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Good afternoon Boston, here is your list of things to do this weekend, October 26th - October 29th

Have a spooky one

October 26, 2023

Have a safe and spooky Halloween weekend Boston!

HALLOWEEN THEMED EVENTS

THURSDAY - Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics @ Temple Ohabei Shalom @ 6:30PM / 8:45PM Enjoy a special concert featuring songs from ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Psycho,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Beetlejuice,’ and other Halloween classics.

SATURDAY - Barbie Extravaganza Halloween Party @ Liberty Hotel @ 9PM Join one of the biggest parties in the city as The Liberty Hotel turns into a Barbie Dreamhouse for this year’s Halloween.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Zoo Howl @ Franklin Park Zoo @ 10AM This year’s Haunted Happenings include a trick-or-treat trail, costume contests, education stations, tasty treats, and more family-friendly activities.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Spooky Science Week @ MoS This Halloween-themed weekend will include a family-friendly costume contest, Design Challenges, live presentations, and more educational and fun activities.

All weekend - Salem Haunted Happenings There is no better place to spend this spooky weekend than Salem’s special town-wide Halloween festival!

All weekend - Halloween Specials @ ICA Enjoy a variety of Halloween-themed events including Teen Night, Playdate, and a Halloween Ball.

All weekend - Cirque of the Dead @ Arts at the Armory Enjoy this haunted Halloween spectacular from Boston Circus Guild.

All weekend - Ghosts and Gravestones Tour Halloween is the perfect time to explore the city’s most haunted sites.

THURSDAY - OCTOBER 26TH

Museums at Night @ Harvard Art Museums @ 5PM Enjoy an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

The Moth Live Show @ The Wilbur @ 7:30PM ‘The Moth’ is a true stories live show bringing personal storytelling to alive audiences to illuminate the diversity and commonality of human experience.

‘Potted Potter - The Unauthorized Harry Experience’ Show @ Chevalier Theatre @ 7:30PM Experience the story of Harry Potter told like never before in this sensational comedy show.

FRIDAY - OCTOBER 27TH

‘The Others’ Screening @ MFA @ 7PM Part of MFA’s ‘Bloody Gorgeous: The Art of Horror’ special series.

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 28TH

‘Perfect Blue’ Screening @ MFA @ 2:30PM Part of MFA’s ‘Created Worlds: Animation from around the Globe’ special series

‘Genshin’ Concert @ Symphony Hall @ 8PM This dynamic multimedia production features the music of Yu-Peng Chen performed by a symphony orchestra under the direction of conductor Eric Roth.

Reneé Rapp @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Towa Bird & Alexander 23

SUNDAY - OCTOBER 29TH

Joji @ TD Garden @ 7:30PM With Kenny Beats

Action Bronson @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Dr. Baklava & Human Growth Hormone

All weekend

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Grupo Corpo Dance Company @ Shubert Theatre Brazil’s world-renowned contemporary dance ensemble Grupo Corpo returns to Boston!

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - ‘James and the Giant Peach’ Play @ Hanover Theatre Roald Dahl’s story comes hilariously to life in this delightful dramatization presented by THTC’s Youth Acting Company!

All weekend - Youth Concert: May I Have Your Attention Please @ Symphony Hall The programme includes Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Arnold, and others.

All weekend - GlobeDocs Film Festival @ The Brattle The festival returns for its 9th installment with area premieres of documentary features and shorts from award-winning filmmakers and local Boston-area talents.

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

All weekend - ‘Disney’s Frozen’ Musical @ Citizens Bank Opera House Filled with sensational special effects, stunning sets and costumes, and powerhouse performances, the award-winning musical is moving, spectacular and pure Broadway joy.

All weekend - ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ Musical @ Arrow Street ArtsPromising “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 Edgar Allan Poe Double Header Show @ The Hanover Theatre At turns dark and darkly funny, this 60-minute solo show is staged as a séance, conjuring Poe’s two most notorious narrators from ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ and ‘The Cask of Amontillado.’

All weekend - ‘Marie Antoinette’ Play @ Balch Arena Theater Enjoy David Adjmi’s contemporary take on the young queen fo France and the tumultuous story of the French Revolution.

All weekend - ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ Play @ Central Square Theater Be hypnotized by this hedonistic rock-n-roll promenade through gender, sexuality, and identity.

All weekend - ‘The Book of Will’ Play @ BCA Plaza Center Complete with history, hijinks, and Shakespeare’s greatest hits, this tale of the First Folio sheds new light on a man and a legacy you thought you knew.

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

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.

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