CITY GUIDE
Boston
Tradition!
From Russia with love
If you get to see Fiddler on the Roof this season
at the Boston Opera House, you’ll most likely
find yourself singing or mumbling the infectious words “If I were a rich man / ya ha deedle
deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum” as
you make your way through the holiday season, shopping, cooking and traveling.
Set in a small Russian town at the turn of
the 20th century, Fiddler tells the story of the
dairyman Tevye (the role made famous by
Zero Mostel) and his happiness and woe living with his wife, Golde, and their five daughters. The story is about Jewish family life
and takes crowd-pleasing jabs at tsarist rule.
The good-natured kvetching and celebrating includes unforgettable music (“To Life!,”
“If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset,”
“Matchmaker” and, of course, “Tradition”)
combined with great choreography. For all
ages. Nov. 3–15. bostonoperahouse.com.
Très Réaliste
Parisian photographer Valérie
Belin opens her first U.S. solo
show, “Valérie Belin: Made
Up,” at the Peabody Essex
Museum in Salem. Belin is
known for her larger-than-life
still-life images of models and
mannequins (and models as
mannequins), crashed automobiles, robots and junk food,
all which push the perception
of reality. Through February.
866-745-1876; pem.org.
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Date
MOUNT WACHUSET T
the
Autumn
Wine
Celebration
Nov. 7
Before the snow falls,
the slopes are open for
an international wine
tasting as well as live
jazz, samplings from
local restaurants and
an auction to benefit the
Red Cross. 978-464-2300
DOWNTOWN CROSSING
The Nutcracker
Nov. 27–Dec. 27
The curtain opens for
the 42nd year as Clara,
the mice, the prince
and those flying dancers move to the iconic
music of Tchaikovsky.
bostonballet.org
CAMBRIDGE
Christmas Celtic
Sojourn
Dec. 11–13 and
18–20
Holiday music, dance,
storytelling and poetry
from Ireland, Scotland
and Cape Breton. maj.org
SOMERVILLE
Illuminations
Holiday Tour
Dec. 19
Hop aboard a trolley tour
of holiday light displays
that range from shrines
of devotion to downright
winter fantasies.
somervilleartscouncil.org
GREATER BOSTON
First Night
Boston 2010
Dec. 31
Our nation’s oldest and
largest New Year’s arts
celebration presents a
daylong festival of art,
music, parades, dance,
ice sculpture and fire-
works throughout the
city. firstnight.org
