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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, October 12th - October 15th

October 12, 2023

Enjoy your weekend Boston!

THURSDAY

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

SoundBites: Jonathan Suazo & Ricano Quartet Concert @ MFA @ 6PM MFA’s free autumn concert series is back! Saxophonist and composer Jonathan Suazo takes listeners on a musical journey inspired by his Puerto Rican and Dominican roots.

FRIDAY

Fall Festival on The Greenway @ Rowes Wharf Plaza @ 5PM Enjoy food from some of the best vendors in the city, play mini golf, take a dance break, shop from local artisans, and get into the fall spirit!

Justin Willman Magic Show @ The Wilbur @ 7:30PM With a hilarious and mind-blowing live show, Willman is a magician and comedian who turns cynics into believers.

Eric Nam @ Roadrunner @ 7:30PM With Alexander Stewart

SATURDAY

Zoo Fiesta @ Stone Zoo @ 10AM ZooFiesta is a celebration in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, featuring Boston’s first all-women mariachi band.

Music from the Age of Rembrandt @ MFA @ 2PM Enjoy a performance from Camerata Tajectina as they present a range of Dutch musical offerings from Rembrandt’s time

SUNDAY

All weekend

THURSDAY & FRIDAY - serpentwithfeet @ ICA @ 8PM Brooklyn-born musician serpentwithfeet’s experimental electronic music tenderly explores passion and love between gay Black folks. 

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month Celebration @ MoS @ 10AM Join the Museum of Science in celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month over two days of fun science and cultural offerings in English and Spanish.

All weekend - New England Renaissance Festival @ King Richard’s Fairgrounds King Richard’s Faire is the premiere fall entertainment event for all things Renaissance.

All weekend - Boston Palestine Film Festival @ MFA The Boston Palestine Film Festival presents compelling films with independent views of Palestine’s history, culture, and geographically dispersed society.

All weekend - Boston Asian American Film Festival This year, BAAFF celebrates 15 years of empowering Asian American filmmakers and showcasing Asian American experiences and perspectives.

All weekend - Haydn, Shostakovich, and Habibi in Concert @ Symphony Hall Conducted by Andris Nelsons, BSO and renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform Shostakovich’s powerful Cello Concerto No. 1 and 2, along with other classical repertoire.

All weekend - Mr. Swindle’s Traveling Peculiarium and Drink-Ory Garden Show @ Harpoon Brewery This unique and unforgettable show blends big-top theater and sophisticated vaudevillian-style comedy with great adult beverages and fare.

All weekend - ‘Fall Experience’ Ballet @ Citizens Bank Opera House Boston Ballet opens its newest season with a special program featuring dance premiers and masterful classics.

All weekend - ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ Musical @ Arrow Street Arts Promising “a Brechtian take on a Sondheim classic,” Moonbox Productions is resurrects this perfectly morbid morsel of musical theater just as Halloween season is kicking into full gear.

All weekend - ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Play @ The Hanover Theatre LAST CHANCE - A family drama of great tenderness, charm, and beauty, ‘The Glass Menagerie’ is an icon of the American theater.

All weekend - ‘Fat Ham’ Play @ The Huntington Theatre Don’t miss the Huntington’s production of this smart and sharp reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece that took Broadway by storm.

All weekend - ‘POTUS’ Musical @ BCA Calderwood Pavilion LAST CHANCE - Inspired by real-life events, this uproarious, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in 2022.

All weekend - ‘DIASPORA!’ Play @ Mosesian Center for the Arts LAST CHANCE - An exploration of identity and familial love, the play follows Sunny, a black writer from Boston on a journey uncovering the mysterious story of her lineage and family.

All weekend - ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ Play @ Marblehead Little Theatre LAST CHANCE - Perfect October play, this black comedy revolves around the Brewster family, descendants of the Mayflower settlers, now composed mostly of maniacs and murderers.

Ongoing

Ongoing - ‘Revolution’s Edge’ Play @ Old North Church @ 5PMHistory comes to life in this three-man play set in the 1770s before the famous steeple lighting that warned of British troop movements. Running Thursday and Saturday.

Ongoing - Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience @ Franklin Park Zoo @ 6PM Come face-to-face with an ice-breathing dragon and more fantastical creatures in a frozen mythical land brought to you by Boston Lights.

Ongoing - Musical Shows @ MoS PlanetariumMuseum of Science puts on special experiences adapting the music of Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, and The Divas to immersive visuals in the Charles Hayden Planetarium

Ongoing - ‘Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s - Today’ Exhibition @ ICA Anchored in the concept of diaspora, the exhibition surveys the works of 28 artists of Caribbean descent and aims to challenge conventions and propose new ways of looking at and understanding the region.

Ongoing - ‘Fashioned by Sargent’ Exhibition @ MFA Featuring over 50 artworks by the influential American artist John Singer Sargent, the exhibition explores his complex relationship with his affluent clients and their clothes.

Ongoing - ‘Strong Women in Renaissance Italy’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition explores the lives and experiences of women in Renaissance Italy and offers new perspectives on female creativity, power, and agency.

Ongoing - 'Matthew Wong: The Realm of Appearances' Exhibition @ MFASee the full scope of Wong's works created during his short but vibrant career.

Ongoing - 'Tiny Treasures: The Magic of Miniatures' Exhibition @ MFAFeaturing ancient and contemporary works in a surprising array of forms, this exhibition explores miniaturization in art and how artists and artisans play with our perception of scale.

Ongoing - ‘Otherworldly Realms of Wu Junyong’ Exhibition @ MFAInspired by Chinese folklore and Greek mythology, Wu Junyong’s mixed-media works seamlessly blend diverse historical traditions with his contemporary experience to express human emotions, conflicts, and aspirations that transcend time and borders.

Ongoing - ‘Gu Wenda: United Nations’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex MuseumGu Wenda’s awe-inspiring installations immerse visitors in a vision of shared humanity, global connectivity, and mass participation.

Ongoing - ‘Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums The exhibition explores the entwined histories of the opium trade and the Chinese art market between the late 18th and early 20th centuries.

Ongoing - ‘AI: Mind the Gap’ Exhibition @ MIT MuseumMIT Museum presents its latest riveting, interactive exhibit exploring the tremendous promise, unforeseen impacts, and everyday misconceptions of AI.

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