Travel thousands of miles away and hundreds of years in the past without ever leaving Boston. Step into the beauty that is Venice for an elegant evening of magic, where everything isn't always, as it seems.

This year you are invited to our Annual Venetian Ball, a classic celebration of carnival.

Be a part of the magic, get creative and wear your Venetian mask, costume or elegant evening attire.

What to expect?

- Ariel masked artists,

- Celebrity dance performance;

- Classic Opera Aria;

- Venetian Minuet Dance Lessons;

- Best Venetian costume price: female & male;

- Exquisite Italian delicacies;

- Espresso, Italian desserts and of course, dancing.

Be prepared to expect the unexpected... and enjoy the night of mystery..

Please get your tickets on line now for $35 until November 21, $45 from November 22 to December 2, and $50 cash at the door.

Please take advantage of the discounted tickets now, as we were sold out at our previous events. 

For the details -

contact Natasha Kapij at [email protected] or 781.929.8077 

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Join Newpoli, Boston's own Italian Folk Music ensemble, for their Christmas concert MUSICA DI NATALE at theYMCA Theatre. NEWPOLI will perform at the YMCA Theatre in Cambridge (MA) on Wednesday, December 7, 2011at 8:00pm. Tickets: $16. All ages. Advance tickets can be purchased on www.newpolimusic.com.

Carmen Marsico, lead voice; Angela Rossi, lead voice; Bj�rn Wenn�s, classical guitar; Fabio Pirozzolo, vocals/percussion/Italian tambourine; Roberto Cassan, accordion; Dan Meyers, flutes/ciaramella/percussion; Megumi Sasaki, violin; Sean Farias, bass.

Newpoli is a group of exceptionally talented musicians, all alumni from Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory, who specialize in Southern Italian Folk Music, mainly from the regions of Campania and Puglia. Newpoli integrates a wide variety of styles such as Tarantella-Pizzica, Tammuriata, Villanella and the Neapolitan Canzone, encompassing music from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

Following last year's successful show, Newpoli is back performing Christmas carols from the folk tradition of various Italian regions such as Campania, Puglia, Calabria, Basilicata and Sicilia. The repertoire will include traditional folk prayers, simple but spirited in their melodies, and captivating tarantellas that will make you dance.

All ages. Tickets $16. 

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On August 24, AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under volcanic ash for over 1,700 years. On Sunday, October 2, 2011, visitors to the Museum of Science, Boston will explore the life and death of this thriving city in A Day in Pompeii. The 13,000-square-foot touring exhibit immerses visitors in the richness of one of the greatest archaeological treasures ever unearthed.

On exhibit October 2, 2011 - February 12, 2012, A Day in Pompeii features over 250 priceless artifacts. They include 13 wall-sized frescoes, over a dozen pieces of gold jewelry, marble and bronze statuary, gold coins, and other dazzling examples of ancient Roman artistry. Other artifacts from frying pans, fishhooks, and merchants' scales to ceramics, oil lamps, graffiti stones, and carbonized bread capture aspects of daily life. Visitors can also experience the power of volcanoes from interactive displays and learn about their victims by exploring the body casts that have immortalized them.

"Few ancient cities have been found so unchanged," says Paul Fontaine, Museum of Science vice president of education. "Our visitors will discover that what a volcano destroys it can also save. The clues that scientists and archeologists have uncovered, while helping establish modern archeology, also offer a glimpse of ancient life, from art and architecture to water engineering and entertainment, revealing remarkable ties between ancient and modern cultures. And in a very personal way, the body casts connect us directly to human beings who lived 2,000 years ago."

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