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Massachusetts
Restaurant Week Boston: Enjoy prix-fixe menus
at more than 200 of the
region’s best eateries,
including three-course
dinners for $33.12, three-course lunches for $20.12,
and t wo-course lunches for
$15.12. Prices are per person and exclude beverages,
tax and gratuity. Restaurant Week Boston is sponsored and presented by
founding partners Greater
Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau and American
Express. March 18–23 and
March 25–30.
bostonusa.com/
restaurantweek.
through bostonusa.com/rail. See
page 99 for blackout dates and
other restrictions.
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Posing Beauty: The
award-winning Newark
Museum, New Jersey’s
largest, introduces the
photography exhibition
“Posing Beauty: African
American Images from the
1890s to the Present,” a
bold new exhibition of 100
black-and-white and color
images including celebri-
ties such as Lena Horne
and Denzel Washington,
as well as portraits of ordi-
nary people presenting
themselves as they would
like to be seen.
The Newark
Museum has
80 galleries
of world-class
art and natu-
ral science
and features
the Victorian
Ballantine
House man-
sion as well as
a planetarium
with full
dome. Feb. 2–
April 28.
newark
museum.org.
Artemis, and then travel
out into space to examine seven wonders of the
universe: from the spectacular Orion nebula to
the gargantuan black hole
at the heart of the galaxy
M87. “Seven Wonders”
can be viewed Wednesdays
through Sundays at Newark Museum. For specific
planetarium show times
and information about
the museum’s permanent
collections and featured
exhibitions, visit ne wark
museum.org.
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original, world premiere
theatrical production.
“Fighting for Democracy:
Who is the ‘We’ in ‘ We the
People’?” at the National
Constitution Center
through Jan. 16 traces the
real-life experiences of
seven diverse citizens who
bravely fought for equal-
ity, freedom and justice
overseas and at home dur-
ing the World War II era.
Free with regular museum
admission. Active military
personnel and children
3 and under are free.
215–409–6700; constitution
center.org.
yankee pot roast and chocolate bread pudding from henrietta’s table, cambridge.
the scottsboro Boys:
Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the multiple Tony nominated The
Scottsboro Boys, a stirring
musical that explores the
infamous 1930s Scottsboro
Case. From the legendary
song writing team of Kan-der and Ebb (Cabaret,
Chicago), the story is centered
on a case in which a group
of African-American men
are falsely accused of a terrible crime, ultimately provoking a national outrage
that sparked the American
Civil Rights movement.
Suzanne Robert’s Theatre,
Philadelphia. Jan. 20–
Feb. 19. 215-985–0420;
philadelphiatheatre
company.org.
For the Pennsylvania
events, save 30 percent on the
best available coach rail fare for
one companion traveling with a
paid regular (full) fare adult.
Valid for travel on the Northeast
Regional and Keystone Service
to Philadelphia. Valid for sale
through Dec. 16, and for travel
Jan. 4 through Dec. 19, 2012.
Reservations are exclusively
available at amtrak.com through
visitphilly.com/amtrak. See page
99 for blackout dates and other
restrictions.
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For the Massachusetts event, save 30 percent
on the best available coach rail
fare for one companion traveling in coach with a paid regular
(full) fare adult. Valid for travel
on the Northeast Regional and
Downeaster service to all cities
within Massachusetts. Valid for
sale through Dec. 16, and for
travel Jan. 4 through Dec. 19,
2012. Reservations are exclusively available at amtrak.com
seven Won-
ders: With
80 galleries of
world-class art and natural
wonders of science, New-
ark Museum presents a
special planetarium show
called “Seven Wonders.”
Travel to Egypt to visit the
Lighthouse of Alexandria
and the Great Pyramids,
tour ancient Greece and
the Temples of Zeus and
Ordinary americans,
extraordinary legacies:
The National Constitution
Center presents a ground-breaking experience that
combines a must-see, multimedia exhibition from
the Japanese American
National Museum with an
Necessary sacrifices:
In this compelling world
premiere, play wright
Richard Hellesen explores
the t wo documented
encounters bet ween
Frederick Douglass and
Abraham Lincoln during a
period of national crisis. As
Lincoln searches for a way to
end slavery in the summers
of 1863 and 1864, Douglass’
rhetoric and conviction
challenges the president
to envision a unified nation
and a post-emancipation
