april-2012

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EVENTS
APRIL 21-22
Boston Comic Con
Boston
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it’s
the Boston Comic Con, a place where e
horn-rimmed glasses aren’t hipster and nd
the Vulcan salute is as ubiquitous as
a handshake. Come for a film festival, ,
gaming events, artist panels with the likes
of Al Feldstein and Pa ul Coker Jr. and a
costume contest that’s bound to
be worthy of super powers.
bostoncomiccon.com
April
APRIL 26-29
Maserati Miami Beach
Polo World Cup
Miami (24 miles
from Ft. Lauderdale)
The sport of rich heirs and
royalty, y now o for the h masses.
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Located Located c o on beautiful t South u
Beach, a watch a Polo’s l finest e
players a whack h balls a with h sticks
while h elegant, g big-hatted g d
crowds o look o on w with jaded
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indifference.
d c miamipolo.com
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APRIL 30
Queen’s Birthday y
Aruba
Come join the festivities for Queen Beatrix’s birthday. Who is that,
you ask? (Like you need an excuse to celebrate.) The Queen regent of
the Netherlands is also the queen of Aruba, and the island plans on
partying it up for her 75th. An official, government ceremony will be
followed by sports competitions, kite flying contests and live music
all over the island. aruba.com
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APRIL A 27 - MAY 6
New N Orleans Jazz &
Heritage H Festival
New N Orleans
A festival that includes
Bruce B Springsteen (pictured),
the t Foo Fighters, Florence
and a The Machine, Zac Brown
Band, B John Mayer and
Herbie H Hancock, plus master
artisans a that create cultural
treasures t at the Louisiana
Folklife F Village is a festival
that’s t just too good to miss.
nojazzfest.com
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Wack
Attack
Don’t Do get tricked
into in any lame April
Fool’s Fo Day events.
Rochester, Ro NY
Rochester Ro Philharmonic
April Ap Fools’ Concert
The Th Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra Or shows that it doesn’t
take tak itself too seriously,
especially es not on April Fool’s
Day, Da with its orKIDstra show,
which wh involves holiday-particular
musical mu pranks and jokes for the
whole wh family. rpo.org
Golden, Go CO (35 miles
from fro Denver)
Victorian Vic April Fool’s Day
People P of the late nineteenth
century were not as straightlaced
as your history professor
might have you think, and, if
you stop by the Astor House
Museum (original proprietor Seth
Lake was a notorious prankster),
you might just find some devious
Victorian pranks coming your
way. goldenhistorymuseums.org
Ann Arbor, MI
(33 miles from om Detroit)
April Fool’s Day
Twinkie Run
You can lie to o your
competitors that your
breathlessness ess is
from laughter, er, not
burnout, as you
inhale soon-to- to- be-
discontinued d
Twinkies at
various mile
checkpoints
at this second nd
annual and
decidedly bizarre zarre
local tradition. a2a3.org 2 3
The Villages, FL
(65 miles from Orlando)
Palmer Legends Sunday
Couples April Fools’
Wacky Golf
Golf is not usually a laughing
matter—asides from the
outfits—but maybe you can
rekindle romance with your loved
one with some laughs at a round
of wacky April Fool’s couples
golf. golfthevillages.com