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- Good morning Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, April 11th - April 14th
Good morning Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, April 11th - April 14th
Enjoy your weekend Boston! Go check out the show being putting by Acquired Taste comedy tomorrow at Cloud & Spirits, it's 100% worth your while.
If you ever have anything you’d like to see added, please feel free to reach out using the contact link at the bottom.
THURSDAY - APRIL 11
😶🌫️ Tapered Expectations XIX: "Above the Clouds" (A Standup Comedy Event) 😶🌫️ @ Cloud & Spirits @ 7PM Acquired Taste Comedy returns with a carefully curated selection of the area's funniest comics at a breathtaking cocktail bar in Central Square!
College Night @ MFA @ 6PM In celebration of Korean art and pop culture, the MFA is welcoming college and university students for a special evening of dance performances, art making, music, gallery talks, free food, and more!
After Dark @ MIT Museum @ 6PM Enjoy an adult-only lively evening of entertainment, science, and tinkering.
Lee Fields & The Expressions @ Paradise Rock Club @ 8PM With Monophonics
Jhariah @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM With Save Face & Pollyanna
FRIDAY - APRIL 12
Red Socks vs LA Angels @ Fenway Park @ 7:10PM Promotion: Bello City Connect Bobblehead
Benson Boone @ House of Blues @ 8PM With Mimi Webb
Pink Pantheress @ Royale @ 7PM With BKTherula
Artbat @ Royale @ 10PM With Camilla Fabb
SATURDAY - APRIL 13
Red Socks vs LA Angels @ Fenway Park @ 4:10PM Promotion: Harry Potter Day
Monster Energy Supercross @ Gillette Stadium @ 6:30PM The biggest stars in the sport will be lining up at Gillette Stadium promising to deliver one of the deepest fields in recent memory.
Family Day @ Harvard Art Museums @ 1PM Explore the museums with scavenger hunts, attend family workshops, engage deeply with works on view; and step into Materials Lab makerspace.
Tom Cridland’s Elton Tribute Concert @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 8PM Tom Cridland’s concert experience provides unparalleled levels of detail to recreating Elton John & His Band’s music, stage presence, and fabulous costumes.
Movements @ Roadrunner @ 7:30PM With Tigers Jaw, Webbed Wing, & Paerish
Strange Machines @ Brighton Music Hall @ 8PM With Haley Jane & The Primates
SUNDAY - APRIL 14
vs self @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM With Party Hats, Knumears, & New Forms
ALL WEEKEND
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - New England Real Ale Exhibition @ South Boston Lithuanian Club Don’t miss the longest running Real Ale Festival in the United States!
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - ‘Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles’ in Concert @ Wang Theatre This mind-blowing live performance takes a journey back in time with the legendary foursome delivering a theatrical event that is as close to seeing The Beatles as it gets.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Michael Jackson Ensemble @ Berklee Performance Center @ 8PM Using song, dance, theater, and visuals, this production celebrates the tremendous legacy and journey of Michael Jackson’s career and contributions.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - ‘Hello, Dolly’ Musical @ NSMT See one of musical theater's most enduring and acclaimed musicals bursting with romance, humor, and some of the greatest song and dance numbers in musical theater history.
All weekend - Wicked Queer Film Festival LAST CHANCE - Wicked Queer celebrates the latest in queer cinema, bringing the best contemporary films, by, for, and about the LGBTQ+ community to various venues in Boston.
All weekend - Max Roach 100 Celebration @ ICA The ICA joins the centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, composer, and activist Max Roach with an evening of dance made in tribute to the legendary jazz pioneer.
All weekend - ‘Turangalîla-symphonie’ in Concert @ Symphony Hall The BSO presents Olivier Messiaen’s symphony - a triumphant and all-encompassing piece about the love and relationships between humans.
All weekend - ‘Company’ Musical @ Citizens Bank Opera House LAST CHANCE - A revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s groundbreaking musical comedy, this new bold and insightful production follows Bobbie, a single woman navigating adulthood in the 21st century.
All weekend - ‘Without You’ Musical @ Calderwood Pavilion See this new musical based on Anthony Rapp’s New York Times best-selling memoir of love, loss, and the musical ‘Rent.’
All weekend - ‘Something Rotten’ Musical @ Berklee Conservatory Theater This musical comedy follows a brothers duo set out to create the world’s first ever musical production in the 1500s.
All weekend - ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ Play @ Lyric Stage This bubbly love letter to musical theater sparkles with one show-stopper after another, story mix-ups, mayhem, and a wedding (or two).
ONGOING
Ongoing - Winteractive @ Downtown LAST CHANCE - This free, walkable art experience features 16 artworks and interactive play elements in downtown Boston.
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 PlanetariumMuseum of Science puts on special experiences adapting the music of Pink Floyd, Rihanna, Beyoncé, and The Divas 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 - ‘ Dinorá Justice: The Lay of the Land’ Exhibition @ MFA LAST CHANCE - In her multidisciplinary works, Brazilian American artist Dinorá Justice uses a distinct visual vocabulary to examine intertwined histories of gender, landscape, and visual culture.
Ongoing - ‘Mondrian: Foundations’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition presents 28 paintings and works on paper, primarily from Mondrian’s early career, that trace the artist’s explorations as he progressed from realistic traditions to experimental abstractions.
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 - ‘Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West’ Exhibition @ ISG Museum Shaw’s images of magic and mystery combine Western artistic tradition with ornamental elements derived from the Japanese, Persian, and Indian cultures that he vividly remembers from his youth.
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 MuseumMIT Museum presents its latest riveting, interactive exhibit exploring the tremendous promise, unforeseen impacts, and everyday misconceptions of AI.