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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, October 10th - 13th

October 10, 2024

Have a great weekend everyone.

THURSDAY - OCTOBER 10th

⭐️Literary Lounge @ Juliet Social Club @ 6PM On offer: an evening of quiet reading + some periodic breaks to chit chat with your neighbor about your book. A unique opportunity to connect, share, and celebrate our collective love for reading. Quiet social reading events are becoming hugely popular, here is a great chance to check one out if you're curious.

After Dark @ MIT Museum @ 6PM Enjoy an adult-only lively evening of entertainment, science, and tinkering.

National Ballet of Ukraine @ Shubert Theatre @ 7:30PM Experience the magic of one of the world’s top ballet companies performing a program of classics, including "The Dying Swan," "Don Quixote," and "Giselle."

Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi in Concert @ First Church Cambridge @ 9PM Experience soundtracks from ‘Spirited Away,’ ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service,’ ‘Princess Mononoke,’ and more performed by Rasa String Quartet.

FRIDAY - OCTOBER 11th

Festival of Laughs @ Wang Theatre @ 8PM The highly-anticipated tour is coming to Boston bringing some of the nation’s best comedians, including Sommore, Lavell Crawford, Tony Roberts, and Tony Rock.

MrBallen Live Show @ Chevalier Theatre @ 8PM MrBallen, the top true crime podcast host, takes the audience on an immersive adventure through some of his most chilling tales.

BEAT @ Shubert Theatre @ 8PM Belew/Vai/Levin/Carey Play 80s King Crimson.

Parker McCollum @ MGM Music Hall @ 7:30PM With Chayce Beckham & Kylie Morgan

Dayseeker @ Roadrunner @ 7PM With Alpha Wolf, Catch Your Breath, & Kingdom of Giants

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 12th

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ in Concert @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 3PM / 8PM Experience this truly immersive and grandiose concert that breathes new life into the beloved animated series.

Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics @ Simons Theatre @ 7PM / 9PM Hear themes from ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Beetlejuice,’ ‘The Addams Family,’ & more!

Kameron Marlowe @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Jake Worthington

SUNDAY - OCTOBER 13th

Curated Vintage Market @ Bow Market @ 12PM Shop from 80+ vintage vendors from New England in the heart of Sommerville.

Ongoing - Open Market @ SoWa @ 11AM This popular Sunday event features dozens of vendors selling their own jewelry, clothing, household items, art, and more.

ALL WEEKEND

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Vintage Markets @ Time Out Market @ 12PM Shop unique vintage finds from Select Markets (10/12) and FOUND Market (10/13).

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Outermost Music Festival @ Orleans Featuring Slightly Stoopid, G. Love & Special Sauce, Donavon Frankenreiter, & more

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - New England Renaissance Festival @ King Richard’s Fairgrounds King Richard’s Faire is the premiere fall entertainment event for all things Renaissance.

All weekend - Topsfield Fair LAST CHANCE - Visit America's oldest and finest agricultural fair, complete with carnival rides, The Grand Parade, demonstrations, exhibitions, musical acts, crafts and art-making, & more!

All weekend - Saint-Saëns ‘Organ Symphony’ in Concert @ Symphony Hall Hear organist Olivier Latry perform Berlioz’s ‘Waverley Overture,’ Gandolfi’s ‘Ascending Light’ and Saint-Saëns’ majestic ‘Symphony No.3.’

All weekend - ‘Urinetown’ Musical @ Lyric Stage With heart and hope, this modern classic reminds us just how great and revelatory the American musical can be.

All weekend - ‘Leopoldstadt’ Play @ Huntington Theatre LAST CHANCE - The latest masterpiece and most personal play from Tom Stoppard, ‘Leopoldstadt’ is a stirring and epic story of love, family, and enduring bravery set in Vienna at the rise of the 20th century.

All weekend - ‘Nassim’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, ‘Nassim’ is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us.

All weekend - ‘Laughs In Spanish’ Play @ BCA Calderwood Pavilion LAST CHANCE - Stylish and vibrant, this play offers a light-hearted look at the struggles many Latinas go through to gain entry into cultural and artistic spaces that have historically excluded them.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Boston’s Wicked Haunted Festival @ Charlestown Experience the thrills of spooky season through different ghoulish activities and haunted house, a beer garden, autumnal food, photo ops, & more! Ends 11/3.

Ongoing - ‘Sinister Streets’ Walking Tour @ Peabody Essex Museum This indoor/outdoor walking tour takes visitors through the dark side of Salem history - highlighting landmarks from the 1600-1800s. Ends 11/17.

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 - Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience @ Franklin Park Zoo
Prepare to be dazzled by the magic of all-new lantern displays, immersive walkthroughs, enchanting interactive displays and Instagrammable moments at every turn. Ends 11/3.

Ongoing - Artisan Market @ Rose Kennedy Greenway @ 11AM *Saturdays and Sundays. Ends 10/26.

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 - ‘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 - Ancestors and Place: Indigenous North American Prints’ Exhibition @ MFA LAST CHANCE - The exhibition features more than 30 works by Indigenous artists from the United States and Canada that explore the nuanced ideas of stewardship, history, colonization, and community. Ends 10/16.

Ongoing - ‘Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale’ Exhibition @ MFA Featuring 15 intriguing objects from 17th-century Netherlands such as paintings, prints, silver medals, and books, this exhibition compels viewers to reconsider their relationship to the world around them. Ends 11/3.

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 - ‘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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