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Good evening Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, November 7th - 10th

November 07, 2024

Have an excellent weekend everyone.

THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 7th

Diwali Celebration @ MFA @ 5PM Enjoy an evening of art, performances, and activities in celebration of the ancient festival of lights - Diwali!

Tyler Hubbard @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Alana Springsteen

FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 8th

Sango @ Paradise Rock Club @ 8PM With Rochelle Jordan

SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 9th

Cider Feast 2024 @ Lithuanian Citizens Association @ 12PM Discover a huge selection of ciders and sours crafted by the most skilled makers from the Northeast and beyond.

New England Harvest Feast @ Plimoth Patuxet Museums @ 5:30PM Take a savory journey into the past and experience the living and dining experience of Pilgrims.

Kids Con New England @ South Portland @ 10AM This New England favorite comic con and book event inspires creativity and learning through arts, workshops, games, and other fun family activities.

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.

Cody Wong @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Mark Lettieri & Couch

Melt @ Royale @ 6PM With MARIS

SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 10th

Family Fall Festival @ Time Out Market @ 1PM Enjoy live music that will get you dancing, treat yourself to Fall-themed drinks and food, and participate in free family-friendly activities.

‘Aida’ Opera @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 3PM Verdi’s thrilling masterpiece ‘Aida’ captivates audiences with its dramatic duets and arias, and some of the most thrilling choral works ever to be performed.

Honne @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Liang Lawrence

Thee Sacred Souls @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Thee Heart Tones

Oddie Leigh @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Charlotte Rose Benjamin

ALL WEEKEND

All weekend - The 38th New England Christmas Festival @ Earth Expo Center at Mohegan Sun With over 350 vendors, the New England Christmas Festival is an eagerly anticipated annual shopping event perfect to kick-off the holiday season.

All weekend - Boston Book Fair @ Hynes Convention Center This three-day event features fine and rare materials from around the globe, including manuscripts, modern first editions, children’s books, ephemera, maps and autographs, & more.

All weekend - ‘Columbia 100: Noirvember’ Film Program @ The Brattle Enjoy a program of film noirs released by Columbia Pictures.

All weekend - A Tribute to Duke Ellington in Concert @ Symphony Hall The BSO and Thomas Wilkins mark the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death with a full programme of this American musical genius’ compositions.

All weekend - ‘& Juliet’ Musical @ Citizens Bank Opera House This hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told and asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Ends 11/17.

All weekend - ‘Ain’t Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations’ Musical @ Hanover Theatre This electrifying, smash-hit Broadway musical follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

All weekend - ‘Titanic’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre LAST CHANCE - 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. Ends 11/10.

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. Ends 12/1.

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. Ends 11/16.

ONGOING

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 - Snowport @ Seaport Find gifts, treats, and plenty of family-friendly activities and surprises in this one-stop wonderland you can enjoy all christmas season. Ends 12/29.

Ongoing - Edaville Festival of Lights @ Carver Experience one of New England’s oldest Christmas traditions featuring steam trains, Christmas lights, vintage amusement rides, Santa, and more! Ends 12/31.

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 - ‘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 - ‘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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