We’re thankfully getting closer to the many local outdoor festivities that Somerville and Cambridge have to offer every Spring, but we’ll first have to deal with the reappearance of King Winter this weekend. As always, you can avoid the gloomy weather with some of the many fun indoor cultural activities our community has to offer.
Don’t miss “AcousticaElectronica” tonight at the Oberon in Cambridge. Presented by Touch Performance Art, this performance blends elements of electronic and classical music, dance, circus arts, and immersive theater with the energy of contemporary nightclubs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvgw54aBzF8
If you’re looking for a more traditional dance/theatre collaborative, Paradise Lost will perform “Lost in Time” at the Multicultural Arts Center on Friday and Saturday. The show will address various topics from identity, to childhood into adolescence, transportation journeys, and human interactions.
Want to see a Colossal Fossil? If you do, head over to the Museum of Science (MOS) on Saturday to see the: Triceratops Cliff where you can get an up-close view of this 65-million-year-old fossil, discovered in the Dakota Badlands in 2004. Named for the grandfather of its anonymous donor, Cliff is one of only four nearly complete Triceratops on public display anywhere in the world. MOS is open between 9am and 5pm on Saturday and this exhibit is free if you buy an Exhibits Hall ticket.
Finally, you’ve got two great alternatives to end the weekend on a cultural high-note. The opening reception of “Motion, Memory,” the work of three artists whose work is a hybrid of photography combined with painting or printmaking, will take place between 3-5pm at the Brickbottom Gallery in Somerville, while hundreds of dancers will take to the stage at the Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston at M.I.T.’s Kresge Auditorium. The thirty-ninth annual performance includes dancing feet and flying horas, Spanish-infused Ladino steps, and lithe Yemenite movements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uPI8rLtvG-M