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BostonUSA 2008 At A Glance

January-March Season 2008

January 2008 Events 

• FIRST NIGHT 2008, citywide New Years’ Eve festival & fireworks, December 31, 2007
• "No Child"  American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Theater, January 3-February 3, 2008
• "Third”  Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, January 4-February 3, 2008
• "RENT" Wang Theatre January 8-13, 2008
• Chinese New Year Spectacular performance at the Opera House January 10-12, 2008
• Baroque Jewels for the English Theatre, Handel and Haydn Society, Symphony Hall, January 11 & 13, 2008
• 5th Boston Celtic Music Festival, Club Passim, Cambridge January 11-13, 2008
• 18^th Boston Wine Festival, Boston Harbor Hotel, January 11-April 4, 2008
• Celebrity Chefs Culinary Saturdays, Fairmont Copley Hotel, January 12-February 16, 2008
• New England Boat Show, BCEC, January 12-20, 2008
• Chocolate Trolley Tours, Old Town Trolley, January 12-April 2008

• Golden Dragon Acrobats, Symphony Hall, January 13, 2008
• Monty Python’s “Spamalot” January 15-2, 2008: Opera House Boston
• Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 16-20, 2008
• “Angels In America” Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for The Arts, January 18-February 16, 2008
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo in concert, Sanders Theatre, January 18, 2008
• 21^st “Joyful Noise” Concert at Sanders Theatre, January 19, 2008  
• Moiseyev Dance Company, Symphony Hall, January 20, 2008
   

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Events in Boston:

• Museum of African American History presents: A Family Concert at Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, Greater Boston Symphony Youth Orchestra, January 21, 2008
• John F. Kennedy Library Museum presents: A Tribute to a Civil Rights Milestone, James Hood, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Nick Katzenbach, and Ted Sorensen as they discuss the events of this historic turning point in American history. Callie Crossley will moderate on Dr. King’s Birthday at John F. Kennedy Library Museum, January 21, 2008

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, January 21, 2008
• Museum of Fine Arts presents  Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Open House, Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Jazz Orchestra. Enjoy the exhilarating sounds of classic big band jazz with a new generation's spin, as Berklee College of Music alum Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Jazz Orchestra present original music and works by power house musicians Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie, January 21, 2008
• 5th Dr. Martin Luther King Concert by the Boston Children's Chorus, Special guests: Chicago Children's Chorus. This year’s theme: “Remembering Yesterday, Inspiring Tomorrow” at Jordan Hall, Boston, January 21, 2008
   
• Royal Fireworks concert, Handel and Haydn Society, Symphony Hall, January 25 & 27, 2008
• Brazilian Guitar Festival with Sergio and Odair Assad and friends, Sanders Theatre, January 25, 2008
• Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin, Celebrity Series debut, NEC's Jordan Hall, January 26, 2008
• 8th Boston African American Theatre Festival, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for Arts, January 24-30, 2008 
• The 2008 Boston Home Show, Bayside Expo Center, January 25-27, 2008
• 33^rd Yankee Dental Congress convention, January 28-February 4, 2008
•  “Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914–1939” Museum of Fine Arts 2008: January 30 – June 1, 2008
• George Duke: Restore Your Soul Concert, The history and tradition of soul music with George Duke and Friends, featuring special guests and an all-star faculty band. Berklee Performance Center, January 31, 2008

February 2008

• The World As Stage” exhibition Institute of Contemporary Art 2008: Feb. 1-April 27, 2008
• Black History Month Events in Boston, February 2008
• Shoghaken Ensemble Armenia’s premier folk ensemble in concert, Somerville Theatre, Feb. 1, 2008
• “American Style: Russell Kettell’s Pine Furniture” exhibition Concord Museum February 1-May 18, 2008
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons, Symphony Hall, February 1, 2008
• Going Green Expo Boston, Bayside Expo Center February 2-3, 2008
• “Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children  ” exhibition DeCordova Museum Feb. 2-April 27, 2008
• Rob Kapilow’s What Makes It Great? The Songs of George Gershwin, Symphony Hall, February 2, 2008
•  “My Fair Lady” Opera House-Boston, February 5 - 17, 2008
• New England Grows convention, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, February 7-9, 2008
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Citi Wang Theatre, February 7-10, 2008
• Boston’s Chinese New Year Celebration, Beach & Hudson Street / Chinatown Gate February 7, 2008
• “Luxury For Export: Artistic Exchange between India & Portugal  1600s” exhibition Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum  Feb. 8-May 4, 2008
•  17^th Boston Wine Expo, World Trade Center February 8-10, 2008
• Eva Yerbabuena  Flamenco Ballet , Cutler Majestic Theatre Feb. 9-10, 2008
• "Julius Caesar" at American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Theater, February 9-March 22, 2008
• 10th Roxbury Film Festival produced by ACT Roxbury and The Color of Film Collaborative, Inc,  six new and short narrative films by Faith Kakulu, Tamika Lamison, Cam Mason, Thato Mwosa, Andrew Reuland, & Jorge Morgan. Institute of Contemporary Art Boston Feb. 10, 2008
• Talking Soul with Marc Willis: History About Music and Meaning (1965–1980), Black Musicians Living in the Soul of the Era David Friend Recital Hall Berklee College of Music, February 12, 2008

• Museum of Fine Arts annual African Film Festival,  Each year the MFA presents selection of African feature films from the African Film Festival NY February 2008   
• The Soul of Bernie Worrel: A View of Parliament-Funkadelic’s Soulful Pianist, film screening Friend Recital Hall Berklee College of Music, February 14, 2008
• Valentine’s Day & Weekend  in Boston, February 14, 2008 ; Valentine’s Weekend in Boston -Special events, Valentines dinners, hotel packages  www.bostonusa.com Feb. 15-18, 2008
• Guarneri & Johannes String Quartets, NEC's Jordan Hall, February 15, 2008
• Noche  Flamenco Festival, Cutler Majestic Theatre Feb. 15-17, 2008
• American Association for the Advancement Science, Hynes Convention Center, February 15-18, 2008
• Altan in concert, one of the world’s finest traditional Irish bands, Somerville Theatre, Feb. 16, 2008
• Boston Ballet :Romeo and Juliet (Company premiere) February 14-17, February 28-March 2, 2008
• Mozart Requiem, Handel and Haydn Society, Symphony Hall, Feb. 15-17, 2008
• Disney's “High School Musical: The Ice Tour”, TD Banknorth Garden, February 15-24, 2008
• Hugh Masekela's Chissa All-Stars South African music legend his seven-member band  Berklee Performance Center February 17, 2008
• “Lizards & Snakes : Alive!” exhibition   Museum of Science Feb.17-April 27, 2008
• Boston School Vacation Week, February 18-22, 2008
• President’s Day, February 18, 2008
• Soul Caribbean With the Bob Marley Ensemble, the Afro-Cuban Ensemble, and the Steel Pan Ensemble. February 21, Berklee Performance Center
• The Filene’s Basement “Running Of The Brides” sale event Hynes Convention Center, Feb. 22, 2008
• International Boston Seafood Show, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, February 24-26, 2008

• USA Track & Field 2008 Indoor: Championships, Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, February 24 & 25, 2008
• Fred Wesley and the James Brown Ensemble Berklee Performance Center February 28, 2008
•  “Long Life Cool Light: Photographs by Movra Davey” Fogg Art Museum Feb. 28-June 30, 2008 

March 2008

• Dervish in concert, traditional Irish band, Somerville Theatre, March 1, 2008
• Bluegrass family band Cherryholmes concert, Sanders Theatre, March 2, 2008
• Hockey East Semi-Finals & Finals, TD Banknorth Garden, March 7-9, 2008
• AIM – On Demand, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, March 4-6, 2008
• Boston Ballet, Next Generation, March 6-9, 2008
• “Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley”, Colonial Theatre,  March 7-9, 2008
• Camerata Ireland, 30-piece chamber orchestra, Jordan Hall , March 7, 2008
• Emanuel Gat, one of Israel’s brightest choreographers, ICA, March 7-9, 2008
• World of Sports Expo, World Trade Center, March 7-9, 2008
• “Sea Creatures” exhibition Harvard Museum of Natural History March 7, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009
• “Shining City”  Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, March 7-April 6, 2008
• Classical Masters, Handel and Haydn Society, Symphony Hall, March 7 & 9, 2008
• Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Symphony Hall, March 8, 2008
• 11th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast, Simmons College, March 8, 2008
• 2008 New England Spring Flower Show, Bayside Expo Center, March 8-16, 2008
• Restaurant Week Boston Winter 2008, March 9-14 & 16-21 www.bostonusa.com/restaurantweek

• Avenue Q, Colonial Theatre, March 11 - 23, 2008
• 3rd Boston Building Energy 08 ,Seaport World Trade Center March 11, 2008
• “Street Level” exhibition Institute of Contemporary Art 2008: March 12-July 13, 2008;
• 4^th  Gaelic Gourmet Week, (hotel/restaurant venues) St. Patrick’s Weekend in Boston, March 12-16, 2008  
• Traditional Building Exhibition & Conference, Hynes Convention Center, March 13-15, 2008
• The Chieftains in concert, Symphony Hall, March 14, 2008
• 107^th St. Patrick’s Day Parade, South Boston March 16, 2008
• “Ranjani Shettar, Sculptor” exhibition Institute of Contemporary Art 2008: March 19-July 13, 2008;
• Italian Virtuosi, Handel and Haydn Society, Symphony Hall, March 21 & 23, 2008
• Anime Boston 2008, largest Japanese animation expo: Hynes Convention Center, March 21-23, 2008
• Down 2 Earth (D2E) Sustainable Living Expo, Hynes Convention Center, March 28-30,2008
• National Science Teachers Association conference, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, March 28-29, 2008
• “Cry of the Reed”  Huntington Theatre Company, Calderwood Pavilion, March 28,-May 4, 2008
• Spirit of Uganda ,  East African music and dance Berklee Performance Center, March 28, 2008

• Greek Heritage Month Events in Boston, (updating in process)
• Women’s Heritage Month Events in Boston (updating in process)
• Irish Heritage Month Events in Boston (updating in process)
• 23^rd Big Apple Circus Boston City Hall Plaza March 31-May 6, 2008
•  “A Taste of Power: 18^th Century German Porcelain for the Table” Busch Reisinger Museum March 31-June 30, 2008

Spring Season 2008

April 2008

• Armenian Heritage Month (updating in process)
• 23^rd  Big Apple Circus Boston City Hall Plaza, City Hall Plaza all April through May 6, 2008
• Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 2,  2008
•  “Elections & Erections” ,  American Repertory Theatre, Zero Arrow Theater, April 2-May 4, 2008
• Sir Roger’s Haydn! concerts, Handel and Haydn Society, Symphony Hall, April 4 & 6, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, 106^th Season: first home game: Fenway Park April 8, 2008 
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Detroit  Fenway Park  April 8, 9, 10, 2008 
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Yankees  Fenway Park  April 11, 12, 13, 2008 
• Tiempo Libre in concert, Berklee Performance Center , April 12, 2008
• “Are You Ready My Sister?” Underground Railway Theatre , Roxbury Center for Arts April 17-19, 2008
• Black Grace Dance Company New Zealand dance Tsai Performance Center , April 17-18, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Texas  Fenway Park April 18, 19, 20, 21,  2008 
• Boston Swan boats (131^st season)  Boston Public Garden, Season opens April 19, 2008
• Runner’s Expo: Sports & Fitness Expo & Conference, Hynes Convention Ctr., April 19-20, 2008
• “Antonio López García” Museum of Fine Arts April 20 – July 27, 2008
• Women's Olympic Marathon Trials  April 20, 2008
• “El Greco to Velázquez”  exhibition Museum Fine Arts April 20- July 27, 2008
• 112^th Boston Marathon  April 21, 2008
• “The Drowsy Chaperone” Opera House April 22 - May 4, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Los Angeles  Fenway Park April 22, 23, 24, 2008 

• Armenia Genocide Memorial Day, April 24, 2008
• 2^nd Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, Museum of Science & throughout city April 26-May 4, 2008
• Greek Independence Day Parade 2008, Downtown Boston, April 27,  2008 (Tent) 
• Orchestra National de France performing Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Symphony Hall, April 27, 2008
• Association of Clinical Research Professionals, Hynes Convention Center, April 28-30, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Toronto  Fenway Park  April 29, 30  2008 

May  2008

• Asia Pacific Heritage Month (updating in process)
• Jewish American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Toronto  Fenway Park  May 1, 2008 
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. TB Fenway Park  May 2, 3. 4, 2008 
• 44^th Boston Ballet: “Swan Lake” May 1-11, 2008
• 16^th Arts First events, Harvard University May 1-4,  2008
• 25^th  MayFair in Harvard Square, May  4, 2008
• National Secondary Market Conference and Expo, Hynes Convention Center, May 4-6, 2008
• 123^rd Boston Pops season begins, concerts nightly May  6, 2008:  through July 1, 2008
• Boston Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, May 7-18, 2008
• Cinco de Mayo Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center May 5, 2008
• David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion, Opera House, May 9-11, 2008
• Massachusetts Teachers Association 2008, Hynes Convention Center, May 9-10, 2008
• Aerospace Medical Association, Hynes Convention Center, May 10-13, 2008
• “Cardenio”,  American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Theater, May 10-June 1, 2008
• 29th Simmons Leadership Conference featuring Glenn Close, Mirelle Guiliano, Louise Leakey,  Seaport World Trade Center, May 3, 2008
• 100^th Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum (first Arboretum in USA) May 11, 2008
• 27^th Ducklings Day in Boston Public Garden (first botanical garden in USA) May 11, 2008
• Mother’s Day in Boston, May  11, 2008
• 101^st American Institute of Architects Convention, BCEC, May 15-17, 2008
• Boston Ballet: “3 Masterpieces”, May 15-18, 2008
• “She Loves Me”  Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, May 16-June 15, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Milwaukee  Fenway Park  May 16, 17, 18, 2008 
• 79^th Beacon Hill Hidden Gardens Tour Day May 15, 2008
• Audra McDonald, soprano, Sanders Theatre, May 16, 2008
• NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships Weekend 2008 Gillette Stadium, May 18-26, 2008
• Boston University Commencement May  18, 2008
• Haitian Day Parade, Mattapan Square, Blue Hill Ave., May 18, 2008 (tentative)
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Kansas City  Fenway Park  May 19, 20, 21, 22, 2008 
• Boston College 132^nd Commencement May  21, 2008
• 23^rd Street Performers Festival , Faneuil Hall Marketplace May  23-25, 2008
• WBOS Earth fest, Hatch Shell, May 24, 2008
• Memorial Day weekend May  24-26, 2008
• Mark Morris Dance Group with orchestra & chorus of Emmanuel Music, Dido & Aeneas, May 28 - June 1, 2008
• “Anish Kapoor, Sculptor “ exhibition Institute of Contemporary Art  May 30-Sept. 1, 2008
  
   

Summer Season 2008

A special “BostonUSA Summer 2008” micro-site is coming in mid-February 2008. Click here for link: Press

June 2008

• Santa Maria DiAnazo North End Feast Celebration, Hanover & Prince Streets, June 1, 2008
•  Dorchester Day Parade, June 1, 2008
• Nanotechnology Conference Hynes Convention Center, June 1-4, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs.TB Fenway Park  June 3,4,5, 2008 
• Harvard University Commencement June 5, 2008
• Guitarfest at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, June 6-8, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Seattle  Fenway Park June 6,7,8 , 2008 
• MIT Commencement June 6, 2008
• 29th Dragon Boat Festival, Charles River, June 7, 2008
• 23^rd Art In The Park event DeCordova Art Museum June 8, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Baltimore Fenway Park  June 10, 11, 12, 2008 
• Greek Festival, Magazine Street, Cambridge, June 13-15,  2008
• Special Olympics, Boston University Nickerson, Harvard, MIT fields, June 13-15, 2008
• 29^th Cambridge River Festival June 14, 2008
• 38th Gay Pride Parade & Festival Back Bay/South End Parade, Boston City Hall Plaza, June 14, 2008
• “Baseball as America” exhibition Museum of Science June 15-Sept. 1, 2008
• Bunker Hill/ Charlestown Parade June 15, 2008
• Father’s Day in Boston June 15, 2008
• Juneteenth celebration, Roxbury Franklin Park, June 19, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. STL Fenway Park  June 20, 21, 22, 2008 
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Arizona Fenway Park  June 23, 24, 25 , 2008 
• “Luisa Rabbia artist-in-residence” exhibition Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum June 27-Sept. 22, 2008
• US Judo Association Junior National Championships, Hynes Convention Center, June 28-29, 2008

July 2008

• 27^th  Boston Harborfest Celebration citywide July 1-6, 2008 : Opening Ceremony, West End of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, July 1, 2008
• American Dance Awards Championships, Hynes Convention Center, July 1-7, 2008
• July 4 Boston Pops concert & Fireworks Hatch Shell (July 3 Boston Pops without fireworks)
•  “Art Nouveau Jewelry” exhibition  Museum of Fine Arts July 23-November 9, 2008
• 14^th   Annual Boston Harborfest Children’s Day, City Hall Plaza, July ??, 2008
• 20^th  Cape Verdean Festival Boston City Hall Plaza, July 4, 2008
• Independence Day Celebration at Old Sturbridge Village, July 4, 2008
• 26^th Boston Chowderfest Boston City Hall Plaza July 6, 2008
• 17th Cambridge Summer In The City events begin, July 2008
• 13th  Boston French Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts July 2008
• Madonna Del Grazie North End Feast Celebration, North Square, July 6, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Minnesota  Fenway Park  July 7, 8, 9, 2008 
• 33rd  Bastille Day Celebration , French Library & Marlboro Street, July 11, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Baltimore Fenway Park  July 11,12,13, 2008 
• New England Sandcastle Festival at Revere Beach, July 12-13, 2008
• 13th Italia Unita Festival, Central Square, East Boston, July 12-13, 2008
• Salem Maritime Festival, July 12-13, 2008
• 9th GospelFest, City Hall Plaza, July 13, 2008 (tent.)
• St. Rocco’s North End Feast Celebration, Prince Street, July 13, 2008
• Bastille Day in Cambridge, Holyoke Street, July 13, 2008
• 35^th Festival Betances Villa Victoria, South End, July 19-20, 2008
• 42nd Puerto Rican Festival & Parade, Playstead Franklin Park, Boston July 26-27, 2008
• Boston Harbor Islands Family events: Whispers from the Wind , July 19-20, 2008 (tentative) 
• 22nd Lowell Folk Festival,  Lowell, July 25-27, 2008
• Natalie Grant in concert TD BankNorth July 25-26, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Yankees  Fenway Park July 25, 26, 27, 2008 
• Kenny Chesney & Lee Ann Rimes in concert, Gillette Stadium July 26, 2008
• 83rd   St. Joseph Society North End Feast Celebration, Hanover & Battery Streets, July 26-27, 2008
• Salem CultureFest 2008, Salem Common, July 27, 2008 (tentative)
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Fenway Park July 28, 29, 30, 2008 
• “Nicolas Hlobo”  exhibition Institute of Contemporary Art July 30-Oct. 26, 2008

August 2008

• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Oakland Fenway Park  August 1,2,3, 2008 
• Hip Hop Festival, Boston City Hall Plaza, August 2, 2008 (tentative)
• 94th St. Agrippina di Mineo Society Feast Celebration, Hanover & Battery Streets, August 2-3, 2008
• 6th Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, August 6-9, 2008
• Dominican Festival & Parade, Ramsey Park; Melena  Cass Blvd., Boston August 8-10, 2008 (tentative) 
• 18th Irish Festival ICC Canton August  8-10, 2008  (tentative)
• 93rd  Madonna Della Cava North End Feast Celebration, Hanover & Battery Streets, August 8-10, 2008
• India Day ( 61st  anniversary of Independence) , Hatch Shell, August 10, 2008
• August Moon Festival, Beach Street, Chinatown Boston, August 10, 2008
• Celine Dion in concert TD BankNorth Garden August 12, 2008
• 2008 
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Texas Fenway Park  August 12, 13, 14, 2008 
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Toronto Fenway Park  August 15, 16, 17,  2008 
• 98th Fisherman’s Feast of the Madonna Del Soccorso di Sciacca North End Festival, August 15-17, 2008
• East Boston Pride Festival Aug. 16, 2008
• St. Domenic’s North End Feast Celebration, North Square, August 17, 2008
• Kiddie Caribbean Carnival , White Stadium, Franklin Park, August 17, 2008
• 21st August Moon Festival in Quincy, Quincy Avenue, August 17, 2008 (tentative) 
• Faneuil Hall Marketplace 32nd Birthday, August 23-24, 2008
• 35^th Caribbean Carnival Parade & Festival, MLK Boulevard, Warren St, Blue Hill Ave., August 23, 2008 (tentative) Caribbean Carnival: King & Queen Carnival, Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, August 23, 2007
• St. Anthony’s North End Feast Celebration, Endicott & Thatcher Streets, August 23-24, 2008 (tentative) 
• 34th Cambridge Carnival International, August 24, 2008 tentative) 
• Women’s Equality  Day, August 26, 2008
• Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC of Boston, Norton, MA, August 26 - September 1, 2008
• 19th Tanglewood Jazz Festival, August 29-31, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Chicago  Fenway Park  August 29, 30, 31, 2008 
• Festival of St. Lucia, Cushing Street, Cambridge,  Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2008
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Fall Season 2008

September  2008

• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Baltimore  Fenway Park  Sept. 1,2,3. 2008 
• 6th Boston Arts Festival Columbus Waterfront Park September 6-7, 2008
• South Quincy Italian Festival, Liberty St. & Brook Ave., September 7, 2008
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Tampa Fenway Park  Sept. 8, 9, 10 2008 
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Toronto Fenway Park  Sept. 12, 13, 14,
• Hispanic Heritage Month September 15-October 15, 2008 (updating in process)
• 12th Boston Blues Festival, Hatch Shell September 20-21, 2008
• 128th Boston Symphony Orchestra Season Opening September 2008
• Airports Council Intl-World & North American Conference, Hynes Convention Center, September 21-23, 2008
• “Karsh 100: A Biography In Images”  Museum of Fine Arts Sept. 23, 2008–January 16,2009
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Cleveland Fenway Park Sept. 23, 24, 25,  2008 
• 8th Beantown Jazz Festival September 25-27, 2008
•  “Tara Donovan, Sculptor” exhibition Institute of Contemporary Art  Sept. 26-Jan. 4, 2009
• 2008 Red Sox Season, Red Sox vs. Yankees Fenway Park  Sept, 26, 27, 28, 2008 

October  2008

• German American Heritage Month  (updating in process)
• Italian American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• Polish American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• “Goosebumps: The Science of Fear” exhibition Museum of Science Oct. 1-Dec. 30, 2008
• 10th Roxbury Open Studios Weekend October 4-5, 2008
• Rose Kennedy Greenway official opening of parks  Celebration, Oct. 4-5, 2008 
• Fenway Cultural District Opening Our Doors Day October 2007
• 29th Oktoberfest, Harvard Square, October 5, 2008 (tentative)
• 194th Handel and Haydn Society Season Begins Boston Symphony Hall October 2008
• 45th Boston Ballet Season Opens October 2008
• "The Women" filmed in Boston starring Meg Ryan and Annette Bening opens in theatres Oct. 10, 2008
• “Triumph of Marriage: Art For the Renaissance Home” exhibition Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum  Oct. 17, 2008- Jan 18, 2008
• Head of the Charles Regatta, October 18-19, 2008 

Holiday Season 2008

November 2008

• Native American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• Arab-American Heritage Month (updating in process)
• Boston Festival of Films from Iran, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Nov 2008
• El Dia de los Muertos Celebration Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center November 2, 2008
• 49th Ellis Antiques Show Boston Park Plaza Castle November 1-2, 2008
• 23^rd  Crafts at the Castle November 2008

• US Green Building Council 2008, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, November 19-21, 2008

• New England International Auto Show, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, December 3-7, 2008
   

December 2008

• Christmas Revels at the Sanders Theatre December 2008
• Festival Noir, Hynes Convention Center, Dec. 6-7, 2008(tentative) 
• First Night Boston December 31, 2008