Here’s a look at what’s hot in Boston this weekend!
Nas & The Roots, Alonzo Bodden, MFA Community Day, JP Music Festival
Tonight, Laugh Boston presents NBC’s Last Comic Standing Alonzo Bodden for one show at 8 p.m. Tickets: $20. To purchase go to www.laughboston.com.
Alonzo Bodden
This Friday night at 8 p.m. the Huntington presents Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner starring The Cosby Show’s Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Tickets: $15 – $76. Go to www.huntingtontheatre.org.
Author: Keith BedfordShinique Smith with Especially In The Afternoon (detail) 2008. Ink, acrylic, fabric, and collage on canvas over wood panel. (Keith Bedford photo.)
On Saturday, the JP Music Festival takes over Pinebank Field (located on Perkins Street and the Jamaicaway) with 21 bands performing over two stages from 12 noon – 7 p.m. The all-day event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.jpmusicfestival.com.
On Sunday, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston presents a free Community Day in celebration of Director Malcolm Rogers’ 20th Anniversary from 10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. The open house will feature “20 things to do,” family activities, special art-making sessions and a performance at 3:30 p.m. led by artist Shinique Smith. For more information, visit www.mfa.org.
Malcolm Rogers, MFA Boston’s longest tenured Director
Don’t miss Nas and The Roots at the Boston Calling Musical Festival on City Hall Plaza this Sunday (rain or shine) beginning at 12 p.m. Tickets: $75. Go to www.ticketmaster.com.
Nas & The Roots perform at Boston Calling on Sept. 7th.
And, check out Boston Calling’s official after party at The Sinclair with The Root’s Questlove spinning at 10:30 p.m. This is a 21 + event. Tickets: $20 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com.
