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- Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, December 14th - 17th
Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, December 14th - 17th
Enjoy your weekend Boston! 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 - DECEMBER 14
After Dark @ MIT Museum @ 6PM Enjoy an adult-only lively evening of entertainment, science, and tinkering.
🎄Candlelight: Best Hits & Christmas Favorites Concert @ Temple Ohabei Shalom @ 6:30PM / 8:45PM Vitamin String Quartet performs this year’s top hits and Christmas classics, including songs by Wham, Mariah Carey, Kate Bush, Taylor Swift, and more!
A Night of Frank Sinatra Music @ Chevalier Theatre @ 7PM Featuring Gene Mack Gym
Mersiv @ Big Night Live @ 9PM With Minnesota
FRIDAY - DECEMBER 15
‘RIDE’ Podcast Live @ The Wilbur @ 9:45PM Internet sensations Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone are taking their mega popular podcast to live audiences.
🎄Millennium Gospel Choir Live @ MFA @ 7:30PM Celebrate the season with renowned members of the Boston gospel community.
Moon Hooch @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Cloudchord
SATURDAY - DECEMBER 16
🎄Winter Solstice Celebration @ Peabody Essex Museum @ 10AM Celebrate the arrival of the longest night of the year through special activities like yoga, candle making, ritual workshop, and more.
Teen Science Cafe @ MIT Museum @ 6PM Join local researchers and other teens for a night exploring the field of psychology.
Beyond The Spectrum: Teens @ MFA @ 10:30AM In this session, teens will explore a variety of traditional clay techniques and make their own air-dry clay creations.
🎄Millennium Gospel Choir Live @ MFA @ 2PM Celebrate the season with renowned members of the Boston gospel community.
A John Waters Christmas @ Berklee Performance Center @ 8PM The legendary cult-filmmaker takes to the stage with his traditional one-man monologue, extolling the virtues of everyone's favorite holiday.
Luke Grimes @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Matt Koziol
The Music of Taylor Swift for Kids @ Brighton Music Hall @ 11AM Presented by The Rock and Roll Playhouse
SUNDAY - DECEMBER 17
🎄The Christmas Revels @ Sanders Theater Every December, the Cambridge Revels community celebrates the holiday season through traditional songs, dances, and stories of cultures from around the world.
ALL WEEKEND
🎄SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Holiday CREATOR Market @ Boston Public Market LAST CHANCE - Each weekend this November and December, 30 pop-up artisans will offer specialty goods and gifts at the BPM alongside their regular vendors.
🎄All weekend - SoWa Winter Festival @ SoWa Power Station LAST CHANCE - The annual festival brings 100+ of the region's best small businesses selling everything from specialty food, art, crafts, and other goods.
🎄All weekend - Harvard Square Holiday Fairs @ Brattle Square One of the area's most beloved holiday markets is back on weekends this December.
🎄All weekend - Snowflake Crossing @ Downtown Crossing Steps This holiday favorite returns with a variety of special events, including an Ice Festival, Christmas songs concert, Santa visit, and more!
🎄All weekend - ‘Holiday-Adjacent’ Film Screenings @ The Brattle Enjoy a specially curated of holiday-ish cinema classics from The Brattle.
🎄All weekend - Mike Birbiglia’s ‘Christmas Parmesan’ @ The Wilbur Actor and comedian Mike Birbiglia is making his way home to Boston this holiday season with a week of comedy specials.
All weekend - Alex Eldeman’s ‘Just For Us’ Show @ Emerson Colonial Theatre Expertly crafted by one of comedy’s most distinctive voices, this singular theatrical experience is an exploration of identity and our collective capacity for empathy.
🎄All weekend - Holiday Pops @ Symphony Hall Listen to Christmas classics performed by the Boston Pops orchestra lead by Keith Lockhart at Symphony Hall.
🎄All weekend - ‘The Nutcracker’ Ballet @ Citizens Bank Opera House Mikko Nissinen’s ‘The Nutcracker’ returns to the stage with beloved characters, glittering sets, and dancing that will lift your spirits during this holiday season.
🎄All weekend - ‘Urban Nutcracker’ Ballet @ Shubert Theatre This classic dance theatrical will showcase winter scenes set in present-day downtown Boston, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky.
🎄All weekend - Black Nativity @ Emerson Paramount Center LAST CHANCE - This lively retelling features jubilant gospel music, dramatic dance, black vernacular, and Biblical narrative.
🎄All weekend - ‘A Christmas Carol’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre Based on Charles Dickens’ classic novella, this dazzling musical production has been one of New England’s brightest holiday traditions for more than 30 years.
🎄All weekend - ‘A Christmas Carol’ Musical @ The Hanover Theatre Featuring the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, this annual production returns to the main stage with timeless music, lavish costumes, and spine-tingling special effects.
All weekend - ‘Legally Blonde’ Musical @ Calderwood Pavilion This upbeat musical chronicles the story of everyone’s favorite blonde Elle Woods and her journey of defying expectations and finding herself at Harvard Law School.
All weekend - ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Musical @ Loeb Drama Center Based on the play by Josefina López that inspired the iconic hit film, this musical production is an empowering new show that explores life’s unexpected curves.
All weekend - ‘The Band’s Visit’ Play @ The Huntington Theatre LAST CHANCE - A brief visit can have a lasting impact in this stunning musical adaptation of the acclaimed 2007 film that cast a spell over Broadway.
All weekend - ‘The Heart Sellers’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion This funny, moving, and big-hearted new play tells the story of Jane and Luna and their lives as Asian immigrants in 1970s America.
ONGOING
🎄Ongoing - Snowport @ Seaport Find gifts, treats, and plenty of surprises in this one-stop wonderland you can enjoy all christmas season.
🎄Ongoing - Holiday Shoppes @ Tuscan Village Tuscan Village debuts its open-air holiday market featuring 30 small businesses and artisans.
🎄Ongoing - Festival of Trees @ Wellesley This family-friendly holiday tradition gathers lavishly decorated Christmas trees contributed by local individuals and institutions.
🎄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!
🎄Ongoing - Zoo Lights @ Stone Zoo Enter a winter wonderland of tree-lined paths lit by thousands of twinkling lights spanning Stone Zoo's 26 acres.
🎄Ongoing - Night Lights: Starry Skies @ New England Botanic Garden Celebrate the season at the Botanic Garden with a winter light display like no other in the region!
🎄Ongoing - Magic of Lights @ East Hartford This unique, immersive drive-through lights experience brings your favorite holiday scenes and characters to life.
🎄Ongoing - Winterlights Winterlights returns to three special locations around Massachusetts with dazzling light displays, festive music, seasonal treats, and more.
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 - ‘Marking Resilience: Indigenous North American Prints’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition features 30 newly acquired works by Indigenous artists from the United States and Canada who were inspired by the resilience and creativity of their cultures.
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 - '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 - 'Matthew Wong: The Realm of Appearances' Exhibition @ MFASee the full scope of Wong's works created during his short but vibrant career.
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 - ‘After Hope: Videos of Resistance’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Explore the idea of hope and its expressions, both fulfilled and unfulfilled, through the lenses and many perspectives of peoples across Asia.
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.