July is STILL Anti-Boredom Month!

Here are some ideas...

• All Cambridge youth centers are FREE!  All summer!

• Watch a free screening of Life of Pi outside at the Harvard Medical School Quadrangle on Thursday, July 11.

• Become a soap bubble magician.

• Write a letter (and mail it also).  You will make someone very happy!

Image: Dhiren Gala, 2012.

• Check out the Boomtown Festival at the Multicultural Arts Center July 29 thru August 1. 

•  While you are there, visit the rooftop garden at Kendall Square.

• Cut your hair.  Yes, you will initially feel trepidation, but once you get going it is quite exhilarating!

• Make popsicles.  If you don't have popsicle molds, use ice cube trays, muffin tins, or paper cups!

• Learn to say "hello" in another language.  You may also wish to learn how to say "help!"
  

• Go to the sandcastle competition at Revere Beach on July19-21.

• Wait for someone to water their yard, and then dive through their sprinkler.

• Learn some dance steps at The Mission (call 617-349-6273 to register), then salsa at Boston City Hall on Friday, July 12.

• Join an online writing community.

• Learn something new about birds, plants and animals at a free Fresh Pond event.

• Give your old Barbie a makeover.

 

• Watch cliff divers fall 90 feet into Boston Harbor at the ICA on August 25.

• Name all the feels. 

• Museums all over Massachusetts are participating in Free Fun Fridays -- find one near you!

• Just play: at the Sunday Parkland Games near the Weeks Footbridge on Memorial Drive.

• Finally, make your own souvenir t-shirt to commemorate it all!

Got more ideas of how to beat boredom to a pulp?  Share them with us in the comments!

July is STILL Anti-Boredom Month!

Here are some ideas...

• All Cambridge youth centers are FREE!  All summer!

• Watch a free screening of Life of Pi outside at the Harvard Medical School Quadrangle on Thursday, July 11.

• Become a soap bubble magician.

• Write a letter (and mail it also).  You will make someone very happy!

Image: Dhiren Gala, 2012.

• Check out the Boomtown Festival at the Multicultural Arts Center July 29 thru August 1. 

•  While you are there, visit the rooftop garden at Kendall Square.

• Cut your hair.  Yes, you will initially feel trepidation, but once you get going it is quite exhilarating!

• Make popsicles.  If you don't have popsicle molds, use ice cube trays, muffin tins, or paper cups!

• Learn to say "hello" in another language.  You may also wish to learn how to say "help!"
  

• Go to the sandcastle competition at Revere Beach on July19-21.

• Wait for someone to water their yard, and then dive through their sprinkler.

• Learn some dance steps at The Mission (call 617-349-6273 to register), then salsa at Boston City Hall on Friday, July 12.

• Join an online writing community.

• Learn something new about birds, plants and animals at a free Fresh Pond event.

• Give your old Barbie a makeover.

 

• Watch cliff divers fall 90 feet into Boston Harbor at the ICA on August 25.

• Name all the feels. 

• Museums all over Massachusetts are participating in Free Fun Fridays -- find one near you!

• Just play: at the Sunday Parkland Games near the Weeks Footbridge on Memorial Drive.

• Finally, make your own souvenir t-shirt to commemorate it all!

Got more ideas of how to beat boredom to a pulp?  Share them with us in the comments!

Links N' Videos

• The Museum of Fine Arts is seeking teens for the 2013 summer Teen Arts Council (TAC).  Members work on a variety of museum activities and attend workshops and training sessions to develop creative and critical thinking skills.  And they get paid!  Contact 617-369-4359 or tac@mfa.org.

• Ice carts in China! Why don't we have these?

• Reflection in Action is back, with their annual contest about health and fitness.

If you have been leery of French comics (bande dessinee) this trailer will change your mind.




I don't need to explain this, do I?


Yeah. Insanely awesome.

Teen Events at the ICA

Two very exciting events at the ICA are coming up. In order of appearance:

DJ School 101:
One Day Intesive
Saturday, March 17, 12pm - 5pm

This is an introductory course on scratching records, and you'll leave with your own mix. Fun times! No experience necessary, and this is only for high school students.

More info may be found here.





Next up:

Teen Night: Streetology
Friday, March 23, 6pm - 9pm


First of all, this is FREE FOR TEENS! Secondly, ICA featured artist, Swoon, will co-hosting along with the ICA Teen Arts Council. Oh, there'll be DJs and museum tours too, and a large-scale group art activity inspired by Swoon's instillation and designed by particpants. The museum only hosts these Teen Nights about twice a year. So this a special event, not to be missed.

More info may be found here.







(photo credits: http://s568.photobucket.com/albums/ss130/whenshilohcomes/BB%20Wallpapers/Turntables/?action=view&current=turntables1.jpg&newest=1 ; http://www.cute-wallpaper.com/preview.asp?id=2661 )

SWOON at the ICA

Street artist, Swoon, has an exhibit at the ICA, which will be up until December. She's got a GIANT instillation on the museum's entry art wall, reaching 40 feet tall. Not only is this is the largest instillation the museum has had on the wall, but it is so very amazing as well. The photo to the right is not in this exhibit, but displays Swoon's intricate paper-cutting techniques. So pretty. And I bet most of you have seen her work, as she's plastered images up in Central Square. I could say so much more...or you could just watch this video of some teens interviewing Swoon.




(P.S. The ICA is always free for ages 17 and under, and free for all every Thursday evening from 5 to 9 pm).
http://www.icaboston.org/visit/