by ANNIE B. COPPS
The Red Sox upon
clinching the 2007
World Series.
Red Sox
Nation
The World Series champs
go back to work
The boys of summer, including Curt Schilling,
Mike Lowell, Big Papi and Manny Ramirez,
christen another season at Fenway Park, April
8, with a game against the Detroit Tigers. Red
Sox tickets are notoriously difficult to snag,
especially with their big win last fall, but the
ave
Date
SOUTH BOSTON
the
Rhapsody in
Green
March 8-16
Get a jump on
gardening with fantasy
display gardens,
demonstrations and
Plantapalooza for
kids at the 2008 New
England Spring Flower
Show. masshort.org
SOUTH END
Big Buffet
March 11
More than two dozen
chefs from the city’s res-
taurant meccas gather at
the Cyclorama to offer
samples of their cuisine
and to raise money for
the AIDS Action Com-
mittee. aac.org
CITY GUIDE
Boston
lottery, run on boston.redsox.mlb.com, offers
a solid chance for a decent seat. If you don’t
luck out, hang out on Lansdowne Street or
Kenmore Square at one of the many bars and
restaurants, and glean the palpable excitement as the World Series champs get busy.
Get Your
Irish On
Shamrocks,
marching bands,
bagpipes, floats
and kegs upon
kegs of green beer
are the harbingers
of the 107th annual
Saint Patrick’s Day
SEAPORT
Craft Project
March 28-30
The World Trade
Center houses the
exhibition and sale of
limited-edition pieces
of furniture, jewelry
and paper goods.
societyofcrafts.com
HARVARD SQUARE
Stiff Politics
April 3-May 4
South African playwright Pieter-Dirk Uys
pokes fun at the Mande-las and Bishop Desmond
Tutu (among others) in
Elections & Erections at
the Zero Arrow Theater.
617-547-8300; amrep.org
Parade, March
16 at 1 p.m. in
South Boston.
The parade route
runs between the
Broadway and Andrews T stops and
the revelry goes
on throughout the
afternoon (saint
patricksdayparade.
com/southie). As
part of the fun, The
Chieftains perform
March 14 at Symphony Hall (bso.
org); the Dropkick
Murphys are at
Avalon, March 16
and 18 (dropkick
murphys.com);
and five Irish chefs
make the rounds at
Boston restaurants,
March 11– 18 (irish
massachusetts.
com/food).
BACK BAY
Make Way for
Ducklings
April 19
The Boston Public
Gardens welcome
back the swan boats.
617-522-1966;
swanboats.com
