Things to Do in Massachusetts

Massachusetts in FebruaryThe Boston Center for the Arts is located in the South
Massachusetts is a bustling state that offers bothEnd of Boston and is the largest landmark district in the
beautiful countryside and a busy city. The state isUS. The Boston Center for the Arts is a four-acre
excellent for weekend trips or family vacations ascomplex that features The Cyclorama. The
there are unique events and activities that take placeCyclorama is an 1884 panorama painting. The
every month.Cyclorama Rotunda is 23,000 square feet and the site
The Annual Boston Wine Expo is an event that anyof many exhibitions, performances and other
self-respecting wine enthusiast will not miss. This is thecommunity events. The center is home to the
largest consumer wine event in the country and takesCommunity Music Center of Boston, the Art
place at the Seaport World Trade Center. You willConnection, the Boston Ballet Costume Shop, three
have the opportunity to sample 1800 wines fromsmall theaters and a rehearsal studio. The Tremont
around the world and meet with the winemakers thatEstates Building is also located on the grounds and
produce them. Events within the event include thefeatures over 50 artist studios, the Mills Gallery,
Grand Tasting, which features the hottest wines at therehearsal spaces and Hamersley's Bistro.
expo, Celebrity Chef Stages, Tasting Flights, Grand CruWhile in Concord you must visit the Concord Museum.
Lounge, The Vintner Dinner, and the ProgressiveThe city was the site of the battle that began the
Dinner. This event attracts visitors from around the USAmerican Revolution as well as many forward thinking
and international guests as well.individuals and writers of the American literary
The Boston Opera House is always featuring eventsrenaissance. Here you will find the history of
from movies to musicals. The Opera House was builtAlgonkians, Puritans, Revolutionaries, Farmers,
in 1901 for the traveling opera troupes that made theirSilversmiths, Transcendentalists, Cabinetmakers,
way through Massachusetts. The house has beenAnti-Slavery Activists, Mill Workers and Loyalists.
restored and is in the heart of the theatre district. TheHighlights of the museums exhibitions include the Paul
house was reopened in 1928 and has hosted a varietyRevere lantern, artifacts from the American
of different shows. The venue is a permanent fixtureRevolution, many of Thoreau's possessions from
in culture of Boston and features hit BroadwayWalden Pond and the contents of Ralph Waldo
musicals, musicians and Opera.Emerson's study.