Top Events In New England
Top Events -- March 4 presented by Yankee Magazine
MAR. 5-7: WATERVILLE VALLEY, NEW HAMPSHIRE Burton Demo Tour and Amateur Series. Try out the latest snowboard equipment on the slopes at Waterville Valley Resort. Slopestyle and superpipe competitions are open to amateur snowboarders for a chance to win a spot in the U.S. Open. 800-468-2553, 603-236-8311; waterville.com
MAR 6: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Letters of Love and Loss. Historic New England's Otis House Museum presents an illustrated talk by Bonnie Hurd Smith, who has been transcribing and publishing the papers of Judith Sargent Murray, 18th-century author and champion of women's equality, education, economic independence, and political involvement. 617-227-3957; historicnewengland.org
MAR. 6: DIXVILLE NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Scotch! Join collector and expert Nigel Manley at The Balsams as he shares the finer details of malts, blends, and the proper way to enjoy the finest whiskies. 800-255-0600; thebalsams.com
MAR. 6: CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Earth Rocks! Harvard's Museum of Natural History hosts a "Family Festival" and day of exploration, as kids and their parents discover the amazing world of minerals, meteorites, and gemstones. Meet Harvard scientists, listen to talks, and try your hand at special investigation stations. 617-496-0049; hmnh.harvard.edu
MAR. 6: NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT The Magical Flute. Orchestra New England's principal flautist emeritus, Adrianne Greenbaum, performs the world premiere of Moscow composer Andrey Rubtsov's Flute Concerto at United Church on the Green. 203-777-4690; orchestranewengland.org
MAR. 6-7: STOWE, VERMONT Relay for Life NordicStyle. Cross-country and snowshoe teams gather at the Trapp Family Ski Touring Center to raise money for cancer research. 866-466-0626, 802-872-6304; relayforlife.org/nordicstylevt
MAR. 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28: STURBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Maple Days. Using period tools and techniques, costumed historians demonstrate 19th-century tree tapping, raw sap collection, and boiling at Old Sturbridge Village. 800-733-1830, 508-347-3362; osv.org
MAR. 10-28: BURLINGTON, "Shipwrecked!" Based on true incidents, this play by Donald Margulies takes to the stage at FlynnSpace. In the late 1890s, a man becomes the toast of London thanks to his fantastical, adventure-filled--and false--tales. 802-863-5966; vtstage.org
MAR. 13: CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Song of Songs/Songs of Love. Settings of Latin texts from the Bible, plus secular love songs in Spanish, all from 16th-century Iberia, for voice, harp, organ, and bajon (Renaissance predecessor of the bassoon), at First Church in Cambridge/Congregational. 617-960-7956; blueheronchoir.org
MAR. 13: MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE "Rigoletto." Giuseppe Verdi's tragic story of the cursed court jester whose obsession to avenge his daughter's honor turns viciously against him. Sung in Italian with English subtitles at the Palace Theatre. 603-668-5588; palacetheatre.org
MAR. 13-14: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Beethoven 4 & Mazurkevich Plays Tchaikovsky. Boston Classical Orchestra's great 30th-anniversary season continues with Mozart's Marriage of Figaro overture, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, all at historic Faneuil Hall. 617-423-3883; BostonClassicalOrchestra.org
MAR. 14: NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT Jennifer Stumm. This award-winning and internationally recognized violist performs at Edmond Town Hall as part of Newtown Friends of Music's 32nd season. 203-426-6470; MAR. 2-JUNE 13: COS COB, CONNECTICUT A Stitch in Time. Visit the museum gallery of the Greenwich Historical Society and the Bush-Holley House to see more than 25 distinctive and colorful 19th-century quilts illustrating traditional patterns and town history. 203-869-6899, hstg.org
JAN. 8-APR. 2: BOSTON, Boston Wine Festival. The nation's longest-running wine-and-food event is led by world-renowned chef Daniel Bruce of Meritage restaurant. The world's best vintners and boutique wineries, both rising stars and longstanding luminaries, will present dinners and seminars, a jazz brunch, Valentine's dinner dance, "Battle of the Cabernets," a weeklong tribute to Italian producers, and more at the elegant waterfront Boston Harbor Hotel. 617-439-7000; bostonwinefestival.net
JAN. 29-MAR. 21: LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." Nominated in 2008 for a "Best Revival" Tony award, this risque play by Christopher Hampton, now a Shakespeare & Company stage production at the Bernstein Theatre, premiered in 1872. 413-637-3353; shakespeare.org