• Official Name: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Population: 6,349,097 (2000 U.S. Census Bureau)
• Area: 8,257 square miles (land and water)
• Capital: Boston
• Climate: Average monthly temperatures in Boston range from 28.2 degrees in January to 72.0 degrees in July.
• Massachusetts has produced half of all the Nobel Prize winners in the country
• The State's total R&D expenditures are nearly 3 times greater than the national average
• Major League Sports
  Baseball- Boston Red Sox
  Football- New England Patriots
  Hockey- Boston Bruins
  Basketball- Boston Celtics
  

NE Patriots upcoming opponents
10/30 vs Bills 8:30 PM
11/7 vs Colts 9:00 PM
11/13 @ Dolphins 1:00 PM
11/20 vs Saints 1:00 PM
11/27 @ Chiefs 1:00 PM
12/4 vs Jets 4:15 PM
12/11 @ Bills 1:00 PM
12/17 vs Buccaneers 1:30 PM
12/26 @ Jets 9:00 PM
1/1 vs Dolphins 1:00 PM

Painting and Writing in the Garden
Sunday afternoons July - September 1-4 PM
Art and writing materials are free for children and adults. Longfellow National Historical Site, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

David McCullough will speak at Massachusetts Historical Society Dinner
The Massachusetts Historical Society's Annual Dinner will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2005 at the Harvard Club, 374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Visit the Massachusetts Historical Society event page for details.

Sunday Afternoon Concerts
Old-fashioned summer lawn concerts will be offered by PANdemonium and Friends. They will once again present a mix of folk music from Ireland, Scotland, French Canada, and Appalachia, with some open sessions (call ahead for more information). Bring a seat, a picnic, and a friend! Sundays, July 10 through September 4 (except August 21) | 2pm-4pm FREE to all.
The Old Manse, 269 Monument Street, Concord, MA 01742

Boston Charter Days, Wednesday, September 7 through Sunday September 11, 2005
The 2005 Boston Charter Days celebration includes five days of events that appeal to all interests. This year marks the 375th anniversary of the founding of Boston. See the full list of events at www.bostoncharterday.org.

24th Annual Boston Harborfest, a six-day long Fourth of July festival that showcases the colonial and maritime heritage of the cradle of the American Revolution: the historic City of Boston. Wednesday June, 29th through Monday, July 4th

The Blue Man Group and Shear Madness are playing in Boston. See http://www.broadwayinboston.com for more info. The following played during the 2004-2005 season.
Disney's THE LION KING Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Producers Dora's Pirate Adventure Nobody don't like Yogi	Disney's On the Record Phantom of the Opera Little Shop of Horrors Lennon Sweet Charity

Send a Massachusetts postcard with one of our artist's images.

Massachusetts Language
The unusual accent of Bostonians may have originated in East Umbria, England. Here are some translations of common Massachusetts terms. For more, visit the Wicked Good Guide to Boston English.

Frappe A milkshake or malted elsewhere, here it's ice cream, milk and chocolate syrup blended together. The 'e' is silent. Despite the chocolate syrup, it actually comes in many flavors.
Badadoes- Come baked or French fried
Wicket – Means “very”, as in “wicked” good
Smoot - Unit of measure across the Harvard Bridge near MIT
Tonic - A soda
Hamburg - Goes with hot dog
Hermits - Molasses cookies.
Milkshake - Milk with some flavored syrup, but NO ice cream.

Examples of Place Name Pronunciation
Worcester – cross between wooster and wister
Gloucester- glosster
Leominster- lemunster

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