The Museum of Fine Arts Student Night, Thursday, September 24thThe MFA is free for anyone with a valid student ID from 7pm till midnight. The night of festivities will include a DJ and live music, FREE food, prizes and hopefully some dancing interspersed with the viewing of fine arts.
Free Museum Nights and Cheap TicketsIf you are interested in visiting a museum but want to avoid exorbitant entrance fee there are a couple ways to do so. The Museum of Fine arts is free every Wednesday from 4pm until 9:45pm. The Institute of Contemporary Art has free admittance on Thursdays from 5pm until 9pm and the Isabella Stewart Gardner, which is my favorite museum in Boston, is only 5 dollars for students and always free for those named Isabella. You can also get 5 dollar tickets for The Museum of Science at the Student Life Office located on the 3rd floor in the Campus Center.
College Fest 2009, Saturday, September 26th and Sunday, September 27thCollege Fest returns to Boston and will be held at the Hynes Convention Center. The door open at noon and close at 7pm on Saturday and 6pm on Sunday. Tickets are 10 dollars and performers include Talib Kweli. To find our more about the events taking place visit collegefest.com
The Berklee Beatown Jazz Festival, September 18-26th The festival is in its ninth year and is a wonderful way to spend sometime outside in Bostons beautiful fall weather while listening to good music. They have numerous free shows along with some reasonably priced ticketed ones. For a full schedule of events go to http://www.beantownjazz.org/.