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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend - August 15th - 18th

August 15, 2024

THURSDAY - AUGUST 15th

Back to School Celebration @ TD Garden @ 11AM Various charities and foundations team up to equip thousands of local students to go back to school this Fall!

Harborwalk Sounds @ ICA @ 6PM Grab a drink, enjoy the cool ocean breeze, and hear some of Berklee College of Music’s outstanding musicians perform on the waterfront.

Ortiz & Mozart in Concert @ Seiji Ozawa Hall @ 8PM The Knights and pianist Emanuel Ax perform selections from Mozart and Gabriel Ortiz’s ‘La Calaca.’

Slipknot @ Xfinity Center @ 7PM With Knocked Loose

Save Ferris @ Brighton Music Hall @ 8PM With Kings of the Wild Things

FRIDAY - AUGUST 16th

Vinyl Nights @ ICA @ 5PM Dance, chill, and enjoy an evening with great music, art, and creative vibes featuring DJs from Boston’s innovative nightlife scene.

Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, & Svetlanov in Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 8PM Enjoy the BSO and violinist Midori perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1.

‘Babie The Movie’ in Concert @ Xfinity Center @ 8PM Experience the record-breaking film accompanied live by an all-women orchestra performing the unforgettable movie score.

SATURDAY - AUGUST 17th

African Festival of Boston @ Boston Common The AFOB is a massive New-England, multi-cultural celebration featuring the best of the African arts, food, and culture.

Summer Send-Off Bash @ Stone Zoo @ 5:30PM Soak up the last of summer fun with lawn games, photobooths, face paintings, sweet delights, scavenger hunt, and much more family-friendly fun!

‘Jurassic Park’ in Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 8PM Experience the legendary film projected in HD with a full symphony orchestra performing John Williams’ iconic score live to picture.

Candlelight: Queen meets ABBA @ Simons Theatre @ 7PM Hear the timeless hits from Queen and ABBA performed by a string quartet!

French Montana @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Fabolous & Fivo Foreign

Bent Knee @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Nova One & Shibui

SUNDAY - AUGUST 18th

Beethoven, Schumann, & Simon in Concert @ Koussevitzky Music Shed @ 2:30PM Hear Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and selections from Schumann and Carlos Simon performed by the BSO and acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Thirty Seconds to Mars @ Xfinity Center @ 6:30PM With AFI, Poppy, & KennyHoopla

The Gaslight Anthem @ MGM Music Hall @ 7PM With Joyce Manor & Pinkshift

ALL WEEKEND

All weekend - Dine Out Boston Make sure to take advantage of delicious deals at this year’s participating restaurants.

All weekend - 113th Annual Fisherman’s Feast
Fisherman’s Feast is Boston’s oldest continuous Italian Festival that includes traditional Italian food, music, dancing, and vendors market!

All weekend - Soulfest @ Franklin County Fairgrounds Enjoy 60+ amazing faith-inspired performers & speakers from multiple genres!

All weekend - ‘Les Miserables’ Musical @ Citizens Bank Opera House This Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon has taken the world by storm and has been hailed as one of the greatest musicals ever created.

All weekend - ‘The Queen of Versailles’ Musical @ Emerson Colonial Theatre Based on the wildly astonishing documentary and starring award-winning Kristin Chenoweth, this musical explores the true cost of fame, fortune, and family.

All weekend - ‘Tootsie’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre Based on the hit comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and ranked as one of the best comedies of all-time, ‘Tootsie’ will have the audience rolling in the aisles!

All weekend - ‘Kinky Boots’ Musical @ Company Theatre This uplifting sensation featuring a Tony® and Grammy®-winning score is filled with glitter, glam, and a whole lot of ‘sole’!

All weekend - ‘An American in Paris’ Musical @ Robinson Theatre Inspired by the classic Gene Kelly film, this romantic story centers around a young American soldier and a beautiful French girl in an indomitable European city.

ONGOING

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.

Ongoing - The Lawn on D @ South Boston Waterfront This playground for adults offers interactive installations, foodie-friendly bites and drinks, community events, fitness classes, and fun lawn games all summer long!

Ongoing - Summer Market @ Seaport Seaport’s summer bazaar returns with a mix of popular returning artisans and new entrants, all offering a unique assortment of products from clothing to home décor, pet goods, food, and much more.

Ongoing - ‘Portraits from Boston, With Love’ Exhibition @ ISG Museum The summer exhibition explores how portrait photographs by artists from New York City, Boston, and Dallas reflect and refract multifaceted LGBTQIA+ experiences. Ends 9/8.

Ongoing - ‘Firelei Báez’ Exhibition @ ICA One of the most exciting painters of her generation, Báez explores the multilayered legacy of colonial histories and the African diaspora in the Caribbean and beyond. Ends 9/2.

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 - ‘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 - ‘Dress Up’ Exhibition @ MFA Through more than 100 works from the MFA’s collection including 20th- and 21st-century clothing, jewelry, accessories, illustrations, and photographs, this exhibition explores adornment and its role in the creation of a look. Ends 9/2.

Ongoing - Ancestors and Place: Indigenous North American Prints’ Exhibition @ MFA 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 - ‘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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