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THURSDAY - APRIL 16th
Art-Making After Dark @ ICA @ 6PM Enjoy free admission, art-making activities designed by local artists, gallery tours, & more!
Drop-In Artmaking @ MFA @ 5PM Get inspired by artwork in the collection, then use the art materials provided to create a work of your own.
Good Kid @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Inoha
Powfu @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Sadboy Prolific, Jomie, & Snow
FRIDAY - APRIL 17th
Red Sox vs Tigers @ Fenway Park @ 7:15PM Promotion: Bravo Night
‘The Jury’ Experience @ Regent Theatre @ 6PM / 8:30PM Enjoy an immersive theatre courtroom drama where you make tough decisions, dissect evidence, and give the final verdict.
Don Lemon & DL Hughley Live Show @ Shubert Theatre @ 7:30PM Expect the unexpected from two brilliant minds doing their public service while taking you on a journey exploring topics spanning everything from social issues, race, pop-culture and current events.
Field Medic @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Euphoria Again
Snail Mail @ Big Night Live @ 6:30PM With Swirlies & Sharp Pins
Krooked Kings @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Nightcap
SATURDAY - APRIL 18th
Red Sox vs Tigers @ Fenway Park @ 4:10PM Promotion: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Day
Mass Craft Brewers Fest @ The Cyclorama @ 1PM Celebrate the states independent brewers and sip finest craft beers, seltzers, and ciders from 40+ breweries.
Thai Market Songkran Festival @ Brattle Square @ 11AM Celebrate Thai New Year and enjoy the full Thai market experience with local food and crafts vendors.
Drop-In Chess @ MIT Museum @ 11AM Enjoy a free, drop-in chess experience open to players of all ages and skill levels, from curious beginners to seasoned strategists.
Xhloe and Natasha Comedy Show @ The Rockwell @ 7PM From Edinburgh Fringe favorites Xhloe and Natasha comes a night of absurdist clown, stand up, and beating a dead horse.
Lewis Capaldi Night 1 @ MGM Music Hall @ 7:30PM With Joy Crookes
The Maine @ House of Blues @ 5:30PM With Grayscale, Nightly, & Broadside
The Last Dinner Party @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Florence Road
Mighty Mystic @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Different Strokez, Solgyres, & DJ Maltese
Bearly Dead @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Lee Ross
SUNDAY - APRIL 19th
Red Sox vs Tigers @ Fenway Park @ 1:35PM Promotion: Margaritaville Day
‘Wild Kratts’ Live Show @ Wang Theatre @ 1PM / 5PM Dive into adventure with the Kratt Brothers as they combine live action & animation in this family-friendly show.
Cirque Us: Cirque Cabaret @ Arts at the Armory @ 3PM / 6PM Featuring the best circus artists from across the country, Cirque Us Cabarets are sure to keep you on the edge of your seats.
Florence + The Machine @ TD Garden @ 7:30PM With Sofia Isella
Microwave @ Roadrunner @ 7PM With Anthony Green, Hunny, & Moving Mountains
Dark Tranquility @ Paradise Rock Club @ 6PM With Soen & Persefone
Femtanyl @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Govlink & DJ Carbo
Heavenly @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Swansea Sound & Jeanines
Magnolia Park @ The Palladium @ 7:30PM With Silly Goose & Pinknoise
JFDR @ City Winery @ 7:30PM With Anju
ALL WEEKEND
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Boston Marathon Days @ MoS Explore the sole of science at this pre-marathon event that explores the fascinating science behind every stride.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - ‘Curtains’ Musical @ North Shore Music Theatre Get ready for a night of suspense, laughter, and toe-tapping tunes as NSMT presents the hilarious and thrilling murder mystery musical, ‘Curtains.’ Ends 3/22.
All weekend - The National Center for Jewish Film Film Festival @ MFA This vibrant festival showcases new independent films and restored classics from around the world, with filmmakers, authors, and scholars.
All weekend - Ravel & Rachmaninoff in Concert @ Symphony Hall Enjoy the BSO and special guests perform Maurice Ravel’s fairy-tale suite ‘Mother Goose’ and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s tour-de-force for orchestra ‘Symphonic Dances.’
All weekend - ‘Beauty & The Beast’ Musical @ Citizens Opera House Step into the enchanting world of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ where the brilliance of the Academy Award-winning film comes to life in a theatrical tour de force. Ends 5/2.
All weekend - ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ Musical @ Company Theatre Click your ruby slippers three times and step into the enchanting world of Oz with this dazzling all-new production of L. Frank Baum's beloved tale. Ends 4/26.
All weekend - ‘Gem of the Ocean’ Play @ Hibernian Hall Actors’ Shakespeare Project is thrilled to continue bringing August Wilson’s canon to the stage in this transportive and nourishing production that explores community, oppression, and healing. Ends 5/17.
All weekend - ‘Who is Eartha Mae’ Play @ Hanover Theatre Told through both story and song, and featuring live piano accompaniment, discover how Eartha Kitt took the music, television, film, and stage worlds, not to mention the White House, by storm. Ends 4/19.
All weekend - ‘When Playwrights Kill’ Play @ The Huntington Theatre This hysterical play follows Jack Hawkins, an aspiring playwright on the verge of Broadway glory - until his dreams are derailed when he’s forced to cast a notoriously difficult diva who turns his Boston tryout into theatrical chaos. Ends 4/18.
All weekend - ‘Breaking the Code’ Play @ Central Square Theater This exceptional biographical drama about a man who broke too many codes: the eccentric genius Alan Turing who played a major role in winning the World War II. Ends 4/26.
All weekend - ‘Mariette in Ecstasy’ Play @ BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre Based on the best-selling novel by Ron Hansen, ‘Mariette in Ecstasy’ explores questions of faith, fear, and sexuality against the backdrop of a convent in the early-20th century. Ends 4/19.
ONGOING
Ongoing - Somerville Winter Farmers Market @ Arts at the Armory @ 9:30AM Saturdays - This weekly winter market features 70+ local food vendors with the best locally grown and regionally produced foods.
Ongoing - ‘Discovering King Tut’s Tomb’ Exhibition @ Saunders Castle at Park Plaza From breathtaking golden artifacts to a state-of-the-art VR journey into the pharaoh’s tomb, this interactive exhibit is a unique chance to step into the wonders of Ancient Egypt. Ends 4/30.
Ongoing - ‘Music America’ Exhibition @ Wang Theatre Featuring more than 100 legendary artifacts, ‘Music America’ traces 250 years of music history, from early folk song books and hymnals to contemporary musical production.
Ongoing - ‘Lighten Up! On Biology and Time’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum Featuring immersive artworks, installations, and experiential environments, this exhibition explores the connection between living organisms and the natural cycle of light and dark. Ends 8/2026.
Ongoing - ‘Kelly Taylor Mitchell: mouth wide open’ Exhibition @ MFA Taking inspiration from various cultures and diasporas from the American South and the Caribbean, Mitchell explores traditional objects, divinities, and rituals. Ends 4/26.
Ongoing - ‘Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography’ Exhibition @ MFA Take a look at how different photographers employ the camera as a tool of transformation, taking everyday pictures from the ordinary to the strangely beautiful or even ominous. Ends 7/13.
Ongoing - ‘Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition draws on the MFA’s collection of Dutch art and Judaica to explore the different ways Jewish communities interacted with the artistic culture of Holland in the 1600s. Ends 12/1.
Ongoing - ‘One Hundred Stitches, One Hundred Villages’ Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition presents nearly 20 rarely seen kaleidoscopic Chinese patchwork textiles coming from remote provinces that reflect local styles and reveal artistic sensibilities and personal histories. Ends 5/3.
Ongoing - ‘Extra/Ordinary’ Interactive Installation @ ICA NEW - Experience scenes of everyday life through the lens of a retro View Master toy. Receive a surprise drawing prompt from a vending machine and use your imagination to turn the ordinary into something entirely new. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now’ Exhibition @ ICA Enjoy a dynamic display of works from 39 multidisciplinary artists affiliated with the prestigious African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP). Ends 8/2.
Ongoing - ‘To My Best Friend’ Exhibition @ ICA Drawing from more than 50 artworks from the collection, this exhibition highlights a consistent interest in formal and material experimentation through works by historically underrepresented and women artists. Ends 12/31.
Ongoing - ‘Celtic Art Across the Ages’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums Discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. Ends 8/2.
Ongoing - ‘Critical Thinking’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums With its unexpected juxtapositions among little-known prints, this installation is designed to generate experimental thinking. Ends 5/10.
Ongoing - ‘Double Happiness: Celebration in Chinese Art’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Presenting 30+ highlights from the museum's wide-ranging Chinese collection, this exhibition invites visitors to discover plants and animals, myths and symbols and decipher the Chinese character for "Double Happiness." Ends 5/3.
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