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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, May 30th - June 2nd

May 29, 2024

Enjoy your weekend!

THURSDAY - MAY 30th

Museums at Night @ Harvard Art Museums @ 5PM
Get ready for an evening of art, music, food, and more! This event is free and open to everyone.

‘Train to Busan: Extended Cut’ Screening @ MFA @ 7PM
*Part of the Hallyu Hits: Korean Films that Moved the World Series

Tank @ Orpheum Theatre @ 8PM With Keri Hilson & Carl Thomas

FRIDAY - MAY 31st

‘Snowpiercer’ Screening @ MFA @ 7PM
*Part of the Hallyu Hits: Korean Films that Moved the World Series

K-Pop Night @ MFA @ 6PM Enjoy art making and dancing, listen to K-Pop hits, photo booth, contests, and explore ‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ exhibition in a special tour.

21 Savage @ Xfinity Center @ 7PM With J.I.D & Nardo Wick

SATURDAY - JUNE 1st

Small Mart @ Crystal Ballroom @ 11AM Visit this curated market featuring 40+ of favorite local artisans, vintage, makers and experiential vendors.

Boston Caribbean American Heritage Festival @ Lewis Athletic Center @ 12PM Enjoy traditional music, dance, food, and cultural experiences in celebration of National Caribbean American Heritage Month!

Spring Fest @ Fisher Hill Reservoir Park @ 11AM This community festival supports environmental education and action and is perfect for families to enjoy games and activities and shop from local vendors.

Beyond the Spectrum Kids: Pride & Portraits @ MFA @ 10:30AM Kids will explore self-expression and identity-building through expressive and abstract art.

Pride Night Concert ft. Thorgy Thor @ Symphony Hall @ 7:30PM Drag superstar Thorgy Thor and the Boston Pops kick off Pride Month with a night of comedy, style, and musical performances.

Kiss Concert 2024 @ Xfinity Center @ 6:30PM Featuring Doja Cat, Jason Derulo, Shinedown, Knox, & more!

Knocked Loose @ Roadrunner @ 7PM With Loathe, Show Me The Body, & Speed

ERRA @ Paradise Rock Club @ 6PM With Make Them Suffer

SUNDAY - JUNE 2nd

SomerStreets Carnaval @ East Somerville @ 2PM Enjoy delicious food, family activities and parade, live music, and explore over 30 vendors, restaurants, and artisans.

Ongoing - Open Market @ SoWa @ 11AM One of the largest open-air farmer and artist markets returns this summer season!

Classic Albums Live: Pink Floyd @ Chevalier Theatre @ 8PM Hear Pink Floyd’s legendary album ‘The Wall’ played note for note, cut for cut in a special concert show.

ALL WEEKEND

FRIDAY & SATURDAY - ‘The Lion King Jr.’ Musical @ BCA Plaza Theatre Bring the Disney movie to life on your stage with Simba, Rafiki and an unforgettable cast of characters in this inspiring, coming-of-age tale perfect for the whole family.

All weekend - ‘Come From Away’ Musical @ Citizens Bank Opera House Based on true events, this touching musical takes the audience on a journey to Newfoundland as 7,000 new passengers suddenly arrive from post- 9/11 New York in hope to settle in a new community.

All weekend - ‘Gatsby’ Musical @ Loeb Drama Center F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legendary novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ comes to new life in this world-premiere grand musical with a score by international rock star Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine.

All weekend - ‘Toni Stone’ Play @ The Huntington Theatre The Huntington’s season finale is a beautiful, rich portrait of a trailblazing woman. Follow the inspiring and life-affirming story of baseball legend Toni Stone.

All weekend - ‘Yellow Face’ Play @ Lyric Stage Satirical and argumentative, this provocative comedic play explores the concepts of race and assimilation and asks the daring question “who has the ownership of a culture?”

All weekend - ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion LAST CHANCE - Brought to life by Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Shakespeare’s most famous duo return in a flurry of forbidden love, exhilarating fight scenes, and tragic fate.

All weekend - ‘Nüwa in Fairyland’ Play @ BCA Plaza Theatre LAST CHANCE - Conceived by Chinese Canadian playwright Brandon Zang, ‘Nüwa in Fairyland’ fuses Shakespeare's charm with Chinese folklore into a coming-of-age tale.

ONGOING

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 - Immersive Disney Animation @ Boch Center Step into the art and legacy of Walt Disney Animation Studios and celebrate the music, artistry and animation from the creators of Frozen, The Little Mermaid, Big Hero 6 and many more.

Ongoing - Musical Shows @ MoS Planetarium
Museum of Science puts on special experiences adapting the music of Pink Floyd, Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Prince to immersive visuals in the Charles Hayden Planetarium.

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.

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.

Ongoing - ‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ Exhibition @ MFA Enjoy an immersive and multisensory journey through Korea’s fascinating history, and celebrate its contemporary vibrant creative force.

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.

Ongoing - ‘Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition brings together 27 powerful photographs by Stephen Shames that feature the women of the Black Panther party and showcase their crucial work for the movement.

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.

Ongoing - ‘Picasso: War, Combat, and Revolution’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums The exhibition explores the dictator Francisco Franco’s Spain, imagery of death, struggles of good and evil, political and artistic revolution, and issues of desire and capture.

Ongoing - ‘Our Time on Earth’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum This traveling exhibition from the Barbican Centre in London celebrates the power of global creativity to transform the conversation around the climate emergency.

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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