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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, November 20th - 24th

November 20, 2024

THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 21st

Acquired Taste Comedy @ Cloud & Spirits @ 8PM Catch a carefully curated selection of the area's funniest comics as Acquired Taste Comedy returns to Cloud & Spirits. Featuring special guest Chris Kinback—a crowd favorite at clubs all over NYC including The Stand & New York Comedy Club! 

Light Up The Night @ Boston Public Market @ 7PM Enjoy a 21+ after hours party with holiday lights, DJ music, festive cocktails, tasty food specials, gift shopping, & more.

Carnival of Science @ MoS @ 7:30PM Join a collective of scientists and artists coming together for a fun, fast-paced, approachable show exploring climate change, resiliency, and the solutions we are developing to save the planet.

ArtsThursdays: Native American Craft Brewers @ HMNH @ 5PM Explore the art of craft beer making, purchase from the curated selection of local beers, participate in themed activities, and more.

Wooli @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Layz & Cyclops

Ocie Elliott @ Royale @ 8PM With William Prince

Horse Jumper of Love @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Spencer Radcliffe and Everything & Primal Rat Screw

FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 22nd

‘A Drag Queen Christmas’ Show @ Chevalier Theatre @ 8PM Get ready for your favorite queens performing live on stage in one of the most beloved drag shows in America.

Loud Luxury @ MGM Music Hall @ 7:30PM With MC4D & Sunday Scaries

Dawes @ Roadrunner @ 7PM With Winnetka bowling League

SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 23rd

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.

New England Harvest Feast @ Plimoth Patuxet Museums @ 5:30PM Take a savory journey into the past and experience the living and dining experience of Pilgrims.

‘Magic of Motown’ Concert @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 7:30PM The show features a cast of powerhouse vocalists who embody everyone from Diana Ross & The Supremes to Marvin Gaye & The Jackson Five!

Rod Wave @ TD Garden @ 7PM With Eelmatic, Dess Dior, Lil Poppa, Toosii & Moneybagg Yo

SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 24th

Family Day @ Harvard Art Museums @ 1PM Enjoy an afternoon of family-friendly activities open to all ages.

Delta Sleep @ Paradise Rock Club @ 6:30PM With Teen Suicide & Carpool Tunnel

Paint It Black @ The Sinclair @ 7:30PM With Public Acid & Cigarette Camp

ALL WEEKEND

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Boston Turkish Festival Selections @ MFA See selections from the Boston Turkish Festival’s Documentary and Short Film Competition.

All weekend - Mozart in Concert @ Symphony Hall
Renowned as one of the world’s foremost sopranos, Renée Fleming joins the BSO and Andris Nelson in a powerful performance featuring Mozart favorites.

All weekend - ‘Mindplay’ Performance @ Huntington Calderwood Theatre maker and mentalist Vinny DePonto guides participants on a jaw-dropping, interactive journey as he reads minds while revealing his own. Ends 12/1.

All weekend - ‘Emma’ Play @ Multicultural Arts Center Cambridge With humor, heart, and a whole lot of amorous hijinks, see this high-octane adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved romantic comedy! Ends 12/15.

All weekend - ‘Noises Off’ Play @ Lyric Stage Peek behind the curtain of a struggling acting troupe in this uproarious comedy as they battle misplaced props, forgotten lines, and an abundance of sardines. Ends 12/22.

All weekend - ‘Galileo’s Daughter’ Play @ Central Square Theater Based on the correspondence between Galileo and his daughter Maria Celeste, this moving drama examines faith, forgiveness, and the cost of speaking the truth. Ends 12/8.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Zoo Lights @ Stone Zoo 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 - Magic of Lights Drive-Thru @ Gillette Stadium The holiday drive-through experience showcases dozens of displays, festive favorites and captivating digital animations, all brought to life with millions of dazzling LED lights. Ends 12/25.

Ongoing - Night Lights Experience @ New England Botanic Garden Celebrate the season at the Botanic Garden with a winter light display like no other in the region! Ends 1/5/2025.

Ongoing - Snowport @ Seaport Find gifts, treats, and plenty of family-friendly activities and surprises in this one-stop wonderland you can enjoy all christmas season. Ends 12/29.

Ongoing - Edaville Festival of Lights @ Carver Experience one of New England’s oldest Christmas traditions featuring steam trains, Christmas lights, vintage amusement rides, Santa, and more! Ends 12/31.

Ongoing - Winterlights Winterlights returns to three special locations around Massachusetts with dazzling light displays, festive music, seasonal treats, and more.

Ongoing - The ‘Friends’ Experience @ Back Bay Step inside the world of ‘Friends’ and experience your favorite show like never before!

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 1/5/2025.

Ongoing - ‘Wordplay’ Exhibition @ ICA Highlighting the rich interplay between imagery and text, the exhibition showcases how contemporary artists have played with words to animate and expand their art practices. Ends 1/5/2025.

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 - ‘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 - ‘Dalí: Disruption and Devotion’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition juxtaposes nearly 30 paintings and prints by the outlandish and iconoclastic artist Salvador Dalí. Ends 12/1.

Ongoing - ‘Hyman Bloom: Landscapes of the Mind’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition invites visitors in the imagination of Hyman Bloom as he strived to capture the wilderness and mysticism of the natural world and its connection to the human psyche. Ends 12/1.

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 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 - ‘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.

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 1/4/2025.

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