February school vacation week is coming up!  It’s the perfect time to gather the family, head into the city, and have some fun in Cambridge and Boston! The Kendall Hotel has rooms starting as low as $129 per night!

It’s PreZOOdential Election Week at the Franklin Park Zoo!

February 15 – 19, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

The 2016 election is right around the corner, and we’re not just talking about November! In honor of Presidents’ Day and the 2016 Presidential election, Franklin Park Zoo will host its own Zoo animal election for “President” of the Zoo. Throughout the week, guests can learn about each of the candidates’ platforms, cast a vote for their favorite, and discover what sets each animal candidate apart from the others!

Voting will take place from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Show your support for your favorite candidate on social media and be sure to use #PreZOOdential! (Our vote is for Bear, of course)

Animal Encounters:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 11:00 a.m. – Lion 1:00 p.m. – Sloth 2:00 p.m. – Gorilla	Tuesday/Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – Cow 1:00 p.m. – Tiger 2:30 p.m. – Condo

Voting will take place throughout the week in the Tropical Forest, where children will have the opportunity to make campaign signs for their favorite candidate. The winner will be announced at the Presidential Inauguration Party in the Tropical Forest on February 20, from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

February School Vacation Free Activities at Faneuil Hall Marketplace

Looking for fun and FREE things to do with the kids during February School Vacation? Come to Faneuil Hall Marketplace! Enjoy FREE programming in the Upper Rotunda inside Quincy Market daily from 11 am – 2 pm.

Puppet making at Rosalita – Monday, February 15th: 11am – 12:30p &  12:30p – 2pm

Storytime with Big Joe the Storyteller – Tuesday, February 16th: 11am – 12:30pm /  Friday, February 19th:  11am – 12:30p

Juggling Lessons w/ Paris the Hip Hop Juggler – Tuesday, 02.17: 12:30p – 2pm

Meditation for Youngsters with Jason Escape –  Wednesday, 02.17: 11a – 12:30p

Malik the Magic Guy – Wednesday, February 17th: 12:30p – 2pm

Arts and Crafts with Shannon – Thursday, February 18th: 11am – 12:30p &  12:30p – 2pm

Faneuil Hall Marketplace
4 South Market Building
Boston, MA 02109

Disney On Ice Celebrates 100 Years of Magic at TD Bank North Garden

From Friday, February 12th through Sunday , February 21st – Showtimes: 11am, 3p, & 7pm

Grab your Mickey ears and get ready for the ultimate Disney experience at Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic Presented by Stonyfield YoKids Organic Yogurt!

Be charmed by a cast of over 50, with Mouse-ter of Ceremonies Mickey Mouse, sweetheart Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Disney Princesses including Cinderella, Rapunzel, Ariel, Snow White and Tiana. Relive the magic of Disney’s Frozen with Anna, Elsa and the hilarious Olaf as they discover that true love is the greatest magic of all.

Sing-along to over 30 unforgettable songs including “Let It Go,” “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” and “Hakuna Matata.” Exciting moments from Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Disney’s The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and more will leave the whole family with memories to last a lifetime. Show off your moves at the Disney Magic of Healthy Living dance-along pre-show inspired by the Disney Healthy Living commitment as the celebration of the century skates into your hometown!

– More info and tickets available HERE!

 

 

 

     The MIT Mystery Hunt is a puzzlehunt competition that takes place on the MIT campus every year during the MLK weekend. The hunt challenges each participating team to solve a large number of puzzles which lead to an object (called a “coin”) hidden somewhere on campus. The winning team gets to write the subsequent year’s hunt. Mystery Hunt was launched in 1981 and is widely regarded as one of the oldest and most complex puzzlehunts in the world. It attracts about 1,000 people every year! The Kendall Hotel has a limited number of rooms remaining for the MIT Mystery Hunt. Please call to inquire!

Grab your Bodhrán and tin whistles…the Boston Celtic Music Festival is here! Being held on January 8th & 9th, the BCMFest features musicians, singers, and dancers from Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, and other Celtic traditions in performing in Cambridge clubs – including the legendary Club Passim in Harvard Square – just a quick redline ride away from the Kendall Hotel.

 

     The Northeast Motorcycle Expo is also being held this second weekend in January. On Saturday, January 9th and Sunday the 10th the World Trade Center will be host to all manner of racers, cruisers, sport-bikes, and scooters! Gather up the gearheads in your life and head to the seaport! Adult admission is $17, Kids $7, and children under 6 get in free.If you prefer your vehicles with more than just 2 wheels you may want to check out the New England International Auto Show being held this month from Wednesday, January 14th  to the 18th at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Tickets are $15 for adults and $6 for children ages 6-12.  Children under 6 are free!  $1.00 of every ticket sold is given to the South Boston Community Development Foundation.

 

Explore your whimsy at the fantastic Arisia Convention! Arisia is New England’s largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention . Gaze upon the creative costumes, meet and attend panels with your favorite fantasy authors, show off your own great Brienne of Tarth cosplay! Arisia will be held at the Westin Waterfront Hotel from January 15th – January 18th.

 

 

 

First Night is fast approaching! Now in it’s 40th year, this cherished Boston tradition will usher in 2017 with artistic performances, ice sculptures, and light shows all celebrating the wonders of the season and the beginning of a new year. Check out all the great activities scheduled right HERE!

And the best part is: First Night is FREE this year! Yes indeed, we said FREE!

Entertainment and specialty attractions will be focused in Copley Square and Boston Common – both of which are no more than 15 minutes away from the Kendall Hotel on the “T” (subway).

Book now with the Kendall Hotel to take advantage of our New Year’s Eve package!

For the low rate of $209 plus taxes and fees, this package includes:

• Deluxe King accommodations
• Our hosted champagne hour
• Parking for 1 vehicle
• A bottle of bubbly in your room
• 2 round trip “T” (subway) passes to get you to and from the festivities safely
• Late check-out at 1pm

For an additional $50, you will also receive a voucher for a special gourmet 3-course meal in our restaurtant, The Black Sheep.

Arrive before the 31st or stay after, and receive a rate of $129 per night plus taxes/fees including parking

Call now or book on our website.

Enter the code: NYE  for the package or NYE1 for the package with dinner.

Just a hop, skip, and short “T” ride over the river from the Kendall Hotel is the legendary Boston Garden – identified officially by their sponsor as the TD Bank North Garden – the Garden is the place to catch all the biggest sporting events, concerts, performances and other special events in the city.
At the beginning of December alone you could catch:

On Wed, Dec 2nd at 6pm:
“The Tradition” Annual Fundraising Event
Organized by The Sports Museum – a non-profit educational institution that works with at-risk kids in the Boston area
HONOREE’S INCLUDE:
Danny Ainge – The Boston Celtics
Joan Benoit Samuelson – Olympic Gold medalist hailing from Maine
Roger Clemens – Red Sox pitching legend
Richard Seymour – Patriot’s defensive tackle
and more!

On Monday Dec 7th at 7pm:
NHL Boston Bruins vs. Nashville Predators

On Wednesday Dec. 9th at 7pm:
NBA – Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls

On Thursday Dec. 10th:
KISS 108’s Jingle Ball Concert
Part of the National iHeartRadio App’s Jingle Ball tours with chart topping national acts including:
The Weeknd
5 Seconds of Summer
Demi Lovato
Nick Jonas
and more!

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And if you’re ready to jump head first into the Boston holiday festivities…

On Thursday December 3rd:
Make your way to Boston Common for the Holiday Tree Lighting!
Festivities will run from 4pm until 8pm with the lights going on at precisely 7:55pm
A skating exhibition will be held from 5-6pm as will a meet and greet with the big guy himself – Santa!

On Sunday December 6th at 2;15pm:
If you haven’t had your fill of lights, or Santa, head on over to The North End Tree Lighting
at the Prado (Paul Revere Mall)

Daily from 4:30pm to 9:30pm until January 3rd:
Blink! At Fanueil Hall Marketplace
Catch the most extravagant light show in Boston!

And if you haven’t started planning you New Year’s Eve First night celebration – NOW IS THE TIME!
We have a special New Years Eve package available right now for guests at a competitive rate that includes parking for one vehicle, a bottle of bubbly awaiting you and your companion upon your arrival in your Deluxe King accommodations, two “T” passes, a hosted champagne hour, and a late 1pm check-time.

Please call to inquire or book directly on our website using the rate code NYE.

You can also book our New Years Eve package along with a 3 course dinner prepared specially for you at our restaurant – the Black Sheep by using the rate code NYE1

Are you tired of the same old Halloween parties? Do you need something different to do this weekend? Well, change things up!  Here are some cool events happening Friday, Oct. 30 in Kendall Square:

 

FRIGHT FACTORS AT THE MIT MUSEUM

Why do we fear? What’s going on in our bodies and minds when we are frightened? Join us for an evening of “speed geeking” and learn about the biological basis of fear, zombies, outbreaks, and all sorts of terrifying topics! Move through the museum and talk to leading researchers and educators about the things that we fear and why we fear them.

Presentations on:

 

Frightful medical tools:

Sara Alger – Director, Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation

 

Fear, stress and anxiety:

Ki Ann Goosens – Assistant Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT

 

Capturing the moment of fear in the brain:

Nouchine Hadjikhi – Associate Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School

 

Zombie autopsies:

Steven Schlozman – Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Lecturer in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

Horror through film:

David Thorburn – Professor of Literature, MIT and Director, MIT Communications Forum

 

LOCATION

MIT Museum

265 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139

 

DATE & TIME

Fri, October 30, 2015

7:00 pm — 9:00 pm

 

ADMISSION

$20

Ticket includes admission and two drinks. Costumes encouraged! Doors open at 6:30

 

–Cambridge Tourism

 

 

 

 

JONNY GANDELMAN/J.S. BACH

Bach’s Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

 

First Annual Terry and Rick Stone Concert

 

Russian-born violinist Johnny Gandelsman’s singular musical voice comes from the spirit of collaboration. As a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble and the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, he has distilled the creative sensibilities of a wide range of master musicians from around the world. At MIT last January, Gandelsman returned to the classical repertoire with a pop-up, unadvertised recital, performing Bach’s Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin to a small but packed house. Lloyd Schwartz, describing the event on NPR’s Fresh Air, said, “I’ve heard some famous violinists attempt this epic feat, but none of them gripped me and delighted me as thoroughly as Gandelsman.” Gandelsman now takes his powerful interpretation of these landmark works to the concert hall, reprising his riveting performance for the first annual Terry and Rick Stone Concert in MIT’s Kresge Auditorium on October 30.

 

Johnny Gandelsman has worked with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Bono, Osvaldo Golijov, David Byrne, Bela Fleck, Kayhan Kalhor, Suzanne Vega, James Levine, Mark Morris, Alim Qasimov and Fargana Qasimova, Nigel Kennedy, and Anna Sofie von Otter. Over the last several years he has premiered works by Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, Vijay Iyer, Bela Fleck, Daniel Cords, Rubin Kodheli, Dana Lyn, Gabriel Kahane, Colin Jacobsen, Shara Worden, John Zorn, Christina Courtin, Ethan Iverson, Padma Newsome, Gregory Saunier, Evan Ziporyn, Bill Frisell and Nik Bartsch, as well as a violin concerto by Gonzalo Grau.  In 2008 he founded In a Circle Records, releasing award winning discs by the Knights, Silk Road Ensemble, Nicholas Cords, and Brooklyn Rider.

 

Presented by the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) as part of the 2015-16 MIT Sounding Series.

 

Reserve a Seat

 

LOCATION

MIT

Kresge Auditorium, W16

48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

 

DATE AND TIME

October 30, 2015 / 8:00 PM

 

 

–Arts at MIT