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THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 19th
Lunar New Year Celebration @ MFA @ 5PM 🧧Celebrate the Lunar New Year by exploring Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese art from the MFA collection and enjoy special traditional activities and live performances.
Theresa Caputo Live Show @ Chevalier Theatre @ 7:30PM The beloved medium and TV star shares stories of her personal life and gift though an intimate and humorous live show.
An Evening with Fran Lebowitz @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 7PM The iconic author and social commentator offers her sharp take on the world as it is.
Excision @ MGM Music Hall @ 7:15PM With Ray Volpe, Dion Timmer, Vampa, & Brainrack
Tyler Braden @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Owen Riegling
Langhorne Slim @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Laney Jones and the Spirits
AHI @ The Rockwell @ 7PM
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 20th
‘A Beautiful Resistance’ Live Performance @ MoS @ 8PM This special evening pays tribute to Black artists and journalists through a film screening, long-form story, and Q&A on topics of representation, resistance, and community.
Family Workshop: Keeping Time @ MIT Museum @ 3PM In this hands-on family workshop attendees will explore how the transition from farm life to factory labor changed the way people understood and experienced time.
Community Chamber Concert @ Fenway Center @ 1:30PM Hear the BSO musicians perform classics by Schumann & Bottesini.
Candlelight: 90s Hip-Hop on Strings @ Simons Theatre @ 9PM Your favorite throwback Hip-Hop hits reimagined in classical sound! Featuring selections by Wu Tang Clan, Outkast, 2Pac, Nas, & more.
Nothing More @ House of Blues @ 5:30PM With Catch Your Breath, Archers, & Doobie
Badfish @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Beach Fly & Twin Fin
Crush: A Dave Matthews Band Tribute @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Steve Rondo
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 21st
Winter Festival @ Franklin Park @ 11AM The free festival offers music, a synthetic ice skating rink, giveaways, winter activities, treats, games, and crafts.
Lunar New Year Festival @ Peabody Essex Museum @ 10AM Celebrate the Year of the Horse during this vibrant festival that includes live performances, storytelling, and art-making activities for all.
‘The Magic Gateway’ Magic Show @ Regent Theatre @ 11AM / 1:30PM / 4:30PM Featuring jaw-dropping illusions, hilarious moments, and interactive surprises, this one-magician show is packed with fun for the whole family.
Mavis Staples @ Chevalier Theatre @ 8PM With Kimaya Diggs
Lauren Spencer @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Sadie Jean & Maisy Kay
Ole Go @ Roadrunner @ 8PM With Southall
Say She She @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With Katzu Oso
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 22nd
Winter Asian Market @ Arts at the Armory @ 10AM Enjoy the finest authentic Asian food & drinks, handmade crafts & local artisans, and fashion, boutique & lifestyle brands. Ends 3/1.
Weekend Concert Series: Attacca Quartet @ ISG Museum @ 1:30PM The impossibly talented Attacca Quartet returns to the Calderwood stage, bringing Bartók’s pungent fourth quartet, which mixes Hungarian funk and modernism with foot-stomping ferocity.
ALL WEEKEND
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - ‘The Tempest’ Play @ Hanover Theatre Presented by The Hanover Theatre Conservatory’s Youth Acting Company, ‘The Tempest’ is an intoxicating mélange of comedy, tragedy and fantasy from the pinnacle of Shakespeare’s creative genius.
All weekend - Disney On Ice: Jump In @ TD Garden Revisit cherished memories and create new ones as Disney’s most iconic characters take you on a magical journey through fan favorite films including ‘Zootopia,’ ‘Inside Out,’ and more!
All weekend - 2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films Screenings @ ICA ICA presents its annual selection of Oscar-nominated live-action, animation, and documentary shorts you always wish you’d seen come Oscar night. Ends 3/8.
All weekend - ‘The Things Around Us’ Performance @ Emerson Paramount Center With the timing of a stand-up comic and the sounds of a symphony, this profound, hilarious one-person show will remind you how the ordinary can be so extraordinary.
All weekend - STOMP Performance @ Hanover Theatre This weekend, don't miss a chance to see this award-winning, captivating ensemble perform one of America's most unique productions.
All weekend - ‘Mario the Maker Magician’ Show @ Calderwood Pavilion It’s robots, magic, and slapstick in an hour-long interactive theater adventure full of hilarity for the whole family. Ends 3/1.
All weekend - ‘Kinky Boots’ Musical @ Citizens Opera House This uplifting sensation featuring a Tony and Grammy-winning score is filled with glitter, glam, and a whole lot of ‘sole’!
All weekend - ‘Penelope’ Musical @ Lyric Stage Blending sharp humor with a folk-pop score, this modern musical retelling of ‘The Odyssey’ gives Penelope a voice as she awaits her husband’s return, moving through her loneliness to discover her own strength. Ends 3/1.
All weekend - ‘T: An MBTA Musical’ @ BCA Plaza Theatre A musical love letter to Boston, “T” is the journey of three struggling Bostonians whose lives have been derailed by the MBTA’s shortcomings.
All weekend - ‘The Bald Soprano’ + ‘The Lesson’ Plays @ BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre Ridiculous on the surface but razor-sharp underneath, this frenetic theatrical tour-de-force is simultaneously comedic and profound, asking audiences to laugh loudly but think deeply. Ends 3/8.
All weekend - ‘We Had a World’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion In this searing, funny, and deeply personal play, the author explores thirty years of family fights, monstrous behavior, enduring love, and unexpected dishes of home-cooked spaetzle. Ends 3/15.
All weekend - ‘Little Women’ Play @ The Mosesian Center for the Arts Filled with laughter, love, heaps of New England charm, and sharp social commentary, Kate Hamill’s brilliant adaptation celebrates the classic novel’s spirit while boldly reclaiming it for today’s world. Ends 3/1.
All weekend - ‘The Moderate’ Play @ Central Square Theater Following a social media moderator in a post pandemic reality, this haunting technological mindscape explores the essence of human connection. Ends 3/1.
All weekend - ‘Into the Breeches’ Play @ Footlight Club Set during WWII, this moving comedy follows an unlikely group of women setting up to perform Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’ while the leading male actors are off to war. Ends 2/21.
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 - ‘Orchid Adventure’ Botanical Exhibition @ Franklin Park Zoo From rare species to exotic hybrids, Orchid Adventure promises an immersive experience that combines the enchantment of the animal kingdom with the delicate beauty of orchids. Ends 3/1.
Ongoing - ‘Discovering King Tut’s Tomb’ Exhibition @ Saunders Castle at Park Plaza NEW - 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 - ‘An Indigenous Present’ Exhibition @ ICA Spanning 100 years of contemporary Indigenous art, this thematic exhibition features artworks that represent personal and collective narratives, describe specific and imagined places, and build upon cultural and aesthetic traditions. Ends 3/8.
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 - ‘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.
Ongoing - ‘Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum ‘Draw Me Ishmael’ is the first exhibition focused on the book arts of the hundreds of editions of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick - the most persistently pictured of all American novels. Ends 3/29.
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