With this in-between-seasons weather, if you’re lucky you can get outside and enjoy a nice hike or some time at one of the Trustees of the Reservation or Mass Audubon properties. Likewise, a good old bike ride is perfect if the sun stays out. If you’re looking for a good day trip that isn’t weather dependent….here are 3 options for this weekend. Pricier than most of my “Picks” usually are, but timely in that they’re not always available as options.
Pick #1: 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships!
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In 2016, the eyes of the world turn to Boston as 200 of its greatest figure skaters come to TD Garden to compete for the prized title of world champion. The ISU World Figure Skating Championships®, the world’s most important annual skating competition, is coming to Boston for the first time in its 130-year history. This is the event no sports fan will want to miss!
Pick #2: The Big Apple Circus
Boston’s City Hall Plaza
THE GRAND TOUR is a circus extravaganza set in the 1920s and featuring acts from the four corners of the globe. Ships, trains, automobiles, and airplanes will serve as the backdrop for breathtaking acts of wonder, accompanied by the seven-piece Big Apple Circus Band playing live at each of more than 100 performances. Acts will include clowns, jugglers, acrobats, and aerialists, from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America, as well as domestic and rescue animals, all creating performances that will leave audiences smiling and cheering. The show runs 1 hour and 50 minutes including a 20-minute intermission.
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Here is a LINK to a LIVING SOCIAL COUPON for this event. Be sure to take advantage!
Pick #3: Watson Adventures: The Wizard School Scavenger Hunt
Harry Potter meets Museum of Fine Arts…..pretty cool!
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Follow in the footsteps of young wizards
…on a field trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, in search of art that echoes characters, places, and enchanted objects in the famed Harry Potter books and movies. Be prepared to track down flying owls, Hagrid-like giants, centaurs and unicorns like those you’d see in the Forbidden Forest, dragons that seem straight out of the Triwizard Tournament, and eerie figures as scary as any Death Eater or Dementor.
Wizards and muggles alike can play and enjoy this hunt. The hunt is not an addition to or variation on Harry’s adventures, but instead references to the books will provide a surprising bridge to many strange and wonderful works of art. It’s a great way to discover—or rediscover—the museum.
This hunt is designed for kids and adults to do together, but all-adult teams will be allowed to compete separately. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. Recommended for ages 10 and up. Click on the button below to see the hunt schedule and get in the game!
As always, for a more comprehensive list of family activities, visit our friends at North Shore Kid
Filed under: Good Morning Gloucester, Things to do Tagged: Big Apple Circus, Family, MFA, Watson Adventures, World Figure Skating Championship
