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Good morning Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, January 9th - 12th

January 09, 2025

THURSDAY - JANUARY 9th

After Dark @ MIT Museum @ 6PM Enjoy an adult-only lively evening of entertainment, science, and tinkering.

Candlelight: ‘Rings and Dragons’ Concert @ Temple Ohabei Shalom @ 8:45PM Hear beloved soundtracks from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Game of Thrones.’

FRIDAY - JANUARY 10th

Close Enemies @ City Winery @ 7:30PM Featuring Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith

SATURDAY - JANUARY 11th

Boxing: New England’s Future 17 @ Palladium @ 6:30PM Featuring Richard Rivera, Tramaine Williams, Bobby Harris III, & more.

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.

Live Magic Performances @ Peabody Essex Museum @ 12PM
Step into a world where the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur, and prepare to be spellbound by extraordinary magicians.

Silverstein @ House of Blues @ 6PM With Thursday, Arm’s length, & Split Chain

The Bags @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM With The Croaks & Gymnasium

SUNDAY - JANUARY 12th

Folk: Revels Fringe @ Passim @ 7PM Featuring Keith Murphy & Josee Vachon

ALL WEEKEND

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Pop-Up Art-Making @ ICA Cozy up this January with art-making and hot chocolate with family and friends at the ICA.

All weekend - New England Boat Show @ Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Find post-holiday deals on hundreds of new boats, all the latest marine gear, and nautical fun for the whole family.

All weekend - ‘Beethoven & Romanticism’ Concert @ Symphony Hall The BSO begins exploration of Beethoven’s seminal works with three genre-defining, innovative symphonies.

All weekend - ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Musical @ Hanover Theatre Hailed as one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history, this musical sensation takes a profound look at our complex, interconnected, and social media-filled lives.

All weekend - ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Play @ BCA Calderwood Pavilion SpeakEasy Stage presents Jordan E. Cooper’s blisteringly funny satirical play about Black American life, history, and identity. Ends 2/8.

All weekend - ‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy’ Play @ Lyric Stage Set in Brooklyn during the racially charged 1950s, a torn family tries to find new meaning in what makes a home. Ends 2/2.

All weekend - ‘Library Lion’ Musical Play @ BCA Calderwood Pavilion Based on one of the most best-selling children’s books of all time, ‘Library Lion’ explores the idea of rules and norms, and the importance of breaking them every once in a while. Ends 1/19.

All weekend - ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Play @ Chelsea Theatre Works Performed on alternating nights by two actors and in two languages, this play examines depression, the beauty of everyday moments, and human connection. Ends 1/19.

ONGOING

Ongoing - Winter Fest @ Hood Park Spanning over two acres, this winter wonderland is adorned with dazzling displays, an ice-skating rink, a larger-than-life size light up castle, an artisan village marketplace, an Après Ski lounge, Santa’s workshop, and more. Ends 1/25.

Ongoing - Winter Wonderland @ Big Night Live This seasonal destination features weekly themed events, holiday-inspired food and beverages, and opportunities for private celebrations. Ends 2/28.

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 2/28.

Ongoing - Winterlights Winterlights returns to three special locations around Massachusetts with dazzling light displays, festive music, seasonal treats, and more.

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 4/27/2025.

Ongoing - ‘Titanic: The Artifacts’ Exhibition @ The Castle at Park Plaza Embark on an interactive tour of the Titanic with incredible re-creations of the Ship’s interior and exterior, plus see authentic artifacts, recovered from below the surface of the North Atlantic. Ends 2/2/2025.

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 - ‘Charles Atlas: About Time’ Exhibition @ ICA Spanning 50 years of work, this immersive exhibition presents career-defining installations of interdisciplinary artist Charles Atlas, whose work explores the intersection of moving image, dance, and performance. Ends 3/16/2025.

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 - ‘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 - ‘Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Explore a major presentation of exquisite Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculptures and decorative arts created between the 15th and 17th centuries in the Southern Netherlands. Ends 5/4/2025.

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. Ends 2/2/2025

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 3/29/2026.

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