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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, October 31st - November 3rd

October 31, 2024

Have a Happy Halloween and an excellent weekend everyone.

THURSDAY - OCTOBER 31st

Museums at Night @ Harvard Art Museums @ 5PM
Get ready for an evening of art, music, food, plus special Halloween activities!

King Diamond @ Roadrunner @ 7PM With Overkill & Night Demon

Cirque of the Dead @ Arts at the Armory @ 8PM Enjoy this haunted Halloween spectacular from Boston Circus Guild.

FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 1st

First Fridays @ MFA @ 6PM Enjoy art making, gallery talks, bites & signature cocktails, and music from DJ Slick Vick.

First Fridays @ ICA @ 6PM Cozy up in your comfiest autumn sweater and enjoy performances from local artists—musicians, dancers, visual artists, and more.

Dia de Muertos Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 7:30PM Step into the mesmerizing world of Mexican tradition through music that honors this rich cultural heritage in this annual Boston Pops concert.

Candlelight: 90s Unplugged Concert @ First Church Cambridge @ 8:45PM Hear the best of Oasis, Lenny Kravitz, The Cranberries, Foo Fighters, & more!

The Dip @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Jordan Mackampa

The Dresden Dolls @ Roadrunner @ 7PM
With Gogol Bordello and Johnny Manchilo & The Poor Bastards

Sixpence None The Richer @ City Winery @ 7PM With Jack O’Neill of Jackopierce

SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 2nd

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.

Comics Come Home @ TD Garden @ 8PM Featuring Bill Burr, Lenny Clarke, Ronny Chieng, Alec Flynn, Sam Morrill, & more!

Coreyfest 2024 @ House of Blues @ 7:30PM Featuring Jake Owen & Austin Williams

The Dresden Dolls @ Roadrunner @ 7PM With Gogol Bordello & Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band

SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 3rd

Dia de los Muertos Celebration @ Downtown This Sunday, enjoy Veronica Robles Cultural Center’s Day of the Dead celebration with an exhibition at the ICA, a parade, and a festival with live music and vendors in Central Square Park.

Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 3PM Enjoy the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra’s first concert of the season featuring selections from Verdi, Dvorak, & Stravinsky.

Leon Bridges @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Hermanos Gutiérrez

ALL WEEKEND

THURSDAY & SATURDAY - ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ in Concert @ Symphony Hall Experience Tim burton’s film projected on the big screen accompanied by Danny Elfman’s darkly charming score played live by the Boston Pops.

All weekend - Independent Film Festival Boston - Fall Focus @ The Brattle Enjoy a mini IFFBoston with screenings of some of the best recent releases, including ‘It’s Not Me,’ ‘Bird, ‘Nickel Boys,’ & more!

All weekend - ‘On The Eve of Abolition’ Performance @ Emerson Paramount Center In this multimedia masterpiece, puppets, video projection, and miniature sets collide to transport audiences to a future where prisons are abolished.

All weekend - ‘Fall Experience’ Ballet @ Citizens Bank Opera House Enjoy a dazzling and dynamic program from the Boston Ballet, including a highlight from the season - Crystal Pite’s powerhouse ‘The Seasons’ Canon.’

All weekend - ‘Titanic’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre Featuring the real stories of people aboard the most legendary ship in the world, this epic musical is a stirring and unforgettable account of the first and last days of the ship.

All weekend - Edgar Allan Poe Double Header @ BrickBox Theatre At turns dark and darkly funny, this 60-minute solo show is staged as a séance, conjuring two of Poe’s most notorious narrators.

All weekend - ‘Sojourners’ Play @ Huntington Theatre In ‘Sojourners,’ acclaimed director Dawn M. Simmons explores marriage, migration, and the pursuit of education with empathy and surprising humor.

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.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Boston’s Wicked Haunted Festival @ Charlestown LAST CHANCE - 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 - ‘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 - ‘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 - ‘Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale’ Exhibition @ MFA LAST CHANCE - 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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