What’s New in BostonUSA 2008?

February 22, 2008 Edition

BostonUSA Useful Links for Media, Tour & Meeting Planners: The Press Room of Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau: Press Room For BostonUSA events Click to view: 2008 Events at a Glance

Contents

1. Museums BostonUSA this Summer: Baseball; Jewelry; + Contemporary Sculpture at the waterfront ICA
2. Performing Arts BostonUSA this Summer: Jazz, Kenny Chesney, Jethro Tull, Boston Pops, Dizzy Gillespie + 19thTanglewood Jazz Festival
3. Hollywood in Boston this Summer: Kate Hudson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Willis + Sandra Bullock
4. Festivals & Celebrations BostonUSA this Summer: Food & Music from all over the world
5. Cool For Kids in BostonUSA this Summer: Freedom Trail 50^th and Free Family Fun Days on the Boston Harbor Islands
6. Trails & Tours BostonUSA this Summer:  Guided Rose Kennedy Greenway Walking Tours
7. Sports & Outdoors BostonUSA this Summer: Transatlantic Races, Lacrosse Championships
8. Food & Wine BostonUSA this Summer: Restaurant Week; March 9-14 & 16-21 and August 10-15 & 17-22
9. Hotel Packages & Promotions BostonUSA this Summer: July 4^th/Harborfest Packages
10. BostonUSA Green Visitor Program
11. BostonUSA Useful Links for Media, Press Room, 2008 Events at a Glance

1. Museums BostonUSA this Summer: Boston will open five (5) major exhibitions this summer ranging from the rich baseball heritage of America (500 artifacts from the Cooperstown Hall of Fame) to turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau jewelry (more than 120 designer objects). "Anish Kapoor, Sculptor "exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, May 30-September 1, 2008; “Baseball as America” exhibition Museum of Science  June 15-September 1, 2008; “Luisa Rabbia” exhibition Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, June 27-September 28, 2008; “Art Nouveau Jewelry” Museum of Fine Arts July 23 – November  9, 2008; "Nicolas Hlobo" exhibition Institute of Contemporary Art  July 30-October 26, 2008. Visitors can view twenty (20) different exhibitions this summer (15 others open before May 2008) Click here for details:  Click to view: Museum Exhibitions 

2. Performing Arts BostonUSA this Summer: Boston’s summer performing arts season will feature major concerts by Celine Dion (Aug. 12), Kenny Chesney (July 26) , Roger Waters (July 9), Natalie Grant (July 25-26), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (June 13) , Dave Brubeck (June 13 & 14), Jethro Tull 40^th Anniversary Tour (Aug. 4) as well as theatre and annual music festivals (Bank of America Pavilion, Boston’s Hatch Shell, Boston City Hall Plaza series).  The 123^rd Boston Pops (May 7-July 2)  will feature Dizzy Gillespie (June 21-22,) and Arturo  Sandoval (June 10-11). American Repertory Theatre presents the USA premiere of “Cardenio” (May 10-June 8) and the Boston Ballet presents three celebrated works by three master choreographers: George Balanchine’s elegant, luminous “Concerto Barocco,” Antony Tudor’s profoundly moving  “Dark Elegies,” and Twyla Tharp’s explosive, exciting “In the Upper Room”( May 15-18). The summer concludes with the 19th Tanglewood Jazz Festival (August 29-31). Details: Click to view: BostonUSA! Cultural Insider 2008 Edition. Click to view: Concerts in Boston

3. Hollywood In BostonUSA this Summer: Now that the Hollywood writers’ strike has been settled, Hollywood will continue its record-breaking film production in Boston. Coming soon: the next Martin Scorsese Boston-set-and-filmed movie “Ashecliffe” (based on ”Shutter Island” by local author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone) will star Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Ben Kinsley. “The Surrogates” the upcoming Disney movie starring Bruce Willis is now in pre-production. Shooting will begin in April all over Boston and the surrounding towns. Hyde Park and Easton, MA were among many scouted locations. Also in April "The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," which stars Jennifer Garner & Matthew McConaughey and a cast that includes Anne Archer, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone, and Lacey Chabert  will begin. Kevin James's comedy "Mall Cop" is expected to start filming in Boston in May. Also in late April/May  Kate Hudson is returning to Boston[Back to Press Releases Main]