The ARTery's Weekend Preview

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

Artwork by Leah Sobsey for “In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss” exhibition. (Courtesy of Harvard Museum of Natural History)

5 things to do this weekend, including 'Free Ferry Day' and a Thoreau-inspired exhibition

Plus the PEM Prize Festival and new murals in Jamaica Plain.

Arts & Culture

May 19, 2022

A still from the film "Within These Walls." (Courtesy Robbie Sweeny/ArtsEmerson)

5 things to do this weekend, including a dance festival and a virtual screening of 'Within These Walls'

Plus, an autobiographical musical performance about a child prodigy escaping Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and the FABRIC Arts Festival in Fall River.

Arts & Culture

May 12, 2022

Stephanie Blythe as Blythely Oratonio in a 2018 performance of "Dito & Aeneas." (Courtesy Steven Pisano)

5 things to do this weekend, including the BLO's 'Blythely Ever After' and Duckling Day

Plus, the opening of the Downton Boston Arts Market and a performance of MassOpera's The Mirror Caberet.

Arts & Culture

May 5, 2022

Past featured arrangement at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as part of Art in Bloom, the museum’s annual festival of fine art and flowers. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

5 things to do this weekend, including a floral festival at the MFA and Independent Film Festival Boston

Plus a concert honoring the lives lost in the Holocaust and Harvard Art Museums at Night.

Arts & Culture

Apr 28, 2022

Borromeo Quartet. (Courtesy Borromeo Quartet/Richard Bowditch)

5 things to do this weekend, including a Borromeo String Quartet performance and the Boston Comics in Color Festival

Plus, a first listen to Guerilla Opera's upcoming production and a day of climate action at the Peabody Essex Museum.

Arts & Culture

Apr 21, 2022

Sculpture by student at O’Maley Middle School in Gloucester. (Courtesy Cape Ann Museum)

5 things to do this weekend, including a sculpture exhibit and the Wicked Queer Film Festival

Plus, a dance performance at the ICA and a concert honoring Black composers.

Arts & Culture

Apr 14, 2022

Musicians play at the Museum of Fine Arts. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

5 things to do this weekend, including a 'Rent' production and a music showcase at the MFA

Plus a celebration of the iconic poet, Phillis Wheatley, and a Ukrainian art demo at the ICA.

Arts & Culture

Apr 7, 2022

Nasturtiums hang in the courtyard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

5 things to do this weekend, including the return of the Gardner's hanging nasturtiums and a Salem arts pop-up

Plus a contemporary portrait exhibition at the ICA and an homage to Astor Piazzolla at the New England Conservatory.

Arts & Culture

Mar 31, 2022

A still from director Eskil Vogt's film "The Innocents." (Courtesy Boston Underground Film Festival)

5 things to do this weekend, including a genre-bending film fest and a dance performance

Plus, a new exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum and an art workshop for children.

Arts & Culture

Mar 24, 2022

The Boston Police Gaelic Column marches in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

5 things to do this weekend, including the Revels Spring Sing and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Plus an exhibit featuring prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives and extended hours at the MFA.

Arts & Culture

Mar 17, 2022

Maya Beiser and Wendy Whelan take the stage. (Courtesy of ICA/ Nils Schlebusch)

5 things to do this weekend, including a book fair and a climate change-focused art exhibit

Plus, a sonic dance play at the ICA and Boston JerkFest’s Winter Warm-Up.

Arts & Culture

Mar 10, 2022

An "Apollo" brooch, one of the art pieces that will be featured at the CraftBoston: Pins + Needles online exhibit. (Courtesy William Vanaria)

5 things to do this weekend, including a puppet show and a choose-your-own adventure space simulation

Plus a chose-your-own-adventure performance and online crafts showcase.

Arts & Culture

Mar 3, 2022

Joana Vasconcelos' "Valkyrie Mumbet" at MAAM. (Courtesy Will Howcroft/MassArt)

5 things to do this weekend, including art-making at MAAM and Oscar-nominated shorts

Plus the Museum of African American History and Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Family Concert.

Arts & Culture

Feb 24, 2022

Attendees take in "Immersive Frida Kahlo." (Courtesy Kyle Flubacker)

5 things to do this weekend, including a jazz concert and a Frida Kahlo exhibition

Plus, a play at Central Square Theater and a Bugs Bunny Film Festival at the Brattle.

Arts & Culture

Feb 17, 2022

Zanele Muholi, "Itha," 2021. (Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, and Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town/Johannesburg)

5 things to do this weekend, including 'Being Muholi' at the Gardner and a papermaking class

Plus, a drag cabaret and a multidisciplinary livestreamed play.

Arts & Culture

Feb 10, 2022

The cast of the Huntington's "The Bluest Eye." (Courtesy T Charles Erickson)

5 things to do this weekend, including 'The Bluest Eye' and celebrating the Lunar New Year

Plus, lighting up the Emerald Necklace and a new nature-inspired art exhibit at Fuller Craft.

Arts & Culture

Feb 3, 2022

Milica, played by Victoria L. Awkward, center, and her bridesmaids in the Boston Lyric Opera's latest cinematic production "Svadba." (Courtesy BLO)

5 things to do this weekend, including a cinematic opera and intricate miniature paintings

Plus a documentary about the first all-female rock band to put out an album on a major label and family shipbuilding at the USS Constitution Museum.

Arts & Culture

Jan 27, 2022

Ken Gore, "Beeches on the Agawam," 1991. (Courtesy Cape Ann Museum)

5 things to do this weekend, including a Cape Ann Museum art exhibit and a dance workshop

Plus, curling at the Seaport and an orchestra performance that fights stigma.

Arts & Culture

Jan 20, 2022

(Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, BostonToyohara Kunichika, "Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Asahina Tōbei" (right) and "Nakamura Shikan IV as Washi no Chōkichi" (left), 1868. (Courtesy William Sturgis Bigelow Collection/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

5 things to do this weekend, including a tattoo-inspired exhibit at the MFA and a winter art market

Plus, a play at Lyric Stage Company and a TV show recommendation.

Arts & Culture

Jan 13, 2022

An image from the touring production of "Jesus Christ Superstar." (Courtesy Evan Zimmerman, MurphyMade)

5 things to do this weekend, including Broadway in Boston's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and two exhibits at the MFA

Plus, a last chance to enjoy holiday lights at Trustees properties and a flora-filled film screening at The Brattle.

Arts & Culture

Jan 6, 2022

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5 things to do this weekend, including 'Free Ferry Day' and a Thoreau-inspired exhibition

5 things to do this weekend, including a dance festival and a virtual screening of 'Within These Walls'

5 things to do this weekend, including the BLO's 'Blythely Ever After' and Duckling Day

5 things to do this weekend, including a floral festival at the MFA and Independent Film Festival Boston

5 things to do this weekend, including a Borromeo String Quartet performance and the Boston Comics in Color Festival

5 things to do this weekend, including a sculpture exhibit and the Wicked Queer Film Festival

5 things to do this weekend, including a 'Rent' production and a music showcase at the MFA

5 things to do this weekend, including the return of the Gardner's hanging nasturtiums and a Salem arts pop-up

5 things to do this weekend, including a genre-bending film fest and a dance performance

5 things to do this weekend, including the Revels Spring Sing and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

5 things to do this weekend, including a book fair and a climate change-focused art exhibit

5 things to do this weekend, including a puppet show and a choose-your-own adventure space simulation

5 things to do this weekend, including art-making at MAAM and Oscar-nominated shorts

5 things to do this weekend, including a jazz concert and a Frida Kahlo exhibition

5 things to do this weekend, including 'Being Muholi' at the Gardner and a papermaking class

5 things to do this weekend, including 'The Bluest Eye' and celebrating the Lunar New Year

5 things to do this weekend, including a cinematic opera and intricate miniature paintings

5 things to do this weekend, including a Cape Ann Museum art exhibit and a dance workshop

5 things to do this weekend, including a tattoo-inspired exhibit at the MFA and a winter art market

5 things to do this weekend, including Broadway in Boston's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and two exhibits at the MFA