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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, April 24th - 27th

April 23, 2025

Welcome to the Wednesday afternoon newsletter! Congratulation to anyone who ran the marathon on Monday! That is brutal.

THURSDAY - APRIL 24th

☀️Sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Red Sox vs Mariners @ Fenway Park @ 1:35PM Promotion: Wally or Tessie Squishy Pillow, Kids Run the Bases

Candlelight: A Tribute to Joe Hisaishi @ First Church Cambridge @ 6:30PM Experience soundtracks from ‘Spirited Away,’ ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service,’ ‘Princess Mononoke,’ and more performed by a string ensemble.

Neil Berg’s ‘The 70s’ Concert @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM Join Neil Berg in reliving what some critics consider the greatest decade of rock & roll with the songs and stories of many of the iconic artists of the era.

Swervedriver @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Frankie Rose & DJ Carbo

FRIDAY - APRIL 25th

☀️Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east in the morning.

‘The Moth’ Live @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM The Moth events bring raw, emotional, and true stories of strangers in a unique format.

Kranium @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With DJ JKool, DJ 4eign, & Selecta CJ

iann dior @ Big Night Live @ 7PM With Bankrol Hayden & Garrett Mahoney

SATURDAY - APRIL 26th

☔️Showers. High near 66. South wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sheepshearing Festival @ Gore Place @ 10AM Guests will enjoy music, 100+ craft and fiber artists, demonstrations of traditional shearing and herding dogs, and historic reenactors on the beautiful grounds of this historic, 50-acre estate.

Mass Craft Brewers Fest @ Cyclorama @ 1PM Celebrate the states independent brewers and sip finest craft beers, seltzers, and ciders from 40+ breweries.

Rise Up Boston: A Climate Event @ MoS @ 11AM Visit the Museum of Science for an action-packed day of activities, presentations, and the chance to meet people who are making a real difference.

Candlelight: ‘Rings and Dragons’ Concert @ First Church Cambridge @ 8:30PM Hear beloved soundtracks from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Game of Thrones.’

Poison The Well @ Roadrunner @ 6:30PM With Glassjaw, Better Lovers, & Teenage Wrist

Magnolia Park @ Paradise Rock Club @ 5:30PM With Hot Milk, Savage Hands, & South Arcade

Halfoween Party @ The Rockwell @ 6PM Halfoween features burlesque performances, audience participation games with cool prizes, and a costume contest, all set to live music from Somerville bands.

SUNDAY - APRIL 27th

☀️Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. North wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Matt Fraser Live Show @ Hanover Theatre @ 7PM From heartfelt emotional readings to stunning revelations, get ready to see America’s top psychic medium live!.

Beach Bunny @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Pool Kids & Jayla Kai

Magic Sword @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Starbenders & Mega Ran

Thornhill @ The Palladium @ 6PM With Avoid, Banks Arcade, & Oceans Grove

The Killing Devils Festival @ Royale @ 6PM Featuring Paul Brown and the Killing Devils, Westbound, & Eddy’s Shoe.

ALL WEEKEND

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Charles River Cleanup For Earth Day, join one of the largest cleanups in the country!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Japan Festival Boston @ Boston Common Immerse yourself in Japanese culture and traditions at this year’s Japan Festival featuring 30+ food vendors, 60+ booths, cultural performances, workshops, and much more!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Mario the Maker Magician Live Show @ Calderwood Pavilion Get ready for robots, magic, and slapstick in an hour-long interactive theater adventure full of hilarity for the whole family.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Stravinsky & Shostakovich in Concert @ Symphony Hall This program pairs Shostakovich’s introspective, classically elegant Sixth Symphony with Stravinsky’s austerely profound ‘Symphony of Psalms.’

All weekend - Massachusetts Space Week This annual celebration seeks to bridge the gap between academia and the broader community, fostering a shared enthusiasm for space science through various events statewide.

All weekend - The Town and The City Music Festival @ Lowell Featuring Robyn Hitchcock, Darlingside, Air Traffic Controller, Ryan Montbleau Band, and many others!

All weekend - Independent Film Festival Boston @ The Brattle Packed with great films, guests, and parties, IFFBoston is city’s favorite cinematic events of the year.

All weekend - David Lynch Tribute @ Somerville Theatre Enjoy screenings of ‘Wild Heart,’ ‘Dune,’ ‘Mulholland Drive,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ and more!

All weekend - Butoh and Performance Art Festival @ BCA Plaza Theatre This unique festival will feature 3 incredible evenings of live performance by 8 internationally-acclaimed performance artists, plus workshops, and a free film night.

All weekend - Alvin Ailey Dance Performance @ Wang Theatre The critically acclaimed and nationally beloved dance company returns with a new performance featuring breathtaking contemporary choreography exploring the Black American experience.

All weekend - ‘Ariodante’ Opera @ Calderwood Studio For their season finale, Boston Baroque invites audiences to one of the most popular operas, Handel’s ‘Ariodante,’ a Scottish tale of love’s triumph over evil.

All weekend - ‘The Book of Mormon’ Musical @ Citizens Opera House With sold-out shows around the world, this musical comedy about the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, has become a true international sensation.

All weekend - ‘SIX’ Musical @ Company Theatre From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a celebration of 21st century girl power! Ends 5/4.

All weekend - ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Play @ Hanover Theatre Enjoy Shakespeare’s classic tale of young love, scandal, deception, and witty banter. Ends 4/27.

All weekend - ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ Play @ Mosesian Center for the Arts This invigorating new take on ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ explores the beauty and romance, but also the sinister underbelly, of one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated classics. Ends 5/4.

All weekend - ‘The Great Reveal’ Play @ Lyric Stage
Taking place at a gender reveal party, this dramedy explores the ways a diverse group of people who love each other navigate family dynamics and gender identity. Ends 4/27.

All weekend - ‘Don’t Eat The Mangos’ Play @ The Huntington Theatre Funny and poignant, this tragedy play portrays life on Puerto Rico with compassion and humor through the story of three sisters living outside of San Juan. Ends 4/27.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Mercantile Center This captivating 360º digital art exhibition invites you to step into the universe of the Dutch genius, Vincent van Gogh. Ends 4/27.

Ongoing - ‘Harry Potter: The Exhibition’ @ CambridgeSide Celebrate some of your favorite moments, authentic props and costumes, characters, and locations from the extended Harry Potter universe. Ends 4/27.

Ongoing - ‘Titanic: The Artifacts’ Exhibition @ The Castle at Park Plaza Embark on an interactive tour of the Titanic with incredible re-creations of the Ship’s interior and exterior, plus see authentic artifacts, recovered from below the surface of the North Atlantic. Ends 6/1.

Ongoing - ‘Sara Cwynar: Alphabet’ Exhibition @ ICA In this exhibition, multi-disciplinary artist Sara Cwynar examines the excess of pictures in today’s image-saturated culture through a vast archive of visual material, including self-made, downloaded, and found photographs. Ends 8/3.

Ongoing - ‘Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits’ Exhibition @ MFA Displaying 23 works by the artist, this exhibition explores Van Gogh’s tender relationship with one family who became subjects of his groundbreaking portraits. Ends 9/7.

Ongoing - ‘Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson’ Exhibition @ MFA Featuring approximately 110 works by Massachusetts-born artist, the exhibition explores the many ways Wilson called attention to racial, social, and economic injustices through his art. Ends 6/2.

Ongoing - ‘Landscape and Labor’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition explores works of The Hague School artists whose works offer an intimate and profound look at everyday life in the Dutch countryside. Ends 6/22.

Ongoing - ‘Robert Frank: Mary’s Book’ Exhibition @ MFA Celebrating the centennial of photographer Robert Frank’s birth, this exhibition takes an in-depth look at the personal scrapbook of photographs Frank made for his first wife Mary Lockspeiser. Ends 6/22.

Ongoing - ‘Waters of the Abyss: An Intersection of Spirit and Freedom’ Exhibition @ ISG Museum The exhibition presents a collection of works by Haitian artist Fabiola Jean-Louis, whose art takes inspiration from traditional spiritual knowledge, personal histories, and politics of Haiti. Ends 5/25.

Ongoing - ‘Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums The exhibition offers rare insight into the Norwegian artist’s innovative techniques and the recurring themes across his paintings, woodcuts, etchings, and combination prints. Ends 7/27.

Ongoing - ‘Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Explore a major presentation of exquisite Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculptures and decorative arts created between the 15th and 17th centuries in the Southern Netherlands. Ends 5/4.

Ongoing - ‘Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum ‘Draw Me Ishmael’ is the first exhibition focused on the book arts of the hundreds of editions of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick - the most persistently pictured of all American novels. Ends 3/29/2026.

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