The ARTery's Weekend Preview

Our team rounds up the best of arts and culture for the weekend ahead.

Hugh Hayden's "Huff and a Puff" at deCordova Sculpture Park (Courtesy of Mel Taing)

5 things to do this weekend, including a twist on Thoreau's cabin and 'Waitress: The Musical' at the cinema

Plus, a Hanukkah pop-up bar and Animile in concert at the ICA.

Arts & Culture

Dec 7, 2023

Cards by Albertine Press (Courtesy of Shelley Barandes)

5 things to do this weekend, including Duke Ellington's 'Nutcracker Suite' and a Cambridge holiday market

Plus, “This Machine Creates Opacity” at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and an encore showing from the Boston French Film Festival.

Arts & Culture

Nov 30, 2023

Curling at Boston Seaport (Courtesy of Matthew Railman)

5 things to do for Thanksgiving weekend

Including curling at the Seaport and a David Bowie-themed burlesque show.

Arts & Culture

Nov 22, 2023

MAAM's first Drawing Together. (Courtesy MAAM)

5 things to do this weekend, including Twilight at MAAM and Wicked Queer documentary screenings

Plus, Big Body Kweeng’s album release concert and an opera series that celebrates the multicultural holiday season.

Arts & Culture

Nov 16, 2023

“Don’t Make Me Get Dressed” (Courtesy of The Gottabees)

5 things to do this weekend, including a Hip Hop Workshop and ‘Don’t Make Me Get Dressed’

Plus, Divas Live! and a lecture on preserving queer history

Arts & Culture

Nov 9, 2023

Owl ice scultoure from Winter Carnival. (Courtesy Bonjour Québec)

5 things to do this weekend, including Québec Winter Wonderland and a hip-hop block party

Plus, the Boston Jewish Film Festival and Fashionably Late Thursdays at the Liberty Hotel.

Arts & Culture

Nov 2, 2023

Day of the Dead celebration. (Courtesy of Veronica Robles Cultural Center)

5 things to do this weekend, including Doggone Halloween and a Día de los Muertos parade

Plus, “Lizzie: The Musical” and the New England Film Orchestra’s "This is Halloween" concert

Arts & Culture

Oct 26, 2023

Blue Man Group (Courtesy of Blue Man Group)

5 things to do this weekend, including the Blue Man Group and Boston Asian American Film Festival

Plus, a reading of "The Odyssey" and "Inventing Isabella" at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Arts & Culture

Oct 19, 2023

serpentwithfeet: "Heart of Brick" (Courtesy of Fabian Hammerl)

5 things to do this weekend, including Boston Book Festival and serpentwithfeet at ICA

Plus, Beethoven’s "Ode to Joy" and Applefest at Wachusett Mountain.

Arts & Culture

Oct 12, 2023

Banda Rim Bam Bum playing in Davis Square. (Courtesy Whitney Kay)

5 things to do this weekend, including HONK! Festival and Indigenous Peoples' Day at The Brattle

Plus, "Natalie Jeremijenko: Tree Logic" at MASS MoCA and a Steely Dan cover band.

Arts & Culture

Oct 5, 2023

Members of BCNC Youth Center contribute to "What Makes a Community Thrive" mural. (Courtesy Pao Arts Center)

5 things to do this weekend, including an arts festival in Chinatown and a re-imagined Lilith Fair

Plus, Dogtoberfest at Harpoon and a conversation with Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad.

Arts & Culture

Sep 28, 2023

Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Courtesy of Little Fang)

5 things to do this weekend, including Raising Voices Festival and a screening of 'Stop Making Sense'

Plus, Jamaica Plain Open Studios and a screening of “The Mark of Zorro."

Arts & Culture

Sep 21, 2023

From left: Johanna Carlisle-Zepeda, Lisa Yuen, and Monique Ward Lonergan in rehearsal for POTUS at SpeakEasy Stage. (Courtesy of Nile Scott)

5 things to do this weekend, including 'POTUS' at SpeakEasy Stage and a silent reading party

Plus, the Boston Local Food Festival and a classical Persian music concert.

Arts & Culture

Sep 14, 2023

Meadow Hall at Groton Hill Music Center. (Courtesy of Groton Hill Music Center)

5 things to do this weekend, including the Boston Arts Festival and the Vista Philharmonic Chamber Players

Plus, the "Queer Met Gala" of Massachusetts and an interactive dance program along the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

Arts & Culture

Sep 7, 2023

"OutGrowth" by Sarah Meyers Brent. (Courtesy of Sarah Meyers Brent)

5 things to do this weekend, including a climate crisis art show and Jacques Ze Whipper

Plus, the world premiere of "Tall Tales from Blackburn Tavern" at Gloucester Stage and an exhibit on Harvard’s “women computers.”

Arts & Culture

Aug 31, 2023

A couple dancing at the Boston Annual Ukrainian Festival. (Courtesy of Irina Danilova)

5 things to do this weekend, including a Ukrainian festival and Noble Dust's album release party

Plus, an escape room at Gore Place and a dance performance at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts.

Arts & Culture

Aug 24, 2023

Guadalupe Maravilla, Mariposa Relámpago, 2023. (Courtesy of Guadalupe Maravilla and P·P·O·W, New York; Photo by GLR Estudio Gerardo & Eduardo Lopez)

5 things to do this weekend, including Jamaica Plain Porchfest and Watershed Block Party

Plus, Boston's longest running Italian festival and a workshop for handmade craft sellers.

Arts & Culture

Aug 17, 2023

(Courtesy of Tholpavakoothu Puppet Centre)

5 things to do this weekend, including the ancient artform of Tholpavakoothu and a 'Moana' screening aboard the U.S.S. Constitution

Plus, “The Glitter Boys” at The Sinclair and Flamenco workshops with Omayra Amaya.

Arts & Culture

Aug 10, 2023

Nael Nacer as Macduff, with Daniel Rios Jr. as Ross and Marianna Bassham as Malcolm. (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios)

5 things to do this weekend, including 'Macbeth' on the Common and the Roxbury Poetry Festival

Plus, an open rehearsal with the BSO and astronomy night in Arlington.

Arts & Culture

Aug 3, 2023

"Seascape", 1914 by John Marin (Courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums)

5 things to do this weekend, including Cambridge Jazz Festival and 'Jaws' at the aquarium

Plus, a performance about hair and Cape Ann Symphony's fan-favorite program.

Arts & Culture

Jul 27, 2023