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- Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, January 2nd - 5th
Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, January 2nd - 5th
THURSDAY - JANUARY 2nd
Free First Thursday @ ISG Museum @ 3PM Explore the galleries after hours and enjoy our special exhibitions with free admission.
Ramit Sethi Live Show @ The Wilbur @ 7:30PM NYT bestselling author and podcast host Ramit Sethi shares his ideas on love, money, and psychology in this live show.
FRIDAY - JANUARY 3rd
First Fridays @ MFA @ 6PM Ring in the new year by celebrating museum’s exhibitions, enjoy signature cocktails, make art, join Spotlight Talks, and dance to music from DJ Dayglow.
RuPaul’s Drag Race Premiere Watch Party @ Time Out Market @ 8PM *Hosted by Big Atlas
SATURDAY - JANUARY 4th
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.
Live Magic Performances @ Peabody Essex Museum @ 12PM Step into a world where the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur, and prepare to be spellbound by extraordinary magicians.
The Sheila Divine @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Baabes & Teardrops
Folk: Don White @ Passim @ 7PM With Chris & Meredith Thompson
SUNDAY - JANUARY 5th
Yoga and Meditation in the Galleries @ Peabody Essex Museum @ 9AM Start your morning off peacefully with a guided meditation and yoga session.
Big Kid Flicks 2024 @ Coolidge Corner Theatre @ 10:30AM Showcasing the best animated shorts of the previous year, this program is full of vibrancy and adventure.
ALL WEEKEND
All weekend - ‘The Slutcracker’ Burlesque Show @ Somerville Theatre Hailed by critics and theater lovers worldwide, this burlesque version of the Nutcracker is an inclusive and hilarious showcase featuring local artists. Ends 1/5/2025.
All weekend - ‘Diary of a Tap Dancer’ Play @ Loeb Drama Center The electric new play weaves together dance, narrative, and song to reveal the power of reclaiming language, culture, and one’s own identity. Ends 1/4/2025.
ONGOING
Ongoing - Winter Fest @ Hood Park Spanning over two acres, this winter wonderland is adorned with dazzling displays, an ice-skating rink, a larger-than-life size light up castle, an artisan village marketplace, an Après Ski lounge, Santa’s workshop, and more. Ends 1/25/2025.
Ongoing - Winter Wonderland @ Big Night Live This seasonal destination features weekly themed events, holiday-inspired food and beverages, and opportunities for private celebrations. Ends 2/28/2025.
Ongoing - Zoo Lights @ Stone Zoo LAST CHANCE - Enter a winter wonderland of tree-lined paths lit by thousands of twinkling lights spanning Stone Zoo's 26 acres. Ends 1/5/2025.
Ongoing - Night Lights Experience @ New England Botanic Garden LAST CHANCE - Celebrate the season at the Botanic Garden with a winter light display like no other in the region! Ends 1/5/2025.
Ongoing - Winterlights Winterlights returns to three special locations around Massachusetts with dazzling light displays, festive music, seasonal treats, and more.
Ongoing - ‘Genesis’ Immersive Light Show @ Temple Ohabei Shalom LAST CHANCE - Immerse yourself in a thrilling journey to the birth of the world with ‘Genesis,’ an immersive light show with incredible projections and musical accompaniment. Ends 1/5/2025.
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 4/27/2025.
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 2/2/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Tau Lewis: Spirit Level’ Exhibition @ ICA Inspired by different social, cultural, and physical landscapes from her life, Tau Lewis upcycles found materials into intricately detailed soft sculptures, quilts, masks, and other assemblages. Ends 1/20/2025.
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 3/16/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore’ Exhibition @ MFA First of its kind, the exhibition brings two of the 20th century’s biggest artists into conversation, using compelling visual juxtapositions to explore their common ways of seeing. Ends 1/20/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Manet: A Model Family’ Exhibition @ ISG Museum ‘Manet: A Model Family’ is the first exhibition to explore Manet through the lens of his complex familial relationships, shedding new light on the life and masterpieces of the “father of modernism.” Ends 1/20/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums LAST CHANCE - The exhibition takes an unprecedented look at German art since 1980, exploring the notions of German identity and the idea of ethnic and cultural homogeneity. Ends 1/5/2025.
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 5/4/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Explore the essential role art and objects played for mediums and magicians “communicating” with the dead during the 19th- and 20th-century Spiritualism movement in the U.S. and Europe. Ends 2/2/2025
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.
Ongoing - ‘AI: Mind the Gap’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum
MIT Museum presents its latest riveting, interactive exhibit exploring the tremendous promise, unforeseen impacts, and everyday misconceptions of AI.