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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, February 27th - March 2nd

February 27, 2025

It is almost spring, at least I think it feels that way. Enjoy your weekend!

THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 27th

Museums at Night @ Harvard Art Museums @ 5PM
Get ready for an evening of art, music, food, and more! This event is free and open to everyone.

Gabby Bernstein Live @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 7:30PM Join best-selling author Gabby and discover how to change your life with powerful manifestation and meditation techniques.

Kolkfest Of The North @ Brighton Music Hall @ 5:30PM With Korpiklaani, Ensiferum, NiNi, & Trollfest

Pom Pom Squad @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Caroline KIngsbury

FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 28th

An Evening with John Cusack @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 7PM Don’t miss a special screening of the iconic ‘High Fidelity,’ followed by an engaging post-show conversation with the star himself.

Improv Under Hypnosis @ The Wilbur @ 7:30PM Hyprov is a hilarious 90-minute live show that combines hypnosis and improv for a totally unique comedy experience.

Lang Lang in Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 8PM World-renowned pianist Lang Lang performs Romantic-era classics from Schubert, Schumann, and Chopin.

Make Them Suffer @ Paradise Rock Club @ 6PM With Like Moths To Flame, Aviana, & Windwaker

SepticFlesh @ Palladium @ 6:30PM With Vltimas, Stormruler, & Annihilus Mundi

SATURDAY - MARCH 1st

Ongoing - Somerville Winter Farmers Market @ The Armory @ 9:30AM This new weekly winter market features 70+ local food vendors with the best locally grown and regionally produced foods. Ends 4/12.

Small Mart @ Crystal Ballroom @ 11AM Visit this curated, vibrant marketplace filled with local artists, makers, and vintage vendors.

Duke Ellington Celebration Concert @ Berklee Performance Center @ 8PM Jason Moran leads this extraordinary celebration of Duke Ellington’s legendary sound.

The Music of Led Zeppelin Concert @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 8PM This unique concert features a 27 piece orchestra with a full rock band performing Led Zeppelin’s classic songs in a brilliant new iteration.

Lime Cordiale @ Royale @ 6PM With The Orphan, The Poet

All Shall Perish @ Palladium @ 2:30PM With Ingested, Internal Bleeding, Extermin, & more.

SUNDAY - MARCH 2nd

The Vegan Market @ The Armory @ 11AM) Shop from over 30+ vendors that specialize in vegan food, treat, apothecary, and art products.

ALL WEEKEND

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - The Boston Run Show @ Boston Convention & Exhibition Center The ultimate running event brings together inspirational speakers, the latest gear, technology, expert coaches, races and nutrition.

All weekend - Ortiz & Tchaikovsky in Concert @ Symphony Hall Hear Gabriela Ortiz’s Grammy Award-winning ballet score ‘Revolución diamantina’ and selections from Tchaikovsky.

[All weekend - Boston Baltic Film Festival @ Emerson Paramount Center See the latest award-winning films from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

All weekend - Oscar Sweeps Film Program @ The Brattle The Brattle celebrates the only three films to ever sweep the top five awards, ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,’ ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ and ‘It Happened One Night.’

All weekend - 2025 Oscar-Nominated Short Films Screenings @ ICA ICA presents its annual selection of Oscar-nominated live-action, animation, and documentary shorts you always wish you’d seen come Oscar night.

All weekend - ‘Swan Lake’ Ballet @ Citizens Opera House Experience the world’s most in-demand ballet featuring exquisite dancing, enchanting music, and a timeless tale of love and loss. Ends 3/16.

All weekend - ‘A Man of No Importance’ Musical @ BCA Calderwood Pavilion 1960s Dublin is the setting for this charming musical about the redemptive power of theatre, love, and friendship. Ends 3/22.

All weekend - ‘Art’ Play @ Lyric Stage Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play, this dark comedy follows three best friends, examining the notion of art, ego, and friendship. Ends 3/16.

All weekend - ‘The Grove’ Play @ The Huntington Calderwood In this poignant play, playwright Mfoniso Udofia tells the story of a family homecoming, exploring the ideas of ancestral connection when the bonds of family are stretched to the limit. Ends 3/9.

All weekend - ‘The Odyssey’ Play @ Loeb Drama Center This contemporary retelling of Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ reimagines the stories of both Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, and explores the themes of healing, forgiveness, and breaking cycles. Ends 3/16.

All weekend - ‘Beastly’ Play @ BCA Plaza Theatre Blending standup comedy, poetic reverie, and a strategic call to action, ‘Beastly’ follows a one woman’s quest to topple the patriarchal systems that keep us divided and broken.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Winteractive @ Downtown This free, walkable art experience features 16 artworks and interactive play elements in downtown Boston. Ends 3/30.

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 3/31.

Ongoing - ‘Orchid Adventure’ Botanical Exhibition @ Franklin Park Zoo From rare species to exotic hybrids, Orchid Adventure promises an immersive experience that combines the enchantment of the animal kingdom with the delicate beauty of orchids. Ends 3/9.

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 - ‘Charles Atlas: About Time’ Exhibition @ ICA Spanning 50 years of work, this immersive exhibition presents career-defining installations of interdisciplinary artist Charles Atlas, whose work explores the intersection of moving image, dance, and performance. Ends 3/16.

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 - ‘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 - ‘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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