit Puree, Barenjager Honey Liqueur and Champagne
UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street, www.upstairsonthesquare.com
617-864-1933
Visit Hootenanny to see amazing window decorations and to get CANDY!!!
Hootenanny, the Garage, 36 JFK Street 617-864-6623 www.newburycomics.com
VISIT BOLOCO during Harvard Scare!
Sunday 31st: say "TRICK or TREAT" to our cashier from 11am-11pm and get a surprise!
Boloco, 71 Mount Auburn Street 617-354-5838 www.boloco.com
Bring a carved pumpkin in to Silver Clay Gifts any time between now and October 31st and get 20% off your purchase. On October 31st, Halloween, we will be serving hot apple cider and cookies and will have a free gift for any child that comes in to visit!
Silver Clay Fabulous Gifts1654 Mass. Ave, 617-661-0303 www.silverclaygifts.com
Scary Hair? Come in and Repair! Enter if you Dare during Harvard Scare!
For 10% off Rene Furterer!
Faron Salon, 57 JFK Street 617-354-3313 www.faronsalon.com
OM Restaurant & Lounge will be hosting our 2010 Halloween Bash on Sunday, October 31st. Complimentary appetizers from 9pm – 1am with DJ’s on both floors and a
costume contest with first, second and third place prizes.
Om Restaurant/Lounge, 92 Winthrop Street, 617-576-2800, www.omrestaurant.com
November 2nd, 2010
Day of the Dead Family Events: See new altars, taste Aztec chocolate, make papel picado, and enjoy other activities from 3:00-5:00 pm presented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Day of the Dead Fiesta: Celebration includes music, dance, altars, and food - 6:00–8:30 PM
Celebrate with the Peabody Museum & the Consulate General of MexicoFREE
Tickets are required. A WAIT LIST IS AVAILABLE online. No reserved tickets or "will call." How to get in WITHOUT A TICKET: Anyone may still enter without a ticket when fully costumed as a Catrina (elegant lady skeleton) or a Catrin (elegant gentleman skeleton), up to the limits of the Museum's occupancy. (Hint: "fully costumed" means more than just a hat.)
An evening of music and dance. La Tuza plays their signature son.
Prizes awarded for best Catrina costumes. What's a Catrina?
Created by Mexican engraver and illustrator José Guadalupe Posada in 1913, la calavera catrina (elegant skeleton) is a zinc etching and iconic image of the Mexican Day of the Dead. Posada (1852–1913) often used his illustrations and engraving of skeletons to mock the upper classes and social and political injustice. La Catrina is a high-society lady wearing all her finery and her signature, large, fancy hat. She is a symbol of the rich and fashionable who despite their pretensions to importance are just as susceptible to death as the rest of us.
Refreshment, Music, Dance, Altars, Dancing Chickens (Oaxacan woodcarvers). Limited parking for both the Family Event and the Fiesta at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.
Sponsored by the Consulate General of Mexico, Dirección de Asuntos Culturales/SRE, Cuauhtemoc Brewery (Tecate and Sol), Olé Mexican Grill, José's Mexican Restaurant, Casa Romero (Boston), Tú y Yo Mexican Cuisine (Needham), Tú y Yo Mexican Fonda (Somerville), and Nomad.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
11 Divinity Avenue, 617-496-1027 www.peabody.harvard.edu
11.2 Mystery Lounge! Professional magicians and guest comedian Nate Johnson -Boston's oldest and only-est magic show!
The Comedy Studio, 1236 Massachusetts Avenue 617-661-6507 www.thecomedystudio.com
VISIT BOLOCO during Harvard Scare!
Monday 1st: and Tuesday the 2nd - 2 original size burritos for $9 after 7pm
Boloco, 71 Mount Auburn Street 617-354-5838 www.boloco.com
AND An offer so good, it’s scary. Book a qualifying vacation of $3,000 or more with American Express Travel in Harvard Square and receive $300 in American Express® Gift Cards*.
Please print this article and bring it with you to receive your discount. Come in by November 30, 2010 and scare those winter blues away.
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