The Board of Education at the Regent Theatre

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Hours:	10:30am
Ages:	Toddlers, Kids, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Formed in 2007 as a side project of the Seattle indie pop band Central Services, The Board of Education has received acclaim in all major Seattle press and in children’s music blogs across the nation. They were featured on NPR’s All Things Considered in a segment pairing them with They Might be Giants, and capped 2009 with a show at Seattle’s Bumbershoot festival.

While most artists in the independent kids’ music scene have focused on a toddler and preschool audience, the Board of Education stands alone with its elementary school focus and its unique blend of science and language arts
education, character-focused storytelling, and a 70’s-inspired sound that is somewhere between The Shins and Schoolhouse Rock. According to the Seattle Times, “It's the rare record that you can bring to your pre-teen kids without steeling your nerves against six months of repeated plays and an onslaught of cartoon earworms. The BoE did it right.”

The band is fronted by children’s author Kevin Emerson, a former elementary school science teacher and author of 6 novels published by Scholastic and Arthur A. Levine Books. Emerson is joined by talented musicians Jeff Blancato, Eric Goetz and Andrea Wittgens, all of whom share an enthusiasm for cool science, tight harmonies and space sounds.

COST

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$10 Adults, $8 Kids

WEBSITE

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www.regenttheatre.com/

LOCATION

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7 Medford St, Arlington, MA, 02474 map
Phone: 781-646-4TIX

http://www.regenttheatre.com/directions.html