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FRIDAY - MAY 22nd
Promotion: Roger Clemens 20-Strikeout Double Bobblehead
*Part of UNIQLO Festival of Films from Japan
Stars from MTV’s hit reality competition series ‘The Challenge’ take the stage for a one-of-a-kind, interactive variety show hosted by Derrick Kosinski and Scott Yager of the wildly popular ‘Challenge Mania’ podcast.
Come for an unforgettable night featuring standup, sketch, improv – all the things!
Boston’s top veteran improvisers take the stage for a completely unscripted, high-energy comedy experience.
‘Hamilton’ star Leslie Odom Jr. joins the Boston Pops for an evening of world-class showmanship.
With Daniel Seavey & Ally Salort
With Bird Language & Louder Joy
With Nevertel & Orthodox
With L.A. Witch
With Thalia Zadek & Unmade Bed
SATURDAY - MAY 23rd
Promotion: Survivor 50th Season Day
Visit this curated, vibrant marketplace filled with more than 40 local artists, makers, and vintage vendors.
Pink Martini, featuring vocalists Storm Large and Jimmie Herrod, joins the Boston Pops for a glamorous, foot-tapping good time on a Saturday night.
With Lekan & Phabo
With Born of Osiris & Dead Eyes
With Empath & Clifford
SUNDAY - MAY 24th
Promotion: Kids Run the Bases
From gifts and apparel to packaged foods and beauty & skincare products, the market features Black-owned businesses from the Greater Boston area.
*Part of UNIQLO Festival of Films from Japan
Celebrate the 100th birthdays of two formative figures in jazz whose work defined key moments in the genre’s history.
With Snooze & Pains
ALL WEEKEND
Expect over 30+ vendors, Y2k, $10 piles, food & drinks, temp tats, tooth gems, free drinks, and so much more!
This vibrant weekend market celebrates local artists, skilled makers, and creative entrepreneurs in a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere.
Enjoy local acts performing back-to-back on two stages and sip newest release beer.
Enjoy screenings of films celebrating 25th, 50th, and 75th anniversaries, including ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘An American in Paris,’ ‘Ghost World,’ & more.
See your favorite local artists and discover new emerging talents at this annual music festival.
Featuring music from The Avett Brothers, ‘Swept Away’ is a gripping, heart-rending new musical about brotherhood, morality, and the cost of survival. Ends 5/23.
This musical comedy follows a brothers duo set out to create the world’s first ever musical production in the 1500s. Ends 6/7.
A searing tale of love, family, and prophecy, ‘Oedipus el Rey’ blends ancient myth with modern urgency and Chicano swagger with swaths of sly humor. Ends 6/14.
ONGOING
One of the largest open-air farmer and artist markets returns this summer season! Ends 11/15.
Based on actual science with life size dinosaurs and fossils, this immersive experience lets visitors explore life during the Jurassic, Triassic, and Cretaceous periods with realistic, life-size dinosaurs. Ends 9/7.
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 7/12.
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.
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.
This exhibition features paintings and textiles made or inspired by women in China over the past four centuries. Ends 6/23.
The exhibition brings together multimedia works by 12 contemporary artists who critically engage with representations of the nude in Western art history. Ends 8/2.
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.
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.
NEW - The exhibition presents two major works that speak to themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force, the legacies of which continue to shape the physical and imagined landscape of the Western United States today. Ends 9/7.
Derrick Adams’ painting, sculpture, collage, performance, video, and public projects celebrate the beauty of everyday life, transforming these moments into an iconography that resonates with the richness and complexity of Black culture in our time. Ends 9/7.
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.
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.
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.
Discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. Ends 8/2.
See artist Edmonia Lewis’ vivid, naturalistic stone sculptures that feature abolitionists and social reformers, engage with Indigenous identity and give new life to religious and mythological figures. Ends 6/7.
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