Fork & Shoe Theatre Co-Op: Pitbull's Party at the End

Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Co-Op presents Pitbull's Party at the End, a dark comedy about climate chaos, anti- zionism, queer love, and what it means to call a place home. It’s 2042 and a hurricane threatens to wipe Miami off the map. Meanwhile, Mr. Worldwide is performing his last ever New Year’s Eve concert, the Phallic brothers are planning a business deal to dominate Corporate Miami, and an intergenerational Cuban-Jewish family must bridge their differences to survive the apocalypse. Written by Talia Rodriguez and directed by Leo Leal. Come see Pitbull's Party at the End at the following show times: <ul><li>Thursday, 8/6 - 7pm</li><li>Friday, 8/7 - 7pm</li><li>Saturday, 8/8 - 2pm &amp; 7pm</li><li>Sunday, 8/9 - 2pm </li></ul>The show will last about 90 minutes, and there is no intermission. Tickets are on a pay-what-you-can model, with a suggested price of $15. Directions to Chelsea Theatre Works and can be found at their website: <a href="https://www.apollinairetheatre.com/directions/ctwdirections.php">https://www.apollinairetheatre.com/directions/ctwdirections.php</a>

Chelsea Theatre Works

Destination Unknown

<a href="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/forknshoe/destination-unknown">Reserve your tickets here!!</a> Join us for Destination Unknown, an adventurous new play by Micah Pflaum, directed by Lee Forrest! Alex, a reserved college student and aspiring radio DJ, discovers an elevator that travels to different realities. Through encounters with mysterious agents, a flirtatious robot, rude poets, and his own alternate self, Alex is forced to confront both his fears and desires as his world falls apart around him. Performances Thursday, June 25th, 7:00p Friday, June 26th, 7:00p Saturday, June 27th, 2:00p and 7:00p Sunday, June 28th, 4:00p Run Time 75 minutes, no intermission This show contains some adult content and swearing. Recommended 14 - adult. Tickets are sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. Venue Information United Parish Brookline, Willett Hall 15 Marion St, Brookline, MA 02446 The venue is a short walk from the Green Line C train, Coolidge Corner stop. Bus 66 has three stops within close walking distance: Beacon Street, Marion Street, and Harris Street. There is paid street parking. The access ramp to Willett Hall is located to the left of the 15 Marion Street entrance. About Us Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Cooperative is a patchwork production company seizing the means of theatrical production! We are building a network of theatre makers, artists, and storytellers all across the Boston area. Together, we create art that nourishes and cultivates community. To follow along, and to get involved, check us out on Instagram @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/forknshoe/">forknshoe</a> and at <a href="http://www.forkandshoe.org/">forkandshoe.org</a>.&nbsp;

United Parish Brookline, Willett Hall

Who Do You Love?

<a href="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/forknshoe/who-do-you-love#/">Reserve your tickets here!!</a> Who Do You Love?, a riotously joyful, 450 year old story We follow a mess of Lovers through the trials and tribulations of romance. Silvio loves Ortenzia, Ortenzia loves Silvio’s sister Flavia. Meanwhile, our other Lover, Isabella, has been living as a man, Flaminio, estranged from her family (and former lover Silvio). Antics ensue as characters argue about the nature of love and marriage. Families feud, partners swap, genders bend, and in its many forms, love prevails! Performances April 24th, 7:00p April 25th, 2:00p and 7:00p April 26th, 2:00p Run Time 100 minutes, 10 minute intermission&nbsp; This show contains references to adult content, and fighting. PG-13 equivalent.&nbsp; Tickets are sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.&nbsp; Who Do You Love?&nbsp;is produced by Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Cooperative, in cooperation with&nbsp;<a href="https://truthandbeautymedia.com/">Truth and Beauty Media</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Cooperative is a patchwork production company seizing the means of theatrical production! We are building a network of theatre makers, artists, and storytellers all across the Boston area. Together, we create art that nourishes and cultivates community. To follow along, and to get involved, check us out on Instagram <a href="instagram.com/forknshoe">@forknshoe</a> and at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forkandshoe.org/">forkandshoe.org</a>.&nbsp; About the Venue Located in the former Red Sun Press building,&nbsp;<a href="https://coopsocialclub.com/">The Cooperative Social Club</a>&nbsp;is a new community workspace for under-resourced artists, organizers, and culture workers who are committed to community care, mutual aid, and creative resistance! The venue is a 5 minute walk from the Green Street station on the Orange line. There is limited street parking in the area - we recommend taking public transit if possible!

The Cooperative Social Club

TERRIBLE PLAYS AND THE GREAT BOSTON RAT WAR

Join us for a wildly hilarious evening with Boston theatre makers created by Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Cooperative presented in partnership with Huntington Hosts! The Terrible Plays are a series of absurdist micro plays that have been described as “poems written in the medium of stage direction”. The company will perform a selection of Terrible Plays, including some new ones that they will make up on the spot during the show! The Great Boston Rat War tells the tale of the 100+ year “war on rats” in Boston… from the perspective of the rats! This play invites viewers to rethink who deserves access to public resources, and provides some insights into how the political process has historically worked in Boston.

Huntington Theatre 

CAFE DU CHEAPE ARTISTE: ALLSTON CHRISTMAS

Cafe du Cheap Artiste is a performance open mic, presented every few months in a variety of Boston area spaces. Each Cafe has a (loose) theme - pieces can be related to that theme, or not! Please also feel free to dress up in appropriate thematic fashion, or not! The theme for the September 14th iteration is ALLSTON CHRISTMAS. It's time to load up the uhaul and join the festivities! At the Cafe, ANYONE can do ANYTHING they want!! Do you want recount a harrowing story of your September 1st move gone awry? Can YOU put together an Ikea chair in under two minutes? Do you want to perform an interpretive dance about the perils of Storrow Drive? We want to see it! All types of performance are welcome: poetry! drag! puppetry! stand up! music! dance! improv! theater! anything else you can think of! But, keep in mind: each piece has a strict two minute time limit. If you go over the two minute mark, you will be (kindly) played off by the Goddamn Brass Band! <a href="https://forms.gle/qQZzfw5xh1cTm3bR6">RSVP or sign up to perform here!</a> Doors at 7pm Performances at 7:30pm $10 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds! (Venmo @forknshoe)

Life Drawing Boston

Meeting Notes

<a href="https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/531726/Reserve%20your%20tickets%20here!!">Reserve your tickets here!!</a> Join us at Meeting Notes: a sharp new play by Rory O’Neill, directed by Devon Whitney! Every week, six animals on a small family farm gather to share stories, settle disputes, and chat about changes they’d like to see in their daily lives. With the arrival of new, mysterious, buzzing boxes in the trees, alliances shift, life on the farm is thrown into question, and these once casual weekly meetings quickly become serious. As the shadowy underbelly of the Johnson Family Farm comes to light, will this motley crew of animals be willing to face it?  Performances August 14th, 15th, 16th, &amp; 17th at 7:30pm at Hope Central Church 85 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 August 21st, 22nd, &amp; 23rd at 7:30pm at The Eliot School 24 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Tickets are sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.  Performances are outdoors, please bring your own blanket or chair. Meeting Notes is produced by Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Co-op, a performance production company that focuses on interactive, accessible work, and community-building puppet shows, all across the Boston area. Fork &amp; Shoe is also the home of the Goddamn Brass Band! To follow along, and to get involved, check us out on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/forknshoe">@forknshoe</a> and at <a href="https://www.forkandshoe.org/">forkandshoe.org</a>.

Hope Central Church & The Eliot School

Lilt: A Workshop Performance

Lilt A Workshop Performance Written and Performed by Lee Forrest Accompanied by the Goddamn Brass Band Directed by Lauren Elizabeth <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemibvCFOwOBR1C_TuXZTEewhyq6IEWaEIrw0bUAcf2OWCwpA/viewform?usp=header">Reserve your FREE tickets here!!</a> Private Investigator Lee is about to dig into their biggest case yet: their own gender! Join them and the incredible Goddamn Brass Band as they go through all the evidence (including songs Lee wrote in high school) and talk about how their relationship with their voice has changed since they started taking testosterone. Lee dives into the silly, emo, and cringey music that came out of their first puberty to find what it can teach them about their second one and about learning to love the past versions of yourself. Invited Dress Rehearsal Monday, June 9th, 7:30pm. Doors open at 7:15pm! <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/oh3dekN3QYkmWu8B8">560 Harrison Ave</a> <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/oh3dekN3QYkmWu8B8">Boston, MA 02118</a> Performance Tuesday, June 10th, 6:00pm. Doors open at 5:45pm! <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/6RbScSeyReCvPNWG9">Faneuil Branch Library</a> <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/6RbScSeyReCvPNWG9">419 Faneuil St, Boston MA 02135</a> Lilt is produced by Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Co-op, a performance production company that focuses on interactive, accessible work, and community-building puppet shows, all across the Boston area. Fork &amp; Shoe is also the home of the Goddamn Brass Band! To follow along, and to get involved, check us out on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/forknshoe">@forknshoe</a> and at <a href="https://www.forkandshoe.org/">forkandshoe.org</a>.

Faneuil Branch Library

CAFE DU CHEAPE ARTISTE: GYM CLASS NIGHTMARES AND OTHER PUBERTY PARABLES 

Cafe du Cheap Artiste is a performance open mic/cabaret, presented in a variety of Boston area spaces. Each Cafe has a (loose) theme - pieces can be related to that theme, or not! Please also feel free to dress up in appropriate thematic fashion, or not! This Cafe iteration is GYM CLASS NIGHTMARES and other Puberty Parables!  At the Cafe, ANYONE can do ANYTHING they want!! But, HERE’S THE CATCH: each piece has a strict two minute time limit. If you go over the two minute mark, you will be played off by the Goddamn Brass Band! While the emotional distress of high school gym class may stick with you forever, you’ve only got TWO MINUTES to showcase it on stage at the Cafe. Are you dying to stage a dream ballet about the FitnessGram Pacer test? Do you want to create a puppet show based on fanfic you wrote in 7th grade? Did you write an operatic power ballad about how your body was changing during puberty and have been looking for the right place to perform it for all these years? Well, you found it! Lace up your sneakers and join us at Middlesex on Saturday March 1 at 5pm! Sign up to perform<a href="https://forms.gle/6k6fbA5BHuD6ggGq9"> HERE </a> If you'd like to come watch and have some drinks, just show up! To follow along, and to get involved, check us out on Instagram @forknshoe Please note: this iternation of the Cafe is 21+

Middlesex 

Into the Shadows: Shadow Puppetry Workshop

Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Co-op presents INTO THE SHADOWS: A Shadow Puppetry Cheap Art Salon!! Join us at Trident Booksellers &amp; Cafe on November 14th, 2024 from 7-9pm for an evening of fun and exploration into the world of shadow puppetry! Sarah Nolen, puppeteer extraordinaire and Resident Artist at Puppet Showplace Theater, will discuss the history, significance, and the basic techniques of shadow puppetry. Then, you will build and experiment with shadow puppets of your own design, as well as try out puppets from Sarah’s collection! This workshop, like all Fork &amp; Shoe events, is FREE to attend! Please RSVP using the form listed under event website. All ages welcome - this workshop will be geared towards adults! Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. If you would like to help us continue to produce events like this, we suggest making a donation of $10 on Venmo @forknshoe. The Cheap Art Salon is a low stakes community art making event, presented every ~4 months in a variety of Boston spaces. The Salon is produced by Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Cooperative, a  performance production company specializing in cheap art cabarets, puppet shows, and home of the Goddamn Brass Band! To follow along, and to get involved, check us out on Instagram @forknshoe.

Trident Booksellers & Cafe

Cafe du Cheap Artiste: HALL OF PRESIDENTS

<a href="https://forms.gle/SRfArhQRSqqM2eym9" target="_blank">SIGN UP TO PERFORM HERE</a> Cafe du Cheap Artiste is a performance open mic/cabaret, presented every ~4 months in a variety of Boston spaces. Each Cafe has a (loose) theme—pieces can be related to that theme, or not! Please also feel free to dress up in appropriate thematic fashion, or not! The June 8th iteration is&nbsp;HALL OF PRESIDENTS, hurling us deep in to the bowels of the very foundation of American freedom: politics. Doors and bar open at 7:30 PM. Performances begin at 8:00 PM. At the Cafe, ANYONE can do ANYTHING they want!! Do YOU need to workshop that absurdist puppetry comedy ballet you have?? Do YOU have a pressing propaganda performance piece you can't get out of your head?? Do YOU have a prog rock polka about James K. Polk??? Do YOU want to recall memories as a fax machine on Air Force One??? The possibilities are as ENDLESS as corners in the oval office!!!!!!!! But, keep in mind: each piece has a strict two minute time limit. If you go over the two minute mark, you will be played off by the Goddamn Brass Band! If you are planning on performing, please fill out the form&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/CMgDeheKZdNhiG8X6" target="_blank">here</a>! A microphone, PA system, and aux connection will be available for performers. If you'd like to come watch and have some drinks, just show up! It's&nbsp;free&nbsp;for everyone!

Mosesian Center for the Arts

Untitled SMiLE Project

"Untitled SMiLE Project" is an new jukebox musical intertwining the melodies of Brian Wilson’s compositions with the vibrant narratives of his diverse fanbase. This semi-autobiographical journey explores neurodiversity and queer/trans joy through Brian Wilson’s SMiLE album. Through compelling, intimate interviews, the production illuminates how Brian's music has become a beacon of inspiration for queer and trans fans. This is a reading of the project, with the intention to put a draft of the show in front of an audience to receive feedback. A talkback will be held immediately following the two hour show. Tickets are FREE (<a href="https://forms.gle/99bT93MLWaW7RQf78" target="_blank">reserve them here!</a>) and donations are encouraged! "Untitled SMiLE Project" is produced by Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Cooperative, a performance production company that focuses on interactive, accessible work, community-building puppet shows, and brass band music, all across the Boston area.

Adams Street Branch of the Boston Public Library

A Pain in the Molasses

Produced by Fork &amp; Shoe Theatre Cooperative March 22 @ 8:00p March 23 @ 12:00p &amp; 8:00p Runtime: about 1 hour One unseasonably warm day in January 1919, the large brown tank at 529 Commercial Street burst. A tidal wave of 2.3 million gallons of molasses tsunami-ed through the streets of Boston's North End, wiping out people, horses, and T stations. 'A Pain in the Molasses' by Jael Whitney tells the fascinating tale of Boston's stickiest disaster. Full of puppets, music, dance, and historical accuracy, Fork &amp; Shoe's newest production is a cautionary tale about corporate greed and a testament to the power of the people. The show opens with a special performance from the Gosh Darn Brass Band. Tickets to this all-ages event are on a sliding scale with three price options, and start at FREE. Fork &amp; Shoe is a performance production company that focuses on interactive, accessible work, community-building puppet shows, and brass band music, all across the Boston area. To follow along and get involved, find @forknshoe on Instagram!

Cafe du Cheap Artiste: SUMMER CAMP

Cafe du Cheap Artiste is a performance open mic/cabaret, presented every ~2 months in a variety of Boston spaces, produced by 13 Pratt Theatre Cooperative. Each Cafe has a (loose) theme - pieces can be related to that theme, or not! Please also feel free to dress up in appropriate thematic fashion, or not! At the Cafe, ANYONE can do ANYTHING they want!! Do YOU need to workshop that absurdist puppetry comedy piece you have?? Do YOU have a prog rock song about the history of s'mores?? Do YOU wanna show off how many friendship bracelets you can make with your feet while recounting the tale of your most beloved cryptid??? Anything can become a campfire story at the Cafe! But, keep in mind: each piece has a strict two minute time limit. If you go over the two minute mark, you will be played off by the Goddamn Brass Band! If you are planning on performing, please fill out the form below! If you'd like to come watch and have some drinks, just show up! Please note: this installment of the Cafe is 21+. Sign up to perform here: <a href="https://forms.gle/HoC8D1tFgKSMMMsP6?fbclid=IwAR3-hS_zD1pYOpZl0R1JX_8G_kqZWLsYMfa2Efcptu2XcG3hWmPGszcUKzI">https://forms.gle/HoC8D1tFgKSMMMsP6</a> If you'd like to come watch and have some drinks, just show up! To follow along, and to get involved, check us out on Instagram @thirteenpratt.

Middlesex

Cafe du Cheap Artiste: Newsroom Hysteria!!!

Event Address: Democracy Brewing, 35 Temple Place, Boston!  Date: April 16th! Doors open at 5pm! Contact us: <a href="mailto:thirteenpratt@gmail.com">thirteenpratt@gmail.com</a> | @thirteenpratt 13 Pratt Theatre Co-op is excited to host the next iteration of our FREE performance open mic where ANYONE can perform ANYTHING they want... as long as it's under 2 minutes, and then you will be played off by the Goddamn Brass Band!!  Do you need to workshop that absurdist puppetry comedy piece you have?? Do you have a love song you’ve been dying to sing for your biggest news anchor crush?? Do you wanna explore the psyche of a Geraldo while he discovers that we live in a simulation??? Anything is possible at the Cafe!! Sign up to perform at the link below, or just come bask in the Cheap Art! We can't wait to see you there!!  <a href="https://forms.gle/x4oNwVcxHbEQgLsj9">Cafe du Cheap Artiste Sign Up and More Information</a>

Democracy Brewing

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

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The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

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What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

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Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

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Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

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