Each year PAX gets more expensive and it gets more challenging to justify the ticket price. This…read morewas the first year I got a 4 day pass and in retrospect that may be too exhausting. I really enjoyed the Friday night concert with mxmtoon. Aside from the Expo Hall there were still extremely long lines Thursday and Friday. Each year the vendors also seem to give out fewer goods. I'm glad that the food truck area was back from last year for more food options. There weren't really enough new or exciting games/vendors so it was mostly just planning to hangout and meet with friends. Not sure I would rebuy as many days next year or go altogether. Parking on site also seemed to increase from $25 last year to $35/day.

All crafters and exbits were great. But as for 90% of employees they were not helpful with anything…read more there. No one knew where anything was. They put a bruise on my face. I dont know what limits there are in place at the convention. But this is my 6th year coming straight. Never have I had this experienced, where even 2 red coats people also misdirected and one sent us to the cold to stand their because they pick up their too. I love coming to this event it's sad it ended with us upset and exhausted.

The National Park Service has done an excellent job designing this tour! I particularly appreciated…read morethe intentionality around language. My guide Jenny was great.

If you are visiting Boston this is a must! The tour is shorter than the Freedom Trail but I would…read moredo both! I would recommend using the site as sadly there is not that many markers as many of the sites are privately owned. Make time for the Museum, especially if you cannot do the tour! And if you have more time visit the one the Museum Nantucket!

The guided tour of Otis House really worked for me; when I took it I felt as if I'd been…read moretransported back to the time when this was the Otis family's Boston home. Our tour group was comprised of only a few people, and that made it easy for my friend and me to ask the guide multiple questions as we went along. She not only didn't mind the questions, but our obvious interest caused her to focus the ongoing tour on some of the things we asked about. One of the things that's very different about touring Otis House vs. many other historical houses in Boston is the fact that visitors are not confined to an area encircled by ropes. Instead you're allowed to walk around freely in the rooms, get close to the furniture, and really absorb the splendor of the house. I highly recommended that you take the time to pay a visit here!

My wife and I had the Boston Go card and the Otis house was on the card so we took a trip to Beacon…read moreHill and entered the house of the third mayor of Boston. My wife and I love to take historical house tours because they are usually pretty interesting, and it usually gives us an excuse to have a date without a lot of people talking during a movie or bothering us in general. The house was fairly large and about 2/3 of it was accessible to the public. It stared off with about a 15 minute slide show of old time Boston, which was very interesting. There were three other women on the tour with us and the tour guide was older and seemed to love what she did in her retirement years. The house was furnished with wallpaper that matched what the family had and furniture from that era. The area use to be the red light district of town, kind of the bottom end of Beacon Hill towards the North End of town. They actually moved the house back a little when they widened the road. Otis left the decorating to his wife, which was out of character for the time, and she did a wonderful job. There were a lot of sitting rooms and a huge dining room because they liked to entertain. They had a few false doors to make the rooms look even and mirrors in a lot of rooms, because it showed wealth at the time. The upper levels were more extravagant because at the time there was a great deal of dust on the street and the lower levels got a little dark. A very interesting 45 minute tour, we over head the tour guide say to another worker "They didn't ask any questions." Small complaint, if we didn't ask any questions, how about fill some of your speaking points with previously asked questions? Fun part of the day though.

Used as a venue for my wedding party - got married at home in the Midwest, but wanted to celebrate…read morewith our rather large friend group, so hosted about 150 of our pals at Spontaneous celebrations. Reviewing it as a venue for a large party - haven't taken any community classes there. The frustrating: ~SC isn't really owned by anybody - it has a board of directors. The guy who's supposed to respond to all the inquiries about reservations was not the most responsive by email, but was pretty responsive by phone. He's a stilt walker in a grateful dead coverband who manages a community art space in JP - he's a very salt-of-the-earth kind of guy, which worked for us, but you just need to know that that's what you're signing on for - someone who isn't going to get back to your emails right away, who you may have to track down a bit, but who is super nice and very laid back in approach. I am not laid back, but I came prepared with the questions I wanted answered and got all the answers I needed in writing on our contract. ~You never quiiiite know what you're walking into when you walk into the space. They host a ton of different kinds of community events, so how it's decorated when you see it one time might not necessarily be the way you see it when you visit it next. People are supposed to clean up after themselves, but there are varying extents of that. You never even really know which light switch is going to turn the lights on. The fantastic: ~Those frustrating points above are SO minor compared to the fact that for just a few hundred bucks you can have a wedding venue space (everywhere else I called was in the multiple-thousand dollar range and had a ton of restrictions on what you could bring in/restricted to their own catering/facilities/booze etc). It is a gorgeous space that kind of feels like a big summer camp recreation hall, with 2 floors, indoor balconies, a stage and a bar. It felt like a true barn-raising - we had a dozen of our friends show up early and help with setup, hanging lights from the ceiling, bringing my husband's dj equipment and speakers, a friend home-brewed 5 kegs of beer and brought another several cases of booze from the company he works for, and we fed our friends with beer, a big-batch order of pizzas from JP House of Pizza, and 150 Union Square Donuts. It was a 90s throwback dance party with a lot of games and a lot of love - low key and marvelous. I cannot have imagined a more ideal space than Spontaneous Celebrations, and to do it so affordably makes me want to scream to the world how worthwhile this place is. RECOMMEND! HIGHLY!

A great community center with wonderful staff! Enjoyed visiting and volunteering with the group…read more Great work with the annual Lantern walk and hosting events for the local community. Keep up the excellent work - the community appreciates it!

I was very impressed by the quality and professionalism of the studio as an audience member. It was…read moreone of only events that I have attended where there were NO sound issues. All the mics worked perfectly, even though we had multiple performers, instruments and even a bellydancer. The many cameras are almost invisible. Most of the technical stuff happens in the control room, so you are just sitting in what seems like a small, comfortable theater. The stage and house are well-lit, using LEDs, so the participants and audience stay cool and look fabulous. The staff were attentive and gracious. This is really the next generation in webcasting and I would recommend Red Star for a musical or performance event as well as panel discussions or corporate announcements and events.

Very interesting history of MGH and it being the first place of practice for medical students out…read moreof Harvard. Free admission, informative, and has a beautiful rooftop garden. Definitely worth checking out if around the area :)

The field of medicine has come a long way. As someone who works in a hospital everyday, I wanted to…read moresee how the field has evolved and changed over the years. Nah nevermind, my friend just dragged me to this museum while he was giving me a Boston tour lol. But it really was fun to see the old equipments and surgical instruments the older generations used back in the days. The lady who greeted us in the front was very kind and explained to us the history behind Mass Gen, which was founded in 1811. Admission is free for all visitors, and there are 2 stories of cool displays and fascinating medical mystery cases upstairs. The place is clean and well maintained, located close to the actual hospital. I'd recommend visiting if you are also interested in delving into some medical innovations

PRIDE HAS ARRIVED AT PAGEANT FIELD AT 12-4 Booty Vortex is…read morenow performing Please come and enjoy the festivities it's getting busy by the minute. See my review update abit later with more photos ! Well, with all the vendors and Food Trucks and Beverages and the hundreds of families, men, women , dogs of all breeds and children having a blast one could not have had a better time or weather!

Special Needs Arts Programs, Inc., Volunteer Opportunities!…read moreSpecial Needs Arts Programs, Inc., is looking for volunteers for their summer programs and into the next program year, starting in September. Summer sessions range from four to six weeks. Fall programs range from four, eight, and sixteen weeks. They also have monthly Paint Nights at LexArt starting in September. SNAP is also in need of a volunteer with technical skills to support their Zoom participants at their Saturday, 10am, Special Artists art class at the Lexington Community Center. Volunteer with SNAP is a great opportunity to work in a music or art program, providing support to SNAP staff and encouragement to their singers and artists with special needs. For more information or to sign up, visit their website at https://snaparts.org/volunteer-with-snap/