Night life:

Bars

• Charlie’s Kitchen: grab a huge $5 Hoegaarden upstairs and play with the fully stocked jukebox, 10 Eliot St.
• Daedalus: the best outdoor roofdeck in Harvard Square for great fall and spring afternoons, 45 1/2 Mt. Auburn St.
• Grafton Street: great cocktails and outdoor seating, 1230 Mass Ave.
• Tommy Doyle’s: you’ll find 3 stories, trivia, karaoke, dancing, and beer here, 96 Winthrop St.
• Whiskey Priest Pub: located in the Seaport Area, a very popular and busy location on weekends; 150 Northern Ave, Boston

Cheap/Interesting Movies

Somerville Theater: $4.00 before 6 pm, $6.50 after 6. Take the T outbound to Davis Square – the theater is right next to the T stop.
Capitol Theater: $4.75 before 6 pm, $6.50 after 6. On Mass. Ave. in Arlington. Drive or take the 77 bus up Mass. Ave. into Arlington – the bus stops directly opposite the theater.
The Brattle Theatre: close to HGSE in Harvard Square, which screens classic, cutting-edge, and world cinema with a different feature almost every day.
The Harvard Film Archive features fascinating films on campus at the Carpenter Center.

Live Music

Boston and Cambridge are great places to check out local bands and see national touring artists. Listings can also be found in any of the publications listed in the “Free Publications” section.

For a listing of all concerts in the Boston area, check out Tourfilter.

• Club Passim: Harvard Square.
• TT the Bears: Central Square.
• The Middle East: Central Square.
• The Paradise Lounge:  Commonwealth Ave. near Boston University.
• House of Blues: near Fenway

Favorite Boston/Cambridge Spots and Events

• The Head of the Charles:  Annual crew races.
• Walden Pond in Concord: which is a great place for an outdoor swim
• Boston Public Gardens
• Minuteman Bike Trail: 11 miles of shaded, 12-foot wide trail through
• Faneuil Hall Quincy Market: dozens of different food venues in one location with street performers and shops
• Boston Public Market: indoor, year round marketplace for locally sourced groceries and specialty agricultural products

Somerville/Cambridge/Arlington/Lexington

• The Esplanade Skating/Biking Trail on the Charles River
• The Boston Marathon on Patriot’s Day
• The Freedom Trail – in addition to “walking the red line” on your own or with friends, the Freedom Trail Foundation offers a host of tours, including a Maritime Walking Tour and an Historic Pub Crawl, among others.
• Assembly Row: Located in Somerville, this is an outdoor mall with a movie theater along with fantastic restaurants! 340 Canal Street. Somerville MA