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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, October 17th - 20th

October 17, 2024

Have a great weekend everyone.

THURSDAY - OCTOBER 17th

Alex Warren @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Michael Sanzone

FRIDAY - OCTOBER 18th

Temples @ The Sinclair @ 8:30PM With Alex Henry Foster

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 19th

Small Mart @ Crystal Ballroom @ 11AM Enjoy a Halloween-themed curated market featuring 25+ local artisans, vintage vendors, makers, and experiential sellers.

Dispatch @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM With 10 & Ganja Plant

Dystopia: World Cup Party @ Royale @ 10PM This special night combines our usual Latin Nightclub event, with an electric World Cup themed ambiance.

Rival Schools @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Webbed Wing, Hollow Suns, & Twowayradio

SUNDAY - OCTOBER 20th

SomerStreets: Monster Mash @ Somerville Avenue @ 2PM SomerStreet is closing busy streets for a day of family fun complete with live music, dancing, vintage market, and a Halloween costume parade!

Brahms & Bartok in Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 3PM Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and Brahms Violin Concerto is brilliantly performed by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.

julie @ Paradise Rock Club @ 8PM With They Are Gutting a Body of Water

Oliver Hazard @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Scott Mulvahill

ALL WEEKEND

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

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Boo at the Zoo @ Stone Zoo @ 9AM This year’s Haunted Happenings include a trick-or-treat trail, costume contests, education stations, tasty treats, and more family-friendly activities.

All weekend - Head of the Charles Regatta Since 1965, rowers have come from near and far to take part in the world’s largest Regatta. Make sure to check out the best viewpoints in the city!

All weekend - Boston Asian American Film Festival This year, BAAFF celebrates 16 years of empowering Asian American filmmakers and showcasing Asian American experiences and perspectives.

All weekend - Boston Palestine Film Festival @ MFA The Boston Palestine Film Festival presents compelling films with independent views of Palestine’s history, culture, and geographically dispersed society.

All weekend - Mozart Symphony No. 39 in Concert @ Symphony Hall Pianist Johnathan Biss joins renowned conductor Xian Zhang in a program featuring Mozart’s elegant Symphony No. 39, as well as selections from Chen Yi and Schumann.

All weekend - ‘TINA: The Tina Turner Musical’ @ Hanover Theatre Set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of her most beloved hits, this musical follows the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll.

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

All weekend - ‘Pru Payne’ Play @ Roberts Studio Theatre Pulitzer Prize nominee Steven Drukman’s newest play explores questions of memory, identity, and connection with signature wit, verve, and above all, heart.

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 - ‘Baby Jane’ Play @ Company Theatre Inspired by the classic 1962 film, this play leads you to a decaying Hollywood mansion to discover the twisted memories and dark secrets that lurk within.

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 - ‘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 - ‘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.

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.

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