Unless your life has been absolutely perfect or perfectly boring from day one, there’s probably been at least one point in your life where you really wish you could go back in time and do it all over again. In fact, there might be an awkward conversation that you had with a guy or a girl you really liked in high school that you would like to hit the reset button on, a day back in college where you partied a little too hard that you would like nothing more than to delete entirely, or a day that you would give almost anything to relive. Unfortunately, no matter how much you would like go back in time, there’s really no way to get your hands on an actual time machine and there’s really no way to undo the past. However, you may be able to relive the memories of your past through some of the retro activities that are happening in the Boston area this weekend and beyond.
If the mid sixties and early seventies are the era that you would really like to relive, the Citi Performing Arts Center may have exactly what you’re looking for. The Citi Performing Arts Center is hosting “A Midsummer’s Night with the Monkees” on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. This one-night concert will allow you to hear a number of the band’s famous songs from the 1960’s T.V. show and new songs sung by three of the band’s original members, including Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. For more information and to order tickets for “A Midsummer’s Night with the Monkees”, please visit the Citi Performing Arts Center’s website.
If, on the other hand, reliving your childhood seems like more fun than reliving the sixties, you may want to check out the Salem Toy Museum. The Salem Toy Museum, which is located in the Museum Place Mall in Salem, MA, features over 2,000 toys that were originally released somewhere between 1950 and now. As a result, there’s really no better place to go if you want to see all of the toys from your childhood again or you just want to show your kids that you weren’t making them all up.
Finally, if you prefer your retro to be really retro, like 400 years before your time retro, you may want to head on over to Boston Common some night over the next couple of weeks. The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is performing the Two Gentlemen of Verona as part of their Shakespeare on the Common Series from now until July 28, 2013. This show, which is performed almost every night, will give you the opportunity to see one of Shakespeare’s famous comedies for free. For more information, please visit the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s website.