Boston Events: Saturday, May 8, 2010

A Tribute to Mothers: Free Performance Event
Saturday, May 8, 2010
11am to 3pm
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Wharf District Parks, Boston
617-292-0020
All Ages
FREE

The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy invites all mothers and their families out for a free day of performances by the Boston Ballet and Boston Ballet Orchestra with Conductor Jonathon McPhee. The event, geared to celebrate all mothers out there promises to include pampering for moms along with activities for children. A Tribute to Mothers




May Fair Flea Market
Saturday, May 8, 2010
10am to 3pm
Belmont United Methodist Church, 421 Common St., Belmont, 02472
617-489-0730
All Ages
FREE

On May 8, Belmont United Methodist Church will host their annual May Fair, a flea market type of event with lots of homemade products, jewelry and other various knick knacks and goods available to browse and purchase. The May Fair is free to enter and donations will be accepted to go toward the Belmont Food Pantry.




Comedian Lisa Lampanelli at The Wilbur
Saturday, May 8, 2010
7pm and 9:45pm
The Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St. Boston, 02116
617-248-9700
$42 -$62

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli, described by Jim Carrey as "More than a standup--a standout," can regularly be seen on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", Howard Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio shows and Comedy Central. She also has been one of the few white comedian's to perform on BET's "Comic View". You might have also seen her one hour comedy special "Long Live the Queen" recently on HBO. Get tickets from Ticketmaster, 1-800-745-3000.


Gracias, Mama-Mother's Day Concert w/ Sol Y Canto
Saturday, May 8, 2010
7:30pm to 10pm
Regattabar @ the Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Cambridge, 02138
(617) 661-5000
$20

The Puerto Rican/Argentine band, Sol Y Canto, will give a special concert in honor of Mothers Day on Mothers Day Eve, May 8, at The Charles Hotel Regattabar making it a 3rd Annual event. The past two years shows have sold out. The family band will perform a lineup of Latin American Classics. You can expect to hear the Salsa style Mothers Day song called Madre and Blue Skies, which will be sung by the 14 year old twin girls of the band, along with many many more great songs that the whole family can enjoy. Purchase Tickets


Chitty Chitty Bang Bang @ The Coolidge
Saturday, May 8, 2010
10:30am
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St.,Brookline, 02446
(617) 734-2501
Ages 5 and up
$5/Kids, $7/Adults

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the classic 1968 Musical starring Dick Van Dyke, will be showing at Coolidge Corner Theatre as part of the Kids Show weekend series.




Stag Films After Midnite
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Midnight
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline 02446
(617) 734-2501
$10

Coolidge After Midnite presents Dennis Nyback's Forbidden Cinema: STAG PARTY SPECIAL, a night full of 5 of the best ever Stag Film shorts, and a handful of other examples of erotic cinema known as "nudie cuties", "tease films" and "Soundies". If you like hard core sex movies, especially those that were made when such a thing was strongly forbidden, this after midnite presentation just might be the thing for you. To view the entire list of programming and get tickets, go here.


Film:Additions and Subtractions (Medellin: sumas y restas) w/
Special Appearance by Director Victor Gaviria
May 8, 2010
7pm
Carpenter Center for the Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, 02138
(617) 495-4700
$12


The Harvard Film Archive will show a screening of Additions and Subtractions (Medellin: sumas y restas), a film portraying the Colombian drug trade during the 1980s and its effect on the middle class. The film was directed by Victor Gaviria, who will make a special appearance at the May 8th screening.


Newtowne School Spring Fair
Saturday, May 8, 2010
10am to 2pm
Newtowne School, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, 02138
(617) 354-0919
All Ages
FREE

Newtowne School will hold its Annual Spring Fair fundraiser on May 8th. Admission is free and money raised from raffles, food and a rummage sale inside will benefit the Newtowne's Scholarship Fund. Kids of all ages can have fun at this event, which will offer the following activities:

*Live Animal Show
*Bouncy Castle
*Live Music Band
*Face Painting
*Rummage Sale
*Raffle
and more.




Fresh Pond Day Festival
Saturday, May 8, 2010
10am to 2pm (Rain OR Shine)
2 Locations: Fresh Pond-250 Fresh Pond Parkway & Maher Park- 650 Concord Ave., Cambridge
fpr@cambridgema.gov
All Ages

On Saturday, May 8, take the family out to the Fresh Pond and watch as the reservation transforms into a bustle of activity and entertainment. Two locations are reserved fore the 3rd Annual Fresh Pond Day Festival. Check out 250 Fresh Pond Parkway and experience Fire Dept., Paramedic and Dive Team demonstrations, interactive art displays, the Fresh Pond Scavenger Hunt, tours of the Water Treatment Plant and Native Plant Garden, Lusitania Wildlife Tours, and lots more. Or visit Maher Park at 650 Concord Ave. for Butterfly Meadow Nature Walks, an interactive storywalk for kids, beekeeping display, and a musical performance at 12:30pm. See the Fresh Pond Day flier for a full list of festival activities.