Madison St. Pierre
With all the commotion that comes with the holidays and the spending, it may be hard to spend valuable and entertaining time with your significant other. Spending a lot of money during the holidays may leave you strapped for cash. However, Brown and Gold has you covered, whether you can afford a five star meal or only a meal at Mcdonald’s, we found a range of festive date ideas for any person.
Cooking Classes at BCAE:
122 Arlington Street Boston, MA
(617)267-4430
You can perfect your cooking skills this holiday at the Boston Center of Adult Education. They’re offering holiday classes such as: Holiday Appetizer Lessons, Cake Decorating Classes, and Easy Dinners for Two. If those classes are not your style there are an array of different classes to take. Other classes they offer are Foods of Hanukkah and The Art of Pasta Making. To check out other classes go to bcae.org or you can call and ask. The member fee is $50 per person and there is an average material cost of $20. The classes run at different times and different days and you can check on the website.
The Nutcracker:
Boston Opera House
539 Washington Street Boston,MA
(617)695-6955
The Nutcracker ballet runs from November 27th to December 31st of 2015. The run time for the show is 1 hour and 57 minute. The music was done by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky and choreography by Mikko Nissinen. The tickets range from $35-$189 but the closer to Christmas price ranges from $45-$199. There is matinee and night shows ranging from different times that you can check out at bostonballet.org. This year’s Boston Nutcracker is new and revamped with all new sets and costumes but still have the same songs such as dance of the “Sugar Plum Fairy” and the “Russian Dance”.
Holiday Comedy Shows:
Improv Asylum
216 Hanover Street Boston,MA
(617)263-NUTS
This comedy show in the North End and is a signature audience-inspired improvisation and also has written sketches. The Improv Asylum also has a holiday themed revue. It is open: Thursday @ 8 pm, Friday @ 7:30 pm and 10 pm, Saturday @ 7:30 pm and 10 pm, as well as select Mondays, Tuesday and Wednesday. The tickets range from $22-$33. There are no age requirements for the show and show up to the show 30 minutes prior to the start of the show.
Ice Skating:
Boston Frog Pond
38 Beacon Street Boston, MA
(617)635-2120The Boston Frog Pond provides a fun winter activity surrounded by lights. The Frog Pond is located in the center of Boston Common. They also provide ice skating lessons and it also has a snack bar. Admission for people under 58 inches and over is $6 and if you are under 58 inches the admission is free. Adult skate rentals are $12 and kid rentals are $6 but you are more than welcome to bring your own skates. There are also lockers that are available and they cost $3 to rent. The Frog Pond also provides skate sharpening for $10. Also if you are not the best skater they have Bobby the Skating Seal that you can rent for $10 an hour.
Times:
Mon.: 10 am - 3:45 pm
Fri.-Sat: 10 am - 10 pm
Sun: 10 am - 9 pm
Stroll Through Faneuil Hall:
1 Faneuil Hall Square Boston, MA
1(617)635-3105
This year at Faneuil Hall they are presenting a light show called “Blink!”. This show offers a state-of-the-art, light and sound show set to music from the Holiday Pops. the show will run twelve times a night from now through December 31st. The show begins at 4:30pm and ends at 10pm. This show is set to play for the next five years. Also Faneuil Hall’s Christmas tree is the largest in New England and stands at 85 feet tall. It cost nothing to watch the show and there are a lot of places to eat in Faneuil Hall if you get hungry.
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